Meg W
@winikat.bsky.social
Writer/poet (SFF, kidlit & more), avid advocate of museums, libraries, cultural institutions and the arts. SCBWI, 12x12, and Lady Astronaut Club member. She/her mwinikates.com
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Oh you're trying to say the cost of living is skyrocketing?
Donald Trump can't hear you over the sound of bulldozers demolishing a wing of the White House to build a new grand ballroom.
Donald Trump can't hear you over the sound of bulldozers demolishing a wing of the White House to build a new grand ballroom.
October 21, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Oh you're trying to say the cost of living is skyrocketing?
Donald Trump can't hear you over the sound of bulldozers demolishing a wing of the White House to build a new grand ballroom.
Donald Trump can't hear you over the sound of bulldozers demolishing a wing of the White House to build a new grand ballroom.
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Many people are outraged that Trump is demolishing part of the White House. But of course Trump can't do it without help. It's ACECO LLC of Silver Spring MD ("full-service demolition") that is tearing down the People's House. You can call them and let them know how you feel. 1/
October 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Many people are outraged that Trump is demolishing part of the White House. But of course Trump can't do it without help. It's ACECO LLC of Silver Spring MD ("full-service demolition") that is tearing down the People's House. You can call them and let them know how you feel. 1/
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The first two episodes of the revival of Reading Rainbow have nearly 500,000 views each 🤯
Do you know how cool that is for literacy, for book joy?! We are all worthy of reading, we are all readers 💚
And NOW episode three is out! Take a look, it’s in a book 📚🌈🦋
youtu.be/e4VIV48ZB0M?feature=shared
Do you know how cool that is for literacy, for book joy?! We are all worthy of reading, we are all readers 💚
And NOW episode three is out! Take a look, it’s in a book 📚🌈🦋
youtu.be/e4VIV48ZB0M?feature=shared
October 20, 2025 at 12:49 AM
The first two episodes of the revival of Reading Rainbow have nearly 500,000 views each 🤯
Do you know how cool that is for literacy, for book joy?! We are all worthy of reading, we are all readers 💚
And NOW episode three is out! Take a look, it’s in a book 📚🌈🦋
youtu.be/e4VIV48ZB0M?feature=shared
Do you know how cool that is for literacy, for book joy?! We are all worthy of reading, we are all readers 💚
And NOW episode three is out! Take a look, it’s in a book 📚🌈🦋
youtu.be/e4VIV48ZB0M?feature=shared
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The only reason to get rid of interlibrary loan is that you prefer ignorance and illiteracy.
“ALL of Florida lost its [interlibrary loan] services as of October 1. This, of course, most harms those in rural communities. That means those with the most to lose and with the weakest access to education and entertainment materials are now wholly dependent on what their own library owns…”
The Current State of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (October 2025 Edition)
Grant money that should be going to library projects is going to state-sponsored propaganda, among other IMLS updates.
buttondown.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:42 AM
The only reason to get rid of interlibrary loan is that you prefer ignorance and illiteracy.
All readers can be separated into Austen readers or Bronte readers, regardless of whether or not they’ve actually read Austen or the Brontes. (Admittedly, a few people will enjoy both, as exceptions are the spice of life)
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 15, 2025 at 12:47 AM
All readers can be separated into Austen readers or Bronte readers, regardless of whether or not they’ve actually read Austen or the Brontes. (Admittedly, a few people will enjoy both, as exceptions are the spice of life)
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CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax
This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.
This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.
October 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax
This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.
This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.
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delete chatgpt and stop using generative AI 🖤🤍
Sam Altman’s AI empire will devour as much power as New York City and San Diego combined. Experts say it’s ‘scary’ | Fortune
Andrew Chien told Fortune he’s been a computer scientist for 40 years but we’re close to “some seminal moments for how we think about AI and its impact on society.”
fortune.com
October 7, 2025 at 1:26 AM
delete chatgpt and stop using generative AI 🖤🤍
Very happy to have submitted my #FallWritingFrenzy story for this year's challenge. It's always so fun not only to see what images they post for inspiration, but all of the wild and different places people go from there. Here's mine: mwinikates.com/2025/10/01/f...
