Frog vs Noem, Frog wins!

Friday Dec. 12, at 7 PM join Consuelo and I on KBOO radio as we do a bilingual reading of Ten Ways to Hear Snow! You can listen in from ANYWHERE - and I'd love to share a snowy start to winter with you all! kboo.fm/media/130570...

Yesterday, the protest sign I made in support of #librarians #science and truth!

Bored? Join me TODAY, 8/31, 1-7 pm at Oaks Park. I'll be selling books and crafts, and there will be music, food and fun!

Join me this Sunday Aug 31 - I'll be selling books and crafts, and there'll be good food and music as well! Come say Marhaba!

My 2025 #MNstatefair seed art entry, in a frame made of mashed potatoes and clouds, Julio Torres, lover of shapes and colors, Aquarian extraordinaire, comedian, and defender of immigrant and LGBTQ+ rights! #cropart #seedart

#seedart #Cropart My art supplies aren't that expensive. Making art for the 2025 #Minnesotastatefair

Unconstitutional! WAKE up, Congress!

YA sevices have always fluctuated, might be interesting to look at census statistics to see what the teen population in the US is, in upcoming years.

Eight of Our Favorite Arab American Children’s Books Reading children's books with authentic representations of Arab Americans can cultivate empathy and a sense of identity in children.

Eight Favorite Arab American books! What a great list, and honored to be included.
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If you have 5 mins, 10 mins or more >> @uabookbans.bsky.social has concrete ways to help protect the #RightToRead

Huge thanks to @natepowell.bsky.social for this #DrawnToFreedom artwork & the tireless support

#tlsky #booksky #skybrarian #RightToReadDay

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“This should unnerve every American who eats”

STATEMENT: Trump Freezes All Grant Funding to Libraries, Archives, and Museums While this "pause" will negatively impact millions of Americans, it will also considerably impact libraries.

WRITE YOUR REPS TO SUPPORT LIBRARIES!
I'm a constituent (zip code)
I urge you to publicly oppose this action & to protect IMLS funding & its existence as a fundamental service.
Thank you for your commitment to our communities.
Your name,Address ,Contact info
www.everylibrary.org/statement_om...

Collaborators with the fascists.

Done!

Flea treatments are turning our pets into an environmental hazard – there has to be a better way | Sophie Pavelle Startling evidence of the dangers to birds and rivers from over-the-counter drugs should be a wake-up call for owners to press for alternatives, says writer Sophie Pavelle

Excellent article on the overuse of flea medication, which is killing wildlife. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

🚨BREAKING:

The woman he assaulted verbally destroys him 🤣 You bass bitch! ✊🏻

Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio, who was released from prison last month after Trump pardoned him along with 1,500 other Jan. 6 rioters, has just been arrested by Capitol Police for assaulting a counter-protester.

Say what they will, but evolution favors diversity.

Thursday I'm celebrating Dolly Parton's Imagination Library with Tualatin Public Library! Come join me if you're free tomorrow afternoon. I'm so proud to have my book Ten Ways to Hear Snow included in Dolly's Imagination Library collection. She shines as a way rich people can build a BETTER world.

Pack the shelves with books about white guys: Joe McCarthy, Unpresidented: A Biography of Donald Trump, The Cult of Trump, The Broken Road;
George Wallace and a Daughter's Journey to Reconciliation,Gossip Men
J. Edgar Hoover, Joe McCarthy, Roy Cohn, and the Politics of Insinuation ETC....

Musk or Us Congressional Recess Toolkit REACH OUT TO INDIVISIBLE ON REGISTER YOUR EVENT ON MOBILIZE NOW Members of the House of Representatives will be back on your home turf from Friday, February 14th, through Sunday, February 23rd, a...

I really just cannot brag enough about how good this new @indivisible.org resource on next week's congressional recess is. If you're looking for practical ideas about what you can actually do in this moment, check it out: indivisi.org/muskorus

Finally some GOOD news I can celebrate with you! Super excited to be working with my good pal Raul Gonzalez III on a new Lowrider adventure! This ride is as bajito y suavecito as all the other Lowrider books!

Call Maryland Governor Moore, tell him to stop Elon Musk’s breach of our health data systems. We cannot allow them to loot their way through federal government! Take action now!

People's CDC recommends: Call MD Gov Wes Moore at (410) 974-3901 or 1-800-811-8336 & demand he use his executive authority to prevent Musk & his collaborators from further breaching sensitive data at the NIH & CMS which are physically located in Maryland. peoplescdc.org/2025/02/08/c...

Dinosaur bones!🤩

The ruthless leftist is "Sous les pavés, la plage!" 😉

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Write President Musk that you are not happy with his takeover:
President Musk
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20500

Musk has accessed all our social security data. This is a crime!Contact your attorney general and urge them to file a lawsuit with other attorney generals that can lead to the arrest of Musk. If states arrest him, Dumpf can't pardon him.

Really enjoyed the psychedelic poster art show at Portland Museum!