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Amber M Eakin πŸ“– πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

@LibrarianEakin

Social justice librarian. Academician. Educator. She/her/hers.
My views are mine alone.

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Heather γƒ˜γ‚ΆγƒΌ MSW 🐌(@philaheather) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Cool so in my kindergarten class there was me (in a wheelchair), one person who used crutches, one person who was deafblind, multiple kids with autism, kids with behavioral conditions, etc. You know why you didn’t see those kids? They placed us in β€œspecial” classes.

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Kelsey Bogan (DontYouShushMe.Com)(@kelseybogan) 's Twitter Profile Photo

You know what libraries need?

Way more people joining us in the fight against book bans

Way more people joining us in the fight for enough funding & staffing

Way more people showing up at board meeting to support libraries & the freedom to read

That’s what libraries need

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Accessibility Awareness(@A11yAwareness) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Challenge is a global effort to raise awareness about accessible web design. Try using your website without a mouse. Use the keyboard instead. Is it possible to access all features and operate all buttons, sliders, and other controls?

nomouse.org

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Amber M Eakin πŸ“– πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ(@LibrarianEakin) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A statement I made during a work meeting today: 'You can pry Smartsheet from my cold, dead hands, which is the likely outcome because I would have a heart attack if you tried to revoke my license.'

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Amber M Eakin πŸ“– πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ(@LibrarianEakin) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We should all be outraged that Scholastic has decided to offer a baseline milquetoast collection so that librarians are forced to justify opting into the 'diverse' add-on.

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Hank Green(@hankgreen) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Like many intentionally confusing corporate crisis response messages, this says a bunch of things that are true but don’t mean what you think, like for example:

β€œOn April 5, during a World Health Organization meeting, the GDF shared its intent to launch a tender for generic

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Amber M Eakin πŸ“– πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ(@LibrarianEakin) 's Twitter Profile Photo

'β€’ Legally IFLA cannot have a session, satellite meeting, business meeting labelled LGBTQ+ on the programme.
β€’ This does not mean that members of the LGBTQ+ community will be prevented from
entering the UAE.'
Did IFLA really say 'don't ask, don't tell'?

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