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Mark Reel @markreel.bsky.social · 3h

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Georgina Kiersten @ingloriousgigi.bsky.social · 6h

Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day! Give the people their goddamn land back and give them some reparations on top of that.

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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 6h

I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.

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Ann Aguirre @annaguirre.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

This is NOT a drill! The Hocus Pocus Handbook is $1.99 in digital for a limited time. 9 hours left! Amazon: tinyurl.com/2fpdhaxw Kobo: tinyurl.com/yvbnm7px BN: tinyurl.com/23me9ffr Don't miss out on a bargain price an amazing book!

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Deal: The Hocus Pocus Handbook

The Hocus Pocus Handbook

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Ynterviewer: Kan you explayne thys gap yn your resume? Dante Alighieri: Yn the middle of thys journeye of lyfe Ich founde myselfe yn a shadowye woode, for...

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Leanne (L. A.) Schwartz @schwartzwords.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I was incredibly honored to speak with JJ about my disabled librarian book and unspeakably saddened to learn of his passing last month. Please join me in honoring his work by listening to some of his amazing interviews in his Disability in Libraries and Information Studies journal.

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

“These book challenges are happening in every corner of CT, and what I’m most concerned about is the quiet censorship that doesn’t make it into the news.” - Sam Lee, co-chair of the Intellectual Freedom Committee at the Connecticut Library Association. bit.ly/4hRAYQy #BannedBooksWeek

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It's Banned Books Week. For librarians that means soft censorship

Connecticut libraries are seeing an uptick in “soft censorship” of books that receive complaints or informal challenges from patrons.

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Leanne (L. A.) Schwartz @schwartzwords.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

My teacher group chat is horrified, for the kids affected and the safety failure.

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Judith Lynne @judithlynne.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Y’all do realize that @bookshop.org is offering free shipping for their Anti-Prime Days sale, right? When you like buying BOOKS. bookshop.org (Yeah, they carry all my books too.)

Covers of great books under $5 right now at bookshop.org

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

a little louder for the cheap seats in the back

One of the biggest myths is that men rape by mistake. Like, "Oh, they need consent training." But research is very clear: Sexual violence is not a mistake. It is an intentionally made decision by people who know they don't have consent. They just don't prioritize consent over things like status, power, domination, and sexual gratification.
For my research, I got a certificate of confidentiality from the National Institutes of Health, so my notes couldn't be subpoenaed. One of the reasons I call them perpetrators in my work is because every single person I interviewed confessed in that context. The first question I would ask them was, "When you received that email from Title IX that you were under investigation, did you know what it was about?" Every perpetrator I interviewed said "yes." If sexual assault were a miscommunication, you would be wondering, What have I possibly done wrong? That is not the way that any of them reacted because they knew.

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Leanne (L. A.) Schwartz @schwartzwords.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

strap in the data just coming out from PEN looks even worse, which means we all can make an important difference protecting books, libraries, and readers by taking action

Banned Books We 120
The Book-Ban Rebound
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alexis simpson is confused by display name changes @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

once again, just spitballing, what if we just provided for everyone's basic material needs

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Grady Booch @booch.com · 07/10/2026

Ms Hamilton coined the term “software engineering”.

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Ria Parisi @riathewolf.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Hey all! After amicably parting ways with my agent, I am seeking new representation✨ If you’re an agent or editor who might be interested in seeing my query, please feel free to reach out!

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Courtney Floyd @courtney-floyd.com · 07/10/2026

Hey, it's HIGHER MAGIC's first birthday! To celebrate, I'm sharing my favorite pre-order incentive: Glass Half Full, an audio drama production of a cut scene between Bartleby and her housemates. You can download it for free (or throw a tip my way, whatever) here:

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Glass Half Full (Higher Magic) - Courtney Floyd's Ko-fi Shop

Glass Half Full is an audio drama production of a scene that was cut from my debut novel, Higher Magic. It was adapted for audio by me (Courtney Flo...

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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🧵 Nearly 12,000 (11,982) books were banned in public schools during the 2025-2026 school year, according to PEN America’s newly updated Index of School Book Bans. #BannedBooks #BannedBooksWeek

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Shveta Thakrar @shvetathakrar.com · 05/10/2026

Definitely NOT a badge of honor, as Meg notes below. As a brown midlist author, it's hard enough to get the word out about my books--so if they get banned, that's it. You can't buy or borrow what you don't know exists. (And the author gets blamed for poor sales numbers and can't sell future books.)

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Thys year banned bookes weeke ys also destroyed-to-scan-for-A.I. bookes weeke

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Leanne (L. A.) Schwartz @schwartzwords.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

San Diego has the largest concentration of active duty military in the US.

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Meg Elison @megelison.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Please remember that for every VE Schwab and Stephen King, there are a lot of banned Black, queer, and POC writers you've never heard of, to whom it is maybe not a badge of honor but a denial of their voice. Being banned is not a marketing opportunity, unless one is already rich.

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It's Banned Books Week. My fellow librarians, listen carefully: your book displays should be almost exclusively writers who are alive. Yes, I know classic literature is also being banned, but most of those authors are dead. They aren't suffering financially from bans and challenges.

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Steve Ammidown @stegan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I love that everyone’s excited about #bannedbooksweek, but please remember that there’s so much more to it than just buying or reading a banned book. Its also about people- librarians, educators, and readers- Kelly’s body of work is a starting point to understand this more.

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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:

Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads:

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."

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Leanne (L. A.) Schwartz @schwartzwords.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Congratulations!! And SO HERE FOR THIS STORY🔥

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ceej @ceej.online · 29/09/2026

emulsions… very “enemies-to-lovers”

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dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

a lot of very annoying men have been going on about “restoring trust” in universities, by which they mean increasing “viewpoint diversity,” by which they mean privileging evidence-free conservative beliefs. but it seems like a bigger deal that students and faculty can’t trust their school this way:

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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The torture and trafficking of immigrant kids continues apace, with plans to remove the 2,500 unaccompanied kids presently held captive. We need a relentless drumbeat: What are they doing to the children? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Trump ally Stephen Miller leads sweeping push to accelerate removal of migrant children

Exclusive: key White House loyalist orchestrating multi-agency effort condemned by critics as cruel and racist

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Leanne (L. A.) Schwartz @schwartzwords.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

of course not, it's breakfast (ask a Sicilian)

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