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Pip Wren @lollibeepop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A joyous fat bear week to all 🐻

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Garry @thegmcconnachie.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This is why Dolly Parton will be remembered and loved ❤️📚

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Alternative Miniatures @altminiatures.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

If you are a EU citizen, you should contact your representatives, you can use the fight-chat-control web to easily copy their emails: fightchatcontrol.eu And also give feedback on the official form: ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...

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Daniel Benneworth-Gray @danielgray.com · 13/07/2026

Sam Neill on tackling depression and imposter syndrome when you’re between jobs.

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Jen @popgoesthereader.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I'd love to compose a post exploring my favourite 2026 young adult contemporary book covers, which is my favourite genre and I think deserves more love and attention. Would anyone be interested in sponsoring it and placing a permanent ad for your book or service in the post for $40 USD? #BookSky

A stock photo of a paintbrush swirling through a number of different coloured paints.

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Julia Bereciartu @juliabe.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

BOOK COVER ARTISTS QRP with your book covers! 📚✨ #BookCover #kidlit #kidlitart #MGbook

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Viv 🌲 @vivtanner.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

BOOK COVER ARTISTS QRP with your book covers! 📚✨ #BookCover

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JesteniaS @citrusfoam.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

BOOK COVER ARTISTS QRP with your book covers! 📚✨ #BookCover #kidlit #kidlitart

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Michael Dashow @mdashow.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

BOOK COVER ARTISTS QRP with your book covers! 📚✨ #BookCover #MG #middleGrade #kidLit #kidLitArt

A middle grade book cover. A boy of about 12 holds gum in one hand and some dollar bills in the other. He's got short brown hair and a white tee shirt and jeans and is smiling while offering you, the viewer, some gum. Behind him are a short Latino boy with a book in one hand and his finger up his nose. On the other side is a girl with red hair and a school uniform. She's got her arms crossed and is looking disapprovingly at the main character. They all stand in front of a school.
The title reads "Garrett's Ventures - First Profit: Gum" by Garrett Forester. (Small text reads "Turning problems into profits!")

In a dark nighttime hallway with huge arched windows, a girl and a werewolf (also a girl) are sneaking around. Both are wearing school uniforms, although the werewolf's has ripped a bit from her transformation. She has just knocked over a small table and broken a vase and the girl is shushing her. Through one of the large windows, we see more school buildings and a full moon.
The book cover title is "Boarding School Werewolf" by Jo Barnett. At the top of the cover, it says "School can be a transformative experience."

A middle grade book cover, the title of which is "DeepWoods Academy for the Magically Inept. Book 1: Trouble Brewing." The art on the cover shows a panicked apprentice witch (she's human, with pink hair, glasses, and light academia clothing) makes a mess of her cauldron while being calmy advised by an older, wiser witch (who is a bear.)

girl is trying to walk two fluffy samoyeds but has gotten entirely tangled up in the leashes of the two dogs who are happily running circles around her. The title of the book reads "Zoey Crocker, Pet Walker" by Maureen Keene. The title is simple and hand-drawn, and the style of the illustration is colorful and simple.

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Katharina Netolitzky @kathineto.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

BOOK COVER ARTISTS QRP with your book covers! 📚✨ #BookCover

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Maike_illu @maikeillu.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

BOOK COVER ARTISTS QRP with your book covers! 📚✨ #BookCover

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Jen @popgoesthereader.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Pop! Goes The Reader's Most-Anticipated Middle Grade Books: July-September 2026 popgoesthereader.com/40-most-anti... #BookSky #KidLit #MGLit

