While on the phone, I often find myself looking for something to do with my hands. Wife left out some craft supplies. She will now reap what she has sown. 😂 #GooglyEyes

Dad is going in for a routine heart procedure tomorrow. Called to just touch base, make sure he was good. Spent most of the time trouble shooting the sudden change in font sizes on his computer. 😂 (It was browser zoom - Ctrl-0 fixed it.)

“In 2022, fellow librarian Amanda Jones…defended access to information in the teen section of the public library….days later, memes started circulating on social media Several of them included pictures of her face, one with a target emblazoned upon it.” www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2025/0...

My HS Ss are requesting H.P. Lovecraft. I have a modest budget. Any must buys??? Corgi tax paid😉

I didn't know this was an option.

My Monday started with a very sweet gift from my art teacher 🥰 #librarian

Thank you to American Libraries for featuring That Librarian as a “Great Reads for and About Librarians! americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2025/09/02/o...

You need this.

And how about all those educators?

Couldn't fit it all in one post, but this is the quotation I used in my start of term lecture on university essay writing for the first-year students. I wanted to say something more than just "AI is Bad," and this captured it for me. What are we doing here if not creating and apprehending meaning?

Ted Chiang: "The task that generative A.I. has been most successful at is lowering our expectations, both of the things we read and of ourselves when we write [...]. It is a fundamentally dehumanizing technology because it treats us as less than what we are: creators and apprehenders of meaning."

If you're on #LinkedIn, this is the link for declining their use of your data for training their AI models: www.linkedin.com/mypreference...

"AI Experts Urgently Call on Governments to Think About Maybe Doing Something" "Let's just agree to something. Anything." #AIIsTheProblem #InfoLit #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians gizmodo.com/ai-experts-u...

A little music to start the day: Taylor Swift - “Shake It Off” youtu.be/nfWlot6h_JM

You can still register for today's webinar at 4pm PT/7 pm ET on sorting fact from fiction online! We’ll cover the research behind the Civic Online Reasoning curriculum, review materials, and discuss how these resources can be integrated into classrooms. Sign up now: https://loom.ly/zryviKY

Highly recommend #TLsky

Pre-order today for the paperback release on September 30th!

In our fight for intellectual freedom and the First Amendment rights of all, we cannot forget people experiencing incarceration. A phenomenal guest post from @bookstoprisoners.bsky.social on what's happening in prison censorship right now (& what you can do!): bookriot.com/books-to-pri...

Excerpt: “Despite the bounty of research about how access to books & libraries reduces recidivism, every day…the rules about which books are allowed in these institutions change without warning” #literacy #censorship @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social

And ALL librarians! Wait until you see the pile of books I am taking for school librarians to sign at AASL. I hope to get @mangalibrarian.bsky.social, @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social & some others just to name a few! You gotta send me an autographed photo too!

It’s the 21st of September to those who celebrate!

Emily Dickinson said “Much madness is divinest sense” so there’s that too!

So honored to be featured in this article by @palan57.bsky.social in @forbes.com talking about Trouble in Censorville. It’s such an important read especially in today’s world. Thank you Forbes for sharing our story and book with others. www.forbes.com/sites/peterg... #TLSky #EduSky

On this Sun Day when we celebrate the power of solar and other renewable energy, #TLSky #EduSky please take time to read my @worldsofwords.bsky.social book reviews of The Last Straw: Kids vs. Plastics and Black Beach: A Community, Oil Spill, and the Origin of Earth Day. wowlit.org/on-line-publ...

"AI Medical Tools Provide Worse Treatment for Women and Underrepresented Groups" "Making human biases worse." #AIIsTheProblem #InfoLit #TLSky #SchoolLibrary #EduSky gizmodo.com/ai-medical-t...

What might just be the sexiest three dots on the web.... If you geek out about #InfoLit and #MediaLiteracy #TLSky #Research Do you click that vertical ellipse in the snippet BEFORE you click the source?

How do you teach students to make good presentations? Here are some suggestions. #Edusky #TLsky #AASL #schoollibrarians Teaching How 'NOT' To Present ticklingtech.com/2025/09/21/t...