Fall Writing Frenzy 2025: “Forewarning”
Beware where you wander on a foggy fall day when there’s no hint of wind but the branches still sway, where time stretches strangely and your watch makes no sense: there’s no morning or evening, ju…
mwinikates.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Very happy to have submitted my #FallWritingFrenzy story for this year's challenge. It's always so fun not only to see what images they post for inspiration, but all of the wild and different places people go from there. Here's mine: mwinikates.com/2025/10/01/f...
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TUESDAY! Join #UniteAgainstBookBans & Everyday Advocacy during #BannedBooksWeek for a free interactive workshop.
We’ll share:
⚒️ Practical tools to help you craft advocacy plans
💬 Interactive reflection prompts + breakout groups
✊ Strategies to confront book bans
Register today:
We’ll share:
⚒️ Practical tools to help you craft advocacy plans
💬 Interactive reflection prompts + breakout groups
✊ Strategies to confront book bans
Register today:
The 'Everyday Advocacy' Webinar is Back for Banned Books Week!
Join Unite and Everyday Advocacy on October 7 to develop new strategies to defend diverse books and amplify educators' voices! Free registration now open.
uniteagainstbookbans.org
October 2, 2025 at 12:09 AM
TUESDAY! Join #UniteAgainstBookBans & Everyday Advocacy during #BannedBooksWeek for a free interactive workshop.
We’ll share:
⚒️ Practical tools to help you craft advocacy plans
💬 Interactive reflection prompts + breakout groups
✊ Strategies to confront book bans
Register today:
We’ll share:
⚒️ Practical tools to help you craft advocacy plans
💬 Interactive reflection prompts + breakout groups
✊ Strategies to confront book bans
Register today:
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Starting Sunday, check out all the webinars and programs with authors, booksellers, etc. from @everylibrary.bsky.social
in honor of Banned Books Week and in support of the freedom to read. Listen in!⬇️. www.everylibrary.org/everylibrary...
in honor of Banned Books Week and in support of the freedom to read. Listen in!⬇️. www.everylibrary.org/everylibrary...
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...
www.everylibrary.org
October 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Starting Sunday, check out all the webinars and programs with authors, booksellers, etc. from @everylibrary.bsky.social
in honor of Banned Books Week and in support of the freedom to read. Listen in!⬇️. www.everylibrary.org/everylibrary...
in honor of Banned Books Week and in support of the freedom to read. Listen in!⬇️. www.everylibrary.org/everylibrary...
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Tired of book bans?
Take action today!
We made it easy to submit a letter to the editor of your local paper
action.everylibrary.org/banningletters via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Take action today!
We made it easy to submit a letter to the editor of your local paper
action.everylibrary.org/banningletters via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Submit a letter to the editor against book bans to your local paper
Local politicians take notice when people take the time to speak up about important community issues like book bans.
action.everylibrary.org
October 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Tired of book bans?
Take action today!
We made it easy to submit a letter to the editor of your local paper
action.everylibrary.org/banningletters via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Take action today!
We made it easy to submit a letter to the editor of your local paper
action.everylibrary.org/banningletters via @everylibrary.bsky.social
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Pete Hegseth, the same guy who texted classified war plans to a reporter, wants to decide what the media can report at the Pentagon.
The First Amendment is clear: the government cannot stop a free press.
This order is unconstitutional and un-American.
The First Amendment is clear: the government cannot stop a free press.
This order is unconstitutional and un-American.
September 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Pete Hegseth, the same guy who texted classified war plans to a reporter, wants to decide what the media can report at the Pentagon.
The First Amendment is clear: the government cannot stop a free press.
This order is unconstitutional and un-American.
The First Amendment is clear: the government cannot stop a free press.
This order is unconstitutional and un-American.
Share a favorite black and white movie? Absolutely.
September 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Share a favorite black and white movie? Absolutely.
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#GhostPit a new Halloween hype pitch event open to works in all stages is coming up on October 30th!
It doesn't have to be Halloween related either!
See the rules below and follow @ghostpit.bsky.social for more details!
