The 25th Amendment exists for a reason.

a blue graphic with an outline of the United States. Red and white text reads: Call. National Book Banning Bill Proposed in US House of Reps. Tell your rep: Vote no on H.R. 7661.

a blue and red graphic with white text that reads: House Republicans have introduced a bill to effectively grant the federal government decision-making power over what books make it into the library. H.R. 7661 is a national-level book banning bill that would ban any book that, according to the bill's language, "(ii) involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism." This means any book about a trans person or the trans experience would be banned from every public school in the United States.

a blue graphic with red and white text that reads: Call your reps. Tell them they must oppose this bill at every turn. It is egregiously unconstitutional, targets ideas based on ideological disapproval, and misleads parents and the public about the content of children's books. It does nothing to protect kids and will badly harm education. It will tie school material funding into knots and hurt anyone who is a library materials vendor, regardless of content. If you are a bookseller, librarian, or author, tell them your livelihood depends on the next generation of readers.

Call your reps and tell them to vote no on H.R. 7661. Thanks to @authorsabb.bsky.social for these helpful graphics.

Screenshot of the 2026 EFA Rate Chart

Announcing the 2026 EFA Rate Chart! Whether you're a freelancer seeking guidance on what to charge for your services or an indie author budgeting for editorial or self-publishing services, the Rate Chart is here to help. Check it out at bit.ly/rates26?utm_s....

Illustrators, Red Fox Literary is opening up for queries soon. See their website for more info. #kidlitillustration

Book Bans ‘Kill Creativity,’ Sow Self-Doubt in Authors For the past few years, author Charlotte Sullivan Wild has been working on a picture book about an LGBTQ+ family who learns to cope with one member’s deployment to the military. The story is inspired…

As hard as we are fighting, book bans are having an impact on the books being written and published. To put this another way, a very small number of well-funded people who don't write books, don't teach books, don't work in libraries are trying to decide what books are available for everyone else

Hello Friends! Welcome to #MSWL Day 2026! 🎉

This is our second ever #MSWL Day on Bluesky. We’re happy you’re here!

You can, as of TODAY, search Bluesky and ManuscriptWishList.com posts at once: manuscriptwishlist.com/smart-search. All posts are verified by a human who works in publishing. ☕

A pile of picture books by various authors and illustrators

I love library time! Here’s my haul of picture books for the week #12x12pb #publiclibrary #amreading #picturebooks #kidlit

For me, it’s revising. I’m an editor by trade, so it’s what I do all day long. When it comes to revising my own work, I get stuck!

I love ocean stories! Can’t wait to read it! (And the illustrations … at least on the cover, stunning!)

Ooh! I’ll have to check it out!

not to mention browsing for typical diseases brings little result / availability.

I’ll be working the booth on Friday! Come say hi!

ICE agents will have a security role at Milano-Cortina Olympics | CBC Sports U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will have a security role during the upcoming  Milan Cortina Winter Games , according to information shared with local media by sources at the U.S. Emba...

Why would 🧊🧊 agents need to be part of security detail at the upcoming Olympics in Italy? That seems fishy … www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...

12x12 Picture Book Challenge Badge. Cartoon image of a girl with black hair using a paint brush to make pictures.

New year, new writing goals! #12x12pb #amwriting #kidlit #writingcommunity

PSA: Examples of a judicial warrant and an administrative warrant. ICE cannot enter your home with only an administrative warrant.

Coffee by morning, tea by night. Hot steamy lemon honey water when huddled under a cozy blanket with a good book!

Was it authorized by congress? No? Congress members remember your duty as a ✔️ on executive! Do something. How about world leaders? Anyone out there think US admin is abusing powers and want to put a stop to it before it gets worse? 🦗🦗🦗🦗

I hope so. Seems like so far the rest of the world is like, “weeeelll, just this one time we’ll let it slide”

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We're starting our 10th year! Won't you join us?
Send us your best #fiction, #nonfiction, #poetry, #plays, #art, and #newmedia.
Reading 12/15-3/15. #callforsubmissions #submissioncall
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The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."

ALA is disappointed and concerned following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to allow a lower court ruling in Little v. Llano County stand. This decision will significantly restrict the freedom to… |... ALA is disappointed and concerned following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to allow a lower court ruling in Little v. Llano County stand. This decision will significantly restrict the freedom to re...

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Silhouetted pine trees against a burgundy pink sky

What’s up? The Aurora Borealis!! Grass Valley, CA

Today, I’ve been thinking about how words change over time, how sometimes people get into arguments because they’re using the same words but with different meanings, and how power plays into all of this. Jen I stumbled on this article! A great read! www.laprogressive.com/racism/diver...

Candles, coffee, and an oversized sweater

This one hits the spot today. theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

It’s #BannedBooksWeek! What are you doing to fight censorship this week?
If you aren’t sure, here’s a list of ideas to help get you started: bannedbooksweek.org/wp-content/u...

What an absolutely phenomenal day!

So excited to be here today!

The Rhyming Story Challenge — nycmidnight The Rhyming Story Challenge is a creative writing competition that challenges writers worldwide to create rhyming stories based on three assigned prompts in as little as 48 hours.

Up for a rhyming challenge? Join me in the @nycmidnight.bsky.social Rhyming Story Challenge on September 5th! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/rhyme

Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me? Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like