Reposted by Jessbrarian (she/her)Freedom to Read Project @freedomreadproject.bsky.social · 01/12/2025This Giving Week, we’re aiming to raise $5,000 to fund trainings, resources, and on-the-ground support for the parents, educators, librarians, and students fighting back. Every contribution (big or small) helps us protect access to books. www.freedomtoreadproject.org/donate-ftrp 184
Reposted by Jessbrarian (she/her)The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 03/11/2025At the end of the day, don’t we all just want to inhale the intoxicating aroma of vintage books in a quaint bookstore on a cobblestone side street in Edinburgh during a pouring rain? 1647939
Reposted by Jessbrarian (she/her)Freedom to Read Project @freedomreadproject.bsky.social · 03/11/2025In the 2024–25 school year, Florida led the nation with 2,304 book bans, according to PEN America. That’s 2,304 lost opportunities for students to see themselves, question ideas, and learn from diverse voices. Every banned book is a silenced story, and every silence chips away at democracy. 063
Jessbrarian (she/her) @jessbrarian.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Morning! I randomly decided to open this app today for the first time in a couple mths (life's been busy) 😅 Here's a sunny Vancouver Island beach pic to get your day/week started off right 💜 0111
Reposted by Jessbrarian (she/her)Shannon Hale @shannonhale.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Very helpful myth debunking from the Freedom to Read Project. It succinctly offers responses to the main arguments posed by book banners. www.freedomtoreadproject.org/debunking_th...freedomtoreadproject.orgDebunking the Myths: Responding to the Most Common Arguments for Book CensorshipBook censorship arguments often disguise efforts to erase diverse voices. Responding with facts, empathy, and First Amendment values helps protect everyone’s right to read. 04322
Jessbrarian (she/her) @jessbrarian.bsky.social · 03/08/2025The lillies are in bloom! 😍 #GardenSky #gardening 270
Jessbrarian (she/her) @jessbrarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2025I'm going to eat my weight in cherries this summer 😏🍒 #SummerGoals #summer 020
Jessbrarian (she/her) @jessbrarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2025Name one #goal you want to see through before summer's end. Serious and silly goals will be equally applauded. #SummerGoals #summermedia.tenor.coma cartoon of a frog floating on a raft with a sad face on itAlt: A smiling cartoon frog, floating in an intertube, holding a cup at the beach looking at the sunset. 130
Jessbrarian (she/her) @jessbrarian.bsky.social · 28/07/2025I'm on vacation this week and just ate a cinnamon bun for lunch. I have reached peak adulting 😌 040
Jessbrarian (she/her) @jessbrarian.bsky.social · 20/07/2025I made a thing!! (It still needs the lights installed, but I did it 😊) #crafting #BookishCrafts #bookstore #SundayFunday 3130
Reposted by Jessbrarian (she/her)Doug Mirams @dmirams.bsky.social · 19/07/2025Want Safer Neighborhoods? Invest in Libraries When library funding goes up, crime tends to go down medium.com/everylibrary...medium.comWant Safer Neighborhoods? Invest in LibrariesWhen library funding goes up, crime tends to go down 06819
Jessbrarian (she/her) @jessbrarian.bsky.social · 17/07/2025It's been a bit of a day. So I'm having my favourite dinner 😌 #GirlDinner #adulting 040
Jessbrarian (she/her) @jessbrarian.bsky.social · 15/07/2025In effort to post more #library stuff, I'll be making wkly #GraphicNovel posts 😊 Welcome to #ComicsTuesday post # 1! Séance Tea Party offers beautiful artwork and a fun, heartfelt, spoopy tale that reminds us to embrace imagination at every age and that friendship comes in many forms. 5 ⭐️! #comics 040
Reposted by Jessbrarian (she/her)BookWormSat @bookwormsat.bsky.social · 12/07/2025‘A room without books is like a body without a soul.’ ~ Cicero. @racheldeering.bsky.social here lending my ears to a day of Ancient Roman literature for #BookWormSat 🖼️ Antonio Sicurezza, 1957. 310522
Jessbrarian (she/her) @jessbrarian.bsky.social · 11/07/2025I impulse bought an inflatable pool for our backyard and subsequently bought a drink floatie 🦩. His name is Francisco 😌 #UpLift #FriYay #summer 090
Reposted by Jessbrarian (she/her)Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social · 11/07/2025If you don't understand how this will be used to target LGBTQ+ books, read this piece by @penamerica.bsky.social 's @tasslyn.bsky.social and Jon Friedman: many book banners consider ALL queer content sexually explicit. www.slj.com/story/The-Ug...slj.comThe Ugly Stereotype Beneath the Supreme Court Ruling on LGBTQIA+ BooksThe nine picture books cited in Mahmoud v. Taylor are not pornography. Nor are they obscene. What is obscene is a Supreme Court decision that denies the basic humanity and equality of LGBTQIA+ people. 02310
Jessbrarian (she/her) @jessbrarian.bsky.social · 11/07/2025This all started over four 2SLGBTQIA+ books he didn't even take the time to read 🤬 #Censorship #BookBans #ABed #Libraries #FreedomToRead #ABpoli #IntellectualFreedom www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caAlberta bans school library books it deems sexually explicit | CBC NewsAlberta's education minister says sexually explicit content must be gone from school library shelves as of Oct. 1, but says the announcement is not about book banning. 082
Reposted by Jessbrarian (she/her)Shellraiser B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛 @shelleybwoke.bsky.social · 09/07/2025People do not exist to serve a government. A government should exist to serve the people. 310216
Reposted by Jessbrarian (she/her)Animal Flix @animalflix.bsky.social · 09/07/2025The most majestic thing you will see on #bluesky today. 😇 334192912958
Reposted by Jessbrarian (she/her)MediaSmarts @mediasmarts.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Kids need to know they can count on their parents when they come across hate online. You can support them with these helpful tips: mediasmarts.ca/teacher-reso...mediasmarts.caTalking to kids about hate onlineMost kids see hate and prejudice in places like games, social networks, and online videos. They also say that they want to do something about it when they see it, but don't know what to do. 042
Reposted by Jessbrarian (she/her)Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 02/07/2025"Children don't need protection from books; they need protection from hate and discrimination." #BookBanning #BookCensorship #PridePuppy Read full 🧵👇🏽 38121
Reposted by Jessbrarian (she/her)Texas Freedom to Read Project @txfreedomread.bsky.social · 04/07/2025We couldn’t believe our ears when we heard an influential Tx political official saying she wants to burn books she doesn’t like in a July 4th bonfire. This is NOT a day to celebrate censorship or fear. Today is for celebrating intellectual freedom & the promise of the 1st Amendment. 25116
Jessbrarian (she/her) @jessbrarian.bsky.social · 04/07/202516 years today!! 💕 #WeddingAnniversary #marriage #adventures 3100
Jessbrarian (she/her) @jessbrarian.bsky.social · 30/06/2025Took my paddleboard out for its maiden voyage today, and it couldn't have been better conditions. No wind, a lake like glass, and me in my floppy hat 😄 #paddling #SummerFun 050
Reposted by Jessbrarian (she/her)The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 21/06/2025Libraries make the world a better place. 1053579
Reposted by Jessbrarian (she/her)Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 22/06/2025May every single human being on this planet be safe. May every single person be protected from harm. May we bring into being a time in which we are all free from those who do evil— together, speedily and in our days. 5641331059
Reposted by Jessbrarian (she/her)Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 20/06/2025BECOME UNGOVERNABLE 181622347
Jessbrarian (she/her) @jessbrarian.bsky.social · 21/06/2025If you see this, quote with the energy you bring to Bluesky.media.tenor.coma cartoon character with blue hair and a mushroom badgeAlt: A cartoon character with blue hair and a mushroom badge backing slowly into a hedge to hide. 050
