Reposted by Christine SarmelGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Great chance to post my all-time favorite headline 2033711258
Christine Sarmel @christinesarmel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Instead of an ‘I voted’ sticker, I want a code for my television that changes political ads to frolicking puppies and chonky bears. Voter participation would sky rocket. 272
Reposted by Christine SarmelKim Collazo @kcollazo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026What if my kid (or student) hates reading? Great tips from Afoma Umesi! This one is 🔥! readingmiddlegrade.substack.com/p/what-to-do...readingmiddlegrade.substack.comWhat if my kid doesn't like reading?Advice from parents who raised a bookworm and a kid who couldn't care less, sometimes in the same house. 002
Christine Sarmel @christinesarmel.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Okay librarians there’s FINALLY a book coming for all those kiddos who want a sports novel about volleyball. DOUBLES is the first book in a new series by T. Z. Layton who wrote The Academy soccer series. This one’s gonna cause a stampede during sixth grade library. 020
Reposted by Christine SarmelCheryl B. Klein @cherylklein.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Writers, watch this. It is SPOT ON and hilarious. (And let's be honest: This is also me, as I just sent off a third revision of some layouts to a designer . . .) 15217
Reposted by Christine SarmelMaureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 26/08/2026As a tribute to Dolly, why not donate a book? Leave one is a free library. Give one to a friend or neighbor or child. Buy one for a teacher’s wishlist. If you have book donation ideas, add them to this thread. Dolly would love to see people getting books! 22649204
Reposted by Christine SarmelMegan Panatier @batdogwalker.bsky.social · 22/08/2026If a big film studio rents out the library at your school for filming and said library needs new books, I think part of the arrangement (the rental money goes to the district and not to the actual school) should be that the big film studio funds new books in the library it closed to actual students 112
Reposted by Christine SarmelBetsy Bird @fuse8.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Extraordinarily beautiful and more than a little wise, now you can convert your verse loving science haters and convert your science hating poetry-lovers, all in one fell swoop. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2026/08/20/r...afuse8production.slj.comReview of the Day: Fourteen Ways of Looking at Jellyfish by Carole Boston Weatherford, ill. Bagram Ibatoulline - A Fuse #8 ProductionExtraordinarily beautiful and more than a little wise, now you can convert your verse loving science haters and convert your science hating poetry-lovers, all in one fell swoop. 1144
Reposted by Christine SarmelAlison Weiss @alioop7.bsky.social · 15/08/2026If, as adults, we're not demonstrating that reading is an enjoyable and worthwhile activity, how can we expect kids to want to engage in it, too? How can they learn to love reading if it's a chore or torturous assignment fought over or rushed through to get to something else? Get caught reading. 2219
Reposted by Christine SarmelJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 17/08/2026New from 404 Media: we solved which AI company is buying massive shipments of rare books, scanning and destroying them to train AI. We put an Apple AirTag in a rare book, followed it. It ended up at an Amazon facility. Its logo is a dinosaur ripping through a book www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...404media.coWe Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training FacilityWe placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. 12537932367
Reposted by Christine SarmelJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 17/08/2026Remember also there is a huge push from the right to defund and destroy public education in the United States, and "AI" destroying literacy skills under the guide of "helping students" is absolutely going to help that. 15800142
Reposted by Christine SarmelAmie Just @amiejust.com · 16/08/2026Hello 👋🏻 We are here in ✨Pinnacle Bank Arena✨ for No. 1 Nebraska’s Red-White Scrimmage. Expect four sets, most likely. For those at home, you can tune to: 📺: Nebraska Public Media 💻: B1G+ 📻: Huskers Radio Network 0131
Reposted by Christine SarmelFrances Hardinge @franceshardinge.bsky.social · 16/08/2026It turns out that the contact form on my website has been malfunctioning for the last few months. It should now be working. If you sent me a message during that time, I won't have received it. Could you perhaps send it to me again? 053
Reposted by Christine SarmelKaleb Henry @ikalebhenry.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Game day in Lincoln! 🏐: Red-White Scrimmage 📺: NPM 💻: B1G+ 🕒: 3 p.m. CT 🏟️: Pinnacle Bank Arena 1111
Reposted by Christine SarmelLynda Mullaly Hunt @lyndamh.bsky.social · 13/08/2026An ARC giveaway ! Please comment to enter. Sharing would be appreciated 🙏🏻🙏🏻 Ends 8/18 #mglit #kidlit #Howtobuildamiracle #mgGrit #CapeCod 122817
Reposted by Christine SarmelOmaha World-Herald @owhnews.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Following an eight-month renovation, Nebraska volleyball returned to practice at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.omaha.com'Like a football facility': Nebraska volleyball raves about renovated Devaney Sports Center 021
