Yeah, just happened a couple days ago. He wrote some (formerly?) favorite books, so it’s been a real weird week

Thomas King just admitted he isn’t actually Indigenous, so should probably skip Borders 😬. But others are great!

This thread is a whole journey, and I’m very excited to see the finished product

I’m convinced one of the purest acts of love for neurodivergent folks is when people take time to learn about our special interests, especially if they then bring them up themselves, unprompted. I melt into a little puddle of happiness every time

Oooooooh, sounds delightful!

This sounds wonderful! These threads of yours definitely help me load up the wishlist

The Woods All Black by Lee Mandelo - sometimes trans joy also involves rage. #AMoRaR

@reddreadmike.bsky.social relevant to your interests?

Money and countries are fake and we need to stop acting like they are some sort of absolute and eternal truth. Instead of “give poor people more money” get rid of money altogether, and let everybody take what they need. If some people hoard, let the community sort it out.

Also, abolish prison.

Yeah, it’s a bit of a struggle right now to find new things that are in the mold if the traditional boy books. I have gone pleading to my local indie begging for recs many times.

The adult takeover of YA is beyond infuriating (and frequently very extremely gross)

A factor I see: people think pandemic learning loss is only from closed schools, which is incomplete. The bigger damage I see is the widespread attitude that in-person learning and discussion is unnecessary and that all assignments can be done online. Students need communal engagement with text