Joelle Delbourgo
@joelledelbourgo1.bsky.social
Lit agent, culture hound, truth seeker
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For decades books were my constant meal companions. 10-15 yrs ago I stopped bringing books to work and instead at lunch would read news on the internet. I vowed to get back to reading during lunch this year & it’s done wonders for my well being! News can wait.
June 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
For decades books were my constant meal companions. 10-15 yrs ago I stopped bringing books to work and instead at lunch would read news on the internet. I vowed to get back to reading during lunch this year & it’s done wonders for my well being! News can wait.
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May 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Proud of my industry—book publishing! Fighting back!
Publishers are joining in the fight against book banning. The CEO of Macmillan, Jon Yaged, says, “The battlefront is really everywhere there's a school, everywhere there's a library, every community. Someone's got to say something, & the publishers are starting to say something.” #Velshi
Velshi Banned Book Club: Publishers Enter the Book Banning Battle
As part of an Executive Order signed in mid-March, the Trump Administration ordered several governmental entities be stripped down. One of them is called the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The IMLS is a tiny, independent federal agency with just about 70 employees. It provides funding for public libraries in every single state and territory. Could this be the beginning of the end for the main source of federal support for public libraries? Many people fear that the answer is yes. But some people – publishers, authors, and libraries – aren’t waiting around to find out. They’re fighting back. One of those people is Jon Yaged, the CEO of Macmillan Publishers.
www.msnbc.com
April 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Proud of my industry—book publishing! Fighting back!
I will be at the Atlanta Writers Conference May 2 & 3, meeting one on one with writers, along with a stellar group of lit agents and editors. These writers have worked so hard.
April 24, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I will be at the Atlanta Writers Conference May 2 & 3, meeting one on one with writers, along with a stellar group of lit agents and editors. These writers have worked so hard.
Courage!
@altnps.bsky.social is reporting more than 3 million so far and numbers are still coming in!! 🤝
April 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Courage!
Bella Da Costa Greene, JP Morgan’s personal librarian. Run, don’t walk, to the marvelous exhibit at the Morgan Library in NYC.
April 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Bella Da Costa Greene, JP Morgan’s personal librarian. Run, don’t walk, to the marvelous exhibit at the Morgan Library in NYC.
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In case you missed it, we’re hiring!
Our editorial fellowship has produced some of your favorite journalists, and now it could be your turn! Tomorrow we will be hosting an informative Zoom session/Q&A on the program and app. You can register here 👇
Our editorial fellowship has produced some of your favorite journalists, and now it could be your turn! Tomorrow we will be hosting an informative Zoom session/Q&A on the program and app. You can register here 👇
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Editorial Fellowship Q&A. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Join us for an information session on our Editorial Fellowship. We'll talk about what the role looks like, how it can help you grow, and answer any questions you have.
For more information, or to fi...
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April 17, 2025 at 12:39 AM
In case you missed it, we’re hiring!
Our editorial fellowship has produced some of your favorite journalists, and now it could be your turn! Tomorrow we will be hosting an informative Zoom session/Q&A on the program and app. You can register here 👇
Our editorial fellowship has produced some of your favorite journalists, and now it could be your turn! Tomorrow we will be hosting an informative Zoom session/Q&A on the program and app. You can register here 👇
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"Trump’s approval is sinking as Americans lose confidence in his ability to lower costs . . ."
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New Polling: Confidence Plummets in Trump Bringing Down Costs | Climate Power
According to a new poll from Hart Research conducted on behalf of Climate Power, President Trump’s approval rating is underwater as Americans lose confidence in his ability to bring down costs.
climatepower.us
March 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
"Trump’s approval is sinking as Americans lose confidence in his ability to lower costs . . ."
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Wow! A huge loss for Yale.
“Asked whether she believes other professors might be encouraged to leave the United States, Shore wrote that she believes many of her colleagues will consider relocating due to the current political climate, which she deemed an ‘American descent into fascism.’”
Three prominent Yale professors depart for Canadian university, citing Trump fears
History department power couple Timothy Snyder and Marci Shore and philosophy professor Jason Stanley will begin teaching at the University of Toronto’s renowned Munk School in fall 2025.
yaledailynews.com
March 28, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Wow! A huge loss for Yale.
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Figured I’d hop on here today for the 15th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act.
With everything going on right now, it’s easy to feel like regular folks can’t make a difference – but the ACA is a reminder that change is possible when we fight for progress.
With everything going on right now, it’s easy to feel like regular folks can’t make a difference – but the ACA is a reminder that change is possible when we fight for progress.
March 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Figured I’d hop on here today for the 15th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act.
