Talarico: Every bar has that guy. He’s loud, he’s obnoxious, he makes all the women in the bar feel uncomfortable. He hears you say your name to the bartender and then adds his drink to your tab when you’re not looking. That’s Paxton. And I don’t know about y’all, but I’m done picking up his tab.

Back in the game, baby! LFG NORWAY! 🇳🇴

21st century America is a multiracial democracy whose commerce, culture and cuisine reflect the influence of immigrants from every country on earth. The only people seemingly unable to assimilate into this society are white Republicans.

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The most fatal millennial disease is pronouncing any five-syllable phrase with a similar cadence to the tune of "applebottom jeans, boots with the fur." The final boss of this exists, of course, on the Sweetgreen menu.

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We knew it was coming but NOOOOOO 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

watch out for these norsebound express trains

I've spent the last two months putting together this exhaustive analysis of the New York Times coverage of trans people. It covers 3,242 articles over 12 years. In 2022, the NYT shifted towards a hostile stance towards trans people in their framing. www.thedissident.news/exclusive-ho...

“And we put some happy little algae here.”

@mayor.nyc.gov's 🔥 Knicks speech was a message to all Americans: "Standing here before what feels like the entire city, there is a Jalen Brunson quote I can't stop thinking about: 'You are allowed to think about the worst possible scenario — but you gotta go out there and do something about it.'"

If you watch the Obama Library, the World Cup, and the Knicks parade this afternoon -- and nothing else -- you can actually see the America we're supposed to be at age 250

“we didn’t get here because trans people reached too far or were too mean on Twitter to journalists… we got here the same way we lost abortion rights: a 50-year project to capture the Courts and ensure that the only outcome is the one that ideologically aligns with the Republican Party’s platform”

Trump signs a historically disastrous surrender to Iran at Versailles and the first thing Vance does is "look, trans people!"

No. 5/No. 22 https://botfrens.com/collections/25/contents/1135987

A lovely tribute to Jane Yolen from the The New York Times . . . www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/b... #JaneYolen

A star-filled immersive tunnel at DigiPark Sydney #art #design

Lily-May's Joyful Day's launch is at Anderson's Bookshop in Naperville on September 10! dashboard.eventcombo.com/e/Author-Eve...

Supporting LGBTQIA+ Authors This Pride Month -- or ANY Month -- here are easy and impactful ways to support queer book creators. Thank you to @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social and @libro.fm for creating these useful graphics!

The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), and the children’s book world, is saddened by the news that author, mentor and friend, Jane Yolen, has died. She was 87 and her loss cannot be measured. Please find the full obituary here: www.scbwi.org/remembering-...

Thank God they’re respecting White House traditions. Not a tan suit in sight.

There are currently more bills attacking trans youth’s right to play sports across the U.S. than there are trans youth in school sports.

Les vases communicants / Communicating vessels - 1946 #artbots #magritte

Illustrator Elly MacKay’s incredible cut paper artistry and @noranickumbooks.bsky.social's smart text highlight the risk, the bravery, and the ingenuity of massive creatures facing a difficult world. I review TWELVE DARING GRAYS. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2026/06/05/r...

SUPER.

I am obsessed with this finalist in this year's Michigan “I voted” sticker design contest

UFC fighter Bryce Mitchell: “(Trump’s) Government is desecrating its role… government is supposed to protect us, not entertain us.”

An exhibition of works by Frank Gehry, the first since his passing in 2025, is on view at Gagosian, Beverly Hills. The presentation was realized in collaboration with the artist’s family and designed by the Gehry studio

On Wednesdays we wear pink 💅

Empire of Light by René Magritte, 1953 https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137683

🔥 Ronny Chieng at Harvard: “F*ck A.I. — the mission of your generation is to destroy it… shortcuts to skip to the end aren’t always good. The journey is the point of all this.”

James Talarico just announced a bus tour around Texas called "The People vs. Ken Paxton Tour."

This is Ken Paxton's mugshot. He was indicted on 3 felony counts for investment fraud. He was reported to the FBI by his own staff for bribery. He was impeached by his own party for corruption. Now he’s the Republican nominee for US Senate in Texas. Together we will stop him.

LFG, TEXAS! VOTE FRIENDLY 🤠

One of my all-time favorite moments from Colbert’s show — this exchange with Dua Lipa on faith and grief.

"The most circulated book in our library over the past two years has been Louder Than Hunger by John Schu." — @thelocdlibrarian.bsky.social www.slj.com/story/Meet-S...

Here's your rainy holiday weekend reminder: the 5th anniversary of #KidLitArtPostcard is June 4th! I'm suggesting a theme for our illustrations: You, as a kid. Learn more about the event here: www.ginaperry.com/postcard #kidlit

So $1.8 billion in reparations for insurrectionists, and zero for Epstein victims? Am I getting this right?

“Uncle Sam Wants You” “Be All You Can Be” “This We’ll Defend”

This Is a Theater's cover reveal is on Sunday, June 7! The same day that the 79th Annual Tony Awards will take place!!

Go for it. I don't even care any more.

"Juniper was simply the most amazing human being we have ever known — highly intelligent, extremely talented, and deeply sensitive to the needs of others. Juniper’s loss not only devastates us but diminishes the world." www.them.us/story/slain-...

"We chose Lauren Castillo’s illustrations from This Is a Story, for the brochure and website, because they perfectly reflect our 40-year mission of bringing children and books together." —Dr. Karen Huff mrschureads.blogspot.com/2026/05/shen...

I really do think Trump misheard Talarico saying "cisgender" as "six genders," and that's just a thing he says now. The first person I saw make this observation deleted the post saying it, but yeah.

Mayor Mamdani restores library funding after public outcry gothamist.com/news/mayor-m...

Every line of this poster is more baffling than the last, it stopped me dead in my tracks