Cynthia Wyszynski
@wyszguy70.bsky.social
she/her #kidlit #author #writingcommunity
Just 3 of the reasons I love my library #WilkinsonPublicLibrary #WPL
June 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Just 3 of the reasons I love my library #WilkinsonPublicLibrary #WPL
While Trump wastes millions on a military parade in DC, we're mobilizing everywhere else to show that organized people power is stronger than his authoritarian aspirations. app.sosha.ai/s/bSpQSB1G
Join me on June 14
app.sosha.ai
June 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
While Trump wastes millions on a military parade in DC, we're mobilizing everywhere else to show that organized people power is stronger than his authoritarian aspirations. app.sosha.ai/s/bSpQSB1G
Talkin’ ‘bout “Pride Puppy” and the Supreme Court case Mahmoud vs. Taylor (adult language) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
Weekly Skews – 4/29/25 – Neil Gorsuch Can’t Read Good and The Ongoing Passion of Pete Hegseth
Podcast Episode · Weekly Skews · 04/30/2025 · 1h
podcasts.apple.com
April 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Talkin’ ‘bout “Pride Puppy” and the Supreme Court case Mahmoud vs. Taylor (adult language) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
Oppose the SAVE Act - which is going for a vote in the House of Representatives soon! I just called my reps with @5calls.org, you should too: 5calls.org
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
5calls.org
April 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Oppose the SAVE Act - which is going for a vote in the House of Representatives soon! I just called my reps with @5calls.org, you should too: 5calls.org
Great interview! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Who Is Government? Storytime with Michael Lewis
Podcast Episode · The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart · 04/03/2025 · 1h 26m
podcasts.apple.com
April 3, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Great interview! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
My father died from Agent Orange exposure, and anyone who has ever spoken to a soldier exposed to the burn pits can sympathize with the extreme pain they live with. If the spending bill passes tomorrow, funds for veterans exposed to toxic elements will be cut www.veterans.senate.gov/2025/2/senat...
Senate Republicans Vote Against Toxic-Exposed Veterans and Survivors, Tank Senator Blumenthal's Amendment to Protect the PACT Act
Blumenthal’s amendment to the Republican budget resolution would have protected the expanded care and benefits provided under the PACT Act in light of the Trump Administration’s efforts to shrink VA
www.veterans.senate.gov
March 14, 2025 at 1:34 AM
My father died from Agent Orange exposure, and anyone who has ever spoken to a soldier exposed to the burn pits can sympathize with the extreme pain they live with. If the spending bill passes tomorrow, funds for veterans exposed to toxic elements will be cut www.veterans.senate.gov/2025/2/senat...
“The death of democracy is a by-product of letting tech remain the most unregulated industry globally.”
—Maria Ressa, Peace Prize recipient
How To Stand Up To a Dictator
🤯
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
—Maria Ressa, Peace Prize recipient
How To Stand Up To a Dictator
🤯
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Make Authoritarianism Great Again? with Maria Ressa
Podcast Episode · The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart · 03/06/2025 · 1h 8m
podcasts.apple.com
March 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
“The death of democracy is a by-product of letting tech remain the most unregulated industry globally.”
—Maria Ressa, Peace Prize recipient
How To Stand Up To a Dictator
🤯
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
—Maria Ressa, Peace Prize recipient
How To Stand Up To a Dictator
🤯
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Reposted by Cynthia Wyszynski
Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
February 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
@chuckwendig.bsky.social reading “Dust & Grim” - just curious - would you label our current Prez & his minion (or is it the other way around?) as “Devourers”?
February 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
@chuckwendig.bsky.social reading “Dust & Grim” - just curious - would you label our current Prez & his minion (or is it the other way around?) as “Devourers”?
What the actual fuck? www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
‘Red, White and Blueland?’ Republican unveils bill to rename Greenland
Georgia Representative Buddy Carter hopes to assist the U.S.’s ‘negotiator-in-chief’ with his plans to acquire the Arctic island
www.the-independent.com
February 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
What the actual fuck? www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Wow! Age 10+ Lesson plan based on Kendrick Lamar’s halftime program by Iman Cassells Alleyne (no fee) www.kindacademy.org/product-page...
Kind LitStudies - Analyzing Kendrick Lamar’s Halftime Performance | Kind Academy
Engage your students with this powerful FREE lesson plan and worksheet using Kendrick Lamar’s iconic halftime performance to teach figurative language, symbolism, and critical thinking! Designed for s...
www.kindacademy.org
February 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Wow! Age 10+ Lesson plan based on Kendrick Lamar’s halftime program by Iman Cassells Alleyne (no fee) www.kindacademy.org/product-page...
