Paul Signorelli
@paulsignorelli.bsky.social
Writer. Trainer-facilitator. Presenter. Consultant. Advocate for libraries, a free-press, and the communities they serve. Author, Change the World Using Social Media.
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Change the World Using Social Media
This one-stop handbook to leveraging social media to foster collaboration and achieve positive change uses success stories to illustrate how activists produce transformations in their extended com...
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At a time when so many people are disenchanted with the negative impacts social media platforms have on public discourse and civic engagement, there is still much to explore. Although my "Change the World" book predates Bluesky, I hope it remains a source of inspiration: rowman.com/ISBN/9781538...
A visual response to those who intentionally misrepresent the No Kings Day marches as hateful...
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#SilenceIsComplicity
#ResetTheNarrative
#NoKings
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#SilenceIsComplicity
#ResetTheNarrative
#NoKings
Photos: More ‘No Kings’ Protests Across the U.S.
Organizers estimated that millions of Americans attended rallies in cities and towns across America, protesting the policies and actions of President Trump and his administration.
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October 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
A visual response to those who intentionally misrepresent the No Kings Day marches as hateful...
www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
#SilenceIsComplicity
#ResetTheNarrative
#NoKings
www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
#SilenceIsComplicity
#ResetTheNarrative
#NoKings
Beautifully inspiring writing from Carlo Iacono, on Substack. #CivicEngagement #Government #Community #Collaboration
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Why Gentle Isn’t Weak
Reimagining power for people who are tired of revenge
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October 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Beautifully inspiring writing from Carlo Iacono, on Substack. #CivicEngagement #Government #Community #Collaboration
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Now on the California Library Association's YouTube channel: the archived recording of the "Library Directors: Advocating From a Position of Leadership” workshop (8/13/25) featuring Genesis Hansen, Michael Lambert, and Patty Wong: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #libraries #advocacy #leadership
Ursula Meyer Advocacy Training - YouTube
Session 1 held on September 8, 2021 - The California Library Advocacy Landscape Introduction to Advocacy
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August 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Now on the California Library Association's YouTube channel: the archived recording of the "Library Directors: Advocating From a Position of Leadership” workshop (8/13/25) featuring Genesis Hansen, Michael Lambert, and Patty Wong: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #libraries #advocacy #leadership
" ...despite the myths spread by Trump and his allies, there is no evidence that mail-in voting is linked to fraud." ~Joyce Vance, Civil Discourse, 8/18/25
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Trump's "Truth" About Voting
It’s one of those days with so much going on that it was clear to me early in the day I needed to do a standalone post on the topic of Trump’s most recent attack on our elections to give that topic th...
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August 19, 2025 at 2:03 AM
" ...despite the myths spread by Trump and his allies, there is no evidence that mail-in voting is linked to fraud." ~Joyce Vance, Civil Discourse, 8/18/25
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"...many of San Francisco’s most valuable tech companies...[i]nstead of demanding that employees be in the office a certain number of times or on certain days of the week...are sticking with remote work...extolling its virtues." @sfexaminer.bsky.social, 8/9/25 www.sfexaminer.com/news/technol...
Many SF tech companies sticking with remote work
Dropbox, Pinterest, Figma and more remain committed.
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August 14, 2025 at 6:13 PM
"...many of San Francisco’s most valuable tech companies...[i]nstead of demanding that employees be in the office a certain number of times or on certain days of the week...are sticking with remote work...extolling its virtues." @sfexaminer.bsky.social, 8/9/25 www.sfexaminer.com/news/technol...
"Now we can add museum curators to the list of people Trump is trying to crush into submission and force into alignment with his worldview...These are the people who are entrusted with telling the story of our nation’s history..." ~Joyce Vance, 8/12/25 #museums open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Living in 1984
The headline tonight reads, “White House to Vet Smithsonian Museums to Fit Trump’s Historical Vision.” It’s in The Wall Street Journal, not exactly a bastion of liberal views.
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August 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
"Now we can add museum curators to the list of people Trump is trying to crush into submission and force into alignment with his worldview...These are the people who are entrusted with telling the story of our nation’s history..." ~Joyce Vance, 8/12/25 #museums open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
"This is a grave day for America, but let’s be clear that we should not and must not remain silent about this dangerous and unnecessary escalation. This is a time for solidarity among Americans who oppose this disgraceful abuse of power." ~Steven Beschloss, 8/11/25
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Trump's Assault on Washington, D.C
Trump is now pursuing his fever dream of a federalized police state in the nation's capital. We cannot remain silent.
