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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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Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow @authorjamilah.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Ugh so sorry you’re getting this type of commentary. You deserve your accolades (for your work and speaking out)

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Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow @authorjamilah.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Thank you! So glad it was meaningful for you 💜

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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

It was my happy place. They made me so mad with this.

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

I find it so perplexing. Are Dems feigning fecklessness?

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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
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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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