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The Librarians Film @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

"THE LIBRARIANS” packs a riveting punch on the alarming surge of book banning." - The Utah Review Starting TOMORROW, Feb 9th at 12pm ET, stream THE LIBRARIANS for FREE on the PBS YouTube channel and app!

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Michelle Reed @librariansreed.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Extremely excited to kick-off a new webinar series on “AI” with guests Chris Gilliard & Christa Albrecht-Crane. This session won’t be recorded so sign up now & join us for a deep dive into what we’re really talking about. Happening Thursday!!! #edusky #academicsky #skybrarians 📚

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Library Futures @libraryfutures.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Artificial systems have "catapulted... into our inboxes, file storage, discovery systems, and nearly every element of our daily lives without our consent." How to resist? Library Futures and friends have tips! www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/tips-fr...

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Resistance, Rebellion, Refusal: 7 Tips from Librarians for Navigating “AI” — Civics of Technology

This is a special conference-themed blog contribution from Michelle Reed , Hayley Park , Justin White , and Mike Nason Communal resistance to artificial systems Join the Resistance Today a...

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Michael Weinberg @michaelweinberg.org · 07/07/2025

Exciting job Doing impactful work With a fantastic team What more could you want?

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Michelle Reed @librariansreed.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

“When I heard [comments about inappropriate books for children], I was concerned that there might not have been as much of an awareness of what the Library of Congress does." The library's primary function is to fulfil research requests from members of Congress…

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Michelle Reed @librariansreed.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Join us online next week! Bring ice cream! 🍦

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Michelle Reed @librariansreed.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

We were all out appreciating the spiderwort today. 🌱

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Michelle Reed @librariansreed.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Put this tickseed in the ground yesterday and woke up today to a beheading. 🤬🌱

Open palm displaying several flower bulbs and one destroyed bloom.

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Michelle Reed @librariansreed.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Happy to report that my strategy for growing lettuce—cutting the tops off of last year’s crop, telling myself I would eventually locate seeds but never doing it, & then burying clumps of dried lettuce parts—has worked just fine. #ChaosGarden 🌱

Inside of a greenhouse with two large bowls containing dried lettuce stalks on the counter and a large dried petunia stalk in the background.

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FANZINES @fanzines.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

MAKE ZINES! poster by zine maker / artist Cort Hartle. Download the free high res version (PDF) to print at home: freight.cargo.site/m/W234787385... Printing and distribution encouraged by the artist, so please RT, print it, fly post it, flyer it & spread the word! #zine #zines #fanzine #fanzines

Black and white A4-shaped poster with the word MAKE in big bold letters at the top and ZINES! in big bold letters at the bottom.

In between, in capital letters is the following text...

NO ONE CAN TAKE SELF PUBLISHING AWAY FROM YOU.

NO ALGORITHMS OR OLIGARCHS CAN CENSOR YOU.

NO GATEKEEPERS CAN TELL YOU WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY IS NOT IMPORTANT OR VALUABLE.

NO GRANT FUNDING CAN BE WITHDRAWN FROM YOUR WORDS.

NO INSTITUTION CAN BAR YOU FROM ENTERING.

NO KNOWLEDGE IS UNAUTHORIZED.

THAT IS WHY YOU MUST MAKE ZINES!

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Michelle Reed @librariansreed.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

These two planted themselves, and I couldn’t be more delighted. 🌱

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Michelle Reed @librariansreed.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Eastern bluestar, loved by millions. Of pollinators. 🌱 🐝

Star-shaped flowers of an Eastern bluestar.

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Michelle Reed @librariansreed.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Purple is the color of the hour. 🌱

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Michelle Reed @librariansreed.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Whatever Dr. Hayden is doing today, I hope she knows librarians everywhere are outraged over the injustice of her termination and grieving the loss of a remarkable leader.

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Malinda Lo @malindalo.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

I agree with Hakeem Jeffries: “Donald Trump’s unjust decision to fire Dr. Hayden in an email sent by a random political hack is a disgrace and the latest in his ongoing effort to ban books, whitewash American history and turn back the clock” apnews.com/article/dona...

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President Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden

President Donald Trump has abruptly fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden as the White House continues to purge the federal government of those perceived to oppose the president and his agenda.

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Tony Corsentino @notalegalrecord.net · 06/05/2025

well, i finally had to have the talk with my son. 📚

Yesterday 8:56 PM
Why do I have to put a hold for an ebook

Today 8:03 AM
Because libraries pay for each time a patron checks one out. Libraries don't actually own ebooks. They pay for each time an ebook is used. So libraries have to limit how many patrons can borrow an ebook at any given time.
Delivered

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Michelle Reed @librariansreed.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Bee is a reminder to enjoy the sweetness of success. 🌱🐝

A bee hangs from the white tubular flowers of a Solomon’s seal.

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Michelle Reed @librariansreed.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

One of my favorites has opened. 💜🌱

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Michelle Reed @librariansreed.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Reposting from Peter Suber on mastodon: The people who want to "return education to the states" also want to ban locally-approved #DEI programs in public schools. They want to exert federal power to abolish those programs, and they're losing in court. apnews.com/article/trum...

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Judges blocks Trump push to cut funding to public schools over diversity programs

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s guidance forbidding diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in K-12 public schools.

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