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Wendy Turner, M.Ed. @mrswendymturner.bsky.social Educator. Author. Teacher Leader. I wrote "Embracing Adult SEL", #SEL for the win, 2017 Delaware Teacher of the Year, @edutopia.org creator, #PAEMST #GlobalEd. My work is here: https://wakelet.com/wake/7cc3e89b-78eb-486a-84a3-5873d417e503
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Erin Bamer @erinbamer.bsky.social State government reporter @nebraskaexaminer.com : Formerly Omaha World-Herald/York Dispatch/Idaho Press : Standard redhead : she/her
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Jay Fee @fixjong.bsky.social genX jungalist, islander, exile, immigrant, wife (she/her), 3 sons, 7 cats, 2 iguanas, many chickens. 1312. No Pasaran. Free Palestine. Trans rights are human rights. Antifa Forever. 🇹🇭☮️☸️🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
John DeRosa @theverdict.bsky.social Seattle. Watchmaking. Photography. 3D printing. Devotee of the Oxford Comma and Two Spaces After A Period.
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Lauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social I run an organisation that designs policy and campaigns on foreign policy, gender, health and rights. Used to work in two Parliaments. Mancunian in Canada
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LIA 福振凡 🇨🇳🇺🇸 @fuzhenfan.bsky.social University of Chicago alum
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Roz Morris @rozmorris.bsky.social Author, Turn Right At The Rainbow, Ever Rest, Not Quite Lost, My Memories of a Future Life, Lifeform Three, Nail Your Novel. Editor/speaker. Judge @ International Voices in Creative Non-Fiction Award, Amazon Kindle Storyteller Award
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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social Researcher, therapist, heavily caffeinated. Frequently described as a bit of a handful. 🖤 (She/her) 🏳️⚧️ jessk.org/blog
Caroline Baxter @convergingriskslab.bsky.social Director, Converging Risks Lab, within the Council on Strategic Risks.
Former DASD(FE&T) and RAND policy wonk.
Come for the foresight, stay for the fun.
Yes, I took that photo. It was even cooler than you think.
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Juan Salinas II @4nsmiley.bsky.social A 20-something who covers politics in America’s heartland for @nebraskaexaminer.com.
| Past gigs: Texas Tribune, KERA news, and Fort Worth Report |
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Remarkable Young Women Project @megorra.bsky.social Hi! I'm Meg, founder of The Remarkable Young Women Project: remarkableyoungwomen.org || historian, writer, feminist, museum nerd, traveler #womenshistory #herstory
Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social Opinions are my own // comms @ aclu
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Andrea Joy Campbell @ajcampbellma.bsky.social Leading with joy. Fighting for YOU. MA Attorney General, wife and mama to Alexander & Aiden. Beyonce fan. For official updates follow @massago.bsky.social
Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl @deardara.bsky.social I'm a writer, a poet, a radio talker, I know it. I don't buy nonfiction, I grow it. Novelist. Magazines.
6 James Beard Awards, McKnight Fellow, FAWC teacher; NYC 4th gen, leading my best snowy, writing life in Mpls. 
Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social 🏠 Founder & Agent at Neighborhood Literary.
📚 Award-winning Author.
👴🏽 Perpetually Tired Dad.
Latest book: With or Without You.
Next: The Adopted Kids’ Guide to Surviving Seventh Grade (Crown, Spring 2027)
🚪 https://www.neighborhoodliterary.com
Martha Hickson @sassylibrarian.bsky.social 📎2023 NJLA Librarian of the Year📎Lemony Snicket Prize for Noble Librarians📎NCAC Outstanding Librarian📎AASL, NJLA & NJASL Intellectual Freedom Awards📎InsiderNJ 2025 Policy Makers Power List📎2026 MLK Spirit Hall of Fame📎Ban book banners!
Jillybean @jillybeanbuttle.bsky.social Nebraska expat living in Southern Missouri.
Huge fan of our National and State Parks. 🏞️
I miss the plains.