Reposted by Cynthia Wyszynski
love how people just will accidentally have a pet cat. they’ll be like yea he just knocked on my door one day and now he has his own bedroom. like what?? what was he doing before u? he was just some guy doing stuff? i need to know more. ur cat has a dark and mysterious past
January 22, 2025 at 10:09 PM
love how people just will accidentally have a pet cat. they’ll be like yea he just knocked on my door one day and now he has his own bedroom. like what?? what was he doing before u? he was just some guy doing stuff? i need to know more. ur cat has a dark and mysterious past
By Bishop Mariann Budde: bookshop.org/p/books/how-...
How We Learn to Be Brave: Decisive Moments in Life and Faith a book by Mariann Edgar Budde
An inspirational guide to the key junctures in life that, if navigated with faith and discernment, pave the way for us to become our most courageous selves, by the bishop of the famed Episcopal Dioces...
bookshop.org
January 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
By Bishop Mariann Budde: bookshop.org/p/books/how-...
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If anyone is looking for a professional picture book critique, there are MANY available in this auction, including one from me! Plus so much more stuff, from artwork to agent and editor connections, to writing retreats. Check it out!
The Kidlit for Los Angeles auction is NOW OPEN!
We have more than 340 INCREDIBLE items from top authors, illustrators, editors, agents and publishing professionals. You don’t want to miss out!
Go bid here: www.32auctions.com/kidlitforlosangeles
Auction runs Jan 20th - Jan 26th.
#kidlit
We have more than 340 INCREDIBLE items from top authors, illustrators, editors, agents and publishing professionals. You don’t want to miss out!
Go bid here: www.32auctions.com/kidlitforlosangeles
Auction runs Jan 20th - Jan 26th.
#kidlit
January 20, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If anyone is looking for a professional picture book critique, there are MANY available in this auction, including one from me! Plus so much more stuff, from artwork to agent and editor connections, to writing retreats. Check it out!
Reposted by Cynthia Wyszynski
Here, I said some goofy bullshit about what maybe you can do today. Is it helpful? Probably not! But it's here! For you to ignore or embrace at your leisure.
terribleminds.com/ramble/2025/...
terribleminds.com/ramble/2025/...
Here’s What I Think You Do Today, January 20th, 2025
It’s gonna be a stupid, horrible day. We all know that. It’s going to be full of what passes for pomp and circumstance amongst the set of rich tacky dickheads that are about to take ful…
terribleminds.com
January 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Here, I said some goofy bullshit about what maybe you can do today. Is it helpful? Probably not! But it's here! For you to ignore or embrace at your leisure.
terribleminds.com/ramble/2025/...
terribleminds.com/ramble/2025/...
Recommended reading for today: store.thekingcenter.org/products/whe...
Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?
The last book written by King. His final reflections after a decade of civil rights struggles. Foreword by Coretta Scott King Introduction by Vincent Harding in 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., isol...
store.thekingcenter.org
January 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Recommended reading for today: store.thekingcenter.org/products/whe...
I'm not crying . . . oh, wait, yes I am #LAStrong youtu.be/XdM9Iz57lvw?...
Jimmy Kimmel Returns During the Los Angeles Wildfires
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
youtu.be
January 15, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I'm not crying . . . oh, wait, yes I am #LAStrong youtu.be/XdM9Iz57lvw?...
Fun example of a “Word Ladder” @jennbertman.bsky.social m.youtube.com/watch?v=SDeQ...
WONKY DONKEY SONG UNOFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO
YouTube video by Craig Smith - The Wonky Donkey Man
m.youtube.com
January 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Fun example of a “Word Ladder” @jennbertman.bsky.social m.youtube.com/watch?v=SDeQ...
Loved this idea generation technique from @jennbertman.bsky.social in Storystorm yesterday! Can't wait to play with it! taralazar.com/2025/01/02/s...
Storystorm 2025 Day 2: Jennifer Chambliss Bertman Makes It Fun
by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman The idea of coming up with a new story idea (or 30!) can be intimidating. My favorite go-to tactic when I’m faced with an intimidating challenge is: make it fun. How c…
taralazar.com
January 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Loved this idea generation technique from @jennbertman.bsky.social in Storystorm yesterday! Can't wait to play with it! taralazar.com/2025/01/02/s...