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If you’re a Black kid who grew up anywhere in the hip hop era, the dirty, white tennis shoes in #SquidGameTheChallenge kinda hurt your heart.

Ordered hot chocolate. Forgot to ask but thought: I wonder if it comes with marshmallows 🙏🏾? It did! Tiny ones tucked under whip, chocolate sauce and a cookie straw too.

NEW: A rural Georgia family medicine doctor says practicing obstetrics is “just essential care.” Federal regulators and national leaders say they need more like her to ease the rural maternal health crisis. Sarah Jane Tribble reports: kffhealthnews.org/news/article/f…

New job today!

#kidlit needs Kait. Back in '21, she led the BIPOC Picture Book Club: read-aloud evenings for adults who love the craft. Our industry usually keeps us at arm's length, but Kait created a warm, welcoming space where un-agented newbies, editors and veteran illustrators were equals.

That is all.

Congrats @JustinRColon and Boysenberri So fun to see your goofy flag fly! That’s a great opening spread. I’m hooked. More zany #PBs, please.

In short, pay us.

Los Angeles County is enlisting occupational therapists to help ease the homelessness crisis. Postcard from L.A. County, reported by Molly Castle Work: kffhealthnews.org/news/article/o…

"Right now I’m looking for reporting jobs doing health reporting ... " 👀

B.J. Novak on books for kids theparisreview.org/blog/2024/01/1…

Hello! I like seagulls and I'm 7 followers away from 1K! 😮 (I know it means nothing but it seems like a a bit of a milestone) Follow, say hi if you like 😆 I follow back all #kidlit #writerscommunity #illustrators and similar Happy Friday lovely peeps

7/ Me: *to my team* "A lot of Black Americans left the south to get away from Jim Crow and find work." Him: "Yeah, only to find that ol' Jim was right there waiting for 'em when they got there." He laughed. My team did not. Him: "I just knew you was from these parts."

So incredibly honored to be on this list with people whose reporting has deeply informed, inspired, and impressed me!

Amazing to see Last Week Tonight with John Oliver feature the opioid settlements in its most recent episode — including several of the articles I've written for @kffhealthnews!

Talking about her career goals at a brunch helped her land her dream job. 🎙️ Tarena Lofton (she/her)

Woot. Woot. Audio journalism KFF Health News just got even stronger. Excited to have Jackie Fortiér join the team. Can’t wait to brag about the work we’re going to do together. Let’s go!

Racism is heavy and making Black people sick, from hives and high blood pressure to heart disease, inflammation, and mental health struggles. In ep. 1 of #SilenceInSikeston, host Cara Anthony spoke with Eddie R. Cole about those burdens on Black Americans: bit.ly/4gizzRA

There’s a Picture Book for That: Recommendations for a story I think adults could use right now. #1 taunyaenglish.substack.com/p/first-big-sn… Or click Substack in my bio. Sometimes 32 illustrated pages is what us grown folks didn’t know we needed. To delight. Or untangle a tough topic.