Lance Rubin
@lancerubinparty.bsky.social
YA/MG author of Zed Moonstein Makes a Friend & Denton Little & Crying Laughing. Co-writer of Monster Club 2, Bleak Creek, & Broadway Bounty Hunter.
Next up: 16 Forever (1.6.26)
www.lancerubin.com
Next up: 16 Forever (1.6.26)
www.lancerubin.com
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Lance Rubin
@lancerubinparty.bsky.social
· Aug 26
Hey! Zed Moonstein Makes a Friend is out today. It’s a funny, scary MG book about a lonely 6th grader who makes an AI best friend, with…decidedly mixed results. It’ll kickstart vital discussions w/ kids about the role of AI and tech in our lives. Buy now! www.harpercollins.com/products/zed...
I love this festival so much. Hooray for 2026!
Please welcome Scott Reintgen, James Riley @jamesrileyauthor.com, Lance Rubin @lancerubinparty.bsky.social, and Aisha Saeed @aishasaeed.bsky.social to #NTTBF26!
December 19, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I love this festival so much. Hooray for 2026!
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Rec'ing great books to my 8th graders today, including new favorites I recently read:
🤖Zed Moonstein Makes a Friend @lancerubinparty.bsky.social
🪰The Electric Kingdom by David Arnold
📡Simon Sort Of Says @erinbowbooks.bsky.social
🐦Candace, The Universe, And Everything @rhymeswithcapri.bsky.social
🤖Zed Moonstein Makes a Friend @lancerubinparty.bsky.social
🪰The Electric Kingdom by David Arnold
📡Simon Sort Of Says @erinbowbooks.bsky.social
🐦Candace, The Universe, And Everything @rhymeswithcapri.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Rec'ing great books to my 8th graders today, including new favorites I recently read:
🤖Zed Moonstein Makes a Friend @lancerubinparty.bsky.social
🪰The Electric Kingdom by David Arnold
📡Simon Sort Of Says @erinbowbooks.bsky.social
🐦Candace, The Universe, And Everything @rhymeswithcapri.bsky.social
🤖Zed Moonstein Makes a Friend @lancerubinparty.bsky.social
🪰The Electric Kingdom by David Arnold
📡Simon Sort Of Says @erinbowbooks.bsky.social
🐦Candace, The Universe, And Everything @rhymeswithcapri.bsky.social
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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I just read Zed Moonstein Makes a Friend by @lancerubinparty.bsky.social because you know I have to read anything with robots and AIs in it. A kid uses an experimental app to generate an AI friend which goes badly wrong. It's unfortunately very timely! #kid #middlegrade
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I just read Zed Moonstein Makes a Friend by @lancerubinparty.bsky.social because you know I have to read anything with robots and AIs in it. A kid uses an experimental app to generate an AI friend which goes badly wrong. It's unfortunately very timely! #kid #middlegrade
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If you live in Oakland PLEASE consider writing in via this extremely easy form to our city officials to urge them to REJECT a contract w FLOCK surveillance cameras, which shares data directly with ICE and DHS.
Keep our neighbors safe.
FLOCK OUT OF OAKLAND
actionnetwork.org/letters/no-f...
Keep our neighbors safe.
FLOCK OUT OF OAKLAND
actionnetwork.org/letters/no-f...
Tell City Council: No FLOCK Surveillance for ICE in Oakland
The Oakland Police Department is looking to push through a $2.25M contract to expand its surveillance network under the privately-owned company FLOCK Safety — and we need you to show up and demand the...
actionnetwork.org
November 17, 2025 at 11:32 PM
If you live in Oakland PLEASE consider writing in via this extremely easy form to our city officials to urge them to REJECT a contract w FLOCK surveillance cameras, which shares data directly with ICE and DHS.
Keep our neighbors safe.
FLOCK OUT OF OAKLAND
actionnetwork.org/letters/no-f...
Keep our neighbors safe.
FLOCK OUT OF OAKLAND
actionnetwork.org/letters/no-f...
