Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

“This is a man who has consistently scapegoated Black & Brown people [e.g., Central Park 5] to either gain celebrity or political capital. And now as president the second time, he is enacting an authoritarian agenda,” -- Khalil Muhammad via @democracynow.org 🧵 www.democracynow.org/2025/8/12/kh...

REALITY CHECK: Texas Democrats earn 45% of the vote—but under the GOP’s new gerrymandered map, they’d get just 21% of the seats. That’s not representation. That’s rigging the system. #MessWithTexas

I sent off as many hearts as fast as my mouse could click, congrats to @debbieohi.com on being recognized for her lifetime of dedication and love for the kidlit community. We are all so lucky to have Debbie 💗❤️💗❤️ #scbwisummer25

"We are living through a very dangerous time. . . The paradox of education is precisely this — that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated." — James Baldwin (born #tdih 1924) "A Talk to Teachers" ⬇️ www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ja...

@cuppajolie.bsky.social is the best! Can't wait for #SCBWIsummer25 Conference Orientation to start in a few minutes ❤️

HAPPENING TODAY! This event is free and open to the public. Join top creators and industry leaders for a bold conversation on book bans, legal fights, and the power of stories that must be heard. Invite your friends and community members! Register at scbwi.org #scbwisummer2025

“Graphic Narratives and History in the Americas” is the first in a multipart project that brings together practitioners and scholars for conversations about the kinds of historical work graphic narratives can do and how historians might research, teach and produce them. 🗃️

1000% this.

🚨One more time, from the beginning: 🚨The Republicans control the White House, House and Senate. 🚨The GOP AUTHORED the abominable bill. 🚨They will own a government shut down-not the Democrats. 🚨 Call your Democratic senators NOW, and demand that they vote NO.

A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.” I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott

Raphael is a disabled Army veteran who worked at the VA in Seattle and played a critical role in processing servicemembers' disability benefits. He's received nothing but stellar performance reviews. Elon Musk fired him with ZERO justification. Help share his story.

Boycott 💗 resist 💗 strike 💗

"Final thoughts: The fragile connection of safety and science in the geological disposal of radioactive waste," by Rodney C. Ewing and Bernd Grambow. This article concludes our magazine on nuclear materials, dedicated to the late Ewing. It is available to all readers for a limited time.

Still such a dangerous site! Highly recommend to anyone with a pulse the podcast episodes by @odoenergy.bsky.social about Hanford starting with on.soundcloud.com/Xjj1bTFdfadP...

Happy birthday, Judy Blume 💗

Can't wait!

Request to progressive media/bloggers: Please do NOT use photos of #47, Musk, Miller, etc. as your featured image for every story. We've never shared their images in our feed, nor will we. If you write about the harm they do, then feature people they impact & who resist. Don't give hate free PR.

“Do not bend your neck for that which cuts necks.” A Sumerian proverb, as relevant today as it was thousands of years ago.

"What our profession most definitely does not believe is that the primary purpose of history is to instill a single notion of 'patriotic education' in our youth about 'our incredible Nation,' as the order demands." Correct. Trump wants propaganda, not history. newrepublic.com/article/1912...

Billionaires out, workers in, thank you AFL-CIO president @lizshuler.bsky.social

We see all of you, D.C. Please, America, help us. Thank you—you give us hope.

Ayanna Pressley: "Elon Musk is a Nazi nepo baby."

The men carrying out Musk's coup are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran. Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

Randy Foster has worked at New Seasons for 19 years. At 1:30pm today mgmt fired him for “violating Oregon break laws.” His infraction, helping a blind coworker close out his till while on lunch break. By 3:15 his coworkers walked out the Arbor Lodge store demanding reinstatement.

I'm not teaching my grad course 'Civil Resistance: How It Works' this semester. But here is an abridged version of the course schedule, readings, and films I used the last time I taught it (in 2022). Just in case it's useful. drive.google.com/file/d/14RRJ...

Tomorrow on my live webcast, “History Matters:” Lessons of Resistance History: Communication Trust me. History has a LOT to say about resistance on MANY counts. Friday 10AM ET NCHEteach.org/conversations

A great new picture book to order from your favorite indie bookstore and request at your library! 💓

Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"

ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change. Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk: www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...

For anyone who needs it: Quickstart Guide for Bluesky newcomers, part of An Unofficial Guide To Bluesky. Thanks to the Bluesky community for their help! Feel free to scoop graphic w/QR code to make it easier to send. Pls keep copyright info intact. publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/qu... #BlueSkyTips

NEW from former Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell: "I feel let down by the members of Congress who turned their backs on us even as we saved their lives....I did my part. They did not do theirs." www.thebulwark.com/p/january-6t...

Meta AI bots on Instagram, may we human artists/writers please all leave Instagram now?

summed up: unrestricted funding minimal reporting no donor driven agenda and I’d add: let the group decide how many years they’ll spend it over

This year, 10 U.S. billionaires gained $787B in wealth. That's nearly 4X more than the $214B earned annually by all 3.2M U.S. public school teachers combined. In fact, more wealth went to a *single person* than to all teachers combined. Is that fair? This is what extreme wealth costs society.

Stocking Monster - Sockus constrictorus - with bonus #morsecode garland. Link to make your own morse code garland (or decode mine ❤️💚) www.instagram.com/p/DC4d8HiPfF...

Decoration Monster - Tyrannosaurus lux

Dessert Monster - Crustum pandemonium

Ornament Monster -splendicus piscatorius-

Thanks to @debbieohi.com for always being the fearless, early tester/adopter of things like @bsky.app — she's probably the reason 99% of @scbwi.bsky.social members are here 💗 Enjoying the starter packs full of scientists, historians, and kidlit sharing images of nebulae, fossils, and arty bits ❣️❣️❣️