Jessica Horton
@jessicahorton.bsky.social
Graduate (of law). Writer (of words). Maker (of quilty things). Lover (of randomness). Cofounder (of https://www.letdavisread.org). She/her.
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Are you in Mesa County, Colorado? Your public library board is about to be overtaken with extremists.
Get to the board meeting TOMORROW to speak up and out about what's going to come if these two get appointed.
annelandmanblog.com/2025/12/maga...
Get to the board meeting TOMORROW to speak up and out about what's going to come if these two get appointed.
annelandmanblog.com/2025/12/maga...
MAGA book burners target Mesa County Public Library system and a call to action! – AnneLandmanBlog
annelandmanblog.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Are you in Mesa County, Colorado? Your public library board is about to be overtaken with extremists.
Get to the board meeting TOMORROW to speak up and out about what's going to come if these two get appointed.
annelandmanblog.com/2025/12/maga...
Get to the board meeting TOMORROW to speak up and out about what's going to come if these two get appointed.
annelandmanblog.com/2025/12/maga...
The 3yo was telling us about her stuffed animal’s “tiptoe mom” and “tiptoe dad.” After lots of careful questions, we learned she meant “stepmom and stepdad.”
December 14, 2025 at 3:10 AM
The 3yo was telling us about her stuffed animal’s “tiptoe mom” and “tiptoe dad.” After lots of careful questions, we learned she meant “stepmom and stepdad.”
I finally finished one of my favorite quilts this year. I used up scraps from a different project and am very pleased with how it came together 🥰
December 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I finally finished one of my favorite quilts this year. I used up scraps from a different project and am very pleased with how it came together 🥰
My theory about AI is that corporate overlords who think it can Do All the Things haven’t had to engage with the actual output. Instead, they feed things into AI and ask a subordinate to review it, who then cleans it up so that it’s actually useable. They never see or deal with the slop.
December 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
My theory about AI is that corporate overlords who think it can Do All the Things haven’t had to engage with the actual output. Instead, they feed things into AI and ask a subordinate to review it, who then cleans it up so that it’s actually useable. They never see or deal with the slop.
The best boy admiring the best sunset.
December 11, 2025 at 2:37 AM
The best boy admiring the best sunset.
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***IMPORTANT THREAD*****
If you are anywhere near York County, South Carolina, PLEASE show up to their board meeting tomorrow. It is, of course and intentionally, at NOON tomorrow at For Mill Library.
Here's York County Library's background, yes, still ongoing: bookriot.com/whats-happen...
If you are anywhere near York County, South Carolina, PLEASE show up to their board meeting tomorrow. It is, of course and intentionally, at NOON tomorrow at For Mill Library.
Here's York County Library's background, yes, still ongoing: bookriot.com/whats-happen...
What's Happening in York County Library (SC) Should Be A Wakeup Call
Poor recording keeping, debates over what was or was not said and voted on, and special interests plague more than just this library system.
bookriot.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
***IMPORTANT THREAD*****
If you are anywhere near York County, South Carolina, PLEASE show up to their board meeting tomorrow. It is, of course and intentionally, at NOON tomorrow at For Mill Library.
Here's York County Library's background, yes, still ongoing: bookriot.com/whats-happen...
If you are anywhere near York County, South Carolina, PLEASE show up to their board meeting tomorrow. It is, of course and intentionally, at NOON tomorrow at For Mill Library.
Here's York County Library's background, yes, still ongoing: bookriot.com/whats-happen...
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All of this, literally over one LGBTQ+ children's picture book. ONE. PICTURE. BOOK.
They dismantled the fucking public library for the whole county. They hate gay people this much.
If you have a library that functions, get in their inboxes or meetings now to tell them that they're great.
They dismantled the fucking public library for the whole county. They hate gay people this much.
If you have a library that functions, get in their inboxes or meetings now to tell them that they're great.
A library's entire board of trustees was fired and replaced because they refused to ban one of my books. It's so terrible. www.randolphhub.com/article/news...
