Carolyn Radcliff
@cjradcliff.bsky.social
Libraries & information literacy, kitties, birds, learning to cook (I guess), surprising myself by taking up yard work, I love reading fiction, travel (mostly U.S. national parks), good tv, singing. Do the right thing.
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I did it, I wrote it. The thing I think (?) some educators have been waiting for for quite a while. mikecaulfield.substack.com/p/sift-for-a...
SIFT for AI: Introduction and Pedagogy
Once I thought more deeply about what people had been asking for it made a lot of sense
mikecaulfield.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I did it, I wrote it. The thing I think (?) some educators have been waiting for for quite a while. mikecaulfield.substack.com/p/sift-for-a...
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Join us Wednesday @ 4pm ET / 1pm PT!
We're teaming up with @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social's @uabookbans.bsky.social to discuss how faith communities and librarians can come together to advocate for the right to read.
Register here: support.interfaithalliance.org/a/how-faith-...
We're teaming up with @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social's @uabookbans.bsky.social to discuss how faith communities and librarians can come together to advocate for the right to read.
Register here: support.interfaithalliance.org/a/how-faith-...
November 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Join us Wednesday @ 4pm ET / 1pm PT!
We're teaming up with @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social's @uabookbans.bsky.social to discuss how faith communities and librarians can come together to advocate for the right to read.
Register here: support.interfaithalliance.org/a/how-faith-...
We're teaming up with @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social's @uabookbans.bsky.social to discuss how faith communities and librarians can come together to advocate for the right to read.
Register here: support.interfaithalliance.org/a/how-faith-...
This whole thread
Happy #BannedBooksWeek. If you love libraries and hate censorship, I'd encourage you to do more than just read a banned book this week. Here are a few ideas:
1. Get involved in your local public library board
2. Join or start a friends group
3. Organize a people's assembly for your public library
1. Get involved in your local public library board
2. Join or start a friends group
3. Organize a people's assembly for your public library
October 10, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Heard one of my favorites yesterday, a gray catbird
How could you not be impressed by a bird in your yard? This dude can fly anywhere and it came here to hang out with you
May 11, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Heard one of my favorites yesterday, a gray catbird
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we all have old keys around the house. keys that once opened doors or locks that no longer exist. keys with purpose long lost.
i recently found these keys at our Easterly plant in an unmarked 1950s filing cabinet in storage.
it’s history collected on bent metal rings. 🧵
i recently found these keys at our Easterly plant in an unmarked 1950s filing cabinet in storage.
it’s history collected on bent metal rings. 🧵
April 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
we all have old keys around the house. keys that once opened doors or locks that no longer exist. keys with purpose long lost.
i recently found these keys at our Easterly plant in an unmarked 1950s filing cabinet in storage.
it’s history collected on bent metal rings. 🧵
i recently found these keys at our Easterly plant in an unmarked 1950s filing cabinet in storage.
it’s history collected on bent metal rings. 🧵
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In partnership with @freedom.press, WIRED will make all of its FOIA-based reporting free to access for anyone. Public records should be public, and I hope to see more outlets follow suit:
freedom.press/issues/wired...
freedom.press/issues/wired...
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
freedom.press
March 18, 2025 at 12:54 PM
In partnership with @freedom.press, WIRED will make all of its FOIA-based reporting free to access for anyone. Public records should be public, and I hope to see more outlets follow suit:
freedom.press/issues/wired...
freedom.press/issues/wired...
Cassie Caturday plus brother Leo
March 2, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Cassie Caturday plus brother Leo
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Learn more about the incredible life of Zelma Watson George here: www.cleveland.com/news/2022/02...
Zelma Watson George, the Cleveland opera singer who had a president’s ear: Black History Month Untold Stories
For many on Cleveland, the name Zelma Watson George means nothing more than the name on a city recreation center or family emergency shelter, but she left a long legacy of accomplishment -- everything...
www.cleveland.com
February 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Learn more about the incredible life of Zelma Watson George here: www.cleveland.com/news/2022/02...
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The 2025 ABA Bird of the Year is Common Loon!
We're excited to kick off this Year of the Loon by sharing the beautiful art from our 2025 Bird of the Year artist, Minnesota artist Sam Zimmerman.
Sam's piece, Summering Loon, will be featured on the January 2025 issue of Birding magazine.
We're excited to kick off this Year of the Loon by sharing the beautiful art from our 2025 Bird of the Year artist, Minnesota artist Sam Zimmerman.
Sam's piece, Summering Loon, will be featured on the January 2025 issue of Birding magazine.
January 2, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The 2025 ABA Bird of the Year is Common Loon!
We're excited to kick off this Year of the Loon by sharing the beautiful art from our 2025 Bird of the Year artist, Minnesota artist Sam Zimmerman.
Sam's piece, Summering Loon, will be featured on the January 2025 issue of Birding magazine.
We're excited to kick off this Year of the Loon by sharing the beautiful art from our 2025 Bird of the Year artist, Minnesota artist Sam Zimmerman.
Sam's piece, Summering Loon, will be featured on the January 2025 issue of Birding magazine.
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If you've ever been impressed by something PRH did to fight book bans, it's because Skip fought for it to happen.
💯 No one has been more central to the publishing industry’s efforts to fight censorship than Skip Dye. Thank you to Skip and the entire PRH team for your generosity, expertise & tireless commitment to defending the freedom to read & supporting libraries.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
PW Notables 2024: Skip Dye
No one has been more central to the publishing industry’s efforts to defend the freedom to read than the Penguin Random House SVP.
www.publishersweekly.com
December 24, 2024 at 1:28 AM
If you've ever been impressed by something PRH did to fight book bans, it's because Skip fought for it to happen.
Right on! Read the comments for many examples of strong, community-responsive libraries!
I know everyone says this, but the amount of STUFF libraries have available digitally is just breathtaking. My library system here in Baton Rouge has thousands of Udemy courses available. And they're free! They're so free.
Libraries are cool. Librarians are cool. Support your libraries.
Libraries are cool. Librarians are cool. Support your libraries.
December 17, 2024 at 7:28 PM
Right on! Read the comments for many examples of strong, community-responsive libraries!
I sooo appreciate Amanda Jones’s determination and commitment to her community and the freedom to read
I am incredibly thankful to @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social, @sarahnfisk.bsky.social, @thetobiasagency.bsky.social, and @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social for helping make my book a reality.
Shout out to my friend @captainlibrary.bsky.social for his input during the process.
people.com/librarian-am...
Shout out to my friend @captainlibrary.bsky.social for his input during the process.
people.com/librarian-am...
In New Memoir, Librarian Amanda Jones Recounts Her Fight Against Book Bans: 'I'm Going to Keep Going' (Exclusive)
In her new memoir 'That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America,' school librarian Amanda Jones recounts being targeted online for speaking out against book censorship and her legal battl...
people.com
December 16, 2024 at 2:06 AM
I sooo appreciate Amanda Jones’s determination and commitment to her community and the freedom to read
I love these little guys so much
This is NOT sped up. Look at how fast their little feet move 🥰🥰 🪶
December 13, 2024 at 1:56 AM
I love these little guys so much
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This response from @sbearbergman.bsky.social to @hildur.bsky.social’s post has changed my week— it is so wholesome, and human, and so the energy we all need right now. And Kerstin Langenberger, the naturalist who posted “I am on my way with the necessary equipment”? This woman is the hero we need.
December 10, 2024 at 2:19 PM
This response from @sbearbergman.bsky.social to @hildur.bsky.social’s post has changed my week— it is so wholesome, and human, and so the energy we all need right now. And Kerstin Langenberger, the naturalist who posted “I am on my way with the necessary equipment”? This woman is the hero we need.
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This behavior is what comes from letting kids Google without teaching them how to search and evaluate what they find. They think chatgpt is the same as Google. Because no one has taught them any digital literacy skills...and digital literacy is what school librarians do.
December 10, 2024 at 2:07 PM
This behavior is what comes from letting kids Google without teaching them how to search and evaluate what they find. They think chatgpt is the same as Google. Because no one has taught them any digital literacy skills...and digital literacy is what school librarians do.
Love animals? Love this 🧸
A lot of what I write about can be a huge bummer, but sometimes I get to write stuff like this (and I do not apologize for the terrible puns):
The 6 Cutest Things We Learned about Animals in 2024
From morphing beluga noggins to birds that practice singing in their sleep, science produced plenty of adorable findings this year
www.scientificamerican.com
December 10, 2024 at 2:38 PM
Love animals? Love this 🧸
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"I don't know what to do to end book bans and save democratic cornerstones of America!!"
Here's a LENGTHY LIST, put together over the last many years, that offer ways anyone, anywhere, can do something besides "let me read and buy the books!"
Here's a LENGTHY LIST, put together over the last many years, that offer ways anyone, anywhere, can do something besides "let me read and buy the books!"
A massive thread of resources, history, information, and material to help you not only fight and understand book censorship but protect the incredible democratic institutions of public libraries and public education.
This is updated regularly!
This is updated regularly!
December 5, 2024 at 3:34 PM
"I don't know what to do to end book bans and save democratic cornerstones of America!!"
Here's a LENGTHY LIST, put together over the last many years, that offer ways anyone, anywhere, can do something besides "let me read and buy the books!"
Here's a LENGTHY LIST, put together over the last many years, that offer ways anyone, anywhere, can do something besides "let me read and buy the books!"
Book banning is having a resurgence 😡 This resource will help you understand why that is, why it’s bad for all of us, and some things you can do about it
How to explain book bans to those who *actually* want to understand what's going on.
Conveniently, I decided to rerun one of this year's most popular book censorship posts this week and it seems like I need to just rerun this every week.
bookriot.com/ways-to-expl...
Conveniently, I decided to rerun one of this year's most popular book censorship posts this week and it seems like I need to just rerun this every week.
bookriot.com/ways-to-expl...
How To Explain Book Bans to Those Who Want to Understand: Book Censorship News, November 29, 2024
Use these talking points to help explain book bans to people who haven't kept up but want to understand.
bookriot.com
November 29, 2024 at 3:31 PM
Book banning is having a resurgence 😡 This resource will help you understand why that is, why it’s bad for all of us, and some things you can do about it
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✨#JWST ornament giveaway! 🤩
My first Bluesky exclusive giveaway! Up for grabs are 5 of my best-selling holiday ornaments!
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My first Bluesky exclusive giveaway! Up for grabs are 5 of my best-selling holiday ornaments!
💫 How to participate:
1) follow me
2) enter here sciencesocks.co/pages/giveaway
3) like/repost
🚨 P.S.: please consider sciencesocks.co for your holiday shopping :)
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November 20, 2024 at 12:07 AM
✨#JWST ornament giveaway! 🤩
My first Bluesky exclusive giveaway! Up for grabs are 5 of my best-selling holiday ornaments!
💫 How to participate:
1) follow me
2) enter here sciencesocks.co/pages/giveaway
3) like/repost
🚨 P.S.: please consider sciencesocks.co for your holiday shopping :)
🔭🐡🧪#bsnm
My first Bluesky exclusive giveaway! Up for grabs are 5 of my best-selling holiday ornaments!
💫 How to participate:
1) follow me
2) enter here sciencesocks.co/pages/giveaway
3) like/repost
🚨 P.S.: please consider sciencesocks.co for your holiday shopping :)
🔭🐡🧪#bsnm
Happy Black Cat Day from Leo!
October 28, 2024 at 3:16 AM
Happy Black Cat Day from Leo!