Seems prophetic, if on-the-nose.

Picked up for following here @pedroiniguez.bsky.social and @davidbowles.us, included here!

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Where and How Book Censorship Is Impacting Children’s Publishing Right Now.

Publishing imprints for young readers are shuttering thanks to a softening school and library market. That's a result of book censorship, and it impacts you wherever you live.

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Revolutionary Nahuatl for April 9, 2026

Tepoloani. A destroyer of people.

Example:

Ca ahtlacatl, tlacatecolotl, tepoloani.

He is inhuman, monstruous, a destroyer of people.

Post four records that represent the diversity of your taste.

El Pez Arcoíris trae la paz Rainbow Fish learns to practice empathy and respect for all in this Spanish language offering, translated by award-winning author David Bowles. El ...

Because of political machinations, I haven't mentioned until now that my Spanish translation of RAINBOW FISH AND THE BIG BLUE WHALE published today.

The evil piece of shit needs to removed, tried, and hanged.

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Este pinche tirano desquiciado va a usar armas nucleares si no lo eliminamos del poder ya.

Name your fav wrestler.

El Santo.

Best STAR TREK crew. Wrong answers only.

Chicano author David Bowles poses next to former Georgia House Minority Leader and children’s book author Stacey Abrams, who is holding a copy of David’s book MY YWO BORDER TOWNS.

In #Dilley, fighting to #ReadThemHome with @staceyabrams.com

#EndFamilyDetention · #InternationalChildrensBookDay · #BringThemHome

Thanks, Stina!

The situation in Dilley, Texas should shock and horrify all of us and demand an urgent response from all of us. The South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas — a sprawling complex of trailers and dormitories 72 miles south of San Antonio, run by the private prison firm CoreCivic — has become a flashpoint in the Trump administration's mass deportation campaign. After President Biden closed it in 2021, Donald Trump reopened the facility quickly upon returning to office, and it has since become the primary holding site for immigrant families detained across the country. [Source: The Children of Dilley," ProPublica, by Mica Rosenberg, February 9, 2026. Read the original article] What makes the current wave of ICE detentions new and unique is who is being held. The current population is largely made up of families who had been living in American communities for years — some for over a decade. They were detained at routine ICE check-in appointments, at bus stops, outside hospitals, and at airports. Many had active asylum cases, U.S. citizen spouses, or had been granted humanitarian parole. The vast majority of the adults had no criminal record in the United States. Children and parents have described awful conditions inside the Dilley detention center: food with worms and mold; hard metal bunks shared by a dozen or more people; extreme medical neglect of children, including toddlers; and pervasive boredom and mental health crises. Since reopening, roughly 3,500 people have cycled through Dilley — more than the entire population of the town itself. More than half are minors. A ProPublica data analysis found that about 300 children were held there for more than a month, in violation of the law. Our neighbors being held inside the South Texas Family Residential Center need our voices. Join us in building public awareness of these grave conditions. We will #ReadThemHome.

You might not be there in person, but you can help. Kids should be kids. Close Dilley now. Join the #ReadThemHome campaign: record yourself reading a book aloud, share your video, and take action.

LINK to media toolkit: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

#ReadThemHome #EndFamilyDetention

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We're led by former Georgia House Minority Leader / children’s book author Stacey Abrams & National Domestic Workers Alliance Executive Director Jenn Stowe.

We'll be reading aloud & demanding an end to ICE’s child detention policy. Watch the livestream & learn more at www.readthemhome.org

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Tune in. National Vigil to End Family Detention. Dilley, Texas. Watch the livestream. Read them home. End family detention. www.readthemhome.org

Tomorrow (April 2nd, International Children's Book Day), I will be in Dilley, Texas, outside the South Texas Family Residential Center, where children and families are being held indefinitely. At 5 pm, I will be reading from my books as part of a poignant vigil. #ReadThemHome #EndFamilyDetention

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Mexican X Part XII: Xochihuah and Queer Aztecs Some have asked, “Hey, so were there gay, trans, non-binary, or otherwise queer folx in pre-Colombian Mesoamerica, especially in the Aztec…

On this #TransDayOfVisibility, I'd like to remind y'all that trans women are women, trans men are men, trans people are human, beautiful, deserving of love ... and ... trans people have always existed, even in pre-Spanish invasion Mesoamerica.

Here's an article if you're curious.

The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling | ContraPoints YouTube video by ContraPoints

Rewatching this excellent takedown of JKR by @contrapoints.bsky.social today instead of, you know, supporting the evil work of a billionaire TERF who wants to erase trans people from the face of the planet.

Yes, I absolutely feel the same way. I find reading books by BIPOC, queer, and/or disabled writers (mostly women) to be SO much more satisfying.

I'm realizing that it has been quite a while since I've read a recently published novel by a cishet white man or watched a movie adaptation of one.

That started as a concious choice some 15 years ago and has now become habit.

Thank the old gods, whew.

Hence my refusal to watch it.

Now is NOT the time for any "mediocre white man saves humanity" bullshit.

"White man being the only survivor & being the saviour of the universe while all the people of colour around him fail through dying is an uncomfortable thing. This isn’t the 1st film to indulge in such bullshit & won’t be the last but it’s very definitely a film doing this right here & now."

Yup.

Ghost, in Austin last year.

“No Kings” Organizers & Indivisible Pivot to May Day General Strike Dozens of unions and Indivisible have backed the May Day Strong walkout

"After No Kings, Indivisible, one of the lead organizers of the "No Kings" protest, is pivoting to building support for...May Day Strong. The May Day Strong coalition is calling for "No Work, No School, No Shopping" on May 1st."

reporting by @mikeelk.bsky.social

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I always forget that a huge part of public protests is that you get to be and feel in community with each other, and, boy, does fascism hate when we’re in community with each other.

The Prince & the Coyote by David Bowles PURA BELPRƒ HONOR WINNER BOOKPAGE TOP 10 BEST BOOK OF 2023 KIRKUS BEST OF THE YEAR Mexico. 1418. Meet Prince Acolmiztli. Puma of the Acolhua People. Heir to his fatherÕs throne. Half Acolhuan, half Me...

Ah, thanks! I suspected as much when I clicked on their profiles and saw many replies engineered in suspiciously similar ways as if to drive engagement with them.

But, yeah, I've written a couple of things set in that time period, most notably THE PRINCE & THE COYOTE.

Yeah, that's low-pass filter (aka high-cut filter), I'm guessing.

David Bowles – Medium Read writing from David Bowles on Medium. A Mexican American author & translator from South Texas. Teaches literature & Nahuatl at UTRGV. President of the Texas Institute of Letters.

(While also teaching a university course called "Aztec Language and Literature," I should add, heh. And publishing a bunch of essays on various bits of Nahua history and linguistics on Medium and elsewhere.)

For those (bots?) asking where the inspiration for writing about early 15th-century Nahua culture comes from, I have spent the better part of two decades studying Classical Nahuatl (the language of the "Aztec Empire") and the culture of Anahuac (the Valley of Mexico). Now I write fiction set there.