Phil Bildner
@philbildner.bsky.social
I write books for young people, picture books and middle grade novels. I’m the founder and President of The Author Village. Mets and Nets fan. LGBTQ🌈
If you’re on LinkedIn, over the course of the last ten days, it has become noticeably more political. More and more individuals, organizations, and companies are using the platform to speak out about the lawless federal occupation of Minneapolis and the terror ICE is causing.
It’s about time.
It’s about time.
January 15, 2026 at 2:44 PM
If you’re on LinkedIn, over the course of the last ten days, it has become noticeably more political. More and more individuals, organizations, and companies are using the platform to speak out about the lawless federal occupation of Minneapolis and the terror ICE is causing.
It’s about time.
It’s about time.
An Amazing Book Club Opportunity!
Two time Newbery Medalist and National Book Award Finalist @erinentrada.bsky.social is launching her own book club. It costs only $20.00, and all the proceeds go to @authorsabb.bsky.social.
Register here. Help spread the word:
www.erinentradakelly.com/workshops
Two time Newbery Medalist and National Book Award Finalist @erinentrada.bsky.social is launching her own book club. It costs only $20.00, and all the proceeds go to @authorsabb.bsky.social.
Register here. Help spread the word:
www.erinentradakelly.com/workshops
January 15, 2026 at 11:19 AM
An Amazing Book Club Opportunity!
Two time Newbery Medalist and National Book Award Finalist @erinentrada.bsky.social is launching her own book club. It costs only $20.00, and all the proceeds go to @authorsabb.bsky.social.
Register here. Help spread the word:
www.erinentradakelly.com/workshops
Two time Newbery Medalist and National Book Award Finalist @erinentrada.bsky.social is launching her own book club. It costs only $20.00, and all the proceeds go to @authorsabb.bsky.social.
Register here. Help spread the word:
www.erinentradakelly.com/workshops
The murderer who publicly executed Renee Good is still at large, armed, and dangerous.
Unmask ICE
Prosecute ICE
Abolish ICE
Unmask ICE
Prosecute ICE
Abolish ICE
January 14, 2026 at 11:34 PM
The murderer who publicly executed Renee Good is still at large, armed, and dangerous.
Unmask ICE
Prosecute ICE
Abolish ICE
Unmask ICE
Prosecute ICE
Abolish ICE
I’m all in for the kids who are unmasking their fathers who are ICE.
January 14, 2026 at 3:25 AM
I’m all in for the kids who are unmasking their fathers who are ICE.
Resist!
Image by LeUyen Pham
Image by LeUyen Pham
January 12, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Resist!
Image by LeUyen Pham
Image by LeUyen Pham
Youth Media Awards!
The @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social Youth Media Awards --one of the most exciting days of the year in the world of books for young people and readers everywhere-- is fast approaching.
Mark your calendars --Mon. Jan. 26 at 11:00am ET-- and watch online!
www.ala.org/ala-youth-me...
The @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social Youth Media Awards --one of the most exciting days of the year in the world of books for young people and readers everywhere-- is fast approaching.
Mark your calendars --Mon. Jan. 26 at 11:00am ET-- and watch online!
www.ala.org/ala-youth-me...
January 12, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Youth Media Awards!
The @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social Youth Media Awards --one of the most exciting days of the year in the world of books for young people and readers everywhere-- is fast approaching.
Mark your calendars --Mon. Jan. 26 at 11:00am ET-- and watch online!
www.ala.org/ala-youth-me...
The @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social Youth Media Awards --one of the most exciting days of the year in the world of books for young people and readers everywhere-- is fast approaching.
Mark your calendars --Mon. Jan. 26 at 11:00am ET-- and watch online!
www.ala.org/ala-youth-me...
The Nazis were just following orders, too.
January 12, 2026 at 2:46 AM
The Nazis were just following orders, too.
Where are the best places to purchase anti-ICE/Trump Death Squad safety whistles in bulk?