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Great fun celebrating the release of "Treasure of Ocean Parkway" with @sarvenaztash.bsky.social and @lancerubinparty.bsky.social tonight! Lived hearing them talk about the writing process, and can't wait to dive into the book!
November 12, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Great fun celebrating the release of "Treasure of Ocean Parkway" with @sarvenaztash.bsky.social and @lancerubinparty.bsky.social tonight! Lived hearing them talk about the writing process, and can't wait to dive into the book!
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If you and your children are not ready for a particular book, that is okay. It is not okay to limit the access to books, stories, and experiences for other families. Every book is not for everyone, but every book is for someone.
bookriot.com/the-day-the-books-disappeared-school-visit-cancelation/
bookriot.com/the-day-the-books-disappeared-school-visit-cancelation/
Why Did These Authors Have Their School Visit Canceled? They Were Talking About Their Book About Book Bans.
Country Club Elementary School in California's Bay Area canceled an author visit moments before it began. Why? It covered book bans.
bookriot.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
If you and your children are not ready for a particular book, that is okay. It is not okay to limit the access to books, stories, and experiences for other families. Every book is not for everyone, but every book is for someone.
bookriot.com/the-day-the-books-disappeared-school-visit-cancelation/
bookriot.com/the-day-the-books-disappeared-school-visit-cancelation/
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Tear gassing random residential streets is just absolutely psychotic behavior.
Video from today's first gas attack.
Saturday morning in Chicago.
Saturday morning in Chicago.
October 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Tear gassing random residential streets is just absolutely psychotic behavior.
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I will say TPM is a media outlet 90% funded by its readers/membership and explicitly dedicated to exposing authoritarianism. Support your local TPM!
It would be ideal to have alternatives owned and operated by a membership organization that had as its express purpose countering billionaire/nazi news
October 24, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I will say TPM is a media outlet 90% funded by its readers/membership and explicitly dedicated to exposing authoritarianism. Support your local TPM!
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To become dependent on ChapGPT is to evacuate yourself from your own life.
YIKES, no thanks. I’m gonna be alive inside every damn thing I do, even and especially the ish I don’t wanna do.
YIKES, no thanks. I’m gonna be alive inside every damn thing I do, even and especially the ish I don’t wanna do.
October 15, 2025 at 8:35 PM
To become dependent on ChapGPT is to evacuate yourself from your own life.
YIKES, no thanks. I’m gonna be alive inside every damn thing I do, even and especially the ish I don’t wanna do.
YIKES, no thanks. I’m gonna be alive inside every damn thing I do, even and especially the ish I don’t wanna do.
Loved doing this interview with librarian Mary Lanni! We talked about Zed and creativity and recording the audiobook and how overwhelming it is for adults to navigate the internet right now, let alone kids.
Today's featured author interview is with Lance Rubin, author of Zed Moonstein Makes a Friend! Check out our conversation, and then make sure to read Zed's story, too.
youtu.be/iYOSiLrFZ5A?...
#middlegradereads #authorinterview #kidlit
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youtu.be/iYOSiLrFZ5A?...
#middlegradereads #authorinterview #kidlit
@lancerubinparty.bsky.social
Author Interview: Lance Rubin
YouTube video by @MaryLanniReads
youtu.be
October 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Loved doing this interview with librarian Mary Lanni! We talked about Zed and creativity and recording the audiobook and how overwhelming it is for adults to navigate the internet right now, let alone kids.
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Please share the news about these students working to get transparency on why books were removed from a statewide reading bowl (including a book ON book banning!!)
bookriot.com/helen-ruffin...
And then sign their petition here: www.change.org/p/ensure-tra...
bookriot.com/helen-ruffin...
And then sign their petition here: www.change.org/p/ensure-tra...
A Georgia Reading Bowl Bans Titles from Competition, Including a Book on Book Bans
Eight books, including a book about the current spate of book bans and their impact on teens, have been banned from a Georgia Reading Bowl.
bookriot.com
October 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Please share the news about these students working to get transparency on why books were removed from a statewide reading bowl (including a book ON book banning!!)
bookriot.com/helen-ruffin...
