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Kristy Everington @kristyeverington.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Love Story is a horror story. Change my mind #LoveStory

Shop display of JFK Jr cutout kissing headless mannequin in Carolyin Bessette's wedding dress with a sign saying, It could have been you

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JABberwocky Literary Agency @awfulagent.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

A HUGE congratulations to JAB client @ajirving.bsky.social — THE BI BOOK is a 2026 Lambda Literary Award finalist in the LGBTQ+ Children's Books category! 🎉💖💜💙 A sweet, loving lesson in language and love, on a subject rarely covered." —Booklist, starred review! awfulagent.com/ebooks/the-b...

Screenshot of the 2026 Lambda Literary Award finalists for the LGBTQ+ Children's Books category. Of the six finalists, THE BI BOOK, written by AJ Irving and illustrated by Cynthia Alonso, is included!

The full list of nominees:
- A Year of Pride and Joy // Simon James Green. Magic Cat
- Devin’s Gift // Alana Tyson, illustrated by Ebony Glenn. Philomel an Imprint of Penguin Young Readers
- JIM! Six True Stories about One Great Artist: James Marshall // Jerrold Connors. Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers
- O.K. Is Gay // Vincent X. Kirsch. Abrams Books for Young Readers
- Tales from Beyond the Rainbow // Pete Jordi Wood. Penguin Young Readers
- The Bi Book // A.J. Irving, illustrated by Cynthia Alonso. Random House Children’s Books | Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers

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Kristy Everington @kristyeverington.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Thanks for the memories, James Van Der Beek. 💔

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Kristy Everington @kristyeverington.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Me and my new Great Horned bestie, Ari.

Me with Ari, a Great Horned Owl, perched next to my face.

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Kristy Everington @kristyeverington.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Join me in bidding on some great items here and raise some money for Minnesota! Lots of publishing and bookish items - agent and editor critiques, original art, AMAs and more! #kidlit www.32auctions.com/publishingfo...

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Publishing for Minnesota

Silent auction 'Publishing for Minnesota' hosted online at 32auctions.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Exactly right, and therefore important not to give credit for an investigation of an obvious atrocity. Appropriate responses are apologies, resignations, firings, impeachments. The individuals who killed people should be tried before a judge and jury.

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Jordan Hamessley @thejordache.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Y’all!!!!!! @dirtbagqueer.rocks won the Stonewall for ONE OF THE BOYS!!!!!!! So proud of Victoria and this book! Huge thanks to @capaciousmood.bsky.social and @levinequerido.bsky.social for helping to bring this book to life!!!! Let’s go!!!!!!

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Sarah Darer Littman @sarahdarerlittman.com · 25/01/2026

Feel helpless? Want to do something to help the brave folks in Minnesota? If you're a writer, teacher, book club, there are great items to bid on here: www.32auctions.com/organization...

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Publishing for Minnesota

Silent auction 'Publishing for Minnesota' hosted online at 32auctions.

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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

In the early 1930s the SA was roughing people up, creating chaos in neighborhoods, seeking to terrorize with the occasional killing. By the late 1930s it had been supplanted by the SS, which was much better trained.

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Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic @grubreport.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Offer: free 30-40 mins virtual author visits for MPS elementary classrooms going virtual to stay safe from I.C.E.’s domestic terrorism of my hometown. DM me. Please share.

A purple state of Minnesota on a black background with a pink stickie taped to it saying: "Offer: free 30-40 mins
virtual author visits for
MPS elementary classrooms
going virtual to stay safe
from I.C.E.’s
domestic terrorism of
my hometown. DM me.
Please share."

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 24/01/2026

I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.

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Ray Pride @raypride.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."

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Kristy Everington @kristyeverington.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Writer friends, check out this auction for Gracie's House with many great bookish items! #kidlit @as-king.bsky.social givebutter.com/c/V7Anar/auc...

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Gracie's House Epic Annual Online Auction

By Gracie's House

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SlenderSherbet @slendersherbet.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

"Well this is coming down" 📷: Lily and Holmes, owners of @kristyeverington.bsky.social

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Madeleine Gunhart @madeleinegunhart.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

So very excited to be sharing this news! !My story about a lovestruck wizard trying to “cure” death and the beautiful grim reaper who slowly falls in love with being alive is slated to be published with Ace Books (Penguin Random House) in 2027!

Publishers weekly announcement reading “Madeleine Gunhart's CULL ME, MAYBE, following a grim reaper sent to a quaint small town and the irritating yet handsome resident mad wizard who keeps thwarting her mission to cull the population, while inadvertently teaching her what it means to be human, to Sareer Khader at Ace, in a pre-empt, in a two-book deal, for publication in spring 2027, by Jordan Hamessley at JABberwocky Literary Agency (world).”

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A. J. Sass @sassinsf.com · 20/10/2025

Ana on the Edge is about a 12 year old ice skater navigating being nonbinary in a gendered sport. The fact that it's considered controversial enough to reprimand and put a teacher on leave over simply having it in her classroom library is incomprehensible to me.

