Larissa Theule
@larissatheule.bsky.social
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Larissa Theule
@larissatheule.bsky.social
· Aug 28
The opening spreads for The Sweater: A Story of Community
illus. Teagan White
02/10/26
illus. Teagan White
02/10/26
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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
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What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
is it finally mueller time
November 12, 2025 at 8:04 PM
is it finally mueller time
THE SWEATER
2.10.2026 <3
Viking Children's Books / Penguin
2.10.2026 <3
Viking Children's Books / Penguin
November 3, 2025 at 3:31 AM
THE SWEATER
2.10.2026 <3
Viking Children's Books / Penguin
2.10.2026 <3
Viking Children's Books / Penguin
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Unless I absolutely must for professional reasons, I will not be watching your nuclear war movie. I will not be watching your incredibly bleak and depressing murder show. I will not be watching your artistic despair. It’s nothing personal, I just don’t order water when I’m already bailing my boat.
October 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Unless I absolutely must for professional reasons, I will not be watching your nuclear war movie. I will not be watching your incredibly bleak and depressing murder show. I will not be watching your artistic despair. It’s nothing personal, I just don’t order water when I’m already bailing my boat.
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Gonna talk in entomology class today about how Jewish scientists forced to work in Nazi concentration camps secretly sent fake vaccines to the eastern front and managed to kill 4,000 Nazis with typhus.
Vaccine subterfuge: How vaccine-makers fooled the Nazis from inside a concentration camp lab
Confined first at Auschwitz then Buchenwald, a Jewish microbiologist conspired with a ragtag team of scientists and rebels to send dud typhus vaccines to the German soldiers on the eastern front.
www.gavi.org
October 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Gonna talk in entomology class today about how Jewish scientists forced to work in Nazi concentration camps secretly sent fake vaccines to the eastern front and managed to kill 4,000 Nazis with typhus.
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Remembering Ursula Le Guin on her birthday 🎂
📷 Dan Tuffs, 2005
"We like to think we live in daylight, but half the world is always dark, & fantasy, like poetry, speaks the language of the night."
📷 Dan Tuffs, 2005
"We like to think we live in daylight, but half the world is always dark, & fantasy, like poetry, speaks the language of the night."
October 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Remembering Ursula Le Guin on her birthday 🎂
📷 Dan Tuffs, 2005
"We like to think we live in daylight, but half the world is always dark, & fantasy, like poetry, speaks the language of the night."
📷 Dan Tuffs, 2005
"We like to think we live in daylight, but half the world is always dark, & fantasy, like poetry, speaks the language of the night."
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Happy Book Birthday to @larissatheule.bsky.social & TOVE UNDER THE TREE!
October 15, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Happy Book Birthday to @larissatheule.bsky.social & TOVE UNDER THE TREE!
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Happy Book Birthday Dance to "Tove Under the Tree" written by @larissatheule.bsky.social and published by Candlewick
Out in bookstores everywhere! And if you order from Books of Wonder, you can get free stickers!
Out in bookstores everywhere! And if you order from Books of Wonder, you can get free stickers!
October 15, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Happy Book Birthday Dance to "Tove Under the Tree" written by @larissatheule.bsky.social and published by Candlewick
Out in bookstores everywhere! And if you order from Books of Wonder, you can get free stickers!
Out in bookstores everywhere! And if you order from Books of Wonder, you can get free stickers!
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Today’s Daily Cartoon, by P. C. Vey. #NewYorkerCartoons
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October 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Today’s Daily Cartoon, by P. C. Vey. #NewYorkerCartoons
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First review, Kirkus ⭐
"An enduring reflection on seasons of togetherness and separation, in nature and in life."
Illus. Tegan White
2.10.2026
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
"An enduring reflection on seasons of togetherness and separation, in nature and in life."
Illus. Tegan White
2.10.2026
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
THE SWEATER | Kirkus Reviews
A woodland community rallies around a nervous newcomer.
www.kirkusreviews.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
First review, Kirkus ⭐
"An enduring reflection on seasons of togetherness and separation, in nature and in life."
Illus. Tegan White
2.10.2026
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
"An enduring reflection on seasons of togetherness and separation, in nature and in life."
Illus. Tegan White
2.10.2026
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
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Pope Leo XIV: "I often wonder, even though the teaching of Sacred Scripture is so clear about the poor, why many people continue to think that they can safely disregard the poor."
"Dilexi te"
"Dilexi te"
October 9, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Pope Leo XIV: "I often wonder, even though the teaching of Sacred Scripture is so clear about the poor, why many people continue to think that they can safely disregard the poor."
"Dilexi te"
"Dilexi te"
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"Those who ban books want to lock away ideas they fear. But in truth, they are trying to steal our freedom."
#BannedBooksWeek honorary chair @georgetakei.bsky.social encourages all of us to stand up for the freedom to read! #CensorshipIsSo1984
youtu.be/qwtzX15AKvQ?...
#BannedBooksWeek honorary chair @georgetakei.bsky.social encourages all of us to stand up for the freedom to read! #CensorshipIsSo1984
youtu.be/qwtzX15AKvQ?...
George Takei, Banned Books Week 2025 Honorary Chair
YouTube video by Banned Books Week
youtu.be
October 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
"Those who ban books want to lock away ideas they fear. But in truth, they are trying to steal our freedom."
#BannedBooksWeek honorary chair @georgetakei.bsky.social encourages all of us to stand up for the freedom to read! #CensorshipIsSo1984
youtu.be/qwtzX15AKvQ?...
