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Pennsylvania Center for the Book @pacftb.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

🎉 Happy book birthday to Together We Are Sunshine by @authorjamilah.bsky.social and illustrated by Raissa Figueroa from @randomhousekids.bsky.social ! This heartwarming picture book celebrates sisterhood and the harmony between sisters of all ages.

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Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow @authorjamilah.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

This play is coming to the Fringe Arts festival this weekend! Based on my children's book with the same title, this is a vivid, dramatic, and funny retelling of the story by Enchantment Theatre Company. Great family fun! #philly #kidlit #booksky

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Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow @authorjamilah.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Congratulations to my good friend @ashleyfranklin.bsky.social on her upcoming MG debut! www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

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Keith Snyder @noteoff.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

I figured I wasn't big enough to be plagiarized by evil robots, but there are five of my titles here: Two novels, a short story, an interactive story, and a poem. #Writers, you might want to check it yourself. #AI www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

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Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 02/03/2025

+1. I didn’t know any better when I used to say this when I was a teen and early twentysomething. But there is nothing that we can do to make racists believe we are smart, qualified, and deserving. Thrive anyway.

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Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow @authorjamilah.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

We have career politicians, pundits, and Musk — all millionaires and billionaires — joking about doge-ing federal workers. Talking glibly about people losing their livelihoods and benefits with descriptions like “getting spanked.” Such coldness. They’re not like us. Not at all.

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The ReidOut with Joy Reid @thereidout.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

The final edition of #TheReidOut with Joy Reid starts right now on MSNBC. Tune in now, #reiders.

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The ReidOut with Joy Reid @thereidout.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Joy on our crisis of democracy: "Tonight on our final ReidOut, we’re going to talk about what people are actually doing to resist this and get some great advice from some of our favorite friends on what more we can do."

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engagewthepage @engagewthepage.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

This year, #ramadan2025 begins around Feb 28. 'Salat in Secret' - a tale of faith and the power of words. @authorjamilah.bsky.social wordtorque.com/salat-in-sec... #engagewthepage Discover this book and so many more at #searchENGAGE wordtorque.com/searchengage/

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Yes, it is entirely correct to point out that ICE officers do not have any legal authority to break into somebody’s home unless they get a judicial warrant; which they generally cannot do, because judges only issue warrants for probable cause of crimes, not immigration law violations.

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Huda F @yesimhotinthis.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Teenage angst with a lot of heart! If Huda F Wants to Know? had a vibe this would be it! Available for preorder! Link in my bio!

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Don’t just say DEI as if it’s a bad word. Spell it out. Say diversity, which is the lifeblood of American society & culture & innovation. Say equity, which a just society should pursue. Say inclusion, because decent people believe in increasing belonging, not isolating people who are different.

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Pennsylvania Center for the Book @pacftb.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

📚 For Children’s Authors and Illustrators Week, we are highlighting children’s book authors and illustrators from Pennsylvania! 📙 Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow (@authorjamilah.bsky.social ) 📙 Greg Pizzoli (@gregpizzoli.bsky.social) 📙 Rebecca E. Hirsch #Booksky #Libraries #KidsLit #PennsylvaniaReads

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Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow @authorjamilah.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Ever had an editor or agent tell you your picture book is “too quiet”? This popular workshop is back to address the why’s and explore how some “quiet books” still manage to roar: www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/tur... #kidlitchat #kidlitsky

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Sandra Proudman @sandraproudman.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

✨Ending Friday✨ Thank you for helping raise almost $17,000! Just $5,000 till goal, still with dozens of items available. If you’re in need of a critique, advice, art commission, workshop, mentorship, we’ve got you! Visit: www.32auctions.com/KidLit4Cease...

Graphic with a black background that says: thank you for helping raise over $16,500! Next goal $22,000 raised!

Visit auction:
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Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow @authorjamilah.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

This poem kept me up after fajr and I’ve been writing it throughout the day even though I have to do my other work. Sharing here to tell myself it’s done and in case someone else enjoys it.

TEXT:

Write the damn poem.
It can’t stop
sparking in you.
You want sleep.
The bed is soft
and pillow cool, but
that poem insists
on making you
too
damn
hot.
These verses nag,
smoke is in them.
You write too many words, but
some words catch
and singe the white,
black. Set them
pages aflame from
what flickers inside.
Write that damn poem.
There’s fire in it,
Burning you alive,
Burning you wide awake.

–Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

"The 19 Republican officials, co-led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird have demanded Costco notify the states within 30 days whether it will repeal its DEI policies or provide an explanation for maintaining them." www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

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Republican state attorneys pressure Costco to drop diversity policies

Nineteen Republican attorneys general have called on Costco Wholesale to abandon its diversity, equity, and inclusion policies, citing concerns about discrimination and legal risks.