Please share some sources and links. Please don’t share any on Amazon.
Please share some sources and links. Please don’t share any on Amazon.
January 12, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Where are the best places to purchase anti-ICE/Trump Death Squad safety whistles in bulk?
Please share some sources and links. Please don’t share any on Amazon.
Please share some sources and links. Please don’t share any on Amazon.
The blatant lies are intentional. They know their followers will believe and regurgitate everything they say. Everything.
They have already programmed them to pledge fealty to a a convicted felon and pedophile apologist. They know exactly what they’re doing. They know how to control their cult.
They have already programmed them to pledge fealty to a a convicted felon and pedophile apologist. They know exactly what they’re doing. They know how to control their cult.
January 11, 2026 at 9:28 PM
The blatant lies are intentional. They know their followers will believe and regurgitate everything they say. Everything.
They have already programmed them to pledge fealty to a a convicted felon and pedophile apologist. They know exactly what they’re doing. They know how to control their cult.
They have already programmed them to pledge fealty to a a convicted felon and pedophile apologist. They know exactly what they’re doing. They know how to control their cult.
What’s Your School’s Plan?
How do you plan to protect your students, families, and community from an ICE surge? What’s your plan to keep everyone safe during drop-off, pick-up, and throughout the day if your school is swarmed by ICE?
By the time schools open tomorrow, every school needs a plan.
How do you plan to protect your students, families, and community from an ICE surge? What’s your plan to keep everyone safe during drop-off, pick-up, and throughout the day if your school is swarmed by ICE?
By the time schools open tomorrow, every school needs a plan.
January 11, 2026 at 11:07 AM
What’s Your School’s Plan?
How do you plan to protect your students, families, and community from an ICE surge? What’s your plan to keep everyone safe during drop-off, pick-up, and throughout the day if your school is swarmed by ICE?
By the time schools open tomorrow, every school needs a plan.
How do you plan to protect your students, families, and community from an ICE surge? What’s your plan to keep everyone safe during drop-off, pick-up, and throughout the day if your school is swarmed by ICE?
By the time schools open tomorrow, every school needs a plan.
We need to keep showing up.
We need to keep speaking out.
We need to get our friends and family members off the sidelines.
There are so many more of us.
No one is coming to save us.
This is up to us.
We need to keep showing up.
We need to keep showing up relentlessly.
We need to keep speaking out.
We need to get our friends and family members off the sidelines.
There are so many more of us.
No one is coming to save us.
This is up to us.
We need to keep showing up.
We need to keep showing up relentlessly.
January 11, 2026 at 3:11 AM
We need to keep showing up.
We need to keep speaking out.
We need to get our friends and family members off the sidelines.
There are so many more of us.
No one is coming to save us.
This is up to us.
We need to keep showing up.
We need to keep showing up relentlessly.
We need to keep speaking out.
We need to get our friends and family members off the sidelines.
There are so many more of us.
No one is coming to save us.
This is up to us.
We need to keep showing up.
We need to keep showing up relentlessly.
We need more leaders like Steve Kerr and Doc Rivers.
We need to marginalize ICE (Trump Death Squad) apologists and enablers like Stephen A. Smith, Mark Teixeira, and Michael Rapaport.
We need to marginalize ICE (Trump Death Squad) apologists and enablers like Stephen A. Smith, Mark Teixeira, and Michael Rapaport.
January 11, 2026 at 1:27 AM
We need more leaders like Steve Kerr and Doc Rivers.
We need to marginalize ICE (Trump Death Squad) apologists and enablers like Stephen A. Smith, Mark Teixeira, and Michael Rapaport.
We need to marginalize ICE (Trump Death Squad) apologists and enablers like Stephen A. Smith, Mark Teixeira, and Michael Rapaport.
ICE Out for Good!
Find where the demonstration is this weekend in YOUR area.
Attend. Participate. Resist.
Sitting this one out is picking a side.
