Fox: "Have you interviewed the ICE agent involved in the shooting?" Rep. Seth Moulton: "No, but I've watched the video. Why are you so afraid to show the video to your viewers? You haven't shown it on your show. Why don't you just show it and let people use their own eyes?"

In Iran, there is now a complete internet blackout. Landlines are down. Mobile service is disconnected. Electricity is cut off & there are reports of gunfire in major cities. 90 million people are being cut off from the world. This is the biggest global story right now.

This is the largest uprising in the 47-year history of the Islamic Republic. - protests in 100+ cities in 31 provinces - mass strikes in 50+ cities - millions on the streets in protest - 35 universities have student protests - 45 protestors killed In Tehran, security forces’ vehicles are ablaze 👇

If you don't know your reps, may I recommend 5calls.org? Click to dial all your state and federal electeds, PLUS scripts if you don't know what to say. Pass it on. @5calls.org

💊 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS 💊 Pill Bottle Press is an online literary and art magazine focusing on all the raw emotions centered around mental and physical illness. PBP is open for #poetry, #prose, #art, and #photography submissions until March 7th! Visit PBP's website for details: pillbottlepress.com

It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month. It’s about oil and regime change. And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.

Call your reps + please read the thread. Do it now, please. Script.

✨My art mentorships continue this year!✨ I had the great pleasure of working with 90 students last year, helping them level up their illustration work. If you want to join, I have a few spaces open for the February class. Details about the course here: www.masteringimaginativerealism.com

HELP! 📣 We need published children's authors, illustrators, and photographers to feature on our blog! As a participation perk, we'll list one of your books on our site. WE HAVE AN OPEN SLOT THIS FRIDAY! Please reach out if interested, and keep shining! ✨ www.litkidsmagazine.com/blog #kidlit #blog

New to game writing and not sure how to start? Or maybe you just want an excuse to practice your skills? My good friend @heatherwalters.bsky.social is hosting a Game Writing Course this January!! iffly-43898124.hubspotpagebuilder.com/learn-to-wri...

In 2025, I released my 2nd MG book, Loophole! My hope for next year is to grow the # of reviews. Here's what past readers said: "Beautiful and engaging" "Deep empathy" "Obsessed with this book and I never wanted it to end" Please DM if you'd like a free digital copy to review! 🥰 #kidlit #readers

all X-R-A-Y subs will be open on... friday ! january 2 ! at noon ! arizona time ! subs will be open until we reach our monthly caps -- we tend to reach those caps in like 30 mins to an hour. we open for subs every month on the 1st. thank u for considering us !

Our new interview with artist and immigrant @garlicbunnyy.bsky.social is such a lovely read! She shares her artistic process and beautiful pieces from her portfolio. Please follow her on SM. Share her post for all to see! Keep shining! ✨ www.litkidsmagazine.com/post/yan-jia... #kidlit #artist #blog

So excited to share my blog interview with @litkidsmagazine.bsky.social! ✨ Huge thanks to Lit Kids Magazine for the invitation. I’m truly honored to be interviewed! Here is the link to my interview: www.litkidsmagazine.com/post/yan-jia... #kidlit

2026 is mere days away! Can you believe it? Calling creative 5-13 y/o kids! On 1/1, Lit Kids opens to submissions for Issue 9: Mystery! 🔍 Please send your writing, art, and photos by the end of January for consideration. Keep shining! ✨ www.litkidsmagazine.com #parents #teachers #emag #kidlit

The act of writing is *thinking*. If you do not allow yourself to think thoughts that feel wrong, you will never get a feel for what feels *right*.

it's taken me a while to put this together. but I hope, if you've never heard of her, or even if you have, this tribute to Alice Wong buoys your heart and gives you a good sense of who this incredible person was. www.coyotemedia.org/remembering-...

When people make such a big deal calling out the dehumanizing language that is used towards immigrants, this is why: that language lets people do terrible things to other humans. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Trump has revoked legal status for at least 1.6 million immigrants over the past year by cancelling programs like TPS and student visas. Remember: these are people who entered the country legally. Trump never cared about “legal immigration" — just inflicting cruelty.

On DOGE’s watch, federal spending did not go down at all. It went up. But is still led to cuts that closed offices, canceled programs and deprived people of food, medicine and other aid. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...

The 14th Amendment guarantees citizenship to every child born in the U.S. — no matter what President Trump says.