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Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow @authorjamilah.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

We are definitely not our ancestors. I get it. I plan Target trips to celebrate publishing wins. My statements say I am in there too much even when there’s nothing to celebrate 😆. But since when is a basic boycott too hard for our people? They get no more of my money until they reverse course.

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Dr. Butch Ware for California Governor 2026 @butchware.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Watching the perverse spectacle of punitive ICE raids in cities and states that didn’t vote republican, I am reminded of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, which compelled non-slave states to allow manhunters to roam the north capturing blacks, whether free or slave It was the prelude to the Civil War

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Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow @authorjamilah.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

The annual @aamericanchildrensbookfair takes place this Saturday, February 1st at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Kick off Black History Month with notable Black authors and illustrators. Giveaways, signings, and many great books! I look forward to seeing you there ☺️ #blackbooksky #kidlit

Image: Silhouette of two Black kids in front of a globe holding a green book together, framed in a golden circle. Background is a blue Philadelphia skyline
Words:
33rd Annual
Free
The African American Children’s Book Fair
Saturday, February 1, 2025 . 1-4 pm . Pennsylvania Convention Center

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torrye.bsky.social @torrye.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

#Booksky: If you haven’t already, export your data from Goodreads (an Amazon company) and import it into StoryGraph, a book-tracking app founded and led by a Black woman.

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Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow @authorjamilah.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

It’s a great morning to be a Philadelphian. #flyeaglesfly 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅

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Nina Turner @ninaturner.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Understand, the mass rollback on DEI is a test. We are being tested to see just how much we’ll allow corporations and our government lean into discrimination. They won’t stop at DEI initiatives.

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Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow @authorjamilah.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Finally got my clock app archived and deactivated. Ten years put in where I met some good people and got through Covid shutdowns. It's bittersweet, but I know it's the right thing to do.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 26/01/2025

One of the best things you can do right now is read books. Buy them. Borrow them from the library. Gift them. Read history. Read fiction. Read science writing. Read anything that shows you the world is bigger than what fascists say it is. Read to remember why your resistance matters. 📚💙

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Sandra Proudman @sandraproudman.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

✨PLEASE SHARE✨ It is live!!! There are over 260 AMAZING items to bid on in the 2nd annual #KidLit4Ceasefire auction from year-long mentorships to signed books to full manuscript critiques to art commissions the fundraiser has you covered! 🇵🇸 Link: bit.ly/KidLit4Cease...

A graphic that says 260+ items #KidLit4Ceasefire 2025 Auction (January 15-31st) Visit Auction: https://bit.ly/kidlit4ceasefire2025auction

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Lúl Rýzooo @itsreallycj.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Companies Scaling Back or Denouncing DEI Amazon Boeing Brown-Forman Caterpillar Ford Harley-Davidson John Deere Lowe’s Molson Coors McDonald’s Meta Nissan Stanley Black & Decker Target Tractor Supply Toyota Walmart Support who supports you ✨✊

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 25/01/2025

Bidding ends tomorrow (Jan.26)! So amazing opportunities to connect with #KidLit agents, editors, art directors, others in the biz *and* you help support a great cause. Browse posts by @kidlitforla.bsky.social for just some of the highlight offerings! #KidLitForLosAngeles

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engagewthepage @engagewthepage.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Names - What better way to start the year than looking into the stories of our names. #engagewthepage wordtorque.com/your-name-is... @authorjamilah.bsky.social Search these and over 300 more book suggestions to enhance your word study at #searchENGAGE wordtorque.com/searchengage/

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Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow @authorjamilah.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

How I understand Islamophobia: -Muslims are always somehow deserving of any level of brutality. -This brutality is justified because of a perceived transgression of a group of us or even just one Muslim -We are always guilty as a group and therefore deserving of any level of brutality as a group

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 24/01/2025

Since my article detailing Trump’s “Muslim Ban 2.0” I have received an onslaught of painful messages claiming “American Muslims are getting what we deserved” because they "helped Trump win." Why this claim is racist, false, & only enables Trump. Let's do better. www.qasimrashid.com/p/stop-blami...

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Stop Blaming Muslim Americans for the 2024 Election Results

With a fascist in the White House, we need to stand united against racism and disinformation, not enable it

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Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow @authorjamilah.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

"Everybody has the choice of being a hero or not being a hero every day of their lives." ~ George Lucas

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Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow @authorjamilah.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

These back-to-back headlines in my feed… What’s going on Harvard?

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