A collage of 24 middle grade books being published between July-September 2026. Books featured include No Place On Earth by Andrea Beatriz Arango, Spindlewood by Freddie Kölsch, Greta Grimsdark and The Normal New Neighbor by Haley Neil, Riley Dare: Slightly Witchy Sleuth by M.K. England, Remember Me, Daphne by Celia Krampien, Sneaks by Amy Tern, The Burn Beast by Mary Averling, Socks & Secret Quests by Triona Murphy, Level Up by Daka Hermon, Creepy Kid by Caleb Roehrig, The Big Sleepover by Goldy Moldavsky, Baby-Sitter Summer, The Third Period Comeback by E.K. Johnston, The Shapeshifter's Guide To Gym Class by Kai Cheng Thom, HeartLand by Jilanne Hoffmann, California or Dust by Mindy Nichols Wendell, The Grimlore Game by Kalyn Josephson, Beware The Jacks by Laura Lavoie, Raven, Rising by Christine Hartman Derr, Detective Beans and The Map of Mystery by Li Chen, Merry Christmess by Tegan Quin, Roi and Me and the Double V: A WWII Story by Sandra W. Headen, The Lost Jewels of Room 713 by Jo Beckett-King and Secrets at Sparhawk Point by Anna Rose Johnson.

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Mark Boardman @markboardman.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

study 53 I've had some really cool client work lately so I haven't been keeping up with studies. not sure if that's the best way to organise my day but I can only focus on one project at a time. something to train out or just accept? who knows

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Bree Lundberg @breelundberg.com · 11/06/2026

Since it's heating up outside again a lot of places, I'm going to reshare this little webpage I made a couple summers ago as a guide on keeping your dog cool and how to identify heatstroke! Please feel free to share elsewhere. dogsummer.carrd.co

Cute illustrated white dog on a yellow background, it has its tongue out looking hot. Above it says "Dog days of Summer".

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jen rofé @jenrofe.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

AUTHORS! Do not, without the explicit permission of an illustrator, upload the art from your book into any AI system to create content like trailers for your book. I cannot believe this needs to be said AND HERE WE ARE.

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Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

On the one-year anniversary of EMPIRE OF AI, I am so, so excited to announce The AI Resist List, a new project that documents examples of resistance to the AI empires around the world 😍 airesistlist.org

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Artcher| looking for work! @artcher.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

I love how they're just little dudes walking to their destinations

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Eliot 🌳 @eliotbaum.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

still quite fond of these character classes I did for The Hidden Isle: the Swindler and the Scholar

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heikala.bsky.social @heikala.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Midsummer Magic ✨

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Victoria Maderna @victoriamaderna.com · 07/05/2026

It's #kidlitartpostcard day and spring keeps springing! 🌼 I'm Victoria, an Argentinian illustrator based in France fond of painting animals, nature & folk tales. Looking for new projects (PB, MG, covers & +)! 🖥️ victoriamaderna.com ✉️ hi@victoriamaderna.com Represented by @jenazantian.bsky.social

A line of anthropomorphic woodland creatures carrying spring flowers. Painted in gouache.
Text reads: Victoria Maderna - hi@victoriamaderna.com - victoriamaderna.com - Represented by Jennifer Azantian

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Paraply @paraplyshop.com · 29/04/2026

a reminder for all of my fellow dehydrated babes 🚰 #art #cuteart

illustration on a bright blue background: Nim the light pink bunny drinking water from a bottle with their eyes closed, framed by a heart-shape, ribbons and other decorations and the caption DRINK WATER on a banner underneath

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Yaroslava Apollonova @odnatamyara.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Hello, 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

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Maike_illu @maikeillu.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

I'm quite enjoying doing simpler drawings on my ipad atm.☀️ This was an old sketch from 2020 that I redrew to get more used to procreate.

young woman with a thankful expression hugging her dog

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Maike_illu @maikeillu.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

When skating is the last thing that can make all those dark clouds go away...

Girl with a helmet riding a skateboard. There is a dark cloud around her head. The skateboard glows and makes the cloud go away.

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Teeth 🍯 🦎 @icicleteeth.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Scribble distraction of my Thing 😔

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~Tanisha Cherislin~ @tani269.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

✨Hello! I’m Tanisha & I’m looking for work as a character designer & illustration work! Recently worked on Disney Junior Ariel!Please consider me for your projects!✨ 💼:tanishacherislin.com ✉️:tanichan2691@gmail.com #PortfolioDay #characterdesign #drawingwhileblack #visdev #art #kidlitart

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Abigail Larson @abigaillarson.com · 10/04/2026

Looking for a ~good~ magical boarding school book series for your kids/nieces/nephews? Look no further 🖤 The Labyrinth of Souls series is suitable for middle grade readers who like creepy stuff, magic, and mayhem!

cover art by Abigail Larson for "The Labyrinth of Souls" by Leslie Vedder. Image shows three kids and a ghost cat with a labyrinth in the background

Cover art by Abigail Larson for "The Nowhere Beast" by Leslie Vedder. Image shows a young girl looking over her shoulder at a large shadowy beast faded into the background. Two ghost cats look scared in the foreground

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Teeg (but spooky) @teeketch.art · 05/04/2026

I’ve been in a really weird head space lately, just kind of odd. Thinking about my little candle folks and just trying to get by.

