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This should be getting the same attention as Renee Good's and Alex Pretti's deaths. ICE will keep doing this until abolition. They will keep getting away with murders until they are prosecuted. Not an original observation but one that needs repeating until we get justice.

Is everything actually exhausting all the time or am I just chronically under-caffeinated? This post brought to you by a 16-oz latte and its contrast with my usual single cup of green tea per day (Answer: both??)

Trans girls are girls. Trans women are women. Trans boys are boys. Trans men are men. Gender expansive people are people. No executive order, federal rollback, or court ruling with ever take that away. 5/

Been thinking about Jane Yolen since yesterday's news. I got to work with her a bit on one of her zillions of books and was amazed at how down-to-earth she was. Pleasant, open to feedback, even gracious when a colleague and I had a version control issue with the manuscript. The best kind of legend.

I do sometimes wonder what the first draft of a presidential tweet looks like before Miller copyedits it using the pre-dementia manual of style

I recently found out I'm among the (MANY) editors whose names are being used in this genre of email scam targeting writers. Naomi's thread breaks down what to check for if you ever get a message purporting to be from a random publishing professional.

The Summer Scrapbook by @florencemigga.bsky.social is out now! Imagine if The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants followed middle schoolers, featured a scrapbook-in-progress instead of magic pants, & offered what PW calls "an affirming portrait of friendship in transition." Sounds delightful, right?!

Flashback Friday Funpost: WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN FOR MIDNIGHT by Blessing Musariri came out in the US this month! It's a stunning YA novel about a girl who learns that her dad isn't her bio father, goes to stay with her maternal grandmother, and discovers a new definition of family.

It makes me so angry that she now has to carry this knowledge on top of her own trauma, when none of it is her fault and none of it cost the perpetrator a wink of sleep. I hope she's surrounded by love and support, as everyone in her position deserves.

Jacob Frey's voicemail message has the same energy as Peter Callaghan's answering machine in While You Were Sleeping; it's worth calling just to experience that level of cringe from an anthropological standpoint. As a bonus, you get to express support for your neighbors.

Usually I'm like "Hoarding is too sad of a subject for me, please give me three books about bereavement instead" but this story pulled me in!

It's publication day for Shannon Hitchcock's WILD MOUNTAIN IVY, a middle grade novel about two girls with chronic illness—one in the present and one who lived in the same house 100 years ago—finding new ways to navigate their worlds. Booklist calls it "sweet" and "uplifting," "like a warm hug."

This is why you can't give discrimination a little capitulation as a treat. It will only keep escalating. You should push back even if it magically stops at one targeted group, but fyi it never does. You should care even if it isn't coming for you too, but btw it is. bookriot.com/hr7661-book-...

Tim Walz isn't declaring an eviction moratorium in Minnesota, so many families affected by ICE are at risk of eviction in a few days. Please donate to the rent funds at keepMNhoused.com if you have some scratch.

Today we are launching a new intitative of Stand With Minnesota—KeepMNHoused.com, a rent-relief campaign backed with a $1.5 matching fund from the Wilson Foundation. Thousands of MN families are at risk of eviction because of the ICE occupation’s lasting impacts. We can keep them housed.

Can't say it enough: They did this to a white man in broad daylight in front of multiple witnesses. That tells you everything you need to know about what they're doing out of sight to people they deem less than human. Absolutely nothing short of abolition should even be on the table.

This is what I wondered about as someone who moved into a place with a preexisting Ring doorbell I've never paid for: It's still recording and sharing that footage. Take it offline or cover the camera till you can get a new doorbell. Even if, like mine, it's not in a spot where it can "see" much.

Tim! Buddy! Your voicemail* is about to hear from me about this again... *651-201-3400 just fyi for my MN neighbors

This fundraiser is really close to its goal... AND February is a short month so rent will be due again very soon (not to mention utility bills etc etc). It'd be great to give these families a little cushion!

Two books I edited are out today: CHOIR GRRRL by Ashley Granillo (middle grade, contemporary, delightful) and BEYOND SEVEN FORESTS by Amanda McCrina (young adult, historical, gripping). I love them both. Read 'em. Thanks. @lernerbooks.bsky.social @missashleyjean.bsky.social @mccrina.bsky.social

Me, fresh off of two post-breakfast chocolate chip cookies, to my governor's voicemail: "Where are we at with that eviction moratorium, buddy? My neighbors can't pay their rent because they're being terrorized by slave catchers, we need it done yesterday" The #, for fellow Minnesotans: 651-201-3400

Anyone who still wants to get in on the Publishing for Minnesota fundraiser has until 11:45 pm EST TONIGHT (1/30!) to bid on offerings like manuscript critiques, AMAs, and swag from authors, agents, and editors. $$ supports Minnesotans impacted by ICE. 💙 www.32auctions.com/organization...

