Maggie Tokuda-Hall: We all stand against book bans in theory, but 4 librarians in Prattville, Alabama lost their jobs standing against them. Please join me in donating to the GoFundMe that will help them make ends meet in this tough time. Show me a receipt, I'll give you a compliment www.gofundme.com/f/protect-pr...

We all stand against book bans in theory, but 4 librarians in Prattville, Alabama lost their jobs standing against them. Please join me in donating to the GoFundMe that will help them make ends meet in this tough time. Show me a receipt, I'll give you a compliment www.gofundme.com/f/protect-pr...

Protect Prattville Library Staff and Patrons, organized by EveryLibrary Institute NFPwww.gofundme.com The Autauga-Prattville Alabama Library board has fired the lib… EveryLibrary Institute NFP needs your support for Protect Prattville Library Staff and Patrons

donated! Feel free to skip my compliment and double it up for the next person :)

But that's such a good beard

donated! No compliment needed :)

but you're so great!!!

I hate that we are all broke donating to each other.

thank you librarians 💜

Thank you Rachel! Did you draw your avatar? It's so cute!

Done! And signed the petition action.everylibrary.org/save_prattvi...

You have a lovely smile!

Hell yeah, librarians

Hell yeah Neil, A+ beard

This (academic law) librarian is in!

You have the look of someone who pays her taxes on time, but isn't like, a jerk about it? Yk what I mean?

LOL. ACCURATE. (Well, I hope about the not being a jerk part...)

I'm flipping the script and telling you that your podcast brings me joy!

🥰😭🥰😭🥰😭 cc @redscott.com

Donated. Thanks for making us aware of this.

You have literally no posts and I gotta be honest I RESPECT it, we love a king who doesn't spend all his time screaming into the void!

This news hits hard for me. I am proud of the years I spent working in (another) Alabama public library system. Librarians, especially those in deep red states, deserve every bit of this support. ❤️ (@wendyqualls.bsky.social, you'll have some feelings here too.)

I hope that you're being treated better now, even though you should have been treated well all along 💛

Donated

Your profile pic has very elegant energy!

What a lovely compliment! Thank you! (It was my son’s wedding)

Love in the Library was EXCELLENT! It meant so much to one of my patrons who grandmother was interned (in Manzanar). Donating as soon as I hit Reply.

Any library would be lucky to have you!!

Oh that means a lot to me, thank you for telling me.

You're welcome. (I put it on my curated display in August 2022 -- theme was how libraries and librarians change lives.)

Google laid me off last year, but I still had to donate. Libraries are the cornerstone of democracy.

You are the finest owl I have ever seen!

As a librarian in Alabama (private school, so very different circumstances) thank you for posting this!

Thank you for your work!

Done—glad I saw your post!

I'm glad, too! You have beautiful hair!

Why, thank you!

I'd say I don't need a compliment, but given the week so many of us have had, I'll accept one gratefully. 😊

I assume the reason your face is so bright in the pic is that the camera was blinded by your awesomeness

And now it’s brighter because I’m blushing. 😊 Thank you so much for posting this and sharing it with all of us! That, too, is awesomeness.

Donated before I even read the part about the bonus compliment but then I looked at your post again and was like "Oh heck yes I WILL claim this perk"

You have very pretty eyes!

Librarians rock

and so do wombats, which is what I assume you are from your profile pic. A very winsome wombat.

Wombats are awesome and never ban books

Wow yes this is the kind of science I adore

✅✅✅✅

Of all the imbeciles I've met on this here internet, you're the smartest 🤗

Why, thank you!😄

Over 700 donations when I added mine. Let's keep it going. One hundred $5 donation will make even more impact than just one big one.

Done. And please tell the librarians thank you.

Will do!

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