Reposted by Jessbrarian (she/her)Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 18/06/2025TREVOR PROJECT HOTLINE - UPDATE I deleted my post about the Trevor Project's hotline—see: @emceebois.bsky.social's clarification ⬇️. Please share the clarification far & wide. And if you need to talk: Hotline: 1-866-488-7386 Text: Text ‘START’ to 678-678 Chat: www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help/ 0206201
Jessbrarian (she/her) @jessbrarian.bsky.social · 13/06/2025When my spouse and I spent a blissful year living in St. John's, NL, the lead singer of Great Big Sea (Allan Doyle), used to order a "big coffee" from me about once a week. 020
Reposted by Jessbrarian (she/her)Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 12/06/2025Update: We've removed the paywall for all ye who enter. 4430101836
Jessbrarian (she/her) @jessbrarian.bsky.social · 12/06/2025Are you finished with that? #cats #Catsky #CatShenanigans 0120
Reposted by Jessbrarian (she/her)ThriveLib Reclaiming Joy, Balance, and Boundaries in Libraries @thrivelib.bsky.social · 11/06/2025I am thrilled to announce ThriveLib: Reclaiming Joy, Balance, and Boundaries in Libraries, a new virtual conference focused entirely on the emotional and psychological well-being of library workers. Save the Dates August 12, 13, 14 2025 www.thrivelib.com/news/introdu...thrivelib.comIntroducing ThriveLib: A New Virtual Conference Centering Library Worker Well-Being — ThriveLibI am thrilled to announce ThriveLib: Reclaiming Joy, Balance, and Boundaries in Libraries , a new virtual conference focused entirely on the emotional and psychological well-being of library workers.... 0157
Jessbrarian (she/her) @jessbrarian.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Guess where I am? 😏📚🎤 #AdultStorytime #libraries #CraftBreweries #CommunityCollaboration 150
Reposted by Jessbrarian (she/her)The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 10/06/2025ChatGPT is down but The Museum of English Rural Life still stands, proving once again that Silicon Valley cannot compete with the history of rural England and its people. 86136152340
Reposted by Jessbrarian (she/her)In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Here's a baby otter to start your week. 269139931783
Reposted by Jessbrarian (she/her)Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social · 01/06/2025Happy #Pride everyone. Nature is infinitely diverse. 232057459
Jessbrarian (she/her) @jessbrarian.bsky.social · 27/05/2025The Gov't of AB wants to censor school libraries 😕 The survey is open til June 6th. your.alberta.ca/school-libra... "The freedom to choose what we read does not, however, include the freedom to choose for others." ~ Cndn School Libraries #FreedomToRead #AlbertaEd #SchoolLibraries #Censorshipyour.alberta.caSchool Library MaterialsThe Government of Alberta wants to hear from Albertans about age-appropriate materials in school libraries To bring more transparency and oversight to the selection and management of school library ma... 023
Jessbrarian (she/her) @jessbrarian.bsky.social · 26/05/2025This usually works for me 👍 #BadThoughts #malaise 030
Reposted by Jessbrarian (she/her)Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Good morning. We are open. 📖☕️ 225934
Jessbrarian (she/her) @jessbrarian.bsky.social · 20/05/2025make an observation about your pantry that also sounds like the title of a novel: AND THEN THERE WERE SOME (SPICES). It would also be a Christie-esque murder mystery 😏 020
Reposted by Jessbrarian (she/her)Bookchat @bookchat.bsky.social · 19/05/2025How to Record Personalized Audio Books for Kids with Yoto: Your dreams of becoming an audiobook narrator can finally come true! Here's how to use Yoto to record personalized audiobooks for kids.bookriot.comHow to Record Personalized Audio Books for Kids with YotoYour dreams of becoming an audiobook narrator can finally come true! Here's how to use Yoto to record personalized audiobooks for kids. 022
Jessbrarian (she/her) @jessbrarian.bsky.social · 19/05/2025It's been so delightful seeing everyone's #SpringBloom posts, I thought I'd share my own. This is our crab apple tree in full #bloom, her name is Crabby Annie 😌🌳 #BloomScrolling #GardeningBluesky #BloomSky #garden #sprinh 070