#BannedBooksWeek honorary chair @georgetakei.bsky.social encourages all of us to stand up for the freedom to read! #CensorshipIsSo1984
youtu.be/qwtzX15AKvQ?...
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If you like yelling about misuse of the passive voice, THIS IS IT.
Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt
37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN
Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.
www.cnn.com
October 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
If you like yelling about misuse of the passive voice, THIS IS IT.
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Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment
Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first
Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first
Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally, a former nurse, has been named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury - the first time a woman has been appointed to the role in the Church of England's history.
news.sky.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
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ok this breakdown of AI writing indicators is incredible. Huge shout-out to the Wikipedia community for this
Wikipedia:Signs of AI writing - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
ok this breakdown of AI writing indicators is incredible. Huge shout-out to the Wikipedia community for this
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Were you or your kids assigned full books to read in high school English — novels, nonfiction or plays from beginning to end — or mostly shorter excerpts? We are digging into this very controversial maybe-trend and need your help:
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/u...
Were You Assigned Full Books to Read in High School English? Tell Us.
www.nytimes.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Were you or your kids assigned full books to read in high school English — novels, nonfiction or plays from beginning to end — or mostly shorter excerpts? We are digging into this very controversial maybe-trend and need your help:
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/u...
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“I’ll be 10 min late sorry!!!”
-ashamed
-fragile
-unreliable
“A thousand apologies. The relentless slog of time has overtaken my faculties.”
-powerful
-commanding
-honest
-ashamed
-fragile
-unreliable
“A thousand apologies. The relentless slog of time has overtaken my faculties.”
-powerful
-commanding
-honest
September 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
“I’ll be 10 min late sorry!!!”
-ashamed
-fragile
-unreliable
“A thousand apologies. The relentless slog of time has overtaken my faculties.”
-powerful
-commanding
-honest
-ashamed
-fragile
-unreliable
“A thousand apologies. The relentless slog of time has overtaken my faculties.”
-powerful
-commanding
-honest
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In the weird, terrible moment we're all experiencing of contested reality / distorted reality / unreality, I was heartened by this wonderful Zach Helfand piece about the brilliant, heroic fact checkers of @newyorker. May they save civilization.
The History of The New Yorker’s Vaunted Fact-Checking Department
Reporters engage in charm and betrayal; checkers are in the harm-reduction business.
www.newyorker.com
August 28, 2025 at 7:58 PM
In the weird, terrible moment we're all experiencing of contested reality / distorted reality / unreality, I was heartened by this wonderful Zach Helfand piece about the brilliant, heroic fact checkers of @newyorker. May they save civilization.
The opening spreads for The Sweater: A Story of Community
illus. Teagan White
02/10/26
illus. Teagan White
02/10/26
August 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The opening spreads for The Sweater: A Story of Community
illus. Teagan White
02/10/26
illus. Teagan White
02/10/26
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I think I'm a pretty good copy editor, and I'd say that an appropriate rate of response to copyediting should be 85 to 90 percent flat-out yes, 5 percent absolutely not, what are you thinking?, and the rest is Oh, interesting, let me do some improvements of my own.
August 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I think I'm a pretty good copy editor, and I'd say that an appropriate rate of response to copyediting should be 85 to 90 percent flat-out yes, 5 percent absolutely not, what are you thinking?, and the rest is Oh, interesting, let me do some improvements of my own.
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“It is the perfect storm for educational catastrophe.”
— @aaslala.bsky.social President Amanda Kordeliski
📚💙
— @aaslala.bsky.social President Amanda Kordeliski
📚💙
When libraries lose access to federal funds, the entire community loses, including local schools. Public educators rely on libraries & museums for supplemental support and experiential education: www.edweek.org/policy-polit...
Tell Congress to #FundLibraries: ala.org/fundlibraries #ForOurLibraries
Tell Congress to #FundLibraries: ala.org/fundlibraries #ForOurLibraries
How Schools Will Feel the Federal Funding Cuts to Libraries and Museums
Cuts to library and museum grants threaten school databases, field trips, and teacher training programs nationwide.
www.edweek.org
August 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
“It is the perfect storm for educational catastrophe.”
— @aaslala.bsky.social President Amanda Kordeliski
📚💙
— @aaslala.bsky.social President Amanda Kordeliski
📚💙
A lovely first review for TOVE UNDER THE TREE.
"Employing quirky humor and an eclectic, accepting sense of both community and individuality, Theule (Mouseboat) blurs fantasy and reality to consider themes of ecological interdependence." —Publishers Weekly
www.publishersweekly.com/9781536232813
"Employing quirky humor and an eclectic, accepting sense of both community and individuality, Theule (Mouseboat) blurs fantasy and reality to consider themes of ecological interdependence." —Publishers Weekly
www.publishersweekly.com/9781536232813
Tove Under the Tree by Larissa Theule
When old age and warming temperatures doom the beloved ficus outside young Tove’s window—the tree that shaded her bedroom during...
www.publishersweekly.com
July 22, 2025 at 6:58 PM
A lovely first review for TOVE UNDER THE TREE.
"Employing quirky humor and an eclectic, accepting sense of both community and individuality, Theule (Mouseboat) blurs fantasy and reality to consider themes of ecological interdependence." —Publishers Weekly
www.publishersweekly.com/9781536232813
"Employing quirky humor and an eclectic, accepting sense of both community and individuality, Theule (Mouseboat) blurs fantasy and reality to consider themes of ecological interdependence." —Publishers Weekly
www.publishersweekly.com/9781536232813