Heading to #AASL25? Come see @simplyrain.bsky.social & me at our IdeaLab session: The Humble Brag. 👏 We’ll share: 🦋 Starter packs to find your #Bluesky PLN 🤝 Practical strategies for networking 🙌 Why it’s okay (& essential!) to brag on yourself 🎉 And so much more! 🏆🌟💪😎💅 #HumbleBragAASL2025 #TLSky

Philip K. Dick said a rational person living in cruel times is right to feel a bit off: “Sometimes the appropriate response to reality is to go insane.”

"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits." www.computerworld.com/article/4059...

in education, creative industries, caring professions, and LABOR ORGANIZING, people are doing things, there's a movement against-a-i.com www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-luddit...

Did my good deed for the day. That means I get to be a horrible human being for the rest of the day.

Thank you for recognizing the gap and offering suggested books for young teens. We welcome younger YA books, especially murder mysteries, horror &humor! sites.prh.com/pyrmiddlesch... @penguinschoollib.bsky.social @penguinteen.bsky.social #youngteenlit #yalit #tlsky @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social

OOTD Today I do the much-needed work of the union as I chair a statewide committee at the all-committee day. Looking forward to seeing my peers.

NJASL will present awards at the joint conference at the Hard Rock in Atlantic City on Wednesday February 17, 2026! Info & Applications: www.njasl.org/Awards_Schol... Application deadline for all awards is October 15, 2025 - so don't delay, NJASL Members! #TLSky #SchoolLibrarians #TLSkyChat /end

AWARDS! Nominate a colleague or yourself by 10/15/25! Ruth Toor Outstanding Media Specialist Jean Harris Progressive School Library Media Program Outstanding Administrator Intellectual Freedom Exemplary Advocate Outstanding Volunteer Library Assistant More Info: www.njasl.org/Awards_Schol... /1

Lots of #stressdoodling lately. I think this was from last 4 days… hang in there everyone. Mostly fountain pens on the paper ones. Liking the dotted paper lately. The rest are in @procreate.com

A little music to start the day: Mike + The Mechanics - “The Living Years” (Official Video) youtu.be/5hr64MxYpgk

Thank you to @brookegladstone.bsky.social and @onthemedia.bsky.social for having me on. It was an honor and a pleasure to discuss @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social film about 37 minutes in. bit.ly/3Vpc8xd

📣 Let's GO! Join us THIS Wednesday at 8pm EST for #TLSkyChat - an educational chat for school librarians and the people who love them! 💻 Checkout this week's topic along with other goodies at tlskychat.com/schedule! 🌟💬📚❤️ #tlsky #edusky #librarians #skybrarians #libraries #nonfiction

A long week that started with Back to School Night ended with the successful start of our media center's 4th & 5th grade self-checkout station & the return of 5th grade knitting/crochet club. 15 kids & our principal came in at recess to knit/crochet! #SchoolLibrary #TLSky #EduSky

A little music to start the day: Phil Collins - “Take Me Home” youtu.be/sRY1NG1P_kw

Looking forward to meeting up at at the @aaslala.bsky.social National Conference. See you there! #AASL25 #tlsky

Kimmel wasn’t fired for his remarks on Kirk—he was fired for using his platform to expose & critique our government. Enough! We especially need large corporations, with the money & influence they have, to fight back. If you believe in the #FirstAmendment, please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/ki...

Anyone have a h.s. Manga series that is FLYING off the shelves that isn't the usual suspects?

I think we should just stop calling it soft or self. Just call it what it is. It’s censorship. Soft or self gives it cushioning it doesn’t deserve.

I am a rational, scientific person. I'm an atheist. I don't believe in the supernatural. But I have to look askance at the world when I say to Wife before leaving for work, "I'm glad you haven't caught this head cold I've had for a week," and return home from work to find Wife is sick. 🤔😂

Our intermediate grade school community based special education classes listened to HURRY, LITTLE TORTOISE, TIME FOR SCHOOL! by @carriefinison.bsky.social w/art by Erin Kraan, then made paper plate tortoises w/green circle stickers on their shells. #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrary

Unserious post. Making #AASL25 stickers. What size do folks like? Shape? Hologram? 😅 #tlchat #tlsky

A little music to start the day: “Just A Gigolo (Remastered)” by Louis Prima youtu.be/6s7Dsb0v178