Jacob Souva
@jacobsouva.bsky.social
Hello 👋… my name is Jacob Souva and I’m an illustrator and author of books for kids. I’m rep’d by Jen Rofé of Andrea Brown Literary Agency.
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Jacob Souva
@jacobsouva.bsky.social
· Sep 8
The Truth About Making Books for Kids*
*According to me, just one guy, so far
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I've compiled a bunch of picturebook #kidlit #kidlitart making truths that I think are helpful.
Things like #9: From my Mom: “If you speak with your heart, people will hear with theirs.”
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Things like #9: From my Mom: “If you speak with your heart, people will hear with theirs.”
open.substack.com/pub/jacobsou...
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It’s hard to accurately describe what is happening in Minneapolis without sounding crazy.
Unmarked rental vans all over the city, with people in military gear and no id jumping out of them to take captive anyone who looks nonwhite or who makes political speech they disagree with.
Unmarked rental vans all over the city, with people in military gear and no id jumping out of them to take captive anyone who looks nonwhite or who makes political speech they disagree with.
January 22, 2026 at 2:12 PM
It’s hard to accurately describe what is happening in Minneapolis without sounding crazy.
Unmarked rental vans all over the city, with people in military gear and no id jumping out of them to take captive anyone who looks nonwhite or who makes political speech they disagree with.
Unmarked rental vans all over the city, with people in military gear and no id jumping out of them to take captive anyone who looks nonwhite or who makes political speech they disagree with.
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January 23, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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January 23, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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Hello? Cassandra here. Remember all those times we AI-resistant educators were warning about this exact thing?
January 23, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Hello? Cassandra here. Remember all those times we AI-resistant educators were warning about this exact thing?
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“Cant sleep… i’ll just have a quick look at my phone”
January 22, 2026 at 4:21 AM
“Cant sleep… i’ll just have a quick look at my phone”
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ICE kidnapped a 5-year-old and sent him alone to a facility in Texas. Hell isn't hot enough.
January 21, 2026 at 11:14 PM
ICE kidnapped a 5-year-old and sent him alone to a facility in Texas. Hell isn't hot enough.
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pepper spraying someone in the face from inches away while they are already restrained on the ground should get you fired and land you in jail, no exceptions
An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 21, 2026 at 9:38 PM
pepper spraying someone in the face from inches away while they are already restrained on the ground should get you fired and land you in jail, no exceptions
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This is torture. There better be lawsuits, there better be hearings, there better be defunding and criminal charges and REAL CONSEQUENCES for all of this shit on an unprecedented scale to ensure it never happens again. Any politician being timid on this issue needs to get out of the fucking way NOW.
An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 21, 2026 at 10:15 PM
This is torture. There better be lawsuits, there better be hearings, there better be defunding and criminal charges and REAL CONSEQUENCES for all of this shit on an unprecedented scale to ensure it never happens again. Any politician being timid on this issue needs to get out of the fucking way NOW.
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The most important technological revolution of our lifetime has nothing to do with AI:
Important to realize also that, once constructed, solar infrastructure just keeps working*, for decades, with very little additional cost. There's no need for a constant stream of inputs like fossil fuels.
Important to realize also that, once constructed, solar infrastructure just keeps working*, for decades, with very little additional cost. There's no need for a constant stream of inputs like fossil fuels.
Check this one fact out:
"In 2024, the total installed electricity capacity of the planet—every coal, gas, hydro, and nuclear plant and all of the renewables—was about 10 terawatts. The Chinese solar supply chain can now pump out 1 terawatt of panels every year."
"In 2024, the total installed electricity capacity of the planet—every coal, gas, hydro, and nuclear plant and all of the renewables—was about 10 terawatts. The Chinese solar supply chain can now pump out 1 terawatt of panels every year."
January 21, 2026 at 5:12 PM
The most important technological revolution of our lifetime has nothing to do with AI:
Important to realize also that, once constructed, solar infrastructure just keeps working*, for decades, with very little additional cost. There's no need for a constant stream of inputs like fossil fuels.
Important to realize also that, once constructed, solar infrastructure just keeps working*, for decades, with very little additional cost. There's no need for a constant stream of inputs like fossil fuels.
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Check this one fact out:
"In 2024, the total installed electricity capacity of the planet—every coal, gas, hydro, and nuclear plant and all of the renewables—was about 10 terawatts. The Chinese solar supply chain can now pump out 1 terawatt of panels every year."
"In 2024, the total installed electricity capacity of the planet—every coal, gas, hydro, and nuclear plant and all of the renewables—was about 10 terawatts. The Chinese solar supply chain can now pump out 1 terawatt of panels every year."
January 21, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Check this one fact out:
"In 2024, the total installed electricity capacity of the planet—every coal, gas, hydro, and nuclear plant and all of the renewables—was about 10 terawatts. The Chinese solar supply chain can now pump out 1 terawatt of panels every year."
"In 2024, the total installed electricity capacity of the planet—every coal, gas, hydro, and nuclear plant and all of the renewables—was about 10 terawatts. The Chinese solar supply chain can now pump out 1 terawatt of panels every year."
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The future of work is changing. And we have to evolve with it or fall behind. That's why we're proud to introduce: Serfdom dot AI. Our platform allows SERFs (solo entrepreneur revenue facilitators) to rent affordable housing that they can subsidize by picking up work with Baron, our AI assistant
January 20, 2026 at 11:56 PM
The future of work is changing. And we have to evolve with it or fall behind. That's why we're proud to introduce: Serfdom dot AI. Our platform allows SERFs (solo entrepreneur revenue facilitators) to rent affordable housing that they can subsidize by picking up work with Baron, our AI assistant
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Davos, Switzerland, the World Economic Forum.
January 20, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Davos, Switzerland, the World Economic Forum.
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🚨"I'm a nurse...my brown patients are choosing to stop chemo because they do not want to be abducted." -ICE protester tells JT Cestkowski about sick Minnesotans foregoing cancer treatment because of ICE terror. LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 19, 2026 at 11:12 PM
🚨"I'm a nurse...my brown patients are choosing to stop chemo because they do not want to be abducted." -ICE protester tells JT Cestkowski about sick Minnesotans foregoing cancer treatment because of ICE terror. LIVE NOW ⬇️
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Toad sat on the edge of his bed. “Blah,” said Toad. “I feel down in the dumps.”
“Why?” asked Frog.
“I am thinking about tomorrow,” said Toad.
“Why?” asked Frog.
“I am thinking about tomorrow,” said Toad.
January 20, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Toad sat on the edge of his bed. “Blah,” said Toad. “I feel down in the dumps.”
“Why?” asked Frog.
“I am thinking about tomorrow,” said Toad.
“Why?” asked Frog.
“I am thinking about tomorrow,” said Toad.
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"Battalions of armed federal agents are moving thru neighborhoods, transit hubs, malls & parking lots & staging near churches, mosques & schools. Strangers w/guns have metastasized in spaces where daily life should be routine & safe... like a military occupation."
www.startribune.com/editorial-mi...
www.startribune.com/editorial-mi...
January 20, 2026 at 10:54 AM
"Battalions of armed federal agents are moving thru neighborhoods, transit hubs, malls & parking lots & staging near churches, mosques & schools. Strangers w/guns have metastasized in spaces where daily life should be routine & safe... like a military occupation."
www.startribune.com/editorial-mi...
www.startribune.com/editorial-mi...
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It’s hard to overstate the destructive impact of Trump invading and taking over Greenland. It would end NATO, destroy our relationships with virtually every NATO country and lead to the further unraveling of the many economic benefits that now accrue to the US as the world abandons Trump’s America.
January 18, 2026 at 3:09 PM
It’s hard to overstate the destructive impact of Trump invading and taking over Greenland. It would end NATO, destroy our relationships with virtually every NATO country and lead to the further unraveling of the many economic benefits that now accrue to the US as the world abandons Trump’s America.
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it's more or less impossible to find issues that poll this badly and he's decided to make it a major, public priority www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-tru...
January 18, 2026 at 2:48 PM
it's more or less impossible to find issues that poll this badly and he's decided to make it a major, public priority www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-tru...
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If the basic project is expanding and straightening the American empire, everything this administration has done - destroy soft power, wreck alliances, abandon shared ideals, withdraw for the intl institutions America built, and general erratic behavior - will have the opposite effect.
Bessent on Greenland: "Peace through strength. Make it part of the US and there will not be a conflict because the US right now, we're the hottest country in the world, we're the strongest country in the world. Europeans project weakness. The US projects strength."
January 18, 2026 at 2:53 PM
If the basic project is expanding and straightening the American empire, everything this administration has done - destroy soft power, wreck alliances, abandon shared ideals, withdraw for the intl institutions America built, and general erratic behavior - will have the opposite effect.
January 16, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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January 15, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Wrote a bit about some art hacks that serve me and make my time in the studio *better*
#kidlit #kidlitart
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#kidlit #kidlitart
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Art Hacks I Actually Use
5 things I actually utilize that make me better at making
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January 16, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Wrote a bit about some art hacks that serve me and make my time in the studio *better*
#kidlit #kidlitart
open.substack.com/pub/jacobsou...
#kidlit #kidlitart
open.substack.com/pub/jacobsou...
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This could be the unified Dem position. It is wildly popular. Puts the regime on defense on two fronts at the same time. Good policy, good politics.
The Congressional Progressive Caucus, a group of nearly 100 House Democrats, will announce later today that it's formally endorsing legislation to strip $175 billion from ICE and put it toward affordable housing. www.huffpost.com/entry/doj-fe...
Progressive Caucus Backs Bill To Redirect ICE Money To Affordable Housing
www.huffpost.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:29 AM
This could be the unified Dem position. It is wildly popular. Puts the regime on defense on two fronts at the same time. Good policy, good politics.
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Remember when Trump demanded the petroleum industry give $1B to his campaign fund?
You'll never guess how that worked out.
www.ft.com/content/da74...
You'll never guess how that worked out.
www.ft.com/content/da74...
January 16, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Remember when Trump demanded the petroleum industry give $1B to his campaign fund?
You'll never guess how that worked out.
www.ft.com/content/da74...
You'll never guess how that worked out.
www.ft.com/content/da74...
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ICE is in residential neighborhoods. So there are naturally babies and children and bystanders present because we don't just hide in our houses here in Minnesota. We are free people with lives to live. And the federal government is making that dangerous.
January 15, 2026 at 3:58 PM
ICE is in residential neighborhoods. So there are naturally babies and children and bystanders present because we don't just hide in our houses here in Minnesota. We are free people with lives to live. And the federal government is making that dangerous.