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writers #AmWriting #AmQuerying #AmAgenting
It doesn't have to be Halloween related either!
See the rules below and follow @ghostpit.bsky.social for more details!
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writers #AmWriting #AmQuerying #AmAgenting
Rules for #GhostPit
1. While this is a Halloween event, all pitches are welcome, but if your pitch is Halloween related you can use the 👻 emoji to mark it as so.
2. Absolutely NO AI allowed! AI steals from creators and is bad for the environment. AI usage can be reported to any of our hosts...
1. While this is a Halloween event, all pitches are welcome, but if your pitch is Halloween related you can use the 👻 emoji to mark it as so.
2. Absolutely NO AI allowed! AI steals from creators and is bad for the environment. AI usage can be reported to any of our hosts...
September 2, 2025 at 8:17 PM
#GhostPit a new Halloween hype pitch event open to works in all stages is coming up on October 30th!
It doesn't have to be Halloween related either!
See the rules below and follow @ghostpit.bsky.social for more details!
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writers #AmWriting #AmQuerying #AmAgenting
It doesn't have to be Halloween related either!
See the rules below and follow @ghostpit.bsky.social for more details!
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writers #AmWriting #AmQuerying #AmAgenting
Just submitted my #NYCMidnight #RhymingStoryChallenge and really had fun with it. It's been a rough year for writing, but my comedy prompt fit perfectly with an idea I'd been holding onto for a while, so it was great to finally put pen to paper on it!
September 13, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Just submitted my #NYCMidnight #RhymingStoryChallenge and really had fun with it. It's been a rough year for writing, but my comedy prompt fit perfectly with an idea I'd been holding onto for a while, so it was great to finally put pen to paper on it!
My poem is in here, in beautiful company!!
The second Worlds of Possibility Anthology is alllllll poetry, and you can get the ebook free through August 20th! www.juliarios.com/worlds-of-po...
Worlds of Possibility —Poetry is free until the 20th of August!
Get your free ebook before August 21st!
www.juliarios.com
August 15, 2025 at 2:40 AM
My poem is in here, in beautiful company!!
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"The exercise of imagination is dangerous to those who profit from the way things are because it has the power to show that the way things are is not permanent, not universal, not necessary."
— Ursula K. Le Guin
— Ursula K. Le Guin
August 15, 2025 at 1:57 AM
"The exercise of imagination is dangerous to those who profit from the way things are because it has the power to show that the way things are is not permanent, not universal, not necessary."
— Ursula K. Le Guin
— Ursula K. Le Guin
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I always tell up-and-coming novelists to use Locus to make sure they're up on the latest SFF news -- deals and deliveries, which agents are worth your time, forthcoming blockbusters, etc. Essential for writers and anyone else who needs to know. Check out their fundraiser and donate if you can!
LAST CHANCE!
Today is the last day to reach our fundraising goal & we can use all the help we can get!!
Be the reason that the Locus lights stay on! Help us out at igg.me/at/locusmag2025. We are so grateful for your support!
Fundraiser link in bio #sff #scifi #fantasy #books
Today is the last day to reach our fundraising goal & we can use all the help we can get!!
Be the reason that the Locus lights stay on! Help us out at igg.me/at/locusmag2025. We are so grateful for your support!
Fundraiser link in bio #sff #scifi #fantasy #books
May 31, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I always tell up-and-coming novelists to use Locus to make sure they're up on the latest SFF news -- deals and deliveries, which agents are worth your time, forthcoming blockbusters, etc. Essential for writers and anyone else who needs to know. Check out their fundraiser and donate if you can!
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Forget all the annoying stuff in the world for a few seconds and enjoy the natural beauty of Brazil’s Seven-coloured Tanager (Tangara fastuosa) Photo: Luiz Cavalcanti Damasceno
May 31, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Forget all the annoying stuff in the world for a few seconds and enjoy the natural beauty of Brazil’s Seven-coloured Tanager (Tangara fastuosa) Photo: Luiz Cavalcanti Damasceno
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CALL
" I live in a red state, they won't listen to me"
All congress folks take note when folks -call- Emails raise an eyebrow, a call scares the poop out of them.
If they receive calls they take it to mean that folks in their districts feel MUCH STRONGER than they originally thought.
" I live in a red state, they won't listen to me"
All congress folks take note when folks -call- Emails raise an eyebrow, a call scares the poop out of them.
If they receive calls they take it to mean that folks in their districts feel MUCH STRONGER than they originally thought.
Republicans can only lose 3 Senate votes on Trump's Big Ugly Bill — and these senators are the most vulnerable in 2026:
-Collins (ME)
-Tillis (NC)
-Sullivan (AK)
-Husted (OH)
-Moody (FL)
-Cornyn (TX)
-Ernst (IA)
If they represent you, tell them to vote NO.
(202) 224-3121
-Collins (ME)
-Tillis (NC)
-Sullivan (AK)
-Husted (OH)
-Moody (FL)
-Cornyn (TX)
-Ernst (IA)
If they represent you, tell them to vote NO.
(202) 224-3121
May 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
CALL
" I live in a red state, they won't listen to me"
All congress folks take note when folks -call- Emails raise an eyebrow, a call scares the poop out of them.
If they receive calls they take it to mean that folks in their districts feel MUCH STRONGER than they originally thought.
" I live in a red state, they won't listen to me"
All congress folks take note when folks -call- Emails raise an eyebrow, a call scares the poop out of them.
If they receive calls they take it to mean that folks in their districts feel MUCH STRONGER than they originally thought.
Newly published poem: “Tanager’s Cantrip”
I am absolutely delighted that my poem "Tanager's Cantrip" was selected as editor's choice for the April ekphrastic challenge over at Rattle literary magazine. My little magic spell of woodland birds and dappled light is on the front page today, and will…
I am absolutely delighted that my poem "Tanager's Cantrip" was selected as editor's choice for the April ekphrastic challenge over at Rattle literary magazine. My little magic spell of woodland birds and dappled light is on the front page today, and will…
Newly published poem: “Tanager’s Cantrip”
I am absolutely delighted that my poem "Tanager's Cantrip" was selected as editor's choice for the April ekphrastic challenge over at Rattle literary magazine. My little magic spell of woodland birds and dappled light is on the front page today, and will shortly be listed in the archives of the ekphrastic challenge for future reading. I'm very grateful to both the editors and the artist; I loved…
mwinikates.com
May 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Newly published poem: “Tanager’s Cantrip”
I am absolutely delighted that my poem "Tanager's Cantrip" was selected as editor's choice for the April ekphrastic challenge over at Rattle literary magazine. My little magic spell of woodland birds and dappled light is on the front page today, and will…
I am absolutely delighted that my poem "Tanager's Cantrip" was selected as editor's choice for the April ekphrastic challenge over at Rattle literary magazine. My little magic spell of woodland birds and dappled light is on the front page today, and will…
Jazzed to be the editor’s choice for April’s ekphrastic challenge! I loved this painting instantly.
Glimmer glisten gleam and glow—
the sky’s the road; the song you know.
—Margaret Winikates
www.rattle.com/tanagers-can...
the sky’s the road; the song you know.
—Margaret Winikates
www.rattle.com/tanagers-can...
www.rattle.com
May 29, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Jazzed to be the editor’s choice for April’s ekphrastic challenge! I loved this painting instantly.
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GUYS. The comment period for this ends in THREE DAYS. PLEASE if you have even a little bit of time, submit a comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
Let them know EVERYONE should be able to get COVID vaccines. They BACK DOWN when WE PUSH BACK. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...
Let them know EVERYONE should be able to get COVID vaccines. They BACK DOWN when WE PUSH BACK. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...
FDA will limit Covid vaccines to people over 65 or at high risk of serious illness, leaders say
The FDA announced it will limit access to Covid-19 vaccines going forward to people 65 and older and others at high risk of serious illness
www.statnews.com
May 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Tuesday evening reminder: Write the book. Make the zine. Pack the shelves. Fill the world with so many stories they'll never be able to silence us all.
May 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Tuesday evening reminder: Write the book. Make the zine. Pack the shelves. Fill the world with so many stories they'll never be able to silence us all.