Michelle Forde

If your Teams admin has enabled GIPHY support, you can put @effinbirds (with the @) in the search to see the animated versions of these comics I made for GIPHY.

Works everywhere that there's a GIPHY-powered GIF chooser!

One of the joys of GIPHY is that you rate each GIF as G, PG, PG-13 or R when uploading, and admins of each instance decide what their users have access to. If you see only a small number of Effin' Birds with no F-bombs, your admin chose G or PG.

Sorry not sorry if you're in a Teams chat with me but I checked and this works for me 😂

Four of the Big Five Publishers Sign Letter Urging Congress to Restore IMLS Shuttering IMLS would be "an act of monumental neglect, violating the very foundation of America and what it stands for as a country," the publishers assert.

Four of the Big Five Publishers Sign Letter Urging Congress to Restore IMLS 📚
www.wordsandmoney.com/four-of-the-...

To counter lies about DEI, follow the money A publishing veteran explains the moral and business imperative of cultivating inclusive initiatives as they face annihilation

A lot of us know that DEI is good for business, thanks in part to Costco being loud and proud about this recently.

For @theemancipator.org, publishing veteran Carrie Bloxson from Hachette Book Group broke down the moral and business imperative of protecting DEI initiatives and seeing them through.

Not me taking today off and then suddenly remembering, at 7PM, that we're closed on Monday so I have an accidental four day weekend 😂

Me: Aries
Mom: Aries
Dad: Gemini
Bro: Pisces

i just learned that orcas eat moose.

nature is metal bro

A digital illustration of a green snake coiled around a branch. There is a lighting effect that makes it look like an old Polaroid.

Year of the Snake is upon us. Hoping for the best, preparing for the worst.

#snake #aishaincolor

Sign reading Duolingo, but for Anxiety Created by scientists from Oxford, Cambridge, and Harvard FREE to use without a subscription with a cute lil blob cartoon character

thats ok im already fluent in anxiety

Very chonky ceramic seal sculpture with sea plants, starfish and 22 karat gold details.

I made the chonkiest seal and he needs your approval.

Today I learned the cybertruck is illegal in europe.

Aries: AAAUUUUGHHHHHHH.

Bobsburgers Louise GIF Alt: Bobsburgers Louise GIF Her eye is twitching and the caption says I'm fine this is fine

Last day in office before vacation and I've lost access to the one page I really need today 🙃

Thought I was bleeding from a hangnail or something and then realized there was glitter in the stain so either I'm fey or I somehow wrote on myself with my new pens.

INTERVIEWER: What is most important to you when considering a new position?
ME: (recently transformed back into a human after ten years of living as a sentient toilet in a French castle because my boss finally found true love) Work-life balance

my howl redraws :’) #howlsmovingcastle #studioghibli

Just saw a food truck called Steak Freak and my God the English language is frustrating WHY DOESN'T THAT RHYME

Throwback to the time we sat our cats down and told them we were adopting a dog. I cannot stress enough that this is the ACTUAL picture from that conversation 🤣

Flavor Flav balls up on some troll

BEST thing about this site,, I can hide negative replies and unattach my posts from reposts that are rude,,, I ain’t gonna take no negativity or trolling on my page.

You will not build up by tearing others down here.

💡 Tip: You can set your website as your username on Bluesky!

This is one form of self-verification, and we especially encourage official organizations and brands to do this! Examples include @npr.org @react.dev @duolingobrasil.com.br.

Here's our guide for how to do this:

This is ridiculously accurate

A particular heads up to publishers, authors, agents, and editors using MS Word for unpublished manuscripts.

"Read diverse books" doesn't mean "have your spinach before you get to have candy." It means "look at all these colors of candy you could be having right now if you had more curiosity."

NYC: mosquito spraying happening over the next few days. Wear a mask if you’re susceptible to breathing issues.

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I think every one of my joints just popped at once 😭