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Alysa Wishingrad

@alysawishingrad.bsky.social
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Author of fantastical novels for adventurous readers: The Verdigris Pawn (JLG), Between Monsters and Marvels (SLJ ⭐️) Rep: @litagentmarini @highlineliterary #mgauthorcade linktr.ee/Agw408

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nerdcampct.bsky.social @nerdcampct.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Can’t wait to see @alysawishingrad.bsky.social at #nErDcampCT happening Sat., March 7th in Norwalk! @ctcasl.bsky.social @aaslala.bsky.social @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social #bookjoy #nerdcamp @jluss.bsky.social @agoodlibrarian.bsky.social Register by 2/24 at nerdcampct.org! #TLsky 🍎📚#Edusky
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DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 22/01/2026
Delroy Lindo has finally received his first ever Oscar nomination for his performance in ‘SINNERS’ See the full nominees list: bit.ly/OscarNoms26
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Brian ☀️🌏🌘 @balail.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Purple Gallinule #photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #thelittlethings
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Alysa Wishingrad @alysawishingrad.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
So…what percentage of private jet flights have been throttled by this 10% cutback of flights? Stats please
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 08/10/2025
Thirty paintings by Bob Ross are set to be auctioned to support public television stations. The Bonhams auction begins Nov. 11 in Los Angeles with three of the paintings.
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Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts
Thirty paintings by Bob Ross are set to be auctioned to support public television stations. The Bonhams auction is to begin Nov. 11 in Los Angeles with three of the paintings.
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Jessica Vitalis @jessicavitalis.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Trying to catch an agent's eye? Land a publishing deal? Connect more deeply with your readers? Mastering the use of symbolism can help level up your writing! #kidlit
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Authorcade @authorcade.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Who's ready for an opportunity so good it's 👻scary? 👻 #teachersky and #librarians! What: FREE virtual class visit with 3 middle grade authors!! How: Follow & repost to enter When: Ends Wed 10/8 Where: US/CAN 🎃Good luck!🎃
Free virtual 3-author visit giveaway! Enter to win. Image shows books by Middle Grade Authorcade authors.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2025
Pritzker: "One of the reasons Trump wants to send troops into cities is bc he wants to be able to take control of the 2026 elections...if they've got troops in cities, & it becomes a kind of norm for people, then it won't be abnormal for them when they're going to vote having troops at ballot boxes"
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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Librarians at Pleasure Ridge Park High said it appears more students are reading books this year, even during down time.
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JCPS officials say more library books being checked out after cellphone ban
Librarians at Pleasure Ridge Park High School said more students are reading books, even during down time.
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Authorcade @authorcade.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Happy release day to WHERE ONLY STORMS GROW! This historical novel set in the 1930s dust-bowl era is perfect for fans of the I Survived series and would make a great addition to any home or classroom library. Congratulations, @alyssacolman.bsky.social!
Author Alyssa Colman, a woman with blue eyes and blond hair, holds a copy of her middle grade novel Where Only Storms Grow. The book cover features two children from the 1930s bracing against a dust storm, with green trees in the background.
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Alysa Wishingrad @alysawishingrad.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
15 MG Books!!! And they could allll be yours! Enter by August 24 to get your chance(s) at this amazing #mglit library for your classroom or library full of book by #mgauthorcade authors
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Melissa Roske @melissaroske.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Don't miss my interview with MG author @melissadassori.bsky.social on today's @themixed-upfiles.bsky.social blog! Melissa's latest #middlegrade novel, GRETA EVER AFTER releases tomorrow, August 19, from @littlebrownyr.bsky.social. #kidlit fromthemixedupfiles.com/interview-wi...
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Alysa Wishingrad @alysawishingrad.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Did we say GIVEAWAY??! Yes, we did And we also said 15 BOOKS! One from each @mgauthorcade.bsky.social author! Run, don’t walk to sign up for our newsletter- link 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 #mgfiction #kidlit #mggiveaway
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Alysa Wishingrad @alysawishingrad.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Greta Ever After is a fantastic book made even richer by the illos! What a great way to reach readers❤️
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Liz (or Lizzie) Kim 김혜성 💫 @lizzielizliz.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Want to hear the speech that Isaiah Martin gave that shook republicans enough to arrest him? Texas Republicans are pushing to redraw the state’s maps after pressure from the Trump administration. Speaking the truth is powerful!! Republicans can’t handle the TRUTH!!
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Alysa Wishingrad @alysawishingrad.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
When I wrote THE VERDIGRIS PAWN I was thinking the part where people are made to surrender their children into service for the rich was pure fantasy Alas…
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Alysa Wishingrad @alysawishingrad.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
File this under 2 Birds I saw someone suggest on another platform that Stephen Colbert shld move to PBS- you can get Passport streaming service for as little as $5/month Get the Daily Show to move too and PBS’s funding hole might just get plugged What do you think @colbertlateshow.bsky.social ?
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 20/07/2025
My eight-year-old fell asleep on the subway today despite the incessant murders and assaults that Sean Duffy experiences.
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Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
A story about Stephen Colbert I’ve never shared before. Years ago I was hospitalized for a month. One of toughest things I ever had to do. Confined, monitored, my health a mystery with no solution, cycling through roommates & their families who needed miracles, or would go off to surgery & vanish…
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Stephen Colbert doesn’t need CBS anyway. Wherever he ends up, people are going to watch him even harder now. All CBS did was solidify the fact that they’ll be know until the end of time as just another spineless corporation that couldn’t do the right thing.
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Alysa Wishingrad @alysawishingrad.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
I mean, she’s right! 😂 Hello Development folks! #movierights
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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Congrats to Stephen Colbert for never bending the knee.
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Alysa Wishingrad @alysawishingrad.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
It’s almost like the dude can’t believe anyone would say no to him, so instead of backing off, or, I don’t know, dropping out of the race, his response is “You couldn’t possible have meant to reject me.”
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12/07/2025
This powerful message: “I did the research and found out I was wrong.” I’m not going to say much more except please take the time to watch. Then send it around to family and friends, no matter their political persuasion. Part I
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Happy 4th all. Sharing the full Declaration of Independence for your consideration and reflection, below. Try to spend time w/this courageous document that helped birth our remarkable nation, and let us use it to inspire us for the important work ahead 👇 www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/our-lives-...
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"Our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor"
"Let Facts be submitted to a candid world"
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
2/ Link: prospect.org/politics/202...
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Republicans Are Cutting Medicare. Not Only Medicaid, Medicare.
Passage of the Big Beautiful Bill will force mandatory sequestration that will mean half a trillion dollars in Medicare cuts.
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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Jeffries is buying time for us to keep the pressure up. Two reps have flipped, for now—can we get two more? Call your Republican house reps if you have them.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Mike Johnson is voting to cut Medicaid. Nearly 40% of his district relies on Medicaid.
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Ayanna Pressley @ayannapressley.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
We just need FOUR Republicans of conscience to reject this Big, Ugly Bill and prevent millions of families from losing healthcare, food assistance, and more. This bill is not inevitable. Call 202-224-3121 and urge your representative to vote NO.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 30/06/2025
Today, a chamber that once filled me with wonderment made me feel disgust.
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CAP Action @americanprogressaction.org · 29/06/2025
Time is running out—this bill is on the Senate floor NOW. Call your senators and tell them their constituents are watching: 202-224-3121.
Image of Trump, Johnson, and Cruz on a black background. Text reads: BREAKING: Republicans just made Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' worse. The bill cuts almost $1 TRILLION from Medicaid to give a massive tax cut to billionaires. Call your senator right now and demand no cuts to health care (202) 224-3121.
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Alysa Wishingrad @alysawishingrad.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
If only there was some way for millions of people to learn the truth (Caveat: not necessarily attributing the practice of truth telling to NYT)
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R. O. Kwon 권오경 @rokwon.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
i signed this! thank you to the organizers 🫧 writers with published books & people who work in publishing, including agents, librarians, booksellers, illustrators, & more, y’all can also sign the letter here: lithub.com/against-ai-a...
Against AI: An Open Letter From Writers to Publishers

“We want our publishers to stand with us. To make a pledge that they will never release books that were created by machines.”
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Yes, I agree — it would be terrible. Please do NOT share this information!!!
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
PLEASE SHARE 🧪‼️ Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. Scientific American has published a guide to the EVIDENCE-BASED vaccine recommendations in place BEFORE ACIP members were removed by the administration. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-...
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Here’s Your Cheat Sheet for Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science
These graphics will guide you through science-based vaccine guidelines for children and adults
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Jen Christiansen @jenchristiansen.com · 25/06/2025
Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪
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Here’s Your Cheat Sheet for Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science
These graphics will guide you through science-based vaccine guidelines for children and adults
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Rebecca Traister @rtraister.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
There’s just so much: the victory of a new political talent, the loss of an old tyrant, the possibilities of alliance & positive strategizing, the hope for a more just future, the cracking of the last generation’s stranglehold on power. Also the joy and force of Tish James! Listen to her voice!
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Dapo Adeola @dapsdraws.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
I haven’t seen nearly enough people talking about this. The levels of greed and inhumane thinking on display is actually terrifying. America really is dystopian as fuck.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Klasfeld on Abrego Garcia case: One of the cooperating witnesses is serving a 30-year sentence. What comes out during the hearing is that: he’s getting leniency on his prison sentence, is now in a halfway house, and is also receiving favorable treatment with his immigration situation.
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 15/06/2025
[courtesy of my friend Amy Stewart]
a protest sign reading "Rain on his parade / Rein him in / & End his reign"
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Spooky Morales @spookymorales.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
These are the people that make America great 🇲🇽🇺🇸
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Alysa Wishingrad @alysawishingrad.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
A word a day keeps the _______ (fill in the blank) away
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 09/06/2025
Truth-tellers, not rioters. Protect these two men at all costs. “You feel tough with your assault rifles and your sticks. You should be standing here with us. You’re on the wrong side of history.” “John Lewis said make good trouble… that means make trouble on behalf of democracy.”
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Aiyana White @aiyanaewhite.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
This is good, and I hope it spreads exponentially. No borrowed holding facilities, no hotels to stay in (keep it up Pasadena), no restaurants in which to eat. There is no need to make unconstitutional kidnappers welcome in OUR state.
A press release from the city of Glendale. “After careful consideration, the City of Glendale has decided to end its agreement with US Homeland Security/ICE to house federal immigration detainees. This local decision reflects our core values: public safety, transparency, and community trust. The Glendale Police department does not enforce immigration laws and remains fully compliant with SB 54.”
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Don’t forget Trump plotted this before the election: “the bigger problem is the enemy from within…We have some sick people, radical left lunatics… it should be very easily handled by, if necessary, by National Guard, or if really necessary, by the military.” www.americaamerica.news/p/trump-want...
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Trump Wanted This Escalation
Trump's calling for 2,000 National Guard soldiers to spread fear and crack down on dissent. This is a time for non-violent defiance.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 05/06/2025
Elon should explain to us exactly how he won the election for Trump.
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Alysa Wishingrad @alysawishingrad.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Very pleased and surprised to see The Verdigris Pawn on the summer reading list from #pittsburghparentsmagazine 💚♟️ #kidlit #mglit
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Alysa Wishingrad @alysawishingrad.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Yessss! An incredibly well deserved ⭐️ for Witchy Cakes and @karalareau.bsky.social !!!
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