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Lloyd Jansen

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CD/vinyl collector, Dodgers fan, public librarian, and Unitarian-Universalist. All I want is the truth. Just gimme some truth.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States and there always has been.” — Isaac Asimov.
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Lloyd Jansen @lmjansen.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
When people want a public institution to enforce their own personal ideologies by restricting access to books it IS censorship.
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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
‪Brave Books's right-wing "See You at the Library" event is back–coming to public libraries August 16–and this year, they claim they're partnering with the Department of Education. Everything you need to know to prepare: bookriot.com/see-you-at-t...
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Right-Wing "See You at the Library" Event Back in 2025; Partners with US Department of Education
The now-annual event promoting "Pro-God," "Pro-America" books and beliefs will take place August 16. Here's what it is and how to prepare your library.
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Stephen Thomas Erlewine @sterlewine.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
This is a great book about one of my favorite bands.
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Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Are you a reader looking to get involved in the fight against book bans? Here are some ways (besides, of course responding to our calls to action!) 1. Get involved with your local school or library board. 2. Donate/connect to @uabookbans.bsky.social 3. Donate/connect to @everylibrary.bsky.social
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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Hazelwood, who is originally from Italy and now resides in the U.S., was booked for several international appearances before she canceled because "it's not possible for me to safely travel outside and then back inside the US," she wrote on Instagram.
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Trump administration could change the way we read, from book bans to author talks
Policies from the Trump administration are already impacting readers, publishers and authors – and could continue given grant cuts and DEI reversals.
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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
York County Library (SC) has drafted a new policy that would restrict all trans and gender related books from shelves for those under the age of 18. The discriminatory policy, copy and pasted from Greenville Public Library, sets them up for a lawsuit. bookriot.com/york-county-...
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York County Library (SC) Proposes Restrictions on Trans, Gender Books for Those Under 18
York County Library's board proposes new discriminatory collection policies that would bar LGBTQ+ materials from being in collections for those under 18.
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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
"Writers, artists, and scholars must be free to express their views openly without compromising their free movement across borders," said PEN America's @jonfreadom.bsky.social following detainment and deportation of Australian writer Alistair Kitchen for his personal writings pen.org/press-releas...
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Deportation of Australian Writer For Speech Fits “Disturbing Pattern” of U.S. Border Agents Screening Visitors For Their Viewpoints - PEN America
Australian writer detained at border for speech critical of Trump and Israeli administrations and part of a growing censorship trend.
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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
A mind-boggling list of hundreds of books purged from some Tennessee school libraries includes works by Magic Tree House author Mary Pope Osborne, children’s poet Shel Silverstein, and Calvin and Hobbes cartoonist Bill Watterson. pen.org/magic-tree-h... #bannedbooks #censorship
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‘Magic Tree House’ Author, ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ among hundreds of Tennessee book bans - PEN America
The removals in Tennessee are the result of a growing political movement to control information through book banning.
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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
They keep finding out there’s no porn in school libraries and losing lawsuits because what book banners are trying to do is illegal. “A Minnesota school district is doing away with a book ban, settling a lawsuit that argued the ban was unlawful. “
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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Like, follow, share if you love libraries!
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 12/06/2025
Brian Wilson was the most musically inventive voice in all of pop, with an otherworldly ear for harmony. He was also the visionary leader of America’s greatest band, The Beach Boys. If there’d been no Beach Boys, there would have been no “Racing In The Street.”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Gutting funding for public media will cut off news sources for millions of Americans. That’s exactly what Trump wants: to exert even more control over the news and information that the public receives – or doesn’t even receive at all. It’s a hallmark of dictatorship.
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PBS, NPR funding on the line as House nears final vote on $9.4 billion in DOGE-backed cuts
Passage would solidify DOGE-backed cuts, but some Republicans are uneasy about the programs being targeted, including th
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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
This is absurd. It is irrational. It needs to stop.
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Book Banners are Costing Tax-Payers Millions of Dollars
This is absurd. It is irrational. It needs to stop.
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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Because every time there is a requirement to actually read the books, book banners lose “Multiple library board members read the two books, praised them for their content, and said neither met requirements to relocate them into the adult section.”
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Alabama library keeps 2 challenged books in teen section despite state funding cut
Fairhope library board members determined "Sold" and "Grown" don't contain obscene material, while state officials previously suspended $42,000 in annual funding over alleged code violations.
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Lloyd Jansen @lmjansen.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Having absolutely loved Long Distance Voyager, The Present was a huge disappointment for me when it came out, and in all the years since I have never warmed up to it. But I will staunchly defend the panel’s right to try to change my mind.
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Lloyd Jansen @lmjansen.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Join me at Teach Truth March from NMAAHC to NMAI publicschoolstrong.controlshift.app/events/teach...
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Teach Truth March from NMAAHC to NMAI
A march hosted by Teaching for Change’s D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice (DCAESJ), CARE Washington, D.C., EmpowerEd, and National Education Association (NEA), from the National Museum of African...
