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Jo Knowles

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Author: http://www.joknowles.com #kidlit #AABB #PB #MG #Tween #YA Editorial Services: https://www.revise-and-shine.com/jo-knowles Author visits: https://www.joknowles.com/school-visits Teacher: Mountainview #MFA Center For Cartoon Studies (summers)

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Jo Knowles @joknowles.bsky.social · Jun 4

My local bookseller wrote this AMAZING review of Someone's Gonna End Up Crying. "Reading a really good children’s book as an adult is an absolute delight." YEAH! Let's tell EVERYONE. #mglit #kidlit 😍 bitter-meteoroid-729.notion.site/Enthusiasms-...

Enthusiasms: Kari Meutsch on “Someone’s Gonna End Up Crying” by Jo Knowles | Notion

Reading a really good children’s book as an adult is an absolute delight. I’ve had this conversation with quite a few of our customers lately, as we are all on the search for our next great read. Some...

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Jo Knowles @joknowles.bsky.social · 1d

It just rained for 15 seconds!!!!!!

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Jo Knowles @joknowles.bsky.social · 1d

I believe the true the motivation behind banning books is to keep readers in the dark. To keep them isolated and alone. Banning books disempowers readers, especially children. That's what this has always been about. That's why we can't stop fighting it. #BannedBooksWeek #kidlit

Jo Knowles @joknowles.bsky.social · 1d

When a child reads a book and sees how a character experienced something similar and survived, it provides a lifeline to that reader. They go from feeling completely alone in the world to receiving a shred of hope. #BannedBooksWeek #kidlit

Jo Knowles @joknowles.bsky.social · 1d

When a child reads a book and sees how a character experienced something similar and survived, it provides a lifeline to that reader. They go from feeling completely alone in the world to receiving a shred of hope. #BannedBooksWeek #kidlit

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 3d

All I ask is that you watch and listen for 2 mins.

youtu.be/AxZDE8PBhFk

YouTube video by Save America Movement

Jo Knowles @joknowles.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks Kate! Hoping it will be recorded.

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Kate Messner @katemessner.com · 4d

FYI - @authorsguild.org has an upcoming webinar for authors & illustrators. "Anthropic Settlement: What Authors Should Know" looks very worthwhile for those whose books were involved. authorsguild.org/event/anthro...

Anthropic Settlement: What Authors Should Know - The Authors Guild

Copyright holders recently secured preliminary approval of a $1.5 billion class settlement in the Bartz v. Anthropic case, in which authors Andrea Bartz, Kirk Johnson, and Charles Graeber led a class-...

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Jo Knowles @joknowles.bsky.social · 5d

What is the definition of a War Zone in the United States? Who is the enemy within? What is the scope of "domestic military action"? How can a concept/ideology be a terrorist organization? How did peaceful protestors become "domestic terrorists"? Why is the GOP allowing a madman to destroy America?

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 5d

Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 6d

AUTHORS: It’s time to submit your claims for the Anthropic copyright settlement.

1. Look yourself up here: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup

2. File your claim here: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

Form asks for ISBN and copyright reg # for each work. Can find in step 1.

Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 12d

🚨AUTHORS: The judge has approved the settlement in the Anthropic copyright case. By 10/2 you will be able to look up your name/works on the settlement website to see if you are eligible for payments. Which Authors Guild explained will be split evenly between authors/publishers who both hold rights.

What Authors Need to Know About the $1.5 Billion Anthropic Settlement - The Authors Guild

Background Bartz v Anthropic is one of the major copyright lawsuits brought by authors against an AI company for using books without permission to train large language models. It was filed by nonfict...

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Jo Knowles @joknowles.bsky.social · 6d

Picked a tomato to save it from tonight's frost. Forgot it was there. Bent down. Tomato exploded in pocket. Could be worse. Could be better. How's your day going?

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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 7d

🧵 In 2025, book censorship in the United States is rampant and common. Never before in the life of any living American have so many books been systematically removed from school libraries across the country.

Read our new report "The Normalization of Book Banning" at: pen.org/report/the-n...

Graphic for PEN America report titled 'Banned in the USA: The Normalization of Book Bans'. Features a stack of colorful books in front of a blackboard with '22,810 books banned in U.S. public schools, 2021-2025' written in chalk.

Jo Knowles @joknowles.bsky.social · 6d

If these colleges agree to this, where do we go from here? Hey kids: Guess which schools you might want to consider NOT applying to unless they confirm they won't comply? Gift article: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference

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Kate Messner @katemessner.com · 6d

Authors & illustrators - the Anthropic Copyright Settlement Website is up now & you can search for your titles here to see if you're part of the class action:
www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

(Early note: this does not match up with the full LibGen database so there are going to be questions.)

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Jo Knowles @joknowles.bsky.social · 8d

Bought some coffee got some change

Dollar bill with Fuck Trump stamp

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 8d

I know we're desensitized, but it's important to note, again, that today's events would have led to the immediate impeachment & removal of any president from at least Truman to at least Obama. We're hundreds of miles on the interstate past Richard Nixon's high school prank-level crimes compared to 👇

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Trump wraps up a speech to military leaders that represented a major escalation of his effort to weaponize the armed forces into a tool he can use to violently quash domestic dissent. Hard to imagine how anyone with a shred of dignity can keep serving after this, which of course is the point.

Jo Knowles @joknowles.bsky.social · 9d

Today I spent time w/ students at the Center for Cartoon Studies brainstorming picture book ideas and it felt SO GOOD to just delight in stories and their endless possibilities. I share this b/c I needed to be reminded of the power of PLAY and imagination and the deep need for joy in these times.

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Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 11d

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🧵 Book editor here. Most author contracts with traditional large and medium-sized publishers have standard language that stipulates that the author and the publisher share proceeds from copyright breach suits equally. 1/10

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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 9d

I get asked all the time, “Does my voice even matter? Does calling my members of Congress even do anything?”

YES! Your calls are the reason why the public lands sale was taken out of the big, ugly bill. So keep calling, speaking up, and using your voice!

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Jen Gennari @jengennari.bsky.social · 13d

Speak out against #censorship!

Jo Knowles @joknowles.bsky.social · 13d

Silencing authors leads to silencing kids. Many of us have witnessed the way a book has empowered a child to speak up for themselves or others. To get help. This is how change happens. Predators want to shut this down. That’s the tragedy of censorship. And it’s happening everywhere.

Jo Knowles @joknowles.bsky.social · 12d

So tired of his hateful nonsense.

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Also health-care facilities, prisons, etc. etc. etc.

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divine beastmode @gunstreet.bsky.social · 13d

the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.

Jo Knowles @joknowles.bsky.social · 13d

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Jo Knowles @joknowles.bsky.social · 13d

Silencing authors leads to silencing kids. Many of us have witnessed the way a book has empowered a child to speak up for themselves or others. To get help. This is how change happens. Predators want to shut this down. That’s the tragedy of censorship. And it’s happening everywhere.