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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 06/10/2026

Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 06/10/2026

I am directing the State Threat Assessment Center to actively monitor the situation in the event that foreign actors interpret the President’s remarks as an invitation to target California.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 06/10/2026

Donald Trump’s remarks were dangerous — if not treasonous — putting a target on two of our biggest cities and one of America’s largest naval hubs.

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Harold Underdown @hunderdown.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

OMG. That is appalling. She has also said goodbye to that level of support for her future books...

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Cheryl B. Klein @cherylklein.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I just got an email from an adult nonfiction author I follow who announced she’s decided to cancel her book tour this month because she wants to trust herself and let things be easy … and I am SO, SO MAD AT HER. Like, lady, WTF? That tour represents already hundreds of hours of work by >

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

There are also no independent scientists, engineers, researchers, or other AI experts present at the meeting. Total regulatory capture.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

There are NO Democratic Party leaders at the table for a meeting on an issue that is too important to be made partisan.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

What could go wrong

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

*Four* acts have now withdrawn from Ed Sheeran’s tour in rapid succession: FINNEAS Lukas Graham Beoga Aaron Rowe

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Shirley Ng-Benitez @shirleyngbenitez.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

R. Rep Massie of Kentucky filing Aricles of Impeachment rn for Pete Hegseth for High Crimes and Misdemeanors. 👏

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ᴢᴇɴ sɪᴍᴍᴏɴs @killlthehype.blacksky.app · 14/09/2026

Macklemore just fried Ed Sheeran on IG 😬

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Shortly afterwards, Altman of OpenAI agreed. And shortly after that, Elon Musk also agreed. Imma just say it..... something terrible has happened that the public doesnt know about yet

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Dev Petty @devpetty.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Bluesky friends. My daughter is progressive and fiery and empathetic and she wants to devote herself to public and civil rights law. She takes her LSAT tomorrow so you all are gonna send her some good ass vibes because she’s going to go do the thing. The good thing. She is. Thank you. ❤️

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

⚠️ 9/11 widow Terry Strada just called out Saudi Arabia’s role in the attacks and confronted the memorial ceremony attendees from multiple administrations about their broken promises and complicity in protecting KSA instead of delivering justice:

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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

🚨 YOSEMITE The numbers don't lie. Look at the momentum we've built to stop the Yosemite giveaway: Aug 30 — 682 letters Sep 1 — 3,615 Sep 3 — 5,998 Today — 7,338 This exact surge is why the people pushing this corrupt deal are starting to panic. Help us hit 10,000 and kill it for good: 👇

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Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Yosemite Giveaway

Contact Congress today!

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 03/09/2026

More people have died from 9/11 than on 9/11. This memorial park seeks to remember the people lost and those still dying of 9/11 toxic dust.

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The Other 9/11 Memorial

One man's fight to commemorate the 9/11 health disasters that, for many responders, have never ended.

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New York Amsterdam News @nyamnews.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Frederick Douglass escaped slavery in under 24 hours, disguised as a sailor. He went on to become the most photographed man of the 19th century — more than Lincoln. See more: bit.ly/4gyAeR0 #FrederickDouglass #BlackHistory

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Wow.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The situation in Haiti is terrifying. On Sunday, 150 gunmen swept down on a town to kill, rape, loot, and burn. 22 people were executed in a churchyard. 52 were taken hostage. Stephen Miller mockingly says Haiti is safe and ICE just sent its second deportation flight this month; with kids on board.

They arrived in silence, under cover of darkness, heavily armed as they surrounded the town and moved through Kenscoff’s rugged terrain and towering forests in the mountains above the Haitian capital. Numbering around 150, the gunmen swept through several locations as they made their way toward the center of the town, opening fire on resident who tried to flee. At least 13 people were shot and killed as the gunmen ran through downtown, according to an account by the United Nations human rights office. As more than 50 others sought refuge in L’Arche de la Nouvelle Alliance, a Protestant church that had been sheltering people already displaced by the violence, the gunmen pursued them. When they arrive, they forced residents from the church and executed 22 of them in its courtyard. A dozen others were killed behind the sanctuary. The attackers didn’t just stop there. Before withdrawing from downtown, an area encompassing City Hall and a Haiti National Police substation, they abducted at least 52 people, including a mother and her five children, as well as another mother and her infant. Children and elderly who could not run were killed inside their homes. Others were burned alive after gunmen set at least a dozen houses on fire, witnesses told the National Human Rights Defense Network. The attackers also shot horses and other livestock inside the rural enclave.

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 27/08/2026

Heh....I should point out that CCBC's post referred to the archives. My sis has been in the biz far longer than I have! You can find out more about her books here: www.ruthohi.com

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www.RuthOhi.com

Ruth Ohi is a Japanese Canadian picture book writer and illustrator. Ohi has illustrated over 60 books, 23 of which she is also the author. Ohi can be found on Instagram @RuthOhi Twitter @Ruth_Ohi Fac...

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 27/08/2026

Woohoo, my sister!!! ❤️💛💙💚🧡

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jonamorem 🇿🇦🇨🇦 @jonathanmoremi.com · 27/08/2026

As good as this news is, since when is it not good practice in journalism to not only say THAT someone has died, but also WHERE? (Spoiler alert: The Hague.) Why, as a subscriber, do I have to get such information from another source, NYT?!

