TheMeriLibrarian
@bemeredith.bsky.social
Librarian, educator, wife, mother, AuDHD. She/Her. #BeInfoLit. Author of "Master of Information: Skills for Lifelong Learning and Resisting Misinformation." On Substack @themerilibrarian
“Fear dims when you learn things.” -Alys, Lois Lowry, Son.
“Fear dims when you learn things.” -Alys, Lois Lowry, Son.
Statements like, “The system is broken,” absolve the people in charge of it of their responsibility. The System isn’t broken. The System doesn’t have thoughts and feelings. It doesn’t make mistakes. It’s simply working as well as the people in charge are running it.
November 14, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Statements like, “The system is broken,” absolve the people in charge of it of their responsibility. The System isn’t broken. The System doesn’t have thoughts and feelings. It doesn’t make mistakes. It’s simply working as well as the people in charge are running it.
The moment when the neuropysch dr asks your kid about routines and restrictive behavior, so they talk about dinner time and you chime in with, “Yeah, well if someone doesn’t get the plate they like, a stink is a made. That’s normal in our …oh.”
November 13, 2025 at 1:08 AM
The moment when the neuropysch dr asks your kid about routines and restrictive behavior, so they talk about dinner time and you chime in with, “Yeah, well if someone doesn’t get the plate they like, a stink is a made. That’s normal in our …oh.”
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AI is now being used to “flag” school library books.
The new CLCD tool, Class-Shelf Plus v3, may speed up censorship under the guise of efficiency.
This development should alarm every librarian and educator. #TLSky #EduSkyAi #libraries #censorship open.substack.com/pub/aischool...
The new CLCD tool, Class-Shelf Plus v3, may speed up censorship under the guise of efficiency.
This development should alarm every librarian and educator. #TLSky #EduSkyAi #libraries #censorship open.substack.com/pub/aischool...
The Most Dangerous AI Tool for Libraries Yet
How Class-Shelf Plus v3 quietly turns censorship into an automated workflow and why every librarian should be alarmed.
open.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:34 PM
AI is now being used to “flag” school library books.
The new CLCD tool, Class-Shelf Plus v3, may speed up censorship under the guise of efficiency.
This development should alarm every librarian and educator. #TLSky #EduSkyAi #libraries #censorship open.substack.com/pub/aischool...
The new CLCD tool, Class-Shelf Plus v3, may speed up censorship under the guise of efficiency.
This development should alarm every librarian and educator. #TLSky #EduSkyAi #libraries #censorship open.substack.com/pub/aischool...
Going to make a coffee mug and t-shirt that read, “Have a spine. Keep books on shelves.”
November 11, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Going to make a coffee mug and t-shirt that read, “Have a spine. Keep books on shelves.”
This is no better than an outright book ban. When select identities and ideas are sidelined, the message is clear that only some are acceptable. Meanwhile AI chatbots hallucinate and social media does real mental harm to kids. But sure, books are the problem.
Have a spine. Keep books on shelves.
Have a spine. Keep books on shelves.
Cherry Hill NJ wants to restrict "sensitive" topics in its school libraries after one parent complained about an LGBTQ+ title. That uninformed over-reaction violates principles of librarianship, the NJ Freedom to Read Act, and students' 1st Amendment Rights. Hat trick! 🙄
Cherry Hill schools may require parental approval for students checking out ‘sensitive’ books
Cherry Hill public schools may begin requiring parental permission for students to check out sensitive books, according to an internal memo obtained by The Inquirer.
www.inquirer.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
This is no better than an outright book ban. When select identities and ideas are sidelined, the message is clear that only some are acceptable. Meanwhile AI chatbots hallucinate and social media does real mental harm to kids. But sure, books are the problem.
Have a spine. Keep books on shelves.
Have a spine. Keep books on shelves.
The amount of educators using AI with wild abandon is both infuriating and terrifying.
November 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The amount of educators using AI with wild abandon is both infuriating and terrifying.
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"My brethren, soldiers may leap out of that statue tonight and kill me, but what’s leaping out at me right now is our total disregard for norms. What you see as an enemy threat, I see as a one-of-a-kind statue of a mare."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sen...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sen...
Senator Schumer Votes to Let the Big Wooden Horse into Troy
“In the wake of votes by a handful of key Democrats, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, to pass a GOP-led continuing resolution funding f...
www.mcsweeneys.net
November 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"My brethren, soldiers may leap out of that statue tonight and kill me, but what’s leaping out at me right now is our total disregard for norms. What you see as an enemy threat, I see as a one-of-a-kind statue of a mare."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sen...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sen...
“…mothers and caregivers that they should focus on mental health …— but how to do that without institutional support?
The talk is all about cause and cure and fix and treat, and there aren’t a lot of conversations around support, resources, programs and financial backing.”
So much of this.
The talk is all about cause and cure and fix and treat, and there aren’t a lot of conversations around support, resources, programs and financial backing.”
So much of this.
I got my son’s disability diagnosis 13 years ago. That day rushed back with Tylenol-autism headlines | CNN
Regardless of the cause, mothers of kids with autism and other disabilities may feel responsible for their children’s challenges. Here are four ways to cope.
www.cnn.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
“…mothers and caregivers that they should focus on mental health …— but how to do that without institutional support?
The talk is all about cause and cure and fix and treat, and there aren’t a lot of conversations around support, resources, programs and financial backing.”
So much of this.
The talk is all about cause and cure and fix and treat, and there aren’t a lot of conversations around support, resources, programs and financial backing.”
So much of this.
I should be in much better shape from all the mental gymnastics I do in a day.
November 10, 2025 at 11:39 AM
I should be in much better shape from all the mental gymnastics I do in a day.
Imagine having an incredibly smart brain, but spending your entire life seeing people just DO things and it was always a mystery as to how they did it and why it never worked for you (and it still doesn’t btw). So your smart brain is good enough to keep things going, but is also persistently stifled
November 10, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Imagine having an incredibly smart brain, but spending your entire life seeing people just DO things and it was always a mystery as to how they did it and why it never worked for you (and it still doesn’t btw). So your smart brain is good enough to keep things going, but is also persistently stifled
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“Librarians serve as defenders of democracy by protecting access, identity and inquiry in schools,” write Allison Cline and Amanda Kordeliski @aaslpres.bsky.social @aaslala.bsky.social @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social @uabookbans.bsky.social
www.smartbrief.com/original/sch...
www.smartbrief.com/original/sch...
School libraries are at the heart of democracy - SmartBrief
Librarians serve as defenders of democracy by protecting access, identity and inquiry in schools, write Amanda Kordeliski and Allison Cline.
www.smartbrief.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
“Librarians serve as defenders of democracy by protecting access, identity and inquiry in schools,” write Allison Cline and Amanda Kordeliski @aaslpres.bsky.social @aaslala.bsky.social @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social @uabookbans.bsky.social
www.smartbrief.com/original/sch...
www.smartbrief.com/original/sch...
Any system that automates also removes independence and controls from the user. We face AI saturation (as well as algorithm hell) and book banning (i.e. oppression of ideas). Control is removed, autonomy stifled, conformity shoved in our faces all with a smile and promises of making life easier.
Librarians told 404 Media they're being inundated with new pitches for AI library tech and catalogs are being flooded with AI slop books.
But more broadly, AI maximalism across society is supercharging the ideological war on libraries, schools, government workers, and academics.
But more broadly, AI maximalism across society is supercharging the ideological war on libraries, schools, government workers, and academics.
AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
www.404media.co
November 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Any system that automates also removes independence and controls from the user. We face AI saturation (as well as algorithm hell) and book banning (i.e. oppression of ideas). Control is removed, autonomy stifled, conformity shoved in our faces all with a smile and promises of making life easier.
Some days I feel restless in my AuDHD journey. I want to speak more openly, be a louder voice for NDs, particularly in education, but also in society writ large. But then life happens. Real world constraints stifle my ambitions and drain my energy. I revert to wanting to hide and protect myself.
November 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Some days I feel restless in my AuDHD journey. I want to speak more openly, be a louder voice for NDs, particularly in education, but also in society writ large. But then life happens. Real world constraints stifle my ambitions and drain my energy. I revert to wanting to hide and protect myself.
This is astounding. Absolutely astounding on multiple levels.
If you were ever wondering what we're up against, this is a website book banners created to train people to get books banned in their own communities.
I found my kids' school in here, and the books this website suggests I get banned from their library.
www.takebacktheclassroom.com/school-detai...
I found my kids' school in here, and the books this website suggests I get banned from their library.
www.takebacktheclassroom.com/school-detai...
Take Back the Classroom
www.takebacktheclassroom.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
This is astounding. Absolutely astounding on multiple levels.
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"What if improving children’s mental health — and life outcomes — could be done by teaching kids how their brains work?"
@jackiemader.bsky.social via @mindshift-kqed.bsky.social www.kqed.org/mindshift/65...
@jackiemader.bsky.social via @mindshift-kqed.bsky.social www.kqed.org/mindshift/65...
The Benefits of Teaching Young Kids How Their Brains Work | KQED
A Dallas school says brain learning is key to helping students thrive.
www.kqed.org
October 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
"What if improving children’s mental health — and life outcomes — could be done by teaching kids how their brains work?"
@jackiemader.bsky.social via @mindshift-kqed.bsky.social www.kqed.org/mindshift/65...
@jackiemader.bsky.social via @mindshift-kqed.bsky.social www.kqed.org/mindshift/65...
Who's solving the Louvre robbery?
Right answers only.
Right answers only.
October 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Who's solving the Louvre robbery?
Right answers only.
Right answers only.
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Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.
September 19, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.
I just realized that the process of me finding the perfect gif or meme to send to my friend over text is the same process that use for picking out the perfect card. It has to be just right for the person and the moment.
October 10, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I just realized that the process of me finding the perfect gif or meme to send to my friend over text is the same process that use for picking out the perfect card. It has to be just right for the person and the moment.
I know I’m a little late to this - and even though I’ve known some of it, but never did a deep dive - I started listening to the Sold A Story podcast and I am SO ANGRY.
It all just goes to show how well-meaning people can believe something to their core for so long and still be wrong.
It all just goes to show how well-meaning people can believe something to their core for so long and still be wrong.
October 9, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I know I’m a little late to this - and even though I’ve known some of it, but never did a deep dive - I started listening to the Sold A Story podcast and I am SO ANGRY.
It all just goes to show how well-meaning people can believe something to their core for so long and still be wrong.
It all just goes to show how well-meaning people can believe something to their core for so long and still be wrong.
Later this week I will be leading a program at my local library. It will be the first time I teach my information literacy learning model that I’ve been developing for the past 7 years. It’s called QUEST. I’ve never been so sure of a thing being so good while also feeling so sick with nervousness.
October 7, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Later this week I will be leading a program at my local library. It will be the first time I teach my information literacy learning model that I’ve been developing for the past 7 years. It’s called QUEST. I’ve never been so sure of a thing being so good while also feeling so sick with nervousness.
Sometimes it would be great to actually care less about the things for which I know I feel an outsized sensitivity. But if I could do that, I probably wouldn’t be neurodivergent. Fun
October 6, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Sometimes it would be great to actually care less about the things for which I know I feel an outsized sensitivity. But if I could do that, I probably wouldn’t be neurodivergent. Fun
I’ve decided the white hairs on my head will heretofore be known as widsom hairs.
Not the ones on my chin though. They can fuck off.
Not the ones on my chin though. They can fuck off.
October 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I’ve decided the white hairs on my head will heretofore be known as widsom hairs.
Not the ones on my chin though. They can fuck off.
Not the ones on my chin though. They can fuck off.
One of the things that drew me to librarianship is that I could do many different things. Books ✔️ Research ✔️ Cataloging ✔️ Budgets ✔️ Marketing and creative projects ✔️ Every year is something new ✔️ I knew I could never be bored.
Yet it still took so long to realize that I’m neurodivergent?? 🙄
Yet it still took so long to realize that I’m neurodivergent?? 🙄
September 30, 2025 at 6:12 PM
One of the things that drew me to librarianship is that I could do many different things. Books ✔️ Research ✔️ Cataloging ✔️ Budgets ✔️ Marketing and creative projects ✔️ Every year is something new ✔️ I knew I could never be bored.
Yet it still took so long to realize that I’m neurodivergent?? 🙄
Yet it still took so long to realize that I’m neurodivergent?? 🙄
Help! I’m starting a news program for middle school. Students will write articles and do interviews to be published/posted somehow online. I like Padlet, but am wondering what else might work well. Does anyone have suggestions or favorites to share?
#schoollibraries #schoollibrarians #tlsky #edusky
#schoollibraries #schoollibrarians #tlsky #edusky
September 30, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Help! I’m starting a news program for middle school. Students will write articles and do interviews to be published/posted somehow online. I like Padlet, but am wondering what else might work well. Does anyone have suggestions or favorites to share?
#schoollibraries #schoollibrarians #tlsky #edusky
#schoollibraries #schoollibrarians #tlsky #edusky