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Naomi Kenner (she/her)
@nmkstories.bsky.social
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Making stories for newish humans and their newish caregivers. Neurodiverse family. Parent and usability researcher. SCBWI and 12x12 and PBRS Collective
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Naomi Kenner (she/her) @nmkstories.bsky.social · Aug 14
Eeee! It’s in print! I have a poem in the September issue of #highlightshighfivemagazine and it is so thrilling to see it out there, and see Sarah Rebar’s super fun art for it too!
In true #kidlit reality-check, today my 2025 submissions got declined. #justkeepwriting #preschool #highfive
Photograph of the cover of the September 2025 issue of Highlights High Five magazine, which is illustrated with cartoon-style art of an elephant and a tiger in a front-facing fire truck in front of a pale blue sky, captioned “Let’s Do This!” Photograph of the top left of the rear cover of the writer’s contributor’s copy of the magazine, which is printed with the custom message “A BIG HIGH FIVE ESPECIALLY FOR MICHELLE KENNER”
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autisticadvocacy.org
Nothing about us without us means that we must have a say in autism research priorities! The IACC put out a Strategic Plan that tells the government what they think should happen with autism research and policy. Take action by August 20th by sending a comment! autisticadvocacy.org/iacction-cen...
Watercolor blue background. Text reads: It’s time to take IACCtion! The IACC is a government group that makes important choices about autism research funding. The IACC wrote a Strategic Plan that tells the government what the IACC thinks should happen with autism research and policy. The IACC is taking comments about the Strategic Plan until August 20th. You can use our plain language comment guide to send in a comment to let the IACC know what you think about the plan! Watercolor blue background. Text reads: The Strategic Plan is over 300 pages long. The IACC did not give a lot of time for people to read and understand the plan. ASAN wrote a plain language comment guide to help people understand the Strategic Plan and write comments. For more information on the IACC and to learn how to submit comments, check out our IACCtion center. IACCtion is a page on ASAN’s website that contains plain language information about the IACC, including our plain language comment guide. Take action by August 20th!
August 6, 2026 at 9:29 PM
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sarahseeandersen.bsky.social
The image is of a four panel comic. The first panel shows a bird saying, "Shall we plan our annual birt meeting? How's 7AM?" The second panel shows two more birds, one saying "Yes!" and the other saying "Sounds good!" The third panel shows two more birds, one saying "yep!" and the other saying "yup!" The final panel shows an owl with an exhausted expression.
July 25, 2026 at 9:22 PM
nmkstories.bsky.social
I did a thing: tiny pins, mostly neuroscience
itemology.bsky.social itemology @itemology.bsky.social · Jul 29
What's your favorite neurotransmitter?

🧷 New neurotransmitter pins listed: I ❤️ DA, Glu, GABA, 5-HT, Epi, NE, and Ach
🧷 New neuron pins listed: olivary-ish, Purkinje-ish, and pyramidal-ish

(Yes! I finally put some listings in the store! 🎉 🧠)
itemology.etsy.com
narrow banner illustrated by itemology.etsy.com, showing squares in a checkered pattern, colors alternating cyan (with an Purkinje-ish neuron illustrated in black), magenta (with an olivary-ish neuron illustrated in black), and yellow (with a pyramidal-ish neuron illustrated in black)
July 29, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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lizclimo.bsky.social
my friend found this in a little free library 😂
July 7, 2026 at 3:48 PM
nmkstories.bsky.social
Got up early to catch the start of this, Day 1 was so good! 💕
June 5, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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clayadamah.bsky.social
#HappyPride and #KidLitArtPostcard day!

I'm Clay Adamah, a published illustrator of #KidLitArt

Since the theme is "yourself as a kid" and it's #Pride y'all! 🌈 I drew myself growing into the joyful human I am today. #ProtectTransKids and #LetTransKidsBloom 🏳️‍⚧️

clayadamah.wixsite.com/clayadamah
An illustration of a trans masculine person sitting next to and gazing nostalgically four of their younger selves at different ages, all coloring pictures. They are surrounded by floaty flowers and sparkles and a ribbony trans flag. Text reads Clay Adamah author illustrator clay adamah at gmail dot com at clay adamah on bluesky. website is clay adamah dot wix site dot com slash clay adamah. hashtag kidlit art postcard fifth anniversary theme yourself as a kid June 2026.
June 4, 2026 at 2:22 PM
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madcavestudios.com
Exploit #1 -- Now available for pre-order, on FOC Monday!

W: Tim Leong & Laura Hudson
A: Emiliana Pinna
C: Rebecca Good
L: Frank Cvetkovic

Don't bury the lede... Bury your enemies!

