I just want high-speed rail. 😔

I do a lot of historical research and often I find a political cartoons from one hundred years ago that explain political corruption better than contemporaries’ essays.

If you are like us, you’re going to be watching the last episode of The Late Show with sadness. But, I love that Colbert IS unabashed in his nerdom and is never afraid to speak out against things he sees as wrong. Good luck in whatever you decide to do next, Stephen.

CARTOON OF THE DAY 😕🇺🇸 (From @andertoon.bsky.social )

We are being reminded that a fundamental issue of our day isn’t simply the size of the government — it’s who our government actually works for. Kudos to Mayor Mamdani for reminding us that government can (and should) work for the people.

An unused Captain Planet cover

There's a new flag-bearing statue in London and street artist Banksy confirmed he was behind it. https://cnn.it/498hK5D

Happy Earth Day! 🌎

I hear people say they are exhausted and long for boring politicians and politics when no—we don’t need to Make Politics Boring Again. We need more kindness and whimsy running government. We need more of this.

#Artemis II - Mission Complete! 🚀🌕🌍 Welcome Home Orion Crew! All four astronauts have now been extracted from the Orion Spacecraft

How it feels doing literally any task right now.

👋 Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! Just here in the mid-west hanging out and doing my best. 🥲 See more of my work: kristenuroda.com #kidlitpostcard #kidlitartpostcardday #kidlit #kidlitart

Over eight million Americans took to the streets today, which makes No Kings 3 the biggest single day of protest in the history of our country. #NoKings

I'm reminded of these wise words from Mr. Fred Rogers on what would have been his 98th birthday. We are all in this together. Let's renew ourselves to the fight for the common good. It's all the more important during these difficult times.

‘Mr. Nobody Against Putin’ Director: “This is about how you lose your country — through small acts of complicity: when a government murders people on the streets, when oligarchs take over the media… we all face a moral choice. But even a nobody is more powerful than you think."

“Artists are not powerless in this system. Every shared resource, every self-built spreadsheet, every diary page, and every refusal to participate in exploitative calls is a small redistribution of agency.“ 👏👏👏

"Men liked to put me down as the best woman painter... I'm one of the best painters" - Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) US artist #InternationalWomensDay

Here is @aoc.bsky.social thankfully telling everyone exactly what to do to stop a concentration camp from being built where you live. Please take it to heart and take action.

📽️ WATCH: We went inside the immigrant family detention center in Dilley, Texas. Listen to what kids told reporter @micarosenberg.bsky.social about their life in detention — and the things they’ve lost and left behind. Read more: https://propub.li/4toqME6

Google gave ICE the sensitive personal data of a student journalist, including his bank account and credit card info, without even letting him know. The company is also helping bankroll Trump’s vanity ballroom project. Google is enabling fascism — all to protect its bottom line.

This book has the most scathing dedication by an illustrator I have ever seen (and he is completely right) #kidlit

"The American media makes things that are abnormal seem normal. The European press doesn’t do that. So you’ll see when they report on Trump’s rambling Davos speech, they will say it made no sense. In the US press, you’ll just see excerpts and an attempt to sanitize it." — @anneapplebaum.bsky.social

Are you sick of the constant discussion of AI? Me too, so I spent an entire year trying to find a solution to make AI optional. I hope you enjoy! youtu.be/R-edYoZZosg

Excited to share that MISS BETTI, WHAT IS THIS? was selected as one of the ⭐️ New York Public Library’s Best Books of 2025 ⭐️! If you haven’t gotten a copy yet, it’s a story you don’t want to miss. 🙂 @lelanargi.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlitmegafeed #detroithistory #NYPL

Google has started automatically opting you in to let it read your stuff to train AI. You need to turn this off in SEVERAL places in your settings (not just for Gmail), if you want to maintain privacy and confidentiality. www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...

Keep this in mind as we start seeing more and more large scale outages from AWS, Cloudflare, Github, etc. These are the companies hoping to increasingly automate their systems with AI

It’s #folktaleweek and I couldn’t go to bed without submitting something for today’s prompt, #night. ⭐️ 🥱 #folktaleweek2025

The Jeffrey Esptein scandal the main stream press is ignoring; he was a major player in American foreign policy with deep ties to Israel and other satrapies: www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Sad I couldn’t make it to the party but grateful all the same! 🙏

We’re glad to support the CBPP’s new guide on reducing Medicaid coverage losses during H.R. 1 implementation. It’s a thoughtful resource to help states implement new work requirements while protecting people’s access to care. Read here: www.cbpp.org/research/hea...

Millions of Americans are at risk of losing access to food assistance. Today, Civilla joins a coalition of non-profits to call for SNAP to be fully funded. This isn’t just a policy issue. It’s about people’s health, dignity, and economic stability. beeckcenter.georgetown.edu/statement-on...

Today's a good day to remember the people working so hard to ensure kids get ample nutritious food to learn + thrive. I have copies of Miss Betti to give away to the first 5 teachers or librarians at Title 1 schools to ping me. @kristenuroda.bsky.social @debbieohi.com #PictureBooks #KidLitMegaFeed

New work for NPR. Always a pleasure. 🙂 #editorialillustration #illustration

1.4 million Michiganders are now facing zero dollars coming in to their food assistance accounts for November. Please give $$ if you have it to your local food pantry. This is an emergency. www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...

Respect to those who got here first.

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year: www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Remember that we can always find power, solidarity, and hope in the labor movement. [Artwork by Ricardo Levins Morales]

I absolutely cannot fathom living my life in such a way that leads me to have strong feelings about the Cracker Barrel logo.

Feels like a good time to share my latest cover for the next Race to the Truth series. Preorder your copy today. 🙂 #illustration #bookcovers #abolition

The joy of seeing your work finally in print never gets old. Written in partnership with the Kamin Science Center, ‘Scientists Like Me’ is the perfect book for any kid (or adult!) who loves observing and discovering the world around us. Available now! #science #picturebook #portrait #illustration

Excited about this book haul from my latest travels—so many amazing illustrators! 🥹 #picturebooks #poland

This is excellent. In three minutes she explains how democracies become dictatorships. It's happened so many times, yet in each country, most people said, 'it can't happen here'

#booksky #writingcommunity

My friends, it's not just happening in a galaxy far, far away.

Coming soon: new projects from @kristinsorra.bsky.social @kristenuroda.bsky.social @hloweart.bsky.social @alleannaharris.bsky.social + more buff.ly/vdn18s9

When systems aren't working, many say, "tear it down and start over." We see it differently. We believe in rolling up our sleeves and fixing what we have. Public institutions touch all our lives and are worth improving, not abandoning. See how we're making change: civilla.org/why-insituti...

Miss Betti Wiggins—changing stomachs and minds, one child at a time. 🥕 #picturebook #missbettiwhatisthis #kidlitart #detroithistory

If you’re looking for a little break from the news, catch and groove to the documentary WE WANT THE FUNK! streaming on PBS tomorrow. (and yes, that’s my illustration 😉) www.pbs.org/independentl...

It’s #KidLitArtPostcard day! 🙌 Today I thought it would be fun to share my latest picturebook, “Miss Betti, What is This?” about a changemaker who transformed the Detroit Public School lunch program. It’s near and dear to my heart and available for preorder! See more of my work at kristenuroda.com