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Kristen Uroda

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✏️ illustrator + civic design researcher detroit/michigan-based • working to spark joy and renew moral imagination through a vision of beauty and compassion • SCBWI member kristenuroda.com

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Kristen Uroda @kristenuroda.bsky.social · Feb 9

Hi! I’m Kristen, a Michigan-based illustrator (editorial + picture book) and civic design researcher just trying to do work that inspires people to dream, hope, and imagine a better, kinder world.

#kitlitart #illustrator #editorialillustration #picturebooks

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 11h

#A_NewHope ✊

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 5d

Respect to those who got here first.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 8d

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela

Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.

www.theatlantic.com

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404 Media @404media.co · 9d

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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Axios @axios.com · 19d

"Reading Rainbow," one of the most popular PBS shows, is back with fresh episodes, a new host and celebs spreading some literacy love.

"Reading Rainbow" is back, with a new host and a slew of celeb guests

The PBS classic returns with TikTok star Mychal the Librarian as host and famous faces sharing a love of reading.

www.axios.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28d

Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires.

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Jenn Bower | KidLit Illustrator @jennbower.bsky.social · Sep 18

They also have movies and videos you can check out or stream via HOOPLA. Download the app and connect your library card to the service. Easy-peasy.

wobblerocket 🎲🎮 @wobblerocket.com · Sep 18

As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read.

They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · Sep 16

TikTok will officially become a surveillance tool for the Trump regime and its billionaire backers.

Larry Ellison helped build the detention and surveillance state in China via his company—Oracle—and now he’ll do it here.

Spread the news, tell your friends, and encourage everyone to delete TikTok.

Larry Ellison’s Oracle Among Controlling Investors In TikTok Deal, Report Says

President Donald Trump signaled earlier, “We’ve got a deal on TikTok.”

www.forbes.com

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · Sep 7

Authoritarians thrive on your silence — be loud — for America.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Sep 1

Remember that we can always find power, solidarity, and hope in the labor movement. [Artwork by Ricardo Levins Morales]

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Kristen Uroda @kristenuroda.bsky.social · Aug 28

There are many, but I feel like I’ve had a special connection with Piglet since a child. 🥲

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Brian Kibler @bmkibler.bsky.social · Aug 22

I absolutely cannot fathom living my life in such a way that leads me to have strong feelings about the Cracker Barrel logo.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Aug 23

SEN. @ossoff.senate.gov on fascism in 🇺🇸 : “There is not safety in keeping your head down… People who oppose public policy decisions but are too afraid of retribution from their government to speak their mind should send a chill down all of our spines.”

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Kristen Uroda @kristenuroda.bsky.social · Aug 22

Feels like a good time to share my latest cover for the next Race to the Truth series. Preorder your copy today. 🙂

#illustration #bookcovers #abolition

Abolition and the African American Story by Patricia Williams Dockery: 9780593811368 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

Until now, you've only heard one side of the story: how Abraham Lincoln defeated the Confederacy to end slavery, but the truth involves a vast network of abolitionists who would keep fighting for free...

www.penguinrandomhouse.com

Kristen Uroda @kristenuroda.bsky.social · Aug 17

The joy of seeing your work finally in print never gets old.

Written in partnership with the Kamin Science Center, ‘Scientists Like Me’ is the perfect book for any kid (or adult!) who loves observing and discovering the world around us. Available now!

#science #picturebook #portrait #illustration

Kristen Uroda @kristenuroda.bsky.social · Aug 9

I’m around! But also very much guilty of lurking and liking over posting 👀 And being bad at posting things on any social media platform in general 😅

Kristen Uroda @kristenuroda.bsky.social · Aug 9

Excited about this book haul from my latest travels—so many amazing illustrators! 🥹

#picturebooks #poland

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EarthlyEducation @earthlyeducation.bsky.social · Aug 9

a forest of the future is growing in Detroit. using DNA from ancient giants like 3,000-year-old sequoias, David Milarch is cloning the world’s strongest trees to help fight climate collapse.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · Jul 22

This is excellent. In three minutes she explains how democracies become dictatorships. It's happened so many times, yet in each country, most people said, 'it can't happen here'

Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · Jul 9

#StaceyAbrams explains how to achieve an #autocracy in 10 steps.

We're at step 9.

The military is in our streets. Is our democracy worth the effort to defend it?

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Olivia Gaines, Author @ogaines.com · Jun 17

#booksky #writingcommunity

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Jun 12

My friends, it's not just happening in a galaxy far, far away.

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Children's B🎃🎃kshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · Jun 3

Coming soon: new projects from @kristinsorra.bsky.social @kristenuroda.bsky.social
@hloweart.bsky.social @alleannaharris.bsky.social + more buff.ly/vdn18s9

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Civilla Detroit @civilladetroit.bsky.social · May 20

When systems aren't working, many say, "tear it down and start over." We see it differently. We believe in rolling up our sleeves and fixing what we have. Public institutions touch all our lives and are worth improving, not abandoning. See how we're making change: civilla.org/why-insituti...

Why Institutions

Designing human-centered institutions. We help institutions examine their complexities and embrace their strengths to function as forces for good.

civilla.org

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SCBWI @scbwi.bsky.social · May 20

SCBWI and more than 40 organizations representing parents, grassroots organizers, authors, librarians, booksellers, and publishers have signed a statement on the Trump Administration's firing of Dr. Carla Hayden.

Share and ACT NOW bit.ly/EmailHayden

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Kristen Uroda @kristenuroda.bsky.social · May 18

Miss Betti Wiggins—changing stomachs and minds, one child at a time. 🥕

#picturebook #missbettiwhatisthis #kidlitart #detroithistory