Reposted by Michelle Boulecarolyn @papersquared.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Why I Stepped Down buttondown.com/papersquared...buttondown.comWhy I Stepped DownThe Illinois Library Association's annual conference is this week, and for the first time in many, many years, I'm not attending. For those that may not be... 113414
Reposted by Michelle BouleJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 10/07/2026It really is wild, sad, bizarre, predictable. Not only is it not believable. It's no overstatement to say that when ICE says guy tried to run us over, tried to attack, threatened to shoot ... that's ICE for 'hey, our guys were pumped up and they shot the guy.' 251437436
Reposted by Michelle BouleThe Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Someone asked me to "please stop" with my posts about the Oxford comma. After careful consideration, I’ve determined that I’m unable to abide by such an unreasonable, discourteous, and ill-mannered request. 33101460
Reposted by Michelle BouleEmily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 09/07/2026LORENZO SALGADO ARAUJO Houstonians - pls tell your mayor that you refuse to accept any investigation led by ICE, that your neighbor deserves justice & his family the truth. 13522
Reposted by Michelle BouleNPR @npr.org · 27/03/2026The four Army officers were on track to become one-star generals, NPR confirms. Defense secretary Pete Hegseth's involvement in the promotion process is highly unusual. n.pr/4td8EvVn.prDefense Secretary Hegseth intervened to stop promotions of Black and female officersThe four Army officers were on track to become one-star generals, NPR confirms. Defense secretary Pete Hegseth's involvement in the promotion process is highly unusual. 81611282
Reposted by Michelle BouleJason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 25/03/2026I agree 100% with Steven Vickers that authors will be falsely accused of using AI in the coming years. In particular, authors like myself whose works were stolen to train AI systems are at risk. When we write in our own unique styles, AI trained on us will quite likely flag us as using AI. 7629281043
Reposted by Michelle BouleSkyla Dawn Cameron @skyladawn.ca · 20/03/2026This is very "won't someone PLEASE think of the children!" except that this mythical adult reader they're infantilizing as incapable of putting down something she doesn't like is almost always a woman, and this policing is done BY women, and the authors they want to "hold accountable" are women. 2301
Michelle Boule @mboule.bsky.social · 10/02/2026One of these days, people will stop effing around with Romancelandia. We know how to organize and we care about people. 050
Reposted by Michelle BouleGhostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 26/01/2026Did you miss out on your last opportunity to bankroll the fully stocked pop-up leftist supply depot?? Do you want to send free hand warmers, winter gear, first aid supplies, YOU NAME IT, to the Twin Cities? This is your moment. Let's ride. www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/... (non 'zon in follow up!) 411060447
Michelle Boule @mboule.bsky.social · 27/10/2025The stories I have heard from friends and neighbors are heartbreaking and also make me proud to live in Chicagoland. 020
Michelle Boule @mboule.bsky.social · 27/10/2025TFW you don't feel like you can professionally or ethically refer people to what should be a non-partisan website for information because of the racist, hateful, and false information placed on the banner of every @usdagov.bsky.social website. 120
Reposted by Michelle BouleBat 🦇 Borus @matthewborus.bsky.social · 18/10/2025The executive committee of the University Faculty Senate for the SUNY system issued a strong statement this week urging university leaders to reject the Trump compact. It's worth a read. dspace.sunyconnect.suny.edu/server/api/c... 04418
Michelle Boule @mboule.bsky.social · 01/10/2025PEN reported 6,870 instances of book bans last year alone, meaning 6,870 times a books was removed from shelves or access was restricted. That number is not a typo. The number has tripled since 2021. 020
Reposted by Michelle BouleQasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 04/09/2025Trump DOJ is looking at ways to ban trans Americans from owning guns. Since 2018: •4 trans shooters means 2A is null & void •4193 NON-trans shooters means 2A needs expansion Here's a better idea: Solo men commit 94.6% of all mass shootings. Let's ban firearms from solo men & see how it goes. 36828291
Reposted by Michelle Boule𝔅𝔲𝔱𝔱𝔬𝔫𝔰 𝔒'𝔊𝔥𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔦𝔥𝔞𝔫 @johnxuandou.bsky.social · 13/08/2025This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable. 461222318467
Reposted by Michelle BouleBryn Donovan @bryndonovan.bsky.social · 30/07/2025If you’re writing an older character, you are not contractually obligated to make them: •cranky •incompetent •hilariously baffled by technology If they’re a woman, they don’t HAVE to call everyone “dear.” If they are sexual, it doesn’t have to be played for laughs. #writingcommunity #ageism 3589
Reposted by Michelle BouleStrict Scrutiny Podcast @strictscrutiny.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Our term recap - big themes, roses & thorns, and … yikes. crooked.com/podcast/a-te...media.tenor.coma cartoon cat is making a face and saying `` yes , i 'm sassy '' in front of a mirror .Alt: a cartoon cat is making a face and saying `` yes , i 'm sassy '' in front of a mirror . 3699
Reposted by Michelle BouleKari Dru @karidru.bsky.social · 30/06/2025The lists are weighted by pubs, we all understand this, right? The only possible bestsellers, barring random Bigolus Dickolas activity, are the ones that enough copies were printed and people have heard of. So what they're saying is "we are going to keep drowning you in this shit." 916762
