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Daniel José Older

@djolder.bsky.social

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Writer of books and comics. Story architect for STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC ✨ he/him https://www.danieljoseolder.net/

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Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · May 17

Over on the Stack, I'm launching a webcomic next month and other updates
open.substack.com/pub/danieljo...

Midyear/New Change of Gear

A webcomic is on the way, f%$#^@ing finally!

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BDS movement @bdsmovement.bsky.social · 3d

Boycott, Divest, Sanction: A ceasefire today will not stop Israel’s genocide against Palestinians, only meaningful accountability will.

Our work is not done!

Read more: loom.ly/TsJOHwo

Boycott, Divest, Sanction: A ceasefire today will not stop Israel’s genocide against Palestinians, only meaningful accountability will.

Our work is not done! The BDS movement calls on our millions of supporters worldwide to escalate pressure to end Israel’s genocide and its decades-old regime of settler-colonialism, apartheid, and ill...

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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.bsky.social · 1d

The Democrats are voting LOCK STEP with Republicans.

But you dare lecture people on blind loyalty to that party for “the greater good?”

Eat glass

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Beste Filiz @beste-filiz.bsky.social · 1d

Danielle Monique is amazing and her story with SCBWI needs to be heard

Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · Jan 4

The Society of Childrens Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) planned to put out a statement supporting Israel while it commits genocide. Danielle Monique spoke up and was fired for insubordination. We have to do better in the kid lit community.

A call to action: Our organizing sister Danielle Monique has posted this brave and insightful essay on her experience working at the Society of Childrens Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI). We salute her courage and honesty.

KEY POINTS INCLUDE:

—SCBWI leadership planned to put out a post supporting Israel as it was committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

—After Daniel Monqiue spoke about this and other forms of zionism and racism at the org, SCBWI fired her for “insubordination.”

— The CA Civil Rights Board has opened a case on SCBWI related to this

While this is not a call for a full boycott of SCBWI, we urge members of the kid lit community to consider how we use our platforms, who we uplift, what messages we're sending with our words and actions. SPEAK OUT!

Over a year ago the children of Gaza held a press conference to beg the world to stop the genocide against them. The world, including SCBWI and PEN America, ignored them. But we don't have to.
SPEAK OUT!

We believe the kid lit community needs to have an open, honest dialogue about organizations that represent us openly supporting genocide, including the murder of tens of thousands of children, and internally punishing pro-Palestinian voices.

We cannot claim to be on the side of humanity, or children, or freedom, on the one hand and support all the opposite things with our actions.

When we continue to invest our energy, time, money, creativity, and names to organizations that support genocide, we deepen our own complicity and help whitewash the ongoing atrocities

We believe we can do better, as authors, illustrators, readers, publishers, a community, we can do better.
We can choose where we give our resources, how we speak out, how we respond to silence and silencing.

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Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · 1d

Please help

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Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you so much! Always love working with you

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 3d

The IDF took 3D animations from the Scottish Maritime Museum, a cyberpunk project and other places to make shit up about Gaza, Lebanon and Iran and these were reproduced in international outlets for the past 2 years.

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 4d

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 5d

You can also be like my mom and order Angelica and the Bear Prince, in fact!!! It’s out now! 🐻‍❄️

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🏳️‍⚧️ Nɯvꝡɩɛl 🏳️‍⚧️ @nuvy-iel.bsky.social · 5d

Please help Sakher!

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Reacher from the Jack Lagoon @daltondeschain.com · 10d

AI actress Tilly Norwood has tragically passed away while filming her first movie with director A Hologram of John Landis

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Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · 5d

Please help

Eslam family❤️🕊️ @aass96.bsky.social · 6d

My mental health has been severely damaged. I can't stand life anymore. This is what happened to my three children because of the rocket fire. Please, I need your compassion. Please share and donate.
💔🙏🥺
gofund.me/5e802954

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Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · 6d

Help please

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Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you!

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Donovan McComish @donovanmccomish.bsky.social · 6d

Still woefully behind on my #HighRepublic reading, but I did finish ‘Escape From Valo’ yesterday and this passage really stayed with me. The authors behind this era are just so good at these moments of emotional profundity. 😊📖 #StarWars @djolder.bsky.social @crashwong.bsky.social

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Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · 6d

There are two smaller ones nearby so it forms this cool triptych

Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · 6d

It's one of the coolest things I've ever seen

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Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · 6d

Of course

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Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · 6d

Please share: 24-HOUR BIRTHDAY DRIVE 💡My ONE wish today is to help high school students in Gaza City take their exams 💛

We’re matching 100 to help Spark Space host these kids with internet & electricity—under bombs and ground invasion. Match their bravery.

209/1000 chuffed.org/project/spar...

A golden graphic titled “Sabr for Spark Space.” The background has a watercolor effect. The text says: “Spark Space is bringing free internet and electricity to dozens of high school students for their tawjihi exams this week—among bombing, mass displacement, and ground invasion in Gaza City, this is an act of resistance to ethnic cleansing. We're meeting their sabr (patience) with our boldness: help keep the lights on. linktr.ee/sparkworkspace.” Next to the text is an illustration of a cactus pear in yellow and green.

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Space Witches, Esq. @popelizbet.bsky.social · 7d

@djolder.bsky.social has a YA historic sci-fi YA trilogy for that - #DactylHillSquad

Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 7d

sci-fi has gotta bring back dudes riding pterodactyls, that was a whole vibe

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 8d

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How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports

AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

www.consumerreports.org

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#ProtectJhordin ❤️ @xchemoni.blacksky.app · 9d

Help free Jhordin of the familial abuse they've been facing for years.

14% of progress has been made so far. Please contribute:

• gfm: gofund.me/8fc4a39f
• ca: cash.app/$discobops
• pp: paypal.me/br4tzcore
• vm: venmo.com/urdream333

Repeated text that reads "help Jhordin escape abuse" with a cutout image of Marlene Clark smelling a rose from the movie Ganja & Hess in front of the text, a black line border, and a white background.

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Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 10d

tbt the time a drunk was trying to insult one of the bouncers on the high street and got the devastating response "oh look, someone who doesn't matter has said something that isn't true". I often think about this when not replying to tweets

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Jordan! @jordanjamboree.bsky.social · 11d

this is the CEO of the website in response to a trans person asking to ban a notable transphobe and pedophile apologist

Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 11d

WAFFLES

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