Hannah Bowman @hannahnpbowman.com Literary agent @ Liza Dawson Associates, prison abolitionist, public theologian
hannahnpbowman.com
christiansforabolition.org
Abolition Ecclesiology, Nov 2026: https://www.fortresspress.com/store/product/9798889838357/Abolition-Ecclesiology
She/her
Rachel Happe @rhappe.bsky.social I enjoy the absurdity of humanity. Perfect is boring. Things to say about communities, tech, culture, leadership, L&D, and social dynamics.
Writing a book titled Control Is for Amateurs.
Founder of Engaged Organizations. Prior, The Community Roundtable.
Jody Jensen Shaffer @jodywrites4kids.bsky.social Children's Author. Knopf BFYR, Nancy Paulsen Books, Doubleday, Penguin Workshop, Simon Spotlight, Beach Lane, Laura Godwin Books, Two Lions, Beaming Books, Magination Press
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com Sociologist. Author. Professor. Roosevelt Institute Fellow. Expert on families, schools, kids, privilege, and power. Bylines in NYT, WaPo, MSNBC, Atlantic, etc.
"Other countries have social safety nets. The US has women."
www.jessicacalarco.com
Alison Weiss @alioop7.bsky.social Editorial consultant at Alison Weiss Editorial. Causing all sorts of mayhem in the publishing world.
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ColoradoKrista @coloradokrista.bsky.social Woman, full of opinion, advice, ideas, emotion; Political Junkie; Religious Left Advocate; Aspiring cyclist and yoga practitioner; Worth the trouble I cause
Mike Chen @mikechenwriter.bsky.social NYT Bestselling Author
Dabbles in time travel and vampires, Star Wars and Star Trek, novels and comics. Former NHL guy. Friend of dogs.
Next: The Photonic Effect, Star Wars: Low Red Moon
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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social Independent State Senator in Omaha's District 8, shopgirl, mother, big Taurus energy. meganhunt.net.
Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social Antifascist. Midwesterner. Minneapolis/St. Paul. Children's book editor at Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers. He/Him. Protect trans youth. Abolish ICE.
Matt Royer 🤘🏼 @mattroyer.bsky.social VA's loudest Dem with a spreadsheet · Digital strategist · DNC Youth Council · As seen in: WaPo, CBS, Daily Beast, Fox News · AMDG✝️ · Opinions are my own
Rebecca Upjohn @rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social Kidlit author 📚, picture taker 📷, knitter 🧶, woods wanderer 🌳🚶♀️, tree hugger 🌲, dreamer 🌌
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Every Child Matters
Brandon Boyd @brandoninstl.bsky.social Now it’s time for me to make my impression felt,
So sit back, relax, and strap on your seatbelt.
Former #Mizzou hurdler, current Chardonnay drinker. #STL #AllForCity #ChiefsKingdom #Arsenal
Science News @sciencenews.bsky.social We report on the latest news in all fields of science. See also @snexplores.bsky.social
Jim (Jamie) Haddow. @jim-haddow.bsky.social THE Bad Catholic Boy!! FIGHTING INJUSTICE! 🏴☠️Farming and equestrian background. Recently moved to Northumberland. Rugby. Love 🏴 West Highlands. Survivor of liver disease. Check out my Liver Disease Awareness and Fundraising Activity.
Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social Navy combat veteran and retired NASA astronaut. Husband to @GabbyGiffords.bsky.social. United States Senator for the great state of Arizona.
Marc Kuchner | Author @marckuchner.bsky.social Dad. Author of the Cosmic Collisions books. Astrophysicist and Participatory Science fanatic @nasa. www.marckuchner.com
E.M. Anderson | THE LORD OF THE WOOD is out now! @elizmanderson.com THE LORD OF THE WOOD (Hanover Square Press 2026). THE KEEPER OF LONELY SPIRITS (Mira 2025). BLM. Queer. AuDHD. Disabled. Anti-LLM. They/she. Rep: Keir Alekseii, ALA. pfp from maddel_art Picrew.
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James Freeman @james-t-freeman.bsky.social A denizen of Omaha, by God, Nebraska, home of the beleaguered Blue Dot of the Electoral College. A native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana . . . which is just beleaguered.
Proud graduate of Baton Rouge Magnet High School and LSU. This occurred many years ago.
Nebraska Democratic Party @nebraskadems.bsky.social It is always a good time to register to vote at iwillvote.com. Our Chair is Jane Kleeb. Over 900 Dems are elected across out state. linktr.ee/nebdems
Gill Evans. Counselling Psychologist AFBPsS. @gillevansx.bsky.social Psychologist living in Philadelphia from the UK.
Gill Evans author of The Anxious Therapist, YouTuber and Wordler. Honourable Mention for my book by Hay House.
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Luna-Olivia-Eirene @luna-eirene.bsky.social Canadian 🇨🇦 progressive dem socialist, atheist humanist.
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🚫Data centers
🚫Concentration camps
OH! Also hate pedos
I punch UP not DOWN.
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John Schu @mrschureads.bsky.social Librarian. NYT Bestselling Author. | LOUDER THAN HUNGER, RUTHIE ROSE’S BIG IDEA, THE GIFT OF STORY, THIS IS A SCHOOL, THIS IS A STORY | Agent: Molly O'Neill
Beth Anderson @bandersonwriter.bsky.social Former educator writing for children 😃
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1/28/25: HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT: KATE WARNE AND THE RACE TO SAVE ABRAHAM LINCOLN 🚂
Rachel Lemansky @lemanskyrachel.bsky.social Elementary Library Coordinator.
Certified STEM Educator.
ISTE Community Leader.
#EduSky #EduGuardians #TLSky
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Larry Hosek @larryhosek.bsky.social Just L I V I N', trying not to be that guy, Catholic ...Hutto, Texas
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social Yelling the truth about Tennessee. 
Harold Underdown @hunderdown.bsky.social I'm a children's book editor, teacher and workshop presenter, owner of The Purple Crayon website -- www.underdown.org --and part of Kid's Book Revisions Plus: @kbrplus.bsky.social.
I post about #kidlit and other things.
Jeffrey @standuphookup1.bsky.social WW2 Airborne enthusiast, Person Dad, Cat Dad, 
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov Former public defender, now U.S. Congresswoman, proudly serving the good people of Texas’ 30th Congressional District. ✊🏾 
Elizabeth Everett | Educator & Kidlit Author 📚 @elizabetheverett.bsky.social ➡️ Boosting books for #Teachers, #Educators, #Librarians, #Parents, #Authors, #Writers, and #Readers
💙 Former #Teacher turned #Homeschool mama
✏️ #Kidlit #Writer and #SCBWI member
📚 #PB #Author rep'd by Michelle Witte
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Pipa💙 @pipapipia.bsky.social Totes les fotos són meves.
Barcelona, Besalú. Catalunya.
All photos are mine.
Not DM⛔Not LISTS⛔Not PORN⛔
Jolene Gutiérrez | Kidlit Author & Teacher Librarian @writerjolene.bsky.social #Kidlit writer 📚 #SCBWI member 📚 Teacher librarian in a haunted library 👻 TOO MUCH! AN OVERWHELMING DAY '23 ✨ THE OFRENDA THAT WE BUILT '24 ✨ MAMIACHI AND ME '25 ✨ UNBREAKABLE: A JAPANESE AMERICAN FAMILY IN AN AMERICAN INCARCERATION CAMP '26 ✨ 
Laura Moher @lauramoher.bsky.social Writer of contemp romance. Sociologist. Always learning, sometimes slowly. Loves cats but not their bodily functions. She/her
Richard @richard-ar.bsky.social Shadow is a male tuxedo cat born in 2023 🍁
DK Ryland @dkryland.bsky.social Kidlit Author/Illustrator 
Kevin Sweeney aka audiomagnate @audiomagnate.bsky.social Election worker. Political consultant. Fraud Investigator. Record store owner.
https://www.discogs.com/seller/Record_Haven
WelcomingLNK @welcominglnk.bsky.social Creating an environment of welcoming and belonging for New Americans who call Lincoln, Nebraska home.
Learn more about us at https://welcominglnk.org/
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Mary Rice @miamargo.bsky.social Nebraska liberal mom who loves lifting, doing most anything outdoors (when it is not cold as balls), animals and oh ya...equality for fucking all.
Resist!
