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Public Librarian. Avid reader. Baker. Cat owner. Knitter. Embodiment of stereotypes.
Joined April 2008
I love this idea.
Honestly get Mychal to bring back Reading Rainbow but make it a traveling show that showcases local libraries. The kids are struggling to find the joy in reading anyway. We need as much literacy content as we can get
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Our taxes go to so many things many don’t use or agree with, but feeding children at an institution they are legally required to attend for multiple hours a day is the crusade these losers want to take on. It’s disgusting
@AttyMattLittle BREAKING: Parents should pay for their own kids' lunch.
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If we can afford war, we can afford reparations. If we can afford war, we can afford Medicare for All. If we can afford war, we can afford universal childcare. If we can afford war, we can afford college for all. If we can afford war, we can afford universal basic income.
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“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.” -James Baldwin
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So @Scholastic has a No Diversity Option and Librarians have to Opt In to get diverse books now. Talk to me, folks. Other Options for Book Fairs? Happy to retweet.
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11 people.
Just 11 adults are responsible for 60% of requests of ban books from school libraries nationwide, according to a Washington Post analysis of the 2021-2022 school year.
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The minion memes that have emerged from this are truly brilliant. Maybe Minion memes will help Danaher's elderly execs understand that price-gouging the world's poorest people is the worst.
we should all craft some facebook style minion memes for the danaher execs to understand
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. @DanaherCorp makes 8 billion dollars in annual profits. Much of that profit comes from price-gouging the world's poorest countries for life-saving tuberculosis tests. Danaher has done this in the dark for 13 long years. Today, we shine the light. #PeopleOverProfits
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If Danaher thought this was bad, wait until those Norwegians convince their government that it's a bad idea to invest in a company that price-gouges TB diagnostics, thereby lengthening and worsening the TB crisis. And wait until we make the case to ESG investors that they
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Congratulations to Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, among others.
holy moly, child poverty rate rose from all-time low of 5.2% in 2021 to 12.4% (!!!) in 2022, reflecting end of temporary child allowance and other programs.
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The first time I met an author, my life was changed forever. Join me on Oct. 3rd. Bring your students, your churchfolk, your niblings, your questions. Bring a hundred people. Or just yourself. #GRA23 #GRAJackie Register here:
jacquelinewoodson.com
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Maybe it’s just me but if you’re mad the government suggested you wear a mask to prevent the spread of a deadly disease but fine with government telling women they have to take a pregnancy test just to travel between states, “government overreach” isn’t really your problem.
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