A VERY LARGE PORTION OF PEOPLE JUST WANT A SPACE TO EXIST IN WITHOUT "AI" INFECTING & INFESTING IT NOTHING ARGUED RECTIFIES OR ERASES THE FACT THAT ITS "KNOWLEDGE" ONLY EXISTS FROM UNETHICAL STEALING/SCRAPING "DATA" THAT DIDN'T BELONG TO IT OR ERASES THE ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE WHY IS THIS SO HARD

Thousands. Are you sure, the New York Times? Thousands?

"It was 15 years ago, in March 2011, that HarperCollins first instituted its 26-lend 'metered' access model for library ebooks." @wordsandmoney.bsky.social This is the thorough recap of the library ebook problem I've been waiting for! www.wordsandmoney.com/librarians-s...

I am sponsoring a racecar in Vermont, driven by a young woman from my town. The entire hood and back bumper have been reserved for whatever pro-library message I'll put on there. $600 total. 🏎️ I crowdsource this fun project every year. Chip in? Venmo: @iamthebestartist or DM me for other options.

Things cis people say so they can continue funding the removal of trans rights because they don't want to let go of a children's book series.

Truly impressive how the Dems will fall into oblivion and sell out the people who depend on them for the sake of pleasing the other party that doesn’t hesitate to consolidate power and terrorize anyone who doesn’t align with them or fit into their reductive idea of who is a worthwhile human.

one week from today, tues 3/31, the day before #pla26, i hope to see you at the #independent #publisher & #librarian forum #indielib2026 #indielib26! www.indiepubs.org/indie-lib-fo... @libraryreads.bsky.social

THE GIRL WITH A THOUSAND FACES by sunyi dean comes out 5/5/2026 from @torbooks.bsky.social @macmillanlib.bsky.social #gothic #historical #HongKong #myths #legends #ghosts #BookSky get your @libraryreads.bsky.social votes in by 4/1!

VILE LADY VILLAINS by danai christopoulou @danaiwrites.bsky.social comes out 5/12/2026 from @unionsqandco.bsky.xocial @misterchris.bsky.social @hachettelibrary.bsky.social #debut #fantasy #EnemiesToLovers #myths #BookSky get your @libraryreads.bsky.social votes in by 4/1!

MEN LIKE OURS by bindi bansinath releases 5/12/2026 from @bloomsburyus.bsky.social @macmillanlib.bsky.social #debut #life #death #community #humor #BookSky get your @libraryreads.bsky.social votes in by 4/1!

COYOTELAND by @vanessahua.bsky.social is available 5/26/2026 from @flatironbooks.bsky.social @macmillanlib.bsky.social # fiction #BayArea #success #race #coyote #FireSeason #BookSky get your @libraryreads.bsky.social votes in by 4/1!

GHALEN by walter mosley is available 5/26/2026 from @amistadbooks.bsky.social @librarylovefest.bsky.social #BookSky get your @libraryreads.bsky.social votes in by 4/1!

BONE OF MY BONE by johanna van veen comes out 5/26/2026 from @poisonedpenpress.bsky.social @sbkslibrary.bsky.social #historical #relic #magic #blessing #curse #sapphic #BookSky get your @libraryreads.bsky.social votes in by 4/2!

SUPERGAY by frankie grande is available 5/26/2026 from @sourcebooks.bsky.social @sbkslibrary.bsky.social #memoir #queer #glitter #honesty #humor #BookSky get your @libraryreads.bsky.social votes in by 4/1!

DEATH'S DAUGHTER by s. a. barnes @staceykadeauthor.bsky.social is available 5/5/2026 from bramble @torbooks.bsky.social @macmillanlib.bsky.social #romantasy #mythology #DarkAcademia #succession #BookSky get your @libraryreads.bsky.social votes in by 4/1!

Most common answers include: Metal From Heaven by August Clarke Notes from a Regicide by Isaac Fellman The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones The West Passage by Jared Pechaček The Everlasting by Alix E Harrow Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera

MEMOIRS OF A GAY SHAH by reza farahan (with allie kingsley and tony baker) comes out 4/7/2026 from @sourcebooks.bsky.social @sbkslibrary.bsky.social #memoir #queer #HalfMuslim #HalfJewish #personality #BookSky

SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER by vincent yu is available 5/5/2026 from @flatironbooks.bsky.social @macmillanlib.bsky.social #debut #massachusetts #MissileAlert #survival #hope #chaos #BookSky get your @libraryreads.bsky.social votes in by 4/1!

SHE WAITS WHERE SHADOWS GATHER by michelle tang is available 5/5/2026 from @poisonedpenpress.bsky.social @sbkslibrary.bsky.social #horror #philippines #HauntedHouse #LockedIn #BookSky get your @libraryreads.bsky.social votes in by 4/1!

Check out @lambdaliterary.org's feed for covers of all the shortlisted titles! So much great work!

Terrific new article about how the idea of "neutrality" has been used for decades to deny the approval of #LCSH relating to marginalized people. Great description of how subject headings are created and how inordinate scrutiny is given to certain proposals in order to appear "unbiased." #critcat 📚

I cannot imagine trusting Copilot with Excel

If you’ve ever complained about shipping prices, please take that energy and direct it to your elected representatives. Tell them to fight for more funding of the postal service! If we lose the USPS it’s absolutely inevitable that shipping rates will increase with all carriers. 😤

$0.99 ✦ Slamdunked by Love by Jamie Wesley She was going to ruin her estranged father's life. But on the way, she accidentally ends up fake dating one of his basketball players. Oops. amzn.to/4dpnlYc Bookshop bookshop.org/a/111397/978... Kobo click.linksynergy.com/deeplink?id=...

RIGHT!?

Oh hey F1 racing romances are making a push, I guess the people who want to publish a white-characters-only book felt the hockey market was saturated #CollectionDevelopment #ReadersAdvisory #Romance #Sports

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It's three months old. What do you care? This is the cat-centric thread you need today.

Here are the April 2026 LibraryReads Top 10 picks! These forthcoming adult books received the most votes of approval from public library workers across the USA. Librarians, booksellers, and readers are bound to find good reads on this list every month.

LibraryReads is also pleased to present the April 2026 Hall of Fame list! These authors' most recent books have been voted as librarian favorites three times or more. Five authors are first-time Hall of Famers: Kate Clayborn, Kristin Perrin, Meg Shaffer, Emma Straub, and Kim Michele Richardson!

Next on our Top 10 (in alpha order by author's surname) is JAPANESE GOTHIC by Kylie Lee Baker! @librarylovefest.bsky.social

THIS WAS SO GOOD #historical #ff #icequeen

Next on the April 2026 LibraryReads Top 10 is MOLKA by Monika Kim! @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social

We hope you enjoy the great books coming out in April! Thanks to our partners at Edelweiss and @netgalley.bsky.social for helping us compile votes for our lists each month! Thanks to the publishers for your support and to the library workers who vote and write reviews!

What makes a hero? Can machines act morally? If creators have no ethics, what kind of machines do they make? My short run on BLACK PANTHER: INTERGALACTIC tackled questions that felt…relevant. And featured glorious artwork by Stefano Nesi. Last issue drops Tuesday. Read the run & fuck AI!

Really hoping we can get Hailey out of debt soon and help her to get back to work. Hailey is doing incredible work on transness, feminism and liberation, and her mom's cancer has derailed her a lot. I'd be super grateful if you could spare a few bucks. <3

Though the nyt produces a vast number of words about transgender ppl — far and away more stories than any major outlet this year — it’s been 3 years since it has published any in-depth examination of the hard-right groups like ADF and Heritage that have driven the anti-trans movement.

Nearly SEVEN hours and counting in CBA negotiations and nobody has left the room 😳 Players present: 🏀 Breanna Stewart 🏀 Nneka Ogwumike 🏀 Bri Turner 🏀 Alysha Clark League leadership and owners are there too. This is women’s history happening in real time. 👀 #WNBA

Little G: “Bell peppers are like regular peppers, but more flavorless.”

The gamification of state sanctioned violence preselected to harm marginalized populations Added to a dark reward pattern giving a Pavlovian response That’s great !! So awesome

Have you registered yet?! Don't miss tomorrow's (3/10) amazing @randomhousekids.bsky.social Summer 2026 Preview featuring upcoming picture books, early readers and chapter books, graphic novels, middle grade, and YA! Plus, a conversation with THE #ChrystalD.Giles! Save your seat now: bit.ly/4kDQSiq

You know what's really fun? Not cozying up to white supremacists. Not betraying the trust of your customers. Anyway, the boycott carries on.

I wrote about the first national book banning bill, which effectively seeks to erase trans people. At the end I include a link to let your reps know that you oppose this bill and all it stands for. lithub.com/why-we-must-...

Heads up #MediaLiteracy and #NewsLiteracy folks. If you only teach lateral reading, your students would miss this because their results would indicate NYT is a reliable source. Teach students to analyze legacy media outlets, too! 🍎 📚🗺️

Oh finally - my grocery store has AI now! So few spaces left where I don’t get to use AI! So glad to use AI to help me buy my green beans!

If I had one quibble with this article, is that I wish it made a point of explaining why there are a miniscule, tiny fraction of basketball romances (in the NBA or WNBA, straight or queer characters) compared to the fucking tsunami of hockey romance. It's the racism.

And so although ROOTING INTEREST is a fine book, there are other basketball romances written by Black authors and with Black MCs that you should also check out! fatedmates.net/basketball-r...

You can join the fight against book bans by signing the petition at www.bookbanpetition.us

Health care and social workers are already severely understaffed. Now, the administration is making the path to these advanced degrees even more unaffordable. Submit a comment today. Tell the Dept. of Education: Nurses and social workers are professionals! act.afscme.org/letters/tell...