My chin is now a beautiful garden

This week is the first at the Daily News since Heath Freeman's Alden Capital laid off our entire print production staff.

It's embarrassing to open the paper we work so hard for each day and find mistakes like this.

Is this the level of editing New Yorkers can count on going forward?

A Writer's Guide to Fair Use and Permissions + Sample Permissions Letter Permissions is all about seeking permission to quote or excerpt other people's copyrighted work within your own. Here's when you need to seek permissions.

Here is @janefriedman.com's excellent guide to excerpting someone else's work! If you are Dan Goldman's friend, send it to him for future reference! janefriedman.com/sample-permi...

three. at most.

Dan Goldman Lifted Entire EV Grieve Story for Campaign Flyer—Without Permission Legal experts say the congressman's flyer plays "fast and loose" with federal copyright law.

Feh. Ironic to lift an entire article (and make it look like an endorsement!) without permission from our awesome hyperlocal news site @evgrieve.bsky.social and use the headline "It's as if they think they create their own law." @bradlander.bsky.social WOULD NEVUH. hellgatenyc.com/dan-goldman-...

Novi, a tabby cat, is sitting next to a can of macaroons on a giant pallet of matzah.

At least SOMEONE is ready for Passover.

Thank you so much, helpers!

Beautiful German handwriting!

Can a German speaker translate this inscription for me? Ulrich Bernhard Steuer was my husband’s grandfather, who escaped Heidelberg 6 weeks before Kristallnacht.Thank you!

You’re fucking with me, Ken

A white man on green grass gives a thumbs-up while hugging a person in a giant red inflatable lobster costume, with protest signs in the background

Someone at a protest holds up a sign reading Quahogs Against Trump” (with American and Ukrainian flags in the background).

Guess what state my brother is No-Kings marching in

Thank you, Emily!

Thank you

A Tribute to Workers, Written in Chalk | ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera When my daughter Josie was seven, she became obsessed with a battered paperback in her school library. It was an illustrated novel for children about the Triangle Factory Fire. (I know, who the heck w...

My Jewish identity and my parenting values are deeply tied to this tragedy … and the reforms and art it led to.

It’s soooo gooooooood

I’m so sorry

Been thinking about Harvesting Hope, w/Yuyi Morales’s stunning art and Kathleen Krull’s smart text, which I almost mentioned here as one of the best picture-book bios out there. This genre is FRAUGHT.

Precisely.

Fahhhhhm

dang

Table of Contents: March/April 2026 Horn Book Magazine From the March/April 2026 issue of The Horn Book Magazine.

March/April 2026 #HBMag (wraparound cover from THE LIONS' RUN illustrated by Jon Klassen; Balzer + Bray/ @mackidsbooks.bsky.social )
See the Table of Contents here: www.hbook.com/story/march-...
#kidlit @sarapennypacker.bsky.social @marjorieingall.bsky.social @rpayne.bsky.social

Gumbo hamentaschen for everyone!

Fabulously manicured hand holding a cute sticker depicting a wide-eyed fluffy puppy next to a heart that says, in looping script, “Leave trans kids alone you absolute freaks”

A tabby cat attacks a gnome on a string, with enthusiasm

A tabby studies a gnome on a string, ready to pounce

A tabby, mouth open in glee, attacks a gnome on a string in a blur of motion

A tabby studies her handiwork after attacking a gnome on a string, now lying motionless on a pine floor

Novi is OBSESSED with this new toy. We call it Kristi Gnome.

You manifested it!!

I have the flu. While I was sleeping they suspended AND unsuspended it. Kristi accomplished so much while I was unconscious!

A fat and handsome gray-and-white cat intently watches the opening credits of Heated Rivalry on a large tv

One of the Sassiest Girls in America is a motherfucking JUDGE now

nailed it

wishing you and this adorable nugget all the best.

Canadian musician Peaches in an amazing pink leather contraption, with matching lipstick, bleached curls, and a partially shaved head.

I went to Jewish Day School and later taught Hebrew school. Like Peaches.