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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
ALA is disappointed that the House Committee on Education & Workforce moved forward dangerous federal book banning legislation yesterday. HR 7661 contains vague, confusing, and overly broad language, inviting government censorship. More from ALA: www.ala.org/news/2026/03... (1/2)
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'Dangerous' bill inviting government censorship passes House committee
The American Library Association condemns the March 17, 2026, passage of H.R. 7661 by the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
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egcm.bsky.social @egcm.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Hey folks! I’m doing a thing and would love it if you could share with anyone you might think is interested. Thanks! 🙏🏻 🤓
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egcm.bsky.social @egcm.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Come find me at the NERCOMP Annual Conference, March 9–11, 2026, in Providence, RI. My session will be about "Modular AI Literacy: Building Skills in a No-Policy Campus Environment." Hope to see you there! i.snoball.it/p/1HrRbh2T/b #NERCOMP26
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Register for NERCOMP Annual Conference | March 9–11, 2026
Connect locally and think globally at NERCOMP 2026, March 9–11 in Providence, RI. Let’s collaborate and shape higher ed’s future.
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Panda @pandasassy.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
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Today, I heard a guy explain to his friend why "not all men" is so wrong. He said the first lesson you learn about gun safety is to treat EVERY weapon like it's loaded, even if you think it's probably not. Treat it like it's loaded, for everyone's safety! That's exactly how women have learned to treat men.
Brilliant!
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Freedom to Read Project @freedomreadproject.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Ever heard someone say “We’re just protecting kids” or “There are plenty of other books”? These are the myths driving book bans. We break down the most common arguments for censorship and give you the facts and responses to push back with confidence: www.freedomtoreadproject.org/debunking_th...
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Debunking the Myths: Responding to the Most Common Arguments for Book Censorship
Book censorship arguments often disguise efforts to erase diverse voices. Responding with facts, empathy, and First Amendment values helps protect everyone’s right to read.
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egcm.bsky.social @egcm.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
I hear folks were calling it “No Kings YASSS Queens” 😂 God I miss Boston!
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Dr. Tanya Harrison @tanyaofmars.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Under the proposed White House budget, the NASA Space Grant program would be eliminated. I was a NASA Space Grant recipient during my Masters—it funded my research on water on Mars. I then went on to work in science & mission ops on multiple NASA Mars missions immediately after graduation. (1/2)
Tanya holding Opportunity rover "sol sheets" in front of the sign for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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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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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Early evidence shows AI has big educational potential, but more in-class tests is a reasonable response to AI cheating risks as we figure out what to do next Low-stakes testing is a powerful learning (not just assessment) tool. Tests help you remember better, access unrelated knowledge & learn more
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Adam Kucharski @adamjkucharski.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Great to see my talk on proof, evidence and explanation has been featured by TED!
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The science of uncertainty — and the origins of conspiracy theories
Why do we find it easier to trust some concepts and ideas over others? Mathematician and TED Fellow Adam Kucharski explores the science of uncertainty, revealing how the very human need for explanatio...
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egcm.bsky.social @egcm.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
And after selecting the lucky contestant from each region of the United States, she’ll loudly proclaim “May the odds be ever in your favor”
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
ICYMI: A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction to halt the elimination of IMLS in the case led by 21 state AGs. ALA welcomes the decision. We're reviewing the ruling to fully understand its implications and will share updates as they are available. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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R.I. Judge Orders Halt to IMLS Dismantling
In Rhode Island v. Trump, district court judge John J. McConnell Jr. ordered a halt to an executive order dismantling the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Plaintiffs in ALA v. Sonderling requ...
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Rejji Kuruvilla @rkuruvi1.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
The pact of the federal govt with universities was not a handout. It was a strategic decision to boost US leadership in technology, defense, and health. And it paid dividends. In tech, internet, in cancer drugs (for example), No other sector has invested in high risk high reward ideas like US govt.
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 09/05/2025
Thank you, Dr. Carla Hayden, for your leadership and commitment to ensuring access to knowledge for all. Your service as Librarian of Congress has inspired a generation of librarians, archivists, and readers. Photo: Dr. Hayden meets with Internet Archive founder @brewster.kahle.org, 2017.
Dr. Carla Hayden talks with Brewster Kahle at the San Francisco Public Library.
