Sharalyn Edgeberg
@sedgeberg.bsky.social
I’m a children’s picture book writer. I’m inspired by nature & wildlife. I love to paint with watercolors and draw. @
#SCBWI, #12x12PB, @thewritingbarn.bsky.social
#SCBWI, #12x12PB, @thewritingbarn.bsky.social
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My peonies are blooming!
June 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
My peonies are blooming!
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When humans look at something we find beautiful it causes dopamine release in our brains & looking at plants shifts our brain activity away from fight or flight & into rest & digest mode.
A field of phacelia, Norfolk:
A field of phacelia, Norfolk:
May 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
When humans look at something we find beautiful it causes dopamine release in our brains & looking at plants shifts our brain activity away from fight or flight & into rest & digest mode.
A field of phacelia, Norfolk:
A field of phacelia, Norfolk:
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"Mr. Trump started his term with the second-lowest approval rating for a president in modern history.
The only recent president to have started in a worse position was Mr. Trump the first time he took office..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/u...
The only recent president to have started in a worse position was Mr. Trump the first time he took office..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/u...
Trump’s Approval Rating Has Been Falling Steadily, Polling Average Shows
President Trump’s approval rating has sunk to about 45 percent, down from 52 percent one week after he took office.
www.nytimes.com
April 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
"Mr. Trump started his term with the second-lowest approval rating for a president in modern history.
The only recent president to have started in a worse position was Mr. Trump the first time he took office..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/u...
The only recent president to have started in a worse position was Mr. Trump the first time he took office..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/u...
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Email list for all DOGE employees
Please ReSkeet!
Please ReSkeet!
March 7, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Email list for all DOGE employees
Please ReSkeet!
Please ReSkeet!
Beautiful Tom turkeys 🦃!
Love the sound of their feathers!
Love the sound of their feathers!
March 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Beautiful Tom turkeys 🦃!
Love the sound of their feathers!
Love the sound of their feathers!
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Trump, Elon, and their allies are calling all spending they don't like "fraud." Spending on things like consumer protection, Social Security, and medicine for sick kids.
But just calling something "fraud" doesn't make it so. Here are the actual facts 🧵⤵️
But just calling something "fraud" doesn't make it so. Here are the actual facts 🧵⤵️
February 11, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Trump, Elon, and their allies are calling all spending they don't like "fraud." Spending on things like consumer protection, Social Security, and medicine for sick kids.
But just calling something "fraud" doesn't make it so. Here are the actual facts 🧵⤵️
But just calling something "fraud" doesn't make it so. Here are the actual facts 🧵⤵️
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Terrible. Stop Elon Musk.
NEW: Elon Musk’s attack on USAID has cut HIV/AIDS workers off from medicine and money.
The Trump Administration claims it is allowing “lifesaving” foreign aid to continue, but in reality, DOGE is preventing vital work on HIV and AIDS from saving lives. Read our scoop here:
The Trump Administration claims it is allowing “lifesaving” foreign aid to continue, but in reality, DOGE is preventing vital work on HIV and AIDS from saving lives. Read our scoop here:
Elon Musk's DOGE Is Still Blocking HIV/AIDS Relief Exempted From Foreign Aid Cuts
The Trump Administration claims it is allowing "lifesaving" foreign aid to continue, but in reality, DOGE is preventing vital work on HIV and AIDS from saving lives.
wrd.cm
February 6, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Terrible. Stop Elon Musk.
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"Shuttered HIV and TB treatment programs have been told they cannot resume work without written instruction that the waiver applies to them. Few have been able to obtain such clarification because their assigned contacts at USAID have been fired or furloughed..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid
Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work.
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
"Shuttered HIV and TB treatment programs have been told they cannot resume work without written instruction that the waiver applies to them. Few have been able to obtain such clarification because their assigned contacts at USAID have been fired or furloughed..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
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"Two-thirds of the staff of the President’s Malaria Initiative, an organization founded by former President George W. Bush, have been fired, including some of the most senior and respected scientists working on malaria control in the world..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid
Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work.
