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This week as I absolutely flail my way toward a huge deadline I am grateful for this article about the Millennium Dome. It reminded me that it could be worse -- at least I'm scrambling to finish something that doesn't suck! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020...

Read to your kids so they’ll have an ounce of empathy, I’m begging you

Do you ever get the sense that the entire children’s publishing industry is made up of like 100 extremely overworked people doing the job of about 10000 people?

Justin Fields and Aaron Rodgers one-upping each other in today's dual revenge game

WHAT A F&%$ING FOOTBALL GAME HOLY S%$T GO STEELERS

Man I yelled “WHO DAT?!” to a dude who had on a saints jersey and this mfer going to say “IDK” Take that shit off

Friday morning 🧸

I've been calling different pharmacies for the better part of an hour trying to find anyone who has my ADHD meds in stock. I am forever in awe at the number of administrative barriers to getting the medication that makes me . . . able to negotiate administrative barriers

Whoever invented the ability to track a delivery truck LIVE as it drives toward you with a little treat was really doing the Lord's work

I am in such a dire state of exhaustion and overwork that I require P. Control to keep going. Would anyone care to join me? www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoH7...

My husband was watching Big Top Pee Wee recently and I yelped THIS GIVES ME AN IDEA FOR MY REVOLUTIONARY WAR BOOK and I truly cannot wait for the world to see what has come to life as a result

@elenitwehner.bsky.social is the first person I ever heard talk about the idea of neurodivergent FAMILIES. I am so so proud of all the hard work we put in to create the first children's book series that features one!

I've spent most of my life living in the states on this list 🤠

My British colleagues will never let me forget that I thought Brexit was the name of a city in England 😇

PS tell me this isn't the best book title you've ever heard

When I met @ryanraeharbuck.bsky.social on Twitter in its heyday, the connection we made was instantaneous. It has taken time, love and so much effort to get to this moment, but now it is here!!! Congratulations, Ryan!!! 🥂 Thank you for trusting me with your story. 💕

Touch base with me, Muse, re: rage of Achilles

I am in a meeting with the greatest minds of @barefootbooks.bsky.social assembled to discuss such topics as: less puppies or more puppies? magic stars or no magic stars? green dragon or red dragon? Sometimes making books for children is exactly like it seems it would be.

m o o d

See y'all at #ALA2025! I'm driving this year because (a) I want to avail myself of the free books and (b) airplanes won't let me stop for Amish snacks or an intriguing thrift store

he said we were fancy!

The Astroworld doc on Netflix is incredibly well done. Bravo for the note at the end adding that they consulted additional experts to review the conclusions reached in the film.

I told my best friend about Ma'am O'Graham, my imaginary Victorian-era mammogram provider, and she replied with this. I do truly loathe AI artwork but must concede that this particular image is a good use of this technology

Cigna is going to drop my healthcare provider for no discernible reason. Dispatches from hell!!!

Referring to a certain required annual medical exam by the sobriquet "Ma'am O'Graham" never fails to bring some much-needed whimsy to the entire experience

Today at @barefootbooks.bsky.social, a conversation about what baby animals know rapidly devolves into an epistemological debate about what constitutes knowledge.

Xennials will understand

Yes, thank you, this 10-spread board book is far too taxing for me to comprehend without the aid of artificial intelligence @elenitwehner.bsky.social

I'LL SEE YOU IN IJEBU published by @barefootbooks.bsky.social has been listed as a #BestPictureBook for the 2025 Children's #AfricanaBookAward!

Anyone ever have the neurodivergent thing where you just fail to boot up properly for the day? Today I am but a Super Ninetendo that needs sorely to be turned off and then turned back on again

FREE RÜMEYSA

"While everyone walks the same road, each family is from a different culture and background. This is the incredibly rare book that discusses the diversity that exists within the celebration of Islam” RAMADAN ON RAHMA ROAD from @barefootbooks.bsky.social afuse8production.slj.com/2025/04/18/m...

Sucks they never got to collab

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

Everyone in the past was neurotypical, which is how we got things like this single-author, eight-volume encyclopedia of ferns

FREE RÜMEYSA

I'm so proud of these books that I could SCREAM! I cannot wait for you to meet Roscoe & Ivy 💗

Presenting the #IBCawards2025 WINNERS! ✨📚 🏆 Democratic Republic of the Congo | Mel Nyoko & Joelle Avelino | Barefoot Books 🏆 Two People Can | Blessing Musariri & Maisie Paradise Shearring | Kumusha Books, Harper Collins 🏆 Destiny Ink: Sleepover Surprise | Adeola Sokunbi | Nosy Crow

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO by Mel Nyoko and Joelle Avelino published by @barefootbooks.bsky.social is the winner in the the Inclusive Books for Children book awards 2025 Baby & Toddler Books category (UK) booksforkeeps.co.uk/winners-of-t...

My *55 HOUR* power outage came to an end last night and I am absolutely basking in the miraculous electricity and WiFi my house is providing to me once more. I hope the rest of Pittsburgh is back on soon!

Don't accurately describe my behavior please. It makes me look bad and it's a form of sabotage

Telling my boss that I've written 200 beautiful emails and I'll be revealing them very strongly in the next few weeks. I can't say who I sent the emails to or what they were about but the response has been frankly very positive and I think you'll be very happy

Creating this book might be the most important thing I have ever done in my professional career.

I am getting such a shiver of delight imagining the look of complete bone-deep glee I would exchange with my dinner companion if we sat down and saw this

Go get our girl!