"My popularity is none of your concern. I suggest you focus on yours.” --Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni

Happy Father's Day! Happy World Giraffe Day! And happy start of summer!! My art of a big giraffe and baby giraffe from a while ago seemed appropriate for the day! I hope these two bring a smile today! #kidlitart #giraffe #FathersDay #WorldGiraffeDay #Summer #CuteAnimals

Now-annual reminder that if you're at ALA and someone you don't know begins asking you weird questions about book bans and censorship...and they're wearing glasses...they may, in fact, be recording you.

'Be beige, not rainbow'. Ugh. Knowledge is political, & libraries have always fought against those who would negate them. Libraries should be for everyone, not just scared pathetic beige Christofascists.

Hello Mag: King Willem-Alexander, Queen Máxima and their daughter Princess Ariane entered the Curaçao FIFA World Cup team's locker room to celebrate with the players after their draw against Ecuador gave them their first ever WC point. The nation is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

I am looking for small research, data entry, or do something that can be done remotely/digitally tasks paying for gas/bills. I appreciate those willing to offer aid but my pride desperately needs to do something and feel like I earned it. If you got such small order working needs please send DM

It's #NationalIndigenousPeoplesDay today and since it's supposed to be a celebration as much as anything, and since we're living in an Indigenous artistic renaissance right now here's a thread of some incredible Indigenous made art you should enjoy.

It was 95°F in Arvin CA as these farm workers harvest Chinese vegetable. "Juan" tells us, "This is very hard work especially on days like today when a hot sun beats down on us. But we can't stop. This is how we make the money to pay our rent and feed our family." #WeFeedYou

Saw "Beautiful: the Carole King Musical" recently at Theatre Under the Stars #TUTS in Houston - glorious!!

Selfishly, perhaps, I think it would be cool if one of the SFF magazines that review stuff also reviewed SFF kidlit, including MG, for the benefit of their readers who are looking for entry reads for young readers in their lives or who enjoy reading kidlit themselves.

Louisiana has the second-highest number of immigrant detainees in the country, after Texas. But it has far fewer federal judges to field the skyrocketing number of habeas petitions from immigrants who are being detained for increasingly lengthy periods.

I’m an writer and I don’t use AI because, as you might recall my mentioning earlier, I’m a writer.

Hi! It's Read Caribbean/Caribbean Heritage Month, and I'm an award winning West Indian speculative fiction author with works across genres. Here's a thread of some of my stuff if you're wondering where to start. (Note: Most of my shorts are free to read online!) 1/6

How do people imagine bands made posters 40 years ago, without computers and design software? A pen, a bit of paper, a mate who could draw a bit, and a photocopier. Try that. It'll look better and be more enticing than AI garbage.

Asked a contractor pal about the $13M paint job peeling off the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Him: I knew that was going to happen. Me: How? Him: You can't rush that kind of job. The pool bottom has to be really dry or it'll exude water. And you have to clean it like a mofo first...

They are safe spaces, and help reduce isolation, particularly if your home isn't safe. They are one of the few places where you can sit inside with no expectation of having to buy anything or do anything other than just take in the environment.

“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.” ― James Baldwin

Tartan Army Duck made my day 😂

PSA: Bamboo is very invasive and can even grow sideways so it should never be planted near anything it can grow underneath and disrupt, like streets or data centers www.birdsandblooms.com/gardening/ga...

I missed that Trump snookered Palm Beach into allowing him to keep a helipad built under guise of Presidential transport past the time he's out of office. Not clear what happens if law or science removes him before end of term. eu.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/t...

As the heat becomes unbearable, it's time for a true #IceAge masterpiece: a tiny yet remarkable figurine of a woolly mammoth, just 3.7 cm long, carved from mammoth ivory around 40,000 years ago. Despite its size, it captures the essence of one of the Ice Age’s most iconic animals with...🧵 1/2 📷me

Most Texans have never heard of "artificial daylight." But ranchers say massive data centers are lighting up the night and disrupting livestock breeding cycles. These Corrupt Bigshots shouldn't get to experiment on our communities and our food supply.

A provocative suggestion for heterosexual men: “You can just like women. You can just love women.”

A tower of giraffes for #WorldGiraffeDay! Such an apt #termOfVenery for the world’s tallest animal, celebrated on the longest day (in the northern hemisphere - or night in the southern). There are estimated to be only 117,000 remaining in the wild 🧵

Happy Father's Day to all the great dads out there! To those who fill the role. I'm lucky in my pops, but I know that's not the case for everyone. And if today is hard for you for any reason, I am sending love. Be gentle with yourself.

