Kathy Ishizuka
@kishizuka.bsky.social
Third generation JA; Master Gardener
Priors: Editor in Chief, School Library Journal, Partnerships & Innovation Director, SLJ & LJ; FOLIO's Top Women in Media 2019
Priors: Editor in Chief, School Library Journal, Partnerships & Innovation Director, SLJ & LJ; FOLIO's Top Women in Media 2019
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Concerned about book banning? Don’t know what to do? Today you can donate(even $5 helps) to orgs fighting it like - @txfreedomread.bsky.social @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social @penamerica.bsky.social @everylibrary.bsky.social @flfreedomread.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Concerned about book banning? Don’t know what to do? Today you can donate(even $5 helps) to orgs fighting it like - @txfreedomread.bsky.social @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social @penamerica.bsky.social @everylibrary.bsky.social @flfreedomread.bsky.social
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If you live in NYC, please take a moment [it takes 30 seconds] to support @nycplan.org's demand to increase and stabilize public library funding by sending a letter to your council member: actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
City Council, we demand half a percent of the overall city budget for libraries!
In response to the NYC FY2026 Budget, adopted this June, the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, and the Queens Public Library released a joint statement thanking City Leaders for in...
actionnetwork.org
December 1, 2025 at 4:01 PM
If you live in NYC, please take a moment [it takes 30 seconds] to support @nycplan.org's demand to increase and stabilize public library funding by sending a letter to your council member: actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
Musquee de Provence pumpkin
(Cucurbita moschata)
November color.
(Cucurbita moschata)
November color.
November 28, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Musquee de Provence pumpkin
(Cucurbita moschata)
November color.
(Cucurbita moschata)
November color.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Glad to bumble alongside you all.
Glad to bumble alongside you all.
November 27, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Happy Thanksgiving!
Glad to bumble alongside you all.
Glad to bumble alongside you all.
Sedum.
November color.
November color.
November 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Sedum.
November color.
November color.
Tell us: Are you concerned about funding cuts to PBS and GBH Kids? (Boston Globe)
Tell us: Are you concerned about funding cuts to PBS and GBH Kids? - The Boston Globe
We want to hear how parents feel about public media funding cuts at a time when there are more kids programs on YouTube, streaming services, and TV than ever before.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Tell us: Are you concerned about funding cuts to PBS and GBH Kids? (Boston Globe)
Reposted by Kathy Ishizuka
There's a more secure alternative to texting via your phone's native messaging app. Signal is a free app that employs end-to-end encryption and we have a step-by-step guide to help you learn how to use it. ssd.eff.org/module/how-...
How to: Use Signal
Download location: Google Play Store, Apple App Store
System requirements: Android 5 or later, iOS 13 or later
Version used in this guide: Android: 7.38.6 iPhone: 7.5.1
License: GPLv3
Level: Beginner
Time required: 15-20 minutes
Other reading:
https://signal.org/
https://support.signal.org/
https://signal.org/blog/
Table of Contents
Download and Install Signal
Register and Verify...
ssd.eff.org
November 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
There's a more secure alternative to texting via your phone's native messaging app. Signal is a free app that employs end-to-end encryption and we have a step-by-step guide to help you learn how to use it. ssd.eff.org/module/how-...
In November's School Board Elections, Voters Stood with Librarians (PW)
In November's School Board Elections, Voters Stood with Librarians
From New Hampshire to New Mexico, voters aligned with educators, librarians, and unions and ushered in candidates with liberal leanings to their local school boards. We looked at the outcomes in sever...
www.publishersweekly.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
In November's School Board Elections, Voters Stood with Librarians (PW)
Kniphofia.
November color.
November color.
November 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Kniphofia.
November color.
November color.
Love this list. Beyond the selections, the mix-and-match search option; categories beyond the usual, e.g.: "The States We're In;" and the visual presentation. And way to go, @npr.org, on the easy access to past years' reading guides.
#BookSky
#BookSky
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
apps.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Foeniculum vulgare (bronze fennel)
November color.
November color.
November 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Foeniculum vulgare (bronze fennel)
November color.
November color.
A nonprofit for aiding aspiring publishing professionals, Inkluded has recently partnered with Hachette Book Group and Macmillan.
Inkluded Faces Up to Publishing’s Diversity Problem
Through public programming and a cost-free publishing course, the nonprofit seeks to address the knowledge gaps that have historically stood between some BIPoC communities and a career in the book bus...
www.publishersweekly.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
A nonprofit for aiding aspiring publishing professionals, Inkluded has recently partnered with Hachette Book Group and Macmillan.
