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@mattlibrarian.eurosky.social
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Writes and edits www.teenlibrarian.co.uk Wikipedian South African abroad 🇿🇦 No one is free until we are all free! Signal: mattlibrarian.01 This is a personal account, all views & opinions are my own and do not reflect those of my employer!

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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 59m
Hey Democrats when you take back the house, the senate and any number of state races the only "go high" I want to see is you doing is going after the corrupt people in high office
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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 1h
Narnia! www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZgB...
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Narnia: The Magician's Nephew - Official Trailer - Only In Cinemas February 11
YouTube video by Sony Pictures Releasing UK
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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 2h
When it comes to those who have no money continuously voting against their best interests and sending millionaires to Congress, John Steinbeck said it best: I guess the trouble was that we didn't have any self-admitted proletarians. Everyone was a temporarily embarrassed capitalist.
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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 23h
Man oh man I had no intention of using AI chat bots or agents before the talk on AI at the staff day, but after the AI chat I have even less desire to use them but now know how to create an AI prompt
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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 23h
Make a war film rubbish: DOS Boot
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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 12/10/2026
I love the term "Artificial Intelligentsia"
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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 12/10/2026
Listening to the phenomenal @ruha9.bsky.social at my library’s staff day this morning
Ruha Benjamin speaking to a room full of librarians
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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 12/10/2026
Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your CV? Jean’s aficionado: All my Levis were being washed!
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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 12/10/2026
There is a street in Amsterdam that is just libraries with comfy couches and chic lamps. It is called The Read Light District
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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 12/10/2026
Ribbed for her enjoyment
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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 10/10/2026
International Men's Day is on November 19th and centers the mental health of boys and men and breaking down the stigma around it: www.internationalmensday.info
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International Mens Day
International Men’s Day (IMD) is celebrated on 19 November every year and is marked in around 80 countries worldwide.
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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 10/10/2026
Part of the problem lies with being brought up in a society that instills the lesson that needing help is weakness and asking that for help means you are weak and thus need to be mocked until you shut up about it
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Victoria McIntosh @vmcntosh.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
For those who are looking for more about what is going on in India right now, 👇🧵
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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 10/10/2026
It is a tough film to watch - I was fortunate to be in a theatre filled with library folk when I saw it
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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 10/10/2026
I wonder if it will have all the racism from the original books
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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 10/10/2026
Ja, I mix ze Count's bloooood cocktails every evening using small batch, organic providers and make my own candles from purified human tallow. Zere are 16 of us married to him now, it does not bother me - it is nice to chat to others who understand Chronicles of a VladWife
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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 10/10/2026
Kevin Smith's DOGMA.....n
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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 10/10/2026
It is only vibe-coding if it comes from the Vibe region of France. Otherwise it is just sparkling AI slop
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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 10/10/2026
Going to an all staff training day on Monday, have signed up to attend the talk on using AI in Libraries, I intend going with an open mind and also with a lot of questions and a lot of back-up material
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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 09/10/2026
Cards Against AI teenlibrarian.co.uk/2026/08/20/c... 📚📜
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Cards Against AI
I am currently building a deck of cards based on Librarian Jessamyn West’s www.librarian.net/notoai/ page with extra cards about the risks inherent in AI/LLMs to help people help others disab…
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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 09/10/2026
Titanic and Nora’s Infinite Playlist
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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 08/10/2026
The Pope's Chicago Missal has been updated to refer to Malört and Savior
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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 08/10/2026
I prefer the term Stupid Intelligence - the first word says it all and lets you know that the second one is not really necessary!
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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 08/10/2026
Judge Dredd: Nordland Rising out now from @2000ad.bsky.social buy it to see how to tell a great multiverse story! teenlibrarian.co.uk/2026/10/08/j...
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Judge Dredd: Nordland Rising
Thanks to advances in Nort technology, War Marshal Josef Jaegir has used the black hole around which Nu Earth orbits as a means of invading other universes. Reaching out to Sov War Marshal Kazan, h…
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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 07/10/2026
No, you just have to Eat the Slightly Less Rich
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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 07/10/2026
I regret nothing!
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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 07/10/2026
Would an Italian Grandmother in her 90s be called a Nonnagenarian?
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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 07/10/2026
Banned Books Week is an imperfect tool to highlight the challenges many books and authors face on a daily basis from those who feel that they and their works are inappropriate in a public setting. Sadly Banned Books Week remains essential but over time will become less imperfect
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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 07/10/2026
"Libraries should be neutral!" Translation: "Libraries should not do or show things that may upset *ME*, if they do they do anything that even hints at acknowledging the humanity of anyone that does not look/think/act like me they are violating neutrality!"
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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 07/10/2026
It did!
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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 07/10/2026
I was wondering why you had a bedazzled fill valve in your toilet cistern... then I saw the actual picture and the penny dropped
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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 07/10/2026
How I arrived on BlueSky
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Seal's Grand Entrance: I Have Arrived!
ALT: Seal's Grand Entrance: I Have Arrived!
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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026
Moms for Liberty Biberty “We just love those cute ads and removing books that make us have uncomfortable feelings!”
