Gili Bar-Hillel
@gilibug.bsky.social
Publisher (Utz Publishing) and translator, mostly of children’s fantasy. Tiptoeing around explicit words and vague feelings. Often wears socks with Moomins on them. Heartbroken.
הוצאת ספרים עוץ: utz.co.il
הוצאת ספרים עוץ: utz.co.il
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I love letters from young readers. They help ground me, reminding me of why I do what I do, esp when I let myself get bogged down in the weeds of the industry. #Uplift
Here is one from Henry in Nebraska, from years ago.
#TeacherSky #EduSky #LibrarySky #KidLit
Here is one from Henry in Nebraska, from years ago.
#TeacherSky #EduSky #LibrarySky #KidLit
February 17, 2026 at 12:44 PM
I love letters from young readers. They help ground me, reminding me of why I do what I do, esp when I let myself get bogged down in the weeds of the industry. #Uplift
Here is one from Henry in Nebraska, from years ago.
#TeacherSky #EduSky #LibrarySky #KidLit
Here is one from Henry in Nebraska, from years ago.
#TeacherSky #EduSky #LibrarySky #KidLit
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The world’s first pocket music player was this tiny Mikiphone from the 1920s. A gramophone like machine.
www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/...
Invented by Hungarian siblings Miklós and Étienne Vadász though produced in Switzerland.
It could fit in a pocket, though only played 10” records.
www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/...
Invented by Hungarian siblings Miklós and Étienne Vadász though produced in Switzerland.
It could fit in a pocket, though only played 10” records.
January 26, 2026 at 5:49 PM
The world’s first pocket music player was this tiny Mikiphone from the 1920s. A gramophone like machine.
www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/...
Invented by Hungarian siblings Miklós and Étienne Vadász though produced in Switzerland.
It could fit in a pocket, though only played 10” records.
www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/...
Invented by Hungarian siblings Miklós and Étienne Vadász though produced in Switzerland.
It could fit in a pocket, though only played 10” records.
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If you are wondering what words the all-male Congress found so "blasphemous" that they felt compelled to literally scrape them off the monument, they were: ''Woman, first denied a soul, then called mindless, now arisen, declared herself an entity to be reckoned.''
On this day in 1921, Congress reluctantly accepted a sculpture memorializing women’s 19th A victory. Congress relegated the memorial to the Capitol’s crypt & painted over the feminist inscription. The statue stayed entombed in the crypt for 76 years. The inscription is still not restored. #WeTheMen
February 16, 2026 at 4:35 PM
If you are wondering what words the all-male Congress found so "blasphemous" that they felt compelled to literally scrape them off the monument, they were: ''Woman, first denied a soul, then called mindless, now arisen, declared herself an entity to be reckoned.''
הבנתי מה אחד הדברים שהכי מדכאים אותי בעולם (וזאת גם אחת הסיבות ש״מהפכת״ הבינה המלאכותית מדכאת אותי): אנשים שאין להם סקרנות אינטלקטואלית.
February 16, 2026 at 5:27 PM
הבנתי מה אחד הדברים שהכי מדכאים אותי בעולם (וזאת גם אחת הסיבות ש״מהפכת״ הבינה המלאכותית מדכאת אותי): אנשים שאין להם סקרנות אינטלקטואלית.
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mom they’re roasting the US economy on mastodon again
February 16, 2026 at 7:37 AM
mom they’re roasting the US economy on mastodon again
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Ok. The world’s terrifying and I have very little control. I’m off to make my silly little bits of art and try to at least make MY BIT better and share that as far as I can…
February 16, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Ok. The world’s terrifying and I have very little control. I’m off to make my silly little bits of art and try to at least make MY BIT better and share that as far as I can…
פעם לא היתה מרגו רובי. אחר כך המציאו אותה ומאז היא בכל הסרטים.
#קיצור_תולדות_הוליווד
#קיצור_תולדות_הוליווד
February 15, 2026 at 4:53 AM
פעם לא היתה מרגו רובי. אחר כך המציאו אותה ומאז היא בכל הסרטים.
#קיצור_תולדות_הוליווד
#קיצור_תולדות_הוליווד
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When Lucy from Compass Books in Dartmouth, Devon, was victim to shoplifting people told her to install CCTV. Instead she put this ancient book thief curse on the wall from the Monastery of San Pedro in Barcelona so book stealers would be consumed by "the flames of hell" with "their members blasted".
