Help me expand the Spanish book collection in my Title I school library! My students would be so happy to have more variety on the shelves. Use code LIFTOFF for the next few days to double your contribution! #donorschoose #schoollibrary

I’m going to have to add back a good 15-20 mins to my commute tomorrow to deal with WPAFB base gate traffic again! Will be glad to see the parking lots full again.

I fear that I would have *too* much fun if my school had a poster printer 😂 loved all the vendor swag at the @oelma.bsky.social conference!

Highlight of the @oelma.bsky.social conference was meeting @librarianjones.com and hearing her fantastic keynote! As a newer school librarian, I’m so inspired by her advocacy.

I got my $1 and my apology. I met falsehood with resolve, and I claimed my own voice by defending it. And in that single dollar, my truth stands taller than every lie told. Let it be known: I will never back down.

Weed with me! We made it through the 5k guided readers that had sat untouched for 2 years 🙌🏻

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Adventures in elementary library weeding - I genuinely want to watch this though 😂 Martin Short and Molly Ringwald circa 1985? Should be fantastic.

As a former kid who spent hours poring through every school yearbook, it makes me happy to see my kids doing the same. And as a bonus, I’m responsible for the entire yearbook process at the school, so I am VERY glad they’re finally out of my hands 😅

I interviewed for a children’s librarian position last week, which included reading aloud a book to the interview panel over Zoom! They went along with the cues I gave as if they were the preschoolers I was reading to 😂 my kinda people! #librarylove

Dear publishers: please use matte paper for your picture books instead of glossy!! Our school library stamps stay so much better on matte paper when we’re doing processing. Also, it’s easier for kids to see the pictures during read alouds without the glare. Signed, school librarians 😅 #kidlit #tlsky

As IMLS closes its doors and many states face massive library budget cuts, please use this week to visit your local library AND use your voice to advocate for the importance of libraries in our communities. Call your representatives!!

Absolutely in panic mode since I’m supposed to be moving in 2 months and still haven’t found a job or a rental 😭🥲😭

WITNESS Hope laced up her boots this morning, grabbed her sign and marched down Main Streets from coast to coast, to drown out every vestige of despair, distress, and fear by shouting louder than loud: I. AM. HERE. April 5, 2025 Nikki Grimes.

I just had to explain both the concept of a meme AND the none pizza w/ left beef meme to my 6yo 🤪

It may be breaking, but @booker.senate.gov's voice has never been more powerful. Thank you, my friend, for speaking out for freedom, justice, and the country we love.

Mid-terms? More like mid-semester breakdown and regrets! #gradschoolishard

I survived the chaos of every student’s password getting changed as the school tech aide 🥲 I need a nap and a sweet treat

Vance whining to Zelensky that he didn’t say thank you sounded like me in my first month of teaching when I sucked at classroom management

Everything Is Tuberculosis: The first chapter. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCbD...

As my 4 yo ran to the parking lot, too quickly for my comfort, I yelled after him “DO YOU WANT THE SWITCH?” Y’all, I meant the Nintendo Switch. He’d asked if he could play later & he had to earn it by following directions. But it accidentally sounded like I was threatening corporal punishment 😭😅😂

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ADHD in adulthood is constantly feeling like you’re a few tasks away from being all caught up, even on your most productive days

The #p4a2025 vibes will be everlasting with this amazing find at Marshall’s! Honk and Bonk’s long lost cousin, Jonk, perhaps? @hankgreen.bsky.social @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social @projectforawesome.bsky.social

I know it’s time to go to bed when I’ve suddenly found a new craft that I *need* to buy a lot of supplies for

We haven’t had school since Tuesday the 11th, and the night before we finally go back, I can’t sleep because of a sore throat and runny nose. Why, immune system, why?? We’ve barely left the house!

John is serving Arnold all grown up realness #P4A2025

Throwback to the first Project for Awesome that I was *really* into and when I found the Tuataria community - when baby Hazel was just a year old. Now she’s 6.5 and asked me if I’m “watching the pizza guys again” 😂 #P4A2025 #P4A #nerdfighteria

30 Rock used to be one of my comfort watches in high school and college, and I realized tonight that I haven’t rewatched it in probably ten years! I still apparently know the first few episodes word for word 😂

Planning to go grocery shopping during the Super Bowl, two days before a snow storm in the KC area - best idea ever. Shelves are restocked and the aisles are emptyyyy 🙌🏻

Okay, pals. Time for action this month. We're going to do that by funding classrooms that are specifically seeking out Black history books. These classrooms are those that are in historically underfunded communities. These asks are from teachers whose students benefit directly.

My 4 year old loooves playing Mario Kart on my Switch, and he used to only do the time trials because he didn’t like losing against the other characters. He tried out a race yesterday and now he’s played like 8 rounds undefeated 😂 hope this means he’s going to be a good driver in ~12 years!!

Come with me as I pull books for our PK-2 school library’s #blackhistorymonth book display! These are just a few of our many titles that tell stories of Black history and Black futures - and we read them all year round #EduSky #TLSky #schoollibrarian

After all the talk about Target pulling back on its DEI initiatives and removing black owned brands, I was surprised to see this email in my inbox

The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...

This is the nightmare scenario that runs through my head during every takeoff and landing at DCA 😢 so awful

They got close to 20 years of data from our district 🙃

The PowerSchool data breach is SUCH a mess. They knew about it on December 28 and didn’t tell districts until January 7. So slow… they’re lucky that districts get set in their ways and don’t want to do the work to switch school software #edusky

It's still January.

For anyone in the midst of a divorce or separation, here’s a short piece I wrote about ending my marriage two years ago. The light-soaked days are coming!

One of our teachers had all of her students write apology notes to each specials teacher after a few weeks of rough behavior. They hand delivered them and spoke their apology too. I started class with a convo about fresh starts! ♥️ I love this teacher so much for this. #edusky

Teaching my 1st & 2nd graders about their digital footprint and internet safety this week - gotta do my part to keep these babies safe in this online world #TLSky #digitalliteracy

Back at school for only the second day of work for me in the last month 🙃 my kids are fiiiiinally over the flu

Lately, my 6yo has been asking for a lot of reassurance that it’s okay that she’s having big emotions. She’ll ask, “mommy, if [situation] happened to you when you were 6, would you also feel [big feeling]?” My answer is always yes. We all need our feelings validated by the people we love & trust.

Not everyone can run or sit on a board. Good thing there are literally dozens of other proactive means of defending libraries and schools! Here are but 56: bookriot.com/56-small-tas...

lmaoooooo TikTok is back ???

I liked TikTok because I got to be who I really am in my heart: a creepy little lurker who watches everything and says little.

welcome, TikTok refugees! we are basically nothing like TikTok whatsoever here but we’re an excellent place to complain about it

I keep going to open up TikTok and it’s only been down for like ten minutes 😭😢😭

Screaming into the void at this insanity #tiktokshutdown