Oh, boy! The only doc I want to see as much as @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social is this masterpiece from @theonion.com

“It’s an inspiring, maddening, & eye-opening documentary ... Bibliophile or not, everyone should check out The Librarians and familiarize themselves with the fight and how it affects civil liberties, because this fight is far from over in America.”

THE LIBRARIANS is a New York Times Critic’s Pick! Kim A. Snyder’s “gripping documentary” opens TOMORROW at @filmforumnyc.bsky.social with a national rollout to follow. See it in theaters and get tickets now! TheLibrariansFilm.com/screenings

“We have even more billionaires than in the age of Andrew Carnegie. What are they doing to support the diffusion of knowledge & the mental culture of all? … Could one of the tech moguls … emulate the Scotsman’s commitment to freely available public institutions of knowledge?”

“Our public libraries are free in 3 critical senses. 1st, they cost nothing to join & to use. 2nd, they are open to all ... We must also add a 3rd concept of freedom: the freedom to read – to engage, w/o restraint, a diversity of knowledge & opinion, the latter of which is being threatened today”

Ahead of a formal celebration of the 1850 Public Libraries Act in Manchester next week, I have a piece in @theobserveruk.bsky.social this weekend celebrating that forward-looking legislation (and a call to action). observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

Must be nice to believe that kids have access to more than one source. That's the issue. For a lot of kids, ESPECIALLY the most marginalized ones, school *is the only choice*. The utter privilege folks parade around data like this is deeply disturbing.

“In a dystopian saga akin to a real-life Fahrenheit 451 sequel, Snyder’s gripping documentary traverses small-town USA with riveting interviews & troves of archival material to reveal the story of the country’s heroic librarians … who are risking everything to uphold the most fundamental of rights.”

“From its superb opening-credits sequence paying tribute to card catalogs of yore to its sharp selection of vintage clips and intimate reportage, “The Librarians” is as well-crafted as it is profoundly alarming.” @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social

Spotted today on a car in the Costco parking lot

“Over the past four years, a misleading campaign to “protect children” alongside advocacy for “parental rights” has been weaponized … In this upside down world, any rights of young people as students are somehow subservient to the absolute rights of their parents.”

“The women in this powerful, must-see documentary are mainly middle aged, fighting alone & singly against organised, dark-funded, right-wing opposition. Passions & emotions run high on both sides. The title makes these unassuming women seem like super-heroes, which the documentary shows they are.”

You can spy The Librarians, too. thelibrariansfilm.com/screenings/

Putting the past to rest, avoiding negative mindsets, ghosting self-doubt, and relaxing are high on my list. October’s busy for me this year, though, so I may be sparkling instead of relaxing.

Adventures in absurdity 👇

In other news …

PEN America today welcomed the introduction of the Stop Censoring Military Families Act introduced by @raskin.house.gov (D-MD-8) and @houlahan.house.gov (D-PA-6): "It is vital that we stand against this censorship and reverse these restrictions on education." pen.org/press-releas...

Amanda Jones Named to 2025 TIME100 Next List www.slj.com/story/Amanda...

NEW: Sen. Tammy Duckworth is calling for Pete Hegseth to resign. "If this PR stunt proved anything, it's that the best thing Pete Hegseth can do to strengthen our military is resign in disgrace immediately."

This one bears repeating 🤣🤣🤣

This interview with @rosie.com was terrific. If you need a pep talk, Rosie delivers! I sure hope she sees @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social. She’d dig it! @nicollewallace.bsky.social

“In terms of urgency, Snyder’s work sits somewhere between a courteous cautioning and a desperate battle cry. For anyone who cherishes libraries and reading, it is an unsettling appraisal of how censorship is gradually chipping away at our freedom to read.” @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social

Look at this great news 👇 Book banners tried to drag her down, but Amanda Jones just flew higher. 1st her best-selling book That Librarian, out in paperback today. Then the award-winning film @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social, opening Oct. 3. Now the Time 100! It’s official, book banners: You lose.

“Librarians are heroes and badasses fearless in the face of intimidation, and that’s made abundantly clear in The Librarians.” @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social

“It is immeasurably moving to see the valor and integrity of those who will not be silenced” @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social

"One of the most important films of the year."" - @irishtimes.com Oscar-nominated & Peabody winner, Kim A. Snyder‘s latest film is a rallying cry for the freedom to read. Now playing in UK/IRE & coming to US theaters THIS FRIDAY @filmforumnyc.bsky.social. Get tix: TheLibrariansFilm.com/screenings

It takes the whole community!

They tried to silence stories, but they live on. Banned Books Week is almost here! Join us October 5-11 to celebrate the freedom to read and discover books that sparked debate and change. Stay tuned for events and reading lists! @la-cac.org #BannedBooksWeek #FreedomToRead #aasl bit.ly/3XXdrFi

Fall in Cape May today.

“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.” ― George Orwell

We saw, what we saw!

Hitler and the Nazis banned books. If you’re so offended being compared to Hitler and being called Nazis, it really is quite simple: Stop emulating and acting like Nazis. The freedom to read is a human right. Nazis ban books.

“An open library, built in an open world game, to overcome censorship”

“In a time when rights are being rolled back across America with dizzying speed, this documentary reminds us that the librarians - underpaid, maligned, occasionally in hiding - emerge as the guardians of democracy’s most fragile promise: that everyone has the right to read, and to think.”

“The Republican project appears to rest on a very old authoritarian truth: fascism requires ignorance, and ignorance thrives when books are pulled from shelves, history is rewritten, and curiosity is cast as dangerous.”

“The message is unmistakable: every generation thinks itself immune to authoritarian temptation, yet here we are again, watching statehouses legislate against literature.”

“By attacking librarians, Republicans are not only narrowing the syllabus for students; they are chipping away at one of the last institutions where civic equality is practiced rather than preached.”

“Snyder’s film is a reminder that once you begin deciding which books are acceptable, you will eventually decide which people are acceptable. And history tells us where that leads.”

Current mood

“With The Librarians, Snyder crafts a tense, human-centred account of what is at stake when powerful institutions attempt to dictate what people can and cannot read … this fight isn’t just about books — it’s about the survival of open inquiry itself.” @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social

“The Librarians evokes McCarthyism and Nazi-era fascism … Enraging, uplifting, and timely, The Librarians is one of the most important films of the year.” @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social

Let it be noted that CVH is the reason I became a librarian. Now she’s bringing @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social to her local theater in Canada.

“When presented with the librarians who put their whole lives on the line to fight a righteous battle they know they have a big chance of losing, and the eloquent kids who are brave enough to have their backs, then how can you be anything other than inspired?” @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social

“You can either get sad and have a pity party, or you can get defiant. So, I chose to do something about it.” - film participant and hero @librarianjones.com on @channel4news.bsky.social. THE LIBRARIANS opens TOMORROW in the UK! A rallying cry for freedom to read- see the film in cinemas!