Eric Carpenter
@ericcarpenter.bsky.social
📚 Elementary school librarian in atlanta, constant reader, occasional wood worker, reluctant book reviewer.
📚 2026 ALSC Children's Literature Legacy Award Committee Chair.
📚 "All reading is reading. Let them read how ever and whatever they want!"
📚 2026 ALSC Children's Literature Legacy Award Committee Chair.
📚 "All reading is reading. Let them read how ever and whatever they want!"
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Eric Carpenter
@ericcarpenter.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Five things about me the librarian.
1. My job is to validate every reading choices my students make.
2. I'm on #teamnonfiction
3. I'm on #teamcomics
4. I'm on #teamaudiobooks
5. I'm on #teammiddlegradebooksshouldbewayshorter
1. My job is to validate every reading choices my students make.
2. I'm on #teamnonfiction
3. I'm on #teamcomics
4. I'm on #teamaudiobooks
5. I'm on #teammiddlegradebooksshouldbewayshorter
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Let's be clear: no one should be taking medical advice from the man who told Americans to inject bleach.
To moms worried about the Tylenol they took while pregnant: you deserve better than being RFK Jr's scapegoat.
And to the autism community: you are loved exactly as you are.
To moms worried about the Tylenol they took while pregnant: you deserve better than being RFK Jr's scapegoat.
And to the autism community: you are loved exactly as you are.
September 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Let's be clear: no one should be taking medical advice from the man who told Americans to inject bleach.
To moms worried about the Tylenol they took while pregnant: you deserve better than being RFK Jr's scapegoat.
And to the autism community: you are loved exactly as you are.
To moms worried about the Tylenol they took while pregnant: you deserve better than being RFK Jr's scapegoat.
And to the autism community: you are loved exactly as you are.
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Steve Silberman is so pissed about this Tylenol bullshit that he's screaming from the afterlife he didn't even believe in.
Increased rates of autism are due to testing, a broadened definition, and greater awareness. It's not vaccines. It's not Tylenol.
It's like his work never happened.
Increased rates of autism are due to testing, a broadened definition, and greater awareness. It's not vaccines. It's not Tylenol.
It's like his work never happened.
September 22, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Steve Silberman is so pissed about this Tylenol bullshit that he's screaming from the afterlife he didn't even believe in.
Increased rates of autism are due to testing, a broadened definition, and greater awareness. It's not vaccines. It's not Tylenol.
It's like his work never happened.
Increased rates of autism are due to testing, a broadened definition, and greater awareness. It's not vaccines. It's not Tylenol.
It's like his work never happened.
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One side posted that they don't like white supremacists or Christian nationalists.
The other side is threatening to kill people because they said they don't like white supremacists and Christian nationalists.
Stop pretending domestic terrorists and the people they terrorize are the same.
The other side is threatening to kill people because they said they don't like white supremacists and Christian nationalists.
Stop pretending domestic terrorists and the people they terrorize are the same.
September 15, 2025 at 9:15 PM
One side posted that they don't like white supremacists or Christian nationalists.
The other side is threatening to kill people because they said they don't like white supremacists and Christian nationalists.
Stop pretending domestic terrorists and the people they terrorize are the same.
The other side is threatening to kill people because they said they don't like white supremacists and Christian nationalists.
Stop pretending domestic terrorists and the people they terrorize are the same.
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I hope I can live long enough to see Stephen Miller prosecuted, convicted, and sentenced for his numerous crimes against humanity.
I hope we can all see him sniveling and crying as he's taken to prison.
I hope we can all see him sniveling and crying as he's taken to prison.
September 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I hope I can live long enough to see Stephen Miller prosecuted, convicted, and sentenced for his numerous crimes against humanity.
I hope we can all see him sniveling and crying as he's taken to prison.
I hope we can all see him sniveling and crying as he's taken to prison.
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You can condemn murder and political violence without whitewashing Charlie Kirk's shameful history of hate, racism, white nationalism and promotion of dangerous conspiracies that radicalized Trump supporters to violence.
You can do both.
You can do both.
September 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
You can condemn murder and political violence without whitewashing Charlie Kirk's shameful history of hate, racism, white nationalism and promotion of dangerous conspiracies that radicalized Trump supporters to violence.
