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Jacob Souva

@jacobsouva.bsky.social
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Hello 👋… my name is Jacob Souva and I’m an illustrator and author of books for kids. I’m rep’d by Jen Rofé of Andrea Brown Literary Agency. ✨ www.twofishillustration.com/links ✏️ open.substack.com/pub/jacobsouva

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 57m
Remember: Wealth cannot be separated from power. We're seeing in real time how the extreme concentration of wealth is distorting our politics, rigging markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people. Taxing the rich isn't just an economic issue, it's a defense of our democracy.
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Andrea Brown Literary Agency @andreabrownlit.bsky.social · 6h
New Book Tuesday! 🎉 📚 PARTY PONY 📚 FAST BREAK 📚 HIDDEN HEROES 📚 THAT BEAUTIFUL MIND 📚 THE NEW CAT 📚 BABY TRUCK BEDTIME 📚 LITTLE BUNNY, WINTER IS HERE! 📚 KITTY VS. CHRISTMAS 📚 FELIX FINDS HIS POLISH 📚 NOW THAT WE DON’T TALK 📚 MORE THAN A DREAM 📚 UP FROM THE ASHES Out now wherever books are sold! 👏
New ABLA books out in the wild today!!
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h
JON STEWART: “So in the FUTURE we WILL use A.I. to cure diseases… but right now it’s mostly murder, surveillance, and surge pricing for the McRib — What a trade! I’m getting the sense you guys might be full of shit.”
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Due to Trumpian changes in federal policy: "Households will pay an additional $920 billion for energy between 2026-2040 – about $6,500 cumulatively per household across that period and $640 per household in 2035." Much more in this @energyinnovation.org analysis:
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Economic, Consumer Cost, Pollution Impacts of Federal Energy Policy Changes In 48 U.S. States
Federal energy policy changes will harm all 48 contiguous U.S. states through higher energy bills, lost jobs, and worse air pollution.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026
This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 03/10/2026
JUST POSTED: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Leslie Zampetti @literarylesliez.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Carla Hayden: “Somebody’s got to care.” Librarians in their own words and in a nutshell. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Librarians Discuss the Challenges and Triumphs of Running a Library Today (Gift Article)
We asked dozens of them about America’s libraries — what they provide, what they need to survive. Here’s what they told us.
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Jacob Souva @jacobsouva.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Very proud of this #kidlit #kidlitart deep dive. I found it all super clarifying. ⭐️How can restraints unlock creative potential in your work? ⭐️Why does creative freedom yield the same results? jacobsouva.substack.com/p/making-pic...
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Making Picture Books from Inside the Box
Unlocking creativity, one restraint at a time
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Jacob Souva @jacobsouva.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Me too! Thanks, Berrie!
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John Kostyack @kostyack.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This scandal should enter the national debate over data centers. Meta evaded $4B in taxes last year by using the "research" tax credit for its data center buildout. Tax accountants say it's highly questionable, the Congressional sponsor says buying supplies was never what was intended.
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How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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Katherine Ahmed @katherineahmed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Happy October #kidlitartpostcard ! 📬🎃 I’m a #kidlit illustrator who is open to picture book (non-fiction & fiction), board book, chapter & middle grade spot art and cover projects✨ #kidlitart ✏️ Rep’d by @jenrofe.bsky.social , @andreabrownlit.bsky.social Portfolio: katherineahmedart.com
One boy lies on the floor on a sleeping bag, looking upset from the noises in the house. His friend, another boy, sleeps soundly on his bed in the same room. In the bedroom on the left, a girl plays an electric guitar and sings. In the bedroom on the right, a baby cries in its crib. Downstairs, a man is sleeping on the couch , snoring. A woman is blow-drying her hair in a bathroom.
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Elio @eliopictures.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
😡 “No more screens today!” 📬 Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! My name is Elio. 🌟 Represented by @andreabrownlit + @jenrofe. 💻 My site: www.eliopictures.com ✏️ 📧 elio@eliopictures.com 📋 Clients include: @abramskids @scholastic @simonandschuster 👧 #kidlitart #comics #childrensbook
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Kris Easler @kriseasler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day! I’m Kris Easler, and I know going back to school can be quite scary for some… I’d love to work on projects that combine humor and horror to address real fears and anxieties. www.kriseasler.com Rep’d by the so-good-it’s-spooky-but-in-the-best-way @jenrofe.bsky.social
A color kidlit illustration of a red anthropomorphic apple with a worm friend by its side, cowering at shadow hands creeping closer on the school desk it’s on.