Unmask Trump's Death Squads
Prosecute Trump's Death Squads
Abolish Trump's Death Squads
www.axios.com/2026/01/09/i...
Find where the demonstration is this weekend in YOUR area.
Attend. Participate. Resist.
Sitting this one out is picking a side.
Unmask Trump's Death Squads
Prosecute Trump's Death Squads
Abolish Trump's Death Squads
www.axios.com/2026/01/09/i...
ICE and Border Patrol shootings spark hundreds of weekend vigils and protests
The Trump administration is defending its agents.
www.axios.com
January 10, 2026 at 12:00 PM
ICE Out for Good!
Find where the demonstration is this weekend in YOUR area.
Attend. Participate. Resist.
Sitting this one out is picking a side.
Unmask Trump's Death Squads
Prosecute Trump's Death Squads
Abolish Trump's Death Squads
www.axios.com/2026/01/09/i...
Find where the demonstration is this weekend in YOUR area.
Attend. Participate. Resist.
Sitting this one out is picking a side.
Unmask Trump's Death Squads
Prosecute Trump's Death Squads
Abolish Trump's Death Squads
www.axios.com/2026/01/09/i...
If you weren’t already planning to do so, this weekend is a great time to participate in your first or next anti-ICE protest.
Remaining silent in this moment is picking a side.
Resist Trump’s death squads. Resist these monstrous, anti-American evildoers.
Remaining silent in this moment is picking a side.
Resist Trump’s death squads. Resist these monstrous, anti-American evildoers.
January 10, 2026 at 2:24 AM
If you weren’t already planning to do so, this weekend is a great time to participate in your first or next anti-ICE protest.
Remaining silent in this moment is picking a side.
Resist Trump’s death squads. Resist these monstrous, anti-American evildoers.
Remaining silent in this moment is picking a side.
Resist Trump’s death squads. Resist these monstrous, anti-American evildoers.
TDS = Trump's Death Squads = ICE
January 8, 2026 at 10:37 PM
TDS = Trump's Death Squads = ICE
Please start (or continue) to show up in person at protests and demonstrations. Please bring your friends and family members. Please have them bring friends and family members.
We’ve reached the point where choosing to sit this out is picking a side.
Resist this murderous regime relentlessly.
We’ve reached the point where choosing to sit this out is picking a side.
Resist this murderous regime relentlessly.
January 8, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Please start (or continue) to show up in person at protests and demonstrations. Please bring your friends and family members. Please have them bring friends and family members.
We’ve reached the point where choosing to sit this out is picking a side.
Resist this murderous regime relentlessly.
We’ve reached the point where choosing to sit this out is picking a side.
Resist this murderous regime relentlessly.
Unmask ICE
Prosecute ICE
Abolish ICE
Heading to Downtown Manhattan to protest these monstrous evildoers.
Prosecute ICE
Abolish ICE
Heading to Downtown Manhattan to protest these monstrous evildoers.
January 8, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Unmask ICE
Prosecute ICE
Abolish ICE
Heading to Downtown Manhattan to protest these monstrous evildoers.
Prosecute ICE
Abolish ICE
Heading to Downtown Manhattan to protest these monstrous evildoers.
This has all happened in less than a year. Less than a year.
Tell your friends and family — if they’re still sitting this out, they’ve picked a side.
Resist this monstrous regime relentlessly.
Resist this evil imperial regime relentlessly.
Tell your friends and family — if they’re still sitting this out, they’ve picked a side.
Resist this monstrous regime relentlessly.
Resist this evil imperial regime relentlessly.
January 8, 2026 at 3:00 AM
This has all happened in less than a year. Less than a year.
Tell your friends and family — if they’re still sitting this out, they’ve picked a side.
Resist this monstrous regime relentlessly.
Resist this evil imperial regime relentlessly.
Tell your friends and family — if they’re still sitting this out, they’ve picked a side.
Resist this monstrous regime relentlessly.
Resist this evil imperial regime relentlessly.
Reposted by Phil Bildner
After the assassination of Melissa Hortman it’s not hard to understand why a woman in Minnesota would be afraid of a man in a mask who says he’s a cop.
January 8, 2026 at 1:36 AM
After the assassination of Melissa Hortman it’s not hard to understand why a woman in Minnesota would be afraid of a man in a mask who says he’s a cop.
Murder.
A public execution.
Challenge the lies relentlessly.
Anyone who says otherwise.
Do not give them a pass.
Resist the lies.
Everywhere and relentlessly.
This was murder.
An intentional public execution.
A public execution.
Challenge the lies relentlessly.
Anyone who says otherwise.
Do not give them a pass.
Resist the lies.
Everywhere and relentlessly.
This was murder.
An intentional public execution.
January 8, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Murder.
A public execution.
Challenge the lies relentlessly.
Anyone who says otherwise.
Do not give them a pass.
Resist the lies.
Everywhere and relentlessly.
This was murder.
An intentional public execution.
A public execution.
Challenge the lies relentlessly.
Anyone who says otherwise.
Do not give them a pass.
Resist the lies.
Everywhere and relentlessly.
This was murder.
An intentional public execution.
Do not believe anything this regime says. They are monstrous murderers.
January 7, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Do not believe anything this regime says. They are monstrous murderers.
ICE, Trump's Gestapo, should not be permitted to execute United States citizens.
Resist this regime of lawless, monstrous evildoers.
Resist this regime of lawless, monstrous evildoers.
January 7, 2026 at 7:43 PM
ICE, Trump's Gestapo, should not be permitted to execute United States citizens.
Resist this regime of lawless, monstrous evildoers.
Resist this regime of lawless, monstrous evildoers.
January 6, 2021.
Our nation’s darkest and saddest day.
Our nation’s darkest and saddest day.
January 6, 2026 at 4:28 PM
January 6, 2021.
Our nation’s darkest and saddest day.
Our nation’s darkest and saddest day.
The @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social Youth Media Awards are three weeks from today -- Monday January 26 at 11:00am ET.
This will be the year that ALL the presenters pronounce the names of ALL the winners correctly.
Pronounce the names correctly.
www.ala.org/ala-youth-me...
This will be the year that ALL the presenters pronounce the names of ALL the winners correctly.
Pronounce the names correctly.
www.ala.org/ala-youth-me...
ALA Youth Media Awards
www.ala.org
January 5, 2026 at 10:38 AM
The @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social Youth Media Awards are three weeks from today -- Monday January 26 at 11:00am ET.
This will be the year that ALL the presenters pronounce the names of ALL the winners correctly.
Pronounce the names correctly.
www.ala.org/ala-youth-me...
This will be the year that ALL the presenters pronounce the names of ALL the winners correctly.
Pronounce the names correctly.
www.ala.org/ala-youth-me...
Support Local Media
@mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social has created a directory of the more than 2200 local news outlets in the 50 states. This holiday season, please consider getting or gifting a local newspaper subscription.
Defend democracy.
www.mediaanddemocracyproject.org/journalism-d...
@mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social has created a directory of the more than 2200 local news outlets in the 50 states. This holiday season, please consider getting or gifting a local newspaper subscription.
Defend democracy.
www.mediaanddemocracyproject.org/journalism-d...
Local Journalism Directory | Media and Democracy Project
We created a directory to help you find local journalism and local news sources in your area worth reading and supporting.
www.mediaanddemocracyproject.org
December 26, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Support Local Media
@mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social has created a directory of the more than 2200 local news outlets in the 50 states. This holiday season, please consider getting or gifting a local newspaper subscription.
Defend democracy.
www.mediaanddemocracyproject.org/journalism-d...
@mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social has created a directory of the more than 2200 local news outlets in the 50 states. This holiday season, please consider getting or gifting a local newspaper subscription.
Defend democracy.
www.mediaanddemocracyproject.org/journalism-d...