I *really* appreciate how @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social responded when she learned the viral "Moms for Liberty won none of their (contested) elections!" was misinformation. This was classy and helpful for those who also spread that without any verification. www.instagram.com/p/DQxSrAhkXEw/

I am one of the people that fell for the disinformation and posted about it. I have now deleted all my posts. So sorry for spreading these lies further. I will try to do better in the future and not react so quickly without triple checking resources.

Viral posts about how Moms For Liberty had zero wins on election night...aren't true. They're misinformation, even dis-info. M4L did have a number of school board candidates win. You can verify that information pretty easily. They had *A LOT* of losses and their power isn't what it once was.

Everytime one of Kelly’s newsletters drops, I stop everything and open it.

Look at who in your community is putting up food pantries and serving free meals no questions asked. It's certainly not large box corporate restaurants and retail establishments, but mom and pop restaurants, locally owned coffee shops, etc… 1/2

'Tis the season to join my Bindery and win a $100 gift card for @bookshop.org Join and enter to win here (I'll be picking a winner this afternoon): bien-leidos.binderybooks.com/item/7SQr3NI...

What if 10% of the people that marched in the No Kings protests this past weekend spoke up against book bans at their school boards and public libraries? What if they spoke up about defunded libraries? What if they ran for office or volunteered to be on a public minicipal board? 1/2

Regardless of what exterior forces want you to believe, there is no such thing as overconsumption of reading and learning, especially in a time of rising anti-intellectualism. They've created the myth to try and ban books and defund public education.

FUND LIBRARIES OVERCONSUME BOOKS SHOP INDIE BOOKSTORES

So SNAP benefits are the problem and not my taxes going towards a $200 million dollar ballroom during a government shutdown where actual government employees aren’t being paid m, but the politicians with six-figure salaries and universal healthcare who created the shutdown are? PLEASE

Not all resistance looks the same, but continuing the work is vital even when it’s not all over the news. It’s the quiet work of mutual aid and community that will save us.

Next week is Prison Banned Books Week. Here are some readings and resources in preparation. 💙📚 #booksky bookriot.com/reading-and-...

Oh, it’s inconvenient to you to ask me to do something and I ask for a contract and a budget before agreeing? Trust me, it’s far more inconvenient for me to agree to do something that you will be profiting from for free.

I am so tired of people thinking having an influencer do promotion means it should be free. And asking me for free labor while you have whole salary? Where do you find the audacity? Content creator’s time is valuable. Our social media sells books. You wouldn’t need me 1/2

🗣️🗣️DALLAS FRIENDS!!! Who am I going to see at the @hayfestival.bsky.social Forum this weekend? There’s still time to register: www.hayfestival.com/m-229-dallas...

Just watched a video (of someone from outside the book community) that started off with the premise “read diverse fiction to combat authoritarianism” and then went on to give 1984 as an example 🤦🏻‍♀️ Anyway, please follow BIPOC creators who read and recommend actual diverse fiction every single day

TIL: representation =/= GOOD representation (feel free to interpret this however you like)

FYI: If your entire Banned Books Week display is white “classic” authors, you are doing it wrong

It’s October 10th and the only people I still see posting Latinx Heritage Month posts are…Latinx creators. FYI—Latinx Heritage Month doesn’t end until October 15th. This wasn’t just a fizzle, it was a fall off a cliff for support of Latinx authors this LHM 1/2

#DVpit 2025 has officially begun! Today, Oct 8, 2025 from 8AM-8PM ET marginalized creators seeking out representation can pitch their completed manuscripts & portfolios to participating Agents & Editors! Don't forget to use #DVpit in your posts! Pls read rules before participating: dvpit.carrd.co

I hope to live the type of life that when my sibling vagueposts something about my health, the entire world stops what they’re doing to say a prayer or light a candle for my well-being. Sending prayers for my girl, Dolly 💕

@bookshop_org free shipping sale ends TONIGHT (10/8) Shop my shelves: bookshop.org/shop/tomesan...

We're aware the hashtag searching is down right now. We have reports it does work if you redownload the app, but is still buggy on desktop. We've contacted bluesky and will update soon #dvpit

Whenever a ww makes the news, I think of this photo from January 2017

Do what you can. When you can. How you can.

It’s up to each of us. Use your voice and call your reps often. They take notice

Your friendly reminder that if you have never spoken up about anything and feel the need to, NOW is the perfect time to do so. Don’t be afraid. There are more of us than them. Our voices are louder and need you now more than ever.

Today marks the beginning of the first federal government shutdown since 2019. ALA is concerned about the impacts on federal library workers, as well as the cascading impacts in communities nationwide. Read more about what this means for libraries: americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-sc...

@binderybooks.bsky.social HAS AN iOS APP!!! bien-leidos.binderybooks.com/item/Ne3tUdL...

Every single day, the internet makes me grateful anew for DM’s, text and Discord groups. My menopausal ass is so grateful to every single person who responds when I just need to say something without a filter.

Reminded me of Jordan’s poem poets.org/poem/i-must-...

Intention for the week: be a menace

It’s mornings like this where the feed I have cultivated for myself is immaculate: Bad Bunny, the orgullo of my Puerto Rican friends, Cardi B, Latine authors winning awards. It’s all I see today and all I hope to continue to see in the future….

This National Library Card Sign-Up Month, I remind you that the most subversive thing you can do right now is get a library card for yourself and every member of your family and use it—many of the subscriptions you’re cancelling can be replaced with library services 1/2

a key reason they see an opening for such a blatant speech crackdown is that they already did one to Palestinian and anti-genocide activists and it got enthusiastic bipartisan approval

Calling liberals snowflakes was just telling on themselves. The thinnest of skins. The fragilest of egos.

This Latinx Heritage Month, before coming into my DM’s and comments without ever engaging with my content to make a specific request, why don’t you try scrolling through literally thousands of recommendation lists or my Bookshop booklists? 1/2

“Can I call you? I have some chisme” is a love language

In case you want to teach the littles about Claudia Sheinbaum, there's a picture book biography about her life that released today: bookshop.org/a/1421/97816...

The family has asked that the video not be circulated online

Latine(x) Heritage Month (aka Hispanic Heritage Month) has begun 💃🏽💃🏾 Follow me & check out my previous posts for book recs by & about Black and Latine folks! #LatineHeritageMonth #LHM #HispanicHeritageMonth #LatinxHeritageMonth #Booksky #LatinxBooksky #BookRecommendations

New Halloween picture books (plus a few backlist gems!) bookriot.com/new-hallowee...

Not to be controversial on main, but a quick Latine Heritage Month reminder! spanish =/= Latinx/e/o/a Please research authors before including them in your roundups! Thank you for coming to my ted talk!

This is why documenting real history is important. He found footage his grandmother took in 1963 when America was in segregation and had her narrate it into a short film.

HAPPY LATINE HERITAGE MONTH!!! “The Latina in me is an ember that blazes forever.” — Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor Join Bien Leidos Bindery: bien-leidos.binderybooks.com/membership/%...

Girls be like “I needed this” and it’s just proudly celebrating our Latine identity at the start of Latinx Heritage Month

I took my annual LHM photo full of Latine books that have released this year and there were so many that they didn’t even fit in the frame and I am crying because of the ones I had to cut out. 1/2

“The holidays are just around the corner…” *SLAMS LAPTOP SHUT*

I’ve realized that I just don’t have the time to do everything I want to do. Living by my to-do lists lately.