Melissa Cole
@mcolewrites.bsky.social
Writer of short stories and novels. VCFA MFA. Lover of dogs, sea turtles, and capybaras. Practitioner of yoga. Home in the mountains and often missing the ocean.
Not sure I've ever seen a Roberts opinion that's so just plain stupid. This is not a case of "routinely" subjecting a President's acts to judicial scrutiny. Unlike civil cases, criminal prosecutions require the DOJ or state attorney general to submit sufficient evidence to a grand jury to indict.
July 1, 2024 at 3:10 PM
Not sure I've ever seen a Roberts opinion that's so just plain stupid. This is not a case of "routinely" subjecting a President's acts to judicial scrutiny. Unlike civil cases, criminal prosecutions require the DOJ or state attorney general to submit sufficient evidence to a grand jury to indict.
Anyone else notice the chess moves in Kavanaugh's mifepristone ruling? Making it harder to challenge the loosening of gun regulations really jumped out at me. Also, continuing to normalize originalism and bad historiography.
#SCOTUS #reproductiverights #reproductivefreedom
#SCOTUS #reproductiverights #reproductivefreedom
June 13, 2024 at 3:11 PM
Anyone else notice the chess moves in Kavanaugh's mifepristone ruling? Making it harder to challenge the loosening of gun regulations really jumped out at me. Also, continuing to normalize originalism and bad historiography.
#SCOTUS #reproductiverights #reproductivefreedom
#SCOTUS #reproductiverights #reproductivefreedom
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Hey #kidlitchat: If any of you are actively maintaining a kidlit-focused list, pls reply to this thread: bsky.app/profile/debb...
@charlenedraws.bsky.social @boringstorybook.com & I are looking for Lists to input into a mega KidLit feed to help new Bluesky kidlit people!
@charlenedraws.bsky.social @boringstorybook.com & I are looking for Lists to input into a mega KidLit feed to help new Bluesky kidlit people!
PLS SHARE: If anyone in #KidLit community is actively maintaining a Bluesky LIST of people (incl. specific or local-focused), pls post brief description & link to your LIST below?
Could be a kidlit launch group, SCBWI or other regional group, etc Doesn't have to be Official but pls read 🧵👇🏼
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Could be a kidlit launch group, SCBWI or other regional group, etc Doesn't have to be Official but pls read 🧵👇🏼
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June 12, 2024 at 1:58 AM
Hey #kidlitchat: If any of you are actively maintaining a kidlit-focused list, pls reply to this thread: bsky.app/profile/debb...
@charlenedraws.bsky.social @boringstorybook.com & I are looking for Lists to input into a mega KidLit feed to help new Bluesky kidlit people!
@charlenedraws.bsky.social @boringstorybook.com & I are looking for Lists to input into a mega KidLit feed to help new Bluesky kidlit people!
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9 Juneteenth Children’s Books
buff.ly/3Q8C7Vf via @pragmaticmom
#ReadYourWorld #Juneteenth #KidLit #picturebooks
buff.ly/3Q8C7Vf via @pragmaticmom
#ReadYourWorld #Juneteenth #KidLit #picturebooks
9 Juneteenth Children’s Books
Juneteenth gets its name from the combination of June and Nineteenth and is celebrated annually on June 19. It's also called Emancipation Day and Freedom Day. Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation P...
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June 10, 2024 at 12:16 PM
9 Juneteenth Children’s Books
buff.ly/3Q8C7Vf via @pragmaticmom
#ReadYourWorld #Juneteenth #KidLit #picturebooks
buff.ly/3Q8C7Vf via @pragmaticmom
#ReadYourWorld #Juneteenth #KidLit #picturebooks
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All nine Republican senators running for reelection this year just voted against the right to contraception:
John Barrasso
Marsha Blackburn
Kevin Cramer
Ted Cruz
Deb Fischer
Josh Hawley
Pete Ricketts
Rick Scott
Roger Wicker
So much for the party of "freedom."
