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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 26/09/2026
Probably any one of these items could be expanded to a dozen more elements. I guess your examples fit under "undermined security?"
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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
axbom.com
Harms of the AI ecosystem – infographic
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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 21/09/2026
Not helpful, but I'm thinking my days on Instagram or any Meta products are done. (I will have to work on associations who I still post for on their behalf). Wonder if the video is corrected on the phone, but Instagram interpreted that crop/orientation differently.
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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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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 11/09/2026
Love this!
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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 06/09/2026
That is how it feels sometimes 🫠
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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 05/09/2026
What happens after this step? What do we do for the districts and schools that don't have a checkmark?
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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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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 05/09/2026
Art as a means to support oneself was already tenuous at best. AI makes that worse. Thanks to generative ai, art as a "product" has lost exponential amounts of value. Art as a process for the individual artist? Hopefully that will still be a thing, but providing a living?
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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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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 05/09/2026
I think my only gift will be "If you complete the survey, you will have access to statewide averages" Working on version that will automatically create infographic for each school, as a reflection and goal-setting tool. Will only be shared with the librarian, so they can choose how to share.
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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 05/09/2026
Now that I've skimmed article... I have the census data... I want all the details now 😅
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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 05/09/2026
Doing my own... But zero way to require it. And the districts/schools I need to hear from the most, likely will not complete it. This was pilot version: datastudio.google.com/reporting/8f... (only a portion of data collected) (thanks to the 71 librarians who tried this out) Now to add the other 945
datastudio.google.com
School Library Readiness 25/26
Data Studio turns your data into informative dashboards and reports that are easy to read, easy to share, and fully customizable.
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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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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 02/09/2026
Maybe I should delete my packs? Haven't thought much on it since I started on here. Only have a couple.
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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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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 02/09/2026
Where does this trust come from??? I've lost all of mine.
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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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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 01/09/2026
Perfect sense
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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 01/09/2026
Interesting, but do they address any of these? axbom.com/aielements/
axbom.com
The Elements of AI Ethics
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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...
youtube.com
Hannah Gadsby Full Speech: "The Good Men" & Misogyny | Women in Entertainment
YouTube video by The Hollywood Reporter
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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 30/08/2026
Tasks are easier without that thinking. I hate that you, me, anyone must deal with this ever. No advice from me as everyone is so different. Just keep going.
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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 28/08/2026
What if we all collectively slowed down? Silly, I know.
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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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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 28/08/2026
That doesn't seem like the healthiest of exercises 😅
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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 · 21/08/2026
Interesting perspective that student had 😅 We have more work to do.
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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 21/08/2026
Agreed!
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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 21/08/2026
I'm stuck on this part: "privacy concerns, copyright infringement, environmental effects, and tech hype trying to replace human jobs" plus much more. You addressed the "human replacement" but what about the rest?
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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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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 20/08/2026
This was not mentioned in my coursework. (Or if it was, I don’t remember)
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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...
merriam-webster.com
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
Now I need to know what's included in "computer stuff" 😅
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James Allen @tljamesa.com · 15/08/2026
Exciting! Good luck!
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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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