Fun fact, today is 1/29 and tomorrow is 1/30. The auction runs through Friday, 1/30!

Today's a perfect day to check out Publishing for Minnesota's fundraiser auction, which benefits Minnesotans impacted by ICE. It runs through 11:45 EST tomorrow, 1/29. You can bid on more than 500 offerings from authors, agents, and editors (including me). www.32auctions.com/publishingfo...

Decided to feature a kids' movie in this month's Historical Flicktion newsletter, to keep the mood light and chill. That turned out about how you'd expect. historicalflicktion.beehiiv.com/p/our-lady-o...

These are the deaths we're not hearing about. This neighbor was even younger than Renee Good and Alex Pretti. I know nothing about him except that he didn't deserve this. Our future must include justice for all those who've been terrorized, tortured, and murdered, here in MN and elsewhere.

One more celebratory post today: THE PECAN SHELLER by Lupe Ruiz-Flores has won a Pura Belpré Award! #ALAyma

Some more much-needed good news: SOMETIMES THE GIRL by Jennifer Mason-Black has received a Stonewall Book Award Honor! #ALAyma

I believe this is what's referred to as a "timeline cleanse." Delighted that THE RED CAR TO HOLLYWOOD by Jennie Liu has won an Asian Pacific American Award for Literature! #ALAyma

All those people downtown yesterday, no ICE involvement, and not one incident. ICE shows up in a neighborhood and now another Minnesotan is dead. It's pretty obvious who the violent outside agitators are.

This didn't happen overnight. People worked thanklessly for years to lay foundations of solidarity, and it's because of their efforts that we're leveling up like this now. I'm prouder than ever that this is my home and these are my neighbors; more certain than ever that we have each other's backs.

I don’t know, ICE taking babies off the street and imprisoning them seems like a kitchen table issue.

Many of these businesses will be seeing an uptick in my patronage after Friday's strike!

right now the floor for me is abolish ICE and put every agent on trial and the average elected democrat is like what if we told them to cut it out

For folks both in and outside of MN asking "How can I help?": Just seeing how well structured this list is instantly lowered my blood pressure and made me feel less overwhelmed. Highly recommend checking it out and picking a few efforts to support if you can!

Well, I did need a laugh today so thanks for that, Jensen

I'm not saying it did any material good for me to call Klobuchar's office and tell her to A) demand that ICE leave our city, B) demand that this murderer be prosecuted, and C) stand up for her constituents in a meaningful way for once in her career, but I'm also not saying I wouldn't recommend it

A good day to chip in on an effort like this if you can

For those not tapped into Minneapolis networks, just hearing random opinions on social media or decontextualized headlines, two notes: 1. This was a murder. The official DHS story is a blatant, obvious lie, and anyone who buys it is a mark. 2. Minneapolis is going to continue to show up.

PSA this is a GREAT training, extremely practical and concrete, well worth your time

Tired: going to Hola Arepa for the tasty food Wired: going to Hola Arepa to support this energy

It should go without saying that my home is not my home without my immigrant neighbors, that all our lives are enriched by immigrant communities, and that the man in the WH with a clogged sink for a brain has no business devoting one feeble neuron to Minneapolis. But I'm saying it for the record!

I need to remember not to check Bluesky during my lunch break. This is the time of day when the president is, if not fully awake, at least at his most verbal.

This is it for me. I'm not interested in whether she's a good writer (she's not) or *why* she's a trainwreck (yes, sketchy older men conditioned this behavior, sure; also she was 31 in 2024) or what she *thought* she was doing ($). This is the actual impact. newrepublic.com/article/2035...

It's almost like, for a lot of the people propping up these institutions, the real problem with the trans community is young people claiming autonomy over their own bodies

Conversation transcript from this morning: "No horrible famous people have croaked in the last 72 hours, are you gonna have enough energy to get through the day?" "It's gonna be tough tbh" Hours later: "ENERGY RESTORED"

Welp, I stand by this. Nobody likes this man; nobody admires him; some (rich) (Republican) people (many of whom don't even live in Minneapolis) just know they can use him. He's gonna stew in his own mediocrity for four more years while real leaders do real leading.

If Frey gets reelected (tbd) at least the contrast between the reception to *that* and the reaction to Mamdani will be inescapable to him, even through all his protective layers of Republican donors. Jacob got 41-ish% of 1st-choice votes, which is what Cuomo got in NYC. That's loser energy.

"I could smell the onions and mustard"