John Barrasso
Marsha Blackburn
Kevin Cramer
Ted Cruz
Deb Fischer
Josh Hawley
Pete Ricketts
Rick Scott
Roger Wicker
So much for the party of "freedom."
June 5, 2024 at 8:58 PM
All nine Republican senators running for reelection this year just voted against the right to contraception:
John Barrasso
Marsha Blackburn
Kevin Cramer
Ted Cruz
Deb Fischer
Josh Hawley
Pete Ricketts
Rick Scott
Roger Wicker
So much for the party of "freedom."
John Barrasso
Marsha Blackburn
Kevin Cramer
Ted Cruz
Deb Fischer
Josh Hawley
Pete Ricketts
Rick Scott
Roger Wicker
So much for the party of "freedom."
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Authors & Publishers posting about illustrated books, pls credit the ILLUSTRATOR.
Doing a #CoverReveal? Credit illustrator & designer. Not only are you helping boost the artist but it shows people that you or your publisher hired a HUMAN artist.
#PicturesMeanBusiness Art @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social
Doing a #CoverReveal? Credit illustrator & designer. Not only are you helping boost the artist but it shows people that you or your publisher hired a HUMAN artist.
#PicturesMeanBusiness Art @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social
June 4, 2024 at 3:36 PM
Authors & Publishers posting about illustrated books, pls credit the ILLUSTRATOR.
Doing a #CoverReveal? Credit illustrator & designer. Not only are you helping boost the artist but it shows people that you or your publisher hired a HUMAN artist.
#PicturesMeanBusiness Art @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social
Doing a #CoverReveal? Credit illustrator & designer. Not only are you helping boost the artist but it shows people that you or your publisher hired a HUMAN artist.
#PicturesMeanBusiness Art @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social
@profmmurray.bsky.social, I agree that naming the Marthatini this summer's drink is a bit elitist, but it strikes me that an Alit-ist drink might be appropriate. Perhaps it's a double-drink summer?
@strictscrutiny.bsky.social #SCOTUS @kateshaw.bsky.social @leahlitman.bsky.social
@strictscrutiny.bsky.social #SCOTUS @kateshaw.bsky.social @leahlitman.bsky.social
June 4, 2024 at 3:14 PM
@profmmurray.bsky.social, I agree that naming the Marthatini this summer's drink is a bit elitist, but it strikes me that an Alit-ist drink might be appropriate. Perhaps it's a double-drink summer?
@strictscrutiny.bsky.social #SCOTUS @kateshaw.bsky.social @leahlitman.bsky.social
@strictscrutiny.bsky.social #SCOTUS @kateshaw.bsky.social @leahlitman.bsky.social
"If he thought the courtroom was shitty, he's gonna love this part."
@profmmurray.bsky.social once again nailing it on @strictscrutiny.bsky.social as she talks about what happens next.
@profmmurray.bsky.social once again nailing it on @strictscrutiny.bsky.social as she talks about what happens next.
May 31, 2024 at 12:52 PM
"If he thought the courtroom was shitty, he's gonna love this part."
@profmmurray.bsky.social once again nailing it on @strictscrutiny.bsky.social as she talks about what happens next.
@profmmurray.bsky.social once again nailing it on @strictscrutiny.bsky.social as she talks about what happens next.
"Everybody knows what happened here."
Oh, yes, we do!
Oh, yes, we do!
May 31, 2024 at 12:11 PM
"Everybody knows what happened here."
Oh, yes, we do!
Oh, yes, we do!
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May's topic for #KidLitArt chat will be - Motivation!
Join @tiffanyharveyart.bsky.social & @charlenedraws.bsky.social on May 30, 9pm EST/6pm PST for an hour-long chat about the secret sauce that keeps us going!
Banner art by @anneappert.bsky.social
Join @tiffanyharveyart.bsky.social & @charlenedraws.bsky.social on May 30, 9pm EST/6pm PST for an hour-long chat about the secret sauce that keeps us going!
