Makes me proud every time! Did you know we’re shipping whistles anywhere in the US? Email whistlerequests [at] proton [dot] me for your free 3D printed whistles. We’ve sent over 30,000 so far in December!

I remember writing years ago about a then-new initiative by Amazon to disrupt local government procurement of things like office and school supplies. Turns out Amazon's become very popular with school districts, and it's using dynamic pricing to rip those schools off. prospect.org/2025/12/17/a...

I'm sure putting AI in everything won't have any negative effects

Are you dreaming of a weekend to focus on your writing? Come join us at a gorgeous writers' retreat in Georgia in January! drive.google.com/file/d/1G_Sz...

Ever wonder why the New York Times abandoned balance and impartiality to lead an old-fashioned newspaper crusade against trans equal rights? In one of our most read stories for the year, @evanurquhart.bsky.social took readers behind the scenes at NYT. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

There are just a couple slots left in our group... It's not too late to get yourself a special present to brighten January!

When people ask how our forebears managed to get by without all these modern pills and injections and doctor visits my fave response is "They died, Becky! Most of them just DIED!"

He's right. Here's a guide for voting in today's school board elections in Texas: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Zohran Mamdani marching across the Brooklyn Bridge with supporters, including Tish James and Brad Lander, before delivering his closing campaign message in City Hall Park.

Fierce, unruly joy in Portland at the emergency naked bike ride

Stay strong, stay beautiful, Chicago. c

I can’t believe an inflatable frog is my hometown’s symbol of resistance, and yet of course since I am from here I absolutely can this is old school homegrown “rioting over the airport changing its carpet” Portland freak shit. it transcends the Portlandia mythos. writers would not think of this

Sally’s new and building a list, and also brilliant and comes to agenting with amazing experience, so… 👀👀👀

Are you dreaming of a weekend to focus on your writing? Come join us at a gorgeous writers' retreat in Georgia in January! drive.google.com/file/d/1G_Sz...

Psst! I am opening up to unagented children's book submissions *just for the month of October*! This is an exciting experiment. The email to send submissions to is [email protected]. You can find out about what I'm looking for at www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/me...

Psst! Looking for a dreamy retreat to work on your writing? www.lolaschaefer.com/workshops

Come retreat with me,writers! Ink and Agave Picture Book Writing Retreat Retreat DATES: 4/10/26 - 4/12/26 VENUE: Franciscan Renewal Center, Scottsdale, AZ This intimate weekend retreat is designed exclusively for picture book writers who are ready to grow, polish, and connect.

Come retreat with me,writers! Ink and Agave Picture Book Writing Retreat Retreat DATES: 4/10/26 - 4/12/26 VENUE: Franciscan Renewal Center, Scottsdale, AZ This intimate weekend retreat is designed exclusively for picture book writers who are ready to grow, polish, and connect.

Extremist murders by ideology, 2013 to 2022. www.pbump.net/o/reassessin...

The Resistance Rangers Want Your Help in Protecting National Parks www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2025-...

#FreeDC Mass march hitting the streets of DC now.

“average person has 3 friends" factoid actualy just statistical error. average person has many friends. Mark Zuckerberg who lives in cave & has negative 100000 friends is an outlier adn should not have been counted

What happened when Brazil passed right-to-work legislation in 2017--banning mandatory union dues? Workers' wages fell notably as a direct result.

“None Of These Books Are Obscene”: Judge Strikes Down Much of Florida’s Book Ban Bill This is a big win for intellectual freedom and will have big implications in other ongoing lawsuits and future laws aiming to ban books. bookriot.com/penguin-rand...

I need people to understand the difference between an [identity] character and an [identity] story & stop getting so pressed when people make the distinction. If the MC is trans, but that does not inform any other element of the story, that is a trans character, not a trans story.

Raskin: "What we have is the Trump Justice Department organizing itself not around the interests of the survivors -- the people who were victimized by Maxwell and Epstein -- but rather organizing itself around protecting the perpetrators."

Would be great if this were reported like the gross violation it is rather than as a playful endeavor by a mercurial billionaire.

Some #kidlit picture book folks think making characters animals solves a lot of gender issues... turns out that's wrong. Thanks to @mellymeldubs.bsky.social (curious about representation of genders outside the binary, if any...) www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

It has taken medical science 200 years to advance humans to the point where people are so healthy and living so long that they can deny that science and medicine is what got us here.

😬😬😬 big yikes

American adults have such a pervasive culture of demanding obedience from children, and that will always be antithetical to art.

Grownups, if you are envious of kids Summer Reading contests and are motivated by PRIZES, join me on the @nationalbook.bsky.social ‘s Summer Reading Adventure! www.nationalbook.org/adventure/

And don't forget to sign them up for the Imagination Library, which is Dolly Parton's free book delivery service. They send 1 book per month until the child turns 5. 😊

Congratulations on learning absolutely nothing about making deals with him, Senator.

If people want to stop being compared to Nazis they should stop acting like Nazi collaborators.

We want to hear from you! Texas Republicans are about to convene to pass a new congressional map at Trump's urging to gain seats. Huge implications for politics, racial justice, the VRA... We've invited a redistricting expert to answer questions from our readers. So... send us your questions. ⤵️

A California bill to bar law enforcement agents from wearing masks to conceal their identities was passed by a key legislative committee Tuesday. Senate Bill 627 prohibits law enforcement at all levels from engaging in extreme masking to conceal their identity. www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/b...

New mini Zine based on Elizabeth Warren's report about what Elon did in his 130 days in the government is available: convergencemag.com/articles/elo... - print and share far and wide!

I called my US senators and rep to ask them to publicly call for investigations of Twitter's Nazi posts, to call for a boycott of Twitter, and to delete their own Twitter accounts. If you agree, feel free to call your own reps. You can find them here: reps.fyi www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

FYI Bookshop.org has anti-prime free shipping rn!

And then there's yours truly. I'm an experienced writer, editor, researcher, and teacher who's worked with clients and students of all ages and on almost every kind of English document. You need a technical writer/editor? I'm there. Someone to make your presentations clear and not boring? Say less.

Gami is a senior software engineer looking for work in backend development. He has experience in AWS; he's an AWS Cloud Practitioner and working towards getting his AWS Cloud Developer Associate certification this year. If you need a Typescript, Go, or Python developer, he is ready to work.

If there was ever a time to call your Senator, this is it. Voting has begun on the GOP plan to cut off health care for working-class Americans and slash taxes for the wealthiest.

I ❤️ Budapest.

Republican senators have been racing to pass their bill before people learn about these numbers. But at some point Americans are going to notice anyway. Including the ~half of Medicaid recipients who voted for Trump.