Reposted by nounDoug Savage @savagechickens.bsky.social · 09/10/2026On Short Notice. www.patreon.com/savagechicke... 220945
Reposted by nounMychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 22/09/2026In 31 years, the dearly beloved Dolly Parton gifted approximately 332,411,218 books to kids all over the world with her Imagination Library true heroes 🦋📖 We get to honor Dolly. We get to give like Dolly. We get to support literacy like Dolly. We love you, Dolly Parton! Our Queen of Book Joy 🌈 ✨ 525217912
Reposted by nounSVB Station @svbstation.bsky.social · 04/09/2026This is something that really shouldn't have been normalized in the gaming industry. 1236403978
Reposted by nounBOObara Byar 👻👻 @barbarabyar.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Today, I was in a small county library for work. The library was in an old church and there was only one librarian who said she worked alone every day and I couldn’t think of a better job in the whole world. 1478166
Reposted by noun𝕯𝖆𝖓🍂🎃🕸️ @arepublic86.bsky.social · 27/08/2026This is what a real leader says. 316242355720
Reposted by nounSantiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 22/08/2026Everything may suck but at least I can still read a book and don’t offload my critical thinking to a computer 723226
Reposted by nounScott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 08/08/2026He tore down a wing of the White House and got stopped by a preservation society. Not the Army. Not Congress. A preservation society. Awesome. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/great-news... 18552171085
noun @nounsense.bsky.social · 28/07/2026"Information devoid of a social context fails to live up to its potential as a transformative agent in a world increasingly shaped by racial inequality and the global spread of neoimperialist capitalism." -Todd Honma (2005) 000
noun @nounsense.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Bolder display of courage than I've seen in a lot of adults lately 010
Reposted by nounDr. Vin Gupta @vinguptamd.bsky.social · 16/07/2026When institutions fall short, people still deserve the facts. Here’s what every family should know about Cyclospora—and how to stay safe. 701296714
Reposted by noun🌈 Drawn&Quoted 🦄 @drawnandquoted.bsky.social · 14/07/2026This is addressed to everyone, but especially Americans under the age of 30: Read dystopian novels. Read 1984, and Brave New World, and Fahrenheit 451, and White Noise, and—fuck—even Hunger Games. So many of you just aren’t getting what’s been happening just because you don’t read. 53484002262
Reposted by nounMelanie Jackson @mjjaxn.bsky.social · 11/07/2026I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me. -Ralph Waldo Emerson 492719328
Reposted by nounGodlessPrimate @godlessprimate.bsky.social · 10/07/2026I'm definitely going to the library! 5393626624
Reposted by nounJason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 05/07/2026A $3 @mta.info subway fare and some good Q train timing can buy you one hell of a view of the July 4th fireworks and the Brooklyn Bridge light show! Huge shoutout to the train operator for slow rolling over the Manhattan Bridge and the conductor for announcing it. 265207493773
Reposted by nounJay Moschella @jaymoschella.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Things you can see in our open house display today only at the Boston Public Library (which is also heavily air conditioned): 1. 1 of 8 surviving "ratification" copies of the constitution 2. The 1st printing of the Virginia Declaration of Rights 3. First public printing of the Bill of Rights 22312
Reposted by nounSusan DuBose @houseofbast777.bsky.social · 02/07/2026"The truth is lived, not taught." “The world is not imperfect or slowly evolving along a path to perfection. No, it is perfect at every moment, every sin already carries grace in it.” "Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go." BOTD Hermann Hesse 1877 #Booksky 1234
Reposted by nounAmerican Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 26/06/2026More than 240 original READ posters are now up for auction as part of our 150th anniversary celebration. Revisit old favorites, discover a few surprises, and bid on a piece of library history before the auction closes July 10. 📚💙 lithub.com/the-american...lithub.comThe American Library Association is auctioning off some primo vintage READ posters.This summer, the American Library Association is auctioning off a rare cache of its iconic READ posters to commemorate the org’s 150th year of doing business. Thanks to a partnership with Her… 58232
Reposted by nounMarc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Last month two library workers reached out to Public Collectors to ask about making a booklet version of Fobazi Ettarh's essay "Vocational Awe and Librarianship: The Lies We Tell Ourselves" for a Celebration of Life event. We did, and it is now available for all: halfletterpress.com/vocational-a... 1218095