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August 12, 2025 at 2:56 AM
"This is a grave day for America, but let’s be clear that we should not and must not remain silent about this dangerous and unnecessary escalation. This is a time for solidarity among Americans who oppose this disgraceful abuse of power." ~Steven Beschloss, 8/11/25
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Latest addition to our California Library Association Ursula Meyer Library Advocacy Training recordings: @baldgeekinmd.bsky.social on "Building Technology Into Library Advocacy": www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLcO.... More at www.youtube.com/playlist?lis.... #libraries #advocacy #technology
July 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Latest addition to our California Library Association Ursula Meyer Library Advocacy Training recordings: @baldgeekinmd.bsky.social on "Building Technology Into Library Advocacy": www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLcO.... More at www.youtube.com/playlist?lis.... #libraries #advocacy #technology
"But anger expressed and translated into action in the service of our vision and our future is a liberating and strengthening act of clarification..." ~Audre Lorde, "The Uses of Anger" #anger #advocacy #AudreLorde
July 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
"But anger expressed and translated into action in the service of our vision and our future is a liberating and strengthening act of clarification..." ~Audre Lorde, "The Uses of Anger" #anger #advocacy #AudreLorde
Our latest California Library Association Ursula Meyer Library Advocacy workshop featured a dynamic, highly-interactive session about raising funds for libraries through ballot initiatives. To view the archived version (and others): www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #libraries #advocacy #fundraising
July 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Our latest California Library Association Ursula Meyer Library Advocacy workshop featured a dynamic, highly-interactive session about raising funds for libraries through ballot initiatives. To view the archived version (and others): www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #libraries #advocacy #fundraising
"Storytelling is integral to what it is to be human....there is power in stories. A strong narrative can bring people to action at your side." ~@rdlankes.bsky.social, with Jain Orr & Qianzi Cao, "Triptych: Death, AI, and Librarianship," p. 16 #libraries #community #storytelling #advocacy
July 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"Storytelling is integral to what it is to be human....there is power in stories. A strong narrative can bring people to action at your side." ~@rdlankes.bsky.social, with Jain Orr & Qianzi Cao, "Triptych: Death, AI, and Librarianship," p. 16 #libraries #community #storytelling #advocacy
Reflections, from historian Heather Cox Richardson, on the Fourteenth Amendment...and contemporary attacks upon it: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
July 9, 2025
On July 9, 1868, Americans changed the U.S.
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July 10, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Reflections, from historian Heather Cox Richardson, on the Fourteenth Amendment...and contemporary attacks upon it: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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Congrats to @mychal3ts.bsky.social for making the inaugural #TIME100Creators list!
Influence comes in many forms, but Mychal’s is the kind that lifts people up. He’s a force for good in the world, spreading kindness, curiosity, and library joy.
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Influence comes in many forms, but Mychal’s is the kind that lifts people up. He’s a force for good in the world, spreading kindness, curiosity, and library joy.
📚💙
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Mychal Threets: TIME100 Creators 2025
Find out why Mychal Threets is on the list
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July 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Congrats to @mychal3ts.bsky.social for making the inaugural #TIME100Creators list!
Influence comes in many forms, but Mychal’s is the kind that lifts people up. He’s a force for good in the world, spreading kindness, curiosity, and library joy.
📚💙
time.com/collections/...
Influence comes in many forms, but Mychal’s is the kind that lifts people up. He’s a force for good in the world, spreading kindness, curiosity, and library joy.
📚💙
time.com/collections/...
"...it appears that officials in the Trump administration are using immigration as a way to establish a police state...as a way to work around the laws in place to prevent a dictatorship." ~Heather Cox Richardson, 7/7/25 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
July 7, 2025
At about 10:30 this morning local time, heavily armed masked agents in trucks, armored vehicles, a helicopter, on foot, and on horseback, accompanied by a gun mounted on a truck raided the MacArthur P...
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July 8, 2025 at 5:06 AM
"...it appears that officials in the Trump administration are using immigration as a way to establish a police state...as a way to work around the laws in place to prevent a dictatorship." ~Heather Cox Richardson, 7/7/25 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
"As Abraham Lincoln put it in 1859 before his election, 'We…the people—the people— are the rightful masters of both Congresses, and courts, not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert it.'” ~Steven Beschloss, July 5, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/america/...
