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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 1d

One of the things about this study is that a lot of baby and toddler books are written in house, by editors. So the study reveals the whiteness of editorial in kidlit even if not explicitly. But, big picture, this trend is unacceptable. I remember so many promises www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

‘Catastrophic decline’ in Black representation in children’s books

A report by charity Inclusive Books for Children found that of the 2,721 books surveyed, only 51 featured a Black main character, down by 21.5% since 2023

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Kristen P. @cognitomode.bsky.social · 1d

a nurse is talking to a patient and says doctor no i won t let you do just one appendectomy

Alt: Ken from the Barbie movie, attempts to persuade a woman doctor, whom he is incapable of recognizing as a doctor, to do "just one appendectomy."

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Kristen P. @cognitomode.bsky.social · 1d

Ah, so no pumkin-colored cats need be alarmed

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Christina Orlando @cxorlando.bsky.social · 1d

feed me your booooooooooks

Christina Orlando @cxorlando.bsky.social · Aug 1

I don't know how it got to be the end of summer but...

Hi! I'm the book content editor for Reactor Mag and I'm looking for 2026 sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and crossover speculative books! If you've got an adult or YA SFFH book publishing next year please share the link/info here!

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Kristen P. @cognitomode.bsky.social · 2d

This shot in the Penguin makes me serenely happy

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Kristen P. @cognitomode.bsky.social · 2d

The Prophecy is Fulfilled!

theanarchistlibrary.org/library/davi...

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Defector @defector.com · 3d

PHILADELPHIA — By the top of the ninth inning, the stadium was visibly pockmarked by absences, and people were booing Jhoan Duran's walkout show. defector.com/never-bunt

Never Bunt | Defector

PHILADELPHIA — By the top of the ninth inning, the stadium was visibly pockmarked by absences, and people were booing Jhoan Duran’s walkout show. Duran, who was just doing his job as the Philadelphia…

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Kristen P. @cognitomode.bsky.social · 4d

Like...

Who Am I?' Hugh Jackman | Les Misérables | Screen Bites

YouTube video by Screen Bites

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Kristen P. @cognitomode.bsky.social · 4d

Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein as two of their characters in Portlandia. They look like a pair of vaguely disdainful hippies.

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 5d

Video taken one hour ago outside the Portland ICE facility of the violent insurrectionists in question

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Kristen P. @cognitomode.bsky.social · 4d

a man with white hair and a beard is pointing his finger at something .

Alt: Will Ferrell as Mugatu in the movie Zoolander saying, "Dear God, it's beautiful"

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Kristen P. @cognitomode.bsky.social · 9d

What do you think of the fact that this is a trait you apparently share with the vampire Lestat?

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Boston Review @bostonreview.bsky.social · 14d

Bertrand Russell once received letters from Sir Oswald Mosley, the founder of the British Union of Fascists, inviting him to a debate. Russell not only declined but replied quite generally that “nothing fruitful or sincere could ever emerge from association between us.” @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social

How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review

Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.

www.bostonreview.net

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Kristen P. @cognitomode.bsky.social · 15d

Ah, Charlotte's Web. So you're openly trying to kill me now.

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Kristen P. @cognitomode.bsky.social · 16d

Every time I use the word normative, I put a dollar in a jar. Then at the end of the year I use the money to buy a big thesaurus and eat it.

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 18d

Sharing this excerpt from my foreword to Alaa Abd el-Fattah's extraordinary collection of prison writings, "You Have Not Yet Been Defeated."

Stay tuned...
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Naomi Klein on How Egypt’s Extinguished Revolution Continues to Inspire Struggle Worldwide

You Have Not Yet Been Defeated, a collection from Alaa Abd el-Fattah published this year by Seven Stories Press, is living history. Many of its words were first written with pencil and paper in a c…

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Kristen P. @cognitomode.bsky.social · 18d

Jordan Davis had the final FG block and return. Carter blocked a DIFFERENT field goal. What a wild game.

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Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com · 22d

just absolutely furious with @alixeharrow.bsky.social for being such a goddamn genius

"the contradictory heart of what prose does, which is to waste the reader’s time as efficiently and sexily as possible...a reader gives you their time, and you tell them, word by word, how to spend it."

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on purple prose

so i love a metaphor! sue me! or...come see me on tour?

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 24d

One insurance denial for Teressa's husband stated, “your newborn does not meet the criteria for coverage.”

“This is when I really start to think they’re just denying,” she recalled. “They’re not even looking. They’re just ‘deny, deny, deny.’”

➡️ Full story: www.propublica.org/article/ment...

Screenshot of article excerpt: Highmark refused to pay for the emergency medical treatment for the colon infection. In a bizarre twist, that denial letter listed her husband as the patient but made reference to the care of a newborn, not that of a 52-year-old man having a mental health crisis.

“It was determined,” the letter said, “that your newborn does not meet the criteria for coverage of an inpatient hospital admission.”

“This is when I really start to think they’re just denying,” she recalled. “They’re not even looking. They’re just ‘deny, deny, deny.’”

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 25d

Some personal news:

I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.

Thread incoming.

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The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.

I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

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performative male @milesklee.bsky.social · 28d

oh well, onward and upward

REPORTER: Mr. President, my condolences to you, Sir. My condolences on the loss of your friend Charlie Kirk. [unintelligible]
How are you holding up over the last day and a half, Sir?
TRUMP: I think very good. And by the way, right there, you see all the trucks? They've just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they ve been trying to get, as you know, for about 150 years. And it's gonna be a beauty. Absolutely magnificent construction. We just started, so it'll get done very nicely.
And it will be one of the best anywhere in the world, actually.

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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · Sep 5

Had three drinks at a work thing and came home directly to the Zapruder film of Jalen Carter spitting on Dak Prescott

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Kristen P. @cognitomode.bsky.social · Sep 5

Oh no, survivorship bias has not pruned my options for me yet! Is this the decline of culture?!

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Kristen P. @cognitomode.bsky.social · Aug 29

At the risk of getting too specific again, Maggie Kang's instinct to make teen girl characters with the capacity for multiple emotional tones--sometimes even two at the same time!--seems like the stronger explanation for the movie's resonating with audiences

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · Aug 29

this is an interesting idea re: marketing but i don't really agree with this and actually think Pixar's mistake has been over-reaching in trying to appeal to adults over kids in terms of tone and sensibility (along with a couple genuine duds quality-wise)

Kotaku @kotakudotcom.bsky.social · Aug 29

Here's Why One KPop Demon Hunters Artist Thinks The Movie Is Succeeding Where Pixar Has Failed https://kotaku.com/kpop-demon-hunters-derpy-artist-kids-all-ages-animation-2000621394

KPop Demon Hunters Artist Weighs In On Why It’s So Successful

Radford Sechrist designed Derpy, Jinu’s demonic tiger and messenger

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