#ByeHulu. I care about #FreedomOfSpeech. Big corporations only listen to our $. Hit them where it hurts. #DitchHulu #DropDisney

As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read. They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.

“…framing exploration as a distraction or indulgence misses the point. It’s precisely during uncertain times that we most need sources of inspiration to tackle big problems. When we invest in exploration, we are also investing in education, innovation, and the future.” 🌊 www.whoi.edu/news-insight...

Scam Alert: Harper Book Writers (Scroll down to article. ) #amwriting #authors mailchi.mp/authorsguild...

Please watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlIv...

Today’s harvest! (Plus enough basil to make 6 cups of pesto!)

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars. OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

🐋🐋 What a book! 🐋🐋 This one is top of the top of the top. 📚👍🏼 From @mcusolito.bsky.social ⭐️ and @jessicalanan.bsky.social ⭐️

Today’s Thai basil harvest. This is from one plant.

Sharing this for any authors who may have missed it. #Amwriting www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

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"Anger can turn into activism... Activism can turn into pressure on elected officials and that pressure can turn into laws. It's not hopeless at all." Watch Jen Psaki's powerful remarks on turning anger over today's tragedy in Minneapolis into action against American gun problem.:

Taylor Swift released a book so she could totally join Authors Against Book Bans to fight back against the scourge of censorship. And if you’ve written a book, whether it’s self-published or you’re @stephenking.bsky.social, you can join too! @authorsabb.bsky.social www.authorsagainstbookbans.com

6 stars for IN THE WORLD OF WHALES! 🐳@thehornbook.bsky.social review went live last week, so it’s official! ⭐️ Thank you Horn Book! (Read all six reviews at link in bio). @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social #STEAM #KidsLoveNonfiction #Whales #animals #kidlitbooknews #SteamTeamBooks 🌊

www.michellecusolito.com/blog/2025/8/... Part 4, in which I describe the three dimensional piece I created as a result of going to sea with @whoi.edu #STEAM #STEM #KidsLoveNonfiction #oceanexploration #3ShipsOneOTZ #SteamTeamBooks #OceanScience #MarineScience #Oceans #TwilightZone #KidLit #SciComm 🌊

Thanks to @thehornbook.bsky.social for featuring Jellyfish Scientist: Maude Delap and Her Mesmerizing Medusas alongside these wonderful books! #STEAM #MarineScience #STEMinist #SciComm #KidsLoveNonfiction #STEAMTeamBooks @steamteambooks.bsky.social www.hbook.com/story/in-and...

6 stars for IN THE WORLD OF WHALES! 🐳@thehornbook.bsky.social review went live last week, so it’s official! ⭐️ Thank you Horn Book! (Read all six reviews at link in bio). @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social #STEAM #KidsLoveNonfiction #Whales #animals #kidlitbooknews #SteamTeamBooks 🌊

#HBOutoftheBox #HBWeekinReview: August #NotesfromtheHornBook with #5Qs for @mcusolito.bsky.social and @jessicalanan.bsky.social; @joannahowrites.bsky.social and @carolinekpritchard.bsky.social #TalkswithRoger; + more! www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...

TOMORROW! @portersqbooks.bsky.social

Boston/Cambridge area friends: Come see me at Porter Square Books tomorrow at 11:00! #KidsLoveNonfiction #STEAM #STEM 🐳https://portersquarebooks.com/event/2025-08-23/story-time-michelle-cusolito-author-world-whales

This was a fun interview! Thank you @thehornbook.bsky.social. 🌊🐋#KidLitNews #KidsLoveNonfiction #STEAM tagging @steamteambooks.bsky.social

Today’s moment of zen. #Nature #VitaminN

How my art informs my writing and my writing informs my art. Do your work in one medium influence your work in other media? #STEAM #STEM #KidsLoveNonfiction #SteamTeamBooks #OceanScience #Oceans #TwilightZone #KidLit #SciComm 🌊 www.michellecusolito.com/blog/2025/8/19/science-writing-art-part-3

I’m kind of speechless with this one. I can’t imagine the kind of person who continues to make the argument that it doesn’t count as real starvation if the kids were already sick.

Trees, homes, roads: how the sea is swallowing coastal villages in the Philippines – in pictures

Lovely evening for a walk along the Cape Cod Canal.

