Let's talk about the freedom to read in Utah, and everywhere!

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/br...

Feeling tired and discouraged and sad tonight. Going to go to bed early and try again tomorrow.

Gift link. A small unelected, secretive crew now has free access to sensitive private data of everyone. And Musk is already publicly targeting family members of judges who rule against the administration. If this isn’t ringing alarm bells, I don’t know what would. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...

‘This is a coup’: Trump and Musk’s purge is cutting more than costs, say experts In slashing staff and disabling entire agencies the administration is lacerating the structures of US democracy www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

If you're not yet following Alt National Park Service, please do so. They're sharing important insider information.

I'm about to drop some random scripts and carousels tonight. It's not going to be as orderly as I normally am; there's just a LOT going on. But follow this thread. Script 1: RFK has made it through committee. CALL. YOUR. SENATORS. We have to do everything in our power to defeat him.

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

the crux of feldman's argument is this and it reads like a brief for why we should trust the wallet inspector

Okay, I want to say it again for anyone who needs to hear it right now: Yes, calling is better for getting in touch with your reps. But right now? DO IT HOWEVER YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE. I'm really concerned that the emphasis on calling right now is stopping people from getting in touch.

Today we really need dozens of members of Congress to physically enter buildings that have been commandeered by DOGE interns and refuse to leave until things are fixed, whatever that might mean. I can't think of another option.

Today is not a great day for biz as usual. Please take a moment to call your senators and demand they stop the illegal takeover of treasury functions (budgets and payments are approved by congress, not subject to unilateral decisions by presidents or their reps): www.senate.gov/senators/sen...

Some resources to help those affected by the devastating CA fires (including shelter animals), from Celeste Pewter on Instagram

Went to a fantastic book launch for two kind and generous PB writers: @micahplayer.bsky.social and @elainebvickers.bsky.social! So excited for new books on my shelves.

The Heritage Foundation is threatening to go after writers and editors of Wikipedia. It’s time to donate some more money if you can. It’s one of the only places that’s safeguarding facts.

An Open Letter to our Publishers has been sent to over 90 Publishing CEOs this morning in response to the concerns of our members. 1/4

We have two cats: a sweet, not so bright ginger named Calcifer and Mothman, our aloof black panther. Except at bedtime, when they're both wild. 😂

Just finished watching Mike Schur's newest series, A Man on the Inside, and it was just as charming and full of heart as I'd hoped. Fans of The Good Place and Brooklyn 99 (and even Gilmore Girls) will recognize some familiar faces. Ted Danson is perfect, as always.

The 75th National Book Awards took place on November 20, gathering the biggest names in publishing for the “Oscars of books.” The winner of this year's NBA for Young People’s Literature is Shifa Saltagi Safadi for her middle grade novel 'Kareem Between' www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

people should have, actually, put "donald trump is a lying liar who lies" in the newspaper

This is how you become a writer: just pick one of the things that is deeply wrong with you. Make it a character. Now send it on a self-help journey or try to kill it. Now call it a book.

Hi hi, Blasian author here with a new middle grade portal fantasy (starring a Blasian Muslim heroine) coming in 2025 from Greenwillow Books, SABRENA SWEPT AWAY! Tell your friends!

With apologies to everyone who followed me here after I made my account last summer and then promptly forgot that I had one . . . ! I'm generally slow, but not quite that slow :)

Monday morning reminder: please wear a mask, if you've fallen out of the habit of wearing one. The Eris variant is on the rise. (Linking to Yahoo instead of Reuters directly, because Reuters has limits on how many articles you can view.)

Not excited to be learning another social media platform, but grateful to finally be here! (Also procrastinating back to school planning).