Details: https://bit.ly/4a2ebPv
February 6, 2026 at 4:00 PM
nmkstories.bsky.social
20 minute writing sprint, go! #writingsprint
February 19, 2026 at 7:56 PM
nmkstories.bsky.social
15 minute sprint, go! #writingsprint
January 19, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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carrieschneider.bsky.social
Hello, #KidLitArtPostcard community! Here’s some little-free-library fun. And all my hopes for a better, kinder, safer year going forward!
#12x12pb #SCBWI #kidlit #amquerying #kidlitartpostcardday #kidlitpostcard
January 8, 2026 at 6:32 PM
nmkstories.bsky.social
Eeee! It’s in print! I have a poem in the September issue of #highlightshighfivemagazine and it is so thrilling to see it out there, and see Sarah Rebar’s super fun art for it too!
In true #kidlit reality-check, today my 2025 submissions got declined. #justkeepwriting #preschool #highfive
Photograph of the cover of the September 2025 issue of Highlights High Five magazine, which is illustrated with cartoon-style art of an elephant and a tiger in a front-facing fire truck in front of a pale blue sky, captioned “Let’s Do This!” Photograph of the top left of the rear cover of the writer’s contributor’s copy of the magazine, which is printed with the custom message “A BIG HIGH FIVE ESPECIALLY FOR MICHELLE KENNER”
August 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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stbell-author.bsky.social
Coming this weekend! I can’t wait for you to get to know Cal, Jack, and 1963 Rhode Island.
One sheet for The Summer That Ruined Everything
April 29, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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rwpzoo.bsky.social
Wanted to hop on this fun trend without using AI! Thanks to one of our very talented staff members for hand-drawing our Zookeeper starter pack! 💙 #starterpacknoai
April 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
nmkstories.bsky.social
Any opportunity to break out my pin press :) #hfes #humanfactors #userexperience #ux #usability
photogtaph of 1” pinback buttons on a dark brown wood table. the pins have a white background and read “Northeast HFES regional meeting April 11, 2025” in dark teal to green ombre.
April 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
nmkstories.bsky.social
This Friday 4/11/25 - #hfes regional meetings! #Philadelphia is hosting the northeast region. Join us for local speakers and a national keynote and panel. Nonmembers and members welcome. Registration here: tinyurl.com/hfes2025 #humanfactors #ergonomics #usability #UX @hfes.bsky.social
Event flyer with a QR code. Text on flyer reads: 2025 Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Northeast Regional Meeting Redesigning design April 11, 2025 Ethical Society Auditorium, Rittenhouse Square Join a day of talks, panels, and provocations to build better systems, challenge assumptions, and drink coffee For students, practitioners, and changemakers in health, tech, and community Speakers from -Peloton -PhillyCHI -DesignThink -StreetBoxPHL -Penn Medicine -Boston Consulting Group -American Heart Association ...and more! Breakfast, Lunch, Coffee, Networking, Career advice $100 / $35 for students VR surgery with gaming headsets | Als in human subjects research | Augmented reality West Philadelphia vaccine initiative | "Streets are for People!" ... and more - all day long! Reserve your spot! Scan to register now https://tinyurl.com/hfes2025 SPONSORS: ideaplayground.org HUMAN FACTORS in CONTEXT DesignThink RIMKUS
April 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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autisticbooks.bsky.social
March 2024 Book Releases Recap!

Here are the books about autism, or with Autistic main characters, written by Autistic authors, published in March!
🧵

#AutismBooks #AutisticAuthor #Autism #Autistic #ActuallyAutistic #BookSky
Graphic with text at the top stating Autism Books by Autistic Authors. Published March 2025. In the centre is a collage of book covers, tilted on an angle. Each book is listed in detail in the subsequent graphics and text. At the bottom is the text The Autism Books by Autistic Authors Project @AutisticBooks. In the bottom corner is a small logo with colourful books and a small plant either side.
April 1, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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catoliveirastudio.bsky.social
More pet love!

#myValentine #kidlit #kidlitart #valentinesday
A kid in their yellow and pink pyjamas looks happy, hugging a big black cat and holding a pink bowtie ribbon in one hand. The cat is wriggling and looks panicky.
February 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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drtlovesbooks.bsky.social
I'm gonna keep saying it:

AI is built on stolen copyrighted materials.

How can we teach our students that they have to cite their sources and shouldn't pirate materials and simultaneously teach them to use AI tools?

#TLSky #EduSky school library

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
“Torrenting from a corporate laptop doesn’t feel right”: Meta emails unsealed
Meta’s alleged torrenting and seeding of pirated books complicates copyright case.
arstechnica.com
February 8, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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snickettes.bsky.social
I really really need you guys to make a conscious rejection of generative AI tools part of your ongoing political resistance.

Don't use ChatGPT. Turn off Gemini. Don't read the AI results forced upon you at the top of Google search. Don't use AI art generators or support anyone who does. Please.
snickettes.bsky.social beware the stare of nickel shaw; she had no children, only dolls @snickettes.bsky.social · Feb 5
Oh please please i am begging, don't use generative AI for any reason if you can avoid it.

It's being marketed as a quick time-saver, but it's messy, inaccurate, it is putting entire industries of people out of work, and the environmental impacts (energy and water usage) are huge and debilitating.
February 5, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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katieleereinert.bsky.social
PREORDER GIVEAWAY! Purchase or complete a library request for Ready to Smile Again and enter to win a handmade chipmunk stuffy! Makes a great gift bundle!

Comment and repost to enter. 2 winners will be drawn on 3/11/25!

Signed copies available from my local indie at annieblooms.com/book/9781957...
January 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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maryengelbreit.bsky.social
No matter how many draconian measures they take to try and minimize their pitiful, weak, cowardly white male-ness, all the different kinds of people will still be here, fighting back and laughing at them ✊🏽 ✊🏼✊🏾
February 6, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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maryengelbreit.bsky.social
To absolutely no one’s surprise except MAGA voters, the Trusk administration continues to gleefully screw everyone , including their own base
February 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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miriamgoldstein.bsky.social
Just in case you thought that removing DEI criteria would mean that everyone is competing equally: NIH is removing grad students from underrepresented backgrounds from the applicant pool altogether. Their applications will not be considered. Other students, not from these backgrounds, will be.
Update: They were removed from our reviewer assignments completely. I'm so sorry to all those graduate students. Anonymous to protect the identity of the NIH employee I spoke to...I am on study section next month to discuss F awards. We were just instructed to put the F31-Diversity applications on the bottom of our priority list for review because there is a chance we may not be able to review them. My heart is breaking for the grad students and their mentors that put so much work into these just for them to be disqualified and thrown out.
February 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
nmkstories.bsky.social
attn #kidlit
Also, putting these on my library holds list rn
February 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM