@edmaria.bsky.social
@samiraahmed.bsky.social I just finished your book. It is fabulous. I wanted to share that I painted the book cover on a brick and it is part of my growing collection of banned book bricks.
October 12, 2025 at 7:37 AM
@samiraahmed.bsky.social I just finished your book. It is fabulous. I wanted to share that I painted the book cover on a brick and it is part of my growing collection of banned book bricks.
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“Michigan’s public libraries serve everyone, not just the loudest voices,” said Dillon Geshel, interim executive director of MLA. “The Petition to Protect MI Right to Read was created to send a clear message to our elected officials that public libraries exist to reflect all of us...”
Library group’s anti-censorship petition to be presented to Whitmer, lawmakers
Book ban attempts sparked the petition requesting Gov. Whitmer and lawmakers uphold First Amendment rights and increase support for state library services.
www.mlive.com
September 16, 2025 at 10:54 AM
“Michigan’s public libraries serve everyone, not just the loudest voices,” said Dillon Geshel, interim executive director of MLA. “The Petition to Protect MI Right to Read was created to send a clear message to our elected officials that public libraries exist to reflect all of us...”
I’ve signed Cultural Freedom Demands Collective Courage.
Artistic + intellectual freedom are under attack—275+ leaders + 150+ institutions are standing up.
No to censorship. Yes to imagination + free thought.
👉 collective-courage.com
Artistic + intellectual freedom are under attack—275+ leaders + 150+ institutions are standing up.
No to censorship. Yes to imagination + free thought.
👉 collective-courage.com
August 28, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I’ve signed Cultural Freedom Demands Collective Courage.
Artistic + intellectual freedom are under attack—275+ leaders + 150+ institutions are standing up.
No to censorship. Yes to imagination + free thought.
👉 collective-courage.com
Artistic + intellectual freedom are under attack—275+ leaders + 150+ institutions are standing up.
No to censorship. Yes to imagination + free thought.
👉 collective-courage.com
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Judge Duncan of the Fifth Circuit has absolutely no idea of the motivations of librarians who curate their collections. Duncan needs to keep his opinions to himself.
Censors who want to remove books from shelves are bullshit snokeflakes.
www.libraryjournal.com/story/librar...
Censors who want to remove books from shelves are bullshit snokeflakes.
www.libraryjournal.com/story/librar...
Library Collection Decisions Not Protected by First Amendment Says Fifth Circuit Court
In a judgment that is likely to impact freedom to read challenges across the country, Judge Stuart Kyle Duncan of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that library collection decisions are “go...
www.libraryjournal.com
June 6, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Judge Duncan of the Fifth Circuit has absolutely no idea of the motivations of librarians who curate their collections. Duncan needs to keep his opinions to himself.
Censors who want to remove books from shelves are bullshit snokeflakes.
www.libraryjournal.com/story/librar...
Censors who want to remove books from shelves are bullshit snokeflakes.
www.libraryjournal.com/story/librar...
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Frankly it should be illegal to attempt to pass any legislation that is a clear harm to many while benefiting only the few. This is not the people’s business being conducted, it’s blatant theft aided by its signatories in its corruption.
July 1, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Frankly it should be illegal to attempt to pass any legislation that is a clear harm to many while benefiting only the few. This is not the people’s business being conducted, it’s blatant theft aided by its signatories in its corruption.
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As some celebrate the 4th, remember that our nation began as a colony, built by enslaved peoples on stolen land, it came into being by Revolution fought in opposition to tyrannical taxes; thereby a new country was established explicitly as a state not beholden to a king or any one religion.
July 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
As some celebrate the 4th, remember that our nation began as a colony, built by enslaved peoples on stolen land, it came into being by Revolution fought in opposition to tyrannical taxes; thereby a new country was established explicitly as a state not beholden to a king or any one religion.
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This is what patriotism looks like. #Freepeoplereadfreely #1stAmendment
July 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
This is what patriotism looks like. #Freepeoplereadfreely #1stAmendment
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It’s a beautiful day to advocate for libraries and the right to read! And what a gorgeous portrait Jarrett Krosoczka created to celebrate Dr. Hayden and all who support #freadom 💜✨
May 31, 2025 at 2:54 PM
It’s a beautiful day to advocate for libraries and the right to read! And what a gorgeous portrait Jarrett Krosoczka created to celebrate Dr. Hayden and all who support #freadom 💜✨
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I found out about this way too late to do much more than post about it, but for those in the area, black librarians and librarians of color haven’t forgotten about Dr Hayden. Show up if you can!
May 23, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I found out about this way too late to do much more than post about it, but for those in the area, black librarians and librarians of color haven’t forgotten about Dr Hayden. Show up if you can!
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📚 On May 31, educators, authors, and advocates—including Kwame Alexander, Meg Medina, and Amanda Jones—are uniting at the FREADOM Town Hall Rally to stand up for the freedom to read, write, and learn.
