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@dunslibrarian.bsky.social
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Librarian in Kentucky. I enjoy books, libraries, Tolkien, Taylor Swift, and cats.

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Ellsey @ellsey.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
stop what you're doing and let Amber Glenn take you to church #USPrevagenChamps #figureskating
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 05/08/2025
Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.
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EmmaSkies @emmaskies.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
I saw this article in @variety.com first thing this morning and I haven’t stopped feeling sick about it all day. This is beyond disgusting. A complete abandonment of any sense of journalistic integrity by @jimacosta.bsky.social and a truly horrific thing to do to a dead kid.
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Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
More stories of critical research being cut by the Trump administration. One researcher was implementing a program to improve nutrition among lower-income children. Another was studying how to slow the growth and spread of tumors. whyshoulditrustyou.substack.com/p/i-was-just...
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I Was Just About To When My Grant Was Cut.
We ask researchers to send us their stories of what they were working on when their research grant was cut. Today, we share the stories of Tashara and Brendan.
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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Very few public spaces put time, energy, and square footage into giving teens a place to claim as specifically their own.
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The Impact Libraries Have on Teenagers
Very few public spaces put time, energy, and square footage into giving teens a place to claim as specifically their own.
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University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk · 11/07/2025
Hundreds of scientists are set to take part in the first performance of a new Scottish country dance inspired by the ripples in spacetime whose existence was first theorised by Albert Einstein. More: gla.ac/3ICip4Q #GR24Amaldi16 #GravitationalWaves #Glasgow @uofgravity.bsky.social
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Beverley Kendall Author 👩🏾‍💻📖🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇾 💙 @beverleykendall.com · 08/07/2025
We pay taxes on EVERYTHING!!!!! Nothing is FREE!!!! WE ARE PAYING FOR IT!!! Therefore it damn well should be spent on making our lives BETTER!!!! If my neighbor is in need, I want my taxes to go to helping them. When their life is better, so is MINE!!!
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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
‘Chipping away at democracy’: authors fear outcome of U.S. supreme court’s LGBTQ+ book ruling | Guardian
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‘Chipping away at democracy’: authors fear outcome of US supreme court’s LGBTQ+ book ruling
Some parents can now opt students out of LGBTQ+ book readings. The writers warn of increased book bans and bias
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Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
A wealthy country should aim to protect its most vulnerable, not further enrich those who already have plenty. The wealthiest Americans won’t even notice their tax breaks, but the poorest will definitely notice having less money in their pocket.
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School Library Journal @slj.com · 29/06/2025
Beloved YA author Tiffany D. Jackson, winner of this year’s Margaret A. Edwards Award, speaks to SLJ about the award, her expansive work, and how real life influences her stories. #alaac25 #YALSA #YA www.slj.com/story/newsfe...
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Barbara Gordon @thebookwizard.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Want to fight against book bans? Run for city council or library board. Show up to city council meetings and defend the freedom to read. Make yourself heard. National politics starts local so start advocating at your local level.
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School Library Journal @slj.com · 27/06/2025
At #alaac25, the ALA Council will vote on a recommendation for ALS to absorb YALSA, which would be dissolved as a division of ALA. It is expected to pass, and governing bodies for both divisions are working under that assumption and planning for the future as they mourn the loss of YALSA.
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YALSA Expected To Be Dissolved, Absorbed by ALSC in 2026
In June, ALA Council will decide the fate of YALSA, voting on the recommendation that the teen division be eliminated and its work be moved under the umbrella of ALSC.
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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Support libraries and literacy! Take action at buff.ly/41eAGMI
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Neil PollyTicks 🦜 @neilpollyticks.eurosky.social · 19/06/2025
Oh is Superman trending again? #Superman
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dunslibrarian.bsky.social @dunslibrarian.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
I love this show! Really captures the cooperative, optimistic spirit of Star Trek.
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School Library Journal @slj.com · 11/06/2025
2025 Books from American Indian Youth Literature Award Winners (100 Scope Notes)
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2025 Books from American Indian Youth Literature Award Winners
Sharing 2025 books from past American Indian Youth Literature Award winners!
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Jennifer Raff @jenniferraff.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
I am sitting in a public library working on a grant, and a grandmotherly woman is patiently teaching a small boy how to read at the table next to me. Another woman is knitting nearby. The children’s section is packed with kids. Things in my country are bleak, but libraries are where I find hope. ❤️
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 11/06/2025
Wildfires devastate communities. UC Berkeley is helping preserve local government research, policy, & action on wildfire management on the Internet Archive. Learn more ➡️ igs.berkeley.edu/news/califor... 🧵
Screenshot of UC Berkeley’s website, displaying the Institute of Governmental Studies page. Text reads: 
California wildfires: documents in the California Local Government Documents digitization collection
June 2, 2025. Paul King.
Below the text are images of the covers of three reports.
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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
‘But fair-seeming were all the words and deeds of Melkor.’ — Tolkien
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Freedom to Read Project @freedomreadproject.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
This quote reminds us that open, honest conversations between parents and kids are the antidote to fear… and fear is what fuels censorship. When we trust young readers and engage with them about what they read, we build critical thinking, connection, and empathy. #FreedomToRead #EndBookBans
Quote from Judy Bloom that says let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won’t have as much censorship because we won’t have as much fear.
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School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Online, kindle & tablet newspapers for children & teens, many free to download & read, we pick the best options for schools & home learning schoolreadinglist.co.uk/resources/ma... #YAlit #homelearning
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Magazines and newspapers for children and teenagers
Magazines for children in the UK. Pick from over 100 subscription titles for kids and teens to read at home or in school.
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School Library Journal @slj.com · 07/06/2025
"All these many years into my life as a library card holder, I still walk into mine and think: I can take any of these books home with me? For FREE? Everyone should be talking about this!” - Melissa Albert, author #ReasonstoLoveLibraries bit.ly/3RGM52r
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Neal Curtis @nihilcurtis.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
I needed to scan something today. Went to the local public library, and, of course, the service was impeccable and free, confirming public #libraries are the epitome of civilized life.
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Author Myron J. Clifton @deardean22.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Latino/Hispanic folk, learn what Black folk learned: the anarchists are NOT your friends. They’ll instigate the burning of your communities then go to their parents suburban homes and watch it burn on their 70 inch TV’s.
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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Scooter Braun did an incredibly shitty thing to her in 2019 when he bought her masters out from under her. But I love that Taylor used that to relaunch her career with the Taylor's Version re-recording, become the biggest music artist in the world, and then use the earnings to get her masters back.
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emma ✿ @opaliteskies.swifties.social · 30/05/2025
taylor swift reading intricately detailed and elaborate reputation TV theories when she hasn’t even recorded a quarter of it
Taylor Swift pulling a face with eyes wide open and a microphone
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
For 225 years, the Library of Congress has collected America’s stories and kept Congress informed. The American Library Association stands with America’s library.
The Library of Congress belongs to Congress and the American people. [Logos: Show up for our libraries - American Library Association]
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 15/05/2025
📚 Fair use empowers libraries, learners, journalists & creators—it’s essential to a healthy digital society. With turmoil at the Copyright Office, @brewster.kahle.org urges us: don’t lose sight of fair use. Read the post ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/05/14/p... #FairUse #DigitalRights
Brewster Kahle testifying to Congress as part of the Copyright Office Modernization Committee, September 28, 2023.
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
ALA is alarmed by the termination of the Digital Equity Act grants program, a seismic investment in America's digital infrastructure. This abrupt & illegal termination is extremely concerning for the libraries relying on funding to connect their communities. More: www.ala.org/news/2025/05...
ALA raises alarm over termination of Digital Equity Act grants. Show up for our libraries, American Library Association.
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School Library Journal @slj.com · 11/05/2025
In Honor of Dr. Carla Hayden by Karen Jensen
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In Honor of Dr. Carla Hayden
Teen Librarian Karen Jensen laments the firing of Dr. Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress
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Barbara Gordon @thebookwizard.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
I don’t think non-USians understand the significance of Cardinals from all over the world selecting a US American pope, especially someone who was close to Francis. It’s meant to be a direct rebuke to the current US administration, not another US grasp at power.
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
We need EVERY library advocate to raise their voice in support of library funding. Take action NOW, call Congress to #FundLibraries: bit.ly/Call2FundLibraries Time is running out to Fund Libraries next fiscal year. Congress MUST act to include libraries in the next federal budget. #ForOurLibraries
Fund Libraries: Tell Congress to invest in libraries. ALA American Library Association, #FundLibraries.
