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Sara Van Note @svannotes.bsky.social · 3d

Congratulations on your book! This looks like a great title (and series) for my STEAM classroom.

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Sara Van Note @svannotes.bsky.social · 5d

Wow dream assignment!!

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Sara Van Note @svannotes.bsky.social · 5d

Ugh. The ruling also denies the professional expertise of teachers and the value of an inclusive classroom.

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 6d

Good morning! @gelliottmorris.com and I have crossed 2.5 million #nokings protesters counted.

Our nationwide, unofficial, crowdsourced estimate is now at 4.7-7.9 million.

Thank you to all of our local colleagues and volunteers that made this work possible.

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

No Kings!

docs.google.com

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 7d

Good evening. We estimate that between 4.2 and 7.6 million people turned out for the No Kings Day demonstrations held around the country on Saturday. This makes Oct 18 very likely the biggest single-day U.S. protest event since 1970. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...

Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 4.2-7.6 million participants

Here are the initial results from our crowdsourced crowd-counting estimates

www.gelliottmorris.com

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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 7d

Watch No Kings protests from around the country, ie the 39 states in our network. www.newsfromthestates.com/live-feed/no...

No Kings protest coverage | News From The States

www.newsfromthestates.com

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Megan Piontkowski illustration @meganpiont.bsky.social · 13d

I was commissioned to make a zine for the No Kings 2 protest on Saturday Oct 18th!

If you wonder “what can I do?” this zine is for you. It’s packed with things that you can do from wearing a “no ICE” pin to organizing a visibility brigade with your friends.

drive.google.com/file/d/1TJnH...

Hand holding a black and white illustrated zine of two people holding signs that say “we marched! Now what?”

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McKenzie Funk @mckenziefunk.com · 9d

The reality of Kavanaugh stops: American citizens dragged, tackled, beaten, tased, and shot by immigration agents. Citizens held in the rain while in their underwear. A pregnant citizen's door blown off while Kristi Noem watched. Important story by @nicolefoy.bsky.social of @propublica.org

Screenshot of the article by Nicole Foy of ProPublica:
"When the Supreme Court recently allowed immigration agents in the Los Angeles area to take race into consideration during sweeps, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that citizens shouldn’t be concerned.

“If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States,” Kavanaugh wrote, “they promptly let the individual go.”

But that is far from the reality many citizens have experienced. Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them. One of those women had already had the door of her home blown off while Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem watched.

About two dozen Americans have said they were held for more than a day without being able to phone lawyers or loved ones."

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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 15d

Next Saturday Oct 18, millions of people across America will join together to send a clear message: We the people have the power. Find your local event today and raise your voice for the science, facts, and truth we need to counter the authoritarian overreach of President Trump and his enablers.

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power belongs to the people.

www.nokings.org

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Tara Haelle @tarahaelle.bsky.social · 16d

Don't count on the #CDC for evidence-based information about #vaccines these days. But there still remain plenty of other resources for getting that information. Here's where to start.

Where to find accurate vaccine information amidst the CDC’s ongoing collapse

With the CDC no longer a trustworthy source, use these resources to find reliable, accurate, evidence-based information about vaccines.

healthjournalism.org

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Sara Van Note @svannotes.bsky.social · 18d

I at least enjoy finding comps, since I like to think of my writing as in conversation with/inspired by books I admire. Pitches stress me because I feel so much pressure to be catchy! Which is not my style. I'm super grateful to my critique partners for their pitch editing! #KidLitChat

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Sara Van Note @svannotes.bsky.social · 19d

Now including New Mexico.

Megan Piontkowski illustration @meganpiont.bsky.social · 23d

"How to Report ICE" 10/2:

Buffalo, CA, Chicago, CO, DC Metro, DE, FL, Indianapolis, KC Metro, MD, MA, NC Triangle, much of NJ, NM, NYC, Phoenix, Philly, Pittsburgh, Portland OR, RI, Rochester NY, St. Louis Metro, St. Peter & Mankato MN, VA, WI, WY

San Francisco in Spanish

tinyurl.com/mupyyr2x

Aloe plant "reading" a "How to Report ICE" zine.

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Megan Piontkowski illustration @meganpiont.bsky.social · 23d

"How to Report ICE" 10/2:

Buffalo, CA, Chicago, CO, DC Metro, DE, FL, Indianapolis, KC Metro, MD, MA, NC Triangle, much of NJ, NM, NYC, Phoenix, Philly, Pittsburgh, Portland OR, RI, Rochester NY, St. Louis Metro, St. Peter & Mankato MN, VA, WI, WY

San Francisco in Spanish

tinyurl.com/mupyyr2x

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Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️‍🌈♿ @cswild.bsky.social · 21d

Check out @everylibrary.bsky.social's week of FREE events for #BannedBooksWeek!

I chat with @katherinelocke.bsky.social and #GigiHoward on Tues. 7 PM Eastern.

Here's to #FReadom #BooksNotBans #kidlit #lgbtqkidlit

Sign up here:
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EveryLibrary Live! Banned Books 2025 Calendar

Join EveryLibrary Live! for Banned Books Week Fest 2025, a free online celebration featuring 25+ authors, editors, and advocates in bold conversations about storytelling, censorship, and the freedom t...

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Sara Van Note @svannotes.bsky.social · 22d

Wow! I would love to see them in action. So far each time I’ve observed it resting in its web.

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Sara Van Note @svannotes.bsky.social · 23d

This huge gorgeous yellow garden spider (Argiope aurantia) has been hanging out in my school garden for a few weeks.
#Arachtober #Invertebrates