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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026
How do you stop jokes from spreading out of control? Practice Mirth Control!
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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026
How do you stop jokes from spreading out of control? Practice Mirth Control!
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Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026
100% this man has made the right choice. We have to fight fascism this way now. We have seen what happens when we let the thugs take control. If you have ever worn a poppy, this is what remembrance means #NeverAgain
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 05/10/2026
Standing up to the balaclava nonces. Inspiring.
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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026
Got it on order at my library!
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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026
#BookBans 101 If a School Board deems a book unfit for the students in the schools they oversee and forbid it from being made available anywhere on school property we say that the Board has banned that book from their institutions even if it is available elsewhere! Here endeth the lesson
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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026
Moms for Liberty Biberty “We just love those cute ads and removing books that make us have uncomfortable feelings!”
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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026
#BookBans 101 If a School Board deems a book unfit for the students in the schools they oversee and forbid it from being made available anywhere on school property we say that the Board has banned that book from their institutions even if it is available elsewhere! Here endeth the lesson
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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026
Open AI is the fire and the world of books is the Library of Alexandria gizmodo.com/sam-altman-t...
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Sam Altman Thinks He's the Prometheus of Silicon Valley
In a new interview, Altman compares AI to fire and OpenAI to the Greek god that gifted the power to humanity.
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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026
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Neil Patrick Harris in Starship Troopers
ALT: Neil Patrick Harris in Starship Troopers
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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026
Your response has cheered my day up immeasurably - thank you!
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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026
Don't let your speed drop below 50 miles per hour!
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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026
You have to eat it in front of them - they will be so happy!
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We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Want to learn more about the fight against book bans? Follow and support these groups/organizations!
Gold-colored graphic with a dotted line border. There is one question and its answer displayed at the center of the graphic. Question: “How Can I Learn More About the Fight Against Book Bans?” Answer: Follow and support these organizations/groups: Ad Astra, American Booksellers for Free Expression, American Library Association, Authors Against Book Bans, Authors Guild, EveryLibrary, Florida Freedom to Read Project, Freedom to Read Foundation, Massachusetts Freedom to Read, National Coalition Against Censorship, PENAmerica, Publishing Professionals Against Book Bans, Texas Freedom to Read Project, and Unite Against Book Bans.
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We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
❌ MYTH — “I’m Not Worried, Because Book Bans Happen Slowly.”
Gold-colored graphic with a dotted line border. There is one myth and its rebuttal displayed at the center of the graphic. Myth: “I’m Not Worried, Because Book Bans Happen Slowly.” Fact: Prior to 2021, the vast majority of book challenges involved one title at a time. But starting in 2022, 90% of attempts were aimed at banning multiple titles at once, according to the ALA, and 40% involved challenges to 100 or more books. According to PENAmerica’s book ban tracking, there were 3,362 book bans filed during the 2022-2023 school year, which dramatically jumped up to 10,046 ban attempts in the 2023-2024 school year, with numbers steadily trending upward every year. We cannot afford to be complacent in our fight against book bans, because they’re impacting authors, schools, librarians, and even book sellers more and more often. Source: Harvard Ed. - “Book Bans and the Librarians Who Won't Be Hushed” & The American Library Association.
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We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
❌ MYTH — “Book Bans Don’t Have Significant Economic Impacts.”
Gold-colored graphic with a dotted line border. There is one myth and its rebuttal displayed at the center of the graphic. Myth: “Book Bans Don’t Have Significant Economic Impacts”. Fact: In order for a book to be banned, copies of the book have to be on shelves, which is taxpayer money already spent. If a ban has to be reviewed by a committee prior to removal, every member of the committee also has to have a copy of the book. Then there is the “labor” component, or the human cost behind such reviews, since taxpayer dollars pay the salary of the employees who are spending some—or much—of their time reading challenged books. Research from EveryLibrary found that in Texas alone, citizens can expect to pay around $3.6 Million to ban books; Florida’s costs come to between $34,000 and $135,000 per library or school per year; in Missouri, taxpayers can expect to pay 10% of a school district’s per-student expenditures on banning just one book. Source: EveryLibrary - “The Taxpayers' Rising Fin
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We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
❌ MYTH — “Book Bans ‘Only’ Impact School Libraries.”
Gold-colored graphic with a dotted line border. There is one myth and its rebuttal displayed at the center of the graphic. Myth: “Book Bans ‘Only’ Impact School Libraries.” Fact: Increasingly, we’re seeing attempts to ban and censor books beyond school libraries. According to a 2023 article in Harvard Ed., 48% of book challenges were directed at public libraries, impacting the accessibility of titles to the wider community. Even more alarmingly, earlier in 2026, the state of Arkansas introduced an amend-ment known as Arkansas Act 372, which moves to include librarians AND booksellers as being among those who can be criminally charged for “distributing or providing materials deemed harmful to minors”. Book banners also target book stores and booksellers in their efforts. Source: Harvard Ed. - “Book Bans and the Librarians Who Won't Be Hushed” & EveryLibrary.
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