You can watch the White House UFC fight or you can watch historians do their thing on AskHistorians AMA on Reddit! June schedule here 👇🏽

Once again.

A STARRED REVIEW! My three-headed dragon book got a starred review in Booklist! www.booklistonline.com/products/982...

Folks in Appalachian Alabama, Georgia, & Mississippi: I've got a paid writing opp for a young (18-25 roughly) journalist or writer in June, and am trying to spread the word! Would require reporting & interviewing. It is paid. Would love to connect w/ anyone interested: [email protected]

speaking of books one finds either irritating or excessively challenging, even if they're more or less inarguable masterworks:

Recently done bunch of events at local Family Centres where I've talked about the value of reading. Been lovely chatting to other parents and being an "ambassador" for libraries and reading. Also, it's been wonderful to have an opportunity to introduce my book "How to Find a Rainbow" to more people

this post inspired by a great email I just got. i fucking LOVE talking with K-12 students about the Middle Ages and would be so excited to do so, if I at all can (be it via zoom or in person). get in touch --> profgabriele.com/contact

Turn this iPhone feature on now. It makes it harder for people to steal your information — even if they know your passcode. nyti.ms/4uwqfQB

I've spent the last 8 years of my professional book critic career focusing my efforts on YA books by and about queer/trans and BIPOC experiences, and I have also noticed the decrease in these stories being published. It's incredibly dispiriting, as a queer Black adult and as a high school librarian.

Toyama, Japan. I've seen at least a hundred little ponds in Japan, and this is the prettiest.

Visiting the exam exhibition with the ceramic work my sister made. She is good... 😉😃

Female birds with confusing names.

Because I am what is called “a bit stoopid” I just found a box containing 12 copies of my “EXTINCT” book that I had tidied away before a visit from the in-laws, and subsequently forgot about. Anyway, I just found ‘em and would love it if you bought one! dragonsofwales.etsy.com/listing/4381...

Ow. I haven’t even finished my coffee yet and you hit me with this?

I highly recommend that everyone follow artists. If you do, your feed is filled with art every day. Real, original art. It's bonkers that you can even have this. Amazing. Undeniably cool. And then support those artists, when you can, because that helps the delight continue.

This is today! (whispering voice omg this is today)

Libraries have leveled up digital services, and they offer many ways to access digital materials. With these services, you can download books, music, movies, and more with you on the road. Here are five library apps for last-minute travel needs: buff.ly/r0REyNR #Libraries #DigitalServices #Travel

Struggling to figure out who to vote for in the California governor’s primary, but found this quiz from CalMatters helpful. It asks what you think about issues and tells you which of the candidates are most closely aligned with you. calmatters.org/california-v...

Students, if you’re thinking about dropping a note to that teacher or professor about what their class/project/mentorship has meant to you, but you worry it will be cringe or cheesy, let me just tell you they will coast on the fuzzy feelings prompted by that note for months, if not years

If you don't have anything for air purification and are anywhere in North America, you can BUILD something fairly cheaply to move a lot of air. corsirosenthalfoundation.org/instructions/

extremely cool opportunity for UK writers! do a residency at the only museum that truly appreciates Big Sheeps!!!!!

"Among the most important legal issues authors need to consider are that 'AI-generated text is not copyrightable, and knowingly failing to disclose AI-generated content in a copyright registration application can constitute fraud on the Copyright Office'"

The good taxpayers of New York have given me a pair of Meta glasses because I am low vision disabled, and I seem to have used them more than a lot of people on here, so let me say a little about my experiences:

California voters — your ballot is here. Fill it out and return it before June 2nd. Housing, affordability, the California we leave our kids — it's all on the ballot. Let's do this.

Crows going nuts, dive-bombing the top of a pine. First 6 then 12 then 24. A gigantic red-tailed hawk emerged, crows swarming, pulling wing feathers and tail. Hawk dropped a large rabbit with a loud thud on the neighbors roof. Now the crows are celebrating like they just won the World Series.

REMEMBER THAT I AM EXCITED YOU WROTE A BOOK AND WILL SHARE YOUR BOOK POSTS

important bluebird thread

Chicago’s 1st eaglet in over a century! Exciting local environmental news. I love our city 🦅✨

DID YOU KNOW I just launched an advice column about pet end-of-life choices, grief, mourning, and related matters? Read, subscribe, and submit questions! Please! I need validation!! Tyia

At last! The archived British Library blogs are viewable online. Check the index of blogs at blogs-archive.bl.uk and the hundreds of posts on the Digital Scholarship blog going back to 2013 blogs-archive.bl.uk#digital-scho...

My new novel, WOMBAT WAITING, is out today. 🐕 It's a story of compassion, resilience, and friendship. It stars a dog, a boy, a young owl, and an elderly fruit bat. I can't wait for you to read it. 🧡 Order here: www.harpercollins.com/products/wom... @harperkids.bsky.social

The landing technique of Swans 🦢

Whether or not you care for Jane Austen, you gotta admit Twain knows how to do the set-up, the misdirect, & then deliver the punchline.

Passing this along - fucking scammers leveling up, here's a new one to pay attention to.

And evergreen advice for any kind of alarming email/phone call. Something I have struggled to remember when I've been phished, for real.

There is something to learn from everything that you do, but only if you take the time to be curious and reflect on it. Being curious is one of the best life long skills you can have.

If you ever think, “I’d be X age by the time I finished, so what’s the point?” just realize you’re going to be that age anyhow so you might as well add that experience to your life

Reposting this answer: there is no limit to what you can donate! We have not gotten close to the 1,000 item limit in the past two auctions, but if we do we'll let folks know!

You don’t have to be in the Romance community or an author to donate or bid. There are always a bunch of beautiful and unique crafts. This is another way to help fight this administration and take our country back!

when we mourn le guin, we mourn one of our greatest writers & thinkers. but we also mourn one of our all-time greatest haters

It's May 1st! Have you backed up your writing lately? All of it? Including that file of notes you keep because you don't know where they'll fit but you can't bring yourself to delete them? 💙📚

@kristadb1.bsky.social hey this was book on death I mentioned.

Read this from @stevevladeck.bsky.social. Congress has the power to hold the court to account IF we use it. And we've focused way too much on expansion / term limits which are (at best) a far off solution rather than tools that meet the urgency of the moment. www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-223-...

We must understand that the Voting Rights Act was not merely about ensuring Black Americans rights, it was about democratizing America. This ruling is not just a decimation of Black rights and Black Americans’ ability to have representation, it is a fatal blow to multiracial democracy.

My Threads feed is full of Black folks absolutely gutted and despairing over today’s Voting Rights Act ruling. I love Bluesky for so much, but today is one of those historical moments where it is stark that we really live in two different Americas.