November 11, 2025 at 7:59 AM
When Lucy from Compass Books in Dartmouth, Devon, was victim to shoplifting people told her to install CCTV. Instead she put this ancient book thief curse on the wall from the Monastery of San Pedro in Barcelona so book stealers would be consumed by "the flames of hell" with "their members blasted".
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Are you there, Gouda? It’s me, Margarine.
February 12, 2026 at 6:56 AM
Are you there, Gouda? It’s me, Margarine.
אני בהקרנה מיוחדת של כשהארי פגש את סאלי, והרגע קלטתי שבסרט שהתסריטאית נורה אפרון כתבה על עצמה גילמה אותה מריל סטריפ, וגם בסרט שהשחקנית קארי פישר שנהייתה תסריטאית כתבה על עצמה גילמה אותה מריל סטריפ.
February 12, 2026 at 6:46 PM
אני בהקרנה מיוחדת של כשהארי פגש את סאלי, והרגע קלטתי שבסרט שהתסריטאית נורה אפרון כתבה על עצמה גילמה אותה מריל סטריפ, וגם בסרט שהשחקנית קארי פישר שנהייתה תסריטאית כתבה על עצמה גילמה אותה מריל סטריפ.
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What's so amazing about Jim Henson as a puppeteer is that he could literally be explaining that Kermit is made out of felt and ping pong balls and yet Kermit still feels alive the whole time he's doing it
February 11, 2026 at 10:03 PM
What's so amazing about Jim Henson as a puppeteer is that he could literally be explaining that Kermit is made out of felt and ping pong balls and yet Kermit still feels alive the whole time he's doing it
Are you there, Gouda? It’s me, Margarine.
February 12, 2026 at 6:56 AM
Are you there, Gouda? It’s me, Margarine.
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The thing about ebooks as a substitute is that it ignores two major needs of teen readers: autonomy (the ability to get a book without going through parents) and community (the ability to pass a book around to all their friends.)
I've said this before but I truly believe we could revitalize YA and kidlit overnight by switching to MMPB and paperback first. Kids want paperbacks! It is by far the biggest request I get from teen readers.
hello this is the official petition to bring back mass market paperbacks!! mmpbs are good actually and everyone should do them!! i think esp romantasy readers would really love that shit! and you can still spray those edges!!! bring back mass market paperbacks thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 11, 2026 at 3:51 PM
The thing about ebooks as a substitute is that it ignores two major needs of teen readers: autonomy (the ability to get a book without going through parents) and community (the ability to pass a book around to all their friends.)
Generative AI makes scams so much easier. Plausible-looking websites for nonexistent products. Fake books, fake authors, fake everything.
Not fake like 'this is an AI generated review of a book', fake like *the book doesn't exist*. The author being interviewed doesn't exist, and nor does the book she's being interviewed about.
February 11, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Generative AI makes scams so much easier. Plausible-looking websites for nonexistent products. Fake books, fake authors, fake everything.
תמונה מהרחוב התל אביבי. גבר שנראה כדר רחוב גורר עגלת שוק עמוסת שקיות ומציץ בפחים. כשאני חולפת לידו הוא בדיוק מניח על גדר ליד הפח, בליטוף עדין, בובת בד בדמות כלב תחש.
February 11, 2026 at 7:43 AM
תמונה מהרחוב התל אביבי. גבר שנראה כדר רחוב גורר עגלת שוק עמוסת שקיות ומציץ בפחים. כשאני חולפת לידו הוא בדיוק מניח על גדר ליד הפח, בליטוף עדין, בובת בד בדמות כלב תחש.
הלך לעולמו אחד החברים הכי טובים של אמא שלי, שהיה בשבילי כמו דוד אהוב במיוחד, זֶרו - יֶיוּלִי - פרופסור גרשון בן שחר. חתיכה מהלב נשברה.
February 11, 2026 at 7:29 AM
הלך לעולמו אחד החברים הכי טובים של אמא שלי, שהיה בשבילי כמו דוד אהוב במיוחד, זֶרו - יֶיוּלִי - פרופסור גרשון בן שחר. חתיכה מהלב נשברה.
