Cover (up) everything in gold!

"Don’t let them tell you that you’re not worthy of life."

Charlotte Fleming interviews @vacharat.bsky.social about This Moth Saw Brightness (@duttonbooks.bsky.social for Young Readers).

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Hi #kidlitartpostcard ! A little cat art for today. I think it captures the current emotional moment 🙃

I’m Amanda. I especially love making illustrations in greyscale, with pen and ink.

Rep @kellydhouse.bsky.social at @thetobiasagency.bsky.social

But the gold is so useful tho.

My novel was officially deemed a paperweight, never imagined I’d feel so pleased about that.

Hi #booksky

This is my debut novel. I think Bluesky people might like it. It’s a literary incarnation of a rabbit hole.

There’s even a conspiracy-themed discussion guide so your bookclub can talk about Epstein etc even when it’s not talking about all of that.

aavacharat.com/this-moth-sa...

❌ 👑 #NoKings —
As we sift through the many many photos, #Andor signs are absolutely *everywhere* …

🚨

“A deranged maniac impersonated a police officer and killed lawmakers but if you’re an immigrant be sure you immediately comply with plain clothes people who won’t identify themselves telling you to get in a van”, what a fuckin country

Not taking anything away from Senator Padilla because he was treated atrociously

But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state

Keep that same energy of support for her

The Trump administration’s table of authorities in this filing:

May 2025 Book Releases Recap!

Here are the books about autism, or with Autistic main characters, written by Autistic authors, published in May!
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#AutismBooks #AutisticAuthor #Autism #Autistic #ActuallyAutistic #BookSky 📚

So we’ve got $90 million to throw the parade he wanted, but we don’t have the money to fix North Carolina. Got it!

Love this! But yes I finally got noise blocking headphones a few months ago and I regret all of the years I waited.

Little picture book spread about how different autism can look in each person! Sensory-seeking vs sensory avoiding. I've related to both at different times. Sometimes I need loud music or tv playing 24/7 but for now I basically live in my noise-cancelling headphones!

What about you?

Google’s AI summary continues to be wonderfully helpful. I had totally forgotten about all the why-did-the -book-cross-the-road jokes of my childhood.

Image of library book display labeled:

“It's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual.”

Books on display:
• On Tyranny
• Twenty Lessons From
The 21st Century
• 1984
• A Handmaids Tale
• Diary of Anne Frank
• Parable of The Sower
• Fahrenheit 451
• Animal Farm
• Brave New World

~TAiLS of a Bookworm

I painted an amethyst dragon on a pocket pen. #fountainpens #acrylicpainting

Lots of authors and book professionals have been saying this for years, but it bears repeating. A sweeping statewide book ban is in no way good. It's not good publicity; it's not good for sales.

It is, however, exhausting, dispiriting, distracting, and deeply wrong.

bookriot.com/south-caroli...

BREAKING: A federal judge has ORDERED the North Carolina State Board of Elections to certify the election of Democrat Allison Riggs to the state supreme court! Republican candidate Judge Griffin has 7 days to appeal storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Yes, also attended Swarthmore. And it is exactly this. Having unrelated and unidentifiable adults on campus, esp when it’s such an insulated campus.

Thanks for posting this. I’m having a hard time parsing how I feel about the whole thing. I feel it’s more nuanced than simply being against protests.

My great uncle was lynched after coming home from WWI because he went to town & wanted a drink and they refused to serve him— a VET who just fought for this country

After missing for hours my granddaddy found him hanging from a tree

THATS why I protect my peace

Every time I shine it’s for THEM

I think it’s the Sanders event in Philadelphia?