jose pimienta
@jopi.bsky.social
Latinx comics artist. Loves to walk and listen to music. (they/them)
also: https://www.josepimienta.com/
also: https://www.josepimienta.com/
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@jopi.bsky.social
· Jan 22
Halfway to Somewhere by Jose Pimienta: 9780593569450 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
New school, new country, but only half a family?! Embark on a coming of age journey with a middle school teen navigating their parent’s divorce while moving to a new country in this stunning graphic.....
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
You can pre-order my upcoming book "Halfway to Somewhere" coming out on Feb. 18.
Check it out!
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/711773...
Check it out!
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/711773...
it's such an honor to be amongst other amazing creators.
Big thanks to everyone on the team bringing this book to life. And big thanks to the ALA for this. It's just incredible.
to everyone who's read it- thank you.
bookriot.com/2026-youth-m...
Big thanks to everyone on the team bringing this book to life. And big thanks to the ALA for this. It's just incredible.
to everyone who's read it- thank you.
bookriot.com/2026-youth-m...
The ALA Youth Media Awards Are Here: Meet the Latest Award-Winning Books for Young Readers
Here are the 2026 Youth Media Award winners and honorees, highlighting the best of the best in youth literature.
bookriot.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:41 PM
it's such an honor to be amongst other amazing creators.
Big thanks to everyone on the team bringing this book to life. And big thanks to the ALA for this. It's just incredible.
to everyone who's read it- thank you.
bookriot.com/2026-youth-m...
Big thanks to everyone on the team bringing this book to life. And big thanks to the ALA for this. It's just incredible.
to everyone who's read it- thank you.
bookriot.com/2026-youth-m...
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"Stonewall Book Award for Children’s Literature Winner: Halfway to Somewhere by Jose Pimienta"
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Here are all of this year's Youth Media Award winners and honorees. What a great day to celebrate something, and how nice that it is youth literature.
bookriot.com/2026-youth-m...
bookriot.com/2026-youth-m...
The ALA Youth Media Awards Are Here: Meet the Latest Award-Winning Books for Young Readers
Here are the 2026 Youth Media Award winners and honorees, highlighting the best of the best in youth literature.
bookriot.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:53 PM
"Stonewall Book Award for Children’s Literature Winner: Halfway to Somewhere by Jose Pimienta"
@jopi.bsky.social 👏
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ICE assaults and abducts children.
#AbolichICE
#AbolichICE
ICE detain yet another minor child—chase him down his own street and tackle him to pavement.
"I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish.
Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature.
Minneapolis, MN
"I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish.
Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature.
Minneapolis, MN
January 24, 2026 at 1:17 AM
ICE assaults and abducts children.
#AbolichICE
#AbolichICE
WAYMO is bullshit, and here's another reason why.
Something we talk about a lot is that parents don't want to be chauffeurs for their children. It's unfortunate that tech companies are filling the void instead of safe, reliable transit. And this is only a solution for people who can afford a $20 - $40 fare.
Bay Area parents are relying on robotaxis to transport their unaccompanied children. This practice breaks the rules imposed by Waymo, but parents have found they’re unlikely to get caught.
January 21, 2026 at 7:37 AM
WAYMO is bullshit, and here's another reason why.
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This is completely fucking unacceptable. Shut this terrorist government down until it stops brutalizing its own citizens.
Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
January 13, 2026 at 6:57 PM
This is completely fucking unacceptable. Shut this terrorist government down until it stops brutalizing its own citizens.
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AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
What would happen if Tony, Paul and Bonehead would just get together and start another band?
January 11, 2026 at 10:14 PM
What would happen if Tony, Paul and Bonehead would just get together and start another band?
Fill this out, if you have a few minutes.
EVERYONE DO THIS SURVEY
MAKE DISCORD PANIC AND REGRET AND REVERSE COURSE
DROWN THEM IN YOUR HATRED FOR GENAI
MAKE DISCORD PANIC AND REGRET AND REVERSE COURSE
DROWN THEM IN YOUR HATRED FOR GENAI
January 10, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Fill this out, if you have a few minutes.
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2014 was over a decade ago. How many more shootings and deaths has this aggression incurred in the interceding 10+ years? That’s not a problem of training oversight or rushed onboarding. It is a systemic and deliberate practice of civilian executions.
Oh, look. From 2014:
“Border Patrol agents have deliberately stepped in the path of cars apparently to justify shooting at the drivers [in] 67 cases that resulted in 19 deaths.”
You can’t reform that culture.
Ross was in Border Patrol in this period (2007-2015).
www.latimes.com/nation/la-na...
“Border Patrol agents have deliberately stepped in the path of cars apparently to justify shooting at the drivers [in] 67 cases that resulted in 19 deaths.”
You can’t reform that culture.
Ross was in Border Patrol in this period (2007-2015).
www.latimes.com/nation/la-na...
Border Patrol's use of deadly force criticized in report
An independent review of U.S. Border Patrol shootings criticizes the agency for 'lack of diligence' in its investigations and suggests that agents' tactics sometimes create a pretext to open fire.
www.latimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:21 PM
2014 was over a decade ago. How many more shootings and deaths has this aggression incurred in the interceding 10+ years? That’s not a problem of training oversight or rushed onboarding. It is a systemic and deliberate practice of civilian executions.
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this is it
Our job is to keep showing up and taking care of each other.
And knowing when to pause to refill so we can go back to doing it more.
