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Vr2lTch @vr2ltch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Plot twist: I am returning to the school library 🙈 Stoked about returning with an expanded background and as always — plenty of ideas. Turns out, you can take me out of the library, but I’ll always be a librarian 😜. And I’m pretty damn excited about it. LFG📚 #EduSky #Librarians

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26/09/2026

i feel like everyone is being quite unreasonable toward zendaya’s character in THE DRAMA

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Vr2lTch @vr2ltch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Good structure should eventually result in: less explaining less reminding less correcting less rescuing less direct intervention Because the support works. #EduSky #CalmIsBuilt

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Vr2lTch @vr2ltch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Independence isn't created by removing structure. It's what good structure is supposed to make possible. #EduSky #CalmIsBuilt calmisbuilt.substack.com/p/strong-str...

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Strong Structure Makes It Easier to Be Independent

Stop making people read your mind, and let systems do the work.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Don't download the Trump app. Everything he does is underhanded and dishonest.

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Vr2lTch @vr2ltch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Direct. Explain. Remind. Correct. Solve. Repeat long enough and then ask why people aren't more independent. There may be a clue in there somewhere. #EduSky #CalmIsBuilt

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Jennifer Laughran @literaticat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Heads up, Bookworms: There will likely be💀supply chain issues💀 this holiday season. So if there are specific books you have your heart set on for holiday gifting, I strongly suggest you buy/order them ahead of time (✨like now✨) rather than waiting until November/December.

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Vr2lTch @vr2ltch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Feeding kids works. It’s a pretty fundamental tier of Maslow and an indespensible need for learning to occur — brains need fuel.

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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This kicks so much ass. Also, it makes my life as a parent so much easier.

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Vr2lTch @vr2ltch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The goal of support isn't to become indispensable. Quite the opposite.

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Vr2lTch @vr2ltch.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I also love photographing the various fungi that pop up this time of year. This is one of my faves from this year.

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Vr2lTch @vr2ltch.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A little timeline cleanse of the Halloween fare.

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Vr2lTch @vr2ltch.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

@lbarronlopez.bsky.social pulls no punches while simultaneously throwing shade. It is quite a skill, particularly because of how she’s able to do it off the cuff. It is quite something to watch and hear.

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Vr2lTch @vr2ltch.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

If I have to tell you where to go every time, you haven't learned to navigate; you’ve only learned to follow me. Those aren't the same thing. #EduSky #CalmIsBuilt #DesignForPeople

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Vr2lTch @vr2ltch.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Like with some other technologies, like surveillance tech, companies started embedding AI into everything and increasing prices. All I heard people say: I don’t remember asking for this. THAT was the beginning of the backlash — AI being shoved down everyone’s throats.

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Vr2lTch @vr2ltch.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

We all need friends like this. And are fortunate when we do.

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Vr2lTch @vr2ltch.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Before creating another reminder: Could the system carry this information instead? Sometimes the answer really is that simple. #EduSky #CalmIsBuilt

Small design decisions eliminate most unnecessary intervention. Calm Is Built @vr2ltch

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Vr2lTch @vr2ltch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

You can get really good at reminding, redirecting and correcting people. Or you can get curious about why the system keeps requiring so much reminding, redirecting and correcting. #EduSky #CalmIsBuilt calmisbuilt.substack.com/p/clear-syst...

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Clear Systems Prevent Problems Before They Start

Structure lives in the systems that create clarity.

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Novel Effect @noveleffect.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with stories of love, tradition, and identity - brought to life with soundscapes that echo culture and community: links.noveleffect.com/go/nnX2w2Lq 🌟 Find these soundscapes (and printable activities) in the Novel Effect app!

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Vr2lTch @vr2ltch.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

We spend a lot of time getting better at solving recurring problems. Sometimes we should be asking why the problem gets another opportunity to recur every damn day. #EduSky #CalmIsBuilt #DesignForPeople

Stop reacting to problems better and start designing to make them less likely. Calm Is Built @vr2ltch

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Vr2lTch @vr2ltch.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I have no interest in Twitter-like // x-like behavior on Bluesky. It’s one thing to be provocative, spark a conversation, and engage in conversation. It’s quite another to be vitriolic.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

FASCISM DOESN’T NEED YOUR APPROVAL. YOUR ABSENCE WILL DO. Being furious isn’t enough. Posting isn’t enough. Turn that anger into votes. Show up for the midterms. Bring everyone you can. Make Trump and every Republican enabling him answer at the ballot box.

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Vr2lTch @vr2ltch.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A well-designed environment answers questions. Where does this go? What happens next? How do I start? What do I do if I’m stuck? Clarity doesn’t always need to come from a person. #EduSky #CalmIsBuilt

Well-designed environments answer questions before they’re asked.

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Vr2lTch @vr2ltch.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I’m working on an article about the edtech backlash. Specifically the intersection of technology and pedagogy — or lack thereof. Stay tuned … #EduSky #SchoolLibrary

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Vr2lTch @vr2ltch.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

PSA: If you can pick up an extra item or two (or more) when you’re grocery shopping, please do and bring it to your local food bank or community services building. If you can donate gift cards, please do. Fuel and heating assistance is also a high need as we head into the fall and then winter.

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Vr2lTch @vr2ltch.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

If your system requires one person to remember everything AND remind everyone else about it, congratulations: You have created a person-dependent system. #EduSky #CalmIsBuilt

Clear systems prevent problems before they start. Calm Is Built @vr2ltch

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Amanda Hunt @thenextgenlib.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

We all say the #library is the ❤️ of the school. @melsilerio.bsky.social wants to shift that thinking. Community center is concrete: it's where people come 4 resources, it's always open, & nobody signs up to belong. 🎧 canva.link/thelibraryst... #TheLibraryStage #SchoolLibrarians #tlsky #skybrarian

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Vr2lTch @vr2ltch.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Repeated questions aren’t annoying, they’re data. What does the person keep needing that the system keeps failing to provide? #EduSky #CalmIsBuilt

Make information visible, accessible, predictable, clear.

Calm Is Built @vr2ltch

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Vr2lTch @vr2ltch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Every bit of capacity spent figuring out the system is capacity unavailable for whatever the system exists to help people do. Uncertainty Has a Cost. #EduSky #CalmIsBuilt calmisbuilt.substack.com/p/what-does-...

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What Does Uncertainty Cost Us?

Unclear, inconsistent, and uncertain systems tax the nervous system.

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Violet Fox 🦊 @violetbfox.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

If you teach #MLIS classes, consider bringing me in to talk to your classes about the job search. Too many LIS professionals out here giving advice that worked for them 20 years ago, but it's a different world now. 📚

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Vr2lTch @vr2ltch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The people who designed the system already know how it works. Everyone else has to figure it out. That difference matters more than we think. #EduSky #DesignForHumans

Strong systems make the invisible visible.
Calm Is Built @vr2ltch

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Vr2lTch @vr2ltch.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

We see the hesitation. We don’t see the 14 questions someone had to answer in their head before they could get started.

Uncertainty shows up as mistakes, hesitation, frustration, forgetfulness.
Calm Is Built @vr2ltch

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Vr2lTch @vr2ltch.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Uncertainty is work, and not the productive kind. The kind your brain has to do before it can get to the work you were actually supposed to be doing. #EduSky #CalmIsBuilt

Uncertainty Creates Work
Calm Is Built @vr2ltch

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Dylan Flesch @dylanflesch.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Join us during Banned Books Week on October 8 for a discussion about methods and considerations for our research, why disseminating this information is important, and how you can fight for more. www.eventbrite.com/e/for-the-pe...

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For The People: Public Library Snapshots

Join FTP for a discussion about our collection of snapshots that gives an overview of different public library systems in the U.S.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

“Tend the part of the garden you can touch.” - Jack Kornfield I have been working on an embroidery project.

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Vr2lTch @vr2ltch.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Hot topic around here during this back to school season. I can make a full-throated argument for switching classes. These reasons don’t even come close. #EduSky calmisbuilt.substack.com/p/why-do-ele...

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Why Do Elementary Students Switch Classes?

The best reasons provided make you wonder who the system’s designed for.

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Vr2lTch @vr2ltch.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

If only we had a Congress that appropriated how tax dollars are spent. And only if we had a constitution that states Congress’s job is precisely to do that.

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Vr2lTch @vr2ltch.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

A useful systems question: What do people keep needing from me that they should be able to get from the system? That question will expose a LOT. #EduSky #CalmIsBuilt #DesignForPeople

Structure is how well we design systems for people. Not how we manage people. CalmIsBuilt @vr2ltch

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Vr2lTch @vr2ltch.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Structure is how well we design the systems around people. Structure Is Support, Not Control. #EduSky #CalmIsBuilt calmisbuilt.substack.com/p/the-bigges...

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The Biggest Failure is Misunderstanding Structure

Structure is much more than compliance and control.

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Vr2lTch @vr2ltch.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

“I already told them.” Okay. If you have to keep telling them, maybe telling them isn’t solving the problem. #EduSky #CalmIsBuilt #DesignForPeople

Structure is support.
Calm is built @vr2ltch

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Vr2lTch @vr2ltch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Control tells you what to do. Structure tells you how it works. They may produce the same behavior in the moment, but not the same thing over time. #EduSky #CalmIsBuilt

Control = do this
Structure = here’s how

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Vr2lTch @vr2ltch.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

In addition to de-professionalizing the profession by making it MORE difficult to acquire student loans.

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Vr2lTch @vr2ltch.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

More rules ≠ more structure. More reminders ≠ more structure. More consequences ≠ more structure. If the system only works because someone is constantly directing everyone through it, that’s not particularly strong structure. #EduSky #Structure

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Amanda Hunt @thenextgenlib.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

📚 @brookebythebook.bsky.social asked the #librarians in her district what she should talk about. They all said: how are your circulation numbers so high? Listen here to learn how: 🎧 canva.link/thelibraryst... #TheLibraryStage #SchoolLibrarians #takethestage #tlsky #skybrarian #skybrarians

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Vr2lTch @vr2ltch.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

It’s back to school season here and there are a dew hot tooics popping up after meet and greets and first days conclude. #EduSky #DesignForStudents #homework calmisbuilt.substack.com/p/if-homewor...

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If Homework Is So Important, Why Are the Reasons So Bad?

If we're going to take children's time, there should be a defensible reason for doing it.

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Vr2lTch @vr2ltch.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The goal was never quieter classrooms. It was more confident learners. #EduSky #CalmIsBuilt

Predictability makes independence possible.

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Vr2lTch @vr2ltch.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

It’s back-to-school season here. Fairly popular practices are coming up in conversations. Working on a few articles about them because when backed up by pathetic justifications, they’re just professional malpractice. More to come at www.calmisbuilt.com #EduSky #DesignforPeople

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