Amy Rubinate

Recognizing that long Covid exists would also mean recognizing that there was a bipartisan effort to allow as many people in the population as possible to get sick all so the wealthy could maintain their wealth.
Both parties are complicit in forcing us into an inhuman and eugenicist situation.

In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.

Just a reminder that today (and yesterday and tomorrow) is a great day to get a book from your local indie book shop

“Vaccine skeptics” are not skeptics of vaccines or anything at all, because knowledge isn’t the point. Deceit is. They’re liars. They’re cheats. And anyone who’s using the phrase “vaccine skeptics” is asking you to ignore that while advancing the lies and undermining the truth.

An image of a robot with a "NO" circle around it and the text "AI IS FOR LOSERS! REJECT FASCISM! THINK FOR YOURSELF! I CAN MAKE ART THAT'S UGLY AND BAD ALL BY MYSELF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH!"

Using this piece by @reallygoodwizard.bsky.social in my introductory lectures for my design students.

AI companies are constantly trying to deceive the public of its env & climate impacts. Each day we learn new info on how harmful AI is on ecosystems. This will only get worse as AI firms create partnerships w/ fossil fuel companies.

Keep hammering this angle (along w/ the many social & econ harms)

Lunch and Learn: Audiobooks - An Overview for Authors | Story Summit with Amy Rubinate 1 to 2 PM ET (10 to 11 AM Pacific)

I'm looking forward to teaching a class for authors on the audiobook market for Story Summit. It's tomorrow morning at 10:00 am PT/1:00 pm ET if anyone would like to join us! Here's a link to sign up:

What are parents to tell their children now? "AI can be anything you want to be when you grow up."

People on here who are poo-pooing Booker underestimate the power of storytelling in politics.

"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥

Martin O'Malley, former Social Security commissioner, says he believes the Trump administration has already taken 90% of the actions necessary to crater Social Security.

some more thumbs vs pages for you!

Thumbs used to be much harder for me until I realized it helps me to NOT think of them as my first draft of pencils. I treat thumbs as semiotic symbols that /represent/ the thing I'm drawing, but AREN'T the thing I'm drawing. (🧵1/3)

YouTube video by Great Big Story Making Music with The Typewriter Orchestra

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Dying dog sits in yard waiting for attention. Neighbors are lining up. “He is always waiting for somebody to stop,” said Faygo’s owner, Michelle Martin, adding that he gets ample love at home.

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This is the best exchange! Thanks for lifting my spirits!

Ok I think I've finally got this figured out: I make 6 calls a day, one to each congressperson/senator's office in both DC and in CA. One issue per day makes it easier for them to log it. I keep it brief after I state my constituent info; eg: "Don't let them take my Social Security, thanks, bye."

Watching Trump and Vance team up and shout down Zelensky to bully him into letting Putin take his country is one of the more horrible things I've watched in a long time. #NotMyPresident

Is there a right way — or wrong way — to listen to an audio book? Do you listen to audiobooks at regular speed or do you crank it up? Listeners have been going back and forth on social media.

Best quote: "I don't know why you're speeding it up but you need to look inward. And you need to drink less iced coffee." www.npr.org/2025/01/22/n...

I love middle grade graphic novel Wildful so much, I sent my mom a copy for her birthday. It captured the sense of wonder in the natural world my parents instilled in us. Kengo Kurimoto has created a book that we will all treasure. #kidlit #graphicnovel

Washington National Cathedral Bishop Calls Out Trump to His Face Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, a bishop at Washington National Cathedral, made a plea to President Donald Trump during her sermon on Tuesday.

A beautiful, heartfelt and very necessary prayer/plea.

And the CNN reporters, despite being shocked, failed to call it out. They were like, "Our viewers have eyes; they can see what's going on." But it's their job to SAY it!

Insanity!

Title: the crime novel cover model's busy week Image: the crime novel cover model wears a hat and trenchcoat. He appears as a silhouette in the following book cover style vignettes: Monday: Rushing down a rain-soaked alley Tuesday: Passing through a misty forest Wednesday: Approaching an empty playground Thursday: Visiting a spooky old house Friday: Moodily pacing the waterfront Saturday: Stalking through sinister towwers Sunday: Lunch with mother, bath, early night.

My cartoon for yesterday’s Guardian Books.

Family-Friendly Audiobooks for Holiday Travel Let library apps like Libby and Hoopla be your copilot this winter

Planning a holiday family #roadTrip? My @everylibrary.bsky.social article gives a list of seasonal #audiobooks the whole car can enjoy together, most available through your local library. 🚗🎄
@amyrubinate.bsky.social @johnnyheller.bsky.social
@audiofilemagazine.bsky.social
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Thanks for letting me know about this! I missed it, but fortunately, I was able to buy the replay of his class from Script Pipeline on Vimeo. Very excited to watch!

I try to follow great people...and let my eyes glaze over the stuff I can't take that the apps show me.

Welcome! Following.

Pretty sure my dentist's office is watching me...

Me! I'm here! Just followed. Where's everybody else? I know our #KidLit people are here...