Everything else is commentary.
And knowing when to pause to refill so we can go back to doing it more.
Everything else is commentary.
January 9, 2026 at 11:04 PM
this is it
Are there other languages that use superlatives in casual conversation the way American English does? I've always been fascinated, yet pinched by this detail. follow-up- does it happen in other countries with English as a main/first language?
January 10, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Are there other languages that use superlatives in casual conversation the way American English does? I've always been fascinated, yet pinched by this detail. follow-up- does it happen in other countries with English as a main/first language?
I don't see this thought out there enough, so maybe I'm wrong, but, it's my understanding that a reason why Fascists hate modern/abstract art is because they believe the best style and themes of art have been conquered. Anything new or critical is an attack onto what they claim to own. justathought
January 7, 2026 at 9:16 PM
I don't see this thought out there enough, so maybe I'm wrong, but, it's my understanding that a reason why Fascists hate modern/abstract art is because they believe the best style and themes of art have been conquered. Anything new or critical is an attack onto what they claim to own. justathought
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If someone tells you one of their favorite bands is RATM ask if it's cus of the riffs or the lyrics.
January 7, 2026 at 7:12 AM
If someone tells you one of their favorite bands is RATM ask if it's cus of the riffs or the lyrics.
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The New Anti-Trans Rules Are So Much Worse Than You Think — Leeja Miller
Resources: Trans Relocation Guide: Finding Trans Asylum and Safe Havens: https://translash.org/resources/trans-relocation-guide-finding-trans-asylum-and-safe-havens/ Make a public comm...
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December 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Is there a song version of "Let it snow" for LA where the lyrics are about being stuck in traffic?
December 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Is there a song version of "Let it snow" for LA where the lyrics are about being stuck in traffic?
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🌈 50 2025 Middle Grade Books Featuring LGBTQIA+ Representation 🌈
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#BookSky #MGLit #KidLit
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#BookSky #MGLit #KidLit
December 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🌈 50 2025 Middle Grade Books Featuring LGBTQIA+ Representation 🌈
popgoesthereader.com/50-2025-midd...
#BookSky #MGLit #KidLit
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#BookSky #MGLit #KidLit
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Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that bans gender-affirming medical care for any transgender person under 18, and threatens any medical professional providing this care to youth with 10 years in prison.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Protect Trans Care Now
As wave after wave of extreme measures to criminalize and strip trans people of rights and safety continue, tell Congress to act.
action.aclu.org
December 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that bans gender-affirming medical care for any transgender person under 18, and threatens any medical professional providing this care to youth with 10 years in prison.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
How America Outlawed The Affordable Home
YouTube video by Spectacles
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December 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Amazing comics recommendations by some amazing comics artist! Some of my favorite writers and illustrators both commented and are recommended here
eliasrwrites.ghost.io/creators-yea...
eliasrwrites.ghost.io/creators-yea...
Creators' Year in Review Part 1: Comics We Loved in 2025
Come for the comics, stay for the, uh, comics.
eliasrwrites.ghost.io
December 16, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Amazing comics recommendations by some amazing comics artist! Some of my favorite writers and illustrators both commented and are recommended here
eliasrwrites.ghost.io/creators-yea...
eliasrwrites.ghost.io/creators-yea...
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Watch the whole thing. Absolutely chilling.
MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
December 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Watch the whole thing. Absolutely chilling.
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This was straightforwardly an attempted murder.
Their hope was that he would freeze to death. Don't look away - ICE just tried to execute this man.
Their hope was that he would freeze to death. Don't look away - ICE just tried to execute this man.
ICE detain U.S. citizen for looking Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
December 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
This was straightforwardly an attempted murder.
Their hope was that he would freeze to death. Don't look away - ICE just tried to execute this man.
Their hope was that he would freeze to death. Don't look away - ICE just tried to execute this man.
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Jose Pimienta makes incredible comics you should go read right now. Once you're done with that, consider listening to them, and pick up a copy of Cosmic Cadets: Accused! which releases TOMROROW!
Thank you @jopi.bsky.social!
#comics #kidlit #scifi
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Thank you @jopi.bsky.social!
#comics #kidlit #scifi
@idwpublishing.com @topshelfcomix.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Jose Pimienta makes incredible comics you should go read right now. Once you're done with that, consider listening to them, and pick up a copy of Cosmic Cadets: Accused! which releases TOMROROW!
Thank you @jopi.bsky.social!
#comics #kidlit #scifi
@idwpublishing.com @topshelfcomix.bsky.social
Thank you @jopi.bsky.social!
#comics #kidlit #scifi
@idwpublishing.com @topshelfcomix.bsky.social
Good. take the cars apart and build buses with that.
Waymo is issuing a software recall for its self-driving cars after reports the company's autonomous vehicles failed to stop for school buses. n.pr/4iGUYWf
Waymo will recall software after its self-driving cars passed stopped school buses
Waymo is issuing a software recall for its self-driving cars after reports the company's autonomous vehicles failed to stop for school buses.
n.pr
December 6, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Good. take the cars apart and build buses with that.
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Since genAI has completely fucked the market for home computers, I guarantee there'll be an article complaining that people are playing older and less resource-intensive games and how this is killing the AAA gaming industry
December 5, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Since genAI has completely fucked the market for home computers, I guarantee there'll be an article complaining that people are playing older and less resource-intensive games and how this is killing the AAA gaming industry