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Cindy Shutts @cindysku.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I am bookstore cat yes library cat no. People pay for the library with their taxes they should be able to use it.

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Jenny Schwartz @jennyschwartz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

You know how I just pleaded with you all to read my cozy dystopian fantasy... well, reality is trying to out-weird my imagination. In the event of the apocalypse starting, head for IKEA (if you're in Denmark).

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Rose/T.A. Summers @rosepetals1984.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I take a similar stance for how I pick up books to review as a reader. I usually tell people that I will not review you if you have A.I. written work, A.I. covers, anything of that sort. No exceptions. I've probably had maybe one person try to argue with me about it, but I ignored them. *shrugs*

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Jennifer Prokop @jenreadsromance.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

we've really lost something that so many people expect stories to be tailored to them as an individual, rather than being an individual approaching story interested in what it means to be human.

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Rock Chalk Rubies @rockchalkrubies.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

We are building up a Kansas Jayhawks group chat open to anyone and any sport men or women. Feel free to join in! bsky.app/chat/OzSMJQN

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 09/10/2026

In case you missed it last night: we are seeing reports all over the country of immigration surges and state violence. If you need whistles for your community, we will send you 100-3000 3d printed for free, and we will love doing it. 3dwhistles.com

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Manisha Krishnan @manishakrishnan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

at a HarperCollins AI "brainstorming" session, staff say they raised legal, ethical, and environmental concerns and were told that's “the cost of doing business.” The employee portal was updated to say AI's environmental impact is "a small part of most individuals’ total digital carbon footprint."

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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Meanwhile those same publishers are going to be making a lot of money from the Anthropic AI theft settlements...

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Kathryn Brightbill ✒️ @kebrightbill.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Waffle House locations in the panhandle are closed, I repeat, Waffle House locations in the panhandle are closed, this is not a drill. #Isaias

Screenshot of a FB post by meteorologist Greg Dee showing Waffle House locations closed in the panhandle

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Far too many people simply hate children for existing

Neighbor blasts an ultrasonic device audible and painful only to children whenever they pass on the public sidewalk.

Was riding bikes with my daughter and a friend to school this morning. We passed a house and they both started yelling, "Ow! It hurts my ears." Really strange, right? Then I hear a voice play through a speaker who says, "If it hurts your ears, ride your bikes somewhere else!"

Now I'm angry. Literally doing nothing but riding bikes to school, probably one of the most wholesome activities a person could imagine, and...I can't even get my brain around it.

It's apparently not loud, but it is tuned to a frequency higher than I can hear. If it's low enough for my children to hear it, it's going to be almost useless as an animal deterrent. It is specifically designed to cause pain to humans and serves no other purpose.

How is this legal?

Location: Minnesota, Twin Cities suburb

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🌜🍔•°{Miggs Tonite} @miggsboson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Trump Admin launches 45 day ICE surge starting today, targeting LA, San Diego and San Fransico. Stay safe.

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Bloody Rain--Happy Halloween! 🩸 @simplyrain.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Who could have imagined that they didn't wotk?!?!

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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 09/10/2026

We're back. 💫

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

One of the most disconcerting moments of living in this timeline of the world in the U.S. is that A LOT of people in this country keep acting like there's a special line that needs to be crossed for fascism to *arrive.* The reality is that we are CURRENTLY living under Federal fascism. NOW.

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Rose/T.A. Summers @rosepetals1984.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

To be honest, this is pushing me away from wanting to trade pub and just do my own thing. (Initially, I wanted to do hybrid and query some of my stuff like my YA UF. But if they're just going to do A.I., why would/should I bother? I don't want that.)

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Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com · 09/10/2026

Now’s probably a good time to say that a couple years back I turned down a five-figure offer from HarperCollins because they refused to put in a clause prohibiting AI from touching any of my books at any point in the process. I was lucky to be able to walk away, and it was the right thing to do.

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gochenourabout @sjgochenour.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

just visited with Baby Niece for a bit (okay, 19 months old, but baby TO ME). she loves books, but every part of the experience needs adult mediation — page-turning, voices, changing the story when she gets bored, relating the book to other toys or people she likes.

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 09/10/2026

🧵3 Encounter voter intimidation, interference, or trouble casting your ballot? Call the nonpartisan Election Protection hotline: 866-OUR-VOTE 866-687-8683 Save it. Share it. Nobody should have to face voting interference alone

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

@beaubaumann.bsky.social is right: everyday, until the supposed day of public execution, is a struggle over the message. I would add two things: First, when I say that the Civil War taught us No Kings, No Masters, this is what I mean. The master had sovereign authority over the plantation.

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Errick Nunnally @erricknunnally.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I don't know how Marco Rubio can live day to day knowing that sycophancy is his crowning achievement. What a simp.