Commissioners vote 3-2 to dismiss Library Board of Trustees
<p>How the Library Board voted to handle a controversial children's book led to a majority decision by commissioners to dismiss the whole board.</p>
www.randolphhub.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
All of this, literally over one LGBTQ+ children's picture book. ONE. PICTURE. BOOK.
They dismantled the fucking public library for the whole county. They hate gay people this much.
If you have a library that functions, get in their inboxes or meetings now to tell them that they're great.
They dismantled the fucking public library for the whole county. They hate gay people this much.
If you have a library that functions, get in their inboxes or meetings now to tell them that they're great.
Charcuterie boards are fancy Lunchables for millennials.
December 9, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Charcuterie boards are fancy Lunchables for millennials.
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Here's where "parental rights" arguments fall apart. These parents are pissed their kid borrowed a book for adults, available in the adult section of the public library.
Their rights were *never ever* violated. Their ability to parent, however, was lacking.
kiwaradio.com/local-news/s...
Their rights were *never ever* violated. Their ability to parent, however, was lacking.
kiwaradio.com/local-news/s...
Sioux Center Library Responds to Concerns Over Book Access for Minors - KIWA Radio
Sioux Center, Iowa — The Sioux Center Public Library says it has completed a formal review of the adult romance novel Icebreaker by Hannah Grace after a local family raised […]
kiwaradio.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Here's where "parental rights" arguments fall apart. These parents are pissed their kid borrowed a book for adults, available in the adult section of the public library.
Their rights were *never ever* violated. Their ability to parent, however, was lacking.
kiwaradio.com/local-news/s...
Their rights were *never ever* violated. Their ability to parent, however, was lacking.
kiwaradio.com/local-news/s...
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sometimes at night when I’m trying to sleep, I’ll close my human eyes & look through bird eyes
birds can see the electromagnetic field of the earth
so as wind hits my feathers in shivers, ribbons explode from the east, from the west, one way to food, another to water, another to my wife, to home
birds can see the electromagnetic field of the earth
so as wind hits my feathers in shivers, ribbons explode from the east, from the west, one way to food, another to water, another to my wife, to home
December 7, 2025 at 8:48 AM
sometimes at night when I’m trying to sleep, I’ll close my human eyes & look through bird eyes
birds can see the electromagnetic field of the earth
so as wind hits my feathers in shivers, ribbons explode from the east, from the west, one way to food, another to water, another to my wife, to home
birds can see the electromagnetic field of the earth
so as wind hits my feathers in shivers, ribbons explode from the east, from the west, one way to food, another to water, another to my wife, to home
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What Is The National Book Rating Index?: Another "New" Review Tool Attempting to Legitimize Bias in Book Evaluation.
The National Book Rating Index is a convenient answer to public institutions asking how to subscribe to right-wing review guides.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
The National Book Rating Index is a convenient answer to public institutions asking how to subscribe to right-wing review guides.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
What Is The National Book Rating Index?: Another "New" Review Tool Attempting to Legitimize Bias in Book Evaluation
The National Book Rating Index is a convenient answer to public institutions asking how to subscribe to right-wing review guides.
buttondown.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
What Is The National Book Rating Index?: Another "New" Review Tool Attempting to Legitimize Bias in Book Evaluation.
The National Book Rating Index is a convenient answer to public institutions asking how to subscribe to right-wing review guides.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
The National Book Rating Index is a convenient answer to public institutions asking how to subscribe to right-wing review guides.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
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Darcie Little Badger, a member of the Lipan Apache Tribe, said she was “taken aback” by the prohibitions under HB261 and calls it censorship.
An Indigenous author felt compelled to cancel her Utah appearance after this university gave her a list of banned DEI words
Darcie Little Badger, a member of the Lipan Apache Tribe, said she was “taken aback” by the prohibitions under HB261 and calls it censorship.
www.sltrib.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Darcie Little Badger, a member of the Lipan Apache Tribe, said she was “taken aback” by the prohibitions under HB261 and calls it censorship.
