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Polly Farquhar @pollyf.bsky.social · 8h

Congratulations! 🎉

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Lynne Kelly 🐘🐳🐣🐙 @lynnekelly.bsky.social · 10h

Oh hello there, USA Today bestseller list! 💙💙💙

Screenshot from USA Today, showing 3 Blue Hearts at #98. The cover has an oceany scene in shades of purple, with a purple & blue octopus in the middle. The silhouette of a boy in the foreground reaches up to the octopus

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Polly Farquhar @pollyf.bsky.social · 15h

My mom, as a college student getting a degree in Spanish + on a trip to Spain could understand the tour director + bus driver as they spoke Italian to tell the real un-Franco-ed version of her tour.

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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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Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 1d

Well. Things are pretty bad for the current regime. Look who they've pissed off NOW. (Watch to the end, it's not just footage from Portland. Surprise musical guest!)

youtu.be/bw5zxdSObso

A Message From The Frog Resistance

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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Polly Farquhar @pollyf.bsky.social · Aug 26

I'm amazed how writing is always making the same mistakes even when I'm certain I'm making new ones.

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Polly Farquhar @pollyf.bsky.social · 2d

There was a podcast called Slush a few years ago about the business/production end of things. Some stuff I already knew but I remember finding it v interesting!

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Katherine Locke @katherinelocke.bsky.social · 2d

I'm crowdsourcing out of desperation so please be kind.

I'm looking for 2 things for a friend. An adult residential ED program that has scholarships or can help offset cost. And while we look for that, a 🏳️‍🌈 friendly CPTSD therapist in the Loxahatchee, FL.

Please help me save my best friend's life.

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Polly Farquhar @pollyf.bsky.social · 2d

Obligated to say: Damn, I miss that radio station.

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the idea slumlord✨ @mollytanzer.bsky.social · 3d

“Publisher didn’t register copyright”

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 4d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

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hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 4d

"The chancellor approved it"

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E Train Talks Books @etraintalks.bsky.social · 5d

In my new video, I'm celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with Newbery Medal-Winning #kidlit author Meg Medina! youtu.be/_XH1IUKIUlE

Meg’s diverse stories beautifully explore themes of identity, family, culture & growing up, leaving a lasting impression on readers of all ages. Watch & learn more.

My Interview With Author & 2023/24 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, Meg Medina!

YouTube video by E Train Talks: All About Books!

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 4d

It's always good to see priests who still remember there are *seven* Catholic social principles. Also, that noise you hear is the USCCB screeching to the Vatican and getting back nothing, lol

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 4d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Ohioans Against Extremism @ohagainstextremism.bsky.social · 4d

Our #Ohio school board candidate tracker is up and running!

OHAgainstExtremism.org/RedFlags

Are there candidates missing? Email screenshots, links, and other information to [email protected]

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Laurel Snyder @laurelsnyder.bsky.social · 4d

Does anyone know British #kidlit folks who can help me?

I’d like to make a map of children’s book creators who lived/worked in London. Milne & Nesbit & Blake & Streatfield & Travers & Burnett & Barrie &&&…

But someone must have done this before, right? Pass this on and help me find someone?

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Polly Farquhar @pollyf.bsky.social · 5d

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/s...

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, Loyola Basketball Superfan and Team Chaplain, Dies at 106

www.nytimes.com

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Polly Farquhar @pollyf.bsky.social · 5d

LOL, I used to do shots of chocolate milk.

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Polly Farquhar @pollyf.bsky.social · 5d

Just saying you can't universally know how someone's feeling, and even then, you can't predict what someone can do, however they may feel. Also: not our business!

Polly Farquhar @pollyf.bsky.social · 5d

Pro cyclist Kim Le Court-Pienaar won Stage 5 of 2025 Tour De France Femmes while having her period! She said it was "''a superpower'" : "You're in a very beneficial hormonal phase, very good for recovery' after a period.' The release of glycogen, which fuels your muscles, is very beneficial'"

WIRED @wired.com · 5d

Some sports gamblers are trying to predict WNBA players’ performance—and the outcomes of games—based on the athletes’ periods. One betting content creator has dubbed it “blood money." www.wired.com/story/men-ar...

Polly Farquhar @pollyf.bsky.social · 5d

Source: www.cyclingnews.com/news/breakin...

'Breaking the taboo' – Tour de France Femmes riders highlight issues of low rider weight and disrupted menstrual cycles

Cédrine Kerbaol says the sport is in 'a dangerous moment' for rider health as Magdeleine Vallieres and Emma Norsgaard talk about their own their struggles balancing racing weight and menstrual health

www.cyclingnews.com

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Polly Farquhar @pollyf.bsky.social · 5d

Pro cyclist Kim Le Court-Pienaar won Stage 5 of 2025 Tour De France Femmes while having her period! She said it was "''a superpower'" : "You're in a very beneficial hormonal phase, very good for recovery' after a period.' The release of glycogen, which fuels your muscles, is very beneficial'"

WIRED @wired.com · 5d

Some sports gamblers are trying to predict WNBA players’ performance—and the outcomes of games—based on the athletes’ periods. One betting content creator has dubbed it “blood money." www.wired.com/story/men-ar...

Men Are Betting on WNBA Players' Menstrual Cycles

Some sports gamblers are trying to predict WNBA players’ performance—and the outcomes of games—based on the athletes’ periods. One betting content creator has dubbed it “blood money."

www.wired.com

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Polly Farquhar @pollyf.bsky.social · 5d

I'm so glad you liked it! It's so wonderful. (And I thought about it all last weekend when I took my kids to the pumpkin patch...)

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Erin Bow @erinbowbooks.bsky.social · 6d

Writing research question for everyone: do you have a word for the object -- like a stuffed animal or a blanket -- that a young child latches onto and takes everywhere? What is that word, and where are you from?

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Polly Farquhar @pollyf.bsky.social · 6d

Adult from upstate NY raising kids in Ohio: lovey or stuffie.

Polly Farquhar @pollyf.bsky.social · 6d

I brain melded editor and publisher!

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Polly Farquhar @pollyf.bsky.social · 6d

Yes! Thank you. Took be awhile bc I was absolutely convinced her name was Helen. 😂

Polly Farquhar @pollyf.bsky.social · 6d

There's one by a children's book editor and I'm totally drawing a blank and can't find it now. She was Margaret Wise Brown's editor?

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