Banner art by @anneappert.bsky.social
May 30, 2024 at 3:57 PM
@profmmurray.bsky.social, Just wanted to assure you that "the audacity of taupe" was not lost in your @podsaveamerica.bsky.social conversation yesterday. Spit-laughter ensued here in Asheville.
May 30, 2024 at 6:27 PM
@profmmurray.bsky.social, Just wanted to assure you that "the audacity of taupe" was not lost in your @podsaveamerica.bsky.social conversation yesterday. Spit-laughter ensued here in Asheville.
Been a little slow on Bluesky lately. And then I saw that the Oregon Zoo has an account, and I will never be so lazy about checking in again!
Meet Berry, a Linne's two-toed sloth who slooowly arrived at the zoo last week
May 29, 2024 at 5:28 PM
Been a little slow on Bluesky lately. And then I saw that the Oregon Zoo has an account, and I will never be so lazy about checking in again!
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Picture Book Biographies of Black Women in STEM
buff.ly/3WQ4VrB via @pragmaticmom
#ReadYourWorld #STEM #Biography #BlackWomen
buff.ly/3WQ4VrB via @pragmaticmom
#ReadYourWorld #STEM #Biography #BlackWomen
Picture Book Biographies of Black Women in STEM
Please welcome my guest authors today Lydia Lukidis and Mélina Mangal with their list of children's books featuring Black women in STEM. We are giving away a copy of Dancing Through Space. To enter, p...
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May 8, 2024 at 3:16 PM
Picture Book Biographies of Black Women in STEM
buff.ly/3WQ4VrB via @pragmaticmom
#ReadYourWorld #STEM #Biography #BlackWomen
buff.ly/3WQ4VrB via @pragmaticmom
#ReadYourWorld #STEM #Biography #BlackWomen
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Have added #bookbanning searches to my Publishing Industry News Feed & will also try regularly curate posts.
bsky.app/profile/debb...
More details about how I created this custom feed: blueskyfeedcreator.com/p/debbieohi....
(I welcome suggestions of specific hashtags)
bsky.app/profile/debb...
More details about how I created this custom feed: blueskyfeedcreator.com/p/debbieohi....
(I welcome suggestions of specific hashtags)
April 29, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Have added #bookbanning searches to my Publishing Industry News Feed & will also try regularly curate posts.
bsky.app/profile/debb...
More details about how I created this custom feed: blueskyfeedcreator.com/p/debbieohi....
(I welcome suggestions of specific hashtags)
bsky.app/profile/debb...
More details about how I created this custom feed: blueskyfeedcreator.com/p/debbieohi....
(I welcome suggestions of specific hashtags)
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17 Authors, 18 Books: The Ambitious Kid Lit Collaboration That Created ‘Mrs. Z’s Class’ in SLJ today! www.schoollibraryjournal.com/story/17-Aut...
It really does take a village to craft a multi-author series. I'm so grateful for the amazing team got to work with on this one!
It really does take a village to craft a multi-author series. I'm so grateful for the amazing team got to work with on this one!
17 Authors, 18 Books: The Ambitious Kid Lit Collaboration That Created
Author Kate Messner describes the process of getting 17 authors together for the ultimate creative collaboration in the new series,
www.schoollibraryjournal.com
April 29, 2024 at 7:12 PM
17 Authors, 18 Books: The Ambitious Kid Lit Collaboration That Created ‘Mrs. Z’s Class’ in SLJ today! www.schoollibraryjournal.com/story/17-Aut...
It really does take a village to craft a multi-author series. I'm so grateful for the amazing team got to work with on this one!
It really does take a village to craft a multi-author series. I'm so grateful for the amazing team got to work with on this one!
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Here's your early notice: #KidLitArtPostcard is next Thursday, May 2nd. Read more here: ginaperry.com/postcard #kidlitart #kidlit
All about KidLitArtPostcard — Gina Perry Illustrations
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April 24, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Here's your early notice: #KidLitArtPostcard is next Thursday, May 2nd. Read more here: ginaperry.com/postcard #kidlitart #kidlit
And they talk those 2 Qs with fire. 🔥
We talk 2 Qs SCOTUS debated last week:
1. Can states force women to lose organs if that's the cost of prohibiting abortions?
2. Is (allegedly) refusing to leave office & respect a valid election an "official" presidential act that can't be prosecuted?
crooked.com/podcast/scot...
