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If you found me through my blunt replies, some good news & bad news. When observing absurdities, I think about structure: conditions & systems that help people thrive or barely survive. Hope it helps you better understand systems you experience & question when people are asked to carry too much.

Still getting my feet under me as I return to a school setting after a few years. It’s great and I’m having a lot of fun. While I do, I will start sharing out some systems that we’ve started using! #EduSky #SchoolLibrary #TLSky

Spooktacular display. Sleep is overrated. #TLSky #SchoolLibraries

Librarians, we'd like to send you free games. If you’re not a librarian, please tag one and send them to www.CAHLovesLibraries.com.

Started a new job. A new role. With a new grade level. My capacity 😉 to write about systems at a high level while actively building them is going to be tough. However, I will share snippets of my experience and what I’m working on. #EduSky #SchoolLibraries

Officially finished my first week of library media specialist — in a middle school! First, I fucking loved it. Second, I forgot how much I truly love teaching!!! #EduSky #LibChat

We fight so hard to protect school librarians. But are we doing enough to support one another? It’s time to talk about bullying, gatekeeping, and professional cliques within our own ranks. My new special edition is free to read. aischoollibrarian.substack.com/p/we-are-fig...

Yesterday was my first day back in a library media center — my first time on a while with middle-school-aged students. Wow! I have missed all of this! #EduSky #libchat

We’re making all Meidas+ news updates completely paywall-free through the midterm elections. Quality information shouldn’t be locked away right now. This may hurt our business, but some things are more important. Spread the word and join us: meidasplus.com

Plot twist: I am returning to the school library 🙈 Stoked about returning with an expanded background and as always — plenty of ideas. Turns out, you can take me out of the library, but I’ll always be a librarian 😜. And I’m pretty damn excited about it. LFG📚 #EduSky #Librarians

i feel like everyone is being quite unreasonable toward zendaya’s character in THE DRAMA

Good structure should eventually result in: less explaining less reminding less correcting less rescuing less direct intervention Because the support works. #EduSky #CalmIsBuilt

Independence isn't created by removing structure. It's what good structure is supposed to make possible. #EduSky #CalmIsBuilt calmisbuilt.substack.com/p/strong-str...

Don't download the Trump app. Everything he does is underhanded and dishonest.

Direct. Explain. Remind. Correct. Solve. Repeat long enough and then ask why people aren't more independent. There may be a clue in there somewhere. #EduSky #CalmIsBuilt

Heads up, Bookworms: There will likely be💀supply chain issues💀 this holiday season. So if there are specific books you have your heart set on for holiday gifting, I strongly suggest you buy/order them ahead of time (✨like now✨) rather than waiting until November/December.

Feeding kids works. It’s a pretty fundamental tier of Maslow and an indespensible need for learning to occur — brains need fuel.

The goal of support isn't to become indispensable. Quite the opposite.

I also love photographing the various fungi that pop up this time of year. This is one of my faves from this year.

A little timeline cleanse of the Halloween fare.

@lbarronlopez.bsky.social pulls no punches while simultaneously throwing shade. It is quite a skill, particularly because of how she’s able to do it off the cuff. It is quite something to watch and hear.

If I have to tell you where to go every time, you haven't learned to navigate; you’ve only learned to follow me. Those aren't the same thing. #EduSky #CalmIsBuilt #DesignForPeople

Like with some other technologies, like surveillance tech, companies started embedding AI into everything and increasing prices. All I heard people say: I don’t remember asking for this. THAT was the beginning of the backlash — AI being shoved down everyone’s throats.

I'm in love.

We all need friends like this. And are fortunate when we do.

Before creating another reminder: Could the system carry this information instead? Sometimes the answer really is that simple. #EduSky #CalmIsBuilt

You can get really good at reminding, redirecting and correcting people. Or you can get curious about why the system keeps requiring so much reminding, redirecting and correcting. #EduSky #CalmIsBuilt calmisbuilt.substack.com/p/clear-syst...

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with stories of love, tradition, and identity - brought to life with soundscapes that echo culture and community: links.noveleffect.com/go/nnX2w2Lq 🌟 Find these soundscapes (and printable activities) in the Novel Effect app!

Universal free school breakfast and lunch is a great proposal. www.thebulwark.com/p/exclusive-...

We spend a lot of time getting better at solving recurring problems. Sometimes we should be asking why the problem gets another opportunity to recur every damn day. #EduSky #CalmIsBuilt #DesignForPeople

I have no interest in Twitter-like // x-like behavior on Bluesky. It’s one thing to be provocative, spark a conversation, and engage in conversation. It’s quite another to be vitriolic.

FASCISM DOESN’T NEED YOUR APPROVAL. YOUR ABSENCE WILL DO. Being furious isn’t enough. Posting isn’t enough. Turn that anger into votes. Show up for the midterms. Bring everyone you can. Make Trump and every Republican enabling him answer at the ballot box.

A well-designed environment answers questions. Where does this go? What happens next? How do I start? What do I do if I’m stuck? Clarity doesn’t always need to come from a person. #EduSky #CalmIsBuilt

I’m working on an article about the edtech backlash. Specifically the intersection of technology and pedagogy — or lack thereof. Stay tuned … #EduSky #SchoolLibrary

If your system requires one person to remember everything AND remind everyone else about it, congratulations: You have created a person-dependent system. #EduSky #CalmIsBuilt

We all say the #library is the ❤️ of the school. @melsilerio.bsky.social wants to shift that thinking. Community center is concrete: it's where people come 4 resources, it's always open, & nobody signs up to belong. 🎧 canva.link/thelibraryst... #TheLibraryStage #SchoolLibrarians #tlsky #skybrarian

Repeated questions aren’t annoying, they’re data. What does the person keep needing that the system keeps failing to provide? #EduSky #CalmIsBuilt

Every bit of capacity spent figuring out the system is capacity unavailable for whatever the system exists to help people do. Uncertainty Has a Cost. #EduSky #CalmIsBuilt calmisbuilt.substack.com/p/what-does-...

If you teach #MLIS classes, consider bringing me in to talk to your classes about the job search. Too many LIS professionals out here giving advice that worked for them 20 years ago, but it's a different world now. 📚

The people who designed the system already know how it works. Everyone else has to figure it out. That difference matters more than we think. #EduSky #DesignForHumans

We see the hesitation. We don’t see the 14 questions someone had to answer in their head before they could get started.

Uncertainty is work, and not the productive kind. The kind your brain has to do before it can get to the work you were actually supposed to be doing. #EduSky #CalmIsBuilt

Join us during Banned Books Week on October 8 for a discussion about methods and considerations for our research, why disseminating this information is important, and how you can fight for more. www.eventbrite.com/e/for-the-pe...