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Skylaar Amann

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Artist in Oregon 💙🌊 EXPLODING WHALES IS NOT RECOMMENDED (Norton, 2027)Author-illustrator inspired by the ocean, the natural world, and scientific wonder. Sea hag.🚫No AI. Rep: Lauren Scovel, Laura Gross Literary Agency https://www.skylaaramann.com

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Skylaar Amann @skylaar.bsky.social · Jul 4

🐳🧨Book news! Instead of fireworks, the only thing I’ll be blowing up today is the whale I’m drawing in this book.

Huge thanks to my editor Kristin at Norton and my agent Lauren for believing in this silly book that is very much a real reflection of me. #sciart #marinelife #kidlit

Publishers Marketplace Deal Report. Category: Children’s Picture Books. July 2, 2025.

Skylaar Amann’s EXPLODING WHALES IS NOT RECOMMENDED, based on the real-life event in Oregon in which a town facing the distressing problem of a dead whale on the beach decides the only way to properly handle it is by blowing it up—with woefully unforeseen consequences, to Kristin Allan’s at Norton Young Readers, for publication in winter 2027, by Lauren Scovel at Laura Gross Agency (world).

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Skylaar Amann @skylaar.bsky.social · 6d

Pumpkins 🎃

Two lit jack-o-lanterns on a beige porch at night. One has Xs for eyes and two buck teeth. The other has crescent eyes and a big toothy smile.

Skylaar Amann @skylaar.bsky.social · 9d

October atmospheric river rainbow light

A rainbow peaking through the trees and over a rooftop after a heavy rain in the Pacific Northwest

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 25d

Two Trump judges (Nelson, Bade) on 9th circuit panel really trying to outperform each other in their eagerness to give Trump the ability to deploy the Guard to unwilling states based on events that occurred months earlier. Lotttt of beating up on Oregon's Judge Immergut, who blocked deployments

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Skylaar Amann @skylaar.bsky.social · 25d

Aw that’s so kind of you! Thank you for sharing it and for reading it!

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WIRED @wired.com · Sep 7

The new Google Preferred Sources tool helps you see more of what you want in your search results. www.wired.com/story/wired-...

How to See WIRED in Your Google Searches

The new Google Preferred Sources tool helps you see more of what you want in your search results.

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Louis Peitzman @louispeitzman.bsky.social · Aug 29

God shut the fuck up. Every day is a new AI product I could not have less interest in.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Aug 29

Every time you use ChatGPT or something like it, you’re helping to train an algorithm that is actually being developed to do things like this

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · Aug 29

What a cursed sentence (gift link)

“The A.I. companies selected to oversee the program would have a strong financial incentive to deny claims. Medicare plans to pay them a share of the savings generated from rejections.”