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Vashti Harrison @vashtiharrison.bsky.social · Jun 27

Join me for a signing at #alaac25 on Monday! @lbschool.bsky.social

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Frida Ghitis @fridaghitis.bsky.social · Jun 13

The neighborhood is getting ready for tomorrow

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Vashti Harrison @vashtiharrison.bsky.social · May 19

Peony season

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Vashti Harrison @vashtiharrison.bsky.social · Apr 29

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BookBreak @bookbreak4schools.bsky.social · Apr 27

Incredibly talented author & illustrator @vashtiharrison.bsky.social will be joining us this week to talk about her Caldecott Medal winning book, Big. We can't wait!! This powerful picture book is a must read. On a scale of 1-10, how excited are you? We are off the charts at 11!

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Vashti Harrison @vashtiharrison.bsky.social · Apr 2

What a huge honor! Big was included in Kirkus Reviews list of Best Books of the 21st Century (so far) www.kirkusreviews.com/fiction/best...

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CHOAM Nomsky (frightening) @samthielman.com · Mar 30

didn’t we used to have a word for this

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Mar 27

A sheriff in Mississippi, the highest paid and most powerful public figure in his county, staffed his mother’s commercial chicken farm with inmates from the local jail and used taxpayer-purchased equipment to improve it, an investigation by The New York Times and Mississippi Today found.

Mississippi Sheriff Used Inmate Labor for Family Farm

In Mississippi, incarcerated trusties cleaned chicken houses, fixed cars and installed flooring for the benefit of a local sheriff and his associates, a new investigation found.

www.nytimes.com

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Vashti Harrison @vashtiharrison.bsky.social · Mar 22

Starting at 10:30!

Vashti Harrison @vashtiharrison.bsky.social · Mar 21

Join me for a free virtual event Tomorrow! I’ll be part of The Society of Illustrators Virtual Saturday Stories! I’ll do a live reading and drawing workshop! Register here: societyillustrators.org/event/virtua...

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Vashti Harrison @vashtiharrison.bsky.social · Mar 21

Join me for a free virtual event Tomorrow! I’ll be part of The Society of Illustrators Virtual Saturday Stories! I’ll do a live reading and drawing workshop! Register here: societyillustrators.org/event/virtua...

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Vashti Harrison @vashtiharrison.bsky.social · Mar 21

Join me for a free virtual event Tomorrow! I’ll be part of The Society of Illustrators Virtual Saturday Stories! I’ll do a live reading and drawing workshop! Register here: societyillustrators.org/event/virtua...

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Vashti Harrison @vashtiharrison.bsky.social · Mar 18

Join me for a virtual storytime and art workshop this Saturday with the Society of Illustrators! Free to register: societyillustrators.org/event/virtua...

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Vashti Harrison @vashtiharrison.bsky.social · Mar 16

Posca party

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Brian LaRossa @brianlarossa.com · Mar 5

Hey #kidlit, friendly reminder that tomorrow is #kidlitartpostcard! Last month we set a record on Bluesky with 413 posts.

Take care to use the right hashtag so your work can be found.

I’m planning to scroll the hashtag with @flashes.blue this time around!

💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · Feb 25

Cancelling @joyannreid.bsky.social means the door she held open for the next generation of Black voices will slam shut. Without her, the next her, won't get platformed by white media. That, of course, is why white media pushed her out.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...

The Value of Joy

By canceling Joy Reid’s cable news show, MSNBC has not only silenced a brilliant host: It’s silenced the next Black voice you haven’t yet heard.

www.thenation.com

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Vashti Harrison @vashtiharrison.bsky.social · Feb 26

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Vashti Harrison @vashtiharrison.bsky.social · Feb 26

Heart. Hair. Hands. #bhm days 4,5 and 6.

Black History Month might need to last all year for me to do these posts, but I’m ok w/that. We’re gonna need some timeline cleanses over the next couple months. Take a break from doomscrolling and look at these cuties inspired by my recent school visits.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Feb 23

El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Feb 24

New MSNBC Bloodbath of Non-White Anchors After Joy Reid Forced Out

Jonathan Capehart, Katie Phang, and Ayman Mohyeldin have all lost their shows.

www.thedailybeast.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Feb 23

2/19: MSNBC celebrates its NAACP Image Award and Joy Reid’s book Medgar & Myrlie.

2/22: Trump calls MSNBC a “threat to democracy” after NBCUniversal’s lawsuit settlement.

2/23: Joy Reid ( @joyannreid.bsky.social ) canceled.

When Trump sent the heat, @MSNBC.com bent the knee—AGAIN!

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Feb 3

Putin is full out celebrating our idiocy.

A tweet by Michael McFaul (@McFaul) that reads: "In 2012, when I was the US ambassador to Russia, Putin shut down USAID inside Russia. Why? Because their work supported free markets, democracy, human rights — ie causes that threatened Putin's dictatorship. Shutting down USAID is exactly what autocrats all over the world want."

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Vashti Harrison @vashtiharrison.bsky.social · Feb 3

Hope Island #bhm day 2

#hope #blackhistorymonth

Still working on updating the list, thank you for your suggestions!

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Vashti Harrison @vashtiharrison.bsky.social · Feb 2

If you have some more prompt suggestions please leave some in the comments and I’ll finish the list and maybe find a more specific hashtag.

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Vashti Harrison @vashtiharrison.bsky.social · Feb 2

So maybe in some parts of my life I’ll be staying angry and raising Hell, here I’ll be trying to put the H in #BHM and celebrating Black History and Heritage. Hope you’ll join me.

I’ll try to go live when I can to make some art every day. Hopefully.

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Vashti Harrison @vashtiharrison.bsky.social · Feb 2

We are fighting tyranny, fascism. authoritarianism on top of humanitarian, social and climate crises. It’s too many things. I’m angry. I’m scared. I’m overwhelmed. But I’m not Hopeless. My art has to be Hopeful. It has to have Heart. I want it to Help and Heal.

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Vashti Harrison @vashtiharrison.bsky.social · Feb 2

I’m up late thinking about this. For #BHM this year I wanted to do another drawing challenge. 8 years ago my Black History Month drawings celebrating Black Women were an attempt at joy in the face of patriarchy and racism. This time is different.

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