You can do both.
You can do both.
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The problem with allowing guns everywhere is that no one is safe anywhere.
September 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The problem with allowing guns everywhere is that no one is safe anywhere.
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There are four main arguments for AI in education:
1. Efficiency, saving teachers time
2. Equity, making education inclusive
3. Improving outcomes by personalizing learning
4. It's inevitable
Is it true?
Nope.
Micro 🧵
1. Efficiency, saving teachers time
2. Equity, making education inclusive
3. Improving outcomes by personalizing learning
4. It's inevitable
Is it true?
Nope.
Micro 🧵
August 29, 2025 at 10:17 PM
There are four main arguments for AI in education:
1. Efficiency, saving teachers time
2. Equity, making education inclusive
3. Improving outcomes by personalizing learning
4. It's inevitable
Is it true?
Nope.
Micro 🧵
1. Efficiency, saving teachers time
2. Equity, making education inclusive
3. Improving outcomes by personalizing learning
4. It's inevitable
Is it true?
Nope.
Micro 🧵
Another example of @aaslala.bsky.social being the most disappointing division of ALA. 🤮
August 21, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Another example of @aaslala.bsky.social being the most disappointing division of ALA. 🤮
This book! Get it for your classroom, get it for your library. Get it for your house. I promise you'll never have a more fun and energetic (and loud) read aloud. @northsouthbooks.bsky.social
August 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM
This book! Get it for your classroom, get it for your library. Get it for your house. I promise you'll never have a more fun and energetic (and loud) read aloud. @northsouthbooks.bsky.social
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Science of Reading as a marketing ploy.
www.masspoliticsprofs.org/2025/08/08/e...
www.masspoliticsprofs.org/2025/08/08/e...
Expert Douses Boston Globe’s “Science of Reading” Advocacy
The Boston Globe did another editorial hyping “science of reading” legislation and I don’t know anything about literacy instruction but neither does the Globe so I thought I’d introduce someone who…
www.masspoliticsprofs.org
August 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Science of Reading as a marketing ploy.
www.masspoliticsprofs.org/2025/08/08/e...
www.masspoliticsprofs.org/2025/08/08/e...
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Take a brilliant where you can get it (still lost the game).
August 3, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Take a brilliant where you can get it (still lost the game).
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"AI" is IT from A Wrinkle in Time.
"Just give in," the AI pushers say. "We can all be together in this. You don't have to think."
Time to hold onto your inner Meg, friends.
"Just give in," the AI pushers say. "We can all be together in this. You don't have to think."
Time to hold onto your inner Meg, friends.
July 29, 2025 at 12:50 AM
"AI" is IT from A Wrinkle in Time.
"Just give in," the AI pushers say. "We can all be together in this. You don't have to think."
Time to hold onto your inner Meg, friends.
"Just give in," the AI pushers say. "We can all be together in this. You don't have to think."
Time to hold onto your inner Meg, friends.
@annabower.bsky.social quick question. Assuming we can take back the white house in 2028, can the next president give U visas to everyone picked up and detained by ice. They would be victims of a crime so would be eligible right?
July 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
@annabower.bsky.social quick question. Assuming we can take back the white house in 2028, can the next president give U visas to everyone picked up and detained by ice. They would be victims of a crime so would be eligible right?
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tell me how to make a kid hate reading without telling me how to make a kid hate reading....
July 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
tell me how to make a kid hate reading without telling me how to make a kid hate reading....
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Really infuriating stuff. There's no place for AI in the classroom. AFT needs to follow the lead of @aaup.org and understand that these technologies are part of the increasing move to corporatize the classroom.
SMH: news that the American Federation of Teachers is partnering with Open AI and Microsoft on an AI initiative is especially disappointing because teachers’ unions can and should fight back against Big Tech’s attempts to deprofessionalize and disempower educators.
July 5, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Really infuriating stuff. There's no place for AI in the classroom. AFT needs to follow the lead of @aaup.org and understand that these technologies are part of the increasing move to corporatize the classroom.