Join us at DC’s MLK Library at 5 p.m. or watch online: buff.ly/uRcCFFJ
#FreedomToRead #TeachTruth
Join us at DC’s MLK Library at 5 p.m. or watch online: buff.ly/uRcCFFJ
#FreedomToRead #TeachTruth
May 28, 2025 at 11:51 PM
📚 On May 31, educators, authors, and advocates—including Kwame Alexander, Meg Medina, and Amanda Jones—are uniting at the FREADOM Town Hall Rally to stand up for the freedom to read, write, and learn.
Join us at DC’s MLK Library at 5 p.m. or watch online: buff.ly/uRcCFFJ
#FreedomToRead #TeachTruth
Join us at DC’s MLK Library at 5 p.m. or watch online: buff.ly/uRcCFFJ
#FreedomToRead #TeachTruth
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📣 FREADOM Town Hall Rally
📅 Saturday, May 31 | 🕔 5–7 PM
📍 MLK Library
Join authors, educators, parents & artists — including Kwame Alexander, Ibram X. Kendi & Jason Reynolds — as we rally for the freedom to learn, read, and create.
🔴 Live on Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgBS...
📅 Saturday, May 31 | 🕔 5–7 PM
📍 MLK Library
Join authors, educators, parents & artists — including Kwame Alexander, Ibram X. Kendi & Jason Reynolds — as we rally for the freedom to learn, read, and create.
🔴 Live on Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgBS...
May 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
📣 FREADOM Town Hall Rally
📅 Saturday, May 31 | 🕔 5–7 PM
📍 MLK Library
Join authors, educators, parents & artists — including Kwame Alexander, Ibram X. Kendi & Jason Reynolds — as we rally for the freedom to learn, read, and create.
🔴 Live on Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgBS...
📅 Saturday, May 31 | 🕔 5–7 PM
📍 MLK Library
Join authors, educators, parents & artists — including Kwame Alexander, Ibram X. Kendi & Jason Reynolds — as we rally for the freedom to learn, read, and create.
🔴 Live on Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgBS...
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The Trump regime will purge and plunder the historical treasures housed in the Library of Congress. This incursion is tantamount to losing the Library of Alexandria.
The President has named a new Acting Librarian of Congress. It's his former defense lawyer.
Todd Blanche, a former personal lawyer for President Trump, is now acting Librarian of Congress. According to his public profile, Blanche has no experience working in libraries or archives.
www.npr.org
May 13, 2025 at 12:17 AM
The Trump regime will purge and plunder the historical treasures housed in the Library of Congress. This incursion is tantamount to losing the Library of Alexandria.
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Former defense lawyer.
So... a loser. Trump only avoided prison through sympathetic actors kicking the can down the street. His lawyers were terrible. This guy isn't even qualified for his actual job, let alone running the Library of Congress.
So... a loser. Trump only avoided prison through sympathetic actors kicking the can down the street. His lawyers were terrible. This guy isn't even qualified for his actual job, let alone running the Library of Congress.
A lot of people are (rightfully!) pointing out that this white guy with zero relevant qualifications replaced a highly skilled and competent Black woman as Librarian of Congress.
It sure seems like Trump wants someone in the role who will let Elon use all the data for training his fascist AI.
It sure seems like Trump wants someone in the role who will let Elon use all the data for training his fascist AI.
The President has named a new Acting Librarian of Congress. It's his former defense lawyer.
Todd Blanche, a former personal lawyer for President Trump, is now acting Librarian of Congress. According to his public profile, Blanche has no experience working in libraries or archives.
www.npr.org
May 13, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Former defense lawyer.
So... a loser. Trump only avoided prison through sympathetic actors kicking the can down the street. His lawyers were terrible. This guy isn't even qualified for his actual job, let alone running the Library of Congress.
So... a loser. Trump only avoided prison through sympathetic actors kicking the can down the street. His lawyers were terrible. This guy isn't even qualified for his actual job, let alone running the Library of Congress.
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Only two ever have, though.
I agree that a duly-accredited graduate degree in library science should be a baseline requirement for Librarian of Congress.
I agree that a duly-accredited graduate degree in library science should be a baseline requirement for Librarian of Congress.
May 13, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Only two ever have, though.
I agree that a duly-accredited graduate degree in library science should be a baseline requirement for Librarian of Congress.
I agree that a duly-accredited graduate degree in library science should be a baseline requirement for Librarian of Congress.
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Please remind your representatives in Congress that they have an important role to play in assuring that the Library of Congress is run professionally and by highly qualified professionals...like Carla Hayden. www.politico.com/live-updates... #LibraryOfCongress #LibrarianOfCongress #libraries
Hill leaders question Trump’s attempted Library of Congress takeover
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said “congressional equities” are at stake.
www.politico.com
May 13, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Please remind your representatives in Congress that they have an important role to play in assuring that the Library of Congress is run professionally and by highly qualified professionals...like Carla Hayden. www.politico.com/live-updates... #LibraryOfCongress #LibrarianOfCongress #libraries
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Okay
Lets agree that Trump punks out
Meanwhile. mother is torn from her children and dragged away by men with no ICE identification
ICE attack members of Congress and local mayor
An Trump tried to take over the Congressional Library and it was the LIBRARIANS WHO STOOD UP AND BLOCKED IT
Where are you
Lets agree that Trump punks out
Meanwhile. mother is torn from her children and dragged away by men with no ICE identification
ICE attack members of Congress and local mayor
An Trump tried to take over the Congressional Library and it was the LIBRARIANS WHO STOOD UP AND BLOCKED IT
Where are you
May 13, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Okay
Lets agree that Trump punks out
Meanwhile. mother is torn from her children and dragged away by men with no ICE identification
ICE attack members of Congress and local mayor
An Trump tried to take over the Congressional Library and it was the LIBRARIANS WHO STOOD UP AND BLOCKED IT
Where are you
Lets agree that Trump punks out
Meanwhile. mother is torn from her children and dragged away by men with no ICE identification
ICE attack members of Congress and local mayor
An Trump tried to take over the Congressional Library and it was the LIBRARIANS WHO STOOD UP AND BLOCKED IT
Where are you
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Rachel Maddow said tonight, “It is literally in the name Library OF Congress. It belongs to Congress and is part of the Legislative Branch. The President, who is the leader of the Executive Branch, has no authority over the Library of Congress.”
May 13, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Rachel Maddow said tonight, “It is literally in the name Library OF Congress. It belongs to Congress and is part of the Legislative Branch. The President, who is the leader of the Executive Branch, has no authority over the Library of Congress.”
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Hey, Chief Justice Roberts…This is on you too.
May 13, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Hey, Chief Justice Roberts…This is on you too.
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He will begin to fire the hell out of staffers, change policies, lock up access to the library for researchers/citizens, and then claim he's cleaned up the entire Library of Congress, freeing it from the naughty stuff that was never there.
It's another arm of the America 250 propaganda campaign.
It's another arm of the America 250 propaganda campaign.
May 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
He will begin to fire the hell out of staffers, change policies, lock up access to the library for researchers/citizens, and then claim he's cleaned up the entire Library of Congress, freeing it from the naughty stuff that was never there.
It's another arm of the America 250 propaganda campaign.
It's another arm of the America 250 propaganda campaign.
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Also, he can't do this, this has no force in law, and the Library of Congress is ignoring him, as everyone else should ignore him about everything.
The administration's understanding of the "merit-based hiring" that is supposed to replace DEI is to fire a Black woman with relevant professional qualifications and replace her with a personal crony from a different profession entirely who is literally a guy named White.
Trump naming Todd Blanche — the former defense attorney from his hush money trial — as acting Librarian of Congress
May 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Also, he can't do this, this has no force in law, and the Library of Congress is ignoring him, as everyone else should ignore him about everything.
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OH COME THE FUCK ON THIS IS ABSURD.
My heart goes out to my friends and all the other staff at the Library of Congress who are watching this travesty unfold up close and personal.
Yet another bozo passenger on the Trump clown car has been appointed leader of a prestigious federal institution.
My heart goes out to my friends and all the other staff at the Library of Congress who are watching this travesty unfold up close and personal.
Yet another bozo passenger on the Trump clown car has been appointed leader of a prestigious federal institution.
Fired a black person who was qualified, hired a white person with no qualifications whatsoever. The Trump administration in a nutshell bsky.app/profile/axio...
Trump naming Todd Blanche — the former defense attorney from his hush money trial — as acting Librarian of Congress
May 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
OH COME THE FUCK ON THIS IS ABSURD.
My heart goes out to my friends and all the other staff at the Library of Congress who are watching this travesty unfold up close and personal.
Yet another bozo passenger on the Trump clown car has been appointed leader of a prestigious federal institution.
My heart goes out to my friends and all the other staff at the Library of Congress who are watching this travesty unfold up close and personal.
Yet another bozo passenger on the Trump clown car has been appointed leader of a prestigious federal institution.
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First, book banners came for school libraries
Then, school librarians
Then, public libraries
Then, public librarians
Then, little free libraries
Then, bookstores
Then, publishers
Then, academic libraries
Then, the national archives
Then, the library of congress
www.bookbanpetition.us
Then, school librarians
Then, public libraries
Then, public librarians
Then, little free libraries
Then, bookstores
Then, publishers
Then, academic libraries
Then, the national archives
Then, the library of congress
www.bookbanpetition.us
PETITION: Don't Ban Books in the United States
Proposed censorship measures in several states could deny your right to read some books in our Nation's libraries and lead to librarians facing criminal charges for the books on the shelves.
www.bookbanpetition.us
May 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
First, book banners came for school libraries
Then, school librarians
Then, public libraries
Then, public librarians
Then, little free libraries
Then, bookstores
Then, publishers
Then, academic libraries
Then, the national archives
Then, the library of congress
www.bookbanpetition.us
Then, school librarians
Then, public libraries
Then, public librarians
Then, little free libraries
Then, bookstores
Then, publishers
Then, academic libraries
Then, the national archives
Then, the library of congress
www.bookbanpetition.us