Jessica Jones (she/they) 🍉📚
@jessicaljones.bsky.social
Librarian, history nerd, adoptee, probably practicing tatreez. Opinions are mine.
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For National Library Workers Day, this library worker is sharing some of my favorite notes that people have left in my libraries over the years.
This was returned inside a graphic novel we apparently had missed some graffiti in. It lives on my office wall in a frame now.
This was returned inside a graphic novel we apparently had missed some graffiti in. It lives on my office wall in a frame now.
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Sharing a practice of reading with children is also a practice of listening to children: “What are you thinking about? What are your questions?“ @lalouverouge.bsky.social
The Case for Child Liberation Through Children‘s Books
In troubling the idea of childhood, there is perhaps no better place to go than children’s literature. Children’s literature is where stories of childhood are produced, ostensibly, for children; it…
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November 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Sharing a practice of reading with children is also a practice of listening to children: “What are you thinking about? What are your questions?“ @lalouverouge.bsky.social
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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!
November 10, 2024 at 7:30 PM
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!
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So saddened by the news that we have lost Alice Wong. It was an honor to know her and learn from her. May the lessons she shared continue to guide us for years to come.
November 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
So saddened by the news that we have lost Alice Wong. It was an honor to know her and learn from her. May the lessons she shared continue to guide us for years to come.
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props to WSJ for once on a useful notion, ADMIN PARTY for everybody
November 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
props to WSJ for once on a useful notion, ADMIN PARTY for everybody
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i can’t believe a good thing happened we should do this more often
November 5, 2025 at 2:26 AM
i can’t believe a good thing happened we should do this more often
Every time someone’s t-shirt campaign gives my neurodivergent, sensory-spicy brain a v-neck option that keeps fabric from touching my throat — I bless them, and my odds of supporting go up about 75%.
October 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Every time someone’s t-shirt campaign gives my neurodivergent, sensory-spicy brain a v-neck option that keeps fabric from touching my throat — I bless them, and my odds of supporting go up about 75%.
*sigh* that feeling when I’m both glad we can help and also despondent that we market ourselves in line with upholding oppressive capitalistic norms. An all-too-familiar feeling in public libraries, unfortunately.
Libraries are an office away from the office. That means library users have an office they can use anywhere they go!
Planning a Working Vacation? The Library Can Help!
Public libraries are your office away from the office.
buff.ly
August 21, 2025 at 1:42 PM
*sigh* that feeling when I’m both glad we can help and also despondent that we market ourselves in line with upholding oppressive capitalistic norms. An all-too-familiar feeling in public libraries, unfortunately.
This is the proudest I have felt to be a Texan in years.
This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
August 15, 2025 at 11:27 PM
This is the proudest I have felt to be a Texan in years.
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Free plums and propaganda.
July 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Free plums and propaganda.
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Imagine if a student can pay $20/month to be able to say to their computer, "Please log in to Canvas for me and complete all the assignments due today."
That might be the case as of today if OpenAI's agent is allowed to access learning management systems.
Yet we can't abandon online learning.
That might be the case as of today if OpenAI's agent is allowed to access learning management systems.
Yet we can't abandon online learning.
OpenAI’s new ChatGPT Agent can control an entire computer and do tasks for you
OpenAI’s new ChatGPT Agent can control an entire computer and do tasks for you
One employee uses it to automate his weekly parking requests at OpenAI’s San Francisco office.
buff.ly
July 18, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Imagine if a student can pay $20/month to be able to say to their computer, "Please log in to Canvas for me and complete all the assignments due today."
That might be the case as of today if OpenAI's agent is allowed to access learning management systems.
Yet we can't abandon online learning.
That might be the case as of today if OpenAI's agent is allowed to access learning management systems.
Yet we can't abandon online learning.
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#tdih 1969 Stonewall Riots in NYC.
Police attack patrons at gay bar who resist.
Often called spark that launched the gay rights mov't, the history is longer.
See @nyhistory.bsky.social & Throughline ⬇️
Defend right to teach this history.
Poster via @justseeds.bsky.social of Sylvia Ray Rivera
Police attack patrons at gay bar who resist.
Often called spark that launched the gay rights mov't, the history is longer.
See @nyhistory.bsky.social & Throughline ⬇️
Defend right to teach this history.
Poster via @justseeds.bsky.social of Sylvia Ray Rivera
June 28, 1969: Stonewall Riots
Police arrived at the Stonewall Inn and arrested anyone found to be cross-dressing, resulting in mayhem and what are now referred to as the Stonewall Riots. This was a milestone in a long history of L...
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June 28, 2025 at 11:14 AM
#tdih 1969 Stonewall Riots in NYC.
Police attack patrons at gay bar who resist.
Often called spark that launched the gay rights mov't, the history is longer.
See @nyhistory.bsky.social & Throughline ⬇️
Defend right to teach this history.
Poster via @justseeds.bsky.social of Sylvia Ray Rivera
Police attack patrons at gay bar who resist.
Often called spark that launched the gay rights mov't, the history is longer.
See @nyhistory.bsky.social & Throughline ⬇️
Defend right to teach this history.
Poster via @justseeds.bsky.social of Sylvia Ray Rivera
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good morning to everyone but especially to those public librarians who have survived the launch of Summer Reading 2025 📚
June 24, 2025 at 11:53 AM
good morning to everyone but especially to those public librarians who have survived the launch of Summer Reading 2025 📚
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Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting
June 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting
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I just keep looking at my phone and saying “oh my God” like Bob from Bob’s Burgers.
June 13, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I just keep looking at my phone and saying “oh my God” like Bob from Bob’s Burgers.
12 shared posts deep into the chat with my cousin and realized that this is the modern version of "catching up on correspondence."
June 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
12 shared posts deep into the chat with my cousin and realized that this is the modern version of "catching up on correspondence."
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My voice cracked and i wasn’t eloquent but i try to always be the person who says, “fighting fascism is not violence.”
June 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
My voice cracked and i wasn’t eloquent but i try to always be the person who says, “fighting fascism is not violence.”
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Avoid the violence/nonviolence debate. It’s a trap.
The only thing that matters is what actions lead to more justice and less harm.
Inaction and complicity in the face of brutal oppression is the worst form of violence. Never forget it.
The only thing that matters is what actions lead to more justice and less harm.
Inaction and complicity in the face of brutal oppression is the worst form of violence. Never forget it.
June 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Avoid the violence/nonviolence debate. It’s a trap.
The only thing that matters is what actions lead to more justice and less harm.
Inaction and complicity in the face of brutal oppression is the worst form of violence. Never forget it.
The only thing that matters is what actions lead to more justice and less harm.
Inaction and complicity in the face of brutal oppression is the worst form of violence. Never forget it.
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That’s it.
We're in the debate club and they're at theater camp. We can't argue them out of their performance.
May 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
That’s it.
Many librarians are not lawyers, but we are great at getting into the weeds; and, despite our public reputation, we are actually bad at being quiet about almost anything.
May 14, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Many librarians are not lawyers, but we are great at getting into the weeds; and, despite our public reputation, we are actually bad at being quiet about almost anything.
This is so bad for so, so many reasons. And good luck explaining those reasons without any of the vocabulary that’s now verboten in federal research — words like climate, bias, equity, inclusion, and climate (included twice because !!).
Republicans Try to Cram Ban on AI Regulation Into Budget Reconciliation Bill
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Republicans Try to Cram Ban on AI Regulation Into Budget Reconciliation Bill
Republicans try to use the Budget Reconciliation bill to stop states from regulating AI entirely for 10 years.
www.404media.co
May 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
This is so bad for so, so many reasons. And good luck explaining those reasons without any of the vocabulary that’s now verboten in federal research — words like climate, bias, equity, inclusion, and climate (included twice because !!).
I think it’s been a long time since library workers felt “safe” — this act is sending a message that we have already internalized.
BREAKING: President Trump just fired our nation's Librarian. My statement here:
May 9, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I think it’s been a long time since library workers felt “safe” — this act is sending a message that we have already internalized.
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I’m been saying this is all a war of imagination and perception. He’s going after the narrative. You control imagination and you don’t even have to try anymore. That’s what this push to insert AI in creative spaces is about, too. White supremacy and American imperialism is at work. on.ft.com/4jXhppq
Donald Trump says he will impose 100% tariff on movies made abroad
US president expands trade war to film industry in pledge to prevent ‘death of Hollywood’
on.ft.com
May 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I’m been saying this is all a war of imagination and perception. He’s going after the narrative. You control imagination and you don’t even have to try anymore. That’s what this push to insert AI in creative spaces is about, too. White supremacy and American imperialism is at work. on.ft.com/4jXhppq
I would throw money at the screen but I don’t have to because this conference is free!
Consider attending if you’re working in libraries through an inclusive and critical lens. I love these people, and this conference program looks so good!
Consider attending if you’re working in libraries through an inclusive and critical lens. I love these people, and this conference program looks so good!
Registration - Critical Pedagogy Symposium
Free registration is OPEN!Register here **We have a LARGE Zoom capacity! Please register and tell a friend!** The Critical Pedagogy Symposium will be held online on zoom.Tuesday, June 10th – Thursday,...
criticalpedagogysymposium.org
May 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I would throw money at the screen but I don’t have to because this conference is free!
Consider attending if you’re working in libraries through an inclusive and critical lens. I love these people, and this conference program looks so good!
Consider attending if you’re working in libraries through an inclusive and critical lens. I love these people, and this conference program looks so good!