my other take is accept that the item, no matter how lovingly made, may end up as fair game for poop, pee, spit up, etc cleanup duty in some circumstance.

if you can spring for it, v v lightweight wool yarn is good for temperature regulation (I believe it’s a cold climate?) but otherwise a tough natural material that can be machine washed. I would handwash a super nice wool item but also.. machine wash is nice.

It remains hard for me to pull off because I am just not a funny person, but it’s a good challenge to come back to now and then!

My entire set of notes for Humor picture books boils down to 1)being in on the joke/anticipation 2)seeing adults do outlandish or dumb things is funny 3) knowing better than someone in a story

Meghan I literally squeaked with laughter at “scattered across SharePoint… scattered across SharePoint” “highest confidence recommendation.. is just to use Excel macros”

I put off making one for my toddler’s dentist appointment and thank gd because they called me today to explain their front office screwed up and they don’t see children. Though of course I now face Calling the Insurance

ZOHRA!! Couldn’t have gone to a better writer or kinder person! Can’t wait to see it on shelves!

Lee & Low Books logo at the top. Below is text that reads “2025 New Voices Award Winner.” The text is flanked by stars on both sides. Below and towards the right is text that reads, “Zohra Anwar Chunawala for her picture book manuscript The Dabbawalas of Mumbai.” Below the text are illustrations of a bike and three tiffins. To the left of the text is a photo of Zohra Anwar Chunawala. She wears a striped hijab and a blue shirt while smiling at the camera. In the top left of the photo is a gold New Voices Award seal which depicts co-founder Tom Low and has text around the seal that reads, "New Voices Winner - Lee & Low Books."

Lee & Low is excited to announce that Zohra Anwar Chunawala of St. Louis, MO, is the winner of the company’s 24th annual New Voices Award! Her picture book manuscript, The Dabbawalas of Mumbai, introduces young readers to India’s legendary lunchbox delivery workers: www.leeandlow.com/blog/%f0%9f%...

What’s a page of Talmud if not a nested reply chain?

I know it’s not a major any more than pre med is but some schools definitely have tracks for students who plan to go to law school, my undergrad did.

I don’t judge ppl for what they do or don’t know outside of their field. I am just interested in what is present and what sticks in their background and gen ed. (I do know the 14th but that’s a major one. Do I know the 17th off my head? No.).

I asked bc I just as I left secondary ed instruction, there was a big push to move away from organismal bio framings which I thought and think is a big mistake, as that is the stuff that delights non-experts. as your thread showed. I was interested in your bg knowledge. Didn’t mean to come off rude

dude, I enjoyed OP’s thread. I was mildly surprised that they had not encountered this before and curious what kind of bio education they had. I could have phrased it better which the OP let me know. what’s your purpose here? because I can’t parse your post.

I genuinely want to know what type of classes pre law students do take science wise! I asked because this is currently an example of evolution I have taught in classes directed toward science majors. It interested you clearly. Maybe it’s a good example to consider for non majors!

Anything that has lungs came out of the water. genuinely curious, did you have to take any kind of biology class for a pre-law track or did they just let you off with chem for non majors or something? (not a dig. Just interesting what people do and don’t pick up in their lives and studies)

yes, the tradeoffs could work. Higher protein content can be compensated for in processing too in multiple ways. I think major changes in how we eat will simply have to occur no matter what. There will be changes in response to heat in quality that will affect processing anyway (starch character).

Thank you! I was not aware of these developments so I stand corrected. Skeptical about yield for human food in terms of conventional acceptability for processing if the waxy grain phase is where growth is restricted but I would take the funky texture for full solar any day.

Wheat is generally not shade tolerant. And spacing of solar wouldn’t permit harvesters. Interplanting in solar farms would be hand harvested and maintained crops.

Not to mention the calculation of “this is my industry or would-be industry (or genre or medium or whatever) so it doesn’t serve me to be critical and potentially make an enemy”. Criticism is part of developing artistic culture but there’s not much space for it it feels like.

How exciting! Do you go in order of submission, or sort the sheet by genre(s) first?

I love this book and so did my toddler when we had it from the library!

Ya know how I’ve got that whole bit about how Israel only became our “greatest ally in the world” in 2002 specifically because it was the most nakedly violent to Muslims, completely agnostic toward their actual diplomatic or strategic utility

Well, anyway,

Yes! I love teasers, trailers, sneak peeks, and it’s also really positive about the work: a way for the judges to share with others their excitement about getting to read all the entries.

I love the teasers: I love “watching out” for mine and friends’ work but also just hearing glimpses of the amazing work people are doing in #pb

excited for all the discussion and all the teasers… it livens things up in a solitary profession (writing) to be part of an ongoing event

I’m interested to read this especially after last year’s analysis by the New Yorker. from the outside it does seem parts of the suit were…dumb but also the reported behavior of the literary agent seems… not great? Drop a client if they can’t produce something sellable by you after ten revisions.

Well deserved, Brooke!

Excited! And to US West Coast entrants who work till 5 or 6, don’t forget to put your entry in MONDAY the 16th after 9 PM.

Don’t miss your LAST chance to apply to PBRS! If you’re not sure if you should apply, feel free to reach out to me so I can shake you aggressively and say YES YOU SHOULD APPLY, YOU SILLY GOOSE.

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"It used to be I would self-assess, and then assess based on reactions from my community broadly, now I feel the need to assess based on the opinion of everyone in the world, and it's making me cringe." yeah. me too. it's not comfortable but people don't realize they can try to opt out of the last.