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Lloyd Jansen @lmjansen.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
The CREW guidelines are used by countless libraries across the country to responsibly manage their collections.
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Lloyd Jansen @lmjansen.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Allison is a tremendous intellectual freedom advocate and incredibly intelligent and thoughtful. This will be a GREAT conversation.
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Ticket sales and subscription revenue at the Kennedy Center have fallen sharply since Trump made himself chairman. Ticket sales were down roughly 50%. Subscriptions revenue down 82% for theater and 57% for dance. #ETTD
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Lloyd Jansen @lmjansen.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
One of my favorite Who albums. This one is must listen!
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average scottythered @scottythered.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Fantastic news for Beach Boys Freaks: Al Jardine confirmed in an interview with Variety that we're getting a LOVE YOU box set later this year, which will (hopefully) include Brian's unreleased weirdo ADULT/CHILD album
This year we are supporting the UMG release, a boxed set coming out this fall with “The Beach Boys Love You” (the group’s 1977 cult album) on it. So that encourages them to promote the tour, which is nice, to be getting a little collaboration there. So we might actually get some bookings for ‘26 out of this, which would be very helpful. Because the band wants to keep working, because we love Brian’s music… including the more esoteric stuff, like this boxed set, which has unreleased music from the “Love You” album, which hardly anybody probably has ever heard, and “15 Big Ones.” So there’s a lot of stuff in there that we can educate people about, because we can actually perform it, which is pretty remarkable. There’s some serious music in there. Anything else you could share about the boxed set?

Yeah, there’s an unreleased album called “Adult Child.” I haven’t even heard the songs on it for 50 years, or at least 30, so I hope they send me an approval box. It was supposed to come out after our last Warner Bros. release — maybe it was after “Love You” that it was supposed to come out — but we rejected it, or somebody rejected it, either us or the label. Incredible stuff on there. You’re going to be really pleased.
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Lloyd Jansen @lmjansen.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
For this administration cruelty is the point.
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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Support libraries and literacy! Take action at buff.ly/41eAGMI
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Thanks to the FCC's Learn Without Limits program, libraries across the country are using #ERate discounts to support wi-fi hotspot lending. But some in Congress want to end the program. Tell your Rep to keep communities connected & protect this funding: bit.ly/TakeActionHotspots #ForOurLibraries
Show up for our libraries, American Library Association
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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
"Too many people fought too hard and for too long to get books like Tango into school libraries. We refuse to sit by and let them be taken away" bookriot.com/and-tango-ma...
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Celebrating 20 Years of AND TANGO MAKES THREE
"Too many people fought too hard and for too long to get books like Tango into school libraries. We refuse to sit by and let them be taken away."
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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
EveryLibrary is so proud to be part of this kind of advocacy partnership.
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The Advocacy Partnership that Defeated Two Bad Alabama Bills
EveryLibrary is so proud to be part of this kind of advocacy partnership.
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Lloyd Jansen @lmjansen.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
This is a disastrous and aggressively undemocratic ruling. The logic behind the ruling ignores the work librarians have done for decades in building collections based on objective measures, not ideology.
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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Former register of copyrights Shira Perlmutter filed suit in federal court on May 22, challenging her removal from office and seeking reinstatement to her position at the U.S. Copyright Office.
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Fired Copyright Chief Sues in Federal Court to Get Job Back
Former Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter, who was fired on May 10, filed suit in federal court on Thursday, challenging her removal from office and seeking reinstatement, while voiding any…
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TX FReadom Fighters @freadomfighters.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
This is a terrible decision and a terrible position for this FL school district to be in as well. Reading through the lists of books there are some unexpected literary gems.
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Unite Against Book Bans @uabookbans.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Don’t let the administration take over copyright policy. Like library materials, copyright should NOT be politicized. Sign @authorsguild.bsky.social's petition urging Congress to stop this power grab &restore Register Perlmutter to her position: authorsguild.org/petition-to-... #UniteAgainstbookBans
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Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
If you really like to dig into data Library Futures released a report. Our followers won't be surprised by the conclusions but it is always important to make sure our ideas are backed up by facts & research www.libraryfutures.net/censorship?r...
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Digital Censorship
Coverage of Library Futures' work on digital censorship.
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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
“We know that when education thrives, democracy thrives. That is precisely why tyrants have always feared it.” Gail Mellow, former president of LaGuardia Community College, endorses the Pledge to Our Democracy. Learn more and take action. pen.org/press-releas...
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Over 100 Champions of Higher Education Join PEN America in "A Pledge to Our Democracy"  - PEN America
PEN America announces A Pledge to Our Democracy, a call too action endorsed by more than 100 retired college and university presidents recognizing assault on our democracy.