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Utah’s signature-gathering industry isn’t “democracy in action.” It’s a gig economy built on workers sleeping in cars, wearing diapers to avoid losing pay, and hustling to meet quotas for million-dollar campaigns. Utah doesn’t have a ballot-initiative problem — it has an exploitation problem.
The Dark Side of Utah’s Signature Gathering Industry
Where Million-Dollar Political Campaigns Meet Workers Sleeping in Their Cars and How Utah’s Initiative System Demonstrates Who Democracy Really Belongs To
open.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Utah’s signature-gathering industry isn’t “democracy in action.” It’s a gig economy built on workers sleeping in cars, wearing diapers to avoid losing pay, and hustling to meet quotas for million-dollar campaigns. Utah doesn’t have a ballot-initiative problem — it has an exploitation problem.
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Keep shouting it. Only SOME parents' rights are included in "parental rights," and it's the bigots.
Highlights from the article below reveal the misuse and harm caused by laws that are passed to affirm “parental rights.”
Whose rights will be honored when a book is removed after the objection of one when less than 1% of students have parental restrictions in place?
jaxtoday.org/2025/12/02/d...
Whose rights will be honored when a book is removed after the objection of one when less than 1% of students have parental restrictions in place?
jaxtoday.org/2025/12/02/d...
December 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Keep shouting it. Only SOME parents' rights are included in "parental rights," and it's the bigots.
You don’t want to miss these! My Ida bowl is my very most favorite—I use it exclusively for my “post getting kids to bed/I survived another day” yogurt (with dark chocolate, of course), and I swear it makes everything taste better.
It looks like I won’t make it to the craft market this weekend, so I’m going to start listing these handmade mugs, cups, and bowls in my Etsy shop at noon today.
If you use this link, Etsy charges me 4% less fees: littleedenpottery.etsy.com #pottery #art #ceramics #bsnm #MagicalBazaar #handmade
If you use this link, Etsy charges me 4% less fees: littleedenpottery.etsy.com #pottery #art #ceramics #bsnm #MagicalBazaar #handmade
December 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
You don’t want to miss these! My Ida bowl is my very most favorite—I use it exclusively for my “post getting kids to bed/I survived another day” yogurt (with dark chocolate, of course), and I swear it makes everything taste better.
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Well this year we CAN participate in the #GivingTuesday flood so we probably SHOULD. With your support we can do even more to protect, celebrate, & elevate the right to read.
Donate - Authors Against Book Bans
Thank you for donating to Authors Against Book Bans. Your donation directly supports the freedom to read by powering our work with our partner organizations, bringing the author muscle to the fight…
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Well this year we CAN participate in the #GivingTuesday flood so we probably SHOULD. With your support we can do even more to protect, celebrate, & elevate the right to read.
Text to my husband on this day before Thanksgiving on which my children still expect to be fed even though I am knee-deep in stuffing.
November 26, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Text to my husband on this day before Thanksgiving on which my children still expect to be fed even though I am knee-deep in stuffing.
Finally got to see The Librarians last night! Thanks to @letutahread.bsky.social and @txfreedomread.bsky.social for an amazing event. I don't have any pictures, but I'm grateful to have been in community with so many kind people who've inspired my work fighting book bans in Davis School District.
November 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Finally got to see The Librarians last night! Thanks to @letutahread.bsky.social and @txfreedomread.bsky.social for an amazing event. I don't have any pictures, but I'm grateful to have been in community with so many kind people who've inspired my work fighting book bans in Davis School District.
I had a stress dream last night in which I realized I never actually graduated college and had to go back to take more classes. But lucky for me, I got to take a poetry seminar from @theferocity.bsky.social. As someone who was traumatized by my college poetry class, the very thought is healing.
