National Little League Month celebrates the values or yourth sports, where teamwork and friendship fosters a sense of belonging. Here are children's books about playing little league baseball, softball or t-ball. ⚾ Book lists in ALT text. #nationallittleleaguemonth #littleleague #kidsbooks #booksky

Dolly Parton's family asked that, in lieu of flowers, fans make a donation to the singer's Imagination Library. Here's what the charity does ⬇️ www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Turning Pages: Inside Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

Core team of 15 staff and thousands of volunteers and partners help the country-music philanthropist deliver books to kids around the world.

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PS: Today is a very fine day to donate to the Imagination Library. imaginationlibrary.com

This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.

Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.com

Totally normal thing to put the MLB trade deadline in your planner so you can know when to stop worrying the Reds will trade Spencer Steer or Hunter Greene.

I can't breathe the air, I can't eat lettuce, I can't afford gas, and my kids have measles. But at least now our soldiers will have enough testosterone.

Meanwhile, here’s how Ohio’s governor, a Republican, responded to today’s decision.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo ago

Stephen Miller accuses Haitians of "destroying" Springfield, Ohio, adding that following today's SCOTUS ruling, "we can finally remove them from the United States"

I keep seeing book banners framed as concerned parents. I've talked with dozens of political operatives who ban books, not a single one of them has been a parent of a child in said district. If they have offspring at all, they're 47 years old, and have been no contact since the divorce.

COVER REVEAL for my new middle grade graphic novel with @downpourdw.bsky.social!!! a fictionalized version of my real-life story, when i found out the person i grew up believing was my dad wasn't actually my bio dad. releases 2/23/27 with harpercollins!

No words.

Cover Reveal: Almost True by @ellyswartzbooks.bsky.social Illustrator Credit: Jen Bricking Designer Credit: Michelle Cunningham Interview: mrschureads.blogspot.com/2026/06/almo...

exactly the right response

James Talarico@jamestalarico.bsky.social · 3mo ago

There’s been a lot of talk in this race about what makes a "real man." A man does what’s right when no one is watching. He upholds his commitments to his family and neighbors. He doesn’t lie, cheat, & steal his way through life. Real men serve others. Weak men serve themselves.

Please tell the young people in your life that Victor Wembanyama loves to read. Please tell the young people in your life that Victor Wembanyama loves to read books. Read like Wemby. Books save lives.

RIP Marjane Satrapi

Iranian-French cartoonist and filmmaker was perhaps most well-known for the graphic memoir, and subsequent film, about her life during the Iranian revolution in 1979. n.pr/4e4ODBQ

Marjane Satrapi, author of 'Persepolis,' dies at 56

Iranian-French cartoonist and filmmaker was perhaps most well-known for the graphic memoir, and subsequent film, about her life during the Iranian revolution in 1979.

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Newly released Fox News poll shows Sherrod Brown (D) leading Sen. Jon Husted (R) by 8 points in the red state of Ohio.

How is this real

Matthew Gertz@mattgertz.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I guess we're really never getting the strait opened.

What's happening to CBS News is what the tech oligarchs call "parallel" strategy. Buy an existing institution, gut it, and convert it into a right-wing zombie version of itself. They are doing this to media, government, education, biotech, defense tech, etc. Some call it the "Network State."

The absolute bottom of the journalistic barrel is people in the media chiding Scott Pelley for having the gall to confront Bilton. If you want a job licking boots, become a bootlicker. You’re not a journalist.

Cover Reveal: How To Build a Miracle by @lyndamh.bsky.social mrschureads.blogspot.com/2026/06/how-... Illustration Credit: Martin Haake

BREAKING: Janice, last surviving member of rock group Dr. Teeth & the Electric Mayhem, disavows any connections to 250th anniversary concert promoted by WH 👇

Hacks finale. <3 <3 <3 Love that show. Love those women. Love their unabashed takedowns of AI this season.

60 Minutes' Sharyn Alfonsi pens a goodbye note slamming Bari Weiss' actions against her "as a deliberate choice to penalize a journalist for refusing to sanitize factually accurate reporting." Read the rest:

TLDR: call your house reps to demand they vote NO on 8705 and 7661 Call your senators to demand they vote NO on 2616 All three seek to ban books nationally. All three are the fever dream of bigots. All three must be stopped.

Happy book birthday to KESTREL TAKES FLIGHT!!! Kestrel is my 7th MG novel but my 1st MG in verse! I hope you'll check it out! It's a JLG Gold Standard Selection w/a star from @thehornbook.bsky.social. And yes, I AM wearing both a sweater and dress I made to match the book!

🚨Bad news. A THIRD National book banning bill has passed committee in the house.🚨 Meet the CHARLIE act that will prohibit the teaching of what they call: equity ideology (not white supremacist jingoistic history) More from @authorsabb.bsky.social when we have it. www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

$2.5 trillion well spent.

The thing about AI is that it’s that episode of the office where Michael listens to every step his GPS tells him even as he sees that he’s driving into a lake except the gps is AI bros and Michael is every ceo of every industry for some reason

On the one-year anniversary of EMPIRE OF AI, I am so, so excited to announce The AI Resist List, a new project that documents examples of resistance to the AI empires around the world 😍 airesistlist.org