Reposted by Christine SarmelWIRED @wired.com · 08/08/2026New AI toolbars and prompts are showing up in Google Docs and Gmail. If you don’t want Gemini’s help in writing documents and emails, here’s how to turn that stuff off. www.wired.com/story/how-to...wired.comHow to Disable the AI Features in Gmail and Google DocsNew AI toolbars and prompts are showing up in Google Docs and Gmail. If you don’t want Gemini’s help in writing documents and emails, here’s how to turn that stuff off. 1721151427
Reposted by Christine SarmelMatthew J Kuiper @matthewjkuiper.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Many of us have been saying… Refusing to write with/by AI is absolutely a necessary “act of resistance against an ever-dumber world” (not to mention against the tech companies and powers that want to make us pliable, unthinking slaves)nytimes.comOpinion | I’m Begging You: Never Write With A.I. (Gift Article)It’s bad for your brain and worse for democracy. 15123
Reposted by Christine SarmelDan Sheehan @dansheehan.bsky.social · 01/08/2026It is funny that as more people get duped by AI, the response more frequently seems to be to insist that the models are developing godlike intelligence and we all need to be sooo careful when the real lesson is clearly that the human psyche can get absolutely one-shotted by personalized flattery 221783456
Reposted by Christine SarmelLincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Here are all of the Nebraska positional previews for the 2026 season. Setter: roundtable.io/sports/ncaa/... Middle Blocker: roundtable.io/sports/ncaa/... Opposite: roundtable.io/sports/ncaa/... Libero/Defensive Specialist: roundtable.io/sports/ncaa/... Outside Hitter: roundtable.io/sports/ncaa/...roundtable.ioNebraska Volleyball Position Previews: Outside HitterAfter elevating her game last year, Harper Murray leads a deep position group poised for a breakout campaign. 074
Christine Sarmel @christinesarmel.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Ask me how happy I am that someone sold me an ANCIENT laptop (for less than it costs to eat out) that has pre-AI word processing and flash-drive storage. I never use AI, but the time save of not having to figure out how to shut it off is amazing. I’m going to be sad when it dies.static.klipy.comMan Typing on Retro ComputerAlt: Man Typing on Retro Computer 000
Christine Sarmel @christinesarmel.bsky.social · 30/07/2026What happens when media companies buy each other and let AI run the show. Second day in a row with a Nebraska header over news from another state. That said, enjoy your guac people of St. Louis, I wish you well. 010
Christine Sarmel @christinesarmel.bsky.social · 28/07/2026So which actor gets to voice the character ‘giving tree’? 000
Reposted by Christine SarmelErin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 28/07/2026If you have type-O positive blood and you can manage it, please consider donating blood *as soon as possible* - this is a very bad situation. 11542402
Reposted by Christine SarmelLaura Zats @lzats.bsky.social · 27/07/2026New email address to watch out for: laurazatsheadwaterliterarymana@gmail.com is NOT me and is soliciting manuscripts and funneling them to an editorial service. I always do my dev eds myself 💅 0219
Christine Sarmel @christinesarmel.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Last week of vacation. One last trip to the library. 000
Reposted by Christine SarmelTechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 25/07/2026At libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand.techcrunch.comLibrarians are hosting viral 'Avoiding AI' workshops for people who are fed up with Big Tech | TechCrunchAt libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand. 2043401769
Christine Sarmel @christinesarmel.bsky.social · 21/07/2026My feeds in August are 50% teachers complaining about silly games admin makes them play to start school… And 50% teachers selling packets of silly games for students to start school… If we don’t like it, they don’t either.static.klipy.comAbster AbstractAlt: Green penguin holding a mirror on a pink background with title Look In the Mirror. 020
Reposted by Christine SarmelLincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 19/07/2026POSITION PREVIEW: Virginia Adriano is poised to build on a solid debut season while Ryan Hunter and Jayden Robinson also factor into the opposite position for the Huskers in 2026. roundtable.io/sports/ncaa/...roundtable.ioNebraska Volleyball Position Previews: OppositeAdriano emerged as a solid contributor in her first season with the Huskers, while Hunter and Robinson add depth on the right pin. 071
Christine Sarmel @christinesarmel.bsky.social · 19/07/2026My read for today: BLADE by Wendy Walker. I hear echoes of the nonfiction book from the 90’s - Little Girls in Pretty Boxes. 010
Reposted by Christine SarmelDebbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 18/07/2026Seeking advice from fellow Celtic harpists: I have been unsuccessful in trying to order a replacement tuning key (original got lost during move). Online shops I found don't ship to Canada. Tried getting one from Amazon but it was the wrong size. Advice welcome! Photo for ref: my harp (before move). 114025
