Maryl Randel
@kidsneedbooks.bsky.social
Literacy Educator.Book Lover.Book Pusher living in Philadelphia.
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Spooky Book Giveaway
James Rhoads students love to read spooky books! I will be doing a Fall/themed Spooky book giveaway on October 29th and am still in need of more books to give away. I am able to order books for as low...
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October 18, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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“It’s a complete knockout. There’s not a single issue that the court did not side with the plaintiffs on.”
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Judge strikes down parts of a Florida law used to ban school library books
The 2023 law prompted educators to pull classic literature, popular novels and even children’s picture books from school shelves.
www.orlandosentinel.com
August 13, 2025 at 10:46 PM
“It’s a complete knockout. There’s not a single issue that the court did not side with the plaintiffs on.”
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/08/13/j...
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/08/13/j...
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If you are arrested during a protest or action against ICE or CPD in Chicago, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at sheryl@weikallaw.com.
(This is an offer for criminal defense; I unfortunately don't do immigration law.)
(This is an offer for criminal defense; I unfortunately don't do immigration law.)
June 7, 2025 at 10:54 PM
If you are arrested during a protest or action against ICE or CPD in Chicago, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at sheryl@weikallaw.com.
(This is an offer for criminal defense; I unfortunately don't do immigration law.)
(This is an offer for criminal defense; I unfortunately don't do immigration law.)
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5 years ago: “An incalculable loss”
Today: Banning masks and restricting vaccine access
Today: Banning masks and restricting vaccine access
May 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
5 years ago: “An incalculable loss”
Today: Banning masks and restricting vaccine access
Today: Banning masks and restricting vaccine access
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@jamesfolta.com Dan Brownifies the final meeting between Pope Francis and J.D. Vance.
What if the final meeting between V.P. Vance and Pope Francis took place in a Dan Brown novel?
Pope Francis, who Nick Ripatrazone called our “most literary pope”, died this Sunday. Pope Francis, who despite the faults of his institution, was an admirable man who stood for the poor and the op…
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April 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
@jamesfolta.com Dan Brownifies the final meeting between Pope Francis and J.D. Vance.
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This was part of the $250M election donation deal.
Rule changes announced by the Trump administration this week could allow automakers to report fewer crashes involving self-driving cars, with Tesla potentially emerging as the main beneficiary.
Tesla could benefit the most from new rules on reporting of self-driving car crashes
Rule changes announced by the Trump administration this week could allow automakers to report fewer crashes involving self-driving cars, with Tesla potentially emerging as the main beneficiary.
www.chicagotribune.com
April 27, 2025 at 6:08 AM
This was part of the $250M election donation deal.
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Incredibly talented author & illustrator @vashtiharrison.bsky.social will be joining us this week to talk about her Caldecott Medal winning book, Big. We can't wait!! This powerful picture book is a must read. On a scale of 1-10, how excited are you? We are off the charts at 11!
April 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Incredibly talented author & illustrator @vashtiharrison.bsky.social will be joining us this week to talk about her Caldecott Medal winning book, Big. We can't wait!! This powerful picture book is a must read. On a scale of 1-10, how excited are you? We are off the charts at 11!
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The fact that they’re tracking autism and not the bird flu automatically tells you they’re operating on eugenics and not actually wanting people to be healthy. They want you sick, disabled, or dead.
April 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The fact that they’re tracking autism and not the bird flu automatically tells you they’re operating on eugenics and not actually wanting people to be healthy. They want you sick, disabled, or dead.
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⛔ NIH ended ALL of my grants mid-project, given LGBTQ health focus 🏳️🌈
⚖️ So what am I doing? Suing RFK, Jr.
As one team member shared in this story👇: "The threats to our work don’t just make me fear for my career — they make me fear for my safety.“
#SaveDemocracy #SupportScience #PublicHealth
⚖️ So what am I doing? Suing RFK, Jr.
