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Mary Arrington @mary1arrington.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Virginia decides school funding based on two formulas. The Standards of Quality and the Local Composite Index. When they fall short, every classroom experiences it. #FundTheGrade #KnowYourBallotVA #VEAVotes app.sosha.ai/s/NaJ2N1AJ

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Mary Arrington @mary1arrington.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

It's important that Virginia Beach's school board members have firsthand experience teaching in public education. Meet the candidates who do: #VEAVotes app.sosha.ai/s/dz32BF52

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Mary Arrington @mary1arrington.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

A seat at the table is basic respect. To not be silenced to not have the possibility of a seat at the table is beyond disrespectful. Governor Spanberger- the public sector workers are watching & will not forget your actions.

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

The right to collectively bargain is foundational to all workers’ rights, and today Gov. Spanberger denied half a million Virginia public service workers that right. The governor failed to listen to workers, and we are deeply disappointed by the betrayal of her promise. www.aft.org/press-releas...

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Gov. Spanberger Betrays More Than Half a Million Public Service Workers By Vetoing Historic Collective Bargaining Legislation

RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia Public Sector Labor Coalition, which collectively represents hundreds of thousands of workers across the Commonwealth, today issued the following joint statement in respon...

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Jennifer Rokasky @envirodance.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Governor Spanberger made a promise to Virginia's firefighters and first responders. We are counting on her to keep it. May 22nd is the deadline. Gov. Spanberger: your constituents need you to sign the collective bargaining bill. #VEAVotes #CollectiveBargaining app.sosha.ai/s/MUcI2LIu

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Carla Okouchi (She/Her) @carlaokouchi.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

In 1946, Virginia banned public sector collective bargaining specifically to stop Black hospital workers at UVA from organizing. It was a Jim Crow-era law. This new bill destroys old frameworks ＋ powers the collective. #VEAVotes #CollectiveBargaining app.sosha.ai/s/jCcCXIMA

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Jennifer Rokasky @envirodance.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

"We're calling on the General Assembly to please vote no to the substitution to protect the rights of all Virginia's public servants." ✅Support educators. ✅ Support public sector workers. ✅ Support the ORIGINAL Collective Bargaining bill! app.sosha.ai/s/3sFO14rk

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Mary Arrington @mary1arrington.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

A regulatory kill switch. A 2030 delay. No accountability. That’s what we’re facing if the Collective Bargaining substitute bill passes. Ask the VA Senate and House to stand with working people and reject these amendments! #VEAVotes app.sosha.ai/s/nDcBrmqG

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Mary Arrington @mary1arrington.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

The team at VEA4Kids is working round-the-clock to fight for the collective bargaining bill we’ve all been working so hard to pass. Take one minute to message your lawmakers and tell the VA Senate and House to REJECT the substitute bill on April 22nd. #VEAVotes app.sosha.ai/s/P7PjcALd

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Jennifer Rokasky @envirodance.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

$1.02 billion dollars. That’s what sales and use tax exemptions cost Virginia in 2024, including about $212 per student. Imagine what that money could mean for our kids, and tell the VA legislature: no data center tax abatements in this year’s budget! #VEAVotes app.sosha.ai/s/jIIqDkdj

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Mary Arrington @mary1arrington.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Would you take $267,000,000 away from Virginia’s public schools? That’s what data center tax abatements cost our students, educators, and communities in 2024. Tell the Senate to make it right! #VEAVotes app.sosha.ai/s/C0VFm9dl

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Mary Arrington @mary1arrington.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Tuesday our school board added 10 minutes to the school day to make up for closing on April 21's special election.Please sign & share this petition.It is time the SB takes responsibility for their decision to count days.We would not be in this mess hours were counted. c.org/YSr26frWYJ

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Mary Arrington @mary1arrington.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

“They can keep building ‘em, they just need to pay their fair share of taxes, that’s all.” - Senator Louise Lucas. Thank you for fighting to make Virginia’s tax code fairer for students and educators @SenLouiseLucas! #VEAVotes app.sosha.ai/s/NeSvOpw4

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Mary Arrington @mary1arrington.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Fair wages. Safe working conditions. And the best service possible for our students. HB1263/SB378 would make joining a union possible for ALL public service workers, including educators. Thank you @jeremymcpike.bsky.social for voting to pass it! #VEAVotes app.sosha.ai/s/GtZihahs

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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

One day later, on behalf of the Vonnegut estate, three award-winning YA authors, and two Utah public school students, the ACLU of Utah filed a lawsuit against the state over their book banning. This'll be one to watch. bookriot.com/utah-sued-ov...