Salvia officinalis ‘Purpurascens’
Purple sage
November color
Purple sage
November color
November 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Salvia officinalis ‘Purpurascens’
Purple sage
November color
Purple sage
November color
Hydrangea quercifolia 'Alice'
Oakleaf hydrangea
November color
Oakleaf hydrangea
November color
November 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Hydrangea quercifolia 'Alice'
Oakleaf hydrangea
November color
Oakleaf hydrangea
November color
Cosmos - Kiiro
Cosmos bipinnatus
November color.
Cosmos bipinnatus
November color.
November 23, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Cosmos - Kiiro
Cosmos bipinnatus
November color.
Cosmos bipinnatus
November color.
A vast majority of teachers view inclusive literature as important and want to use these books with their students. That’s according to a recent #NCTE survey, which offers insight into how books are used in U.S. classrooms and the challenges teachers face in integrating texts to enhance learning.
NCTE 2025: Teachers Want More Than the Same Old Books
A recent NCTE survey shows educators overwhelmingly value diverse literature—but need help getting it into classrooms.
www.publishersweekly.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:04 AM
A vast majority of teachers view inclusive literature as important and want to use these books with their students. That’s according to a recent #NCTE survey, which offers insight into how books are used in U.S. classrooms and the challenges teachers face in integrating texts to enhance learning.
The butter! Three sticks!
Cowboy Cookies Recipe
This recipe came to The Times in 2000 during the Bush-Gore presidential campaign when Family Circle magazine ran cookie recipes from each of the candidates' wives and asked readers to vote Laura Bush'...
cooking.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The butter! Three sticks!
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Trump, being in the process of sun downing, probably hates all the miserable people around him, because they're all evil, and he's losing grip with reality. Then a real human being comes around and is warm and friendly, and grandpa is just beside himself. He needs to be in a home.
November 22, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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"Ohio bill would require schools, libraries to filter online database content" (NBC4)
HB 583 would require any vendor providing an online database to Ohio institutions to block access to content that is “obscene,” “harmful to juveniles” or depicts child sexual exploitation.
HB 583 would require any vendor providing an online database to Ohio institutions to block access to content that is “obscene,” “harmful to juveniles” or depicts child sexual exploitation.
www.nbc4i.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
"Ohio bill would require schools, libraries to filter online database content" (NBC4)
HB 583 would require any vendor providing an online database to Ohio institutions to block access to content that is “obscene,” “harmful to juveniles” or depicts child sexual exploitation.
HB 583 would require any vendor providing an online database to Ohio institutions to block access to content that is “obscene,” “harmful to juveniles” or depicts child sexual exploitation.
Reposted by Kathy Ishizuka
Remember a few weeks ago when Trump brought in a couple bulldozers and demolished about a third of the White House? That was weird.
November 21, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Remember a few weeks ago when Trump brought in a couple bulldozers and demolished about a third of the White House? That was weird.
Billed as a "nationwide wave of creative resistance," the Fall of Freedom - perhaps rolling into Winter, Spring and Summer editions - launches today, with an open invitation to artists, creators.
www.falloffreedom.com
www.falloffreedom.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Billed as a "nationwide wave of creative resistance," the Fall of Freedom - perhaps rolling into Winter, Spring and Summer editions - launches today, with an open invitation to artists, creators.
www.falloffreedom.com
www.falloffreedom.com
Reposted by Kathy Ishizuka
A reminder that I’ve archived every public-facing web page from the CDC website prior to the Trump Regime purging data back in late January:
acasignups.net/cdc-website
acasignups.net/cdc-website
CDC.Gov Archive Index
With the Musk/Trump Administration bulldozing their way through seemingly every federal government website, teams of data analysts and archivers have been attempting to download and archive as much fe...
acasignups.net
November 20, 2025 at 5:13 AM
A reminder that I’ve archived every public-facing web page from the CDC website prior to the Trump Regime purging data back in late January:
acasignups.net/cdc-website
acasignups.net/cdc-website
Reposted by Kathy Ishizuka
Congratulations to the winner of the 2025 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature: Daniel Nayeri for 'The Teacher of Nomad Land: A World War II Story' (Levine Querido)
November 20, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Congratulations to the winner of the 2025 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature: Daniel Nayeri for 'The Teacher of Nomad Land: A World War II Story' (Levine Querido)
Well, bit the bullet, and re-upped for ACA health insurance. My premiums went up by (only!) 10%. Final cost: $1300+ per month. I currently have no income, so there's that.
November 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Well, bit the bullet, and re-upped for ACA health insurance. My premiums went up by (only!) 10%. Final cost: $1300+ per month. I currently have no income, so there's that.