Support Local Media @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social has created a directory of the more than 2200 local news outlets in the 50 states. This holiday season, please consider getting or gifting a local newspaper subscription. Defend democracy. www.mediaanddemocracyproject.org/journalism-d...

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Actionable Item -- Fighting Book Bans Contact Governor Hochul of New York and demand that she sign the Freedom to Read Act. 1-518-474-8390 It is SITTING ON HER DESK waiting for her signature. Stand up for the right to read. Protect our freedom to access books, stories, and histories in schools.

Watch the film, A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE, read his deranged and sick post about Rob Reiner, and then sit with the notion that this monstrous fuck is the person with the nuclear football. Every person who supported this rapidly deteriorating and increasingly unhinged evildoer is responsible for this.

The Supreme Court Just Opened the Door to a New Era of Book Bans An important article from @librarianjones.com and Suzette Baker explaining how the citizens of Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi no longer have the same rights as the rest of the nation. time.com/7341120/book...

Authors Against Book Bans This is what doing the work looks like -- thank you AABB hero Susan Matello. In 2025, there were 333 districts with elections who had “Censorship Attacks” recorded in 2023. In those districts’ races, pro-book candidates dominated over anti-book candidates by a 3:1 ratio!

Reintroduction! I run The Author Village, a forward-thinking speakers’ bureau, a collective of award-winning book creators for young people, educators, and librarians available for school and library visits, conference appearances, and professional development experiences. www.TheAuthorVillage.com

Looking forward to being part of this now sold out special screening of @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social tomorrow evening! Books Save Lives

University of Oklahoma -- Academic Standards If you care anything about academic standards in higher education -- or education in general -- the situation at the University of Oklahoma is one to follow. This article will bring you up to speed. Highly recommend. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

I can’t believe it’s true, but if you turn on Kelly Clarkson on Monday, you might see little ol’ me! (FYI it’s just two minutes at the very end!)

I newslettered! Why is that always so hard, to make a monthly newsletter? Why is it harder for me than other kinds of writing? Does anybody else struggle with this? laurelsnyder.substack.com/p/the-year-i...

Such awful news about Jason Collins and his prognosis. www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...

***IMPORTANT THREAD***** If you are anywhere near York County, South Carolina, PLEASE show up to their board meeting tomorrow. It is, of course and intentionally, at NOON tomorrow at For Mill Library. Here's York County Library's background, yes, still ongoing: bookriot.com/whats-happen...

Library Board of Trustees -- Fired! The Randolph County Public Library Board of Trustees got fired this week because they refused to honor a request by patrons to remove “Call Me Max” from the collection. Please take a moment to read about what happened. www.randolphhub.com/article/news...

AT LAST SHE STOOD by @erinentrada.bsky.social was one of my favorite non-fiction books for young people this year. I learned a piece of history I knew very little about. The book is featured in Philippines Esquire this week. Worth checking out. www.esquiremag.ph/culture/book...

How to Support Anti-Book Censorship Work Through Holiday Giving. Looking for impactful ways to help protect book access and the freedom to read? Here's another terrific post from Kelly Jensen at @bookriot.bsky.social that offers a number of excellent suggestions! bookriot.com/gifting-with...

Sharing Some Most Excellent Book News! @mikecurato.bsky.social and I are making a book together! It's called TOO BIG TO SAY. The book is part novel and part graphic novel. It's for upper middle grade readers... and everyone! We can't wait for it to be out in the world in spring 2027.

World AIDS Day Science is real and life-saving. Humans living with HIV who are on an effective antiretroviral treatment and have an undetectable viral load cannot transmit HIV sexually. PrEP is a medicine that prevents HIV. It's taken in pill form or by injection. It reduces HIV risk by over 99%.

The current regime and its MAGA followers are responsible for skyrocketing health insurance premiums and the closing of community health clinics. They did this. Know that every single time they try to deflect, attack, and change the subject to President Biden and Democrats. They did this.

The current regime and its MAGA followers are responsible for the rising cost of electricity and utilities. They did this. Know that every single time they try to deflect, attack, and change the subject to President Biden and Democrats. Don’t allow it. They did this. Make them own it.

Since 1988, every year on December 1, communities have joined together to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS and to honor the lives affected by the epidemic. This week, the current regime announced the United States will not commemorate World AIDS Day. (Gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...

In 2024, AUTHORS AGAINST BOOK BANS, the author and creator wing of the fight to protect the freedom to read, was established. This month, thanks to @everylibrary.bsky.social, the organization now has a fiscal sponsor and can accept tax free donations. www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/donate/

Why Sexual Content Matters in Young Adult Literature This is such an important article from @penamerica.bsky.social. It includes a terrific interview with editor @andrewkarre.bsky.social. Definitely worth a few minutes of your day. pen.org/andrew-karre...