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends” MLK
Patrick D. Joyce @patrickdjoyce.com 📚 I love to read, write, & tell stories
✍️ Author of BACK IN THE USSR and STRAWBERRY FIELDS, YA thrillers made of history, mystery, & music
🌐 patrickdjoyce.com/links
Charlotte Gunnufson @charlottegunnufson.bsky.social Children's Book Author
Hard Hat Hank and Eight, Nine, Tengineers #DisneyBooks
Dream Submarine @CandlewickPress.bsky.social
School Spirits 2026 @SimonKids.bsky.social
Halloween Hustle, rep'd by @SamBFarkas.bsky.social
Victoria K. Chapman (she/her) @weyakindesigns.bsky.social Whimsical Art & Stories of Nature & Spirit. Illustrator. Author. Fine Artist. Musician. Dancer. Nature-lover. Mom to humans, dog, and plants. Rep’d by Joyce Sweeney & Rosa Frazier at The Seymour Agency! #12x12PB #KidLitArt www.weyakindesigns.com 💙💜🩷 🌈
Anitra Rowe Schulte @anitraschulte.bsky.social Children’s book author
DANCING WITH DADDY ✨❤️
WILLOW AND BUNNY 🍃🐰
STARLIN chapter books (2026/27)
12x12 | SCBWI
Dee @flowergirl3.bsky.social Mom, wife, sister, daughter, teacher, ally, Army veteran, liberal minded, she/her
Trying to figure out how to live in the upside down 🫤
“With fear for our democracy, I dissent.” Justice Sonia Sotomayor
CJ Penko 💡 @cjpenko.bsky.social ✏️ Awesome #kidlit person
📚 #SCBWI Ohio North Regional Advisor
❤️ Fluent in kid, animal, monster (& more recently Nazi heckling✊🏼)
🌅 Ohio North: @scbwi-ohionorth.bsky.social
LisaRaven @osbornela.bsky.social Blue dot in Nebraska. Wife. Mom💙🩷. Gen X.
🚫NO DMs- I will not respond!
Carolyn @txcsd.bsky.social Blue Dot in a Sea Of Red Dots. "I am only one; but still I am one. I can't do everything; but still I can do something; and because I can't do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do." Edward Everett Hale
The Assisi Project @assisiproject.com A Fellowship of Franciscans in Spirit
Live the Gospel. Share God's Love. Rebuild the Church.
Maine - Massachusetts - Assisi
assisiproject.com
Kathy Palm @kathleenpalm.bsky.social MG horror writer. General weirdo. Find me running in the haunted cornfields. Author of The Nowhere Series from Undertaker Books (Middle Grade horror) HWA Chicago.
Creepy is fun.
James Martin, SJ @jamesmartinsj.bsky.social Jesuit priest, editor at large of America Media, founder of Outreach, consultor for the Dicastery for Communication, author of "Come Forth."
https://linktr.ee/jamesmartinsj
Ellie forray @woffke.bsky.social Writer
Jane Fleming Kleeb 🇺🇸thank you Pres. Biden @janekleeb.bsky.social ASDC President. DNC Vice Chair. Nebraska Party Chair. Property Rights Defender. Clean Energy Builder. Author. Mom. Cookbook Lover. Rural. Florida Raised. 👢🌽🌴
Sue (Susan Uhlig) she/her @susanuhlig.bsky.social Married. Children's Author. Writing PB, MG, some YA. Kidlit. SCBWI Regional Advisor Emerita. Former Institute of Children’s Literature Instructor.
I write helps & book recs on my site susanuhlig.com.
WA state. Owned by cat.
Fallon Farokhi @thestoryspectator.bsky.social Educator~Librarian~Blogger~Speaker~Writer
Lisa Carmody Doiron-Author @lisacarmodydoiron.bsky.social SCBWI | CANSCAIP | 12x12 | 2025 Chuckle Challenge Finalist | HM 2025 Halloweensie Contest | HM 2026 Valentiny Contest | AHOY, MATE, AHOY! MISS MOLLY MOLLOY, spring '26
Flatwater Free Press @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social Nebraska's important stories. Well told. 🗞️ https://flatwaterfreepress.org/
Right Wing Watch @rightwingwatch.bsky.social Disrupting Extremism, Defending Democracy.
A project of People For the American Way.
https://www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwatch