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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 25/09/2026
Great share from @axbom.com A great illustration about why converstaions about "ai" are so difficult sometimes. There's a lot going on... axbom.com/aieco/ #schoollibraries #schoollibrarian
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Harms of the AI ecosystem – infographic
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 19/09/2026
PLEASE. I am BEGGING YOU.
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AI Now Institute @ainowinstitute.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The history of AI development is not rooted in neutral algorithms, but in entrenched systems of power that shape our lives. @ghostdoc2026.bsky.social dives into this history, interrogating who builds this tech, who benefits from it, and who bears the cost.
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Jill Read, Rise, Resist @reading2learn.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
jeromestueart.substack.com/p/how-genera... #TLsky #EDUsky #AI #ArtsEducation
jeromestueart.substack.com
How Generative AI discourages future generations of artists, musicians, and writers
Erasing the time and process it takes to learn something doesn't create skilled people, it discourages them from the effort of creation that leads to joy and meaning.
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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
“'Over the last year, one of the things that has honestly really surprised me is just how quickly this particular movement has taken off,’ DeAngelis [a 3rd grader teacher and member of the AIM Coalition] said. 'It’s reflective of what parents and teachers are seeing in their schools.’”
techpolicy.press
America’s Two Largest School Districts Impose AI Moratoriums
The New York City Department of Education and the Los Angeles Unified School District announced new policies this week, reports Chris Mills Rodrigo.
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
It's back to school season! School librarians are facing challenges or uncertainty about what they can - or cannot - shelve. Join ALA OIF and @aaslala.bsky.social to learn about protecting the First Amendment rights of learners. Sept 15, 5:30pmCT. Free for ALA Members. bit.ly/3UsTneE
Prepare for the School Year: Protecting the First Amendment Rights of All Students. Tuesday, September 15, 5:30 p.m. CT. Presenters: Becky Calzada, April Dawkins,Cathi Fuhrman, Amanda Kordeliski,Sarah Lamdan, Xan Lasko. Free for ALA Members. American Association of School Librarians. Office for Intellectual Freedom. American Library Association.
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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Funny (in a depressing way) to see the studies that were done at businesses 2 years ago now being done in education and showing the exact same results.
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rachel elliott @okieelliott.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Hello Comics, Kidlit, and Librarian Friends! The folks at Macmillan are putting together a list of people to receive a digital advanced copy of the first book of ISAAC AND PEARL, my early reader graphic novel series. Would you like one?? Reply below. :D
color drawing of two cat siblings (anthropomorphized, standing on two legs, wearing clothes.) The taller / older one is pointing at a cloud that looks like a horse. The younger / shorter one is holding up a toy horse. We are seeing them from behind.
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404 Media @404media.co · 02/09/2026
A follow up to the Amazon destroying books for AI story, why a bunch of names keep appearing in AI-generated papers, and ICE's latest spending spree.
404media.co
Podcast: We Spoke to an Amazon Worker Destroying Books for AI
A follow up to the Amazon destroying books for AI story, why a bunch of names keep appearing in AI-generated papers, and ICE's latest spending spree.
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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This is a great overview of the available research on handwritten notes in school contexts. I remember the phase maybe a decade or so ago where the message was that handwritten notes were "better." It's knew it was more complicated than this, because it always is. substack.com/inbox/post/2...
substack.com
Handwritten Notes Aren’t a Magical Solution
The research on handwritten notes and student performance isn’t straightforward. Why are people pretending like it is?
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Faith Rogow @insightersed.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Don't let this fantastic resource pass by unnoticed. @lalindsey.bsky.social and @drkmattson.bsky.social have put together a rich, easy-to-use, inquiry-based framework and gifted it to us all! 🍎📚🗺️ #AcademicSky #SchoolLibrarians #civics #MediaLiteracy #TLSky www.teachdigcit.com/framework
teachdigcit.com
Curricular Framework | Teach DigCit
This curricular framework offers guidance for teaching digital safety, media literacy, digital wellbeing and social responsbility for students in grades PK-12.
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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Reminded of this today. 7 years old, but still recommended watching if you had not seen it yet (or even if you have). www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEPs...
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Hannah Gadsby Full Speech: "The Good Men" & Misogyny | Women in Entertainment
YouTube video by The Hollywood Reporter
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Steve "It's TAY-tro" Tetreault @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
"[F]or anyone who finds themself reaching for a chatbot or other technology associated with well-documented harms, what is the need that you are filling with that use?" #TechLiteracy #AiIsTheProblem
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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 28/08/2026
These feel like, not seen the specific case, the opposite logic to those proud of their personal best at the gym. Yes, you lifted 120kg, such good work tbh. Not with a forklift. With your own body. Let's bring this back to thinking, organising, drawing, etc. Enjoy actually being good at something.
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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Welcoming GenAI into schools continues to be, IMO, an untenable position, unless I suppose your goal is to drive out educators, in which case, the strategy is working as intended.
wired.com
They Dedicated Their Lives to Teaching. Then the Deepfakes Started
The deepfake epidemic in schools is affecting more than students. Four teachers tell WIRED about becoming targets of sexualized, AI-generated content—and how difficult it was to find accountability.
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
✨ The #ALAAC27 Call for Program & Poster Proposals is NOW OPEN! You are officially invited to share your ideas and expertise with the goal of presenting to 1000s of attendees at ALA Annual in New Orleans, June 24–28, 2027. Submit your program or poster proposal today! bit.ly/4qz7PgR
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ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition June 24-28, 2027. New Orleans
Call for Proposals Now Open
Submit by September 21, 2026
Photo of a smiling female presenter at the Annual 2025 Conference.
Colorful illustrations of a trombone, music notes, and stars.
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Becky Calzada @becalzada.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
We’re excited to share our idea in front of the SXSW EDU community—will you help get it to the stage? Take a moment to vote, every voice helps shape the convos that will take place at #SXSWEDU Voting 🔗: participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sx...
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Steve "It's TAY-tro" Tetreault @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Ep. 93 of the #SLLNPodcast features Wendy Garland @wendygarland.bsky.social discussing the “Students Rebuild” program! Get it on your favorite podcatcher (search SLLN), or here: sllnpodcast.libsyn.com/093-students... #TLSky #SchoolLibrary #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians #TLSkyChat
White background with an image of the SLLN logo - Black text in a circle reads School Librarian Learning Network, surrounding a red book with the letters SLLN on the cover in gray lettering. Across the top, red text reads: Episode Episode 93: "Students Rebuild" with Wendy Garland. Toward the bottom, a picture of Wendy Garland.
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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 22/08/2026
Is this correct? “In the EU, one can opt out of their public Instagram posts being used to train ai products, but in the US, that’s not an option.”
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 21/08/2026
This is like the car industry refusing to make anything other than stretch humvees and saying "OH I GUESS WE'LL JUST TAKE AWAY ALL THE TAXIS THEN, SEE HOW YOU LIKE THAT"
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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 20/08/2026
Do you have resources that help someone make a design accessible? Current workflow that is failing me... Adobe Express as original source, but the exported PDF is not in any kind of logical reading order. Tags are right, reading order panel is wrong, but changing anything breaks it!
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, episode 83, in which @alexhanna.bsky.social and I wade through recent claims of the singularity, “rogue AI”, and possible machine consciousness. You know, the usual bullshit. www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/epis...
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Judi Moreillon, PhD @judimoreillon.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Thank you @tucson.com for publishing my op-ed "Banning historical facts and experiences in the name of DEI." The #FirstAmendment provides readers w/the right to read & authors w/the right to speak through writing. #TLSky #EduSky we must stand together against #censorship! tucson.com/opinion/colu...
tucson.com
Local opinion: Banning historical facts and experiences in the name of DEI
The following is the opinion and analysis of the writer:
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
This is a case study in pro-AI propaganda, and annoying enough to inspire a Saturday thread: bsky.app/profile/bren... 🧵>>
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Robbie Barber @mediabarber.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The start of the new school year brings new and old problems. I create a list to help me and establish myself as an information broker. @aaslala.bsky.social #schoollibrarians #edusky #tlsky ticklingtech.com/2026/08/16/w...
