Kathleen Sheppard
@krs814
CSU LB Instructor, Coordinating Field Librarian, retired, Calif School Library Association Past-President 2019-2020, Google Certified , book lover, Bruin fan
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Donald Trump’s very act of making such apocalyptic threats, including his warning of ending ‘a whole civilization’, reveals a staggering level of cruelty and disregard for human life.
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Regardless of whether it’s all talk, when the leader of our country expresses plainly genocidal intent, everyone has to do something.
For citizens of all political stripes, it means rejecting this madness. For Congress, it means taking action to rein him in. Now.
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BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV on Trump’s warning to Iran of “civilization” destruction —
“This is truly not acceptable. Here there are certainly questions of international law, but even more than this a question of morality for the good of people.”
He adds the war is “continuing to escalate and is not resolving anything… is only provoking more hatred throughout the world.”
“attacks on civilian infrastructure are against international law, but it is also against sign of the hatred and division that we are capable of.”
Video @Reuters
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Even wars have rules.
The Geneva Conventions protect civilians in conflict and help ensure assistance reaches those in need, without discrimination.
Blue and gold for @UCLAWBB — first-ever NCAA National champions.
Go Bruins!
Pasadena Unified School District is considering trying to fix its deficit by cutting services that directly enhance the classroom, benefit students, and raise student achievement: school libraries.
Please voice your concern:
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Happy birthday, Dad. Your faith in humanity, your insistence on love over hate, and your belief that everyone can serve continue to renew me. In the darkest of times, your legacy is a light. When I feel hopeless, your spirit carries me. You will forever be in my heart.
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You said it. Lies.
JD Vance says fewer undocumented immigrants means Americans can finally afford homes.
So let me get this straight:
They supposedly don’t work and live on welfare, but they’re also somehow buying up all the houses?
Pick a lie.
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Great speech, @realDonaldTrump, but I think the American people have already spoken.
The Kennedy Center is a living memorial to a fallen president and named for President Kennedy by federal law. It can no sooner be renamed than can someone rename the Lincoln Memorial, no matter what anyone says.
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Fact-check: During his address tonight, President Donald Trump said of migrants that "many ... came from prisons and jails, mental institutions and insane asylums" and that they were drug dealers. That's Pants on Fire:
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Inflation is up.
Unemployment is up.
Grocery prices are up.
Electricity costs are up.
And Donald Trump is spending his time doing this bullshit.
Happy 250th birthday to Jane Austen! UCLA lecturer Cailey Hall, teaching Austen & adaptations, says if an adaptation only captures the romance, it misses the class commentary, wit, and savage insults.
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🌍 Translate an entire Slides deck into Spanish or another language in one step and get a duplicated presentation ready to share. Slides to Spanish+ is useful when you need lesson content accessible for multilingual learners and want to keep the original deck unchanged.
#GoogleEDU# #GoogleWorkspace#
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Stand up for the freedom to read. #teacherlibrarians# #librarytechs# @UTLAnow @NationalPTA @aasl @4csla
This #BannedBooksWeek#, PEN America is joining forces with over 30 groups who are Standing Together for the Freedom to Read.
Together, we call for the end to the authoritarian tactic of banning books.
Learn more—and join the fight against book bans at:
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Celebrate #BannedBooksWeek# and read whatever you like.
It’s #bannedbooksweek#. Let’s stand with booksellers and librarians. #bannedbooks#
