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she/her/us Blogger. Educator. Librarian. Growing things and telling gma jokes. None of us is free until all of us is free. blogs: Pearl's & Ruby's https://pearlsandrubys.slj.com/ Black Cotton Reviews https://blackcottonreviewers.com/

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 2h

If you're in Georgia and have next weekend free, come by the Cobb County Library Young Adult Author fest! We're gonna have a good time!

Register: www.cobbcounty.gov/events/young...

A flyer for the North Cobb Regional Library Young Adult Author Fest, showing that I am attending. It is on Saturday, October 25th at 12PM EST in at the North Cobb Regional Library. Full info at the link in the post.

a flyer for the full line up of the Young Adult Author Fest which includes

Becky Albertalli, Julian Winters, Auburn Morrow, Terry J. Benton-Walker, Trang Thang Tran, me, Ravynn K. Stringfield, H.D. Hunter, Vania Stoyanova, and Angela Montoya

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 5h

A VERY GOOD UPDATE!!

skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 5h

EVERY BOOK BANNED FROM THE READING BOWL HAS BEEN RESTORED!!!!!

The kids will be able to read and compete over all 20 books. Raising the issue made a difference. Teen advocates made a difference.

docs.google.com/document/u/0...

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cottonquiltsedi.bsky.social @cottonquiltsedi.bsky.social · 5h

Entire offices are being eliminated, including people in senior leadership roles. Staff at the CDC library were included as well

cottonquiltsedi.bsky.social @cottonquiltsedi.bsky.social · 5h

Announcements of departmental layoffs across the federal government came Friday afternoon including workers at CDC, HHS and OMB #payattention
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Mass firings hit CDC

Notices of the Trump administration’s reduction-in-force arrived late Friday, several former and current agency employees told POLITICO.

www.politico.com

cottonquiltsedi.bsky.social @cottonquiltsedi.bsky.social · 1d

TRUTH: Adam Clayton Powell ignited the need for better racial representation in children's books in the 1960s
www.oprahdaily.com/life/a366733...

Literary Agent Marie Brown Re-Wrote Publishing Culture

"A number of white editors with whom I had worked had been offered phenomenal jobs, and when I went on interviews, it was as if I couldn't read."

www.oprahdaily.com

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pimprenelle-41122.bsky.social @pimprenelle-41122.bsky.social · 6d

#challengephotoAday
09/10

Une porte

Celle du jardin des amoureux 💞

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Frédéric Dupont @fred-cm1b.bsky.social · 3d

#FleurisTonFil
#Photography

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Melissa @laneutrina.bsky.social · 3d

Jardin du Luxembourg

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cottonquiltsedi.bsky.social @cottonquiltsedi.bsky.social · 3d

review: The House Next Door by Ellen Oh
pearlsandrubys.slj.com/2025/10/12/r...

review: The House Next Door

The book serves as a gateway to the horror genre for young readers.

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Candice Frederick @candicefrederick.bsky.social · 4d

www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

Library director fired over LGBTQ+ books gets $700,000 from county

Library director fired over LGBTQ+ books gets $700,000 from county

Terri Lesley, a former library director, said she was wrongfully terminated for refusing to bow to county officials’ demands for censorship.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 4d

My publisher’s been very patient. I’m not doing everything I said I’d do to promote this book (out in a few weeks) because I’m an organizer in a city under federal attack. My days are full and emotionally exhausting. Any help getting the word out means a lot. It's a book people need right now.

Read This When Things Fall Apart by Kelly Hayes | Pilsen Community Books

A bundle of letters to activists and organizers on the frontlines in catastrophic times from Let This Radicalize You co-author Kelly Hayes In social movements, some heartbreaks are all but inevitable.

www.pilsencommunitybooks.com

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Susan Fallow @susaretow.bsky.social · 4d

Autumn Glow

#BlueSkyArtShow
#Glow
#aiphotography

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Jennifer 🪷 @calypsogirl.bsky.social · 6d

Autumn time in Rocky Mountain National Park, near the Alluvial Fan.
#autumn #alluvialfan #rmnp #rockymountainnationalpark #amateurphotography

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cottonquiltsedi.bsky.social @cottonquiltsedi.bsky.social · 4d

It's still to hot for trees to change in IN so I'm falling into a Blusky autumn

Pixels&AlchemyPhotography @pixelsandalchemy.bsky.social · 5d

#Sweetgum #FallColor 2
#Autumn #Leaves #Photography

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Aleesia @aleesia27.bsky.social · 5d

I prefer taking the road less travelled when I’m in my autumn-mobile. 😊🍂

#Scape #ForestFriday #fall #clouds #sky #31DaysOfHalloween #trees #autumn

Driving down a winding country road during autumn. The leaves are changing colours, and there are mountains and trees in the distance. The sky is blue with several clouds.

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xXacidnekoXx @xxacidnekoxx.bsky.social · 5d

It's autumn for my lps too!

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danschyk @danschyk.bsky.social · 7d

Black bear in autumn

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Branacos @branacos.bsky.social · 4d

Hareshaw Linn in October

#nature #naturephotography #autumn #northumberland

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Dorota @dorotapawlak.bsky.social · 5d

Happy Friday everyone!

#ForestFriday #EastCoastKin #scape #treescape #hiking #photography #nature #trees #VancouverIsland #Autumn #PhotographersOfBlueSky

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cottonquiltsedi.bsky.social @cottonquiltsedi.bsky.social · 4d

There was a time when the lack of representation on this list of books being made to film would have been passed around in mass emails,openly destroyed on the socials & possibly reconsidered.It's the straightest, whitest list I've seen in a long long time.

www.kirkusreviews.com/book-lists/3...

30 Books Being Adapted for the Screen | Kirkus Reviews

Weekly book lists of exciting new releases, bestsellers, classics, and more. The lists are curated by the editors of Kirkus Reviews.

www.kirkusreviews.com

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Franky Sinatra with sister Nancy @frankysinatra.bsky.social · 6d

Dad is gone. Raid the garden!

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Rose @pandorathevolva.bsky.social · 6d

I’m behind on gardening but the overgrown skeleton trellis has its charm

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Dan J Kroll @danjkroll.bsky.social · 8d

The roses are still hanging on again this year, too. Last year I was cutting blooms until at least Thanksgiving! #gardens #gardening #Bloomscrolling 🌱

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Lajfun @lajfun.bsky.social · 8d

#Flowers #Photography #Nature #Gardening

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Maca Iglesias🇺🇸Thank You, President Biden🇺🇸 @rotterdamvvg.bsky.social · Aug 5

I am proud to launch our first #OnYourSide #ATuLado starter pack.

It features relevant democratic accounts to follow to stay informed about our political landscape and grassroots accounts that support our immigrant communities.

Follow and reply with our tag to be included next!
go.bsky.app/5oXip4e

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