Nica
@nicarolinam.bsky.social
Children's Book Editor, Weighted Blanket Lover, 💙🗽, Hot Dog & Oysters Girl, read the driest nonfiction when not working on picturebooks, & learning about too much all at once🦋 (pumping older book reviews into #skylightsocial 🎞️ we gotta get out of TT)
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My generation got to know him as one of three CNN reporters coming live from their Baghdad hotel room during the start of the first Gulf War. It was a new kind of war, carried live on air and he was one of the voices that brought it to us.
RIP
RIP
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Peter Arnett, who reported on the Vietnam and Gulf wars, has died
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Peter Arnett, who traveled the world covering wars from Vietnam to Iraq, has died.
apnews.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:30 AM
My generation got to know him as one of three CNN reporters coming live from their Baghdad hotel room during the start of the first Gulf War. It was a new kind of war, carried live on air and he was one of the voices that brought it to us.
RIP
RIP
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The U.S. is giving dying mall vibes.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
December 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The U.S. is giving dying mall vibes.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
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NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇
December 17, 2025 at 4:14 AM
NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇
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BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
December 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
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1. A blockade is an act of war
2. The idea that Venezuela has stolen land from the United States is so laughably stupid on its face that even some of his base is like 🤨
3. It’s always about oil.
2. The idea that Venezuela has stolen land from the United States is so laughably stupid on its face that even some of his base is like 🤨
3. It’s always about oil.
December 17, 2025 at 2:44 AM
1. A blockade is an act of war
2. The idea that Venezuela has stolen land from the United States is so laughably stupid on its face that even some of his base is like 🤨
3. It’s always about oil.
2. The idea that Venezuela has stolen land from the United States is so laughably stupid on its face that even some of his base is like 🤨
3. It’s always about oil.
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This past Sunday, from 8am to 8pm, New Yorkers from every corner of our city traveled to the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria to share their dreams, their worries, the change they want to see across New York. It was an honor listening to each of them.
December 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
This past Sunday, from 8am to 8pm, New Yorkers from every corner of our city traveled to the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria to share their dreams, their worries, the change they want to see across New York. It was an honor listening to each of them.
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Oligarchy (noun):
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
December 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Oligarchy (noun):
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
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Me today (and far too many days).
December 12, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Me today (and far too many days).
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The US government is now a mafia organization.
December 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The US government is now a mafia organization.
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Ossoff: "She got her new insurance quote & it's $700 more per month than what she's paying now. She's diabetic. She had surgery a few months ago for something else. She told me she cried again bc she realized she's gonna have to cancel her insurance. She believes she might die bc of a policy choice"
December 11, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Ossoff: "She got her new insurance quote & it's $700 more per month than what she's paying now. She's diabetic. She had surgery a few months ago for something else. She told me she cried again bc she realized she's gonna have to cancel her insurance. She believes she might die bc of a policy choice"
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This is an American patriot.
December 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This is an American patriot.
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One of my incredible Detroit mentors is lost to me now (dementia), but when I was a new professor, he curated an exhibit @ the Detroit Public Library about the Emancipation Proclamation & the Reconstruction Amendments.
I'll never forget him making me repeat every word.
Henceforth and forever free.
I'll never forget him making me repeat every word.
Henceforth and forever free.
It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
December 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
One of my incredible Detroit mentors is lost to me now (dementia), but when I was a new professor, he curated an exhibit @ the Detroit Public Library about the Emancipation Proclamation & the Reconstruction Amendments.
I'll never forget him making me repeat every word.
Henceforth and forever free.
I'll never forget him making me repeat every word.
Henceforth and forever free.
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I'm watching Anne With an E (Anne of Green Gables netflix show)...I somehow never read the books nor watched the 80s movie...
I AM ABOUT TO SEEK VENGEANCE ON THIS WHOLE DAMN TOWN they are SO MEAN to my girl Anne.
I AM ABOUT TO SEEK VENGEANCE ON THIS WHOLE DAMN TOWN they are SO MEAN to my girl Anne.
a girl with red hair and freckles is smiling in a netflix ad
Alt: Anne with an E gif of Anne Shirley
media.tenor.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I'm watching Anne With an E (Anne of Green Gables netflix show)...I somehow never read the books nor watched the 80s movie...
I AM ABOUT TO SEEK VENGEANCE ON THIS WHOLE DAMN TOWN they are SO MEAN to my girl Anne.
I AM ABOUT TO SEEK VENGEANCE ON THIS WHOLE DAMN TOWN they are SO MEAN to my girl Anne.
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year…
November 30, 2025 at 10:55 PM
It’s the most wonderful time of the year…
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Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
November 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
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I can’t believe how stupid everything is
November 17, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I can’t believe how stupid everything is
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81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
November 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
I have to come clean about something insignificant & I have guilt over
I put my beer cans in the freezer for ~20 minutes before drinking them to get them extra cold & now when I go to bars, draft beer doesn't cut it.
Like, my beer has to borderline attempt freezing as I pop the can
I put my beer cans in the freezer for ~20 minutes before drinking them to get them extra cold & now when I go to bars, draft beer doesn't cut it.
Like, my beer has to borderline attempt freezing as I pop the can
snoopy is sitting at a table with a beer and a bottle .
Alt: snoopy is sitting at a table with a beer and a bottle .
media.tenor.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:38 AM
I have to come clean about something insignificant & I have guilt over
I put my beer cans in the freezer for ~20 minutes before drinking them to get them extra cold & now when I go to bars, draft beer doesn't cut it.
Like, my beer has to borderline attempt freezing as I pop the can
I put my beer cans in the freezer for ~20 minutes before drinking them to get them extra cold & now when I go to bars, draft beer doesn't cut it.
Like, my beer has to borderline attempt freezing as I pop the can
Sex is cool but have you ever flossed your teeth after eating meat?
November 5, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Sex is cool but have you ever flossed your teeth after eating meat?
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Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
Once again, for the #immigrants babyyyy, New York City Come On And Raise Up 🗽🍎 🇺🇸
I is for Immigrants by Selina Alko, words are from Author's Note #childrensbooks #booksky #immigrantparents #firstgen #childrensbookauthor #bookish #meltingpot #readtogether
#diversity #heritage #picturebook
#diversity #heritage #picturebook
November 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Once again, for the #immigrants babyyyy, New York City Come On And Raise Up 🗽🍎 🇺🇸