With everything going on right now, it’s easy to feel like regular folks can’t make a difference – but the ACA is a reminder that change is possible when we fight for progress.
With everything going on right now, it’s easy to feel like regular folks can’t make a difference – but the ACA is a reminder that change is possible when we fight for progress.
They call this “efficiency.”
March 22, 2025 at 1:39 AM
They call this “efficiency.”
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On March 24, the @simonandschuster.bsky.social #CounterfeitCountess story is coming to @rowanuniversity.bsky.social. I will give the Dr. Paul B. Winkler Lecture, in honor of the late exec dir of the NJ Commission on #HolocaustEducation.
March 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
On March 24, the @simonandschuster.bsky.social #CounterfeitCountess story is coming to @rowanuniversity.bsky.social. I will give the Dr. Paul B. Winkler Lecture, in honor of the late exec dir of the NJ Commission on #HolocaustEducation.
What exactly is the deal between Musk and 47? Nothing about this is “normal.”
Elon Musk secured his choke hold on the mechanics of the federal government weeks ago. Along with Donald Trump, he has already standardized chaos across the US.
Elon Musk and Donald Trump Have Chosen Chaos
Elon Musk secured his choke hold on the mechanics of the federal government weeks ago. Along with Donald Trump, he has already standardized chaos across the US.
wrd.cm
March 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
What exactly is the deal between Musk and 47? Nothing about this is “normal.”
Proud of agency client, James Renner. His new book is riveting.
March 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Proud of agency client, James Renner. His new book is riveting.
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DOGE has spent the last six weeks on a supposed crusade to audit the government and stop fraud, waste, and abuse.
But two federal auditors with years of experience say that DOGE’s actions are the furthest thing from what an actual audit looks like.
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But two federal auditors with years of experience say that DOGE’s actions are the furthest thing from what an actual audit looks like.
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‘It’s a Heist’: Real Federal Auditors Are Horrified by DOGE
WIRED talked to actual federal auditors about how government auditing works—and how DOGE is doing the opposite.
www.wired.com
March 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
DOGE has spent the last six weeks on a supposed crusade to audit the government and stop fraud, waste, and abuse.
But two federal auditors with years of experience say that DOGE’s actions are the furthest thing from what an actual audit looks like.
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But two federal auditors with years of experience say that DOGE’s actions are the furthest thing from what an actual audit looks like.
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There is such perversity in how government is being broken. It’s designed to break our spirit.
"Thousands of employees returned to the Food and Drug Administration’s headquarters Monday to find overflowing parking lots, long security lines and makeshift office spaces without chairs and other basic supplies..."
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FDA staff return to crowded offices, broken equipment and missing chairs
Thousands of Food and Drug Administration employees are returning to the office to find overflowing parking lots, cramped workspaces and missing equipment.
apnews.com
March 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
There is such perversity in how government is being broken. It’s designed to break our spirit.
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They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
freedom.press
March 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Our tax dollars at work.
Something we haven’t focused on enough is that the Trump administration isn’t just deporting people without process, it’s deporting them & incarcerating them in inhumane conditions in a third country. And we are paying for that cruel & unusual punishment that our government is imposing.
March 19, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Our tax dollars at work.
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New audiobook! My latest true crime book, Scout Camp: Sex, Death, and Secret Societies Inside the Boy Scouts of America is now available on Audible. Give it a listen! www.audible.com/pd/B0DZ77N84B
Scout Camp
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. In the summer of 1995, at the largest Boy Scout camp in Ohio, a night of sexual violence ended with one counselor dead and another hospitalized. The death w...
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March 18, 2025 at 11:46 AM
New audiobook! My latest true crime book, Scout Camp: Sex, Death, and Secret Societies Inside the Boy Scouts of America is now available on Audible. Give it a listen! www.audible.com/pd/B0DZ77N84B
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Language used by individuals associated with the federal government who deported people without trial or due process to a concentration camp in El Salvador, defying a court order, has a specific resonance that, historically, has been used to change regime type.
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The evil at your door
The deportation action as regime change
snyder.substack.com
March 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Language used by individuals associated with the federal government who deported people without trial or due process to a concentration camp in El Salvador, defying a court order, has a specific resonance that, historically, has been used to change regime type.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-evil-a...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-evil-a...
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Protesters are out in Budapest, Hungary today demanding the resignation of pro-Putin Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
Love it!
Love it!
March 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Protesters are out in Budapest, Hungary today demanding the resignation of pro-Putin Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
Love it!
Love it!
Why autocrats attack universities.
March 15, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Why autocrats attack universities.
