Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶

#Freedomofspeech doesn't mean freedom from consequences. Ryan Thames tried to bully a dedicated educator simply because she supported #freadom. What he didn't expect was for her to fight back. #truth #supportlibrarians @librarianjones.com @uabookbans.bsky.social @ncacensorship.bsky.social

"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"

I think that there should be a mandatory civics education course and exam that elected officials are required to pass before they can take office, at the city, state and federal levels. They should have to retake it at the beginning of every term.

While we spectate on The East Wing being torn down, it isn’t just another hallway, it’s where Eleanor Roosevelt built the modern Office of the First Lady, where WWII bunkers were hidden, and where the public enters the People’s House. Erasing it is rewriting history.

the secret message of all art and politics is “you are not alone”

BREAKING: A court ordered the Department of Defense to stop censoring educational materials discussing race and gender in schools on military bases. Books removed from the schools must be returned to the shelves immediately.

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

This makes my stomach hurt.

you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am

Exactly this.

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It's #portfolioday!! I'm Julian, a queer 🏳️‍⚧️ illustrator from the foggy Finger Lakes of Upstate NY. I work in traditional gouache & promise I know colors that aren't green. I'm rep'd by Naomi Davis @ BookEnds Literary! 🌿 julianplum.com 🐌 [email protected] #kidlitart #picturebooks #illustration

You can now request an arc of my next middle grade from Netgalley!

You can now request an arc of my next middle grade from Netgalley!

I’m so excited to share the cover of my next middle grade! A WISH WITH WINGS is out in May. I am so grateful to @julianplum.com for this gorgeous artwork and to the designers L. Whitt and Emma Schoeni! @mackidssl.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social

Ahh my first cover reveal!! HUGE huge thank you to the team at Macmillan for working with me on this project! It's my first-ever MG cover and a huge dream to paint as a person who really IDed with the main character of this gorgeous novel and also as a certified bird lover.

I’m so excited to share the cover of my next middle grade! A WISH WITH WINGS is out in May. I am so grateful to @julianplum.com for this gorgeous artwork and to the designers L. Whitt and Emma Schoeni! @mackidssl.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social

GUS AND GLORY has earned four starred reviews! If you love dogs, you will adore Gus, a drooling, sniffing, trouble-finding bloodhound! 📚 @mackidssl.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social @ashliterary.bsky.social

Fall festivities! 🍂🍁🍂🍁 #ablartfest #kidlitart #kidlitartist

Kind of want to put this bit on a billboard somewhere (or, idk, replace every web ad everywhere with this text) bsky.app/profile/edzi...

If there’s an author you appreciate, one of the simplest, most helpful, least expensive things you can do for them is ask your public library to add that author’s newest book to their collection. Many library websites have a form for that. So give it a try, and make an author’s day!

They tried to silence these stories, but they live on. Banned Books Week is almost here! Join us October 5-11 to celebrate the freedom to read and discover books that sparked debate and change. Stay tuned for events and reading lists! #BannedBooksWeek #FreedomToRead #aasl https://bit.ly/3XXdrFi

GUS AND GLORY earned its fourth starred review, this time from @slj.com! 🤩 @mackidssl.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social

Dogs love GUS AND GLORY! Head over to my Instagram to learn how to win some @mackidsbooks.bsky.social dog books! 📚 @mackidssl.bsky.social

Dogs love GUS AND GLORY! Head over to my Instagram to learn how to win some @mackidsbooks.bsky.social dog books! 📚 @mackidssl.bsky.social

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.

We stand in support of the librarians and teachers who are doing their part to share a love of reading with their students, and we believe that all readers deserve access to an inclusive selection of titles. Prepare to celebrate Banned Books Week this coming Oct 5-11: bit.ly/4gBiTp4 #edusky

If you need AI to generate your first draft as a writer, you're not a writer and you're in the wrong field. Also, time to stop reading Business Insider.

If y’all haven’t read COME AS YOU ARE by @missdahlelama.dahliaadler.com yet, you need to get on that ASAP. So freaking good. 📚

Happy National Read a Book Day! @mackidssl.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social

It's Barnes & Noble preorder season once more! From now through the 5th, get 25% all book preorders with the code PREORDER25. Surprise yourself in April with an awesome book you maybe forgot you ordered! #bnpreorder #booksky www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-bloody...

Today! Hope to see you there!

Hey Baton Rouge! I’ll be at TBR Books and Tea next Saturday signing copies of GUS AND GLORY!

People posting about how they’ve never seen em dashes used before the rise of ChatGPT are really great at telling folks they’ve never read a book before.

I drew this on my lunch break your excuses are fucking pathetic

I wrote about how I only ever want to read novels written by humans even after our corporate overlords shove AI down our throats and destroy our communities and livelihoods and abandon us to what's left of our planet. Plus I mention a book I recently loved. newsletter.novaren.com/a-novel-only...

One of the first things the Nazis did when they came to power was seize control of Germany's museums in an attempt to rewrite history and culture. Art matters. History matters. Science matters. Fascist regimes are threatened by all three. encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/a...

The fact that ai art and writing programs are built on stolen work really seems to be fading from the discussion even amongst artists and writers, which is a bit shit.

I am also a Southeastern graduate. This is awful.

Deskilling is real. This is the world generative AI peddlers long for, one where people are incompetent without their service. Don't outsource your brain to this shit. You'll regret it.

I'm an author, librarian and a K-12 educator as well. Yes, we are "alienating" K-12 teachers who use AI tools because there is no ethical use of generative AI anywhere, let alone in the classroom.

My next middle grade is out next year!

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!

Did you know GUS AND GLORY earned three stars? A great read for young and old alike! #kidlit @mackidsbooks.bsky.social @mackidssl.bsky.social

Did you know GUS AND GLORY earned three stars? A great read for young and old alike! #kidlit @mackidsbooks.bsky.social @mackidssl.bsky.social

My next middle grade is out next year!