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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 · 6h

"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 · 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

#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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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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We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

❌ MYTH — “If I Can Still Buy a Book Through Retailers, It’s Not Really Banned.”

Gold-colored graphic with a dotted line border. There is one myth and its rebuttal displayed at the center of the graphic. Myth: “If I Can Still Buy a Book Through Retailers, It’s Not Really Banned.” Fact: School libraries and public libraries play a fundamental role in keeping literature accessible to students and patrons. Even if particular book titles can be accessed elsewhere, the restriction of them in libraries and public schools remains a potential infringement of students’ constitutional rights. Privately purchasing books via alternate means is a privilege that not every student or library patron has access to, and further-more, purchasing a book for one’s private collection does not negate or neutralize the impacts of a book ban, nor increase its accessibility to the public. Source: PENAmerica - “What Is a Book Ban? And More Frequently Asked Questions”.

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We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

❌ MYTH — “Authors Sell More Books After Being Banned.”

Gold-colored graphic with a dotted line border. There is one myth and its rebuttal displayed at the center of the graphic. Myth: “Authors Sell More Books After Being Banned.” Fact: The vast majority of authors do not see a bump in sales or receive increased financial support after one or more of their titles have been banned. In many cases, book bans mean that an author also loses out on valuable opportunities to connect with readers — such as school visits, book tour stops, festival appearances, or other public speaking engagements — decreasing their income and their ability to promote and sell their books. The effects for smaller authors who are not already considered “bestsellers” can be even more significantly felt. Source: Book Riot - “You’re Wrong About These Common Myths About Book Bans” (2024).

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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026

Great thread that unpacks some of the myths that have built up around book bans 📚📜

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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026

His Nazi-curious maternal grandfather did that very thing

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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026

Hey @nickabadzis.bsky.social look what arrived at work for me! Will be reading it this weekend!

Cover of My Beloved Other by Nick Abadzis & Angela Watson. A brown hand and a white hand form a heart with their fingertips lightly touching

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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The library isn't your mommy or daddy. Nobody is forcing you to check out any books. Nobody is forcing you to read any books. If you don't like a book, don't read it. If you don't want your kids reading the book, grow up, be a parent, and choose a different book.

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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026

I have been thinking a lot about South Africa in the dying days of apartheid. I was part of the last cohort of white students to get called up for military service; I objected, destroyed my papers and did not go. I spent a few years terrified that they would come looking for me, but they never did.

This poster is an offset litho in black, produced by the ECC, Cape Town This poster depicts conscripts who demanded the right not to serve in the SADF. The text reads: "WE CALL FOR A JUST PEACE IN OUR LAND : WE BELIEVE THAT IT IS THE MORAL RIGHT OF SOUTH AFRICANS TO EXERCISE FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE AND CHOOSE NOT TO SERVE IN THE SADF : WE CALL FOR AN END TO CONSCRIPTION". This poster was digitised by Specialised Archival Solutions in 2009. Reproduced in "Images of Defiance: South African Resistance posters in the 1980s" on page 131 (number 232) of the 1991 SAHA / Ravan Press edition and the 2004 SAHA / STE Publishers edition. It is also included in the SAHA virtual exhibition - 'The Future is Ours: Commemorating Youth in the Struggle'.

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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026

If people believe that "groombrarians" exist, do they also posit the existence of "bridebrarians", "bachelorbrarians" and "spinsterbrarians"

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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026

Hey @indyfromspace.bsky.social is this it? Source: www.worldhistory.org/Egyptian_Viz...

A depiction from the tomb of the vizier Rekhmire showing him and his mother receiving offerings. Rekhmire served under the pharaohs Thutmose III (1458-1425 BCE) and his son Amenhotep II (1425-1400 BCE). (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026

Two prize-winning male show-sheep on a farm meet and fall in love... Bleated Rivalry #ComingSoon

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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026

I believe the citizens of Israel deserve to live in peace & liberty as much as I believe the same for the Palestinian people of Gaza & the West Bank. It is not a binary either/or situation. Saying you believe all Palestinians are Hamas is like saying you believe all Israelis are Irgun or Kahanists

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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026

Not even the bombing of Cologne were as devastating as the bombing of Rafah and other cities of Gaza.

Close-up image of the remains of Rafah from Google Maps

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Henry Barajas 🔜 Comic Con LA @henrybarajas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“…DOWNRIGHT THUNDEROUS…” - @teganoneil5000.bsky.social’s @comicsjournal.bsky.social review of @ohhhaeee.bsky.social’s art in DEATH TO PACHUCO! Now available at your local comic shop and my store! www.tcj.com/reviews/deat...

“DOWNRIGHT THUNDEROUS” the comics journal quote over death to pachuco art by Rachel Merrill Lee Loughridge

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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026

Still your grandparent's library! (They say hi and think you should try out our streaming services as well as our DVD and CD collections!) 📚📜

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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026

Now is the time for Libraries to step up! Here is an ad pitch idea: Tired of money streaming out of your wallet and into the coffers of multinational companies? Renew your library card and get back to DVDs and CDs!

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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026

The only thing currently 'streaming' is money from my wallet into the coffers of Netflix, Disney, Peacock, Paramount and Max...

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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 23/09/2026

I took a deeper dive into the news about conservative book banners challenging books at the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library in #Kansas, and what I discovered probably won’t surprise you… 📚📜 teenlibrarian.co.uk/2026/09/23/t...

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Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library targeted by Book Banners

A recent news article in the Topeka Capital-Journal about the GOP in Shawnee County Kansas targeting the library caught my eye the other day: Shawnee County GOP targets books in public library chil…

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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 25/09/2026

Not really loving the American reboot of League of Gentlemen! Welcome to Royston USAsey, you will never leave!

Steve Pemberton as Tubbs and Reece Shearsmith as Edward

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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 25/09/2026

I read DK's screed against The Librarians so you don't have to! It is basically a retread of everything he has been saying against Librarians and the people who work in them. For a man with nothing new to say he sure used a lot of words to say it!

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