I think a 1973 Charlotte's Web script (sans songs) with the 2006 visuals would have been a version White might have liked.

NEW ENGLANDERS who care about SCHOOL/ACADEMIC LIBRARIES/LIBRARIANS and INFORMATION/MEDIA LITERACY: The New England Commission of Higher Education’s has eliminated all references to libraries, librarians, and information resources from the draft of their 2026 Accreditation Standards. (🧵)

The thing I am most mad about with the Paramount thing is now my precious Ghosts are held hostage 😭* *I'm madder about the fascism of it all.

Incredible Google Alert just dropped.

I loved Pete Hegseth's set at the Riyadh Comedy Festival.

The Ghostbusters were brave enough to depict Dan Akroyd getting a ghost BJ but they did not dare venture into the colorful world of boob ghosts, so I guess it's on me. Hantu Tetek is a Malay spirit who smothers kids and men who stay out after dusk with her enormous cans.

When you find a children's book about scrimshaw, and your father and sister are like, two of six people who make it, you add it to your TBR immediately.

This is just the best. Perfect host for a perfect reboot of a perfect show.

I'm bragging a lot lately, but I've been so fortunate to jump from podcast fan to podcast friend this month, all over the place. Chelsey Weber-Smith and I discuss the history and legacy of SCARY STORIES by Alvin Schwartz and Stephen Gammell for their most excellent folklore podcast AMERICAN HYSTERIA

I want to know your local LORE! I'm making a video on an RI bogeyman, Fingernail Freddy (No he did not influence Kreuger). I wanna compare him to other state's bogeymen legends. I'm especially interested in similar stories to his (disfigured man loses kids, lashes out at other kids in response). TY!

🎼 Mother cannot guide you/Now you're on your own 🎵

the political policy cure for “male loneliness” is - more time to hang with the fellas (4 day work week) - more money to spend with the fellas (higher wages) - more things to do with the fellas (taxing the rich and building 3rd spaces)

Charlotte’s Web is a sacred text and Charlotte’s passing should never be the butt of a tasteless joke. @cosbrarian.bsky.social

I make sure I talk like a 19th century newsboy to balance out the digital and analog.

Curate a thoughtful, unique display and no one will take anything from it, but hot damn, you put together an Apples display for the 900th year in a row and that shit goes flying off the shelf. This is no shade on apple books or the people who love them, it's just fact (at least in New England).

Whew, yeah, this continues to be a prevailing belief in a lot of "good" "blue" states by folks who've been privileged to turn off awareness of what's happening *everywhere*.

"Tom's book isn't just a guide to fortune telling as a craft. It's also the real-life story of becoming and unbecoming and becoming a diviner once more, much bolder and truer as a result..." Thomas Witholt, founder of Hermit's Mirrorauthor of the Seaborn Kipper and Tarot Tableau: the Fool's Journey

Share your favorite black and white film.

hi, cis folks! do you trust the senate to decide whether you can have healthcare or if you legally exist under the law or where you can legally wash your hands or pee? neither do we! please tap into the thread & tell senators our civil rights & lives matter—even more than the jimmy kimmel show!

ANIMORPHS ASSEMBLE

WHAT A WEEK, Y'ALL. I had SUCH a delightful conversation with Alex and Samuel about the weirdest/saddest/snappiest movie you watched in school - and the book and media that led to it.

Hi friends! I had the immense pleasure of chatting about fairytales and more w/ Adam Gidwitz on his delightful podcast Grimm, Grimmer, Grimmest, a family-friendly storytelling pod that focuses on dark fairytales. I've shared the YouTube link, but the podcast is available across podcast platforms.

I am proud to support @davidmoralespvd.bsky.social for #Providence mayor. Like Mamdani, I think he balances progressive policy aims with flexible means. I see him as a leader who will focus on the #housingcrisis, be an advocate for #RIPTA, and stand up to the #Trump Regime's assault on our people.

Under the moonlight, you see a sight that almost stops your heart

Been talking to people quite a bit about how it's easy to understand "cancel Disney+!" but harder to understand the initial and bigger problem is with Nexstar and Sinclair, so lemme make it easier. Find your local Nexstar channel Find your local Sinclair channel

Never thought I'd be using musical theatre announcements as a barometer for fascism and yet ...

Have you ever convinced the cooler version of you to work together, and now a person who produced the Netflix series of their bestselling book is in a video with you, where you flail around your living room wearing a TikTok mustache, puppeting a cat bed? BIG DAY HERE, FOLKS: youtu.be/Q_iRCBVQAIo

Amazing readings, a F*cked Up Fae Fizz, & s'mores? That's what BBB offered on Wednesday with tales from @davidmack.bsky.social @kaileepedersen.bsky.social @randeedawn.com & @cosbrarian.bsky.social ! More pics at the link -- & join us 10/21 for sips, stories and MORE! randeedawn.com/bonus/brookl...

🎼Tonight, tonight I'm telling tales tonight Tonight I'll share a weird fairy tale Tonight, tonight, I'll read my book tonight Which will hopefully lead to booksaaaaales 🎵... Ahem

THEY MADE A FUFT DRINK

F*CKED UP FAIRY TALES (and more!) IN BROOKLYN TOMORROW

This isn’t cancel culture. It’s “obeying in advance.” A similar thing happened after 9/11. Mainstream media from movie trailers to radio stations not only removed anything that could be related to the towers, but also any art/artists that questioned authority, like Rage Against the Machine.

[deep breath, channels Cynthia] It's MEEEE! THANK YOU to LibraryReads for featuring F*cked Up Fairy Tales as your "Notable Nonfiction" pick for October! Migdalia of Chicago PL has been a huge champion of FUFT; I am so grateful to her for hyping it up. To be loved by librarians is a warm hug.

Thanks to @cosbrarian.bsky.social for joining us -- and giving us the most fun way to name a drink!

A friend of mine in a Massachusetts school system told me that conservative families there are sending teachers death threats and doxxing them for their opinions (or lack of mourning) for CK. People. Have Lost. Their Minds.

Hold on to your hats: The next BBB reading at Barrow's Intense is on 9/17 -- a WEDNESDAY! Grab your smelling salts and prepare for tales from authors @cosbrarian.bsky.social @davidmack.bsky.social @kaileepedersen.bsky.social and @randeedawn.com starting at 7pm! 📚🎙️🧉 More: BrooklynBooksBooze.com

On my mind. ♥️

Bold statement by my cats. Also: a good reminder to read the books you buy in a prompt manner, because someone might kick them into their pee sandbox, and then what?

WTFING F BRO I MEAN I KNOW YOU SUCK AND HE WAS YOUR PODCAST BOY BUT EVEN CONSIDERING THAT THIS IS A FUCKING WILD THING TO SAY

Wednesday 9/17 at 7pm: Brooklyn Books & Booze at Barrow's Intense @bklynbooksbooze.bsky.social @cosbrarian.bsky.social @davidmack.bsky.social @randeedawn.com (3/3)

Why would a county evict a library over $1 a year? Because a small group of far-right sycophants is so full of bigotry and hatred toward a diverse community that they'll do anything to defund this Oregon public library. A long, necessary read about libraries today. bookriot.com/josephine-co...

BBB'ers, hold on to your hats: Our next monthly reading is on 9/17 -- a WEDNESDAY! Grab your smelling salts and prepare for tales from authors @cosbrarian.bsky.social @davidmack.bsky.social @kaileepedersen.bsky.social and @randeedawn.com starting at 7pm! 📚🎙️🧉 More: BrooklynBooksBooze.com

This is an oldie but great essay by Jill Lepore about Anne Carroll Moore's weird vendetta against Stuart Little and Charlotte's Web:

Peppa Pig, your days are numbered.

I keep trying to upload to Skylight so my short vids will be posted here, but man, it is so far from user-friendliness. I can't get anything uploaded there. And you can only upload 1 min videos direct to bsky.

BBB fans, brace yourself: Our next monthly reading at Barrow's Intense in #IndustryCity is on 9/17 -- a WEDNESDAY! Prepare for tales from authors @cosbrarian.bsky.social @davidmack.bsky.social @kaileepedersen.bsky.social and @randeedawn.com starting at 7pm! 📚🎙️🧉 More: BrooklynBooksBooze.com

**gestures?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!??! then just screams forever**

For no real reason, thinking about this piece about the "headline news about famous guy saying transphobic thing" industrial complex I wrote for Paste two years ago. Just before everything got worse. www.pastemagazine.com/music/transp...