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Kendra, spooky version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Tim Curry and Dolly Parton have taught us not only that you should be bigger, weirder, gayer, and freakier, but also that those qualities are what people will love about you. The things that make you strange and amazing are the things that will resonate with other strange and amazing people

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Dev Petty @devpetty.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Happy International Dog Day! Go foster a dog! Sometimes they just need a short term foster- days, a week so a rescue can pull the dog and get a plan together before the dog is put down for space. Fostering saves lives. ❤️ Here is Martha, fresh out of foster and into our lives.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I appreciate that Dolly Parton refused to participate in "dress respectability" and, by her own account, modeled her aesthetic after a town "tramp," who she thought was beautiful. She separated aesthetics from character and understood "classiness" to be about how you treat people, not how you dress.

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Drew Scanlon @drewscanlon.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE. If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease! Donate at blinkingguy.com

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

These are neighbors, library friends seeking help from a hospital following a car accident. Grace Calero and Giulianna Carriel Calero were, they are worthy of empathy, worthy of care. Human decency. Abolish ICE ❤️‍🩹 [Via Jessenia Hatti Barrett]

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Alejandro Arbona 🇵🇷 @alejandrobot.com · 21/08/2026

Shocking and very sad to hear about the death of Dave Lanphear, the amazing letterer of Immortal Iron Fist, and Fantastic Four in…¡Isla de la Muerte! (among countless others), two comics that still rank among my career highlights to this day. Great guy, genius letterer, a true artist and craftsman.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 22/08/2026

And since Trump and Republicans don’t really care about the Constitution: Obama 2028.

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Cheryl B. Klein @cherylklein.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Hey MG & YA writers! I'm doing a session on revision for the @lkbfstorytellers.bsky.social conference in September, and I'd love to know: What revision notes are YOU getting most commonly or struggling with? What do you want to know from an editor now? AMA, as all is useful . . .

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Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

SCHOOL BOARD SLATE: WON. GOODBYE MOMS FOR LIBERTY. We knocked doors all summer in these districts.

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Join us for #AskDV on SEPT 17, 2026 @ 4-5PM ET on Bluesky for a Q&A before #DVpit with agents @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social @allielevick.bsky.social @mwhatnall.bsky.social @tinyfairyhunter.bsky.social ! Post your questions on bsky with #AskDV on 9/17 @ 4-5PM ET For rules: dvpit.carrd.co/#askdv

Thursday, September 17 2026 @ 1pm - 2pm Pacific / 4pm - 5pm Eastern

#AskDV

Join us on Bluesky for a Q&A with agents before #DVpit!

To participate, post your questions on Bluesky with the #AskDV hashtag between
1-2PM Pacific/4-5PM Eastern on September 17, 2026. Agents will be looking through the hashtag for questions to answer.

for rules & info: dvpit.carrd.co/#askdv

Alexandra Levick
Eric Smith
Paula Weiman
Michaela What’ll

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Harold Underdown @hunderdown.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I don't see illustrator or author credits. Can you confirm the stories and art are not ai-generated?

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Watching the Knox county school board get flipped blue is a much bigger deal than I think a lot of people realize. That board was banning books like crazy. I'm delighted that they've eaten shit, electorally.

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Tina Hoggatt @thoggatt.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

This girl. Also, go check out the #KidLitArtPostcard thread. It's joyful.

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Marie-Helene Babin @mhbabin.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Happy #kidlitartpostcard Day! ☀️ Im a canadian picturebook illustrator and currently open to new projects! I love stories filled with nature, animals, whimsical, and magic, whether they are fiction or non-fiction. Also seeking representation! ⭐️ Portfolio www.mhbabin.com #picturebookillustration

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/08/2026

BREAKING: Judge Sullivan isn't buying what Todd Blanche is selling in the @katiephang.bsky.social lawsuit. After reviewing Blanche's unredacted Epstein files in camera, Sullivan is ordering a HEARING to discuss the following: 1/

Upon consideration of the Defendant’s responses to the
Court’s Orders of June 25, 2026 and July 25, 2026, and the
Court’s in camera review of the documents submitted, it is
hereby
ORDERED that a status hearing shall take place at 1:00 pm
on August 13, 2026 in Courtroom 24A; and it is further
ORDERED that the parties shall be prepared to discuss the
following issues:

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Agathe Chave-Lucas 🇫🇷🇪🇸 @agathechavelucas.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Cats and tigers share 96% of their genes and I never had trouble believing it with Boreas … #caturday

A black cat yawning inside a circular bookshelf, surrounded by books and CDs.

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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

we should charge the C-suite with fraud and theft if they take a tax credit meant to keep people employed and then cut staff anyway.

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Frank Catalano @frankcatalano.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Mass shooting reported at Seattle Center during the Bite of Seattle. Details are sketchy, but the Seattle Times has put up a live blog. Horrifying. We used to walk to the Bite every year from the Magnolia neighborhood. It's a huge, family-friendly event. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

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Live: Shooting reported at Bite of Seattle, police report ‘multiple’ victims

Police and ambulances were responding to a shooting Sunday with “multiple” victims at Seattle Center, according to the Seattle Police Department.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Incredible work here from @katiephang.bsky.social!

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

You can kill a French vampire with a baguette. It's a painstaking process but it works.

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