As one team member shared in this story👇: "The threats to our work don’t just make me fear for my career — they make me fear for my safety.“
#SaveDemocracy #SupportScience #PublicHealth
Harvard Medical researcher sues NIH for cutting grant to study LGBTQ mental health
"This is not just an attack on the LGBTQ community — it is a blow to the integrity of science and the health of every American," a Harvard Medical School associate professor studying the mental…
www.masslive.com
April 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
⛔ NIH ended ALL of my grants mid-project, given LGBTQ health focus 🏳️🌈
⚖️ So what am I doing? Suing RFK, Jr.
As one team member shared in this story👇: "The threats to our work don’t just make me fear for my career — they make me fear for my safety.“
#SaveDemocracy #SupportScience #PublicHealth
⚖️ So what am I doing? Suing RFK, Jr.
As one team member shared in this story👇: "The threats to our work don’t just make me fear for my career — they make me fear for my safety.“
#SaveDemocracy #SupportScience #PublicHealth
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Thanks to federal programs like E-Rate, communities have built life-changing broadband networks—with libraries at the center. But that future is now under threat.
Join us in the fight to protect E-Rate and federal library funding—because no one should be left offline.
www.cnet.com/home/interne...
Join us in the fight to protect E-Rate and federal library funding—because no one should be left offline.
www.cnet.com/home/interne...
Library Internet Access Is 'World-Changing' for Millions, but the Money Could Disappear
Local libraries are helping to bridge the broadband gap by getting communities online. But federal funding is under threat.
www.cnet.com
April 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Thanks to federal programs like E-Rate, communities have built life-changing broadband networks—with libraries at the center. But that future is now under threat.
Join us in the fight to protect E-Rate and federal library funding—because no one should be left offline.
www.cnet.com/home/interne...
Join us in the fight to protect E-Rate and federal library funding—because no one should be left offline.
www.cnet.com/home/interne...
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The golden hour working its magic.
#🪶
#birds
#greatblueheron
#nature
#wildlife
#birding
#photography
#birdsofbluesky
#naturephotography #birdphotography #nikon #nikonZ8 #nikonphotographer
#🪶
#birds
#greatblueheron
#nature
#wildlife
#birding
#photography
#birdsofbluesky
#naturephotography #birdphotography #nikon #nikonZ8 #nikonphotographer
April 18, 2025 at 1:48 AM
The golden hour working its magic.
#🪶
#birds
#greatblueheron
#nature
#wildlife
#birding
#photography
#birdsofbluesky
#naturephotography #birdphotography #nikon #nikonZ8 #nikonphotographer
#🪶
#birds
#greatblueheron
#nature
#wildlife
#birding
#photography
#birdsofbluesky
#naturephotography #birdphotography #nikon #nikonZ8 #nikonphotographer
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Dr Peter Marks, "Vaccines have been studied very extensively for being potentially associated with autism"
"That theory has been debunked"
"One study in Denmark, over 600,000 children. It shows that if anything, children had a lower rate of autism than unvaccinated children"
"That theory has been debunked"
"One study in Denmark, over 600,000 children. It shows that if anything, children had a lower rate of autism than unvaccinated children"
April 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Dr Peter Marks, "Vaccines have been studied very extensively for being potentially associated with autism"
"That theory has been debunked"
"One study in Denmark, over 600,000 children. It shows that if anything, children had a lower rate of autism than unvaccinated children"
"That theory has been debunked"
"One study in Denmark, over 600,000 children. It shows that if anything, children had a lower rate of autism than unvaccinated children"
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Good day to remember that DOGE has already lost the US government at least half a trillion dollars this year alone. And likely more.
April 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Good day to remember that DOGE has already lost the US government at least half a trillion dollars this year alone. And likely more.
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Just for fun, I create FREE monthly reading challenges/coloring sheets for readers of all ages b/c both #reading & #coloring help reduce stress.