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egcm.bsky.social @egcm.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
I started a PD workshop series on assessment of library impact on student success—*literally* supporting efficiency and productivity. The workshop lost its IMLS funding on the 1st day of instruction. The cuts are indiscriminate, shortsighted, and damaging to the very cause touted for the cuts.
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
ALERT: We only have a few hours to save hotspot lending programs funded by #ERate. We NEED your voice. Senator Ted Cruz is attempting a last-minute strategy to permanently defund E-Rate hotspot programs at libraries across the country. Call your Senators NOW and tell them to vote NO on S.J.Res 7!
Call the Senate now to save E-Rate hotspot funding. (202) 224-3121. 1: Dial. 2: Ask for your Senator. 3: Tell them to protect E-Rate wi-fi hotspot funding and vote NO on SJ Res 7. Show up for our libraries, American Library Association.
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David Higgins, MD, MPH @drhigginsmd.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
The U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services has repeatedly claimed: “If you’re healthy, it’s almost impossible to die from an infectious disease in modern times.” That is dangerously false. www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
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Experts Push Back on RFK Jr’s Infection Comments
The new Secretary of Health and Human Services has made claims about measles and other communicable diseases that could lead to sickness, and even death, his critics claim.
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Kathleen Hughes, PhD @kathmhughes.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Tufts University has now released a statement about Rumeysa Ozturk. It's a great statement & is well crafted. www.tufts.edu/president/sp... #academicsky #devpsyc
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University Declaration for Rümeysa Öztürk
University Declaration for Rümeysa ÖztürkApril 2, 2025Dear Tufts community,Please see below a declaration by Tufts University in support of a motion filed today by Rümeysa Öztürk’s legal team in Öztür...
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
ALA is deeply concerned by reports that IMLS is sending notices to libraries claiming to cancel grants that are required by law. This harmful action will disrupt libraries' ability to serve their communities. Tell Congress to protect library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries #ForOurLibraries
Call Congress for our libraries. Show up for our libraries. American library association.
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
“What we are consistently hearing is that there is no data or evidence suggesting that federal funds allocated through the IMLS are being misused. In fact, these funds are essential for delivering vital services, often to the most underserved & vulnerable populations.” www.wired.com/story/instit...
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The DOGE Axe Comes for Libraries and Museums
The Institute of Museum and Library Services has long received bipartisan support. But after years of trying, President Donald Trump has delivered it a crushing blow.
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
23andMe declared bankruptcy and the company is gonna be sold off for parts. That includes your DNA information and the only amount of control you have is to delete your info immediately. It’s very simple to do. Gift link: wapo.st/4kUsBEF
How to delete genetic data from
23andMe
• Log into your 23andMe account.
• Go to your Profile, then tap Settings.
• Scroll to the "23andMe Data" section at the bottom of the page and click View.
• If you want to download your data, select what you want.
• Scroll to the "Delete Data" section and click
Permanently Delete Data.
• Confirm your request: You'll receive an email from 23andMe, and click the link in the email to confirm.
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Geoff Palmer @geoff-palmer.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
#author #writing #writerslife #amwriting #booksky
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egcm.bsky.social @egcm.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
This is not a drill. Libraries need your help.
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Museums and libraries are the main places where members of the public engage in lifelong learning outside of any formal school. Call your legislators. Tell them to protect library funding. bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/a...
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Library Advocates Rally as Trump Targets Federal Funding (Gift Article)
An executive order has demanded that the Institute for Museum and Library Services be eliminated to the maximum extent allowed by law.
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
“For example, if a $50,000 student loan balance is discharged, and the balance is taxed at an effective rate of 25%, that could result in a tax bill of over $12,000, due all at once. This could be particularly problematic for medically disabled borrowers…given their inability to work.”
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Nicole Hennig @nic221.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
How a University Fights an Authoritarian Regime www.chronicle.com/article/how-a-uni… (I spent 3 months in Budapest in 2015 designing CEU library’s website I spent 3 weeks there again in 2017 training some librarians from Myanmar. Very familiar with this)
Text Shot: Faced with such a threat, he wanted to know what he could learn from my time as president of Central European University when Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán, tried to expel us from Budapest.
