Reposted by Kamilla MilliganDemocrat Cats @democratcats.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Morning Kitten Crossing 1885228747
Reposted by Kamilla MilliganThe Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 17/06/2026Two former advisors to the federal government recently told MPs the Carney government has “repealed or weakened virtually every climate policy” developed in the last decade and is ignoring the advice of climate scientists. @meyer.bsky.social covered the experts' testimony:thenarwhal.caCarney is ‘shredding’ environmental rules, ‘misleading’ the public: experts | The NarwhalThe government shut out its own climate science and policy advisors, they say, while gutting Canada’s environmental protections in favour of oil and gas 1116
Reposted by Kamilla MilliganDr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Nearly every indicator of climate change is flashing red. But we still hold the tools available to bring the planet back into balance. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... The ocean has shielded us from the worst of climate change. Now it is running a fever | Karina Von Schuckmanntheguardian.comThe ocean has shielded us from the worst of climate change. Now it is running a fever | Karina Von SchuckmannNearly every indicator of climate change is flashing red. But we still hold the tools available to bring the planet back into balance 112781
Reposted by Kamilla MilliganKatherine Applegate @kaaauthor.bsky.social · 17/06/2026What a powerful story about a group of incarcerated women who are keeping an endangered butterfly species alive. ❤️reasonstobecheerful.worldEndangered Butterflies Are Thriving Behind BarsIn the tender, methodical work of rescuing an imperiled butterfly species, incarcerated women are finding a sense of purpose. 12010
Reposted by Kamilla MilliganEmily Lowan (she/her) @emilylowan.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Saying the quiet part out loud since Earth Day 👍 13011
Reposted by Kamilla MilliganThe Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 16/06/2026Steven Guilbeault is resigning as a member of Parliament — he says he can no longer have an impact on climate change working within Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government. In this exclusive interview, the former environment minister shares why. thenarwhal.ca/guilbeault-e...thenarwhal.caGuilbeault on Carney’s faith in a market fix for climate change | The NarwhalFormer environment minister Steven Guilbeault says he was ‘becoming a tool to justify some of the things the government is doing,’ as he leaves the Liberals 27733
Reposted by Kamilla MilliganJoe Hodson @joehodson.bsky.social · 10/06/2026"Greenpeace has calculated the “climate debt” of these... individuals, by attributing to them their share of the damage done to the climate by the assets they own. By this reckoning, the world’s richest cause nearly $1tn a year of damage to the climate" www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comSuper-rich’s assets cause outsized amount of climate harm, study saysGreenpeace calculates that wealthiest contribute nearly $1tn of damage a year with ownership-based emissions 24724
Reposted by Kamilla MilliganGenel Jumalon 🍉 @geneljumalon.bsky.social · 05/06/2026People like Kane and many many others that do care about human art and the creative process have been a beacon of hope while trying to navigate making art in this current climate. 84210696432
Reposted by Kamilla MilliganTrans Lifeline @translifeline.org · 03/06/2026Trans Lifeline’s hotline is staffed by trans people, for trans people. Your donation helps keep peer support, resources, and community care accessible during a time when trans people are under attack. Donate if you can. Share if you can’t. ✨ translifeline.org/donate #OurRootsAreRebellion 0169160
Reposted by Kamilla MilliganEddie Yang @eddieyang.bsky.social · 13/05/2026New paper in Nature. The more a government controls its domestic media, the more it dominates AI training data, the more pro-regime outputs we get from AI. By scraping the open web, LLMs are unwittingly laundering state-coordinated narratives into seemingly objective answers. 25879450
Reposted by Kamilla MilliganTricia Dearborn @triciadearborn.bsky.social · 01/05/2026If you're thinking about using gen-AI to "write" books, this 🧵 is for you. I’m a highly experienced editor who’s been in the biz a long time. Recently I’ve had manuscripts come to me where the author has used gen-AI – not for writing, I’ve been assured, but for “structuring” or "organising" 13963454
Reposted by Kamilla MilliganKelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Friends, sometimes silly men say silly things. And sometimes, those silly things are also hurtful things, or damaging things, or things that disrupt the important and caring work that we all set out to do every single day. So it goes. But in the meantime, I have a message for children's authors: 414833
Reposted by Kamilla MilliganKate Messner @katemessner.com · 06/05/2026We may or may not see an apology in the days to come. If we do, it might be one of those “I’m sorry you didn’t understand what I meant” apologies. (PSA for anyone who needs a primer on how to apologize the right way: @kylelukoff.bsky.social I’M SORRY YOU GOT MAD.) bookshop.org/p/books/i-m-...bookshop.orgI'm Sorry You Got MadCheck out I'm Sorry You Got Mad - <b>Newbery Honor winner Kyle Lukoff explores the importance of learning to apologize.</b><br><br>Jack wants to apologize for hurting Zoe's feelings. He just can't see... 1663
Reposted by Kamilla MilliganKate Messner @katemessner.com · 06/05/2026If you're part of the kidlit community, you probably already know our current "ambassador" declared in a new book that 94.7 percent of kids' books are "crud." It was a careless and harmful thing for someone in that role to say in this moment, and I've been thinking about where we go from here. 412227
Reposted by Kamilla MilliganRob Liu-Trujillo @robliutrujillo.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Checking out this doc produced by Dwayne Wade abt Dads of trans kids that looks pretty cool! www.usatoday.com/story/entert...usatoday.comDwyane Wade offers message for Trump administration on trans kidsDwyane Wade executive produced documentary "The Dads" that shows the impact of Trump administration policies on trans kids and their families. 021
Reposted by Kamilla MilliganChuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 09/04/2026As the father of a middle schooler I have seen the rebellion against AI forming there — even using “that’s AI, bro,” not indicating something is literally AI, but that something is metaphorically so — it’s sus, it’s bullshit, it’s bad weird 455220971
Kamilla Milligan @kamillamilligan.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Very cool sight about no-fly pledges! flightfree.co.ukflightfree.co.ukFlight Free UKFight climate change: make the pledge to be flight free in 2026 000
Reposted by Kamilla MilliganJonathan Emmett @jonathanemmett.com · 08/04/2026… If the BBC was remotely serious about promoting environmental sustainability, it it would be platforming the work of organisations like @flightfreeuk.bsky.social, rather than repeatedly promoting frequent flying for leisure. flightfree.co.ukflightfree.co.ukFlight Free UKFight climate change: make the pledge to be flight free in 2026 142
Reposted by Kamilla MilliganMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 07/04/2026The Artemis II crew is a breath of fresh air into the news cycle. 1123119602
Reposted by Kamilla MilliganMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 06/04/2026“I’ll have you know that I’ve had sex.” “I went outside today, saw a bird, then immediately went back inside. Nature is beautiful.” “Will this get you to love me?”buff.lyThe Only Possible Poems“All poems are one of the following. There are no alternatives.” April 8 2022 4/1/23 4/9/24 4/4/25 1699
Kamilla Milligan @kamillamilligan.bsky.social · 02/04/2026@davidebybc.bsky.social it's past time for action to protect what remains of BC's old growth forests. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caPanel appointed to map B.C.'s old-growth forests say province is failing to save them | CBC NewsEvery member of a former panel the British Columbia government appointed to identify old-growth for potential protection in 2021 now says they're concerned about continued logging in those same rare a... 000
Kamilla Milligan @kamillamilligan.bsky.social · 02/04/2026"AI could never." Thank you, @shifasafadi.bsky.social for this beautiful call to action! www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...publishersweekly.comAuthor Shifa Saltagi Safadi on the Things AI Could Never DoNational Book Award winner Shifa Saltagi Safadi reflects on the joys and struggles of the writing process, and all that is lost when we surrender our creative acts to AI. 000
Reposted by Kamilla MilliganPhyllis Harris @phyllisharris.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Happy #KidlitArtPostcard day! Today I am sharing art from my upcoming book, #TheDayKindnessCame, publishing October 2026. This one is near and dear to my heart and may end up being my #legacy book. I have had a passion for creating #kidlit for a long time and hope to continue for years to come. 0536
Reposted by Kamilla MilliganAndrea Wickert @librarymusthaves.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day! I’m a children’s book author & illustrator open to the right picture book for my whimsical, wonky illustrations Thank you to @ginaperry.bsky.social for bringing us all together for another month of sharing Portfolio and contact info found at www.andreawickert.com 4768
Reposted by Kamilla Milliganapril dela noche milne @apricotjoy.bsky.social · 02/04/2026and it's #kidlitartpostcard day! hoping the April showers lately will soon turn into flowers! I need sun! I'm based in Vancouver & rep'd by the wonderful @janinele.bsky.social 🪻would love to do more books but also book covers!! 💛 🌷 aprilmilne.com #kidlit #illustration #kidlitart 1566
Reposted by Kamilla MilliganLaura Zarrin @laurazarrin.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Hello Art Directors and Editors! Here's a Highland Cow and his friend Duck out for a ride for #kidlitartpostcard. I'm looking for picture book, chapter book, and young graphic novel projects, as well as cover illustration work. Portfolio www.LauraZarrin.com Rep'd by Elizabeth Bennett, Transatlantic. 27711
Kamilla Milligan @kamillamilligan.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Personally, I enjoy having a brain. My own brain, that I take great pleasure in using. 000
Kamilla Milligan @kamillamilligan.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Folks, I'm writing! And I'm writing about my writing in my latest writing newsletter! Read more here: kamillascorner.beehiiv.com/p/it-s-writi...kamillascorner.beehiiv.comIt's Writing, Even If It Isn't a BookA couple of my recent writing activities. 010