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

From the first trailer of "Forgotten Island" (Dreamworks Animation). Directed by Joel Crawford & Januel Mercado. Inspired by Filipino folklore. >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8RH...

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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

🚨 It looks like the UK government is gearing up to upend copyright law in favour of AI companies, legalising the theft of their work. This is despite creatives' huge protests, and despite previous proposals being roundly rejected by the public. Please spread the word. 🧵 1/4

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Nate Powell @natepowell.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

“Discussion of gender is not sexualization… [nor making] books available to students that represent the diversity of their experiences. Such an interpretation says far more about the adults and the perspectives they’re applying to books than it does about the books or their intended audiences.”

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 26/02/2026

Because of the National driver register, since their licenses are suspended, trans folks cannot move to another state and get a new license until they remove the suspension on their existing Kansas license. They can't even escape this by moving to another state.

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Maia Kobabe @redgoldsparks.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

If you have the means, please donate to the Trans Continental Pipeline right now. They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate and they are overwhelmed with requests. Colorado borders Kansas, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out. tcpipeline.org

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Trans Continental Pipeline

Queer Relocation Nonprofit in Denver, Colorado

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Grace Panetta @gracepanetta.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Alysa Liu telling 60 Minutes “I love struggling, it makes me feel alive” is a legit revolutionary statement from a Bay Area native in a time when copious amounts of time and resources are being put toward convincing us to opt out of experiencing struggle, friction and self-actualization

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Corey Brickley * Blight's Hollow Dot Com @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

I used to use detectors before realizing they are also basically LLMs and hallucinate answers just like any other LLM

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Maike_illu @maikeillu.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

From all the middle grade covers I've done so far I (and therefore manuscripts I've read) Ally's "This Appearing house" is still one of my favorites. It's about experiencing cancer and grief as a kid and have that all packaged in a truly scary but emotional story.💛

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Maike_illu @maikeillu.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

On September 15th the first book of the Riley Dare Trilogy by MK England will release. A story about Escape rooms, D&D and Secret Agents, that I drew the cover for.😊

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Maike_illu @maikeillu.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

On March 3rd 2026 "ABBA" releases, a Little Golden Book I've worked on 2 years ago.

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Maike_illu @maikeillu.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

This january The Little Golden Book Beatles Baby edition released, which shows the colors a bit more nicely than the original version because it’s printed on shiny cardboard. (I totally don’t know the correct term for that )

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Maike_illu @maikeillu.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

I drew a chapter for @joshtierney.bsky.social 's comic Warmblood which you can find here: warmbloodcomic.com

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Maike_illu @maikeillu.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

I'm the worst at posting things I've done ( I don't know why) so let's just do a few little updates right now: The Ripple Effect by Rebecca Caprara released on February 18 2025, but I forgot to mention it here.

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Kris Dobbins @krisdobbinsart.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Called and spoke with Adobe customer support and the guy told me Adobe is discontinuing Animate because apparently the company can't think of any new features to add to the program and they feel it's gotten stale. So they're just GETTING RID OF IT???

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Marco Rogers @polotek.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

People already working hard to prove how perfect Alex Pretti was. To show he didn't "deserve" to be killed. But it's a trap folks. You're only feeding into a dynamic where people who are considered lesser get no protection. You don't have to be an Alex Pretti to deserve to live.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.

1. I am a resident of the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. I am over 18 years of age. I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting.
2. On Saturday, January 24, 2026, at about 8:50 am, I was getting ready to go to work when I heard whistles outside. I knew the whistles meant that ICE agents were in the area, so I decided to check it out on my way to work. I've been involved in observing in my community because it is so important to document what ICE is doing to my neighbors. Connecting to your local community and knowing who your neighbors are is something I profoundly value.
3. I drove to Nicollet Ave. and 26th where I could hear the whistles coming from. I turned south onto Nicollet. There were already several ICE agents there and they'd set up a sort of vehicle convoy on Nicollet and 28th. There were also about 15 observers there, recording and observing ICE.
4. I saw ICE agents surrounding cars and punching car windows. I also saw them stopping vehicles further down Nicollet, so I backed up because I didn't feel safe continuing on.
5. I noticed a man sort of acting to help traffic move more smoothly. He helped me find a place to park. I got out with my whistle and my camera. I went over to him and said something like, "I'm going to film and use my whistle."
6. It seemed like most ICE activity was happening a little farther down the street from us, near 27th. Someone was being thrown to the ground.

7. I started recording. There was an agent by a car across the street. Two observers were a few feet away from the agent, blowing their whistles. One was wearing a backpack.
8. I and the man who was observing and helping direct traffic were standing in the street. There was a phone in the man's hand recording a video.
9. An agent approached and asked us to back up, so I moved slowly back onto the sidewalk.
10. The man stayed in the street, filming as the other observers I mentioned earlier were being forced backward by another ICE agent threatening them with pepper spray. The man went closer to support them as they got threatened, just with his camera out. I didn't see him reach for or hold a gun.
11. Then the ICE agent shoved one of the other observers to the ground. Then he started pepper spraying all three of them directly in the face and all over. The man with the phone put his hands above his head and the agent sprayed him again and pushed him.
12. Then the man tried to help up the woman the ICE agent had shoved to the ground. The ICE agents just kept spraying. More agents came over and grabbed the man who was still trying to help the woman get up. All three of the observers looked to have been badly affected by the pepper spray. I could feel the pepper spray in my eyes.

13. The agents pulled the man on the ground. I didn't see him touch any of them-he wasn't even turned toward them. It didn't look like he was trying to resist, just trying to help the woman up. I didn't see him with a gun. They threw him to the ground. Four or five agents had him on the ground and they just started shooting him. They shot him so many times.
14.1 don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him.
15. The video I recorded of what happened accurately depicts the events leading up to the agents shooting him and several minutes afterwards. The video is attached as Exhibit 1.
16. I have read the statement from DHS about what happened and it is wrong. The man did not approach the agents with a gun. He approached them with a camera. He was just trying to help a woman get up and they took him to the ground.
17. I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don't know what the agents will do when they find me. I do know that they're not telling the truth about what happened. I've heard that other witnesses might have been arrested and taken to the Whipple Building.
18. I am disgusted and gutted at how they are treating my neighbors and my state. I keep alternating between crying and feeling determined it is important to remember the value of documenting injustice. We show up for the people who need us to bear

witness, because it can't just be one group of people bearing the brunt of their tyranny. This is a struggle to protect our freedom and democracy, those things are on the line. He lost his life for those values.
I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct.

Dated and signed on Jan 24, 2026 in Hennepin County, State of Minnesota.

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Maike_illu @maikeillu.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Happy book birthday to Broken Dolls! I was honored to draw the jacket illustration for Ally's third book and because AD David pretty much gives me free rein I took the chance to also illustrate Ally's author pic again, hehe. 👻

Author picture of Ally Malinenko for the book jacket flaps f her new book Broken Dolls. It shows the author with three creepy dolls around her and light coming frombelow to make it extra scary.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 07/08/2025

"A.i." doesn't empower anyone. It strips them of belief in themselves and the power of their own minds and hands and abilities and stories. EVERY KID CAN DRAW. EVERY KID CAN TELL STORIES AND MAKE COMICS. Fuck "A.i." for telling kids lies and making them less-than.

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Ally Ally Oxenfree @allymalinenko.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Loved this Kirkus Review of Broken Dolls “The climax gives young readers a blood-free taste of body horror, and a final stinger keeps the chills alive.” www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

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BROKEN DOLLS | Kirkus Reviews

Grieving sisters are hunted by haunted dolls.

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