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
"Two-thirds of the staff of the President’s Malaria Initiative, an organization founded by former President George W. Bush, have been fired, including some of the most senior and respected scientists working on malaria control in the world..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
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Protesters at Senator Thom Tillis' office in Raleigh NC today:
So many people came out to protest at Tillis' Raleigh office! Amazing signs and chants! Tillis wants to claim we're silent, we've been filling his voicemails and are at his office! Can't hide from your state! #voughtNO #Indivisible @bullcityindivisi.bsky.social @democracyoutloud.bsky.social
February 4, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Protesters at Senator Thom Tillis' office in Raleigh NC today:
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This is what democracy looks like! We're out at Tillis' Raleigh office! @bullcityindivisi.bsky.social @democracyoutloud.bsky.social @indivisible.org @leahgreenberg.bsky.social @ezralevin.bsky.social
February 4, 2025 at 7:43 PM
This is what democracy looks like! We're out at Tillis' Raleigh office! @bullcityindivisi.bsky.social @democracyoutloud.bsky.social @indivisible.org @leahgreenberg.bsky.social @ezralevin.bsky.social
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“I don’t think the United States Senate should vote for a single nominee until this is over!” - @chrismurphyct.bsky.social
February 4, 2025 at 10:20 PM
“I don’t think the United States Senate should vote for a single nominee until this is over!” - @chrismurphyct.bsky.social
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“So many of these things are so wildly illegal that I think they’re playing a quantity game and assuming the system can’t react to all this illegality at once...”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
U.S. government officials privately warn Musk’s blitz appears illegal
The billionaire’s DOGE team has launched an all-out assault on federal agencies, triggering numerous legal objections.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
“So many of these things are so wildly illegal that I think they’re playing a quantity game and assuming the system can’t react to all this illegality at once...”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Murkowski says call volume to the Senate is now 40x higher than normal:
February 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Murkowski says call volume to the Senate is now 40x higher than normal:
The Guardian is a good source.
“I think the strategy here is: ‘Well, we’re just going to do it and dare somebody to stop us, and by the time they stop us, we’ll have destroyed it.’”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats
Members reportedly sought access to IT systems at agency that Project 2025 has called ‘harmful to US prosperity’
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:22 AM
The Guardian is a good source.
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February 6, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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to call this a clown show is unfair to clowns. pure madness. like playing russian roulette with a machine gun.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/u...
February 6, 2025 at 5:19 AM
to call this a clown show is unfair to clowns. pure madness. like playing russian roulette with a machine gun.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/u...
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The good news is that courage is as contagious as cowardice
Reps. Judy Chu (D-Calif.) and Gwen Moore (D-Wisc.) barged into House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office unscheduled on Wednesday and challenged him about Elon Musk's team gaining access to a sensitive payment system at the Treasury Department.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
Two Dem lawmakers barge into House speaker's office in backlash against Musk
Reps. Judy Chu and Gwen Moore denounced DOGE's access to a vast government payments system.
www.politico.com
February 5, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The good news is that courage is as contagious as cowardice
Great description! The Super Bowl for invented picture book writers! 💗
OMG, I love this so much: the Super Bowl for unagented PB writers.
What a great way to describe #PBParty. 💗
What a great way to describe #PBParty. 💗
Woohoo! It feels so good to click “submit!” Anyone else explaining #pbparty as the Super Bowl for unagented PB writers to their fam + friends? Is there a better analogy? Many thanks to @mindyalyseweiss.bsky.social and all the judges, agents, and editors!
February 4, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Great description! The Super Bowl for invented picture book writers! 💗
Great giveaway for writers. @literallylynne.bsky.social , @authorhmacht.bsky.social
#kidlitmegafeed Check out this great interview with Ivan Taurisano from @authorhmacht.bsky.social and @literallylynne.bsky.social!!
www.seasonsofkidlit.com/post/it-s-se...
www.seasonsofkidlit.com/post/it-s-se...
It's Season's Readings with Ivan Taurisano!
Hi, readers, writers, and holiday enthusiasts like us! We're incredibly fortunate to have the amazing Ivan Taurisano, editor at Abrams Books, back with us today sharing his favs for a whole new season...
www.seasonsofkidlit.com
December 8, 2024 at 9:17 PM
Great giveaway for writers. @literallylynne.bsky.social , @authorhmacht.bsky.social
Congratulations @literallylynne.bsky.social on your new position and for this giveaway.
December 8, 2024 at 8:23 PM
Congratulations @literallylynne.bsky.social on your new position and for this giveaway.