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Jacob Souva @jacobsouva.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hey! It's #kidlitartpostcard day! I'm an author and illustrator looking for a great story to help tell. I love quirky, funny books with heart. I'm rep'd by @jenrofe.bsky.social of @andreabrownlit.bsky.social. Portfolio: www.twofishillustration.com/my-work Books: www.twofishillustration.com/books
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Jess Golden @goldenillust.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We're under the moonlight for #KidLitArtPostcard day... Jess Golden, illustrator www.jessgolden.com
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Gustavo Rinaldi @gusrinaldi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Today's #KidLitArtPostcard day and since it's October I couldn't help but draw a Halloween/ Fairytale crossover. I'm open for new projects and also seeking representation :D #illustration #kidlitart #kidlit #BRart #fantasyart
Drawing of Cinderella dressed as Frankenstein's bride lokking happily at a Jack-o'-Lantern carriage with a hunchback man as conductor and a headless black horse with their neck on fire. The Fairy Godmother is flying above her, wearing a fake green nose to disguise herself.
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Victoria Maderna @victoriamaderna.com · 01/10/2026
It's #kidlitartpostcard day! I'm Victoria, an Argentinian illustrator living in France. It's finally October, perfect time for autumnal palettes, magpies and magic! victoriamaderna.com | hi@victoriamaderna.com Represented by @jenazantian.bsky.social
Painting in gouache of a magpie with a hat on an oak branch holding a gold coin in her beak.
Text reads: Victoria Maderna - victoriamaderna.com - hi@victoriamaderna.com - Represented by Jennifer Azantian
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
America today is a country where regulators won't allow private companies to air interviews of the opposition on TV, but declare that taxpayer funded propaganda is fine.
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Mae Nick Phra Khanong @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Seriously just enforce normal liability for AI on the owners and so much of this shit goes away AI companies want to be treated like the hired expert when it comes to pocketing any financial flows, but like a cursory Google Search whenever it comes to liability
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Rep. Dr. Jasmine Clark @jasmineclarkforga.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Trump administration is cutting financial aid for degrees it says don’t “pay off”—including social work, early childhood education, and the arts. These careers contribute meaningfully to our society and we should be creating pathways to education, not erecting barriers. Congress can fix this!
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I give up. I’m moving into a cave.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 29/09/2026
I am so so so glad whenever someone mentions the fact that Amazon named an entire arena CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA and then promptly stopped mentioning climate pledges ever again @billmckibben.bsky.social's latest is a great read: billmckibben.substack.com/p/amazon-crime
climate pledge arena
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Gina Perry @ginaperry.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Amazing! I always love hearing (and seeing!) the impact of portfolio day in our community. Looking forward to seeing your next piece this Thursday, @thornockstudios.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlitart
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The Verge @theverge.com · 29/09/2026
A team of researchers tested 21 vehicles and found that all of them transmitted data to a third-party domain. And over half were pinging advertising companies. www.theverge.com/transportati...
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Your car’s data privacy problems are worse than you think
“There’s a lot to be worried about,” the project lead said.
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Jacob Souva @jacobsouva.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Your daily reminder that tech oligarchs are making climate change worse by building data centers running on dead dinosaurs to give us technology that might kill us or take our jobs billmckibben.substack.com/p/amazon-cri...
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Amazon Crime
And Other Tales of Billionaire Lying from the Data Center Wars
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Davey Wilbury @daveishere.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
oh no, the scam everyone says is a scam may turn out to be a scam
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
There's no real point in arguing with his mouth noises, particularly not when preaching to the Bluesky choir, but this is *noteworthy* nonsense. If the revenue were real (it's not), then it would be revenue *of the United States government,* equally available to a Democratic Congress to spend.
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A.I. and corporate lingo are dragging language ynto drugged realmes of vague, airy, plastic nothingnesse: glitz and hyperbole wythout meaning. Language must have fur and clawes, make the floorboardes creake and leave wet dirtye footprintes. Wordes are rayne and fyre and stone. Wielde them. Save us.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026
Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This has really cracked open something for me. I had been thinking about free speech discourse in terms of hypocrisy, but this illuminates a much more consistent throughline (derogatory).
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is the trailer that all the major platforms refuse to run as a paid ad:
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Bruce Coville @brucecoville.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The greatest threat to your health – worse than cholesterol, worse than obesity, worse than smoking – is Republican governance.
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
S i g h .
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Jacob Souva @jacobsouva.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
⭐️ 5 things from the studio ⭐️ 1. Evolving #kidlitart style 2. Too much freedom = lame results 3. Sharing our #kidlit failures 4. Awards and expectations 5. Angsty about the future? Lots of runway to become your best creative self jacobsouva.substack.com/p/championin...
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Championing Our Failures (Gulp)
5 things from the studio
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Mark Hoffmann @studiohoffmann.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Geneviève Godbout makes the most beautiful #kidlit books ever. If you have not laid your eyes upon her gorgeous work do it now. Now. NOW! @genevievegodboutillustration this Friday day at 2am Eastern, on insta, on Gab ‘n’ Doodle. #kidlit #kidlitart #illustration #kidlitillustration
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
States aren't just laboratories of democracy. Some like Montana and Hawaii have become the frontlines for saving our democracy from Citizens United and restoring power to the people. Read this piece from James Baratta in The American Prospect.
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Can the States Stop the Corporate Domination of Our Politics? - The American Prospect
States giveth corporations the right to exist, so the states can taketh away their political spending power—or at least,
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Who Knows What the Midterms Will Bring: But You Can Enjoy the GOP’s Sweet Agony Today! talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/who-k...
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Who Knows What the Midterms Will Bring: But You Can Enjoy the GOP’s Sweet Agony Today!
We don’t know what’s going to happen in the midterms. But we...
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digby @digby56.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I will never get over how incredibly stupid this is. Do they not know what risk pools are? Do they not know what insurance is???
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Daniel Kwan @danielhkwan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Putting a call out for TTRPG artists! Doing an initial discovery for an artist to work on a new cyberpunk, body horror action game I'm designing. Please link your portfolio! NO AI.
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T. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
300+ Wendy's restaurants file bankruptcy because Trump's tariffs have made beef too expensive www.themirror.com/lifestyle/fo...
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Wendy's faces 300 closures across 15 states due to crippling beef prices
One of the largest franchisees operating 314 outposts of Wendy's across the country filed for bankruptcy partially due to record-high beef prices linked to Trump's tariffs and agricultural issues
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 21/09/2026
Why food chains taste worse (and cost more).
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Why Food Chains Taste Worse (And Costs More).
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
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Jena Benton @jenanbenton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Do you have a favorite day of the week? 📚👍🏽 #KidLit #picturebook #interview #bookblogger jenabenton.com/2026/09/21/s...
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Simply 7 with Ashley Franklin: OUR FAVORITE DAY OF THE WEEK
Do you have a favorite day of the week?
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Brian LaRossa @brianlarossa.com · 19/09/2026
“Getting answers from a bot can create ‘the illusion of learning’ for students who reach for A.I. ‘at the first hint of struggle,’ the M.I.T. committee wrote in its August report.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/u...
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An M.I.T. Report Warns A.I. Is Causing ‘Cognitive Surrender.’ Universities Are in a Bind. (Gift Article)
As A.I. upends education, university leaders have been all over the map about how to respond. It can be very confusing for students.
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Jacob Souva @jacobsouva.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Gas prices hit $4.46 a gallon today — a gain of 17 cents over the previous week and $1.26 higher than the same point last year. Diesel prices are up more than $2.74 from a year ago. Families, farmers, and truckers are all getting squeezed. Meanwhile...
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Jacob Souva @jacobsouva.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I’ve worked digitally for a very long time. Should I? #kidlit #kidlitart jacobsouva.substack.com/p/should-you...
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Should You Make Your Art With a Computer?
A 2026 update on ‘analog vs digital’
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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
My grandfather, who is 102 and a medical doctor, has told me about the times before polio was cured. Most years, upon returning to school after summer’s break, there would be some children would didn’t make it back to school because of polio.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 17/09/2026
I mean, yes, obviously, no shit
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
HUGE: Elizabeth Warren, AOC, and other members of Congress have introduced a bill to push private equity out of healthcare. The Stop Corporate Takeovers of Physicians Act would make it illegal for private equity, insurance companies, and for-profit corporations to own or control medical practices.
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