Thank you @everylibrary.bsky.social for giving me a platform to write this highly personal reflection on the past and the present times… journals.library.wustl.edu/pollib/artic...

And this is what happened today @aaslala.bsky.social #aasl2025 #aasl25 Congratulations to my wonderful partner in research, @brendastewartboyer.bsky.social

There have been two hosts in the history of Reading Rainbow. The Legend of Literacy, LeVar Burton! And... me, Mychal Threets, a librarian 🥹🤯 I am a reader, a librarian because LeVar Burton and Reading Rainbow made us believe and see we belong in books, we belong everywhere ✨ youtu.be/e7es7qdWVnU

The 2025 #TIME100NEXT list is out! I'm honored to be a part of this group: time.com/next @la-cac.org

Amanda Jones Named to 2025 TIME100 Next List www.slj.com/story/Amanda...

On Wednesday morning, Poland shot down several Russian drones that entered its airspace—a first since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. The incident disrupted air travel and set the region on edge.

A queer author moved to Maryland to dodge discrimination. Book bans have followed.

Worried about your child’s screentime? Get a landline | Emma Brockes

"As ICE transforms into a massive, un-uniformed, masked domestic army ... there’s reason to believe it could backfire," writes @joshuamzeitz in his analysis. Explore the historical backlash to militarized forces in civilian life and what it could mean for 2025 👇

“In a world that feels increasingly unjust, I believe activism is not a choice, but a duty.”

For those of us who grew up learning about WWII… doesn’t this remind you of the something? In many cities/towns Nazis instituted something that in Polish was called „łapanki”… which can be translated into „captures”… they were capturing anyone who might have any visible Jewish features

“Librarians are the pillars of democracy” @georgetakei.bsky.social #alaac2025

“Librarians are the pillars of democracy” @georgetakei.bsky.social #alaac2025

@thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social patiently awaiting @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social #alasc2025

I don’t like celebrity news. I find them distracting from real world issues. Having that said… shouldn’t we all be invited? We cover his taxes, right?

Just imagine the possibilities if we invested in libraries and education... www.thetimes.com/world/europe...

NEWS: B2 Stealth Bombers on the Move Ahead of Trump's Critical National Security Meeting open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

Why am I getting USA news faster from PL than here? This Polish radio station just announced that American B-2’s left USA?

My prediction is that in the near future you will be able to tell if your interlocutor uses their brain or AI tool to craft their written responses…

Came to this country over 20 years ago to “the land of free”… never have I thought I will be going to a protest demanding the respect of basic human liberties…

Really? Handcuffed an 80yo with a walker? substack.com/@harryjsisso...

I’m lost for words…

Is this DC or … Moscow?

Growing up in Poland a couple of decades ago, when I saw news like this, I would always assume that the USA is the country providing stability, supporting democratic efforts and values, and space for freedom of speech and expression… NOT enacting suppression of those values…

So… we are deporting immigrant “criminals” just to give the actual ones the right to own guns? That’s definitely going to make us feel safer? If there was only way to look at the statistics on who actually commits crime… but you would have to be date literate to comprehend the given stats…

Thinking ahead about "top of mind" issues for voters in 2026, Ossoff added, will it be "whether or not federal bureaucrats are investigating the sexual biology of adolescent athletes? I don’t think so," he added. You you would ask me what are the top 20, I would say….

Remind you something? pen.org/press-releas...

Love my library people... Yesterday at the @New Jersey Library Association's conference we hosted a keynote from the Lenape Center, Hadrien Coumans, (hadrien.org/about; lenape.center), today we are listening to @GeorgeAbraham, a Palestinian American Poet (www.gabrahampoet.com).

Well, we all know that to verify your information you turn to … librarians but what happens when you fire the librarian of congress? You end up with fake AI generated report🤫

Do you like historical fiction? I do. It just happened that I grabbed @kristin-hannah.bsky.social The Nightingale... My grandparents were children during WWII and always shared their stories about our little Polish town being occupied by passing armies. So the story of the Nazi soldiers giving

"He and his regime are mounting an assault on the American mind. Why? Because ignorance is the handmaiden of tyranny."

Thank you @aft.org for taking a stand. And thank you to all union members who are signing and sending their letters to either thank their representatives, like mine, Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. who voted against it.

Another sad day in American history …

How about we leave the past in the past and focus on today’s news? Don’t we have enough to be concerned about RIGHT NOW?

… because? The right wings and ethics don’t always go 🤚 in ✋?

That might encourage me to attend the meeting a more often!

Great news! Let’s see if it will get executed! www.wordsandmoney.com/in-a-major-w...

“State legislators: it’s time to band together and provide The College of New Jersey with the allocation funding that it rightfully deserves. Don’t continue to abandon our institution’s hard-working students, faculty, staff and administrators any longer.” www.tcnjsignalnews.com/article/2025...

Hmmm… in a place where law is observed this would be frowned upon but, oh well…

“Courage is not the absence of fear” @ibramxk.bsky.social @MidtownScholarBookstore Harrisburg, PA

My future governor? www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/...

This just happened! So, so proud to be a part of this amazing team of New Jersey librarians who are taking anti censorship to the next level! @njasl.bsky.social @ala-acrl.bsky.social @oif.bsky.social And congratulations to all recipients of Exemplary Advocate of School Librarians!

“Ideally you would totally silo your real digital life from this travel life.” I cannot believe we are actually having these conversations. America, the (old) symbol of freedom, the (past) bastion of humanity… what happed to you? www.wired.com/story/how-to...

The hypocrisy…

We don’t want bridges. We want Pope Leo to use his political power to help us get rid of fascist oligarchs… the way John Paul II did with communist regime

Trump fired the Librarian of Congress without cause! Sign the petition to stop Trump's attack on the Library of Congress. Help show that Americans will not stand for another attack on our library institutions. action.everylibrary.org/congresshayden via @everylibrary.bsky.social

And the insanity continues… apnews.com/article/dona...

Statements coming from the current administration, the tone, emotions and flashbacks from the past What does this statement sound like? “I think that probably warrants a further investigation,” Mackenzie said of Haverford’s handling of antisemitism.