Twitter Highlights: July 7

---

Summer 2020 Blog Fest

---

I'm trying to spend less time at Twitter; the administrative goings-on at my school are just infuriating, and I don't want to spend all of July being angry. But there are some nice things from the class Twitter.

More goodness from National Park Service: I need all the social distancing humor for the Fall files!

Crayon art:

Beautiful map and important thread:

Resources from Poynter: free classes in July; I'll keep an eye out for more free stuff coming up in Fall.

Cool idea from Eric Curts: Google Slides for Student Created Storybooks

Feedback dice from Tom Gauld: ha!

This NPR item could be nice for StoryLab and/or for the bio-writing: We Aren't Who We Think We Are

Cool item via Jennifer Ouellette: Mysterious Stone Age flint artefacts

Maria Popova on Rackham's Brothers Grimm: Rare and Revolutionary 1917 Illustrations

Puns at TikTok: When Wordplay Becomes Worldplay

Something coming from the Dalai Lama: Inner World

Important piece on digital blackface: Reaction GIFs

And a video on Miniature Books!

It's #MiniatureMonday, the perfect day for a new episode of Bite Sized Book History all about miniature books! 😍 This is my favorite video I've made yet, and I hope you enjoy it too!✨ https://t.co/C7mgYIEh0H

— Allie Alvis 🚄 (@book_historia) July 6, 2020

And a gorgeous Google Doodle from folklore:

Today’s #GoogleDoodle celebrates Tanabata (七夕), an annual Japanese tradition that commemorates the fabled reunion of two celestial lovers kept apart by the vast expanse of the Milky Way 🌌🇯🇵

Learn more → https://t.co/b7JtwaZ2HH pic.twitter.com/QTg8E7lUdz

— Google Doodles (@GoogleDoodles) July 7, 2020