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Julie Penman Livesey @liveseyj.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Greetings from gloriously sunny Ross-on-Wye! 💗

Julie Penman Livesey @liveseyj.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Flashback to three years ago, when my Lucas rolled in freshly spread fertilizer, then wondered why I wouldn't let him into the house. #DogSky #DogsofBluesky #BestDoggos

White terrier mix dog staring in through window with a questioning expression. His fur around his neck and head is covered in fertilizer.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

It was such a joy to celebrate Hanukkah with Mandy, Kathryn and their son, Gideon. As Jewish New Yorkers across our city prepare to light candles and mark the seventh night today, I wish you and your families a Hanukkah full of light and love. youtu.be/KIxAKyioXng

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Happy Hanukkah

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

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David Zinn @davidzinn.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Don't let Eric's smile fool you; this jar has a lid for very good reasons.

sidewalk chalk drawing of a small purple imp smiling and reaching out his arms from inside a glass jar, the lid of which is a utility cover set in the concrete

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Julie Penman Livesey @liveseyj.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

My son has just turned 14, so I thought it was time he branched out from his usual middle grade fantasy reading. So, after some recommendations from our wonderful local bookshop staff, his official first foray into YA fantasy is going to be this one! @mjgwrite.bsky.social

Photo of a copy of 'Sky's End' book one by Marc J Gregson.

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David Zinn @davidzinn.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Wendell has calculated how many times he can hear “If I Had a Hammer” in one day, and Terry’s about to lose his tiny pickaxe. (repost from September 2020, Ypsilanti MI)

sidewalk chalk drawing of a wombat and a prairie dog in a hole with a shovel and a pickaxe. The prairie dog is singing joyfully as the wombat gives him side eye.

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David Zinn @davidzinn.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Roland Zbigniew, Keeper of Lost Petals

Sidewalk chalk drawing of a yellow flower with several fallen petals being collected by a concerned hamster. The center of the flower is a utility cover.

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

September is here and I’m out and about again in various guises … On 12th, it’s an evening of poetry and music with The Catenary Wires at the Ramsgate Music Hall. It’s our first gig together. There’s only 50 tickets left so grab them while you can.

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the calendar flipped
with a gust
of air and August
was no longer there

in swept the song
of spry September
with its breezy back-to-school
septimbre

Brian Bilston

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Kim Nichols @anchusa.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

This is the artist, James Cook. He’s an ordinary guy doing an unordinary thing. youtu.be/_bqi2qY918M?...

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Making a Masterpiece... with a Vintage Typewriter

YouTube video by Great Big Story

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Alex Slater @abuckslater.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

This is going to affect translated editions of books too, which authors deserve their copies of.

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Gareth @garethw1.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

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Linda Dunn @dunn4authors.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Happy #Caturday,

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Julie Penman Livesey @liveseyj.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

I just got this junk email. No pun intended when I say, there aren't words. 😦 #amwriting #writingcommunity

Message in body of my email – 'Forget spending weeks writing — Ebook Writer AI lets you create a polished eBook in just 10–15 minutes. Simply enter your topic, and the tool will generate chapters, format the text, add images, and even include affiliate links.

Why choose Ebook Writer AI?

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Perfect for bloggers, coaches, marketers, and anyone who wants to sell knowledge through eBooks.'

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David Zinn @davidzinn.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Fun Summer Fact: Sluggo's eyes double as flotation devices and he can breathe through his soul.

sidewalk chalk drawing of a green stalk-eyed alien wearing flippers and floating inside a jar of water, the lid of which is composed of a manhole cover

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David Zinn @davidzinn.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

In celebration of twelve (or more?) years of my underfoot friends showing up at the Ann Arbor Summer Festival, here's a few pics of them tearing up Ingalls Mall over the years – sometimes literally! I hope to see them tonight (June 24) and June 29 at the Top of the Park! (Greenish fingers crossed)

a chalk drawing of a small green monster and a flying pig playing tug-of-war with a white parking divider

a sidewalk chalk drawing of a small green alien and a flying pig making waffles using a street grate as the wafflemaker

a sidewalk chalk drawing of a small green alien and a flying pig busking with a cigar box ukulele and a tiny piano

a sidewalk chalk drawing of a small green alien and a flying pig looking excited to be at the Ann Arbor Summer Festival

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

The Trevor Project is triple matching donations right now. They work to prevent suicide in LGBTQ youth and are a miraculous organization that Trump just cutoff from the national suicide hotline. www.thetrevorproject.org

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Support Homepage

The Trevor Project is a non-profit suicide prevention organization that provides 24/7 crisis support services, research, and advocacy for LGBTQ+ young people.