1. Can states force women to lose organs if that's the cost of prohibiting abortions?
2. Is (allegedly) refusing to leave office & respect a valid election an "official" presidential act that can't be prosecuted?
crooked.com/podcast/scot...
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ALT: Sopranos Tonysoprano GIF
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April 29, 2024 at 9:02 PM
And they talk those 2 Qs with fire. 🔥
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Looking for indie bookstores & booksellers on Bluesky? Browse my Indie bkstore & bkseller List (click About for user list).
#IndieBookstores
#IndependentBookstoreDay
#CIBD2024
#IndieBookstores
#IndependentBookstoreDay
#CIBD2024
April 27, 2024 at 4:03 PM
Looking for indie bookstores & booksellers on Bluesky? Browse my Indie bkstore & bkseller List (click About for user list).
#IndieBookstores
#IndependentBookstoreDay
#CIBD2024
#IndieBookstores
#IndependentBookstoreDay
#CIBD2024
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Student journalists at college campuses everywhere: Know your rights when covering protests, and remember that
the Student Press Law Center is there to help you safely cover these events.
splc.org/2021/11/splc...
the Student Press Law Center is there to help you safely cover these events.
splc.org/2021/11/splc...
April 23, 2024 at 12:13 PM
Student journalists at college campuses everywhere: Know your rights when covering protests, and remember that
the Student Press Law Center is there to help you safely cover these events.
splc.org/2021/11/splc...
the Student Press Law Center is there to help you safely cover these events.
splc.org/2021/11/splc...
SCBWI's long-awaited THE HAUNTED STATES OF AMERICA is available for preorder! Spooky middle-grade stories from talented writers in all 50 states, DC, & PR. I'm amazed & grateful to have my little piece of NC and F. Scott Fitzgerald's ghost in its pages.
Support your local indie or boost on Amazon!
Support your local indie or boost on Amazon!
April 22, 2024 at 1:59 PM
SCBWI's long-awaited THE HAUNTED STATES OF AMERICA is available for preorder! Spooky middle-grade stories from talented writers in all 50 states, DC, & PR. I'm amazed & grateful to have my little piece of NC and F. Scott Fitzgerald's ghost in its pages.
Support your local indie or boost on Amazon!
Support your local indie or boost on Amazon!
April 22, 2024 at 1:58 PM
SCBWI's long-awaited THE HAUNTED STATES OF AMERICA is available for preorder! Spooky middle-grade stories from talented writers in all 50 states, DC, & PR. I'm amazed & grateful to have my little piece of NC and F. Scott Fitzgerald's ghost in its pages.
Support your local indie or boost on Amazon!
Support your local indie or boost on Amazon!
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Someone spicy was given the WH Twitter account.
April 12, 2024 at 7:14 PM
Someone spicy was given the WH Twitter account.
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she took the midnight train going anywhere
This disruptive late-night train commuter is ... a horse
The horse, which reportedly escaped from nearby stables, trotted into Warwick Farm Station near Sydney, hung out on the platform for a while, then left.
wapo.st
April 11, 2024 at 2:23 PM
she took the midnight train going anywhere
This gives me joy.
March 29, 2024 at 2:54 PM
This gives me joy.
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Good news about Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Spec Fic! My publisher supplied a discount code: TT15 for a 15% discount when ordered from them directly, to off-set the cost of shipping from Canada.
American pre-orders will be available soon via Columbia Uni Press.
American pre-orders will be available soon via Columbia Uni Press.
March 29, 2024 at 1:30 PM
Good news about Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Spec Fic! My publisher supplied a discount code: TT15 for a 15% discount when ordered from them directly, to off-set the cost of shipping from Canada.
American pre-orders will be available soon via Columbia Uni Press.
American pre-orders will be available soon via Columbia Uni Press.