"Her family has now been told she has been deported, despite US District Judge Brendan Hurson ruling Thursday that she could not be deported pending a hearing...attorneys said Monday that they have...confirm[ed] with the hospital she was born in Maryland." https://bit.ly/3MMdJvz

It's nearly 2026 and there are a TON of young adult books coming out in the first half of the year! Here is part 1 of 4. Book lists in comments. #youngadult #yabooks #2026ya #2026booklist #booklist #bookpost #bookrecs #2026publication #kidlit #teenbooks #postseries #booksky💙📚 #books #december2025

This is also a reason I so often push local journalists and news outlets. So many national outlets are just mouthpieces for right wing billionaires. And the more local your news, the more it affects people's everyday lives. Here's a starter pack! go.blacksky.community/Np78Wud

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY to apply for our 2026 GDC Scholarship!! Making that jump to apply might just be life changing as it was for me years ago early in my career. Hit that apply button📝✨💚 #Gamedev #scholarship

The Trump family has amassed a $4 billion fortune since his re-election. During my time as Ambassador, I was accused of "focusing too intensely on the issue of corruption." There's no such thing. We need leaders who serve the people — not themselves. www.wsj.com/politics/tru...

Actionable Item -- Fighting Book Bans Contact Governor Hochul of New York and demand that she sign the Freedom to Read Act. 1-518-474-8390 It is SITTING ON HER DESK waiting for her signature. Stand up for the right to read. Protect our freedom to access books, stories, and histories in schools.

The US Administration is obliterating programs that protect American children because pediatricians exercised their rights to criticize policy directly in their field of expertise.

less than 1k more to go to reach our new goal!!!

Wow, hi new followers, hey! We’re Queer Liberation Library. QLL is a digital library of queer ebooks & audiobooks available FOR FREE to anyone in the US. Our collection’s in Libby so you can read to your heart's content on your e-reader, phone, etc. membership details downthread~

York County Library (SC) Bans “Gender Identity” Books for Minors, Strips Citizens of First Amendment Rights. I don't know why this York story doesn't get the national attention that others have. It needs it. This board just destroyed the public library. Again. bookriot.com/york-county-...

This installation is located at a church in Charlotte.

We are excited to kick off SCBWI Houston’s Critique Crew today. A great day for kidlit creators to connect, grow, and build community. Join us: www.scbwi.org/events/scbwi... #SCBWIHouston #Kidlit #SCBWI

The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.

December's topic for #KidLitArt chat will be - Year End Roundup: All About Hope Join your hosts on Dec 18, 9pm EST/6pm PST for an hour-long chat about hope! Banner art by @anneappert.bsky.social

How about everyone cancel their subscriptions like they did when Kimmel was removed from his late night show? It would probably make a difference like last time.

So, it's been 6 months of Itch ignoring my payouts & refusing to even answer why they won't give me the money I'm owed for my *own* sales. If y'all would like to help me out, direct sales from my Ko-Fi shop get paid out immediately so please consider buying my books (ebook & print) there!

MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”

ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”

Recently, I was lucky enough to write a guest post about books and mental wellness for the blog Smack Dab in the Middle! Please read and share my post to help promote Loophole! I would be forever grateful. 🥰📚 smack-dab-in-the-middle.blogspot.com/2025/12/book... #kidlit #mentalhealth #books #readers

I'm going to do another #artAdventCalendar post tonight because my last one had such a poor photo (only one i have of it) Here's a soapstone carving I did in 2019 of a white breasted nuthatch.

SAVE THE DATE! #SmallPitch comes back for another indie/small press-focused pitch event on January 19-25, 2026 🌊 This time, it will be open to all underrepresented authors from the #WritingCommunity, agented and unagented alike. Check our website for more details ⬇️

honey bees 🐝🍯 #art

little charmander 🌱 #art #pokemon

Some mega pokemon ✨️ #art #pokemon

This fetid landmark, this historical stain on humanity is primarily due to the stunningly reckless obliteration of America's foreign assistance agency earlier this year. Led by the richest man on earth. In secret, on a weekend. With zero analysis or discussion of its catastrophic impacts.

Join author-illustrator Yiting Lee for an interactive workshop on character design for picture books. No prior experience required. You'll need: ✏️ Pencils 📖 Paper 🎨 Coloured pencils or watercolours 💭 Your imagination! buff.ly/0bKCc1E #SoAatHome

Did you know chameleons can see in two different directions at once? Their eyes move independently! Cool and useful! 🦎💚 #kidlit #kidlitart #kidlitartist #kidsbooks #kidsbookart #illustration #chameleons