Jim Randolph
@libraryjim.bsky.social
Elementary school librarian
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Meet three of the high schoolers who saw their state reading bowl banned eight books in Georgia...and did something about it.
Kids should never have to do this kind of work, but they are absolutely worth celebrating when they do: bookriot.com/teens-who-ov...
Kids should never have to do this kind of work, but they are absolutely worth celebrating when they do: bookriot.com/teens-who-ov...
Meet the High Schoolers Who Overturned a State Reading Bowl Book Ban: Book Censorship News, November 7, 2025
A Georgia statewide reading bowl banned eight books. These students led the charge to get the bans overturned and succeeded.
bookriot.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Meet three of the high schoolers who saw their state reading bowl banned eight books in Georgia...and did something about it.
Kids should never have to do this kind of work, but they are absolutely worth celebrating when they do: bookriot.com/teens-who-ov...
Kids should never have to do this kind of work, but they are absolutely worth celebrating when they do: bookriot.com/teens-who-ov...
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I cannot recommend you enough to install the Wikipedia app on your devices and use it like you would any search engine. Nowadays they even have tabs so you can open many articles at once.
And, if you can, please donate to the foundation. It has survived the internet enshittification that way.
And, if you can, please donate to the foundation. It has survived the internet enshittification that way.
wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”
www.404media.co
October 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I cannot recommend you enough to install the Wikipedia app on your devices and use it like you would any search engine. Nowadays they even have tabs so you can open many articles at once.
And, if you can, please donate to the foundation. It has survived the internet enshittification that way.
And, if you can, please donate to the foundation. It has survived the internet enshittification that way.
I’m very happy with Apple Music
‘Never deleted an app so quickly’: Spotify users are rushing to delete their accounts after ICE recruitment ads ‘ruin’ listening experience www.themarysue.com/spotify-ice-...
‘Never deleted an app so quickly’: Spotify users are rushing to delete their accounts after ICE recruitment ads ‘ruin’ listening experience
Many are allegedly canceling their Spotify accounts after learning the music streaming platform is running ICE recruitment ads.
www.themarysue.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I’m very happy with Apple Music
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Pause your doomscrolling and listen to this story.
September 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Pause your doomscrolling and listen to this story.
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"If you act like a jerk, you can face consequences by your employer. But if the government is compelling that company to take action against you for speech the government doesn’t like, then we’re fucking fucked. And friends, we’re fucking fucked." michaelianblack.substack.com/p/the-man-show
The Man Show
Welp, they took ol’ Jimmy down tonight.
michaelianblack.substack.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:22 AM
"If you act like a jerk, you can face consequences by your employer. But if the government is compelling that company to take action against you for speech the government doesn’t like, then we’re fucking fucked. And friends, we’re fucking fucked." michaelianblack.substack.com/p/the-man-show
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Must read thread. Very important to our day and age. Serious, serious stuff.
It's seven years since we posted on Twitter about how kids kept coming into the library asking if we had any books about FORTNITE. We didn't back then, and we'd never heard of it so we tried asking what it was.
September 3, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Must read thread. Very important to our day and age. Serious, serious stuff.
Seen on today’s walk
August 2, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Seen on today’s walk
Can I be real for a minute
July 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Can I be real for a minute
This is where I post from
July 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
This is where I post from
Finished Percival Everett’s James 🤯
July 2, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Finished Percival Everett’s James 🤯
Post your favorite Doctor Who. Wrong answers only.
June 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Post your favorite Doctor Who. Wrong answers only.
Post an unusual sign if you feel like it
June 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Post an unusual sign if you feel like it
Great Oliver Burkman column on a better way of living with AI
May 19, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Great Oliver Burkman column on a better way of living with AI
I’m am distraught over what’s happening at the CDC today. Deaths will rise. AIDS will make a comeback. It’s so stupid.
April 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I’m am distraught over what’s happening at the CDC today. Deaths will rise. AIDS will make a comeback. It’s so stupid.
Got my caffeine and am ready for the 56th (!) GA Children’s Lit Conference!
March 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Got my caffeine and am ready for the 56th (!) GA Children’s Lit Conference!
So we’ve returned to the American Internment Camps period. Got it.
The men told NPR they were kept in the dark about why they were in Guantánamo Bay, and were denied access to an attorney or a phone call with loved ones.
Venezuelan men allege mistreatment while in detention in Guantánamo Bay
The men told NPR they were kept in the dark about why they were in Guantánamo Bay, and were denied access to an attorney or a phone call with loved ones.
www.npr.org
February 25, 2025 at 11:30 PM
So we’ve returned to the American Internment Camps period. Got it.
Thanks for the reminder to rewatch Roma.
Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos says the money will go toward projects like Alfonso Cuarón's film Roma, which was made in Mexico and went on to international acclaim.
Netflix Plans to Spend $1 Billion Making Content in Mexico Over the Next 4 Years
Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos says the money will go toward projects like Alfonso Cuarón's film Roma, which was made in Mexico and went on to international acclaim.
www.wired.com
February 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Thanks for the reminder to rewatch Roma.
This whole 🧵 should be turned into a picture book!
February 16, 2025 at 11:04 AM
This whole 🧵 should be turned into a picture book!
Okay I’ll stop with the nazi posts. Just had to get it out of my system.
February 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Okay I’ll stop with the nazi posts. Just had to get it out of my system.
Ooh, yes please. 🖖🏼
A note that may be of interest: @torbooks.bsky.social has placed the ebook of The Calculating Stars on sale this month for $2.99. If you're interested in diving into The Lady Astronaut books, this may be the opportunity you've been waiting for.
February 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Ooh, yes please. 🖖🏼