Christine Sarmel @christinesarmel.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Regarding my avatar: Tollers are cute, but very smart. Examples: pulls out kitchen drawers, scales them like a mountain climber, eats what is on counter Lever door knobs: no problem Stormy weather: escorts self to basement shelter Time to come in: he’ll take that under consideration, no promises 000
Christine Sarmel @christinesarmel.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Quick tip to those preparing for kindergarten: Once your kiddo has learned to tie their own shoes, let them practice tying yours on your foot. Teach them to ask, ‘Do you want me to tie your shoe?’ Kids love to be useful/ easy way to meet classmates/ saves a smidgen of the teacher’s sanity 000
Reposted by Christine SarmelMolly White @molly.wiki · 15/07/202613.2-ounce cans of Pedigree Can High Protein Chopped Chicken & Duck Flavor with lot codes 613C3KKCFC and 613C1KKCFC 7771609
Christine Sarmel @christinesarmel.bsky.social · 13/07/2026This is how you convince me to pull a book off my to-read shelf and get started… 011
Christine Sarmel @christinesarmel.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Doing some work with the incoming kindergarten class list and realized the Charlie/Charli/Charles/Charlotte number is into double digits.static.klipy.comTina Fey as Liz Lemon: Which One Is Which?Alt: Tina Fey as Liz Lemon: Which One Is Which? 000
Reposted by Christine SarmelColby Sharp @colbysharp.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Added a couple of picture books and a couple of middle grade novels to my list of AWESOME NEW BOOKS. 📚👍https://www.mrcolbysharp.com/2026 1206
Christine Sarmel @christinesarmel.bsky.social · 09/07/2026I don’t know if it’s leaning into my weaknesses or accepting reality, but it does make me a little happy that having a notebook full of handwritten pre-writes and a folder full of files labeled Jess8_final, Jess9_FINAL might turn out to be a positive.static.klipy.comKermit the Frog Typing Fast on a TypewriterAlt: Kermit the Frog Typing Fast on a Typewriter 000
Reposted by Christine SarmelRob Hart @robwhart.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Over at @writersdigest.bsky.social I wrote about advice, and what works, and what doesn't, and how to keep going despite the hellmouth that is the publishing industry. I hope you find it helpful. Spread the gospel.writersdigest.comComparison Is the Thief of Joy (and Success)Don’t let the bad advice grind you down. 041
Christine Sarmel @christinesarmel.bsky.social · 08/07/2026When all the library holds come in at the same time… 100
Christine Sarmel @christinesarmel.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Dear tech people: I would pay for a subscription to a site that keeps updated information about how to shut off AI across various platforms and apps. 000
Reposted by Christine SarmelNebraska Humane Society @nehumanesociety.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Do you recognize any of these pets? This is just a fraction of the animals that have come into our care in the last 8 days. Please share to help us find their families! If your pet is missing, visit nehumanesociety.org/lost to fill out a report and see all of our strays. 22713
Reposted by Christine SarmelKate Messner @katemessner.com · 06/07/2026THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES comes out in paperback tomorrow! (and just in time - it's already landed on 23 state book award lists and kids need this affordable edition!) bookshop.org/p/books/the-...bookshop.orgThe Trouble with HeroesCheck out The Trouble with Heroes - <p><b>An instant <i>New York Times</i> bestseller!</b><br><br><b>A <i>USA Today</i> bestseller!</b><br><br><b>Read with Jenna Jr. Summer Reading List Pick!</b><br><... 0193
Reposted by Christine SarmelColby Sharp @colbysharp.bsky.social · 03/07/2026A beautiful and quick read about why children’s books are for EVERYONE. 📚👍 1111
Christine Sarmel @christinesarmel.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Shout out to every person who’s wondering why they decided to be a hand surgeon or an eye specialist.static.klipy.comElmo Celebrates with FireworksAlt: Elmo Celebrates with Fireworks 000
Reposted by Christine SarmelColby Sharp @colbysharp.bsky.social · 02/07/2026The Stuffie Stand by Maddie Frost is so darn cute. 📚 👍 192
Reposted by Christine SarmelNebraska Humane Society @nehumanesociety.bsky.social · 02/07/2026just asked our dogs what they think about those fireworks you're setting off 35524
Christine Sarmel @christinesarmel.bsky.social · 29/06/2026A short path to happiness: -Open book -Ten pages later…this book is not for me -Close book -Pick different book In all seriousness, we talk about this in the elementary school library all the time, but given the book takes floating around, some people were absent that day. It’s fine to DNF. 150
Reposted by Christine SarmelHeidi Reinberg @heidireinberg.bsky.social · 27/06/2026For those of you without an NYT subscription:nytimes.comOpinion | Gambling Addiction Starts in Middle School (Gift Article)In part because gambling ads are in everything, everywhere, all at once. 122
Reposted by Christine SarmelKate McKean @katemckean.bsky.social · 23/06/2026"If you can’t tell me what your book is about, then a reader can’t tell their friends why they should read it." --> that's just one of the things I've learned in my twenty years being a literary agent. The other 19 are here: www.agentsandbooks.com/20-things-i-... 34514
