Honestly, I didn't want to read a book about school gun violence, but @lancerubinparty.bsky.social forced it on me, and I'm now so glad that he did. Which brings me to his amazing book, which is also on the list: Crying Laughing 😆😢😂

Happy Pride!! Call your reps and yell at them about these horrible book banning bills these losers keep trying to pass reps.fyi

This is a seven alarm fire for the freedom to read.

Getting kind of tired of self-styled serious people confidently asserting that data centre water use is a made up issue.

Lance Rubin is one of my favorite writers, inventive, insightful, and one of the most kind people I know . . . and now he's offering his beautiful mind for people who'd like some book coaching. This is awesome @lancerubinparty.bsky.social www.lancerubin.com/bookcoach?ut...

Help! I've been emotionally victimized by a YA novel! @lancerubinparty.bsky.social's "16 FOREVER" had me bawling my eyes out this afternoon. What an emotional wallop - it's been years since a book hit me in the feelings like that.

the first CEO to just be like "fuck the groupchat, we're going back to offering 2019 level of service" is going to see exponential brand growth for their org while their buddies open and close their mouths in outrage like hyperventilating goldfish

Happy Trans Day of Visibility to my trans homies, you're gorgeous and I love you. and happy you better be fucking donating to a mutual fund to support trans folks or calling your reps about HR 7661 or donating to ACLU ID or KS to fight the fresh shitty laws there day to my cis people

FELLOW AUTHORS: the deadline to file a claim in the Anthropic settlement for stealing all our work is MONDAY. The settlement provides for $3000 per work. GO GET YOUR MONEY. www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/claim-form

Completely agree, it’s inevitable. Humans will rise above the slop.

Thrilled to see ZED MOONSTEIN featured here with other middle school friendship books, all of which sound so good.

I'm sure I'm not listed, but even so, needed to send a 'get fucked' email

House Republicans have just introduced a bill that would result in a NATIONWIDE book ban. Oh, the bill is also specifically transphobic. Contact your House Rep and ask them to publicly oppose this legislation. A few more thoughts in the thread about this action. bookriot.com/hr7661-book-...

Georgia Fort's is chilling, and it's being overshadowed by the equally chilling arrest of Don Lemon. A GoFundMe is being set up for Fort. In the meantime, you can support her work directly – without paying massive fundraising platform fees – through her website: www.georgiafort.com/support

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

This was a delightful conversation with Jessikah!

Check out 16 Forever. With a pared down prose and a driving narrative, this story is highly readable and accessible. Carter's challenges will both entertain and pull at your heart strings. 𝟏𝟔 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 by New York Times bestselling author @lancerubinparty.bsky.social 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐛 𝐢𝐭 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄: a.co/d/gQdXJvj

Sometimes all you can do is make the world 0.0000000000001% less awful by being a good person and it feels very meaningless but it’s also the only thing that really matters

Hey! 16 Forever is out! It’s a romantic, funny, time-loopy story about Carter Cohen, who is stuck forever at age 16 as the world keeps aging around him. It’s about time, memory, change, and love, both romantic and familial. I’m very proud of it. www.harpercollins.com/products/16-...

Yay for great books! Favorites of 2025 Part 2: - Tale of Time City (Diana Wynne Jones) - Zed Moonstein Makes a Friend @lancerubinparty.bsky.social - Afterglow and Embers & Echoes (Karsten Knight) - Nightingale, Sing (Karsten Knight) - Eternity of Masks and Shadows (Karsten Knight)

This was a delightful conversation. E Train is so impressive.

I love this festival so much. Hooray for 2026!

Rec'ing great books to my 8th graders today, including new favorites I recently read: 🤖Zed Moonstein Makes a Friend @lancerubinparty.bsky.social 🪰The Electric Kingdom by David Arnold 📡Simon Sort Of Says @erinbowbooks.bsky.social 🐦Candace, The Universe, And Everything @rhymeswithcapri.bsky.social

I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.

I just read Zed Moonstein Makes a Friend by @lancerubinparty.bsky.social because you know I have to read anything with robots and AIs in it. A kid uses an experimental app to generate an AI friend which goes badly wrong. It's unfortunately very timely! #kid #middlegrade

If you live in Oakland PLEASE consider writing in via this extremely easy form to our city officials to urge them to REJECT a contract w FLOCK surveillance cameras, which shares data directly with ICE and DHS. Keep our neighbors safe. FLOCK OUT OF OAKLAND actionnetwork.org/letters/no-f...

Great fun celebrating the release of "Treasure of Ocean Parkway" with @sarvenaztash.bsky.social and @lancerubinparty.bsky.social tonight! Lived hearing them talk about the writing process, and can't wait to dive into the book!

If you and your children are not ready for a particular book, that is okay. It is not okay to limit the access to books, stories, and experiences for other families. Every book is not for everyone, but every book is for someone. bookriot.com/the-day-the-books-disappeared-school-visit-cancelation/

Tear gassing random residential streets is just absolutely psychotic behavior.

I will say TPM is a media outlet 90% funded by its readers/membership and explicitly dedicated to exposing authoritarianism. Support your local TPM!

To become dependent on ChapGPT is to evacuate yourself from your own life. YIKES, no thanks. I’m gonna be alive inside every damn thing I do, even and especially the ish I don’t wanna do.

Loved doing this interview with librarian Mary Lanni! We talked about Zed and creativity and recording the audiobook and how overwhelming it is for adults to navigate the internet right now, let alone kids.

Please share the news about these students working to get transparency on why books were removed from a statewide reading bowl (including a book ON book banning!!) bookriot.com/helen-ruffin... And then sign their petition here: www.change.org/p/ensure-tra...

Trash.

This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical

I loved Zed Moonstein Makes A Friend by Lance Rubin. Such a great, funny book about friendship, social media, AI, and the looming corporate takeover invading every part of our lives.

It's time for my roundup of things I loved in September! Featuring books by @lancerubinparty.bsky.social and @neddalewersbooks.bsky.social—and a call for cozy fall/Halloween recs: kathrynholmes.substack.com/p/the-roundu...

Candidate scorecards are a fantastic way to help protect the right to read in your town. If you're into research & can make simple graphics, maybe that's how you can contribute. Here is a thread of cards for the upcoming Bucks Country, PA schoolboard...

“He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. “He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.” -Declaration of Independence

Do one thing today to help. One thing tomorrow. One thing the day after. Taking a swing at every bad thing happening is just going to burn you out. Remember, if everyone does their one thing the world changes

idk, i've managed to not use chatgpt or whatever a single time and still am somehow getting things done and doing well at my job bc i use things like: having conversations with other people! reading! my own brain to think of things!

These people are going to kill kids, and they held a press conference to announce it. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...

This should be the lead story in all major national news outlets. Public health people prefer to stay out of the limelight unless there is no other choice. I can’t overstate how bad things have to be for 9 former CDC directors to band together and pen an op-ed in the NYT warning the entire country.

Maybe it’s bc everything is else is so terrible but just watching strangers come together to celebrate the city they love organized by a potential leader who just wants to celebrate that love and help the people who live there I am 😭😭😭😭😭

You have to fight this. You MUST fight this. This is the first fight in 8 months that you, as a person without a law degree, can personally win against the Trump Administration. We still need a bit more critical mass from Democrats. Keep calling. Demand (1) statements and (2) investigative hearings

Just call Congress. I am asking you to do that for the women in your life, if not for public health. You don't even need to find a script or write down what you're going to say before you call. Hell, you don't even need to shave your nasty little beard before you take a video and post it on Bluesky.

Worth reading CDC's Pledge to the American People from 2024. It is, put simply, the antithesis of RFK Jr.'s actions in office to date. www.cdc.gov/about/pledge...