History has hatched in London. For the first time in over 360 years, pelican chicks have successfully been born in St. James’s Park. These four new arrivals mark a monumental milestone for wildlife in the heart of our capital.

They keep saying the summer solstice is the longest day of the year, but we’re pretty sure they’re all 24 hours long. *Ba-dum tss* -Signed: NWS dad 🎁

Panfur Horton's propspective adoption fell through & he's oh-so-ready for another lucky person to give him a forever home. He's quirky (thump him just above his tail & he's in heaven:), loves people, & will be happy to sit on your lap!

As we celebrate #FathersDay, let's stand up for the farm worker fathers who work so hard to bring food to our tables. #WeFeedYou Mientras celebramos el Día del Padre, apoyemos a los padres campesinos que trabajan tan duro para llevar alimentos a nuestras mesas. #SoyEsencial

Did you know that local public libraries are extremely beneficial to veterans in their surrounding communities and make significant contributions to improving the lives and transitions of veterans and military families? Here's how: buff.ly/Z9iJzQw #Libraries #Services #Resources #Military #Support

I talked to the officers. They said they were deputized by the US Marshals and went through an orientation yesterday. They’re here for 30 days as part of the America 250 celebrations.

Happy Father’s Day to the fathers out there. An old #starwars #cartoon

These are kids who went to bed hungry because a politician wanted a talking point.  We must be a country that feeds its children. We used to believe that was the bare minimum. Take care of the kid who is hungry through no fault of their own.

omg same same same

They already are.... What libraries need are less "libraries could be" and more "libraries are," with people getting off the computer and into the seats and board rooms where decisions about libraries are being made. Advocate for them, support them, champion them, do the work to keep them alive.

Both totally unnecessary and extremely funny that the Guardian has an interactive graphic for you to change the color of the US flag's blue to the color of the Reflecting Pool from 8 to 19 June and counting

When Trump calls someone “outstanding,” it’s a safe bet that they’re a POS. Trump 2018 during OSU accusations: “Jim Jordan is one of the most *outstanding people I’ve met... I believe Jim Jordan 100 percent.” Jim Jordan linked to ‘dark money’ from ICE detention contractor | The Guardian

Screen reader users can navigate from heading to heading. If HTML headings are used correctly, this allows users to get a basic outline of content and find the information they’re looking for. The highest heading level is <h1> and <h6> is the lowest. developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/W...

The KY Dept of Corrections was not a fan of this woman's piece. On June 13, four days after her story published, a correctional officer woke Taira Beller around midnight to hand her a disciplinary report. A DOC spokesperson did not respond to the H-L when asked specifically what Beller did wrong.

Lovers keep on lovin’ Believers keep on believin’ Sleepers just stop sleepin’ ‘Cause it won’t be too long… I’m so glad that I know more than I knew then Gonna keep on tryin’ ‘Til I reach my highest ground… No one’s gonna bring me down Stevie Wonder bsky.app/profile/ifin... bsky.app/profile/acyn...

Continuing to empty my office at the house. Forgot about this, which I created during the pandemic for use during a virtual school visit, showing one way to brainstorm different characters & faces. Got the idea from a teacher friend! #Edusky

Patients taking duloxetine may want to check their medicine bottles after federal regulators announced a recall affecting nearly 375,000 bottles of the commonly prescribed antidepressant. bit.ly/4uKaLrx

Hilarious

Grants flagged by the NIH (still) include “African American,” “Hispanic American,” “Asian American,” “gender,” and “health disparities.” Despite the Bhattacharya’s protestations otherwise, discrimination continues on at the NIH. open.substack.com/pub/27unihte...

He gets the job done.

Vermont just became the 23rd state with a comprehensive consumer privacy law. Gov. Phil Scott vetoed a nearly identical bill last year, but this time he signed it—requiring companies to get your consent before collecting your data and barring them from selling it without permission.

This blatant misogyny was an open secret among my performers in the 2010s. There’s a lot of overlap between park employees. Don’t give Medieval Times your money. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

I understand why they had to stop him but I don’t agree with imprisoning him in the phantom zone

The media has lost their collective minds. She was not prevented ftom self-quarantining. Self-quarantine is only allowed if your state has the capability to home monitor. Floruda, where she lives, does not. They did not disregard medical experts about hantavirus. This was standard regs before RFK.

We are paying a fortune to gift wrap a luxury jet that ends up in his private collection. Grift in plain sight. www.cbsnews.com/news/air-for...