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State ACLU, on Behalf of Authors and Students, Sues Utah Over Book Bans

The ACLU of Utah has filed a lawsuit against the state over legislation that has allowed them to ban books from public school students.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Ice shouldn’t be killing people period paragraph This is not controversial

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Ann Doucette @adoucette.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” “And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed–if all records told the same tale–then the lie passed into history and became truth.” Orwell, 1984

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Mary Arrington @mary1arrington.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

I just got an idea for a new display in my libraries. Ok, maybe I do need to be on BlueSky more......

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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

The Tennessee Secretary of State handed public library boards that are eager to ban LGBTQ+ books–and particularly trans books–from their collections the biggest permission slip last week. Rutherford County is *closing* libraries to remove books. bookriot.com/rutherford-c...

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Rutherford County Library System (TN) Temporarily Shuts Down to Ban Books

Rutherford County Library System announced on social media a surprise shutdown of two libraries. Why? "Reviewing inventory."

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Mary Arrington @mary1arrington.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

It is rare that I see this vibrant red in the trees at home & today it was the view from my room. Sometimes it is the "little things" you notice when you go to a conference that are a real treat.

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Mary Arrington @mary1arrington.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

What a night! Congratulations to our new governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general. History was made in VA. Here's to making more history. #veavotes #vote #historynow #future #changeiscoming

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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Take action against book bans in the United States at www.bookbanpetition.us

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Mary Arrington @mary1arrington.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

The unintended consequences of this administration. Having lived where the majority of our produce is grown & harvested by migrant workers from Mexico, I think this administration's policies stink (sanitized)This country relies on an incredible amount of labor from people who aren't citizens.

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Abigail Spanberger @abigailspanberger.com · 30/06/2025

Let’s call it what it is — UVA President Jim Ryan’s forced resignation is an attack on all of our public higher education institutions.

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

May 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.

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Mary Arrington @mary1arrington.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

At the tail end of a massive weeding project I could not agree with this more!

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Kate Messner @katemessner.com · 14/04/2025

I write a lot about U.S. history because everything happening is part of a bigger picture, and to understand our country right now, we need to understand its past. Also because clearly not everyone remembers that we made a choice a long time ago not to have kings here.

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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

There is a LOT of reporting on IMLS right now, but it's being done by people who know what it is. The DOE being dismantled is overshadowing this and that's being done INTENTIONALLY. But anyway, DOGE is in the IMLS offices right now destroying it. Say goodbye to interlibrary loans + more.

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Kate Messner @katemessner.com · 16/03/2025

When I present to kids about history, we talk about how some history gets lost by accident - and how some is intentionally erased. That's when it falls on all of us to make sure those stories are shared. www.npr.org/2025/03/14/g....

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Arlington National Cemetery stops highlighting some historical figures on its website

Articles, photos and videos that are seen as promoting DEI will be removed under the new approach.

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Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

The library and the post office are the only two systems we have that circulate things widely and to everyone, no matter who they are or what they believe. The library is the only one that, for now, is not forced to pay for itself at point of sale. Attacks on IMLS are attacks on every one of us.

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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

🧵 PEN America released the following statement in response to President Trump's executive order that would slash funding to the United States Agency for Global Media, which oversees Voice of America, as well as Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, the Office of Cuba Broadcasting, Radio Free Asia...

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Mary Arrington @mary1arrington.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

As a kid growing up in the Northeast snow days were a thrill, but they were usually just one day while the got the roads cleared. As an adult living in the South, snow days are few & far between so I've been beside myself with anticipation for tomorrow's storm. LET IT SNOW!!!!

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Mary Arrington @mary1arrington.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Out of the blue question- if your school went 1-1 more than 4 years ago & is now going with less device usage, how are you changing your practice?

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Do me a kindness! Share this if you love and support your local library & librarians (and remember: that includes your school library & school librarian) 😊📚 Thank you libraries & library workers… for everything ✨💚

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Estel Cooper @estel62.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

I need say no more...

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Mary Arrington @mary1arrington.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

One week into winter break & I'm already feeling like it isn't long enough.

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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Conservative-leaning “parent rights” groups are succeeding in their children’s book ban campaigns as sales drop. Librarians say they are afraid to put books considered controversial on the shelves. www.latimes.com/california/s...

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As children's book bans soar, sales are down and librarians are afraid. Even in California

Book bans are tanking sales of children’s books. Schools and libraries aren’t buying books about LGBTQ+ issues and race as they brace for culture war pushback.

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Mary Arrington @mary1arrington.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Our public library is having an adult Battle of the Books competition. I put out an all staff email about it & already have almost 2 full teams!!!! I am beyond excited.

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Mary Arrington @mary1arrington.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

This is exciting!!! My students ask for Manga regularly.

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Mary Arrington @mary1arrington.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Still really hoping to find more of my library peeps here instead of the site formerly known by the bird.

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