@jesselonergan.bsky.social
Just blown away by this book. Massive in heft, power, and brilliance. Utterly unique. Will undoubtedly be returning to this many many times.
I had no idea what I was getting myself into. So glad Mark Siegel convinced me to take it home.
Just blown away by this book. Massive in heft, power, and brilliance. Utterly unique. Will undoubtedly be returning to this many many times.
I had no idea what I was getting myself into. So glad Mark Siegel convinced me to take it home.
July 3, 2025 at 1:07 AM
@jesselonergan.bsky.social
Just blown away by this book. Massive in heft, power, and brilliance. Utterly unique. Will undoubtedly be returning to this many many times.
I had no idea what I was getting myself into. So glad Mark Siegel convinced me to take it home.
Just blown away by this book. Massive in heft, power, and brilliance. Utterly unique. Will undoubtedly be returning to this many many times.
I had no idea what I was getting myself into. So glad Mark Siegel convinced me to take it home.
Watching a somewhat scratchy 16mm anamorphic print of Altman's Nashville in an empty theater in undergrad (I ordered the print and projected it on Friday night but got some else to project it Saturday so I could watch from the theater seating instead of the booth).
What’s your best memory of watching a movie? I’m not asking what the best movie you’ve ever seen is, I’m asking about the experience of watching that movie. Doesn’t matter if it was in a theater or at home. What’s your favorite memory associated with watching a movie and why?
July 2, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Watching a somewhat scratchy 16mm anamorphic print of Altman's Nashville in an empty theater in undergrad (I ordered the print and projected it on Friday night but got some else to project it Saturday so I could watch from the theater seating instead of the booth).
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I worked at Planned Parenthood.
They diagnose cancers while still treatable. They help women decide what birth control works for them. They help those working through mental health challenges.
Defunding them just harms people who already struggle to find places to get care.
They diagnose cancers while still treatable. They help women decide what birth control works for them. They help those working through mental health challenges.
Defunding them just harms people who already struggle to find places to get care.
June 30, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I worked at Planned Parenthood.
They diagnose cancers while still treatable. They help women decide what birth control works for them. They help those working through mental health challenges.
Defunding them just harms people who already struggle to find places to get care.
They diagnose cancers while still treatable. They help women decide what birth control works for them. They help those working through mental health challenges.
Defunding them just harms people who already struggle to find places to get care.
@tomking.bsky.social I was speaking to your DC editor yesterday and she told me you didn't know if readers enjoyed Danger Street.
Well I just wanted to tell you that Danger Street is awesome. (as is Human Target, Strange Adventures, Mister Miracle, Wonder Woman and Trinity).
Well I just wanted to tell you that Danger Street is awesome. (as is Human Target, Strange Adventures, Mister Miracle, Wonder Woman and Trinity).
June 29, 2025 at 8:27 PM
@tomking.bsky.social I was speaking to your DC editor yesterday and she told me you didn't know if readers enjoyed Danger Street.
Well I just wanted to tell you that Danger Street is awesome. (as is Human Target, Strange Adventures, Mister Miracle, Wonder Woman and Trinity).
Well I just wanted to tell you that Danger Street is awesome. (as is Human Target, Strange Adventures, Mister Miracle, Wonder Woman and Trinity).
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June 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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"Nothing liberates more than recognizing yourself, your history, your likeness honored in a book”-Charlotte Sullivan Wild, author of LOVE, VIOLET
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group supports the freedom to read. Find more titles and authors at our LGBTQIA+ Voices Resource Center: bit.ly/3TfORMD
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group supports the freedom to read. Find more titles and authors at our LGBTQIA+ Voices Resource Center: bit.ly/3TfORMD
June 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"Nothing liberates more than recognizing yourself, your history, your likeness honored in a book”-Charlotte Sullivan Wild, author of LOVE, VIOLET
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group supports the freedom to read. Find more titles and authors at our LGBTQIA+ Voices Resource Center: bit.ly/3TfORMD
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group supports the freedom to read. Find more titles and authors at our LGBTQIA+ Voices Resource Center: bit.ly/3TfORMD
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The bees from My Girl have endorsed Cuomo
June 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The bees from My Girl have endorsed Cuomo