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ALA Public Policy & Advocacy @librarypolicy.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
In Michigan, cuts to federal funding could spell the end of services for K-12 students, an unthinkable loss for youth across the state: michiganadvance.com/2025/05/14/f... We need every advocate to Show Up #ForOurLibraries. Call Congress NOW & tell them to #FundLibraries: bit.ly/Call2FundLibraries
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Federal library funding cuts could mean the end of services for Michigan K-12 students • Michigan Advance
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy.   Proposed cuts to fede...
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Unite Against Book Bans @uabookbans.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Giving youth access to a wide variety of reading materials builds community cohesion. Student Hazel Eyles shared: “I have always wanted to help people in my community...Being able to read about other people's experiences has opened my eyes and allowed me to understand many different perspectives.”
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Educators and activists protest book bans in the New Hanover County Schools district
Educators and activists held a rally Tuesday afternoon to protest book bannings in New Hanover County schools.
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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Paul T. Jaeger and Allison Jennings-Roche discuss their new article in The Political Librarian, Clarifying Intellectual Freedom, Neutrality, and Professional Expertise to Better Defend Libraries from Books Bans, Disinformation, and Defunding.
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Clarifying Intellectual Freedom, Neutrality, and Professional Expertise
YouTube video by EveryLibrary
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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
NEW! The Trump administration has been ordered to stop dismantling the IMLS and has been ordered to restore the agency to its pre-Executive Order functions and staffing. bookriot.com/massive-vict...
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Massive Victory in Lawsuit Filed Against Trump Administration's Dismantling of IMLS
The Trump administration has been ordered to stop dismantling the IMLS and has been ordered to restore the agency to its pre-Executive Order functions and staffing.
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
“As we continue to look at what is happening in the current government, we need to advocate for the needs of our sovereign nations. We need to hold the federal government accountable to upholding their trust responsibility.” — ALA President President Cindy Hohl www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
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Tribal communities risk losing local libraries and the history they hold amid DOGE cuts
Federally recognized tribes say the Trump administration cut the grant money they use to sustain the local libraries that serve as anchors in their most rural communities.
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TX FReadom Fighters @freadomfighters.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Important function of the Library of Congress.
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NPR @npr.org · 12/05/2025
Todd Blanche, a former personal lawyer for President Trump, is now acting Librarian of Congress. According to his public profile, Blanche has no experience working in libraries or archives.
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The President has named a new Acting Librarian of Congress. It's his former defense lawyer.
Todd Blanche, a former personal lawyer for President Trump, is now acting Librarian of Congress. According to his public profile, Blanche has no experience working in libraries or archives.
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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Man burns 100 Beachwood Public Library (OH) books on Jewish, African American, LGBTQ+ education: www.cleveland19.com/video/2025/0...
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Man burns 100 Beachwood Public Library books on Jewish, African American, LGBTQ+ education
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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Mark my word, Pride Month is going to see this happening in ways we never have before. It's not new, and no, you don't need to link me to previous stories because I've probably already shared or covered them. But it's going to be more brazen and hateful than before.
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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
An expert on the Library of Congress tells Rolling Stone that Trump’s takeover attempt is “dangerous,” given that the Library’s sub-agencies provide confidential legal advice to members of Congress and help police misconduct by lawmakers.  www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Trump Is Trying to Take Control of Congress Through Its Library
Donald Trump’s administration is pushing to take over the Library of Congress, its latest effort to subsume the legislative branch.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Library of Congress staff just showed what resistance looks like. After Trump abruptly fired Dr. Carla Hayden, the respected Librarian of Congress, he tried to install Todd Blanche, his former personal lawyer and current Deputy Attorney General, as acting librarian. Staff weren’t having it.
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Atticus Finch @atticus10.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
THIS!
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TX FReadom Fighters @freadomfighters.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
We are disappointed for Texas teens that Tx House just passed HB3225. This would restrict Tx teenagers from using adult books in the library, including classic novels. Pregnant teens can't access books on childbirth. 250 years of libraries in this country without age restrictions until now. Scary.
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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
"The firing of Dr. Hayden is a Kremlineque move to suppress ideas and to send a chill through the leadership of cultural and educational institutions," said PEN America’s Hadar Harris. "The message seems obvious: Comply or be fired." More: pen.org/press-releas...
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Ousting of Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden Sends a Message: Comply or Be Fired - PEN America
PEN America said today it is deeply disturbed by the firing of Dr. Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress, for reasons the White House identified as related to “diversity” programming and her choices...
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Love thy neighbor doesn’t come with fine print.
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Caitlin Rae @caitlinrae.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
On May 2, 2025, the Trump Administration released its FY2026 federal budget proposal. On page 39 he calls for the complete elimination of the only federal agency dedicated solely to supporting America’s libraries and museums. bit.ly/4cXcPFj via @everylibrary.bsky.social
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SIGN THE PETITION: Stand Against Trump's Budget Proposal to Defund IMLS.
Trump is more emboldened than ever to destroy library funding. We need you to take action today!
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Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Tomorrow we can show up for a system of education that teaches & values the entire, complex, diverse, beautiful range of human experience. Join us & others on the steps of the Supreme Court if you can!
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