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Julie Penman Livesey @liveseyj.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

A brand new member of my backyard neighborhood. The smallest, squee of a baby ground squirrel I've seen yet. #squirrels #critters #nature #california #bluesky

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David Zinn @davidzinn.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

When flying, Sluggo loves to feel the wind in his eyes. (collaboration with a thrown piece of chalk at the Ann Arbor Summer Festival, 2025)

sidewalk chalk drawing of a small green alien riding in a low-flying rocket with his eyes protruding from the ship's windshield. The exhaust of the rocket is composed of flecks from a crushed piece of chalk

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The Planetary Society @planetarysociety.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Today, we delivered a global petition with 20,787 names on it. 20,787 people from all fifty states and around the world raised their voices for NASA. Thank you for adding your name. Thank you for taking a stand to Save NASA Science. 📸 1: NASA/Ben Smegelsky

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Julie Penman Livesey @liveseyj.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Ordered a much taller hanger to keep the ground squirrels from jumping up onto the bird feeder. Yep. That worked. 🙄 #squirrels #bluesky #nature #critters #california

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

A recent study found that for every $1 invested in the National Weather Service, it produces $73 in value to Americans. Not only is the NWS a life-saving government resource, it's actually quite efficient.

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Julie Penman Livesey @liveseyj.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

My son and his best friend are avid D & D players. In the carpool ride to school today, I was accused of being "Gnomist," because I made the assumption that gnomes lived in forests. I don't think I've ever been called "Gnomist" before. I feel ashamed. I won't do it again. #gnomes #D&D #bluesky

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The Planetary Society @planetarysociety.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

BREAKING: The president's budget request just hit Congress, which could usher in a dark age for NASA space science. Congress has the final say, but you can help shape the outcome by adding your name to our global petition. This is just the start of our fight. Sign the petition: planet.ly/petition

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Julie Penman Livesey @liveseyj.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

A new couple have moved into our backyard neighborhood – Dan and Marilyn Quail. I don't expect them to know how to spell potato, either. 🤭 #bluesky #quail #birds #wildlife #backyard

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David Zinn @davidzinn.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

The emergence of Gordon's discovery that he can speak to beetles:

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Julie Penman Livesey @liveseyj.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Oh my gosh, just too much baby critter squeeeee going on in the back yard at the moment. 💗 #squirrels #critters #bluesky #nature

A baby ground squirrel giving their sibling a kiss.

Baby ground squirrel foraging in the back yard.

Baby ground squirrel sitting up straight in deep contemplation.

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Julie Penman Livesey @liveseyj.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Love this time of year, when the new season's youngsters start appearing in the back garden. The mourning doves are particularly vulnerable to hawks, though, which always worries me. #squirrels #doves #nature #spring #bluesky

Mourning doves and ground squirrels, older and youngsters all together on my lawn.

A fledgling mourning dove with two adults – possibly parents?

Fledgling mourning dove relaxing on my lawn.

Two baby ground squirrels chasing each other.

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That Librarian: Amanda Jones @librarianjones.com · 13/05/2025

Another librarian is standing up for herself! If you feel led to do so, consider giving up a snack/treat this week and donating that $5 to my friend Christine. www.gofundme.com/f/legal-supp...

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Donate to Legal Fees for Librarian Christine Beachler, organized by Michelle Vanallsburg

No one should be consistently attacked for doing their job as a schoo… Michelle Vanallsburg needs your support for Legal Fees for Librarian Christine Beachler

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Lindsay Littleson @lindsaylittleson.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Read stories to your children every day and don't stop when they can read by themselves. It will develop empathy, build confidence, increase vocabulary and spark imaginations. You're helping them to fly. www.thebookseller.com/news/very-co...

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'Very concerning' HarperCollins research shows only 43% of under fours are read to frequently

HarperCollins UK today revealed compelling new research to understand children’s increasing disengagement with reading, with fewer than half of under four-year-olds read to frequently.

