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Jo Knowles
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Author: http://www.joknowles.com #kidlit #AABB #PB #MG #Tween #YA
Editorial Services: https://www.revise-and-shine.com/jo-knowles
Author visits: https://www.joknowles.com/school-visits
Teacher: Mountainview #MFA Center For Cartoon Studies (summers)
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My local bookseller wrote this AMAZING review of Someone's Gonna End Up Crying. "Reading a really good children’s book as an adult is an absolute delight." YEAH! Let's tell EVERYONE. #mglit #kidlit 😍 bitter-meteoroid-729.notion.site/Enthusiasms-...
Enthusiasms: Kari Meutsch on “Someone’s Gonna End Up Crying” by Jo Knowles | Notion
Reading a really good children’s book as an adult is an absolute delight. I’ve had this conversation with quite a few of our customers lately, as we are all on the search for our next great read. Some...
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The Vermont Progressive Party, free of corporate donations/interest, is recruiting candidates for TMD & beyond.

The VPP is hosting regional trainings on Jan 17 in Montpelier and Jan 31 in Manchester. Sign up at www.progressiveparty.org.

Join the most successful third party in the United States!
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January 6, 2026 at 6:26 PM
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The whole 🧵, folks
Stephen Miller is Trump’s most important and influential aide because he channels and shares the president’s worldview. His cold-blooded assessment that might makes right is the one immutable law of history and is now the guiding concept behind US foreign policy…
January 6, 2026 at 4:48 AM
This press conference is a lot. I've said, "WHAT?!?!?!" like 20 times already. Yikes.
January 3, 2026 at 4:45 PM
OK, so here's a little hope: www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Live Updates: At Zohran Mamdani’s Inauguration, Speakers Focus on His Policies and City’s Needs
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Where do you find hope? Please send map. Planning road trip for 2026. Passengers welcome.
December 31, 2025 at 7:29 PM
End of year lists kind of stress me out and feel kind of crummy. But not this one. What a gift.
December 31, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I don't know if this person realizes that I am the actual author. Ugh. Twitter sucks so much. (Got a google alert to tell me this happened.) Bright side: The article about this did list me and I thanked Owen and he wrote me back the sweetest note! #kidlit
December 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
My feeds are filled with videos of people standing up and speaking out against ice today and that is what Christmas is all about for true Christians. Love is rising up.
December 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Please comment on this study linking use of ChatGPT to cognitive decline. publichealthpolicyjournal.com/mit-study-fi...
MIT Study Finds Artificial Intelligence Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to Cognitive Decline - Science, Public Health Policy and the Law
By Nicolas Hulscher, MPH
publichealthpolicyjournal.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Authors, sometimes you have absolutely no idea whose hands your book might end up in. This is such a cool thing the NHL/Pittsburgh Penguins are doing! Big thanks to Owen Pickering! www.nhl.com/penguins/new...
Penguins Foundation and U. S. Steel Partner to Launch “Little Free Libraries” Throughout the Pittsburgh Region | Pittsburgh Penguins
The Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation and U. S. Steel have teamed up to bring “Little Free Libraries” to the local Pittsburgh area, it was announced today. As part of the launch, seven Little Free Librar...
www.nhl.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I startled this beauty today, who flew into the apple tree and waited patiently for me to be on my way.
December 23, 2025 at 12:44 AM
December 21, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Appa in Wonderland
December 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This is a heartbreaking sentiment and it's happening all over. Parker BELONGS here. Please friends, stand up for trans rights. NO ONE should ever be made to feel this way. What have we become, that we've allowed so much hate and injustice to intensify? And all for what? I'm sorry, Parker.
All the anti-trans stuff this week (really, this whole year and the past several leading up to it — but especially this week) has taken a real toll on me.

I feel so sad, scared, and angry. I feel like I don't belong in this world, and that really sucks.
December 19, 2025 at 6:10 PM
In case you need some cat love to break up your doomscroll
December 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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In a world of absolutely dogshit news about trans athletes, it was such a pleasure to write this piece about the derby community and the way they're stepping up for their trans + nonbinary + gender diverse athletes.
The roller derby community’s fight to save the inclusive sport they built  | Xtra Magazine
In this period of trans sports bans, the derby community—players of a rare gender-diverse, full-contact sport—show a way forward
xtramagazine.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Oh hey a good annual reminder that I’ve got a Bluesky starter pack full of agents on here. Go follow away.👇🏽
December 16, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Is this meme 20 years old?
Show your age

17 (have never used a fax machine, a record player, or a phone booth)
December 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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214 Democrats signed a discharge petition to force an up-or-down vote on extending Affordable Care Act tax credits to make sure tens of millions of Americans don't experience skyrocketing health insurance premiums. They just need FOUR House Republicans to join them.

☎️ Call YOUR rep at 202-224-3121.
December 16, 2025 at 1:39 AM
This workshop is going to be AMAZING. Have some out of print books you want to keep available? Tired of the "traditional" route? This workshop is sure to provide all the info you need by two incredible authors who have taken the plunge with great success!
www.eventbrite.com/e/rs-present...
R&S! Presents: Taking the Reins: Indie Publish Your Book!
In this two-hour course join Erin Dionne & Nancy Werlin as they walk you step-by-step through the process of indie publishing your book.
www.eventbrite.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
In a time when so much is just awful, I was heartened to learn that this existed and that I could even possibly make it myself. www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/jell...
Jelly Doughnut Cake
This no-mixer donut cake captures the best parts of a jelly doughnut — the jam-filled center, the delightfully messy sugar coating, and the irresistible flavor of a fried treat — but in a much simpler...
www.kingarthurbaking.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM
When our son was small we LOVED when he received books as gifts. Here's one I think your little friends would enjoy :) No bias at all.
December 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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I really love and appreciate @katemessner.com. She puts her money where her mouth is in so many ways, and being around her always makes me feel good.
December 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Imagine using a fraction of the money involved here to actually fund arts education.
December 10, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I don’t like the iPhone update at all 😭
December 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM