Ishta Mercurio
@ishtamercurio.bsky.social
I make things: sometimes with yarn, sometimes with words, occasionally with screws and a power drill, always with blood, sweat, tears, and/or swears.
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Listen Back: Ishta Mercurio and Jen Corace share SMALL WORLD, their new picture book. The story circles around Nanda, a girl who dreams of space. www.matthewcwinner.com/post/listen-... 📚👍🏽 #kidlit #podcast #ChildrensBkPod @ishtamercurio.bsky.social
Listen Back: Ishta Mercurio and Jen Corace share Small World
Ishta Mercurio and Jen Corace share SMALL WORLD, their new picture book. The story circles around Nanda, a girl who dreams of space. As Nanda grows, her experience of the world and also her view of th...
www.matthewcwinner.com
August 31, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Listen Back: Ishta Mercurio and Jen Corace share SMALL WORLD, their new picture book. The story circles around Nanda, a girl who dreams of space. www.matthewcwinner.com/post/listen-... 📚👍🏽 #kidlit #podcast #ChildrensBkPod @ishtamercurio.bsky.social
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More photos from @kateblair.bsky.social's book launch for WE BURY NOTHING at Queen Books in Toronto. @parentclub.bsky.social @brianmcl.com @angrykem.bsky.social @ishtamercurio.bsky.social @maureenmcgowan.bsky.social @bevrosenbaum.bsky.social #KidLit #CanKidLit
November 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
More photos from @kateblair.bsky.social's book launch for WE BURY NOTHING at Queen Books in Toronto. @parentclub.bsky.social @brianmcl.com @angrykem.bsky.social @ishtamercurio.bsky.social @maureenmcgowan.bsky.social @bevrosenbaum.bsky.social #KidLit #CanKidLit
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Funny story, four years ago this guy tried to overthrow the government, stole a bunch of sensitive documents, committed business fraud, ran a bunch of two-bit scams, and then you'll never guess what happened
November 8, 2024 at 4:14 AM
Funny story, four years ago this guy tried to overthrow the government, stole a bunch of sensitive documents, committed business fraud, ran a bunch of two-bit scams, and then you'll never guess what happened
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Some legal organizations to support in the coming year:
National Immigration Law Center:
www.nilc.org
Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project :
firrp.org
Transgender Law Center:
transgenderlawcenter.org
Center for Reproductive Rights:
reproductiverights.org
ACLU www.aclu.org
National Immigration Law Center:
www.nilc.org
Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project :
firrp.org
Transgender Law Center:
transgenderlawcenter.org
Center for Reproductive Rights:
reproductiverights.org
ACLU www.aclu.org
November 7, 2024 at 3:45 AM
Some legal organizations to support in the coming year:
National Immigration Law Center:
www.nilc.org
Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project :
firrp.org
Transgender Law Center:
transgenderlawcenter.org
Center for Reproductive Rights:
reproductiverights.org
ACLU www.aclu.org
National Immigration Law Center:
www.nilc.org
Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project :
firrp.org
Transgender Law Center:
transgenderlawcenter.org
Center for Reproductive Rights:
reproductiverights.org
ACLU www.aclu.org
It’s Canadian Children’s Literature’s night to get fancy and celebrate the best of our industry! So delighted to be at the #ccbcbookawards once again, this time as a juror and board member. @kidsbookcentre.bsky.social
October 29, 2024 at 12:13 AM
It’s Canadian Children’s Literature’s night to get fancy and celebrate the best of our industry! So delighted to be at the #ccbcbookawards once again, this time as a juror and board member. @kidsbookcentre.bsky.social
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A few more pics from tonight's fun @canscaip.bsky.social Social at Firkin on Yonge in Toronto. Photos include @elliearscott.bsky.social @katejenkslandry.bsky.social @lorettagarbutt.bsky.social @ishtamercurio.bsky.social
#CanKidLit
#CanKidLit
October 26, 2024 at 3:22 AM
A few more pics from tonight's fun @canscaip.bsky.social Social at Firkin on Yonge in Toronto. Photos include @elliearscott.bsky.social @katejenkslandry.bsky.social @lorettagarbutt.bsky.social @ishtamercurio.bsky.social
#CanKidLit
#CanKidLit
I have the enormous privilege of being able to celebrate the #trilliumbookaward alongside colleagues from across the publishing sector tonight. Thank you to Ontario Creates for your ongoing support of the Canadian publishing industry, and of Canadian books!
June 20, 2024 at 10:57 PM
I have the enormous privilege of being able to celebrate the #trilliumbookaward alongside colleagues from across the publishing sector tonight. Thank you to Ontario Creates for your ongoing support of the Canadian publishing industry, and of Canadian books!
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Operation Olive Branch is a good way to find legit fundraisers if you want to donate directly to Palestinian families and are unsure where to start 👇
May 3, 2024 at 10:06 PM
Operation Olive Branch is a good way to find legit fundraisers if you want to donate directly to Palestinian families and are unsure where to start 👇
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Inconceivable that anyone would buy the story that 1.5 million people can be moved to a town with a normal population of under 2000. "Not clear" is quite the understatement.
May 4, 2024 at 12:56 AM
Inconceivable that anyone would buy the story that 1.5 million people can be moved to a town with a normal population of under 2000. "Not clear" is quite the understatement.
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
A reminder - calling the riot police on your students is, in fact, a choice.
Yep.
May 4, 2024 at 3:09 AM
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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Never shut up about tech that enables theft on both ends and uses more energy and water than a small country. Never.
can people stop telling me to let ai in the arts go??? if we shut up now, there's no controlling it, no regulating it, artists and authors will keep having all their works cannibalised and reshaped for profit they don't see.
so, no. i won't shut up.
fuck ai.
so, no. i won't shut up.
fuck ai.
March 30, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Never shut up about tech that enables theft on both ends and uses more energy and water than a small country. Never.
#Oscars Appreciation Thread!
-How is it possible that Jack Quaid looks so much like his dad Dennis Quaid? Did they clone Dennis? Are Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid the same person? What is happening?
-How is it possible that Jack Quaid looks so much like his dad Dennis Quaid? Did they clone Dennis? Are Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid the same person? What is happening?
March 11, 2024 at 12:02 AM
#Oscars Appreciation Thread!
-How is it possible that Jack Quaid looks so much like his dad Dennis Quaid? Did they clone Dennis? Are Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid the same person? What is happening?
-How is it possible that Jack Quaid looks so much like his dad Dennis Quaid? Did they clone Dennis? Are Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid the same person? What is happening?
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the two types of doctor on bluesky
February 5, 2024 at 2:18 AM
the two types of doctor on bluesky
Bless the person at my favourite online retailer who thought to create an opt-out-of-Valentine’s-Day-promo-emails option.
Thank you. You have made my inbox that little bit more bearable this year.
Thank you. You have made my inbox that little bit more bearable this year.
February 5, 2024 at 4:25 AM
Bless the person at my favourite online retailer who thought to create an opt-out-of-Valentine’s-Day-promo-emails option.
Thank you. You have made my inbox that little bit more bearable this year.
Thank you. You have made my inbox that little bit more bearable this year.
I was today years old when I learned that there were people besides L. Frank Baum who wrote Oz books.
Very possibly. As a boy I felt guilty for liking the John R Neill Oz books more than the Baum ones (except for the Marvellous Land of Oz).
January 29, 2024 at 2:49 AM
I was today years old when I learned that there were people besides L. Frank Baum who wrote Oz books.
I’m catching up on the Lions @ 49ers game (don’t spoil it!) and I just shouted so loud that the guy downstairs came up to see if I was okay. #NFL #NFCchampionship #sportsball
January 29, 2024 at 2:42 AM
I’m catching up on the Lions @ 49ers game (don’t spoil it!) and I just shouted so loud that the guy downstairs came up to see if I was okay. #NFL #NFCchampionship #sportsball
Current read. (It is, as would be expected, outstanding.)
January 6, 2024 at 10:58 PM
Current read. (It is, as would be expected, outstanding.)
Adventures in dog sitting. I love this little floof to absolute bits.
January 6, 2024 at 10:47 PM
Adventures in dog sitting. I love this little floof to absolute bits.
Talk to me about fleece-lined tights, friends. What brands are great, and what brands have disappointed you?
*Note that we are talking about the ones that look like sheer black pantyhose, and not the ones that look like opaque leggings.
*Note that we are talking about the ones that look like sheer black pantyhose, and not the ones that look like opaque leggings.
January 6, 2024 at 10:41 PM
Talk to me about fleece-lined tights, friends. What brands are great, and what brands have disappointed you?
*Note that we are talking about the ones that look like sheer black pantyhose, and not the ones that look like opaque leggings.
*Note that we are talking about the ones that look like sheer black pantyhose, and not the ones that look like opaque leggings.
Holy crap. We’re coming up on four years.
December 13, 2023 at 2:45 AM
Holy crap. We’re coming up on four years.
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The GOP has introduced a bill to EXPEL Palestinians from the United States. I cannot read such things without remembering what happened to my own family after Pearl Harbor. After we and 120,000 other Japanese Americans were incarcerated in prison camps for years, without charge or trial... /1
November 5, 2023 at 12:01 AM
The GOP has introduced a bill to EXPEL Palestinians from the United States. I cannot read such things without remembering what happened to my own family after Pearl Harbor. After we and 120,000 other Japanese Americans were incarcerated in prison camps for years, without charge or trial... /1
October 27, 2023 at 10:59 PM
I’m at One King West with @karenkrossing.bsky.social celebrating the Canadian children’s literature awards, presented by the @kidsbookcentre.bsky.social It’s the fanciest night of the year, let’s gooooooo! #gettingfancy #kidlit #author #juror #childrensliterature
October 24, 2023 at 12:14 AM
I’m at One King West with @karenkrossing.bsky.social celebrating the Canadian children’s literature awards, presented by the @kidsbookcentre.bsky.social It’s the fanciest night of the year, let’s gooooooo! #gettingfancy #kidlit #author #juror #childrensliterature
October 19, 2023 at 1:23 PM