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mariamartin.bsky.social
I'm a poet and I write and illustrate picture books. Poems in New Ohio Review, Poet Lore, Pleiades. http://www.mariasprogress.com My name is Maria, but it is pronounced Mariah which was the first trick my parents played on me.
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submitted 1 day ago • 200 comments

Trump admin stopping legal representation of unaccompanied immigrant children means kids may face deportation proceedings alone Affects 26,000 kids & is predicted to "leave children vulnerable to exploitation and to further abuse” www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

NAACP lists companies that dump DEI in its tactical spending guide for Black Americans

submitted 7 days ago • 50 comments

Elon Musk is developing a new payment platform called “X Money.” Guess which agency would be making sure that Elon’s new project couldn’t scam you or steal your sensitive personal data? The CFPB.

submitted 9 days ago • 162 comments

Interesting: the State Department’s procurement forecast detailing a $400 million order for "armored Tesla" has now been edited to "armored electric vehicles." The document shows the edit was made tonight at 9:12 p.m. -- after it was highlighted in reports

submitted 10 days ago • 1457 comments

This has to be the most spot-on take I've seen yet.

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Every Musk news story since the big debate about whether Musk knowingly threw a Nazi salute has been like "Musk staffer quits after Nazi posts surface," "Musk appears at German neo-Nazi party event," "Musk keeps RTing Nazis," etc. etc. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

This is how you do it. Thank you, @tupelopress.bsky.social!!!

submitted 13 days ago • 43 comments

Happy #kidlitartpostcard Day! I'm Ana and I love illustrating fun bright scenes. I love working both digitally and traditionally. 🎨 lobomaravilhaart.wixsite.com/lobomaravilha #kidlitart

submitted 16 days ago • 2 comments

Y'all, you can check the Gift Link News feed for unlocked articles from places like the NYT and WaPo as well as other sources. And don't forget to support local and independent journalism!

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

Seems about right. Again, for those in the back: until the category of billionaire & multi-millionaire is no longer allowed to exist, nothing will change.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Ah yes, what could Black History have to do at all with transportation in America?

submitted 19 days ago • 15 comments

Langston Hughes

submitted 19 days ago • 4 comments

I think countries around the world should levy tariffs specifically on Tesla in response to US tariffs, as well as banning Twitter as a national security threat driving a wedge between our co-dictators may be the most effective thing they can do

submitted 21 days ago • 741 comments

The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...

submitted 22 days ago • 503 comments

I work for a municipality coordinating arts enrichment programs for our schools. A lot of the schools choose to use our resources to add to their BHM celebrations, in fact I have already booked 19 performers and presenters for the month of Feb.

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

Pace. Yourselves. They want to make it feel like a sprint. But it's a marathon. And they get tired, too.

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

I thought we were going to get cute snow but we got loud snow. :/

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

Word of the day is ‘catch-fart’ (17th century: an obsequious individual who will always follow the political wind.

submitted 34 days ago • 252 comments

Joy

submitted 59 days ago • 0 comments

What book of folk tales should I order for Christmas? Our favorite book of tales recently was Folk Tales of the Coast Salish. I tend to most enjoy folk tales from cultures where tales came about to entertain adults, and not just to edify children. www.powells.com/book/-978080...

submitted 66 days ago • 0 comments

I’ve been working in a 120 sq ft office with two other people for about a year and I am about to die of working in a 120 sq ft office with two other people.

submitted 78 days ago • 1 comment

Last day of #FoltaleWeek2024 “blossom” And they lived happily ever after. #folktaleweekblossom #KidLitArt #folktaleWeek #tarot

submitted 90 days ago • 0 comments

Well I did not get the job I interviewed for the morning after the election.

submitted 92 days ago • 0 comments

Day 5 of @folktaleweek.bsky.social "Depth". Below is my wolf eating Grandma Riding Hood vs my wolf model, Sally, winning tug of war. #folktaleweek #folktaleweek2024 #folktaleweekdepth #kidlitart #tarot #illustration

submitted 92 days ago • 0 comments