The data economy has made us dumber in ways that also make us vulnerable to authoritarian takover. We are have become both cynical and gullible in the sense we think we are too jaded be fooled and as a result are tricked more easily www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
I find the news very frightening right now, but one thing that helps me is noticing the birds all around me
Do you want a reason to spend 10 minutes a day noticing your local birds? Then join me for this spring’s #TenMinMerlin, using the (free) app Merlin to notice birds. No experience needed!
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There should be an Earth for people who don't hate all living things
Epistemic vigilance is a concept developed by Sperber et al. describing how we guard against the possibility that other people might misinform us.
Two key points in this literature:
1. We need to scrutinize the content of messages
2. We need to scrutinize the source of messages
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A word on the prevalence and prominence of nonprofessional actors in some of the year's best movies, with a look back at precedents distant and recent (including Licorice Pizza):
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Cleopatra lived closer in time to 'yeet' being in the dictionary than to the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
In our ongoing quest to help the 3-year old understand wtf is going on in Minnesota right now - The Sweater by @larissatheule.bsky.social was a very sweet story of mutual aid and a community coming together to support a newcomer.
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THE SWEATER picture book five starred review banner and quote image
Happy #BookBirthday to THE SWEATER by Larissa Theule and illustrated by Teagan White! This beautiful picture book Illustrates the transformative role a community can play in caring for its members.
With ✨five stars,✨ it is a powerful and poignant tale of compassion and acceptance.
Fuck ICE
Kids deserve to stay safe. When they are marching peacefully with their parents. When they are at school. When they are trying to learn and love and get through the day and do the right thing. In every country in the world. No matter their background, language, or beliefs. Kids deserve to stay safe.
While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
Collage of ALA Youth Media Award honorees. ALA Youth Media Awards: The top books and digital media for children and young adults. The 2026 ALA Youth Media Award honorees—featuring the Newbery, Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Printz, and more—have been announced Check out the books young readers will be talking about all year
Dear young readers,
Sorry not sorry for all the extra reading, but you aren't going to want to miss any of these winning YMA titles. Check out the full list and max out your library holds.
Sincerely, ALA
ilovelibraries.org/article/2026...
#ALAyma
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Don’t let go of anyone’s hand
‘Asterisk’ comes from a Geek word meaning “little star.”
*Greek
You know what’s a really cute word?
sundae
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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The review angels are being wonderfully kind and generous to The Sweater. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
GLASS: LOOKING IN, LOOKING OUT (@candlewickpress.bsky.social) by @larissatheule.bsky.social; illus. by Victoria Tentler-Krylov will receive a starred review in the January/February 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/januar...
★ “Offering community care alongside space to heal is the gentle model animating” the picture book THE SWEATER, a “compassionate woodland tale” from Larissa Theule and illustrator Teagan White
is it finally mueller time
Boo.
Unless I absolutely must for professional reasons, I will not be watching your nuclear war movie. I will not be watching your incredibly bleak and depressing murder show. I will not be watching your artistic despair. It’s nothing personal, I just don’t order water when I’m already bailing my boat.
Colour portrait of Le Guin in her home.
Remembering Ursula Le Guin on her birthday 🎂
📷 Dan Tuffs, 2005
"We like to think we live in daylight, but half the world is always dark, & fantasy, like poetry, speaks the language of the night."
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Happy Book Birthday to @larissatheule.bsky.social & TOVE UNDER THE TREE!
Hurray for our Tove! <3
Happy Book Birthday Dance to "Tove Under the Tree" written by @larissatheule.bsky.social and published by Candlewick
Out in bookstores everywhere! And if you order from Books of Wonder, you can get free stickers!
