"Fireworks is distinguished by the way it captures the rhythm of a summer day," Caldecott committee chair Jewel Davis said. "It is a rare book that trusts the quiet, lived-in moments of childhood to be just as spectacular as the main event."
www.slj.com/story/All-Bl...
Something to consider on this Holy Week.
If you’ve ever wondered what you would have done in historical moments where speaking up was required, you’re doing it right now.
You know what? It’s fine. She’s a better cuddler than me anyway 😆 #frenchbulldog
Go Blue! 💙💛 Conference champions!
I’m not crashing out but Doug might be.
Almost every beloved company in recent years that has gone downhill is to save a few bucks to enrich shareholders.
I almost always fly Delta because I live in a Delta hub but every so often I stray from my Delta loyalty and choose Southwest because of their free checked bags policy. No more.
Why would Southwest end a popular policy that set them apart from the industry standard and factored into why many people chose them over other airlines?
Because private equity is ruining everything.
A field of sunflowers beneath a blue sky to symbolize the Ukrainian flag with the words “Slava Ukraini”
Slava Ukraini
John Lewis would have been 85 today. When I think of America’s better angels, John Lewis is at the top of the list. Getting to say I shook hands with him in my lifetime is something that always gets me choked up.
WWJD?
Flip tables.
That’s what He’d do.
If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
Grateful for this extra long weekend for extra cuddle and reading time.
Picture of the cast of Abbott Elementary
I have no doubt that Principal Ava Coleman will work her magic (corruption) to arrange a visit with the Super Bowl champion Eagles at Abbott Elementary since the stadium they’re building is just down the street from the school 😆 Go Birds.
When I decided to take a beginning figure skating class, the feeling of the freedom on an empty sheet of ice was my motivation. Despite being in the very beginning stages of my journey, I felt that freedom today.
This is genuinely an important article. The two main lessons from Hungary appear to be:
DO NOT WAIT
DO NOT UNDERREACT
Authoritarians like Orban and Trump rely on opposition being unwilling to believe that what is happening is actually happening. That’s their window.
www.vox.com/politics/398...
it is hard to be creative in the current climate but folks it is so important - don’t let them steal your joy, your voice, your art
Those of us who:
✅are lifelong students of history
✅read a lot of dystopian lit in the late 2000s & 2010s
✅have impeccable pattern recognition
✅may as well have Cassandra as our middle name
✅are not OK right now
I can’t stop thinking about how air traffic controllers already have a high rate of s**c*d* and I hope the person in charge of flights at DCA on January 29th is getting the mental health help they need.
I went into Hadestown knowing almost nothing about it and left tonight blown away and thinking about how grateful I am for the artistic souls in this world. No, theater is not a “practical” career, but the arts bring beauty and color and meaning into what would be an otherwise mundane existence.
If you are in danger unless you comply with a regime, you are in danger whether you comply or not
One thing I can’t seem to find any information on is if DJT enacts these Tariffs for Canada & Mexico and Canada stops selling us power, what happens to our electricity? Asking from someone in Michigan it will likely directly impact. 😬😩
This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.
I know. I was there in those camps.
OpenAI says it has proof that Deepseek used its work without permission to create something meant to undermine and destroy its product.
On behalf of all the authors whose novels and stories were taken as training data, oh no that must be so hard for you.
A handy guide for how to explain book bans to people who want to understand: bookriot.com/how-to-expla...
Straight to the top on the TBR pile
This is the book I’m rooting for too!
Who will I see at ALA LLX this weekend? I want to make sure I don't miss anyone. <3
If you don’t have dinner plans tonight and you have the means, today would be a great day to patronize your favorite immigrant-owned restaurant.
Kyana is one of my faves. I would also add @ allthingsiceland on Instagram. She’s a Black content creator who moved to Iceland several years ago. @ asasteinars is also another great follow from Iceland.