בשנים האחרונות פיתחתי יכולת לנבא מה תהיה השורה הבאה שדמויות יגידו בתוכניות טלוויזיה. קרה לי ממש עכשיו עם השורה האחרונה בפרק סיום העונה של ״סנגור במבחן״. אני רוצה להחמיא לעצמי ולהגיד שזה כי אני ממש מוצלחת, אבל אני חוששת שזה יותר קשור לכך שהכתיבה של כל הסדרות האלה שבלונית להחריד, גם המהנות שבהן.
February 9, 2026 at 9:25 PM
בשנים האחרונות פיתחתי יכולת לנבא מה תהיה השורה הבאה שדמויות יגידו בתוכניות טלוויזיה. קרה לי ממש עכשיו עם השורה האחרונה בפרק סיום העונה של ״סנגור במבחן״. אני רוצה להחמיא לעצמי ולהגיד שזה כי אני ממש מוצלחת, אבל אני חוששת שזה יותר קשור לכך שהכתיבה של כל הסדרות האלה שבלונית להחריד, גם המהנות שבהן.
כמעט כמעט הגעתי ל-10 ימים ללא מיגרנה אבל בדקות האחרונות התחילה לי אחת. בכל זאת, זה שיפור אדיר כל כך, ממש מהפכה.
סוגרת 9 ימים ברצף בלי מיגרנה. זה לא קרה לי מאז שהתחלתי את המעקב היומי, ב-2021
8 straight days without migraine. That has not happened since August of 2022.
February 9, 2026 at 9:17 PM
כמעט כמעט הגעתי ל-10 ימים ללא מיגרנה אבל בדקות האחרונות התחילה לי אחת. בכל זאת, זה שיפור אדיר כל כך, ממש מהפכה.
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Hart: just imagine a glorious future where all books are AI garbage so readers have no choice but to read them
Hart: also maybe we could make it illegal to say that AI is bad
Hart: just a thought
Hart: i think that would be a great idea
Hart: also maybe we could make it illegal to say that AI is bad
Hart: just a thought
Hart: i think that would be a great idea
February 9, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Hart: just imagine a glorious future where all books are AI garbage so readers have no choice but to read them
Hart: also maybe we could make it illegal to say that AI is bad
Hart: just a thought
Hart: i think that would be a great idea
Hart: also maybe we could make it illegal to say that AI is bad
Hart: just a thought
Hart: i think that would be a great idea
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Botany valentine. Another oldie.
February 9, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Botany valentine. Another oldie.
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My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books
February 9, 2026 at 2:54 PM
My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books
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I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
February 8, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
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There's a shocking degree of overlap with cults, too.
One of the more cursed artifacts I own is the manual of the Mankind United cult out of southern California in the 1920's & 30's. They were kind of a precursor to Scientology. Same MLM techniques.
One of the more cursed artifacts I own is the manual of the Mankind United cult out of southern California in the 1920's & 30's. They were kind of a precursor to Scientology. Same MLM techniques.
February 8, 2026 at 10:25 PM
There's a shocking degree of overlap with cults, too.
One of the more cursed artifacts I own is the manual of the Mankind United cult out of southern California in the 1920's & 30's. They were kind of a precursor to Scientology. Same MLM techniques.
One of the more cursed artifacts I own is the manual of the Mankind United cult out of southern California in the 1920's & 30's. They were kind of a precursor to Scientology. Same MLM techniques.
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To be very clear, that lady in the NYT article is not making any money with her hundreds of AI slop books.
She makes money by *convincing people* she makes money that way and getting them to pay her to teach them how to do it.
It's an evolved MLM, and the NYT is helping market it.
She makes money by *convincing people* she makes money that way and getting them to pay her to teach them how to do it.
It's an evolved MLM, and the NYT is helping market it.
February 8, 2026 at 8:03 PM
To be very clear, that lady in the NYT article is not making any money with her hundreds of AI slop books.
She makes money by *convincing people* she makes money that way and getting them to pay her to teach them how to do it.
It's an evolved MLM, and the NYT is helping market it.
She makes money by *convincing people* she makes money that way and getting them to pay her to teach them how to do it.
It's an evolved MLM, and the NYT is helping market it.