Reposted by Kamilla MilliganPremee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 01/04/2026I've seen people trying to defend it today by saying "No, no, I just use it to brainstorm, bounce ideas, I do the actual writing" and with all the kindness in the world I need to tell you: if there is a stage of writing you are not good at, you need to get good, not use the plagiarism machine. 6034541029
Reposted by Kamilla MilliganCharlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 26/03/2026The AI economy looks...really precarious. So @matteowong.bsky.social & I did a bunch of reporting to try to figure out what happens when a potential bubble collides with a war in Iran and a potential resource shortage. The answer is...arguably the most dire stuff i've heard from smart ppl in a whiletheatlantic.comThe AI Boom Wasn’t Built for the Polycrisis“There are too many ways for it to fail for it not to fail.” 632169774
Reposted by Kamilla MilliganAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/03/2026Please share widely! 16372014100
Reposted by Kamilla MilliganJimmy Two Heads 💀🎃 @jimmytwohands.bsky.social · 26/03/2026I’ve never seen a picture of a chicken go harder than this 6649181014
Reposted by Kamilla MilliganMeridth McKean Gimbel @hellomeridth.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Hello lovelies! I’m currently on a deadline, so this post is a double dip. “Happy Trans Rights Readathon! For those unfamiliar, the goal is to uplift/read/support trans, non-binary, 2Spirit, & gender expansive characters & author/illustrators as well as raise funds for trans causes. 1/ 1145
Kamilla Milligan @kamillamilligan.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Among the many reasons to say no to AI: www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...theguardian.comThese aren’t AI firms, they’re defense contractors. We can’t let them hide behind their modelsFrom Gaza to Iran, the pattern is the same: precision weapons, chosen blindness, and dead children. The cost of failing to regulate AI warfare is already too high 000
Kamilla Milligan @kamillamilligan.bsky.social · 05/03/2026#quitGPT: Read on for many reasons to cancel your ChatGPT subscription and delete the app. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comQuit ChatGPT: right now! Your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism | Rutger BregmanAs a historian, I’ve studied the major consumer boycotts of history. We can take down ChatGPT and send a powerful signal to Silicon Valley, says author and historian Rutger Bregman 010
Reposted by Kamilla MilliganWilderness Committee @wildernews.bsky.social · 19/02/2026We’re taking the Canadian gov to court 📣 For 11 years, it has delayed mapping critical habitat for Southern Mountain #Caribou while logging + industrial development continues. #cdnpoli With @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social , @stand.earth & @wildsight.bsky.social, we’re demanding action. 01910
Reposted by Kamilla MilliganCorey Brickley * Blight's Hollow Dot Com @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 18/02/2026going to start saying 'i'm doing things that quite literally have never been done before" whenever i get any amount of pushback 331535
Kamilla Milligan @kamillamilligan.bsky.social · 18/02/2026BC's forests need our voices. Once endless, they are now under major threat, particularly the nearly-destroyed old growth. There are better ways to supply our needs: sierraclub.bc.ca/stories-even...sierraclub.bc.caCloser to the brink: The state of the forest in B.C. in 2025This independent report assesses the state of forests in BC and how the province can get back on track for the promised paradigm shift in forest stewardship. 000
Reposted by Kamilla MilliganWeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 11/02/2026This dog is being called a "real-life Lassie" after helping find a missing 3-year-old boy in Kentucky. “I don’t know where the dog came from,” one officer said. “But it was a blessing from God that day.” We think the dog deserves some credit too, so we're awarding him our highest honor, a 15/10 644178496
Kamilla Milligan @kamillamilligan.bsky.social · 07/02/2026I have thoughts...this time, about planning and how it can help or hurt: kamillascorner.beehiiv.com/p/plan-xiety... 000
Reposted by Kamilla MilliganRabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Charley Harper, "Darwin's Finches", from "The Giant Golden Book of Biology", 1961 41010242
Reposted by Kamilla MilliganYaroslava Apollonova @odnatamyara.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Hello, it’s #kidlitartpostcard day! My name is Yara, I’m a mixed-media illustrator, who’s also writing stories. Dear art directors and editors, I’m open for kidlit, nonfic, MG and YA projects. ✏️ odnatamyara.com Represented by @jemiscoe.bsky.social at @starlingliterary.bsky.social 013624
Reposted by Kamilla MilliganLucy Knisley @lucyknisley.bsky.social · 05/02/2026"Haunted" #IceOut #IceOutComics 81505743
Reposted by Kamilla MilliganGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem. Thank you. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThe UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George MonbiotIt took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 6331432214
Reposted by Kamilla MilliganKim Wagner Nolan @kimwnolan.bsky.social · 23/01/2026#creating #gelprinting #artprocess #illustrationtechniques 021