Can We Still Believe in America?
A Saturday Prompt
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July 6, 2025 at 11:23 PM
"As Abraham Lincoln put it in 1859 before his election, 'We…the people—the people— are the rightful masters of both Congresses, and courts, not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert it.'” ~Steven Beschloss, July 5, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/america/...
Contemplating that fire hydrant while waiting for the traffic light to change. #SanFrancisco #InnerSunset
July 4, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Contemplating that fire hydrant while waiting for the traffic light to change. #SanFrancisco #InnerSunset
"Celebrating the 4th of July this year may feel a bit strange to some. The day represents our moment of final rupture and rebellion from a king; our current president proudly (and only half-jokingly) doffs monarchical regalia and titles online." ~The Democracy Index open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
The Democracy Index
July 1, 2025
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July 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
"Celebrating the 4th of July this year may feel a bit strange to some. The day represents our moment of final rupture and rebellion from a king; our current president proudly (and only half-jokingly) doffs monarchical regalia and titles online." ~The Democracy Index open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Reposted by Paul Signorelli
In Philadelphia for the American Library Assoc. conference? Please join Anthony Chow & me Sun., 6/29/25 at 4pm--in the Emerging Technology STEAM Lab (end of Row 800 in the exhibits hall)--for an exploration of Virtual Teamwork & Learning With Leaders through podcasting. #alaac2025 #ala2025 #ala25
June 29, 2025 at 3:28 AM
In Philadelphia for the American Library Assoc. conference? Please join Anthony Chow & me Sun., 6/29/25 at 4pm--in the Emerging Technology STEAM Lab (end of Row 800 in the exhibits hall)--for an exploration of Virtual Teamwork & Learning With Leaders through podcasting. #alaac2025 #ala2025 #ala25
In Philadelphia for the American Library Assoc. conference? Please join Anthony Chow & me Sun., 6/29/25 at 4pm--in the Emerging Technology STEAM Lab (end of Row 800 in the exhibits hall)--for an exploration of Virtual Teamwork & Learning With Leaders through podcasting. #alaac2025 #ala2025 #ala25
June 29, 2025 at 3:28 AM
In Philadelphia for the American Library Assoc. conference? Please join Anthony Chow & me Sun., 6/29/25 at 4pm--in the Emerging Technology STEAM Lab (end of Row 800 in the exhibits hall)--for an exploration of Virtual Teamwork & Learning With Leaders through podcasting. #alaac2025 #ala2025 #ala25
Can't thank @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social enough for making it possible to hear former Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden talk with author Kwame Alexander at the ALA 2025 Annual Conference here in Philadelphia. #Inspirational americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-sc... #alaac2025 #ala2025 #ala25
June 29, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Can't thank @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social enough for making it possible to hear former Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden talk with author Kwame Alexander at the ALA 2025 Annual Conference here in Philadelphia. #Inspirational americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-sc... #alaac2025 #ala2025 #ala25
At the 2025 @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social conference/Philadelphia? Join @baldgeekinmd.bsky.social, @rdlankes.bsky.social, and me Sat., 6/28/25, 4pm in the ET STEAM Lab (end of Row 800) for an exploration of Virtual Teamwork & Learning With Leaders through podcasting. #alaac2025 #ala2025 #ala25
June 28, 2025 at 3:37 PM
At the 2025 @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social conference/Philadelphia? Join @baldgeekinmd.bsky.social, @rdlankes.bsky.social, and me Sat., 6/28/25, 4pm in the ET STEAM Lab (end of Row 800) for an exploration of Virtual Teamwork & Learning With Leaders through podcasting. #alaac2025 #ala2025 #ala25
June 28, 2025 at 2:47 AM
At the 2025 @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social conference/Philadelphia? Join @baldgeekinmd.bsky.social, @rdlankes.bsky.social, and me Sat., 6/28/25, 4pm in the ET STEAM Lab (end of Row 800) for an exploration of Virtual Teamwork & Learning With Leaders through podcasting. #alaac2025 #ala2025 #ala25
June 27, 2025 at 3:22 AM
That moment of awe, inspiration, and anticipation...just before arriving in Philadelphia for #alaac2025 #ala2025 #ala25
June 26, 2025 at 3:35 AM
That moment of awe, inspiration, and anticipation...just before arriving in Philadelphia for #alaac2025 #ala2025 #ala25