Tomorrow is my last day at ABA. 9 yrs, 11 months, and 2 days. 22 yrs in children's bookselling, and I wouldn't change a single thing.

I'm just a bookseller, standing in front of other booksellers, asking them to care about children's books.

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For the 20 minutes it takes me to go through @libro.fm ALCs, I escape the horrors of being a person in this country.

I wrote about speaking on the #TeslaTakedown livestream, how nice it is to not use X anymore, and a bit of Laura Loomer-inspired harassment micahflee.com/join-a-tesla...

I removed Instagram from my phone. Now, I doomscroll Zillow.

Booksellers, Children's Institute registration is today!

To all those still driving #Teslas. That’s your right, of course. But realize that, like it or not, you’re a mobile billboard normalizing #Musk. #TeslaTakedown

But we did. We did start the fire, Billy Joel.

Donate your Tesla to a nonprofit. Claim the donation on your taxes. Buy another car that isn't a Tesla and doesn't have a Tesla battery. Where you spend your money has always been political. Research who your money is funding.

I need a spam folder for my brain that will automatically filter me from myself. Bonus points for the option to unsubscribe.

Allyship is my partner slowing down while driving so I can swear at Cybertruck drivers. Love is him making sure I keep the windows rolled up.

I'll be hosting a late night crafting session after the Opening Reception. Scholastic and Chronicle are supplying good crafty things. I'm bringing my knitting. You can bring your current WIP or partake in the goodies,but... and this is very important... you must bring the TEA.

A bright spot is that I leave for Denver for Wi2025 in exactly one week.

Yeah so the Constitution isn’t really in effect right now

Remember executive orders are not laws. Call your representatives.

Just ask your Alexa if Fentanyl is right for you.

BREAKING, via The Seattle Times: Trump's executive order to restrict birthright citizenship is blocked for at least the next two weeks by a Reagan appointee in Seattle who eviscerated the Trump lawyers present defending the order. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Chicago. Be aware. If you have an appt at Young Center please do NOT go. Stay safe and Chicago fam if you are able to show up & protest, please do.

i just want to lie in a pile of baby wombats, knit some sweaters, and watch ONLY my favorite i love lucy episodes while drinking sugary milky tea and eating a croissant that won't ever end.

Resharing for those who may be in danger or have neighbors that need your help.

I just saw someone comment, "we never had blizzard warnings from the Gulf of Mexico. The Gulf of America sucks" and now I'm dead.

Hard agree! Where you get your news is important. Bezos, front and center at the inauguration, owns wapo. The paper will be gaslighting the American people --who pay for a subscription -- for the foreseeable future.

Today is not business as usual. Don't let your job, family, or government convince you otherwise. Urgency is part and parcel of Tyranny. There is still abundance. Hold your people close.

Jules Feiffer, 1974

As the U.S. shifts into a volatile political landscape targeting critical thinking, I want to share an important reminder to the #booksky community: The only way to preserve literature is by collecting physical copies. I know, Kindle users, it sucks—but your digital copy can be deleted any time.

AOC: "Every mass social media platform in the United States has been taken over by the right wing, with the exception of Blue Sky (but Blue Sky is still very small, relatively)." @aoc.bsky.social

Freedom is my love language.

This is just devastating Y’all Altadena was one of the few areas African-Americans could buy in during the redlining era Whole neighborhoods of black equity and wealth gone

This twit doesn't care that he's still a nerd. He's rich. If you really want to hurt a rich people, cut off the money. No more Amazon, sell your Tesla, get off Facebook.

If you're struggling with how to impart change, remember that your buying power is political. If you're stumped on what to do while this new order shapes itself, break up with billionaires.

If you see "Craft and Conversation" on the schedule -- Yes, it's THE Craft and the conversation is spells. We're hexing folks, y'all.

Gonna start a bookseller coven at Winter Institute. Feels right. Who's in?

for anyone trying to extricate yourself from the clutches of Amazon: bookstores make more than a third of their money between now & New Year’s, & most bookstores ship nationwide 💌

I’m going to keep it real and hope I don’t get accused of overstating the issue; children’s liberation is the key to the future you want. The active, and often dismissed, oppression of children is near the root of what ails us as a nation.

Looking for #indiebooksellers who jumped X

I brought back books that weren't on the list.

Leaving for Wi2024 in 48 hrs. I've made a grocery list of the books I want to nab at the author reception. I am not allowed to bring back anything that is not on the list. I am not allowed to bring back anything that is not on the list. I am not allowed to bring ba...

I couldn't think of the phrase "time-consuming" so instead I wrote "time-expensive" and honestly, that's more accurate.

I kinda love how Friday the 13th is a secret holiday for tattoo artists and tatted people.

You know when you hear a song for the first time and you're like, this is a bop, and then you listen to the words, and you're like, oh no...this is tragic? I feel that way about You've Got Mail.

It's holiday bonus season. Indie booksellers, no need to be shy. Nominate yourself. You deserve it.

The first (and last time) I went to a haunted house, I thanked all of the character actors AS THEY JUMPED OUT AT ME for being so good at scaring me. Not only did this make them less scary, it confused them.

For years we (bookselling) have discussed how reading builds empathy in children, and I agree. And yet...and yet. Without providing the tools to empower kids to seek justice on behalf of others, empathy is an emotion we have for something that is outside of us, while justice liberates all of us.

Unofficial Ci2024 closing reception. We hate watch You’ve Got Mail and boo every time Joe Fox comes on screen.

Phone calls with children's booksellers are the best part of my day

Booksellers, time to crowdsource topics for Children's Institute in New Orleans. What topics do you want to cover?

Congrats to Vashti Harrison for being an NBA Finalist! The way I needed BIG when I was little is unmatched. So many kid's body-positive books address fatness as something that belongs to someone else. BIG is a radical book and we need more books like this for kids.

This is very important.