Reposted by nounDigital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 16/06/2026MIT engineer Tomás Vega created a palate device that lets people with paralysis control their phone using only their tongue 25913
Reposted by nounFobazi M. Ettarh @fobettarh.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Please join us in Chicago to celebrate Fobazi's life and legacy. RSVP at tinyurl.com/celebratefob... 010946
Reposted by nounFactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Missouri Republicans have cut $4 million in funding for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library literacy program, which sends monthly free books to kids 5 and under. No more children will be able to sign up to receive free books in Missouri. 810362
Reposted by nounMichael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 25/05/2026A livestream of a volcano in the Philippines captured a meteor crashing to Earth today. What are the odds? Mayon Volcano, Location: Albay, Luzon, Philippines 615288239435
Reposted by nounShannon Hale @shannonhale.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Now more than ever, check out a physical novel from your public library and read it in long, big gulps. It's like meditating. It's like putting your bare feet on the grass. It will help heal you. 063785
Reposted by nounShanna "Read Black Fantasy" Miles @srmilesauthor.bsky.social · 12/05/20265 things to do for literacy this week 1. Ask a kid what they're reading in school 2. Add a library card from another state tinyurl.com/ymvchw9j 3. Check out the 250 most influential books from the Brooklyn Public Library: tinyurl.com/2s44abwc 4. Subscribe to a Newspaper 5. Make a summer (TBR) listtinyurl.com250 Influential Books For America's 250 AnniversaryBrooklyn Public Library shares 250 Influential Books for America's 250th Anniversary, plus more library news. 032
Reposted by nounMina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 05/05/20262nd grade Mina Kimes would be GEEKED 2187434327
Reposted by nounGoh_billy @gohbilly.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Dee Jay has been acting really different since he got that new haircut. 26115
Reposted by nounDan Baldassarre @evornithology.bsky.social · 22/04/2026I have seen an angel. We breathed the same air, if only for a moment. 704976360
Reposted by nounSassyMetisChick @sassymetischick.bsky.social · 13/04/2026I didn’t know this, did you? Amazing! 5224001207
Reposted by nounThey Might Be Giants @tmbg.bsky.social · 12/04/2026was once New Amsterdam. 102103211721
Reposted by nounLily Bug 🩷🥰, Fawn 🦌🐾, and Queen Karma👑🌈 @dogsareperfection.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Still shocking 😳🤯🤣 13667791090
Reposted by nounAlex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Somewhere up in heaven, Richard Scarry is like “fuck yeah, told you so”: www.bbc.com/news/world-u...bbc.comRats taught to drive tiny cars to lower their stress levelsResearchers taught rats to drive tiny "ratmobiles" in exchange for food, which helped the rats relax. 22904661
Reposted by nounTimothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 30/03/2026i did not make this up. this is an actual screenshot, from right now. 21566221181
Reposted by nounLibrarianth @librarianth.bsky.social · 13/03/2026On today's episode of "Instantly Believeable"... 05926
Reposted by nounRachelvira 🦇 @nottheroyalairforce.cc · 28/02/2026Important potato technology. 4840315
Reposted by nounBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Before today, no F-15 had been shot down in more than 35 years — since January 19, 1991, during the Persian Gulf War. Before today, the U.S. had never had more than one aircraft shot down by friendly fire in a single day, let alone three. 501991610
Reposted by nounChris Levesque @levesque-chris.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Folks, it does not matter how much you teach critical thinking or information literacy, if your students don’t have a solid base of actual knowledge it doesn’t matter at all. A smartphone and internet access is not a substitute for actually knowing things. That was true when Google worked. 33413
Reposted by nounBony 🦴 Skeletino 💀 @notalegalrecord.net · 27/02/2026Over 17 THOUSAND people of the Korean #adoptee diaspora in the US, spanning the entire period up to its inception 70 years ago, lack US citizenship because of their adopters’ inaction. americancommunitymedia.org/immigration/...americancommunitymedia.orgMore than 17k Korean Adoptees in US Lack Citizenship. Most Live in Minnesota.For the more than 15,000 Korean adoptees in Minnesota who lack citizenship, recent immigration raids have caused immense fear and anxiety. 5248130