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Tara Wine-Queen Writes @tarawinequeen.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
“I asked ChatGPT” well I asked the three Fates and the one with the scissors got very agitated when I told her you were using your one precious life thread talking to that cursed thing
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Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Teachers, librarians, book lovers, #BookSky! Join us Friday May 9th from 10AM-3PM for the Freedom Read-In, a free, all-day assembly of award-winning children's book authors reading from their own work to bring attention to and raise support for Freedom to Read bills that are active in 12 states...
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 22/04/2025
Anyone who tells you that holding on to things you love is a distraction doesn’t want you to win.
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Barbara Gordon @thebookwizard.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Want a good series that isn’t written by a transphobe? Try Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan The Supernatural Investigations series by B.B Alston Shadowshaper & the sequels by Daniel José Older They’re all fabulous
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Mezentine @mezentine.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Okay lets game this out: You are a Nintendo employee given unlimited funds and authority to move Switch 2 production to the US. No new factories, that's going to take way too long, you need to work with existing American Contract Manufacturing capacity. How fast can you do it? 1/x
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Katherine Applegate @kaaauthor.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
The "Book Résumés" initiative from @uabookbans.bsky.social, @slj.com, and publishing partners is a powerful tool to combat censorship. This free resource includes reviews, accolades, and more info on frequently-challenged books. New titles added regularly! buff.ly/dr3btyt
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
if the united states ever has even a hope of recovering we have to destroy the idea of american individualism. "they don't owe you anything" we owe each other everything actually
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Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
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dunslibrarian.bsky.social @dunslibrarian.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Delightful thread.
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Barbara Gordon @thebookwizard.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
If you love libraries, CALL YOUR REPS, #booksky. This is going to especially hurt rural and Indigenous communities but every library is going to feel this. My state library gets over 3.5 million dollars in funding from IMLS. Step up.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 30/03/2025
The lesson I learned from that was "if you feel like you are in a place that is not safe for you, you're probably right and you don't have to keep taking the hits because you say it's for the greater good."
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Trump’s trying to gut funding for libraries: you can fight back with ALA. The President's executive order to dismantle the Institute of Museum & Library Services would be deeply harmful. We need to speak out. Take action NOW: tell Congress to protect library funding. bit.ly/ProtectLibraryFunding
Trump is trying to gut libraries. Fight back with ALA. Show up for our libraries. ALA American Library Association
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Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · 16/03/2025
Protest songs have been part of American history for centuries —However, the history of protest music is often associated with men, despite women having played a key role in this American tradition.
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5 Women Musicians Behind Legendary Protest Songs
From Joan Baez to Nina Simone.
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BlueScotty Will Not Obey @bluescottyp.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
“Ships won’t be able to safely navigate through our waterways. Farmers won’t have the data they need to manage crops. NOAA’s workforce keeps people alive & provides communities with the scientific support tools to protect their families & grow their businesses” #ProudBlue amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/03/...
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NOAA layoffs: How Americans will feel the impact of Trump’s weather forecasting layoffs | CNN
Scientists and politicians are sounding the alarm about potential consequences of the layoffs, including keeping people safe and protecting the economy.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 01/03/2025
This, so much. If an abuser wants to yell at you, even the very act of not giving them a reason enrages them.
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Karim Wafa-Al Hussaini @karimwafa.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
This is a librarian appreciation post. If you’re a librarian I just want you to know that what you do is important and that you’re loved and appreciated.
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Tom Emanuel @realtomemanuel.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
For Black History Month, did you know that one of our foundational Tolkien scholars is a Black woman? Melanie Rawls wrote "The Feminine Principle in Tolkien" (1984), among THE seminal works on women and Tolkien. She's written on JRRT and Ursula Le Guin among others and is a fantasist herself.
The writer and Tolkien scholar Melanie Rawls, an African American woman in a blue button-up shirt, glasses with thick black rims, and a dapper fedora.The article "The Feminine Principle in Tolkien" by Melanie Rawls, published in Mythlore 38 (Spring 1984). Above the title and author, a pen-and-ink drawing depicts three powerful women from Tolkien's mythology.
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dunslibrarian.bsky.social @dunslibrarian.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Really enjoying the Tales of Agrabah update on #DreamlightValley! The main quest was really fun and the fact that you can now see that an item in your inventory is someone’s favorite gift is such a quality of life improvement. Aladdin is a favorite of mine so this was a nice evening of fun.
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