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Kamala Harris @kamalaharris.com · 04/07/2025

This Fourth of July, I am taking a moment to reflect. Things are hard right now. They are probably going to get worse before they get better. But I love our country — and when you love something, you fight for it. Together, we will continue to fight for the ideals of our nation.

Vice President Harris and Douglas Emhoff watch fireworks at the White House on July 4, 2024.

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Happy Pride month

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Sara Lee @saralee.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

2.5 years ago I, as our school librarian, was contacted by the author of this book because there was a Moon Tree near our school. My students and I were captivated by this information. The original Moon Trees were grown from seeds that traveled to the moon on Apollo 14. NASA restarted the 1/2

A freshly planted Douglas Fir sapling with a plaque that tells about NASA's Artemis 1 mission and a book called Moon Tree.

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Sara Lee @saralee.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

@utahsla.bsky.social Yahoo! You're here on BlueSky! I've been looking for you.

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Sara Lee @saralee.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Just found out the PTA gave me $75 to spend at the book fair, and I'm wondering how many Lamborghini posters and chocolate scented calculators I can get.

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Sara Lee @saralee.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Text of the voicemail I left for John Curtis this morning. Call your reps! I know it's scary, and honestly, why? He's just some rando like me. It gets easier the more you call.

Senator Curtis

I saw what you had to say about the illegal firings of federal employees. The fact that you would so glibly pass this off as needed to reduce government spending is preposterous. Federal employee salaries make up a measly 4% of the budget. And that you then hide behind platitudes like compassion enrages me. We both know there are appropriate and legal ways to RIF federal empolyees and that is not happening.
Senator you said "the people voted for this". I assure you no one voted for Elon Musk. Stop being such a coward and use your voice to stand up to fascism and a man who now apparently thinks he's king of the US.

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Joseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality. —James Baldwin

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🕸️Meg Conley @pocketobservatory.org · 20/02/2025

No, this is the King of New York

A still from the movie Newsies. It’s an image of Bill Pullman looking very *1992 interprets turn of the century journalist.* Floppy hair, bow tie. He’s portraying Brian Denton, a writer who covered the 1899 newsboy strikes. He’s referred to as the “King of New York” in the movie and also in my heart.

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SF Said @whatsfsaid.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

I do not believe that books can be nutritious, or bad for your health. I do not believe that books can have ages or genders. But I do believe the books we love are the ones that make us readers - and I do believe every reader should have the right to choose what they read. #books #literacy

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Sara Lee @saralee.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Why does this shelf display feel subversive?

A shelf of library books in and elementary school featuring titles about The U.S. Constitution, voting, and elections.

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Sara Lee @saralee.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Participating in a book study of Richard Culatta's Digital for Good and these two paragraphs from the first reading really hit me. I've deleted Facebook and Twitter in the last two months because of their lack of being this kind of space.

A picture of a page from the book Digital for Good describing why we need to care for our online communities and why our behavior there matters.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 19/12/2024

Spent the day talking to Europeans, and nobody can think of any precedent for what Musk just did to the US Congress. There is no businessman with that much power, the power to stop a routine spending bill, anywhere else in the democratic world.

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Sara Lee @saralee.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

It seems like we're headed here AGAIN for the holidays. For the life of me, I can't figure out how Musk wound up in charge of my family's livelihood. I hate it here.

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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Surround yourself with the kind of people who read banned books.

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Sara Lee @saralee.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

My youngest is 18 today. I have two "grown-ups" for children. Weird.

And 18 year old girl sits with her Spiderman birthday cake surrounded by wrapped gifts.

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Sara Lee @saralee.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

I'm so honored to be this person in my school.

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Sara Lee @saralee.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

This week's library lessons are winding down. We did an ABC Brainstorm of the things we're thankful for, read Elaine Vickers' poetic Thankful with dialogic questions, and made our own school-wide thankful chain. I love how thoughtful this can get my students.

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Sara Lee @saralee.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

I am the wife of a federal employee (career Forest Service) and the mom of 2 kids, one who is LGBTQ. I do not know how to protect my family from the impending shitstorm.

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Sara Lee @saralee.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Firsties are coloring and one tiny little boy is singing "Last Christmas" for his whole table to enjoy.

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Sara Lee @saralee.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

My husband is career Forest Service. This, even though we knew it was coming, is terrifying.

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Sara Lee @saralee.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

Today is my 46th birthday. I woke up, came to school to teach my library classes, and wore my brand new Chucks. 😭 Did not say anything when my 5th graders asked who I voted for and then started a Trump chant. What a stupid day for a birthday.

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Sara Lee @saralee.bsky.social · 06/11/2023

We are ready to start our thankful chains in library classes this week. If you haven't yet, please check out this sweet and thoughtful book by Elaine Vickers to help spark gratitude in people of any age.

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Laura Gehl @authorlauragehl.bsky.social · 03/11/2023

This is my first-ever Bluesky post, and it's a GIVEAWAY! To enter to win a copy of WHO MADE THIS MESS?, a laugh-out-loud picture book intended to remind kids that our assumptions are often incorrect, please follow me and share this post by 11/8. US only. Teachers/librarians are entered twice!

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onekade @onekade.bsky.social · 14/09/2023

“Children are people who deserve private reading lives.” - Emily Drabinski, president of the ALA

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Sara Lee @saralee.bsky.social · 29/08/2023

Our local school board has thrown their total support behind our elementary libraries this year, especially in a financial sense. Today, we welcomed students back to an almost entirely new and diverse collection of books.

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Sara Lee @saralee.bsky.social · 21/08/2023

Last child on last first day of high-school. 😅

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