This is a Very Important PSA!
#bookstodon #librarydon
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Thanks! @openculture https://toot.community/@openculture/116217246417885212
How to Rescue a Wet, Damaged Book: A Handy Visual Primer https://www.openculture.com/2026/03/how-to-rescue-a-wet-damaged-book-a-handy-visual-primer.html
Tags: #bookstodon #whatToRead #librarydon
Vi@ @futurebird https://sauropods.win/@futurebird/115766285335931240
“Immense world” is a remarkable book written with a lot of science but also sensitivity. I try to get everyone to read it. It totally changed the way that I think about how animals think. The audiobook is great. With non-fiction sometimes audiobooks don't work, but this one is worth listening to. (Or just read the paperback) Anyway, if you are looking for something that expands your horizons. Something that teaches you new things and that's ... positive. This is it. https://soundcloud.com/penguin-books/an-immense-world-by-ed-yong
@aki check out @susankayequinn 's excellent young adult books. Ex: the Mindjack series. I read them using the Libby app, and if your library has them too (they surely do) you might even get them for 'free'!
#solarpunk #hopepunk
Also, @pluralistic 's Little Brother and Homeland (duology):
Free online here: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30142
You may enjoy them too! I did :-)
#bookstodon #whatToRead #libraryDon
Attached: 1 image 88 years ago today, The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien was published. I still have my first copy that my parents gifted me at age 10. It was my gateway to modern fantasy and it was also the spark that ignited my interest in cartography and map making which eventually became, a few decades later, my profession. #hobbit #handcrafted #fantasy #storytelling #mapmaking #fantasymaps #noai
But, of course:
Florida school district bans book about banning books.
Ban This Book, by Alan Gratz
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ban_This_Book
It's the stoey of a 4th-grade girl who tries to check out a favourite book at her library, and is told she can't any more. So she runs a contraband library out of her locker …
💪🧍♀️ #resist #doNotComply
😞 /cc @bookstodon
#librarydon #bookstodon #librarians #librariansmatter
@MostlyHarmless https://thecanadian.social/@MostlyHarmless/113825088839258850
In my inbox 😁 #nice
"All the best for a cozy holiday season from everyone at Toronto Public Library.
This beautiful scarf was crafted by Christine, a librarian who contributes her talents to the Keep Calm and Carry Yarn circle at Toronto Reference Library. We offer knit and crochet circles citywide, where crafters of all experience levels can bond over patterns, tips and friendship."
#librarydon #bookstodon #librarians #toronto #torontopubliclibrary
Education matters.
Libraries matter.
Dinner table conversation matters.
Bedtime stories matter.
Developing empathetic young people who can interpret what they experience and talk about what they want … it happens one story, one cpnversation at a time.
It's slow, *very* important work.
Model the vocabulary, the ideas, you want to see used in the world. 🙏
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Language skills, including reasoning and understanding, are a stronger predictor of political ideology than non-verbal measures of intelligence. Summary: https://www.psypost.org/verbal-iq-predicts-political-participation-and-liberal-attitudes-twice-as-strongly-as-performance-iq/ Original article (not open source): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0160289624000709 #Science #Intelligence #Politics #Language #Cognition
#13books that changed how I see the world:
Stuart Little - White
Stranger in a Strange Land - Heinlein
That Hideous Strength - Lewis
A Prayer for Owen Meany - Irving
Ender's Game - Card
The Sparrow - Russell
Making Color Sing - Dobie
Holy The Firm - Dillard
Red Mars - Robinson
Homeland - Doctorow
Wool - Howey
Lagoon - Okorafor
Light from Uncommon Stars - Aoki
What are your #13books?
#books #whatToRead #sciFi #SFF #bookstodon #hopepunk #librarydon
Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦
