Phil Bildner
@philbildner.bsky.social
I write books for young people, picture books and middle grade novels. I’m the founder and President of The Author Village. Mets and Nets fan. LGBTQ🌈
Abolish billionaires.
Billionaires out.
Billionaires out.
February 4, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Abolish billionaires.
Billionaires out.
Billionaires out.
The Washington Post is closing the Books Section.
February 4, 2026 at 2:51 PM
The Washington Post is closing the Books Section.
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Important article by Kelly Jensen:
Must read for #authors #illustrators #editors #publishers #kidlitcommunity about anti-egalitarian anti-truth clauses that go against #FReadom & deny #science
bookriot.com/texas-esc-1-...
@heykellyjensen.bsky.social @bookriot.bsky.social @bookriotpod.bsky.social
Must read for #authors #illustrators #editors #publishers #kidlitcommunity about anti-egalitarian anti-truth clauses that go against #FReadom & deny #science
bookriot.com/texas-esc-1-...
@heykellyjensen.bsky.social @bookriot.bsky.social @bookriotpod.bsky.social
New Consulting Contracts in Texas Will Muzzle Authors and Harm Students
New discriminatory contracts in one Texas Educational Service Center will deny authors, students, and educators inclusive opportunities.
bookriot.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Important article by Kelly Jensen:
Must read for #authors #illustrators #editors #publishers #kidlitcommunity about anti-egalitarian anti-truth clauses that go against #FReadom & deny #science
bookriot.com/texas-esc-1-...
@heykellyjensen.bsky.social @bookriot.bsky.social @bookriotpod.bsky.social
Must read for #authors #illustrators #editors #publishers #kidlitcommunity about anti-egalitarian anti-truth clauses that go against #FReadom & deny #science
bookriot.com/texas-esc-1-...
@heykellyjensen.bsky.social @bookriot.bsky.social @bookriotpod.bsky.social
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Thank you to Kelly Jensen for always putting in the work and making us aware of these things.
A new consultant contract at a Texas Educational Service Center would muzzle authors & harm students, barring them from inclusive experiences.
Y'all, this is REALLY BAD.
This is the next step in banning any voices outside those deemed right by white supremacy.
bookriot.com/texas-esc-1-...
Y'all, this is REALLY BAD.
This is the next step in banning any voices outside those deemed right by white supremacy.
bookriot.com/texas-esc-1-...
New Consulting Contracts in Texas Will Muzzle Authors and Harm Students
New discriminatory contracts in one Texas Educational Service Center will deny authors, students, and educators inclusive opportunities.
bookriot.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Thank you to Kelly Jensen for always putting in the work and making us aware of these things.
AUTHORS -- ALERT
More and more school districts are including deeply problematic clauses in their standard independent contractor agreements.
Please take a moment to read (and share) this important post from @heykellyjensen.bsky.social at @bookriot.bsky.social
bookriot.com/texas-esc-1-...
More and more school districts are including deeply problematic clauses in their standard independent contractor agreements.
Please take a moment to read (and share) this important post from @heykellyjensen.bsky.social at @bookriot.bsky.social
bookriot.com/texas-esc-1-...
New Consulting Contracts in Texas Will Muzzle Authors and Harm Students
New discriminatory contracts in one Texas Educational Service Center will deny authors, students, and educators inclusive opportunities.
bookriot.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:22 PM
AUTHORS -- ALERT
More and more school districts are including deeply problematic clauses in their standard independent contractor agreements.
Please take a moment to read (and share) this important post from @heykellyjensen.bsky.social at @bookriot.bsky.social
bookriot.com/texas-esc-1-...
More and more school districts are including deeply problematic clauses in their standard independent contractor agreements.
Please take a moment to read (and share) this important post from @heykellyjensen.bsky.social at @bookriot.bsky.social
bookriot.com/texas-esc-1-...
One.
I have one school visit scheduled for the 2025-26 school year.
Before the book banning movement and the politics of hate metastasized, I visited 40, 50, and 60 schools each year.
This regime of monstrous evildoers is actively trying to erase LGBTQ+ stories, identities, and humans.
Resist
I have one school visit scheduled for the 2025-26 school year.
Before the book banning movement and the politics of hate metastasized, I visited 40, 50, and 60 schools each year.
This regime of monstrous evildoers is actively trying to erase LGBTQ+ stories, identities, and humans.
Resist
January 31, 2026 at 10:42 PM
One.
I have one school visit scheduled for the 2025-26 school year.
Before the book banning movement and the politics of hate metastasized, I visited 40, 50, and 60 schools each year.
This regime of monstrous evildoers is actively trying to erase LGBTQ+ stories, identities, and humans.
Resist
I have one school visit scheduled for the 2025-26 school year.
Before the book banning movement and the politics of hate metastasized, I visited 40, 50, and 60 schools each year.
This regime of monstrous evildoers is actively trying to erase LGBTQ+ stories, identities, and humans.
Resist
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It should not take a court order to get a toddler out of a prison.
January 31, 2026 at 9:22 PM
It should not take a court order to get a toddler out of a prison.
Reposted by Phil Bildner
How you can support resistance efforts in Minneapolis through literary activism.
That, plus this week's book censorship news:
bookriot.com/supporting-m...
That, plus this week's book censorship news:
bookriot.com/supporting-m...
Supporting Minneapolis Through Literary Activism: Book Censorship News, January 30, 2026
How can you help Minnesotans as ICE continues a brutal attack on the city? Here are some means of support through literary activism.
bookriot.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:13 PM
How you can support resistance efforts in Minneapolis through literary activism.
That, plus this week's book censorship news:
bookriot.com/supporting-m...
That, plus this week's book censorship news:
bookriot.com/supporting-m...
Reposted by Phil Bildner
She Fought a Book Ban. She May Never Teach Again.
She Protested a Book Ban. Oklahoma Revoked Her Teacher’s License.
Summer Boismier, a high school English teacher in Oklahoma, lost her teaching license after she protested a book ban. Now she is fighting to return to the classroom.
buff.ly
January 31, 2026 at 6:01 PM
She Fought a Book Ban. She May Never Teach Again.
Reposted by Phil Bildner
The nazis redistributed the stolen property of deported Jews to the German population. It was called Aryanization.
This is no different.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryaniz...
This is no different.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryaniz...
January 31, 2026 at 9:11 PM
The nazis redistributed the stolen property of deported Jews to the German population. It was called Aryanization.
This is no different.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryaniz...
This is no different.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryaniz...
How to *De-Escalate* in Three Easy Steps:
1. Turn Around
2. Go Back Up
3. Disappear Forever
ICE Out!
1. Turn Around
2. Go Back Up
3. Disappear Forever
ICE Out!
January 29, 2026 at 12:09 PM
How to *De-Escalate* in Three Easy Steps:
1. Turn Around
2. Go Back Up
3. Disappear Forever
ICE Out!
1. Turn Around
2. Go Back Up
3. Disappear Forever
ICE Out!
Today would be a good day to...
Unmask ICE
Abolish ICE
Prosecute ICE
ICE out!
Unmask ICE
Abolish ICE
Prosecute ICE
ICE out!
January 28, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Today would be a good day to...
Unmask ICE
Abolish ICE
Prosecute ICE
ICE out!
Unmask ICE
Abolish ICE
Prosecute ICE
ICE out!
40 Years Ago Today
I was in 12th grade, Mr. Kramer's physics class. Mrs. Clemmenson was in the hallway outside the room asking, "is it true?"
It was.
Francis (Dick) Scobee, Michael Smith, Ellison Onizuka, Judith Resnik, Ronald McNair, Gregory Jarvis, and Christa McAuliffe.
I was in 12th grade, Mr. Kramer's physics class. Mrs. Clemmenson was in the hallway outside the room asking, "is it true?"
It was.
Francis (Dick) Scobee, Michael Smith, Ellison Onizuka, Judith Resnik, Ronald McNair, Gregory Jarvis, and Christa McAuliffe.
January 28, 2026 at 10:58 AM
40 Years Ago Today
I was in 12th grade, Mr. Kramer's physics class. Mrs. Clemmenson was in the hallway outside the room asking, "is it true?"
It was.
Francis (Dick) Scobee, Michael Smith, Ellison Onizuka, Judith Resnik, Ronald McNair, Gregory Jarvis, and Christa McAuliffe.
I was in 12th grade, Mr. Kramer's physics class. Mrs. Clemmenson was in the hallway outside the room asking, "is it true?"
It was.
Francis (Dick) Scobee, Michael Smith, Ellison Onizuka, Judith Resnik, Ronald McNair, Gregory Jarvis, and Christa McAuliffe.
January 25, 2026 at 11:29 PM
A failure of leadership.
Over 60 CEOs.
This is what you call cowardice.
Collectively, these corporations could've joined together and aligned themselves with the heroic citizens of Minneapolis. Instead, fearing dear leader and the false prophet to the un-American among us, they chose passivity.
Over 60 CEOs.
This is what you call cowardice.
Collectively, these corporations could've joined together and aligned themselves with the heroic citizens of Minneapolis. Instead, fearing dear leader and the false prophet to the un-American among us, they chose passivity.
January 25, 2026 at 11:16 PM
A failure of leadership.
Over 60 CEOs.
This is what you call cowardice.
Collectively, these corporations could've joined together and aligned themselves with the heroic citizens of Minneapolis. Instead, fearing dear leader and the false prophet to the un-American among us, they chose passivity.
Over 60 CEOs.
This is what you call cowardice.
Collectively, these corporations could've joined together and aligned themselves with the heroic citizens of Minneapolis. Instead, fearing dear leader and the false prophet to the un-American among us, they chose passivity.
The @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social Youth Media Awards are tomorrow.
For several creators of books for young people, it is going to be an extraordinary moment.
Even during this dark moment, we still need to find and joy and reasons to celebrate. Let’s try to commemorate the moment like we always do.
For several creators of books for young people, it is going to be an extraordinary moment.
Even during this dark moment, we still need to find and joy and reasons to celebrate. Let’s try to commemorate the moment like we always do.
January 25, 2026 at 8:40 PM
The @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social Youth Media Awards are tomorrow.
For several creators of books for young people, it is going to be an extraordinary moment.
Even during this dark moment, we still need to find and joy and reasons to celebrate. Let’s try to commemorate the moment like we always do.
For several creators of books for young people, it is going to be an extraordinary moment.
Even during this dark moment, we still need to find and joy and reasons to celebrate. Let’s try to commemorate the moment like we always do.
The words, wisdom, and poetry of Amanda Gorman.
January 25, 2026 at 8:31 PM
The words, wisdom, and poetry of Amanda Gorman.
Thank you!
Now you and other New York elected officials need to go to Minneapolis and stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the heroes on the frontline leading the citizen resitance. It’s time for leaders to act and not just speak.
ICE out!
Now you and other New York elected officials need to go to Minneapolis and stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the heroes on the frontline leading the citizen resitance. It’s time for leaders to act and not just speak.
ICE out!
Secretary Noem has forfeited her right to lead. I’m calling on her to resign.
Gregory Bovino must also be fired.
No one, not an ICE agent, not a federal officer, not a president, is above the law.
Gregory Bovino must also be fired.
No one, not an ICE agent, not a federal officer, not a president, is above the law.
January 25, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Thank you!
Now you and other New York elected officials need to go to Minneapolis and stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the heroes on the frontline leading the citizen resitance. It’s time for leaders to act and not just speak.
ICE out!
Now you and other New York elected officials need to go to Minneapolis and stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the heroes on the frontline leading the citizen resitance. It’s time for leaders to act and not just speak.
ICE out!
This was murder.
This was a public execution.
Reject their lies.
Push back against anyone who spreads their lies.
They have no credibility.
None.
This was murder.
This was a public execution.
This was a public execution.
Reject their lies.
Push back against anyone who spreads their lies.
They have no credibility.
None.
This was murder.
This was a public execution.
January 25, 2026 at 4:00 PM
This was murder.
This was a public execution.
Reject their lies.
Push back against anyone who spreads their lies.
They have no credibility.
None.
This was murder.
This was a public execution.
This was a public execution.
Reject their lies.
Push back against anyone who spreads their lies.
They have no credibility.
None.
This was murder.
This was a public execution.
If the mainstream media is going to continue to platform the white house propagandists, they need to learn how to push back on, silence, and debunk the lies.
Stop letting these monstrous evildoers blatantly lie about irrefutable video evidence.
Stop letting these monstrous evildoers blatantly lie about irrefutable video evidence.
January 25, 2026 at 3:02 PM
If the mainstream media is going to continue to platform the white house propagandists, they need to learn how to push back on, silence, and debunk the lies.
Stop letting these monstrous evildoers blatantly lie about irrefutable video evidence.
Stop letting these monstrous evildoers blatantly lie about irrefutable video evidence.
They're murdering white people now.
Poets.
Nurses.
They're publicly executing white people now.
They will not stop.
Unless we resist.
Unless we relentlessly resist.
The citizens of Minneapolis are showing us how
We can be brave.
We must be brave.
It's up to us.
No one is coming to save us.
Poets.
Nurses.
They're publicly executing white people now.
They will not stop.
Unless we resist.
Unless we relentlessly resist.
The citizens of Minneapolis are showing us how
We can be brave.
We must be brave.
It's up to us.
No one is coming to save us.
January 25, 2026 at 11:44 AM
They're murdering white people now.
Poets.
Nurses.
They're publicly executing white people now.
They will not stop.
Unless we resist.
Unless we relentlessly resist.
The citizens of Minneapolis are showing us how
We can be brave.
We must be brave.
It's up to us.
No one is coming to save us.
Poets.
Nurses.
They're publicly executing white people now.
They will not stop.
Unless we resist.
Unless we relentlessly resist.
The citizens of Minneapolis are showing us how
We can be brave.
We must be brave.
It's up to us.
No one is coming to save us.
The American people have had it with this lawless regime. The citizens of Minneapolis are showing the nation — showing the world — that there are so many more of us who reject this evil, monstrous wannabe-dictator and the followers who have pledged eternal fealty to a false prophet.
ICE out now!
ICE out now!
January 25, 2026 at 2:18 AM
The American people have had it with this lawless regime. The citizens of Minneapolis are showing the nation — showing the world — that there are so many more of us who reject this evil, monstrous wannabe-dictator and the followers who have pledged eternal fealty to a false prophet.
ICE out now!
ICE out now!
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the fire alarms at the hotels where ICE terrorists are staying happen to accidentally go off every night at say 2:00am?
January 24, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the fire alarms at the hotels where ICE terrorists are staying happen to accidentally go off every night at say 2:00am?
Republicans will not speak up.
Republicans will not say a word about yet another public execution in Minneapolis.
Republicans will not speak out against ICE.
Republicans will never defy their dear leader.
Republicans have pledged fealty to their false prophet.
Republicans will do anything for him.
Republicans will not say a word about yet another public execution in Minneapolis.
Republicans will not speak out against ICE.
Republicans will never defy their dear leader.
Republicans have pledged fealty to their false prophet.
Republicans will do anything for him.
January 24, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Republicans will not speak up.
Republicans will not say a word about yet another public execution in Minneapolis.
Republicans will not speak out against ICE.
Republicans will never defy their dear leader.
Republicans have pledged fealty to their false prophet.
Republicans will do anything for him.
Republicans will not say a word about yet another public execution in Minneapolis.
Republicans will not speak out against ICE.
Republicans will never defy their dear leader.
Republicans have pledged fealty to their false prophet.
Republicans will do anything for him.
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Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Ciao Ciao
January 24, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Ciao Ciao