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E Train Talks Books @etraintalks.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Today’s the BIG DAY OF GIVING! I'm the founder of E Train Talks, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit & I'm on a mission to spread reading joy. My nonprofit is small, but our impact is BIG! 💯 of donations go to giving new books to children in need. Help me reach more kids📚💛 www.bigdayofgiving.org/organization...

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Support E Train Talks, Inc. on GivingEdge

E Train Talks, Inc., is a 501©(3) charitable nonprofit committed to celebrating early literacy and inspiring a lifelong love of reading in children of all ages. Through engaging interviews with childr...

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Dr. Zachary Rubin @rubinallergy.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Autism is not a disease.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you. The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.

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Julie Penman Livesey @liveseyj.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Any squirrel experts out there? Last Spring/Summer our back yard was visited regularly by fox squirrels, but one of them was very tame and would run right down the tree to take food gently from my hand. I named him Clyde. He had a distinctive nick on his left ear that looked permanent... #squirrels

A fox squirrel in a tree eating a pecan. He has a triangle shaped nick in his left ear.

A close up of the triangle nick in the left ear of the squirrel.

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Julie Penman Livesey @liveseyj.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

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Kate Messner @katemessner.com · 07/04/2025

Happy Library Week to all of the public librarians, school library media specialists, and aides who make sure our kiddos have access to the stories they need! We don't tell you often enough how much we appreciate you. Thank you, thank you, thank you. ❤️

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Nicki Washington, Ph.D. @drnickiw.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

If you are an NC resident and voted in November, please check if your name or the names of any family areone of the 60K votes being challenged. If so, confirm ASAP with your Board of Elections. You only have two weeks. The website to check linked in the reply. www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...

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NC Court of Appeals gives over 60,000 challenged voters 15 days to prove eligibility

The majority wrote that, even though they have the authority to completely throw out the contested ballots, they decided to instead mandate a cure period for most of the challenged voters.

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David Zinn @davidzinn.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

The emergence of Marcus, who slept on his antennas funny:

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Some news! A new book is on its way … A Poem for Every Question consists of 100 new poems, written in answer to the curious questions that kids will ask. Questions such as: Are unicorns real? How many stars exploded in the Universe today? Was Blackbeard a real pirate? Can it rain fish?

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

President Trump's executive order to eliminate the Institute of Museum & Library Services would have disastrous effects for communities nationwide. We call on all Americans who value reading & learning to reach out to their elected leaders. Read ALA's full response: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...

ALA response to White House assault on IMLS
To dismiss the mission of an agency that advances opportunity and learning is to dismiss the aspirations and everyday needs of millions of Americans. And those who will feel that loss most keenly live in rural communities. 
As seedbeds of literacy and innovation, our nation’s 125,000 public, school, academic and special libraries deserve more, not less support. Libraries translate 0.003% of the federal budget into programs and services used by more than 1.2 billion people every year. Show Up for Our Libraries, ALA American Library Association, #ForOurLibraries

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Carl Percival @carlpercival.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

It is not just CO2 data, this would be so short sighted, JPL have been waiting to get power to our Ozone LIDAR since the '22 eruption cut off the main power to the site. We have data on the ozone layer going back to 1993

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

π in the sky He'd think about her constantly – well, 22/7 – never completing. He even stopped eating. Then, one day – at 3.14 – a chance meeting. But, sadly, not repeating. #PiDay

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David Zinn @davidzinn.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

The emergence of Hannah and her fallen-leaf potion:

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NormKonyu @normkonyu.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Just a reminder that my forthcoming Kickstarter has a live prelaunch page up and running: EDGAR ALLAN: A Tale of Mystery and Intervention. Sign up for notifications... www.kickstarter.com/projects/nor...

Cover of book with Edgar Allan Poe staring out with ravens flying behind him against a blood red sky and a skull silhouette

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Hugh Pumphrey @hughpumphrey.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Your occasional brief reminder that, even if you do not find that most poetry does anything for you, you should still be following @brianbilston.bsky.social .

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Here I react to the shameful encounter between American leaders and media and the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share. snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...

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Five Failures in the Oval Office (video)

America hurt itself badly today.

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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Word of the day is ‘huff-snuff’ (16th century): a hectoring bully or braggart.

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