ticklingtech.com
Whac-A-Mole! The Start of a New School Year
Did you ever play the game Whac-A-Mole? Either the big mat that I played on or the arcade game? You took a soft or plastic mallet and tried to hit the Mole that popped out of one of many holes. You…
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Steve "It's TAY-tro" Tetreault @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Check out Maura Madigan's @mauramadigan7.bsky.social unit, “'Speak Up, Please!' Lessons in Communication" in ep. 92of the #SLLNPodcast! Get it on your favorite podcatcher (search SLLN), or here: sllnpodcast.libsyn.com/092-speak-up... #TLSky #SchoolLibrary #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians #TLSkyChat
White background with an image of the SLLN logo - Black text in a circle reads School Librarian Learning Network, surrounding a red book with the letters SLLN on the cover in gray lettering. Across the top, red text reads: Episode 92:
"‘Speak Up, Please!‘ Lessons in Communication" with Maura Madigan. Toward the bottom, a picture of Maura Madigan.
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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 16/08/2026
Threnody… as a music person, surprised I’ve never heard of this word. www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/t...
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Definition of THRENODY
a song of lamentation for the dead : elegy… See the full definition
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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 15/08/2026
Happy birthday @mrs-sarah-allen.bsky.social! Love you!
Susie of two people standing outside
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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 14/08/2026
Colleague shared this today. Feels quite relevant to school library work... Consistency. #schoollibrary #schoollibrarian #consistent www.youtube.com/shorts/VLmjE...
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Consistency Changes Everything
YouTube video by Ryan Leak
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404 Media @404media.co · 14/08/2026
A person representing themselves in a Connecticut court hid a series of instructions designed to manipulate artificial intelligence in an official court filing. As the judge pointed out, court docs do not get processed through AI. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports: www.404media.co/person-hides...
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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 14/08/2026
monthly or so reminder...
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Kotaku @kotaku.com · 10/08/2026
No Man's Sky studio boss Sean Murray says he's in no rush to experiment with AI and is enjoying developing games the way they've always ... kotaku.com/no-mans-sky-studio-direc…
kotaku.com
No Man's Sky Studio Boss Says He's Content To Wait On GenAI
Sean Murray compared the AI race to the post-COVID return to office plans
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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Today in oh shit the semester starts soon and I’m grateful for cool things put together by others: Cheers once more to @alexhanna.bsky.social and co-authors for the primer “Myths About Generative AI, Productivity, and Job Displacement” because it's an excellent resource for a student project.
labor.dair-institute.org
Luddite Lab
Research and case studies.
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Matt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 13/08/2026
Hey #LibrarySky I am putting together a list on how to remove AI/LLMs from your life and devices for my library,I have a bunch of resources already but can anyone suggest some for basic ones for beginners please? 📚📜
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Katie @katiejmcnamara.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
If you haven't read The Book Whisperer by abfab @donalynbooks.bsky.social read it. If it's been a while, reread it. #TLSky #EduSky #iteachEnglish Students deserve time to read books they want to read.
Book cover of The Book Whisperer
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Copyright Alliance @copyrightalliance.org · 12/08/2026
Sam DeMase, the new Chairperson of the AIC Board of Directors, says, "Human creativity has value, the works used to train #AI should be licensed, and creators should be compensated and able to see when their work is used." Read more: copyrightalliance.org/sam-demase-c...
copyrightalliance.org
Creator Spotlight: American Influencer Council Chairperson Sam DeMase
This week, we are spotlighting Sam DeMase, the newly appointed Chairperson of the American Influencer Council (AIC) Board of Directors and a new Copyright Alliance Creator Member. AIC is the first 501...
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Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
“I lost my confidence in my own writing.” When a student sitting on a stage shares this with an auditorium full of adult educators, acknowledging why they stopped using AI in their own school work, it has an impact. Two weeks later and I still remember what it felt like to hear that...
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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 12/08/2026
A Screen Use Guide kets.news/screens #schoollibrarians #schoollibrary
Thumbnail image of "A Screen Use Guide" Kentucky Department of Education, Meaningful, intentional, and purposeful, instructional technology use in Kentucky schools, Full guide: kets.news/screens. Bottom of image is blurred.