Reposted by Michelle BouleEveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 27/06/2025Join the fight to support the Library of Congress at www.SaveTheLOC.org 083
Michelle Boule @mboule.bsky.social · 27/06/2025"Unable to condone that grave misjudgement, I dissent," seems like it could be applied to many of the decisions this session. 010
Reposted by Michelle BouleRobin Bradford @tuphlos.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Are YOU going to ALA? If you are, have I got a deal for you.... Come see our amazing panel talk about Readers' Advisory! 2186
Reposted by Michelle BouleMiriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 03/06/2025+ 4. I don’t want to contribute to a harmful industry. 5. I can write better than ChatGPT. So, in some ways, our question should be: how do we get students to a point where these things are true for them, too? 310413
Michelle Boule @mboule.bsky.social · 30/05/2025Nothing to see here, just further destruction of science and research. www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...insidehighered.comFulbright Applicants Rejected Over “DEI” Research ProposalsThe Trump administration staged an unprecedented intervention in this year’s Fulbright selection process, rejecting finalists whose research deals with race, gender or climate change. 000
Michelle Boule @mboule.bsky.social · 30/05/2025*pretends to be shocked* White House MAHA Report may have garbled science by using AI, experts say www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...washingtonpost.comWhite House MAHA Report may have garbled science by using AI, experts sayThe report, led by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was intended to address the reasons for the decline in Americans’ life expectancy. 000
Reposted by Michelle BouleAssigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 27/05/2025The Utah Report shows exactly what the people commissioning it didn’t want to see, that gender affirming care works. This article brought to you by @evanurquhart.bsky.socialassignedmedia.orgPlentiful Data, No Regret: What the Utah Review on Youth Trans Care Found — AssignedA 1,000-page report by the College of Pharmacy at the University of Utah, which found care safe and effective, stands out from others: It’s both independent and an actual review of the evidence. 121976729
Reposted by Michelle BouleAlex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 21/05/2025NPR's What to Read This Summer list is live - and written by actual real humans, including me! www.npr.org/2025/05/21/n...npr.org17 new books our critics can't wait to read this summerWe asked some of our trusted critics which upcoming books they are most looking forward to. Here are the fiction and nonfiction titles they picked. 124059
Reposted by Michelle Boule~ @asynchronia.bsky.social · 21/05/2025I literally started college at 16. It was amazing and set me up for success. Teenagers are intelligent and deserve the best. 164
Michelle Boule @mboule.bsky.social · 20/05/2025For the people in the back that still don't get it: ChatGPT and AI Bots are generative. They make words up based on probability. They are in no way, shape, or form doing research and looking for real things. 000
Michelle Boule @mboule.bsky.social · 20/05/2025I guess poor people don't need the internet. gov.illinois.gov/news/press-r...gov.illinois.govPress ReleasePress Releases 000
Reposted by Michelle BouleMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 18/05/2025👇🎯 Real Folkz with Real Jobs all across the country. 1449
Reposted by Michelle BouleWuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 18/05/2025More from Pedro: "I want people to be safe and protected. I want to live on the right side of history. I am an immigrant. My parents are refugees from Chile. We fled a dictatorship and I was privileged enough to grow up in the US after asylum in Denmark. I stand by those protections, always." 131488255
Reposted by Michelle BouleTX FReadom Fighters @freadomfighters.bsky.social · 14/05/2025The Senate State Affairs committee will have a hearing tomorrow on HB3225, the age restriction bill for public libraries, at 9 AM in Senate chamber. If you care about your teen having access to books, please consider coming to testify and DM us. It is likely to be in all day wait. 02913
Michelle Boule @mboule.bsky.social · 15/05/2025media.tenor.coma blurred image of a space ship flying through spaceAlt: a blurred image of a space ship flying through space, spaceship class firefly. Serenity 000
Reposted by Michelle BouleQasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 15/05/2025Goal was 500 letters sent today. So far 140 letters already sent. 360 letters to go. Let's raise our voices to protect Medicaid. Send your letter here in 5 seconds--> bit.ly/4jQh0Wd 59447
Reposted by Michelle BouleGhostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 14/05/2025Last time they broke each other. This time they might make each other whole... On sale this week! amzn.to/4ar5BH2 1153
Michelle Boule @mboule.bsky.social · 13/05/2025I know everything is burning but I finished grading my papers and submitted my grades today. It's a small win in the grand scheme of things, but I'm going to take it. 000
Reposted by Michelle BouleElaine Maisner @emaisner.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Librarians, the toughest of all. “Staff members at the library called the U.S. Capitol Police as well as their general counsel, Meg Williams, who told the men they were not allowed access to the Copyright Office and asked them to leave,” which they did. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/u...nytimes.comOfficials Are Denied Access to Library of Congress After Trump Names New Boss 27734