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egcm.bsky.social @egcm.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Last I knew there are also librarians behind the scenes making copies of internet data and squirreling them away for researchers and others who might need it now or in the future. If you’ve got us, we’ve got you!
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Cornbread Countess @breadbae.blacksky.app · 18/03/2025
ALSO, if you have a library card, you can read paywall articles for free with the Libby app.
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Cara Jackson @carajackson.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Objective, comprehensive, rigorous, timely, and useful: A digital hub for evidence-based education policy research. #EdResearch #EdPolicy livehandbook.org
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Evidence-Based Education Policy Research | Live Handbook
Explore evidence-based education policy research at our digital hub. Access data-driven insights to improve learning outcomes and shape effective policies.
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Nate Jones @natejones.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
As a faculty member, I think I knew from afar what good people IES had. But over the past two years, I have gotten to work alongside so many of those who were just let go. I have learned so much from these friends and colleagues, and I am just dumbstruck at the scale of this loss for our country.
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Count Avi Henriques 🩸 @legalizegoblins.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Just a reminder: If you can't afford books and are in the US, there is this incredible institution we have called the library.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 24/02/2025
Elon Musk spent 176x more on Twitter than he did on the United States of America.
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egcm.bsky.social @egcm.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
“Maine may be one of the first states to undergo an investigation by his Administration, but we won’t be the last. … [D]o not be misled…this is about whether a President can force compliance with his will, without regard for the rule of law that governs our nation. I believe he cannot.”
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16/02/2025
i feel like it's an open question whether or not the flu vaccine will even be available next season
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Saoirse McHugh @saoirsemc.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Public libraries are amazing! Did you know you can borrow a book from any library in the country and return it to any other library? Did you know they have subscriptions to huge amounts of national and international media that you can access?
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
A Colorado school district returned 19 removed books, but most students still can’t read them. Why? Because the books are only available to the plaintiffs in the lawsuit against the district: two students & NAACP members' children. #UniteAgainstBookBans www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/202...
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Banned books returned to libraries in Elizabeth district, but few students will have access
District officials returned 19 books at the center of a lawsuit to school libraries, but didn’t say how students allowed to access the books could find them.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.
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egcm.bsky.social @egcm.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
THIS! (says the gal currently co-chairing the committee drafting the information, digital, and media competencies UConn)
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/02/2025
is it woke to want to end cancer?
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egcm.bsky.social @egcm.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
If anyone needed further proof of an anti-LGBTQ agenda…they’re coming for our mimosas. 🥂
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
People have gathered outside USAID HQ for press event with Democratic Congressmen Beyer, Raskin, Connolly and Olzewski and Senator Van Hollen where they're addressing the building's mysterious shutdown today in the midst of the Trump admin dismantling the agency. (Photos shared with me)
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egcm.bsky.social @egcm.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Now would be a great time to sign up for a local farm share, grain share, meat share, and/or dairy share to reduce your dependence on non-domestic products. Eating local got our household through the pandemic. And I suspect it’s going to help our budget in the midst of a tariff war too.
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egcm.bsky.social @egcm.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
“If they wanted to get rid of the USAID, for example, they could introduce a bill, debate it, pass it, and send it on to President Trump for his signature. And there would be very little the Democrats could do to stop that change. But they are not doing that.”
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egcm.bsky.social @egcm.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
and they all have libraries of so sort, even if the shelves are empty and the staff have to live double lives to support the resistance.
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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
One big (replicated!) finding on AI doesn’t get enough attention: existing systems like GPT-4 can alter deeply held beliefs using logic & discussion, not manipulation. A short conversation with AI greatly reduce conspiracy theory beliefs (hard to do!) & the effects last months.
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
NEW: Take action against the Trump Administration's federal funding freeze by sharing your library story. How would a federal funding pause impact your library & community? Share your story with ALA as we work to inform elected officials & decision-makers on this issue: airtable.com/appTIEEt9RjD...
Show up for our libraries! Fight the funding freeze: Share your library story. ALA American Library Association. #ForOurLibraries.
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egcm.bsky.social @egcm.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
“Yesterday’s spat with Colombia’s president enabled Trump to declare victory, but Colombia has been the top U.S. ally in Latin America, a close partner in combating drug trafficking and managing migration. That relationship, which has taken years of careful cultivation, is now threatened.”
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