My sons convinced me to start playing Clash Royale. 💀

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It’s often pointed out how people don’t read anymore, how social media has broken our attention spans, and our capacity for critical thinking. BUT, also, there are still a TON of avid readers in the world, of ALL ages. I know many of them. Let’s not forget to celebrate, and take comfort in, that.

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Seeing some of the new arrivals posting about Bluesky being boring. I hate to break it to you, but if you find Bluesky boring, that's 100% your fault, because the only person working behind the scenes here to make it not boring is… you. Here's some of the “work” that I've done and recommend… 🧵

Did you know you can use @blueskyfeedcreator.com to craft your own custom feeds? My favorite part of Bluesky is that it feels like a creative project. Don’t want people messing with your feed? Learn to cook.

If you’re not investing a little time and energy into configuring Bluesky to your preferences (it is deeply configurable) you are missing out on the value proposition of this place.

My main tip for those tired of seeing posts about (insert any topic or person here), would rather see posts about (insert any topic or person here): It is 100% worth TAKING THE TIME to learn how to control what you see & don't see on Bluesky. publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/bl... #BlueSkyTips

Writing history on one image.

1. Bluesky doesn’t downrank links 2. You can choose your own algorithm from among thousands 3. The whole app is open source This keeps it a free and open platform by design, leading to better click-throughs and traffic to your site. We 💙 the open web.

I still envision other levels of creativity in user-created feeds on here. I would love it @bsky.app baked user feed creation tools into its native app’s UI, and if they were as easy to use as IFTTT. ifttt.com

NPR

I’ll add that this matters because being moved to tears by something that someone else made is one of the very best parts of being alive.

Milton Glaser said the purpose of design is to inform and delight. Really imagine what it feels like to be delighted. It feels like warmth in your chest. It can feel like goosebumps. That is the bar for all art: to move someone, possibly to tears. When I see something made by A.I. I feel nothing.

Canceling Disney+/Hulu tastes great AND it’s less filling.✨

I watched the Challenger explode on live TV when I was 7 but generally, for those of you who were born after NASA’s golden age, their spaceships pretty much never exploded. SpaceX would have you believe that exploding is a spaceship’s primary purpose. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...

I know we all hate to log into LinkedIn, but you might wanna do to opt out of this 😘

Someone called me “Mr. Clean” as I walked by them down Broadway through SoHo on my way home. I’m choosing to take this as a compliment.

Hey #kidlit illustrators! We’re beginning to think through a mythology-themed beginning-reader series. I'm looking for someone w/ a commercial/punchy, character-forward style who can breath life into ancient lore. Please respond w/ samples + folio link. Please no emails/DMs. 💙❤️ #artcommissions

it’s a team sport. all of it

these are challenging times, check in with your friends 💙❤️

Overheard someone the other day who said they tried Bluesky but didn’t have the energy to start over. Then they said Substack was perfect. Come on y’all.

Tonight my design criticism students discussed the boundary between identity and work. brianlarossa.medium.com/undesigning-...

I’m really thankful for Bluesky. It’s honestly been really nice hanging out here these past couple of years. Early Twitter vibes, but also more than that. I mean, I’m not going anywhere. Just sayin.’ 💙❤️

My new glasses with my new prescription just arrived and IRL is almost too HD for me now lol.

Big, big news! My debut early reader comic #SnapCrunchMunch can now be found at the #MiamiZoo gift shop!😍 I grew up visiting Miami Zoo so this is a dream come true! If you're in Miami and spot my book please share your pics! 📸 #kidlit #kidlitart #authorillustrator #earlyreader #booksky #bookdebut

The Type Founders are looking for a new Foundry Relations Manager. Is that you? www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...

if you are interested in organizing, we made this short video with Win The Midwest about how and what we’ve been winning in Minnesota it wasn’t just our governor, or a magical organization, we’ve been building a majoritarian movement— and we think you can do it too.

@bsky.app private lists pls thx xoxo 💙❤️

TODAY, I AM OFFICIALLY AN AUTHOR!!! A CHILDHOOD DREAM COME TRUE!!!!! #TheDoubleTax is the first book I've ever written and it’s OUT EVERYWHERE TODAY. Four years. 100s of stories. Countless drafts. I woke up today as a FIRST TIME author. WOW. Get your copy TODAY: annagifty.com #booksky #blacksky

Billionaires are not geniuses.

This is the truest thing I've ever seen in my life

Hey #kidlit illustrators! We're beginning work on new Christmas/nighttime themed picture book. I'm looking for someone with a painterly, textured, and literary style capable conjuring magic, light, and wonder. Please respond w/ samples + folio link. Please no emails/DMs. 💙❤️ #artcommissions

I really wish read (present) and read (past) weren’t spelled the same.

Hey #kidlit illustrators! We're beginning work on new Christmas/nighttime themed picture book. I'm looking for someone with a painterly, textured, and literary style capable conjuring magic, light, and wonder. Please respond w/ samples + folio link. Please no emails/DMs. 💙❤️ #artcommissions

I tell my students if you read your piece aloud and it was written by ChatGPT we will all be able to tell by how little it moves us you probably won’t get called out but your critique will be quiet your audience will be bored you will feel embarrassed.

The publishing industry is a very twisty maze. Bring your pressing questions to #askkidlit, and let's try to get some clarity. If you'd rather DM, just let me know.

Hey #kidlit illustrators, it has been a few months (a lot going on this year) but I’ll be posting an open call for samples tomorrow. Stay tuned! 💙❤️

the other day i asked my kids which one of their teachers is the *toughest* and they started debating which one dresses the best lol

Still waiting (patiently) for someone to create a Bluesky account that (automatically?) reposts all of xoxopublishinggg’s Insta posts here… …better yet waiting for xoxopublishinggg to realize that Insta is sooo 2019 and move here for realz. #booksky #kidlit #bookindustrynews #writingcommunity

BlueSky has become largely irrelevant. Here’s another 2500 word piece on how BlueSkyism is destroying America.

as someone chained to a computer 70 hours a week i am genuinely pretty grateful to have this site as an internet home. i think i wouldve fully lost my shit in a not cute way if i still had to use twitter in this climate

my son: i don’t like it when ads… just… i just don’t like ads

for me it’s being a pair of colors instead of a real person

💙❤️ how fluid this front page is (circa 1905). thedigitalparty.com/dessert/the-...

One day, nearly 2000 years ago, a cat dashed across some drying tiles, somewhere near Hadrian's Wall. It's immortality of a kind, isn't it?

blacksky.app → pds atproto.africa → relay blacksky.community → app @blackskyweb.xyz → moderation @tektite.cc → migration assembly.blacksky.community → governance blackskyweb.xyz → marketing website rsky.satnav.dev → exported data explorer

There were no teddy bears before 1902.

Found this recently. Made it in 1997. Hilarious.

Found this recently. Made it in 1997. Hilarious.