Now that’s a great bookshelf. 🥰 Artwork by @maggietokudahall.bsky.social and so many books written by friends. What other recs would fill out my burgeoning collection?

Literacy and learning thrive when information and stories can be shared freely. We urge lawmakers to reject this legislation that directly threatens the principles of intellectual freedom and our First Amendment rights. #VoteNOonHR7661 #VoteNOonHR8705 #VoteNOonHR2616

The killer was the #txlege, in the school library, with the purse strings. What a terrible update this is. I’m saddened for AISD students, and hope to see some LOUD, angry parents, students, school board members, and librarians speaking out about this. austincurrent.org/2026/05/29/a...

🚨Texans: our SBOE has the lege’s boot on its neck, and our kids are paying the price for it. Call. Write. Vote. Repeat.

These are just a couple of examples of the idiotic book banning that HR 2616 will enable if our senate passes it. What other examples can you think of? Call. Write. Vote. Repeat.

Move over, @tamorapierce.bsky.social’s Alanna books from school libraries if HR 2616 passes. www.tamora-pierce.net/books/alanna...

HR 2616 would ban picture books about Mulan, like these, from school libraries. books.disney.com/brand/disney...

What does this bill mean? It means a prohibition on picture books like @marissamosswriter.bsky.social’s Nurse, Soldier, Spy www.abramsbooks.com/product/nurs.... My kid LOVED this book, and we had a great talk about women and feminism and sexism after we checked it out of the library.

Thank you @authorsabb.bsky.social for this handy guide. I tried to read the text of this bill, and was confused because I didn’t see this wording any where in it. You have to read the Rules Committee version, here. rules.house.gov/sites/evo-su... 🧵

YES! Thank you to this Texan daughter of a librarian! More of this, please. Thank you for using your platform, Jenna!

Dear Stephen Colbert, You may be no fan of dictionaries or reference books, but we're fans of yours. ❤️ -The Wordinistas at Merriam-Webster

Was wearing my ACLU Dissent is Patriotic t-shirt while shopping in Fredericksburg, Texas. A woman comes up and literally whispers to me, “Psst, I love your shirt. It’s nice to see that, especially in Texas right now.” That’s what it’s like here, y’all.

Davis School District's school board banned FIGHT CLUB . . . without talking about Fight Club. And the committee decisions show they removed this book even though they determined it doesn't have sensitive materials. #utpol #freadom #bannedbooks @letutahread.bsky.social

This is phenomenal pushback from Ms. Checka!!

I had copious evidence presented to me today that library advocacy people are the best people. Truly. I am so thankful for my massive community of fellow advocates.

I agree: the current state of book censorship is far more frightening than Goosebumps, The Exorcist, or Interview With A Vampire.

Great quote here from @redgoldsparks.bsky.social. Other great quotes here and mentions from @samhelmick.bsky.social, @authorsabb.bsky.social, and @penamerica.bsky.social in this piece from @theguardian.com. This is why we advocates do what we do. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Let’s keep digging, y’all. Rock bottom’s gonna be a little further down. Non-fiction. Truth and facts are not for kids, apparently. Thank you, @penamerica.bsky.social! www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...

Great interview from @readersdigest.bsky.social with author Patricia McCormick about book banning. Includes this retelling of an absolutely bonkers discussion with a M4L member. www.rd.com/article/patr...

While these budget cuts are awful, there is a lesson to be learned here. It was LOUD COMMUNITY SUPPORT that prevented these budgetary decisions from eliminating librarian staffing decisions from the equation. Austin ISD librarians, students, and parents showed up and it worked. Kudos!

This killed me today. 😆

6:30am, weekday Kid: Mom, is there a third Butt or Face? Me: Yes. Kid: Is there a fourth Butt or Face? Me: I don’t think @karilavellewrites.bsky.social has published a fourth one yet. Kid: Well, can you get us the third? Yes. Yes I can. ☺️

My kids wanted to make cakes from a Food Network cookbook that we checked out from the library. So far it looks like glazed poop. 😝 HA!

@skyeperryman.bsky.social telling it like it is, offering us a sober view on the current 6-3 makeup of SCOTUS.

What a spectacular essay on the joys of reading by Sam Leith. This is a mirror for me. 😍 www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

THIS ⬇️ Im glad to see the backlash to Blink’s marketing approach. Not all books are for all people. That’s cool. It’s not cool to yuck someone else’s yum or villainize books and reading choices.

Look at these great findings from some of my favorite people at @txfreedomread.bsky.social and @everylibrary.bsky.social! www.txftrp.org/school_board...

Hey, Texas school librarians: got some stories to share about how SB12 and SB13 have made things bad for your students? I want to know about it, and would love some stories I can share anonymously with our state legislature. Please share!

Some great new polling results from the Texas Library Association. At a time when public discourse has questioned the relevance of libraries and the role of librarians, the data tells a very different story. Texans love our libraries!

How great is this?! Thanks, @txfreedomread.bsky.social and @penamerica.bsky.social!

Oh, it’s a great day when The Onion @theonion.com is in your mailbox! Finally, some REAL news. 😆

@heykellyjensen.bsky.social and @flfreedomread.bsky.social have been saying this for years. Great piece here.

Im so very thankful for the efforts of @dannovack.bsky.social, @mrchrastka.bsky.social, @sarahlamdan.bsky.social and others highlighted here!

Lies. All my fellow 30Rock fans know this is a word.

This sounds fantastic! Can’t wait to watch. Thank you, ACLU!

I received my new t-shirt from @aclutx.bsky.social this weekend. You can get your own at www.bonfire.com/store/aclu-o...

this is insane libraries actually pushing back and keeping thousands of kids books instead of folding immediately like wow resistance exists what else aren’t we hearing about

Yes! If your district is proposing giving money to this company, maybe offer up this free solution and save your district thousands of dollars.

Great piece from @19thnews.org about the ongoing toll of censorship on librarians. Features @samhelmick.bsky.social and several librarians from across the country. 19thnews.org/2026/04/book...

LOVE this initiative from @everylibrary.bsky.social. They continue to carve out new territory in efforts to fight for our libraries and civil rights. @irishalpern.bsky.social is running for office, and so am I. Why not you?

I contacted my congressperson today. Again. More. Have you? NO to HR 7661.

PRH v Gibson, 11th circuit It’s worth a listen.

Penguin Random House, et al., v. Chair, Florida SBOE, et al. has oral arguments in the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals today. You can livestream here. I’m going to be watching and cheering. Thank you @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social for fighting the good fight. video.ibm.com/channel/ggNZ...

There is no way that the country can allow the Fifth Circuit's en banc decision allowing forced classroom presentation of the Ten Commandments to exist alongside Mahmoud. It's laughable. And offensive. It's discussed elsewhere, but Higginson, dissenting, got the last word — and it's good:

Soooo, now that this data is available to EVERYBODY, it should be even more apparent to schools and librarians that OnShelf/BookmarkED is a waste of money. 👀

The ALA Office of Intellectual Freedom released a Censorship Search Portal with more than 30 years of data on book bans. I have tracked the banning of my own books–all have been there–but this is higher than my count, even! Here's the database: www.ala.org/bbooks/censo...

“At the end of the day, this is all part of parents being part of the process and feeling good…” -Tx state rep Hillary Hickland Wait a minute, I thought this was about “pRoTeCtInG cHiLdReN”? You mean it’s *actually* about assuaging some parents’ feelings? Shocking. 🙄

*This* is how you Wreck ‘em, Tech. I applaud TTU AAUP and am proud of my high school classmate Dr. Geiger!