Sesame (Street) Workshop has a heap of resources for grown ups and kids experiencing traumatic or difficult events - displacement, grief, disasters, violence, foster care, divorce, and parents in jail/or struggling with addictions. They've got nice printables you can use with kids or (yourself).
And the pufferfish blows up in panel 2!
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Okay, I need to like... eat dinner and do normal people things, so I'm gonna log off and stop checking the page, but as a final update, we are now at 88% funded and only need $600 left!!! I would LOVE to hit 90% by morning, but either way, I'm endlessly grateful for all the support y'all 😭💙💙
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A new adult romcom by award-winning author Emery Lee.
It annoys me that Google now marks some results as “for you.”
Three people I know personally (of about 20 that I pestered to do it) who checked their registration were suspended. Check, and pass it on.
It's currently Banned Books Week and I'd love to use this moment to remind you that book bans aren't about the books. They're about silencing marginalized people (and creating the permission structure for their harm) and defunding institutions of public learning.
They have their own book festival now in a couple weeks! My partner @tayberryjelly.bsky.social will be there with her book. The owners are super nice so hopefully you can work something out sometime!