If you are a Minneapolis area educator and you're interested in a copy of @grubreport.bsky.social's Not Like Every Day: Finding Calm During School Lockdown Drills, please send me a message. wildrumpusbooks.com/book/9780593...

If you are a Minneapolis area educator and you're interested in a copy of @grubreport.bsky.social's Not Like Every Day: Finding Calm During School Lockdown Drills, please send me a message. wildrumpusbooks.com/book/9780593...

This girl was one of the St. Francis students who spoke. The school board should be ashamed of themselves for trying to take books away from her.

every author should sign up for this tbh

I had the enormous pleasure of speaking at this school board meeting and hearing these kids give impassioned, insightful, and eloquent speeches against book banning. It was deeply inspiring. The school board has done them a massive disservice. pen.org/st-francis-m...

More amazing offerings in the @kidlitforla.bsky.social wildfire relief fundraiser - a manuscript critique from the amazing @anneursu.bsky.social! www.32auctions.com/organization...

Please buy books and read them. It will matter moving forward.

Happy 21st birthday to this angel. My Petra baby is all grown up!

Here’s the deal: Make reading your hobby this year. It’ll expand your mind, grow your perspective, and if you grab a library card, you’ll be supporting authors too (yes, in places like the UK, AU, NZ, and Canada, libraries pay authors!). Reading isn’t just fun—it’s a win for everyone.

Yes

Anyway, here’s Catman.

In this post (www.lifeisasacredtext.com/gratitudes), I explain some ways you might use this tool on those days when nothing is going right, or when the pain of the world is overwhelming-- or, even better, as a daily practice. Might help a lot, just saying.

No, @booker.senate.gov, you think the guy using eugenicist rhetoric about my kid has some good things to say. So I’m not giving you money.

A federal judge has struck down key parts of an Arkansas law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing so-called “harmful” materials to minors

So many good books on this 1st panel of 4 that was shared on #IG! I've read most from this panel and I'm currently reading @anneursu.bsky.social's Not Quite a Ghost right now. For the other 2 I haven't read, I have one on audiobook waiting for me and one on hold at the library. Favs? #mglit #newbery

Gingerbread man is all of us

Ladies and Gentlepeople, your 1991 World Series champion Minnesota Twins

Also download the library app Libby. You can preview about 60 pages of a book without borrowing it to see if you like it. I found many cool fantasy books there. Works with many libraries

Better yet, take that card and see all the stuff you can get with it! Libraries are so rad, I'm always amazed by how much you can do with a library card, or even just being in the library.

Ladies and Gentlepeople, your 1991 World Series champion Minnesota Twins

2024 Headline of the Year nominee (January)

Minnesota Senators @amyklobuchar.com and @smith.senate.gov are both on here, sacrificing at-risk kids' mental health for...something I guess. What are Minnesota parents supposed to think?

Anyway, here's an absurdist cat.

basically, when you tell me you're not going to stand up for trans kids, immigrant kids, poor kids, disabled kids, you are telling me you don't care about children. and then I can't support you.

Planned Parenthood filling me with confidence here

Lol. No.

Your points are well taken but you ARE going on the journey to hell. The hard part that we find ourselves in is what is it the average person can do to increase the chances of getting off it?

in Jan 2017 I sat in a town hall with McCollum and said "if Dems don't lead the fight then the people will find literally anyone else who will, and historically that has not worked out well." there have been positive moments since then but it's not going great.

Why would I ever, ever, donate to democrats again? What is the point?

this is pretty much the best possible thing anyone could say

just going to go out on a limb and say that the person who led the House Dems campaign arm this time should not be planning strategy

How long do you have?

Private company buys a public good. A few years go by and the company decides the public good is no longer worthwhile; the public suffers as a result. This story arc is way too common in modern society. deadline.com/2024/12/max-...

You cannot be inclusive and allow hate speech. At the end of the day every space needs to decide who they want to be there.

This was never, ever going to stop at sports. Every Dem and pundit who blamed election losses on trans people is responsible for all the harm that will happen now.

Missing in this conversation is how hateful this discussion is toward autistic people. The idea that it’s better for a kid to have polio than autism is eugenicist, but the opposition to RFK won’t even engage with it. It’s as upsetting as it is predictable.

“Not Quite A Ghost” by Anne Ursu was wonderful. Great homage to “The Yellow Wallpaper” short story. Great representation, deals with invisible illnesses and the reliability of the narrator.

Yeah, I really don't think that's going to do it.

Semi-regular reminder that shifting ANY of your spending away from Amazon/Walmart to a locally owned store is significant. Don't be discouraged if you had to go there for something. Do what you can & know that it counts.

Okay, well, I'm going to go find a hollowed out tree and live there the rest of my days now. Thank you, everyone, for your friendship.

ICYMI: Middle-grade books to check out for the holidays, including titles by @anneursu.bsky.social, @joannelevy.bsky.social & Marisa Meyer, @jamieillustrate.bsky.social and MORE! #kidlit #middlegrade fromthemixedupfiles.com/seasonal-mid...

this is so perfect youve gotta think it was intentional

maybe the savannah bananas people should run baseball

Set up a monthly donation for @trevorproject.bsky.social, an organization that provides mental health support and advocacy for LGBTQ+ young people. Who's with me?

To me, nothing is funnier than this. Everything competes with scrunched up Kermit

It's been a rough year for everyone. But if you're thinking about divesting from billionaires (inasmuch as that's possible), supporting indie bookstores whenever and wherever possible is a key part of that.

If you're thinking about books for Jólabókaflód, gifting, or just for your own personal needs, may I suggest ordering from my bookstore, @curiouscatbookshop.bsky.social? (Feel free to follow over there, too--we're on Insta, Tiktok, etc as well.) It's been a rough year for bookstores. 1/2

This is the greatest sports photo of all time.