Mark your calendars! On Thursday December 16, in Bedford, New York, @barbaradee.bsky.social and I will be leading the panel discussion following the screening of documentary film, THE LIBRARIANS.

Commencement Speakers: Are you looking for an inspiring, engaging, and highly relevant speaker for your spring 2026 commencement ceremony? Consider one of the authors, educators, or librarians from The Author Village.

Putting it out into the universe and wishing it into existence: Two or three of the cowards who joined MAGA and chose to appease the petty tyrant yesterday are going to collectively announce they're changing their votes. Capitulation is complicity. Resist this regime. Resist relentlessly.

Appeasement never works with lawless tyrants. Caving is complicity.

Healthcare is a human right. They are taking away our healthcare. Caving is complicity.

A failure of leadership. A failure of resolve. This petty mob-boss wannabe tyrant is lawless. Appeasement is complicity. Resist. Resist relentlessly.

AI and the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge This article has been making the rounds on social this week. It's not an easy or pleasant read, but it sure is an important one. When you have a few moments, please take the time to read and process this. www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...

They are trying to take away our healthcare, restrict our movement by cutting air travel, take away our food, ban our books, gut our schools, and disappear our neighbors. Groceries prices are not going down. Gas prices are not going to down. He is a monstrous evildoer. He is a vile creature.

I saw that @occupydemocrats.bsky.social and @everylibrary.bsky.social had posted this, and as a result, I believed the information was accurate, verified, and sourced. It was not. I need to do better. We need to do better. Just because we want something to be true, doesn't mean it is. (2/2)

Like so many others this week, I shared the false information that the book banning extremist group Moms For Liberty had lost all 31 of their races on Tuesday and was now 0-59 in contested school board races since 2023. (1/2)

You know who else got sent a message on Tuesday? Those who support book bans and censorship. Bad people ban books. Books save lives.

This petty, mob boss-wannabe tyrant and his cowardly followers are trying to take away our healthcare, restrict our movement by cutting air travel, take away our food, ban our books, gut our schools, and disappear our neighbors. This is authoritarianism. Resist. Resist relentlessly.

Turn the Volume Up!

There are so many more of us. Vote. Resist. Resist relentlessly.

This petty, mob boss-wannabe tyrant and his cowardly followers are trying to take away our healthcare, our food, our books, and our neighbors. He has shut down our government. If you’re still sitting this one out, it’s time to get off the sidelines and get involved. Resist. Resist relentlessly.

The Knicks are not my team, but I’m rooting for them this season. I want to see Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social ride in the parade through the Canyon of Heroes next spring during Pride Month.

Hold Them Accountable! Thank you to @librarianjones.com for the courage and conviction to stand up to those who spread hateful lies about librarians and educators. It was never about the money. It was always about the truth and integrity. Thank you, Amanda Jones. Courage is indeed contagious.

They know people are going to suffer and starve. They know kids are going to suffer and starve. They know they have the power to prevent this. They know they control this. But they don't. Power and control. Power, control, and cruelty. It's the cruelty. It's their cruelty. Resist.

Thanks again to all the libraries sharing information about local food resources while the federal government isn’t functioning and SNAP may not be available. Our library, the Newburgh Free Library, shared this verified list of local food resources. Please share such information in your community

Thank you to all the libraries sharing information about local food resources while the federal government isn’t functioning and SNAP may not be available. Our library, the Newburgh Free Library, shared this verified list of local food resources. Please share such information in your community.

The gaslighting is real.

Superintendent CJ Cammack, this is your response? Cowardice revisionism. How dare you fail to respect the humanity of @joannahowrites.bsky.social and @carolinekpritchard.bsky.social. More importantly, how dare you fail to respect the humanity of all the students and families in your community.

Censored in California Authors @joannahowrites.bsky.social and @carolinekpritchard.bsky.social have issued a statement in response to the book banning and censorship situation that took place at Country Club Elementary School in San Ramon, California. Please take a moment to read their words.

Thank you to the community who has rallied around to support!

Why did @joannahowrites.bsky.social and @carolinekpritchard.bsky.social have their author visit for their book THE DAY THE BOOKS DISAPPEARED (illus. by @dansantat.bsky.social) cancelled minutes before the school assembly was supposed to begin? bookriot.com/the-day-the-...

This morning, a New York City friend let me know that after voting for Cuomo in the primary, he voted for Mamdani in the general. When I asked him what made him change his mind, he told me the Adams endorsement. And he let me know he had other friends who felt the same way. Let’s go Zohran!

This week, @glamour.com announced its Women of the Year. Ms. Rachel is part of the class of 2025. If you're not familiar with her efforts and activism, please consider taking a few moments to learn about the extraordinary work she's doing. www.glamour.com/story/ms-rac...