It’s not enough to simply thank our veterans for their service. Millions of them rely on SNAP and the ACA. Many struggle with PTSD and worry about access to mental health services. Today, on Veterans Day, let’s renew our commitment to keep fighting for those who fought for us.

This is leadership. Happy Veterans Day.

Veterans Day 2025 anntelnaes.substack.com/p/veterans-day

2026 school board elections are coming. Find your election date. Learn about the candidates. Show up and vote.

Excerpt: “By the end of last year, the country had installed 887 gigawatts of solar-power capacity—close to double Europe’s and America’s combined total”

From our friends over at @404media.co, a look at the closure of Baker & Taylor and the ripple effect it’s been having on libraries:

Want to hear a scary story? It’s about an author who didn’t register their copyright and had no recourse when someone infringed on their work!! ☠️

“Roughly half of frontline warehouse workers at Amazon are having trouble making ends meet, a new report shows. … Fifty-three percent of workers said they experienced food insecurity in the previous three months, while 48% said they had trouble covering rent or housing costs over the same time”

Can’t attend in person? Participate virtually #editors #proofreaders #writers

"The librarian is a seeker and keeper of truth, and that makes her a dangerous figure in the eyes of those who fear the fullest, most comprehensive, and most uncomfortable truths emerging."

#books #writers "Tom Dunne was a young editor at St Martin's Press in 1975 when he agreed to publish HOW TO ADVERTISE. The manuscript had been turned down by 16 other publishers, then Tom said yes. It's still in print 40 yrs, 3 editions, 160,000 copies later" (Jane Maas, my mentor at WRG ad agency)

Incredible news from a coalition of seven charitable organizations led by the Mellon Foundation—this is going to benefit so many authors.

#editors #writers No matter where you live, you can participate in this conference 🌏🌍🌎

Excerpt: “If internet providers can knowingly facilitate mass infringement while hiding behind their users’ actions, the constitutional promise of copyright protection becomes hollow” #authors #publishing

We are watching Scholastic Book Fair trailers this weekend and I am SO proud of my 4th- 6th grade students recognizing and questioning whether they are AI. #SchoolLibrarians #Skybrarians

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It's the first day of US #MediaLiteracyWeek 2025, which highlights the power of media literacy education and its essential role in education all across the country. Visit #ReadWriteThink to get lesson plans on media literacy for grades 3-12: https://www.readwritethink.org/collections/media-literacy

#BlueSky #BookSky 😩🤯

#AmReading #BooksWorthReading our environment

#PublicHealth Grandparents for vaccines #SciComm

Not sure having your brand associated with destroying the White House is the best look

Updating my LEGO White House

A preschooler bringing a loaded gun to show-and-tell should shock everyone, but in a country awash in easily accessible guns, it sadly comes as no surprise. In fact, a child gains access to a loaded firearm and unintentionally shoots themself or someone else nearly every day in the US.

i genuinely do not understand why he keeps digging the hole deeper on this one

#MediaCoverage #MediaInterviews

Excellent speakers #editing #writing

Ronald Reagan said it. #NoKings tomorrow 10/18

Updated regularly ⬇️ #FreedomToRead #PublicLibraries #PublicEducation @txfreedomread.bsky.social @flfreedomread.bsky.social

Excerpt: “it’s impossible to effectively oppose what we refuse to clearly identify” @flfreedomread.bsky.social @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social @velshibbc.bsky.social @txfreedomread.bsky.social

Excellent insights here ⬇️ #SchoolLibrarians #teachers #books

Yes, you really do need to hire a human editor @efafreelancers.bsky.social @the-ciep.bsky.social #writers #authors

Indeed. (Although I'd say it without the comma!) www.verizon.com/about/parent...

#SchoolLibrarians @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social @philaathenaeum.bsky.social @txfreedomread.bsky.social @freedomreadproject.bsky.social @elaineblackman.bsky.social

My campaign colleague Kate Murphy has written today about the plight of women's studies in light of the BBC Written Archives Centre's withdrawal from the world of independent study. The policy changes, in her view, are 'nothing short of catastrophic'. cstonline.net/defending-th...

Excerpt: “Federal funding for CDC and NIH firearm injury research is under threat, with some in Congress proposing devastating cuts — or even an outright ban” @elaineblackman.bsky.social #PublicSafety #PublicHealth

In honor of Hallowe'en coming up, share a 4-word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand. Copyedit this in Adobe.

Diane Keaton in her Manhattan apartment with Buster, an Abyssinian, photographed by Jill Krementz in 1977

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How to be an informed, pro-library, anti-book ban voter in upcoming fall elections (if you have them) and well into the future. Don't just celebrate banned books. Don't just read banned books. VOTE to support the democratic institutions creating access to them. bookriot.com/library-elec...

If you edit, if you proofread, if you write … consider this ⬇️⬇️⬇️

We get it—there were too many big editing events this fall and you're overwhelmed. We're hoping you won't still feel that way come November and you'll sign up for the friendliest editing conference around: the #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference in Seattle and online. edsguild.org/red-pencil-2025

Editing is lifelong learning. The Editors Canada Virtual Training Day is 10/28 and an opportunity to sharpen your editing skills and learn from other editing pros. ACES members get the Editors Canada rate. Details in member center! View schedule/register tinyurl.com/at56bk5r

GREAT NEWS from Leander ISD. To Kill a Mockingbird, House on Mango St, and Narrative of Life of Frederick Douglass will be returned to classrooms after a massive outcry. Thanks to everyone who spoke up!!! From an email to teachers today:

Stop what you’re doing and read this op ed by @ashleyhopeperez.bsky.social right now. Gift link: www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...

Here's a look at the next #ACESchat.

Excerpt: “Words carry weight because of the way you use them; how you place them in a sentence, how you pick one over the other, how you refuse to explain them. It gives everything away. It reveals you, the speaker” #writing #PublicSpeaking #authors

Let the kids read! @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social @flfreedomread.bsky.social @txfreedomread.bsky.social

FYI - @authorsguild.org has an upcoming webinar for authors & illustrators. "Anthropic Settlement: What Authors Should Know" looks very worthwhile for those whose books were involved. authorsguild.org/event/anthro...