Sara Van Note
@svannotes.bsky.social
Science & nature writer for kids and adults. Also educator, naturalist, meanderer. 🌱 🦋 🦜
Member SCBWI, SEJ, NASW.
Represented by Kathleen Rushall at Andrea Brown Literary Agency.
New Mexico = home
Member SCBWI, SEJ, NASW.
Represented by Kathleen Rushall at Andrea Brown Literary Agency.
New Mexico = home
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Sara Van Note
@svannotes.bsky.social
· May 5
💫Here's to the next chapter in my journey: I'm thrilled to announce I'm now represented by Kathleen Rushall at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social! 📖
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Children detained at a South Texas ICE facility led a demonstration yesterday to protest their treatment.
“He heard what sounded like ‘hundreds of children’ shouting, with voices he described as ‘high-pitched’ and ‘urgent’… chanting ‘Libertad.’”
“He heard what sounded like ‘hundreds of children’ shouting, with voices he described as ‘high-pitched’ and ‘urgent’… chanting ‘Libertad.’”
Protest breaks out at Dilley immigration detention facility holding 5-year-old Liam Ramos
A protest broke out Saturday at the ICE-run South Texas family detention complex in Dilley, where five-year-old Liam Ramos is being detained.
www.tpr.org
January 25, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Children detained at a South Texas ICE facility led a demonstration yesterday to protest their treatment.
“He heard what sounded like ‘hundreds of children’ shouting, with voices he described as ‘high-pitched’ and ‘urgent’… chanting ‘Libertad.’”
“He heard what sounded like ‘hundreds of children’ shouting, with voices he described as ‘high-pitched’ and ‘urgent’… chanting ‘Libertad.’”
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It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
January 23, 2026 at 8:16 PM
It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
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NEW from me: Hundreds of clergy descend on Minneapolis and go on lookout for ICE —> religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...
Hundreds of clergy descend on Minneapolis and go on lookout for ICE
MINNEAPOLIS (RNS) — The faith leaders, who hail from across the country and represent a range of religious traditions, deployed to neighborhoods with significant immigrant populations, where DHS agent...
religionnews.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:41 AM
NEW from me: Hundreds of clergy descend on Minneapolis and go on lookout for ICE —> religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...
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Incredibly emotional to hear my poem has been turned into a song of resistance and is being sung in Minneapolis right now. Please do not give up.
January 18, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Incredibly emotional to hear my poem has been turned into a song of resistance and is being sung in Minneapolis right now. Please do not give up.
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Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system against your opponents is an authoritarian tactic.
The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
Breaking news: The Justice Department has issued subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as part of an investigation alleging that they are impeding federal law enforcement officers’ abilities to do their jobs in the state.
Justice Dept. launches criminal investigation of Minnesota governor
The Justice Department has issued subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as part of an investigation into impeding law enforcement.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system against your opponents is an authoritarian tactic.
The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
No cheating. Reskeet with the most recent picture of your pet.
January 2, 2026 at 1:08 AM
No cheating. Reskeet with the most recent picture of your pet.
I just rediscovered my well-loved copy of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, signed by Eric Carle in the early 1980s. 💚
December 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I just rediscovered my well-loved copy of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, signed by Eric Carle in the early 1980s. 💚
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Please support the Freedom to Read & Fight Against Censorship #NewMexico.
WRITE how books have affected you & ask the Gov to place 3 library bills on Legislative Session.
Email: www.governor.state.nm.us/contact-the-...
Share Story: www.freedomtoreadnewmexico.org/share_your_s...
#books #kidlit
WRITE how books have affected you & ask the Gov to place 3 library bills on Legislative Session.
Email: www.governor.state.nm.us/contact-the-...
Share Story: www.freedomtoreadnewmexico.org/share_your_s...
#books #kidlit
www.freedomtoreadnewmexico.org
December 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Please support the Freedom to Read & Fight Against Censorship #NewMexico.
WRITE how books have affected you & ask the Gov to place 3 library bills on Legislative Session.
Email: www.governor.state.nm.us/contact-the-...
Share Story: www.freedomtoreadnewmexico.org/share_your_s...
#books #kidlit
WRITE how books have affected you & ask the Gov to place 3 library bills on Legislative Session.
Email: www.governor.state.nm.us/contact-the-...
Share Story: www.freedomtoreadnewmexico.org/share_your_s...
#books #kidlit
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Unbelievable. This would be a terrible blow to American science, writ large. It would decimate not only climate research, but also the kind of weather, wildfire, and disaster research that has underpinned half a century of progress in prediction, early warning, and increased resilience.
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Unbelievable. This would be a terrible blow to American science, writ large. It would decimate not only climate research, but also the kind of weather, wildfire, and disaster research that has underpinned half a century of progress in prediction, early warning, and increased resilience.
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Celebrity chefs told Californians that PFAS-coated pans were “safe,” and successfully lobbied Gavin Newsom to veto a bill phasing them out
They didn’t mention they all sell PFAS-coated pans.
New joint investigation with @mirandagreen.bsky.social and @atmosmag.bsky.social is out:
They didn’t mention they all sell PFAS-coated pans.
New joint investigation with @mirandagreen.bsky.social and @atmosmag.bsky.social is out:
Why are famous chefs fighting PFAS bans?
The answer, in retrospect, is obvious—and it’s part of a larger campaign to stop bans on Teflon cookware nationwide.
heated.world
December 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Celebrity chefs told Californians that PFAS-coated pans were “safe,” and successfully lobbied Gavin Newsom to veto a bill phasing them out
They didn’t mention they all sell PFAS-coated pans.
New joint investigation with @mirandagreen.bsky.social and @atmosmag.bsky.social is out:
They didn’t mention they all sell PFAS-coated pans.
New joint investigation with @mirandagreen.bsky.social and @atmosmag.bsky.social is out:
Guilty. (I went with the charismatic megafauna). New list below!
Introduce yourself with 5 invertebrates you've seen in the wild:
Mourning cloak butterfly
Blue fungus beetle
Klug's velvet ant
Jerusalem cricket
Sunflower sea star
Introduce yourself with 5 invertebrates you've seen in the wild:
Mourning cloak butterfly
Blue fungus beetle
Klug's velvet ant
Jerusalem cricket
Sunflower sea star
Seeing dozens of "Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild" and I just wanna say INVERTEBRATES ARE ANIMALS TOO because I haven't seen anyone list a single one yet
November 29, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Guilty. (I went with the charismatic megafauna). New list below!
Introduce yourself with 5 invertebrates you've seen in the wild:
Mourning cloak butterfly
Blue fungus beetle
Klug's velvet ant
Jerusalem cricket
Sunflower sea star
Introduce yourself with 5 invertebrates you've seen in the wild:
Mourning cloak butterfly
Blue fungus beetle
Klug's velvet ant
Jerusalem cricket
Sunflower sea star
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
African elephant
Nile crocodile
Howler monkey
Black bear
Porcupine
African elephant
Nile crocodile
Howler monkey
Black bear
Porcupine
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Wolves
Orcas
Kiwis
Puffins
Moose
Wolves
Orcas
Kiwis
Puffins
Moose
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Kangaroo rat
Fin whale
Moose
Grizzly bear
American crocodile
Kangaroo rat
Fin whale
Moose
Grizzly bear
American crocodile
November 29, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
African elephant
Nile crocodile
Howler monkey
Black bear
Porcupine
African elephant
Nile crocodile
Howler monkey
Black bear
Porcupine
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1. In Tennessee, public libraries have closed for up to a week to facilitate a Trump-inspired book purge.
Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) has ordered most of the state's public librarians to remove children's books with LGBTQ characters or themes.
Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) has ordered most of the state's public librarians to remove children's books with LGBTQ characters or themes.
Tennessee public libraries close for Trump-inspired book purge
One hundred and eighty-one public libraries in Tennessee are reviewing their children’s collections after Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) ordered them to remove books with LGBTQ themes…
popular.info
November 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
1. In Tennessee, public libraries have closed for up to a week to facilitate a Trump-inspired book purge.
Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) has ordered most of the state's public librarians to remove children's books with LGBTQ characters or themes.
Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) has ordered most of the state's public librarians to remove children's books with LGBTQ characters or themes.
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Study after study shows that using LLMs is bad for cognition, bad for learning, bad for understanding, bad for mental health. So why are our schools and universities still relentlessly pushing them?
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Study after study shows that using LLMs is bad for cognition, bad for learning, bad for understanding, bad for mental health. So why are our schools and universities still relentlessly pushing them?
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"There are about a thousand of us."
Yes, because the thing about girls is that they don't stay girls for very long. Which makes them disposable. And which means that men like Epstein need a huge supply.
Yes, because the thing about girls is that they don't stay girls for very long. Which makes them disposable. And which means that men like Epstein need a huge supply.
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 17, 2025 at 12:42 AM
"There are about a thousand of us."
Yes, because the thing about girls is that they don't stay girls for very long. Which makes them disposable. And which means that men like Epstein need a huge supply.
Yes, because the thing about girls is that they don't stay girls for very long. Which makes them disposable. And which means that men like Epstein need a huge supply.
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my latest: CRIT grants personhood status to #coloradoriver - 3rd in North America by Indigenous peoples. www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
Colorado River wins personhood status from Arizona tribal council
Personhood status creates a powerful new mechanism for protecting the eponymous river that makes life possible in their arid homelands.
www.azcentral.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:43 PM
my latest: CRIT grants personhood status to #coloradoriver - 3rd in North America by Indigenous peoples. www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
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ANNOUNCEMENT! We've been working hard behind the scenes this year to revamp our approach to our scholarship program. It's now ready and applications for our 2026 scholarship program are LIVE! forms.gle/Pe2qKyaGMH67...
November 6, 2025 at 5:41 PM
ANNOUNCEMENT! We've been working hard behind the scenes this year to revamp our approach to our scholarship program. It's now ready and applications for our 2026 scholarship program are LIVE! forms.gle/Pe2qKyaGMH67...
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Good morning! @gelliottmorris.com and I have crossed 2.5 million #nokings protesters counted.
Our nationwide, unofficial, crowdsourced estimate is now at 4.7-7.9 million.
Thank you to all of our local colleagues and volunteers that made this work possible.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Our nationwide, unofficial, crowdsourced estimate is now at 4.7-7.9 million.
Thank you to all of our local colleagues and volunteers that made this work possible.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
No Kings!
docs.google.com
October 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Good morning! @gelliottmorris.com and I have crossed 2.5 million #nokings protesters counted.
Our nationwide, unofficial, crowdsourced estimate is now at 4.7-7.9 million.
Thank you to all of our local colleagues and volunteers that made this work possible.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Our nationwide, unofficial, crowdsourced estimate is now at 4.7-7.9 million.
Thank you to all of our local colleagues and volunteers that made this work possible.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Good evening. We estimate that between 4.2 and 7.6 million people turned out for the No Kings Day demonstrations held around the country on Saturday. This makes Oct 18 very likely the biggest single-day U.S. protest event since 1970. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...
Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 4.2-7.6 million participants
Here are the initial results from our crowdsourced crowd-counting estimates
www.gelliottmorris.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Good evening. We estimate that between 4.2 and 7.6 million people turned out for the No Kings Day demonstrations held around the country on Saturday. This makes Oct 18 very likely the biggest single-day U.S. protest event since 1970. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...
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Watch No Kings protests from around the country, ie the 39 states in our network. www.newsfromthestates.com/live-feed/no...
No Kings protest coverage | News From The States
www.newsfromthestates.com
October 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Watch No Kings protests from around the country, ie the 39 states in our network. www.newsfromthestates.com/live-feed/no...
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I was commissioned to make a zine for the No Kings 2 protest on Saturday Oct 18th!
If you wonder “what can I do?” this zine is for you. It’s packed with things that you can do from wearing a “no ICE” pin to organizing a visibility brigade with your friends.
drive.google.com/file/d/1TJnH...
If you wonder “what can I do?” this zine is for you. It’s packed with things that you can do from wearing a “no ICE” pin to organizing a visibility brigade with your friends.
drive.google.com/file/d/1TJnH...
October 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I was commissioned to make a zine for the No Kings 2 protest on Saturday Oct 18th!
If you wonder “what can I do?” this zine is for you. It’s packed with things that you can do from wearing a “no ICE” pin to organizing a visibility brigade with your friends.
drive.google.com/file/d/1TJnH...
If you wonder “what can I do?” this zine is for you. It’s packed with things that you can do from wearing a “no ICE” pin to organizing a visibility brigade with your friends.
drive.google.com/file/d/1TJnH...
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The reality of Kavanaugh stops: American citizens dragged, tackled, beaten, tased, and shot by immigration agents. Citizens held in the rain while in their underwear. A pregnant citizen's door blown off while Kristi Noem watched. Important story by @nicolefoy.bsky.social of @propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The reality of Kavanaugh stops: American citizens dragged, tackled, beaten, tased, and shot by immigration agents. Citizens held in the rain while in their underwear. A pregnant citizen's door blown off while Kristi Noem watched. Important story by @nicolefoy.bsky.social of @propublica.org
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Next Saturday Oct 18, millions of people across America will join together to send a clear message: We the people have the power. Find your local event today and raise your voice for the science, facts, and truth we need to counter the authoritarian overreach of President Trump and his enablers.
No Kings
As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power belongs to the people.
www.nokings.org
October 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Next Saturday Oct 18, millions of people across America will join together to send a clear message: We the people have the power. Find your local event today and raise your voice for the science, facts, and truth we need to counter the authoritarian overreach of President Trump and his enablers.
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Don't count on the #CDC for evidence-based information about #vaccines these days. But there still remain plenty of other resources for getting that information. Here's where to start.
Where to find accurate vaccine information amidst the CDC’s ongoing collapse
With the CDC no longer a trustworthy source, use these resources to find reliable, accurate, evidence-based information about vaccines.
healthjournalism.org
October 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Now including New Mexico.
"How to Report ICE" 10/2:
Buffalo, CA, Chicago, CO, DC Metro, DE, FL, Indianapolis, KC Metro, MD, MA, NC Triangle, much of NJ, NM, NYC, Phoenix, Philly, Pittsburgh, Portland OR, RI, Rochester NY, St. Louis Metro, St. Peter & Mankato MN, VA, WI, WY
San Francisco in Spanish
tinyurl.com/mupyyr2x
Buffalo, CA, Chicago, CO, DC Metro, DE, FL, Indianapolis, KC Metro, MD, MA, NC Triangle, much of NJ, NM, NYC, Phoenix, Philly, Pittsburgh, Portland OR, RI, Rochester NY, St. Louis Metro, St. Peter & Mankato MN, VA, WI, WY
San Francisco in Spanish
tinyurl.com/mupyyr2x
October 7, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Now including New Mexico.