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Troy Wilson

@troystory.bsky.social

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www.troystory.ca Author of 10 published picture books. (And 10 million unpublished ones.)

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Troy Wilson @troystory.bsky.social · 2d

It's Canadian Thanksgiving, and I'm super-thankful for these kind words.

“A charming tribute to the unrelenting and unconditional acceptance a dog gives.”
– Mike Boldt

“We could all stand to learn to love like a dog loves. Kids do it best, and every kid is going to fall for this book.”
– Adam Rex

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Troy Wilson @troystory.bsky.social · 17m

Mehppy Birthday!

Troy Wilson @troystory.bsky.social · 18m

Captain Amerigoo!

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Hannah Ann Krueger @hanzzkrueger.bsky.social · 1h

#Wicked Week for Red Panda’s #LunchboxSketches 💚💗

✏️🌈✨

#KidLit #KidLitArt

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Troy Wilson @troystory.bsky.social · 1h

If it were indeed a no kinds protest, he'd be right.

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Kayleigh | Developmental Editor ✍🏻📚 @editsinthemargins.com · 1h

"As machine-made books flood online marketplaces, a new UK initiative is introducing an Organic Literature stamp to help readers identify books created by real authors."

Certified organic and AI-free: New stamp for human-written books launches

As machine-made books flood online marketplaces, a new UK initiative is introducing an Organic Literature stamp to help readers identify books created by real authors

www.theguardian.com

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Troy Wilson @troystory.bsky.social · 1h

A bit of difference, for sure.

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The Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 1h

Are you ready for #13BooksofHalloween? Each weekday we'll be highlighting spooktacular new #kidlit. First up, @stephenking.bsky.social + Maurice Sendak's #picturebook HANSEL AND GRETEL @harperkids.bsky.social: www.hornbookguide.com/site/?review... #HornBOO #13DaysofHalloween #HBGuide #HBHerald

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Brian LaRossa @brianlarossa.com · 4h

Hey Illustrators, how about this: please share a screenshot of a WIP. What are you working-on/excited-about right now? Will take a close look at all replies! #kidlit #artshare

💙❤️

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Troy Wilson @troystory.bsky.social · 2h

THIS
THIS
THIS
THISSSSSSSSSSS

Micah @rincewind.run · 5h

I have been to two No Kings protests and they are filled with normies and people with funny signs and families and they are just the most wholesome protests imaginable

that's all people are going to see, man - their friends and neighbors out there saying we don't want this

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Johnson: "We call it the Hate America Rally that will happen Saturday. Let's see who shows up for that. I bet you you'll see Hamas supporters, I bet you'll see antifa types, I bet you'll see Marxists on full display, people who don't want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic"

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 2h

Any dictionary can be a pocket dictionary with big enough pants.

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Troy Wilson @troystory.bsky.social · 2h

Life is a balancing act.

Take joy in the frogs. But don't forget Epstein. We can do both (and more).

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Troy Wilson @troystory.bsky.social · 2h

I think the cartoon anything/anyone doesn't even count. Because I'm old (and right).

Troy Wilson @troystory.bsky.social · 2h

Ask yourself.

Who really hates America?

Who really hates Kings?

And who really kisses an America-hating king's dumb ass?

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Troy Wilson @troystory.bsky.social · 2h

Dodged a bullet. (Too bad American didn't.)

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 19h

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Troy Wilson @troystory.bsky.social · 2h

The Rogue addition was momentous. She had an established and well-seeded history as an X-Men adversary, while also being someone who could believably turn. Hard to beat that potent mix with later forced and out-of-the-blue additions.
(Though I did also like the Magneto addition for similar reasons.)

Troy Wilson @troystory.bsky.social · 3h

OMG, same.

I need a comics line of Shakespeare plays adapted in various - and beautifully fitting - styles.

Troy Wilson @troystory.bsky.social · 3h

I deleted my X account when Trump got re-elected.

Haven't looked back.

Troy Wilson @troystory.bsky.social · 3h

110%.

See also: I can't bother keeping track of any other time Jean got revived after this godawful, wrongheaded, shit-the-bed installment.

It screwed over not only the death itself, but also some great fake-out resurrection stories.

White-hot hate forever and ever.

And ever.

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Boo-ly, Li'l Ghost Bull 👻🐮 @bullythelsb.bsky.social · 1d

I can't bother keeping track of anybody who joined the team after Rogue.

X-Men Don't Need Britches 💙💛 @rphutch1975.bsky.social · 1d

What's an opinion about X-Men that'll get you sent to jail? Is Jean really interesting or really boring? Should Logan have stayed dead? Do you think a certain x-mens outfit is positively horrendous even though people seem to love it?

The Brood Saga is better than Dark Phoenix imo 🤷

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Troy Wilson @troystory.bsky.social · 3h

That's what she said.

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michaeledward @michaeledward.bsky.social · 3h

#Potholes
Vancouver Island
Sooke, British Columbia #Canada

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Troy Wilson @troystory.bsky.social · 3h

NO MAN IS A SCREAMING GILLIGAN'S ISLAND.

Troy Wilson @troystory.bsky.social · 3h

When protesting thugs and thuggery, don't be thugs and don't commit thuggery. That's how thugs win.

Be smart, be clever, be funny. That's how thugs lose.

(It's not fair, but I hate spitting-throwing-smashing protesters just as much as I hate the thugs.)

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Joel Eisenberg @joeleisenberg.bsky.social · 5h

Whoever created this, take a bow.

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