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Errick Nunnally @erricknunnally.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

It is remarkable that I have lived this long without AI. And I still don't need the "help" of Algorithmic Cleverness.

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Keezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

people keep reposting my stuff from a couple days ago like "but I buy all the banned books!" "my classroom reads all the--" man you have no idea how many books are being banned. it's THOUSANDS. looking it up gives you top 100 at MOST. banning hurts authors. hands down. stop trying to make it okay

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I’m starting to believe that Pete Hegseth is the violent sociopath his mom says he is.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Again, the red background here, priceless.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026

Ossoff: "If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club"

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Robin Bradford @tuphlos.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This can't be a serious question

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238, 297 (1972) (Brennan, J., concurring) “No longer does our society countenance the spectacle of public executions, once thought desirable as a deterrent to criminal behavior by others. Today we reject public executions as debasing and brutalizing to us all.“

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 08/10/2026

Honestly live streaming an execution for the clicks feels like a natural consequence of not regulating the tech industry

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 08/10/2026

I'm so tired of the constant cruelty.

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

If you are so extraordinarily stupid that you fall for a standard Republican trans panic ruse, I cannot trust you to represent me in office. This is like media literacy 101. Your colleagues are going to run circles around you. Dupe you into anything. I'd be safer running and representing myself.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

My kids have measles, I can’t afford diesel, I lost my job, and my country just lost a war to Iran. But at least now I can watch firing squad executions on TV.

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

You know what would stop a live-streamed of a man’s death: refusing to table Thomas Massie’s motion to impeach Pete Hegseth on November 9.

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Joey Esposito @joeyesposito.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

me, a professor of common sense, thinks it’s pretty fucking clear

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Reupping this with the request that it you liked the cute dog photo, you take one minute of your day to send the link to any DC-area friends/family/acquaintances who do not currently have a dog but might be interested in adopting one, or even just taking one out for a day in the park.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 08/10/2026

If you have ever read a book to a baby, you will realize it's not a linear experience. The baby wants to turn pages backward, wants to ask questions (if they're old enough), wants to examine the pages and get really excited if they can say "bear!" even if the word "bear!" is not on the page.

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Robin Bradford @tuphlos.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I see the AI users are pushing back now against the argument that AI is harming the book industry. She calls it just a "perception" and not a fact. It's a perception based on facts? Do you really think it isn't a fact?

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Reverend Jesus "🎃" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 08/10/2026

Any CDC personnel who assist with this genocidal plan are just as culpable as RFK Jr himself.

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Cindy Shutts @cindysku.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

School Libraries really made me enjoy Nonfiction. The librarian would have fun nonfiction that made it enjoyable to learn.

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

my experiences with school libraries - not just in elementary school, but middle and high school - shaped a lot of who i am today and how i got here we're failing kids, not just during their childhood, but for their entire life, by providing less library opportunities than we had

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Steve "It's TAY-tro" Tetreault @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

It is educational malpractice to have a school without a certified school librarian & library program, no matter how you slice it. Go by cost: Libraries are the best return on investment in a school. Go by impact: libraries have the largest measurable, across academic, social, & mental health.

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

"one of the biggest forms of censorship is not having a school library" ~ Melissa Jacobs at a NYCC panel (or so I hear) --- CORRECT

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 07/10/2026

Canada is refusing to issue ISBNs to books primarily generated with AI. This illustrates both the urgency of the problem of the growing flood of slop books, and also the toothlessness of addressing it on the honor system without there also being consequences for lying

Use of artificial intelligence
By registering with ISBN Canada, you declare that your book was created by a human author. You may use AI tools only for limited support tasks, such as brainstorming ideas, checking grammar, or formatting your book. You must not use AI to generate the text, create the artwork, or translate the book. ISBN Canada does not issue ISBNs for works whose content is primarily generated by AI. LAC is currently reviewing its policy regarding the use of AI content creation and our guidance is subject to change.

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Steve "It's TAY-tro" Tetreault @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Nothing like have your octogenarian father explain at length what Facebook is and how it works, as though it is a newly-created technology. 😂

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Willy Wonka: REALLY?

Alt: Willy Wonka: REALLY?

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Olivia Dade @oliviawrites.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

💥 Olivia Powers ACTIVATE! 💥

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Cindy Shutts @cindysku.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I loved horror ya when I was a teen Christopher pike fear street. Like YA had moved to the 16-20 range and it’s weird to me. Like some older teen great but like these books are being written for adults now.

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Cindy Shutts @cindysku.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

also librarians are wanting younger YA because like a lot of the YA is made clearly for adults and it leaves the teens behind. This way we have the 10 year series in Teen move the most rather than new books. Librarian shakes fist.

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