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Bobbi L. Newman 🏳️‍🌈
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She/her. Iowa City. Keynote speaker. Author. Professor. Librarian. Workplace Well-being. Mindfulness Student. Dog Mom.
Personal account, obviously.
https://librarianbyday.net/
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Iowa has the second-highest rate of cancer in the nation, and has become one of only two US states where cancer overall is increasing.

Chris Jones says Big Ag is a major culprit and is running for office to address the problem.

✍️ @keithschneider69.bsky.social
www.thenewlede.org/2026/01/time...
“Time to change”- Iowa water quality scientist launches long-shot bid for state office
Three years ago Chris Jones was a highly regarded research engineer at the University of Iowa, where he directed stream pollution monitoring work and published details about the state’s dismal water q...
www.thenewlede.org
January 30, 2026 at 11:10 PM
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✨We're launching Our First Conference 🥳 (July, Leeds)

📣Call for papers is on:
nlisn.org/conference/

We welcome anything related to neurodivergence & #library, information, or #archive work.
Short or long talks, workshops or wildcard ideas

#Neurodivergent
#Neurodiversity
#LibraryWorker
#Librarian
Conference
We’re launching our first two day conference in 2026 with our call for contributions and our booking site, both now open. (See below). This page will evolve as we add more details about the c…
nlisn.org
February 9, 2026 at 11:49 AM
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Many of you already know that our colleague and founding board member, Fobazi Ettarh, has passed away. We want to take a moment to acknowledge her loss and honor what she meant to libraries, our community, and her friends and loved ones.
www.thrivelib.com/news/honoring-fobazi-ettarh
Honoring Fobazi Ettarh — ThriveLib
Many of you already know that our colleague and founding board member, Fobazi Ettarh , has passed away. We want to take a moment to acknowledge her loss and honor what she meant to libraries, our co...
www.thrivelib.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:13 PM
a busy week - panel, facilitation, discussion with SLIS program students (not my own), grading, prepping for the @thrivelib.bsky.social CFP!
February 9, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Government overreach and an attack on intellectual freedom
Iowa House Study Bill 636
www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/e...
Iowa bill advances to ban school-library partnerships over book fears
House Study Bill 636 would ban partnerships between schools and public libraries over fears that kids have access to inappropriate books.
www.desmoinesregister.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:25 PM
'Reading is so important, but...': Iowa House panel advances expanded ban on gender, sexuality materials in schools littlevillagemag.com/expanded-ban...
'Reading is so important, but...': Iowa House panel advances expanded ban on gender, sexuality materials in schools - Little Village
The House Education Committee moved forward Wednesday with legislation that would prohibit instruction and materials on gender identity and sexual orientation for all K-12 students. HF 2121, approved ...
littlevillagemag.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:48 PM
When you’ve defunded education

HSB 547 would require the Regents to develop a policy for students applying to state Us who don't qualify for admission based on the regent admission index

www.press-citizen.com/story/news/e...
Bill changing Regent admission requirements advances to House vote
House Study Bill 547 may change how state universities determine admission through different test scores.
www.press-citizen.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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Me, in a meeting [society is collapsing]: hey! how is everyone doing? let's do a quick check-in
February 5, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Iowa House bill restricting LGBTQ topics in school passes out of Education Committee

www.kcrg.com/2026/02/05/i...
Iowa House bill restricting LGBTQ topics in school passes out of Education Committee
An bill banning LGBTQ subjects for middle and high school students is advancing through the Legislature.
www.kcrg.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:27 PM
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JJ Pionke interviews @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social about their book The Hidden History of Napa Valley, Luddism and information literacy in a high school setting, their work doing book reviews and sensitivity reading, and why we keep fighting for progress.
Interview with Alex Brown on Hidden Napa Valley
JJ Pionke interviews Alex Brown about their book The Hidden History of Napa Valley, Luddism and information literacy in a high school setting, their work doing book reviews and sensitivity reading, an...
cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu
February 5, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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February 5, 2026 at 12:19 AM
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Public schools across Iowa will struggle to pay their bills if the state’s general funding for K-12 schools increases by 1.75 percent — as proposed by Republican lawmakers — education advocates warned Tuesday during a legislative hearing. @erindmurphy.bsky.social www.thegazette.com/state-govern...
1.75% K-12 funding increase panned by Iowa education advocates
Public schools across Iowa will struggle to pay their bills if the state's general funding for K-12 schools increases by just 1.75 percent — as proposed by Republican lawmakers — education advocates w...
www.thegazette.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Someone introduced me to Jetpens yesterday by mentioning this sampler and I'm so excited to order it. They also share some lovely Japanese notecards and writing paper. This may be a problem I already have too many pens and notebooks!
www.jetpens.com/JetPens-Oliv...
JetPens.com - JetPens Olive Green Pen Sampler
Evoking rugged independence and the great outdoors, olive green ink pens infuse your writing with a can-do spirit and connection to nature. This sampler includes our favorite and most popular olive gr...
www.jetpens.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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Whole lot of you following Neil Gaiman, and I assume it's because you forgot you did so and he stopped posting when it was revealed he is a rapist.

Since he's trying to make a return, do yourself a favour and check if you're following @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com and if so unfollow and block.
February 2, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Iowa City VA honors former nurse Alex Pretti
Community members, students spoke in support of the Minneapolis resident during a candlelight vigil Sunday.
dailyiowan.com/2026/02/02/i...
Iowa City VA honors former nurse Alex Pretti
Despite icy wind and flurries of snow, members of the Iowa City community gathered together Sunday night in remembrance of Alex Pretti, a former intensive care unit nurse for the Department of Veteran...
dailyiowan.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:11 PM
from my Facebook memories and a webinar 5 years ago. Stop Micromanaging.
February 2, 2026 at 2:37 PM
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Just noticing there is no wikipedia page for Little v. Llano County books as government speech case. Maybe cause it's only a 5th circuit case but it's cited outside of that and is pretty important for future legislation.
February 1, 2026 at 6:20 PM
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Again, I call it Persuasive Demand for Autonomy

www.pdasociety.org.uk
February 1, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Free Webinar -> Solving Heavy Problems in Light-Hearted Ways. Two university department heads will share how they developed fun & interactive activities to develop a new divisional structure across departments to encourage collaboration and shared decision making.
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Solving Heavy Problems in Light-Hearted Ways. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Library leaders can face some thorny problems when managing organizational change. This is particularly true at institutions with a long-established workplace culture who aim to make effective change ...
us06web.zoom.us
January 30, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Today we're talking about strengths in class. These are my top 5 from CliftonStrengths: maximizer, activator, relator, connectedness, and individualization. Do you know yours? What do you think about the philosophy? #skybrarians
January 29, 2026 at 2:30 PM
In collaboration with a nonprofit, the 15-month pilot program will begin training CommUnity Crisis Service counselors in field training to provide unarmed response to nonemergency calls.
dailyiowan.com/2026/01/28/j...
Johnson County launches community-based response program for nonemergency 911 calls
Iowa City and Johnson County are participating in a 15-month pilot program aiming to train existing mobile crisis support services in the area in field mediation and redirect nonviolent, nonemergency ...
dailyiowan.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:31 PM