November 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I had a stress dream last night in which I realized I never actually graduated college and had to go back to take more classes. But lucky for me, I got to take a poetry seminar from @theferocity.bsky.social. As someone who was traumatized by my college poetry class, the very thought is healing.
“Mama, when will you teach me to COOK?” groused the three year old, as if she’s already asked me a thousand times.
(This is the first time she’s asked me this question.)
(This is the first time she’s asked me this question.)
November 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
“Mama, when will you teach me to COOK?” groused the three year old, as if she’s already asked me a thousand times.
(This is the first time she’s asked me this question.)
(This is the first time she’s asked me this question.)
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Both male and female horses have eyelashes. Unicorns don't exist so this can't be scientifically verified. Valiant use of taxpayer money to micromanage the acceptable eyelash representation of fictional animals.
This is what "parents rights" looks like in TX: 1 mother decides what 8,292 students don't get access to read b/c she thinks boy unicorns shouldn't be pink or have eyelashes. *side note: the unicorn isn't pink, but he does have eyelashes. And to TX legislators: your bad laws are harming our kids.
November 15, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Both male and female horses have eyelashes. Unicorns don't exist so this can't be scientifically verified. Valiant use of taxpayer money to micromanage the acceptable eyelash representation of fictional animals.
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Hooray! @authorsabb.bsky.social is *OFFICIALLY* a nonprofit, and is now open for donations!
For the last two years we've been doing all this w free tools, or paying out of pocket, & we were STILL able to get SO MUCH DONE.
Imagine what we could do with $$$
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/donate/
For the last two years we've been doing all this w free tools, or paying out of pocket, & we were STILL able to get SO MUCH DONE.
Imagine what we could do with $$$
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/donate/
Donate - Authors Against Book Bans
Thank you for donating to Authors Against Book Bans. Your donation directly supports the freedom to read by powering our work with our partner organizations, bringing the author muscle to the fight to...
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Hooray! @authorsabb.bsky.social is *OFFICIALLY* a nonprofit, and is now open for donations!
For the last two years we've been doing all this w free tools, or paying out of pocket, & we were STILL able to get SO MUCH DONE.
Imagine what we could do with $$$
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/donate/
For the last two years we've been doing all this w free tools, or paying out of pocket, & we were STILL able to get SO MUCH DONE.
Imagine what we could do with $$$
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/donate/
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What is Take Back The Classroom? A deep dive into the project making its way into right-wing circles, aiding in book bans nationwide. Who is behind it? How does it work? How are they recruiting new cult members?
Know before it reaches your library.
bookriot.com/what-is-take...
Know before it reaches your library.
bookriot.com/what-is-take...
What Is Take Back The Classroom?: Book Censorship News, November 14, 2025
With the closure of BookLooks, we've seen the rise of Take Back the Classroom. But what is this website and how do their book "reviews" work?
bookriot.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
What is Take Back The Classroom? A deep dive into the project making its way into right-wing circles, aiding in book bans nationwide. Who is behind it? How does it work? How are they recruiting new cult members?
Know before it reaches your library.
bookriot.com/what-is-take...
Know before it reaches your library.
bookriot.com/what-is-take...
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Happy Friday! In order to continue fighting on behalf of all books, all authors, & all readers Authors Against Book Bans is fundraising. No donation is too small & all are tax deductible!
Donate - Authors Against Book Bans
Thank you for donating to Authors Against Book Bans. Your donation directly supports the freedom to read by powering our work with our partner organizations, bringing the author muscle to the fight to...
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Happy Friday! In order to continue fighting on behalf of all books, all authors, & all readers Authors Against Book Bans is fundraising. No donation is too small & all are tax deductible!
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I know it's really about control, but the way these evil monsters talk about banning books to save the children out of one side of their mouths, and downplay an actual pedophile out of the other is rage inducing
November 14, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I know it's really about control, but the way these evil monsters talk about banning books to save the children out of one side of their mouths, and downplay an actual pedophile out of the other is rage inducing