You can download the April updates (for FREE) here!
Happy reading AND coloring, y’all!
#TLSky #TLSkyChat #Skybrarians #EduSky
You can download the April updates (for FREE) here!
Happy reading AND coloring, y’all!
#TLSky #TLSkyChat #Skybrarians #EduSky
🖍️ Library Girl Reading Challenges: April 2025
Last year, just for fun, I started creating monthly "reading challenges" that: • focus on authentic reasons for reading (instead of having kids log page numbers, etc), and... • couple reading with col...
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March 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Just for fun, I create FREE monthly reading challenges/coloring sheets for readers of all ages b/c both #reading & #coloring help reduce stress.
You can download the April updates (for FREE) here!
Happy reading AND coloring, y’all!
#TLSky #TLSkyChat #Skybrarians #EduSky
You can download the April updates (for FREE) here!
Happy reading AND coloring, y’all!
#TLSky #TLSkyChat #Skybrarians #EduSky
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On Transgender Day of Visibility, we celebrate Minnesota’s transgender community and recommit to standing up for our neighbors in the face of hatred.
As your Governor, I’m proud to stand in this fight with you.
As your Governor, I’m proud to stand in this fight with you.
March 31, 2025 at 7:35 PM
On Transgender Day of Visibility, we celebrate Minnesota’s transgender community and recommit to standing up for our neighbors in the face of hatred.
As your Governor, I’m proud to stand in this fight with you.
As your Governor, I’m proud to stand in this fight with you.
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Let's talk about the so-called Save Act.
Don't let the name fool you. This bill doesn't SAVE anything - this is 100% a VOTER SUPPRESSION bill.
#HandsOffHerVote
Don't let the name fool you. This bill doesn't SAVE anything - this is 100% a VOTER SUPPRESSION bill.
#HandsOffHerVote
March 31, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Let's talk about the so-called Save Act.
Don't let the name fool you. This bill doesn't SAVE anything - this is 100% a VOTER SUPPRESSION bill.
#HandsOffHerVote
Don't let the name fool you. This bill doesn't SAVE anything - this is 100% a VOTER SUPPRESSION bill.
#HandsOffHerVote
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The SAVE Act would be the first voter suppression bill ever passed by Congress. Lawmakers should be protecting the freedom to vote — not restricting it. We urge Congress to reject the SAVE Act. 5/
March 31, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The SAVE Act would be the first voter suppression bill ever passed by Congress. Lawmakers should be protecting the freedom to vote — not restricting it. We urge Congress to reject the SAVE Act. 5/
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BREAKING: The House will vote on the SAVE Act this week. If the bill passes, more than 21 million Americans could be blocked from voting. 1/
March 31, 2025 at 2:40 PM
BREAKING: The House will vote on the SAVE Act this week. If the bill passes, more than 21 million Americans could be blocked from voting. 1/
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The true "writer beware" scam.
I also dreamed of turning my love of writing into a potentially lucrative career. But even without rampant pirating, the chances of getting paid fairly for what amounts to a lot of work is close to zero.
The comments are worth reading.
#AmWriting #WritingCommunity
I also dreamed of turning my love of writing into a potentially lucrative career. But even without rampant pirating, the chances of getting paid fairly for what amounts to a lot of work is close to zero.
The comments are worth reading.
#AmWriting #WritingCommunity
Publishing looks glossy from the outside. Inside? It’s built on unpaid labour.
My first book is out this year.
Here’s what I actually got paid, what my contract says, & why most authors can’t afford to do this twice.
kristie-de-garis.ghost.io/published-do...
#Publishing #Books #Author #Writer
My first book is out this year.
Here’s what I actually got paid, what my contract says, & why most authors can’t afford to do this twice.
kristie-de-garis.ghost.io/published-do...
#Publishing #Books #Author #Writer
Published Doesn’t Mean Paid.
I want to talk about money.
(Ugh, I know. How crass.)