And then sign their petition here: www.change.org/p/ensure-tra...
bookriot.com/helen-ruffin...
And then sign their petition here: www.change.org/p/ensure-tra...
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Trash.
What an unsurprising decision by corporations that desperately need to make money with AI. If every other company with a chatbot isn't already doing this, then expect them to be following Meta's lead soon. The chatbot is not your friend; it's a corporate listening device. www.ft.com/content/22f7...
October 12, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Trash.
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This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical
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I loved Zed Moonstein Makes A Friend by Lance Rubin. Such a great, funny book about friendship, social media, AI, and the looming corporate takeover invading every part of our lives.
It's time for my roundup of things I loved in September! Featuring books by @lancerubinparty.bsky.social and @neddalewersbooks.bsky.social—and a call for cozy fall/Halloween recs: kathrynholmes.substack.com/p/the-roundu...
The Roundup: September 2025
Here's what I enjoyed most last month!
kathrynholmes.substack.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I loved Zed Moonstein Makes A Friend by Lance Rubin. Such a great, funny book about friendship, social media, AI, and the looming corporate takeover invading every part of our lives.
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It's time for my roundup of things I loved in September! Featuring books by @lancerubinparty.bsky.social and @neddalewersbooks.bsky.social—and a call for cozy fall/Halloween recs: kathrynholmes.substack.com/p/the-roundu...
The Roundup: September 2025
Here's what I enjoyed most last month!
kathrynholmes.substack.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
It's time for my roundup of things I loved in September! Featuring books by @lancerubinparty.bsky.social and @neddalewersbooks.bsky.social—and a call for cozy fall/Halloween recs: kathrynholmes.substack.com/p/the-roundu...
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Candidate scorecards are a fantastic way to help protect the right to read in your town. If you're into research & can make simple graphics, maybe that's how you can contribute. Here is a thread of cards for the upcoming Bucks Country, PA schoolboard...
September 30, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Candidate scorecards are a fantastic way to help protect the right to read in your town. If you're into research & can make simple graphics, maybe that's how you can contribute. Here is a thread of cards for the upcoming Bucks Country, PA schoolboard...
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“He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
“He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.”
-Declaration of Independence
“He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.”
-Declaration of Independence
Trump says he authorizes Hegseth to deploy the military to Portland, which he lyingly calls "war ravaged," and says he is authorizing "full force."
September 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
“He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
“He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.”
-Declaration of Independence
“He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.”
-Declaration of Independence
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Do one thing today to help. One thing tomorrow. One thing the day after. Taking a swing at every bad thing happening is just going to burn you out. Remember, if everyone does their one thing the world changes
September 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Do one thing today to help. One thing tomorrow. One thing the day after. Taking a swing at every bad thing happening is just going to burn you out. Remember, if everyone does their one thing the world changes
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idk, i've managed to not use chatgpt or whatever a single time and still am somehow getting things done and doing well at my job bc i use things like:
having conversations with other people!
reading!
my own brain to think of things!
having conversations with other people!
reading!
my own brain to think of things!
July 18, 2025 at 1:23 PM
idk, i've managed to not use chatgpt or whatever a single time and still am somehow getting things done and doing well at my job bc i use things like:
having conversations with other people!
reading!
my own brain to think of things!
having conversations with other people!
reading!
my own brain to think of things!
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These people are going to kill kids, and they held a press conference to announce it. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
Florida Says It Plans to End All Vaccine Mandates
www.nytimes.com
September 3, 2025 at 6:52 PM
These people are going to kill kids, and they held a press conference to announce it. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
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This should be the lead story in all major national news outlets. Public health people prefer to stay out of the limelight unless there is no other choice. I can’t overstate how bad things have to be for 9 former CDC directors to band together and pen an op-ed in the NYT warning the entire country.
9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American."
It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
www.nytimes.com
September 1, 2025 at 11:51 AM
This should be the lead story in all major national news outlets. Public health people prefer to stay out of the limelight unless there is no other choice. I can’t overstate how bad things have to be for 9 former CDC directors to band together and pen an op-ed in the NYT warning the entire country.