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Nina she/her @ninaturns60.bsky.social · 1d

God, I love Portland

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Stone Circle Review @stonecirclereview.bsky.social · 2d

To rest, go to the woods where what is made is made without your thought or work.

-- Wendell Berry

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Nina she/her @ninaturns60.bsky.social · 4d

Some good news to share today! Huge congratulations to Richard Siken and Gabrielle Calvocoressi. I'd also like to give a big shoutout to my colleagues at @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social for all the ways they go above and beyond to bring these books into the world 💜🔥

Copper Canyon Press @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social · 4d

Congratulations to GABRIELLE CALVOCORESSI and RICHARD SIKEN whose collections are finalists for the 2025 National Book Award! 🌟

Winners will be announced at a livestreamed ceremony on Nov. 19th. Register at https://bit.ly/48TAcj9

Congratulations to all honorees—it is an honor to be among you!

Three slides: The first reads "We are honored to announce that two Copper Canyon Press titles are finalists for the 2025
National Book Award!"

The second slide depicts the cover of Gabrielle Calvocoressi's The New Economy and the third depicts the cover of Richard Siken's I Do Know Some Things.

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estarianne @estarianne.bsky.social · 8d

I can't believe there are people who have the energy to get up in the morning and start doing things and keep doing things all day. WTF sounds fake.

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Nina she/her @ninaturns60.bsky.social · 8d

As a grad of that very department, I am so proud!

Queer Satanic @queersatanic.bsky.social · 10d

Wow, the University of Washington's Psych 201 class does *not* play

go fuckin Huskies

Nazi UW students fuck off

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 10d

Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.

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Josh Cook @joshthelibromancer.bsky.social · 10d

Must read for the book world from @defector.com and something I would have cited the hell out of in Art of Libromancy if it'd been out before I wrote it. tl;dr: Publishing is always ideological, especially when we claim it's not.

Good Riddance To ‘The Best American Poetry’ | Defector

When David Lehman, a poet then working as a book critic for Newsweek, proposed the project for The Best American Poetry anthology, he was searching for a national platform. His first anthology project...

defector.com

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Nina she/her @ninaturns60.bsky.social · 11d

Well, @sarahkendzior.bsky.social knew what was up and has been saying so for years. Those of us who listened to her are not surprised.

Josh Busby @busbyj2.bsky.social · 12d

This. This administration is even worse than any of us thought possible. Who had destroy NIH, CDC, USAID, EPA, scientific research all at the same time on their bingo card?

Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 12d

My thesis is that no matter how doomer you were in Nov. 2024, we're probably past your worst-case scenario for the first 9 months of this administration.

It's very strange for me to realize I wasn't pessimistic enough.

www.thebulwark.com/p/we-are-in-...

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Nina she/her @ninaturns60.bsky.social · 12d

Can we just get Ezra Klein to STFU?

Nina she/her @ninaturns60.bsky.social · 12d

I know I am ridiculously old to be talking about video games, but there is still nothing better than Moss to play on the VR and I dearly long for a third one because I've played the first two so many times, and all the other games I try don't even come close.

Nina she/her @ninaturns60.bsky.social · 12d

I called Premera Blue Cross because of an EOB that looked wonky and they were extremely nice and helpful and I didn't have to wait on hold for even a minute and my entire world view has just been completey turned upside down.

Nina she/her @ninaturns60.bsky.social · 12d

I am always astonished by how many of my fellow OlyPen residents are afraid of Seattle. Kids that grew up here not wanting to go to UW because of the scary city. SO glad my own kiddo was born and had several years in Seattle before we moved here.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 13d

the amount of raw, unadulterated fear that many Americans have of even small cities is never going to stop being darkly hilarious to me

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Lauren Rankin @laurenarankin.bsky.social · 16d

Just a reminder that mifepristone is incredibly safe and has been approved by the FDA for a quarter of a century. You can purchase medication abortion (mifepristone and misoprostol) online and have it shipped to your home through @aidaccess.bsky.social. Mifepristone has a shelf life of 5 years.

Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 16d

HHS Secretary RFK Jr. opened an investigation into the safety of the abortion pill mifepristone, as the anti-abortion movement continues to push the administration to restrict access through lawsuits and policy.

RFK Jr. Opens Investigation Into the Safety of the Abortion Pill

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. opened an investigation into the safety of the abortion pill mifepristone, as the antiabortion movement continues to push the administration to restrict access through lawsuits and policy.

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Nina she/her @ninaturns60.bsky.social · 12d

It's National Coffee Day. You know how to celebrate ☕

a cartoon of a coffee maker and a cup of coffee .

Alt: An animated gif of making cup of coffee with an Aeropress.

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Nina she/her @ninaturns60.bsky.social · 12d

I wish everyone would stop acting like autism is a bad thing. Neurodiversity is like any other type of diversity: a beautiful, interesting, integral part of humanity.

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The Creatively Maladjusted @tyrotcm.bsky.social · 14d

TYLENOL DOES NOT CAUSE AUTISM

FEVERS DO NOT CAUSE AUTISM

AUTISM IS NOT CAUSED BY ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS, PERIOD

IT IS GENETIC, AND IT IS A NEUROTYPE, NOT A DISEASE

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Nina she/her @ninaturns60.bsky.social · 13d

Can relate

Stone Cold Jane Austen @abbyhiggs.bsky.social · 13d

Wide awake at 4 am and covered in cats and cat hair

Me lying down with a cat on me and a cat next to me

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♎ jentrification @jentrification.com · 16d

it's Libra season. treat yourself!

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estarianne @estarianne.bsky.social · 17d

I also like it. I've never met a NT person and thought "wow, that looks awesome."

My brain has strengths and weaknesses but so do theirs. Society is just built around their strengths and accommodates their weaknesses.

Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.bsky.social · 18d

The thing about being neurodivergent is that I Like It. What I don’t like is that the world imposes numerous taxes on me for being like this.

I don’t view it as a Me problem.

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Nina she/her @ninaturns60.bsky.social · 17d

I actually do read some non-Copper Canyon Press poets from time to time, and Ama Codjoe is one of them. I encourage you to do the same!

The Slowdown @slowdownshow.org · 17d

"Today’s poem speaks to the ways we can care for one another, and of how profound and meaningful even the smallest gestures are,” shares host @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social in today’s episode.

Read “Lotioning My Mother’s Back” by Ama Codjoe: bit.ly/3KCwVKR

📖: @milkweededitions.bsky.social

Graphic featuring a portion of Ama Codjoe's poem "Lotioning My Mother's Back"

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Nina she/her @ninaturns60.bsky.social · 18d

FFS, @npr.org. The science is VERY clear and you all know it.

NPR @npr.org · 18d

The science on Tylenol and autism isn't clear, despite President Trump's claims. Here's what parents need to know to make their own decisions about acetaminophen.

When it comes to Tylenol, what are parents to do?

The science on Tylenol and autism isn't clear, despite President Trump's claims. Here's what parents need to know to make their own decisions about acetaminophen.

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Nina she/her @ninaturns60.bsky.social · 19d

I know I'm not the first person to say this, but they are all so fucking stupid on top of everything else.

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Derek Van Died 🪦 @derekvandyke.bsky.social · 19d

A figure of Kamille Bidan from Zeta Gundam holding a handgun, accompanied by the text:

I'm joining the war on autism

on the side of the autism

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Nina she/her @ninaturns60.bsky.social · 23d

Worth a read/listen from anybody in a city likely to be targeted soon. I'm looking at you SEA and PDX.

Claire Parins • Photos @claireparins.bsky.social · 23d

Chicagoans: highly recommend a read or a listen.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 23d

As ICE storms Chicagoland, Chicago’s organizers speak. Stacy Davis Gates, Benji Hart, Arti Walker-Peddakotla, Ric Wilson, and others discuss ongoing ICE raids, Trump’s threats to send in the National Guard, and the solidarity we need to survive these times. Audio + transcript:

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Amy Youngs @amyyou.bsky.social · 23d

This cartoon by artist Frank Ape grounded me today #artmatters

Cartoon character with text bubbles that talk about why making art matters in these challenging times

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