Only date people who make you feel like when your best friend gives you incredible news about their life.
@as-king
Author of books. Maker of art. Speaker of speeches. Part squid/part earthquake. Literacy fanatic. Lover of corn. Ardent supporter of teenagers. Founder of π³οΈβπ Gracie's House: www.gracieshouse.com. She/her https://linktr.ee/AS_King
Only date people who make you feel like when your best friend gives you incredible news about their life.
This makes me so happy! Toss that watch! βοΈποΈ
Pulled this out of 2016 for anyone who needs it.
When my neighbors fight and the yelling comes through the walls, and it feels like the walls are bulging from the bad energy and it takes you back to when that was normal. And the dogs bark. And the dogs bark.
Cover of the book: Attack of the black rectangles. The cover depicts many censored crossed out words, only the title of the book is still readable. One of the censored words blocks a young kid's mouth from speaking.
Finished reading the book "Attack of the black squares" from @as-king.bsky.social . It's really good, and gave me food for thought. The book is especially relevant in the time we live in now.
I hope you think so. Because itβs coming.
The dad in that one is a real person. And the mug scene really happened. And the mother and son are safe now.
VERA has a lot of moving parts. Your worry is not unfounded.
Clearly we were both haunted by that guy. π And thank you. πΊ
So many great items up for auction for @as-king.bsky.social's Gracie's House, which helps organizations create, maintain, and protect safe spaces for LGBTQ+ youth in rural areas and offers resources to improve the quality of life for LGBTQ+ youth and their families! givebutter.com/c/V7Anar/auc...
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...
Hi again! It's me with an another installment of the last book I ever thought would get banned--my picture book about a unicorn and kitty who are pals. A quick look at what this school district bizarrely found objectionable. 1/
ICE agents in Queens, New York break down a bedroom door and point guns at a mother & her four US citizen children
They dragged the mother out by her hair while yelling at the kids to βput your hands up, stupid!β
This is tyranny
These kids are traumatized
It was warrantless and no ID was shown.
@gregandree71.bsky.social β I saw this post today and laughed so hard at the βmight be Satanβ part.
Well, my health insurance just more than quadrupled. Itβs more than my mortgage now. For one person. Must be nice to have taxpayers pay your top-notch health insurance for life while actively making decisions that hurt them. Yβall have no bottom.
New book deals announced for @as-king.bsky.social @studioespinosa.bsky.social @sandraproudman.bsky.social + more
Itβs more per month than my mortgage.
Oh damn. Itβs more than quadrupled if they take the subsidies away. Good gods.
Itβs kinda fitting to wake up the morning after Halloween to find my health insurance premium doubled.
You are a rockstar, Martha. Proud to know you and support you until the end of time.
@adinaking.bsky.social is one of my favorite people on planet earth. We are sisters, really. If life was fair, someone would pay our rent for a year and provide a stipend and weβd write a wild thing together. A very wild thing.
Absolutely. I asked my 86 yo dad yesterday if heβd listened to Bad Bunny and he said he saw him on TV at some point. βHe can really sing,β he said. π
Oh yes. Hate is at the core. But donβt the people whining about it notice that itβs a show of how uncultured they are and how they need basic elementary music education?
In my house growing up, my mom listened to a lot of Brasil 66 and Sergio Mendez, as a kid I liked Mozart, and as a teen I fell for Cuban music. A few years ago I fell for German rap. Etc. Music is universal. This Bad Bunny media obsession is just weird.
Itβs all mashed up in the blender of radical self-interest. So many seasonings in this recipe.
Go read this. Itβs possible to change how you think and react to other peopleβs content.
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Libraries provide vital access to information. Especially in times when that access is being threatened. Supporting them no matter the decibel level is where Iβm at.
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Sometimes itβs hard being both hot and smart. π€£
Just sayingβif publishers all got together and gave authors a list of the email and address they would like used on the Anthropic claim form, that would come in really handy.
Pretty sure Iβm not the first person saying this.
To the really nice young woman at the Ren Faire tonight with the obnoxious drunk guy in sunglasses: having to shush your boo during a public show is a red flag. And you are worth more. So much more. β€οΈ