we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

5 Calls Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.

Ask your Representative to vote "NO" on the SAVE America Act! I just called my reps with @5calls.org, you should too: 5calls.org

Definitely the Rocky Mountain SCBWI's Letters & Lines Conference!

So many!!!!@kazwindness.bsky.social, @dansantat.bsky.social, Jason Chin, Julie Rowan-Zoch, Christopher Denise, Vicky Fang, @dontate.bsky.social, Jerry Pinckney, @dowphumiruk.bsky.social, @jessicalanan.bsky.social … this could be a never ending list

I schedule 1 weekend a month to spend in my camper - just me and books and notebooks! (And cheese.)

Combo scribble notes and diving in. I dream of outlining, but have never actually accomplished it.

Just 3 of the reasons I love my library #WilkinsonPublicLibrary #WPL

While Trump wastes millions on a military parade in DC, we're mobilizing everywhere else to show that organized people power is stronger than his authoritarian aspirations. app.sosha.ai/s/bSpQSB1G

Weekly Skews – 4/29/25 – Neil Gorsuch Can’t Read Good and The Ongoing Passion of Pete Hegseth Podcast Episode · Weekly Skews · 04/30/2025 · 1h

Talkin’ ‘bout “Pride Puppy” and the Supreme Court case Mahmoud vs. Taylor (adult language) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

5 Calls Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.

Oppose the SAVE Act - which is going for a vote in the House of Representatives soon! I just called my reps with @5calls.org, you should too: 5calls.org

Love it!!!

Who Is Government? Storytime with Michael Lewis Podcast Episode · The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart · 04/03/2025 · 1h 26m

Great interview! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Bloody fucking hell

Senate Republicans Vote Against Toxic-Exposed Veterans and Survivors, Tank Senator Blumenthal's Amendment to Protect the PACT Act Blumenthal’s amendment to the Republican budget resolution would have protected the expanded care and benefits provided under the PACT Act in light of the Trump Administration’s efforts to shrink VA

My father died from Agent Orange exposure, and anyone who has ever spoken to a soldier exposed to the burn pits can sympathize with the extreme pain they live with. If the spending bill passes tomorrow, funds for veterans exposed to toxic elements will be cut www.veterans.senate.gov/2025/2/senat...

Make Authoritarianism Great Again? with Maria Ressa Podcast Episode · The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart · 03/06/2025 · 1h 8m

“The death of democracy is a by-product of letting tech remain the most unregulated industry globally.”

—Maria Ressa, Peace Prize recipient
How To Stand Up To a Dictator
🤯

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Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.

We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

@chuckwendig.bsky.social reading “Dust & Grim” - just curious - would you label our current Prez & his minion (or is it the other way around?) as “Devourers”?

🚨 My book just got banned! 🚨 #BannedBooks #BookTok #Ogilvy #AuthorsOfTikTok #Books YouTube video by T. L. McBeth

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‘Red, White and Blueland?’ Republican unveils bill to rename Greenland Georgia Representative Buddy Carter hopes to assist the U.S.’s ‘negotiator-in-chief’ with his plans to acquire the Arctic island

What the actual fuck? www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

Kind LitStudies - Analyzing Kendrick Lamar’s Halftime Performance | Kind Academy Engage your students with this powerful FREE lesson plan and worksheet using Kendrick Lamar’s iconic halftime performance to teach figurative language, symbolism, and critical thinking! Designed for s...

Wow! Age 10+ Lesson plan based on Kendrick Lamar’s halftime program by Iman Cassells Alleyne (no fee) www.kindacademy.org/product-page...

love how people just will accidentally have a pet cat. they’ll be like yea he just knocked on my door one day and now he has his own bedroom. like what?? what was he doing before u? he was just some guy doing stuff? i need to know more. ur cat has a dark and mysterious past

Mine definitely does - just showed up one day, full grown, now he’s king of the castle. I wonder about his past ALL THE TIME.

How We Learn to Be Brave: Decisive Moments in Life and Faith a book by Mariann Edgar Budde An inspirational guide to the key junctures in life that, if navigated with faith and discernment, pave the way for us to become our most courageous selves, by the bishop of the famed Episcopal Dioces...

By Bishop Mariann Budde: bookshop.org/p/books/how-...

Kwame Alexander Reads Nikki Giovanni: "Who Ever Fell In Love Over A Glass Of White Wine?" YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

❤️ m.youtube.com/watch?v=D58s.... #kwamealexander #nikkkigiovanni

Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? The last book written by King. His final reflections after a decade of civil rights struggles. Foreword by Coretta Scott King Introduction by Vincent Harding in 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., isol...

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If anyone is looking for a professional picture book critique, there are MANY available in this auction, including one from me! Plus so much more stuff, from artwork to agent and editor connections, to writing retreats. Check it out!

Here’s What I Think You Do Today, January 20th, 2025 It’s gonna be a stupid, horrible day. We all know that. It’s going to be full of what passes for pomp and circumstance amongst the set of rich tacky dickheads that are about to take ful…

Here, I said some goofy bullshit about what maybe you can do today. Is it helpful? Probably not! But it's here! For you to ignore or embrace at your leisure.

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Thank you for this - much needed today

Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? The last book written by King. His final reflections after a decade of civil rights struggles. Foreword by Coretta Scott King Introduction by Vincent Harding in 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., isol...

Recommended reading for today: store.thekingcenter.org/products/whe...

Jimmy Kimmel Returns During the Los Angeles Wildfires YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live

I'm not crying . . . oh, wait, yes I am #LAStrong youtu.be/XdM9Iz57lvw?...