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Fight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Just FIVE days until America takes to the streets to proclaim #NoKings! Who’s going? ✋ SIGN UP TODAY: seiu.com/nocrowns

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 22/09/2025

Jimmy Kimmel wasn’t reinstated because Disney executives had a change of heart. He’s back on air because those executives got a wakeup call from the American public. People all over the country showed up, canceling subscriptions, and protesting outside ABC and Disney, Nexstar, and more. 🧵

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Censorship is here and it’s come in the form of corporations censoring themselves in order to win favor with the regime.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18/09/2025

This is the playbook, folks. If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away. Do not be quiet in this moment.

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Kristy Everington @kristyeverington.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

I'm way too old to be this obsessed with The Summer l Turned Pretty.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 27/08/2025

Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!

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Kristy Everington @kristyeverington.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Bluesky earthquake report! This felt like a truck hit the house 😱

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Ruth EJ Booth (she/they) @ruthejbooth.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

"If your books were uploaded to LibGen/fed into the LLMs, add your name to the potential class action lawsuit by tomorrow." Details: LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a... Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au... (This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)

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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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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 12/08/2025

First, Donald Trump used the Marines and the National Guard to support his mass deportation agenda in Los Angeles. Now, he's using similar tactics in D.C. like a tinpot dictator. Don't look away. Don't stay silent. If you do, don't be surprised if it's your city next.

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Kristy Everington @kristyeverington.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

These guys don't care about labels like "deer resistant"

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Kristy Everington @kristyeverington.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Sent my friend who has recently been diagnosed with Lyme disease a link to The Cut article about Justin Timberlake saying he has Lyme disease with the message, You're in good company. AITA

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Penny Zang @pennyzang.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

DOLL PARTS is out now in the U.K. A suspense novel about grief, girlhood, secrets, and the haunting legacy of a mysterious college club. If you love: complicated female friendship, dark academia, Sylvia Plath, dual timelines …this one’s for you.

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Kristy Everington @kristyeverington.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Hamilton nearly got to realize his dream of riding a deer when he bolted out the front door and happened upon our resident deer in the garden. #catsofbluesky

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 28/07/2025

This is about more than immigration. It’s about fighting for basic human rights and preserving our democracy.

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Kristy Everington @kristyeverington.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

No cheating post the most recent pic of your pets

Very cute grey and white cat, Willow, lying on bed

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

A classic coordination failure: everyone makes excuses for why they go along with authoritarianism rather than resisting. And democracy and the rule of law crumble. We thought our institutions and culture were stronger, but we are following Hungary's path.

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Kristy Everington @kristyeverington.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Not to brag, but I'm very excited to have an early copy of DOLL PARTS by @pennyzang.bsky.social 🩷 #booksky

Doll Parts, a novel with an attractive hot pink and grey cover, by Penny Zang

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ACLU @aclu.org · 13/07/2025

The First Amendment guarantees the essential right to assemble peacefully to advocate for any cause. Reports that the Trump administration may be using invasive surveillance technology to monitor protests against their anti-immigrant polices without a warrant are deeply alarming.

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Exclusive: Evidence of cell phone surveillance detected at anti-ICE protest

Mobile network anomalies consistent with cell phone surveillance were detected at a July 4 protest at an ICE field office in Washington state.

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

When the Japanese American National Museum is saying this take it seriously.

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A. J. Sass @sassinsf.com · 30/06/2025

Oh hey look, I'm in this one 🙃 (subtly - I'm the declarant from Vermont) If you don't think it's a big deal that the government is refusing to issue me a passport that matches all my other legal identity docs, a reminder that some of us travel internationally for work or other reasons and now can't

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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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Kristy Everington @kristyeverington.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Please enjoy this photo of Lily amongst the current dumpster fire of news

Very adorable grey and white cat lying on her back looking cute

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E.R. LeVar @erlevar1031.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

A customer told me she couldn't believe this store would put up a Pride display, because what if children see it?? Anyway, it was my display, and I'm proud of it, and you (and your children) should all see it. #BookSky 📚💙

First shelf: The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School (Reyes), Learning to Fall (Morris), I Love You S'more (Desombre), She Gets the Girl (Lippincott & Derrick)

Second Shelf: All That's Left in the World (Brown), Caught in a Bad Fauxmance (Rose), Heartstopper Vol. 1 (Oseman), The Darkness Between Us (Schaeffer)

Third Shelf: Going Bicoastal (Adler), Where the Dark Stands Still (Poranek), Never Ever Getting Back Together (Gonzales), Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute (Hibbert), Flowerheart (Bakewell)

Fourth Shelf: Hell Followed With Us (White), I Wish You All the Best (Deaver), The Sunbearer Trials (Thomas), Dead End Girls (Heard), The Sacrifice (Chupeco)

Fifth Shelf: Loveless (Oseman), Icarus (Ancrum), Summer Bird Blue (Bowman), Radio Silence (Oseman), The Weight of Stars (Dow), Sawkill Girls (Legrand)

Bottom Shelf: I Kissed Shara Wheeler (McQuiston), Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (Albertelli), Nimona (Stevenson), Forget Me Not (Derrick)

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