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Judi Moreillon, PhD @judimoreillon.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Make time 2listen & think deeply about using AI w/K-12 students. @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social (a practicing #schoollibrarian with a personal & professional history of using tech) will make you think about the questions you should ask yourself and your admins. #TLSky #EduSky #RadicalSchoolLibrarianship
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News Literacy Project @newslit.org · 11/08/2026
2/ The Sift returns early this school year, with our first issue dropping Aug. 24! Don't miss out. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter & share it with a teacher friend today! ⤵️ #EduSky #AcademicSky
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The Sift Newsletter - The News Literacy Project
The Sift® Newsletter An educator’s guide to the week in news literacy. Subscribe now Short on time? We’ve got you covered The news and information world is changing fast. In just a few minutes, The Si...
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Cate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Updated for the fall semester - my bibliography of readings, both academic and popular, about the many problems with and pitfalls in using Generative AI. catherinedenial.org/blog/uncateg...
catherinedenial.org
Against Generative AI – Cate Denial
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Steve "It's TAY-tro" Tetreault @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
For the #SLLNPodcast, I usually only do audio, but for this one, since I had a slide deck, there's also a video version: youtu.be/4f7i7tzmFp0
youtu.be
SLLN Episode 91. "Why We Should Be Luddites (or ‘Why AI Is Bad’)" with Steve Tetreault
YouTube video by DrTLovesBooks
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Steve "It's TAY-tro" Tetreault @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
This week, I talk about ed tech, AI, and being a Luddite in ep. 91 of the #SLLNPodcast! Get it on your favorite podcatcher (search SLLN), or here: sllnpodcast.libsyn.com/091-why-we-s... #TLSky #SchoolLibrary #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians #TLSkyChat
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 09/08/2026
When I told Anthropic interlocutors that I avoid contact w LLMs, their response was bemused:perhaps I hadn’t spent enough time w them? there was light in their eyes when they talked about Claude. It dawned on me that they're under enchantment. Like Pygmalion, they had fallen in love w their creation
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Jane Rosenzweig @janerosenzweig.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Worth reading study that found parents are more willing to pay for premium AI subscriptions for kids if peers are using it, even if they have concerns. I heard this repeatedly from my own students too—that the fear of being left behind is a driving force in using gen AI. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
 Our findings reveal a rat race in AI adoption for education: Parents increase demand in response to peer take-up even as many would prefer collective restraint. This pattern echoes the classic distinction between what people do and what they believe should be done (18, 19), and connects to a long-standing literature on positional externalities and status competition (32–36).
The competitive anxiety we document is consistent with sociological evidence that parental educational decisions are shaped less by private cost–benefit analysis than by perceived competitive stakes and peer networks (15, 16, 37, 38), with peer influence documented across course-taking (17), school transitions (39), and school choice (40). Our contribution is to show that these social forces operate with sufficient strength to sustain adoption of a technology that parents themselves view with ambivalence—and to quantify the disconnect between private behavior and collective preference using incentive-compatible methods.
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 09/08/2026
"Functional information-processing taking place in an atemporal mathematical space is so utterly *unlike* the lived intelligence of a human being that to call it “intelligence” at all is to wholly falsify its nature."
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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
We want no AI slop in science communication. Duh!
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Judi Moreillon, PhD @judimoreillon.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Un-American #censorship! Have you signed the @everylibrary.bsky.social petitions, sent emails, and submitted a letter to the editor to your local newspaper? If not, EveryLibrary has made it easy to have your voice heard. #TLSky #EduSky #kidlit #mglit #yalit Take action action.everylibrary.org/hr7661
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Stop the Federal Book Ban Bills!
We made it easy to take these four actions to fight against HR 7661 and S 4925. Stand up for your right to read!
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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 07/08/2026
I’m curious if anyone has read this piece about AI and has thoughts they’d share. apple.news/AczgBokfdQsy...
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There Is Already a Word for the Deep Moral Failures of AI — The Atlantic
It’s sin.
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