Thank you Kirkus and @mahnazdar.bsky.social for spotlighting IN THE WORLD OF WHALES alongside these wonderful books! www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-fea... #STEM #STEAM #Nature #STEAMTeamBooks @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social @jessicalanan.bsky.social 🐋🐙

Upcoming events. Details: link in bio. 8/18/25: 10:00, Unlikely Story, Plainville, MA 8/20/25: 1:00, WHOI Discovery Center, Falmouth, MA 8/23/25: 11:00, Porter Square Books, Cambridge, MA 9/27/25: 10:30, Charter Books, Newport, RI. 🌊🐋 #KidsLoveNonfiction #STEAM #KidLit #SteamTeamBooks #nonfiction

Upcoming events. Details: link in bio. 8/18/25: 10:00, Unlikely Story, Plainville, MA 8/20/25: 1:00, WHOI Discovery Center, Falmouth, MA 8/23/25: 11:00, Porter Square Books, Cambridge, MA 9/27/25: 10:30, Charter Books, Newport, RI. 🌊🐋 #KidsLoveNonfiction #STEAM #KidLit #SteamTeamBooks #nonfiction

Photo of me in DC last fall at an immersive STEAM exhibit at Artechouse.

Clearly this is not about making DC, or any of us, safer.

Such a beautiful book! Thank you @jessicalanan.bsky.social @mcusolito.bsky.social

Part 2 of my series about how research for my books leads to visual art. (My art informs my writing and my writing informs my art). #SciComm #STEAM #STEM #KidsLoveNonfiction #oceanexploration #SteamTeamBooks #OceanScience #MarineScience #KidLit www.michellecusolito.com/blog/2025/8/...

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Three inspiring new picture book biographies. @mcusolito.bsky.social @charlesbridge.bsky.social @carolinelperry.bsky.social @scholastic.bsky.social kidsbookaday.com/2025/08/07/s...

Two picture books about mysterious creatures of the deep. @mcusolito.bsky.social @jessicalanan.bsky.social kidsbookaday.com/2025/08/05/m...

Read about my recent art inspired by my work as a #ScienceCommunicator and #STEAM author. 🌊https://www.michellecusolito.com/blog/2025/8/4/art-and-science-1 #KidsLoveNonfiction #oceanexploration #womenoffshore #3ShipsOneOTZ #SteamTeamBooks #TwilightZone #MarineScience #OceanScience #SciComm

So would Ted Cruz criticize someone wearing a kippah at a Jewish funeral? What a disrespectful tool. So much for "Back the Blue" www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/n...

Read about my recent art inspired by my work as a #ScienceCommunicator and #STEAM author. 🌊https://www.michellecusolito.com/blog/2025/8/4/art-and-science-1 #KidsLoveNonfiction #oceanexploration #womenoffshore #3ShipsOneOTZ #SteamTeamBooks #TwilightZone #MarineScience #OceanScience #SciComm

A SIXTH STARRED review for In the World of Whales! Thank you so much, Horn Book! #KitLitNews 🐋🌊

Been a busy month and I haven’t posted about recent book events. First up: Storytime at Book Love in Plymouth, MA. My former 4th grade student, Dan, came with his wife and two kids! Such a sweet moment for me. #KidsLoveNonfiction #BookLove #STEM #STEAM #Whales #KidLit

I signed on to this letter of support to reconsider....its essential to research and science in #Antarctica. 🧪🇦🇶

I've lived and worked on this vessel for many research cruises to #Antarctica since 1998....this is devastating....having to rely on non-dedicated ships to run the US's research interests in the region simply will kill the science and innovation in the Southern Ocean. 🧪

Yesterday members of Massachusetts Authors Against Book Bans delivered testimony at the State House in Boston in support of An Act Regarding Free Expression. Thanks to everyone who came, including members of our #MassFreedomToRead coalition!

It's World Whale and Dolphin Day! Let's celebrate these magnificent creatures. #edusky #kidlit @steamteambooks.bsky.social @nancycastaldobooks.bsky.social @mcusolito.bsky.social @jessicalanan.bsky.social @lynnbrunellebooks.bsky.social @authorjasonchin.bsky.social @randomhousekids.bsky.social

I'm off to the Massachusetts State House to show my support for two Freedom to Read bills (H.3594 and S.2328 Both titled "An Act Regarding Free Expression"). If you support the freedom to read, please contact your legislators and tell them. #MassFreedomtoRead #AuthorsAgainstBookBans

Why authors can't afford to donate books to every cause that reaches out to us. deborahunderwood.substack.com/p/why-i-cant...

Rhode Island was founded by people censored, imprisoned & exiled by the Massachusetts Colony for their writings and speech. We are thrilled to pass the baton for the fight to protect freedom of expression to @massaabb.bsky.social & Mass #FreedomToRead coalition. Roger Williams would be proud!