Specifically, how much money authors make, or more accurately, don’t.
I signed my publishing deal in 2023. My advance was £2,500. That’s it.
I w...
kristie-de-garis.ghost.io
March 29, 2025 at 6:58 AM
The true "writer beware" scam.
I also dreamed of turning my love of writing into a potentially lucrative career. But even without rampant pirating, the chances of getting paid fairly for what amounts to a lot of work is close to zero.
The comments are worth reading.
#AmWriting #WritingCommunity
I also dreamed of turning my love of writing into a potentially lucrative career. But even without rampant pirating, the chances of getting paid fairly for what amounts to a lot of work is close to zero.
The comments are worth reading.
#AmWriting #WritingCommunity
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Eid Mubarak! Ramadan is ending, and Eid al-Fitr is beginning, and we’re celebrating with a modest list of queer books with Muslim characters. You can read this post as a text post by visiting our webpage: duckprintspress.com/2025/03/29/c...
March 29, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Eid Mubarak! Ramadan is ending, and Eid al-Fitr is beginning, and we’re celebrating with a modest list of queer books with Muslim characters. You can read this post as a text post by visiting our webpage: duckprintspress.com/2025/03/29/c...
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YES.
Writing is thinking.
Drawing is seeing.
If let a machine write or draw for you, you think and see less.
Writing is thinking.
Drawing is seeing.
If let a machine write or draw for you, you think and see less.
I've heard it said that when you handwrite something, you remember it better. When I draw something by hand, the process of creating it helps me to understand the subject better.
March 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM
YES.
Writing is thinking.
Drawing is seeing.
If let a machine write or draw for you, you think and see less.
Writing is thinking.
Drawing is seeing.
If let a machine write or draw for you, you think and see less.
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As Trump tries to dismantle the Department of Education, remember that his plan to cut the corporate tax rate to 15% would give the 100 largest corporations a tax cut larger than the entire department's K-12 budget.
Really think about how twisted this all is.
Really think about how twisted this all is.
March 11, 2025 at 10:52 PM
As Trump tries to dismantle the Department of Education, remember that his plan to cut the corporate tax rate to 15% would give the 100 largest corporations a tax cut larger than the entire department's K-12 budget.
Really think about how twisted this all is.
Really think about how twisted this all is.
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About #ED #Layoffs
Here are examples of what will now happen to anyone who seeks education or training beyond high school.
1. You will face much higher prices no matter where you go, including community college.
2. It will be far harder to get grants and scholarships or even work-study to help.
Here are examples of what will now happen to anyone who seeks education or training beyond high school.
1. You will face much higher prices no matter where you go, including community college.
2. It will be far harder to get grants and scholarships or even work-study to help.
March 11, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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3. If you have to take loans, they will be much harder to pay back.
4. You will learn less thanks to declines in support for classroom learning and services that help.
5. If you get to college, you’ll be much more likely to drop out in debt without a credential of any kind.
4. You will learn less thanks to declines in support for classroom learning and services that help.
5. If you get to college, you’ll be much more likely to drop out in debt without a credential of any kind.
March 11, 2025 at 11:27 PM
3. If you have to take loans, they will be much harder to pay back.
4. You will learn less thanks to declines in support for classroom learning and services that help.
5. If you get to college, you’ll be much more likely to drop out in debt without a credential of any kind.
4. You will learn less thanks to declines in support for classroom learning and services that help.
5. If you get to college, you’ll be much more likely to drop out in debt without a credential of any kind.
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Without the federal government’s active support of higher education, regular people lose access. And this is exactly what Trump wants— to discourage you from doing anything other than leaving meek lives run by billionaires.
#RealCollege
#RealCollege
March 11, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Without the federal government’s active support of higher education, regular people lose access. And this is exactly what Trump wants— to discourage you from doing anything other than leaving meek lives run by billionaires.
#RealCollege
#RealCollege