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Skylaar Amann
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Artist in Oregon 💙🌊 EXPLODING WHALES IS NOT RECOMMENDED (Norton, 2027)Author-illustrator inspired by the ocean, the natural world, and scientific wonder. Sea hag.🚫No AI. Rep: Lauren Scovel, Laura Gross Literary Agency
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Skylaar Amann @skylaar.bsky.social · Jul 4
🐳🧨Book news! Instead of fireworks, the only thing I’ll be blowing up today is the whale I’m drawing in this book.

Huge thanks to my editor Kristin at Norton and my agent Lauren for believing in this silly book that is very much a real reflection of me. #sciart #marinelife #kidlit
Publishers Marketplace Deal Report. Category: Children’s Picture Books. July 2, 2025. Skylaar Amann’s EXPLODING WHALES IS NOT RECOMMENDED, based on the real-life event in Oregon in which a town facing the distressing problem of a dead whale on the beach decides the only way to properly handle it is by blowing it up—with woefully unforeseen consequences, to Kristin Allan’s at Norton Young Readers, for publication in winter 2027, by Lauren Scovel at Laura Gross Agency (world).
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Oh, ship
Several container ships in the Columbia River
November 21, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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Astoria
Bridge, river, and rooftops in Astoria, Oregon
November 21, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
November 5, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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Pumpkins 🎃
Two lit jack-o-lanterns on a beige porch at night. One has Xs for eyes and two buck teeth. The other has crescent eyes and a big toothy smile.
October 28, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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October atmospheric river rainbow light
A rainbow peaking through the trees and over a rooftop after a heavy rain in the Pacific Northwest
October 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Two Trump judges (Nelson, Bade) on 9th circuit panel really trying to outperform each other in their eagerness to give Trump the ability to deploy the Guard to unwilling states based on events that occurred months earlier. Lotttt of beating up on Oregon's Judge Immergut, who blocked deployments
October 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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The new Google Preferred Sources tool helps you see more of what you want in your search results. www.wired.com/story/wired-...
How to See WIRED in Your Google Searches
The new Google Preferred Sources tool helps you see more of what you want in your search results.
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September 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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God shut the fuck up. Every day is a new AI product I could not have less interest in.
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August 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Every time you use ChatGPT or something like it, you’re helping to train an algorithm that is actually being developed to do things like this
joshuajfriedman.com Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · Aug 29
What a cursed sentence (gift link)

“The A.I. companies selected to oversee the program would have a strong financial incentive to deny claims. Medicare plans to pay them a share of the savings generated from rejections.”
Medicare Will Require Prior Approval for Certain Procedures
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August 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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I wrote about the first indelible image of Trump's D.C. invasion: a sandwich bouncing off a bulletproof vest.
The Image That Defines Trump’s Reign of Terror Is … a Subway Sandwich?
Sometimes, the only way to fight fascism is with a $5 footlong.
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August 15, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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I’m so sick of it all
Rough pencil sketch of an angry girl next to a green pencil that says “this machine kills fascists”
August 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Announcing new deals for @skylaar.bsky.social @writercass.bsky.social @matthewburgessj.bsky.social @christinenevans.bsky.social + more buff.ly/ieHZH3Z
July 3, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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🐳🧨Book news! Instead of fireworks, the only thing I’ll be blowing up today is the whale I’m drawing in this book.

Huge thanks to my editor Kristin at Norton and my agent Lauren for believing in this silly book that is very much a real reflection of me. #sciart #marinelife #kidlit
Publishers Marketplace Deal Report. Category: Children’s Picture Books. July 2, 2025. Skylaar Amann’s EXPLODING WHALES IS NOT RECOMMENDED, based on the real-life event in Oregon in which a town facing the distressing problem of a dead whale on the beach decides the only way to properly handle it is by blowing it up—with woefully unforeseen consequences, to Kristin Allan’s at Norton Young Readers, for publication in winter 2027, by Lauren Scovel at Laura Gross Agency (world).
July 4, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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A painting of a bird next to the words "I'm too old for this new bullshit"
June 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Ohhh right, right. I remember now—drawing is hard 😂😭
June 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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I'm going to keep shouting about this one, because I worked so, so hard on it. I think it's one of the strongest, smartest projects I've worked on, and I really hope it finds its readers.

It took eight years to find a home for it. And I'm so pleased it found the home it did. ❤️ 👻
June 19, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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At a time of fleeting memes and cultural platforms operated by multibillion-dollar companies, an old mode of creativity and community-building gets a second life.
Social Media Replaced Zines. Now Zines Are Taking the Power Back
At a time of fleeting memes and cultural platforms operated by multibillion-dollar companies, an old mode of creativity and community-building gets a second life.
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June 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Ten Juneteenth Children’s Books that Teach about the Holiday

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#ReadYourWorld #Juneteenth #KidLit
Ten Juneteenth Children’s Books that Teach about the Holiday - Read Your World
Guest post by Tonya Duncan Ellis, 2024 Bronze Sponsor On June 19, 1865 enslaved people in Texas learned they were free, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed by President Abraham Li...
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June 13, 2024 at 1:23 PM
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There is more character in the Sperm Whale’s head.
June 16, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Wish I was there still 💙🌊
Sandy beach with some rocks, a tree-covered headland, and the ocean
June 16, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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At LG Literary we hoist the Pride flag high. Read the rainbow with our authors: see @kimmtopping.bsky.social get a starred review in @publisherswkly.bsky.social; @k-wilfrid.bsky.social make the ALA's Rainbow List Top 10; and @jodipicoult.bsky.social & Jennifer Finney Boylan heralded in Booklist. 🌈✊🌈
June 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Spotted in Seaside 🌈
A sticker of Bigfoot wearing a rainbow pride sash
June 9, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Really cool how when it gets hot in Portland, the power goes out 😑
June 9, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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It's the Portland playbook moved to a bigger stage
kairyssdal.bsky.social Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · Jun 8
Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.
June 8, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Into the forest
A tree with long roots grown over the stump of another tree
June 8, 2025 at 9:47 PM