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Bestselling author of THEY KNEW, HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT, THE VIEW FROM FLYOVER COUNTRY and THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP. https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · Mar 5

In 2016, I worried that the US would soon be destroyed. So for the next eight years, I took my kids everywhere I could so they'd know their country firsthand. We drove in every direction to see things from all sides.

Our story is a book, and I hope you'll preorder: www.thelastamericanroadtrip.com

The Last American Road Trip

The New York Times bestselling author of They Knew, Hiding in Plain Sight, and The View from Flyover Country navigates a changing America as she and her fami...

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Auður @d8-n8h.bsky.social · 6h

Really incisive and important read. Q & A Sarah Kendzior

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PanoptiCon Artists: Your Questions Answered

On digital surveillance, ICE city raids, the need for new parties, and more.

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 9h

In the middle of a lake, I took a photo of the sun without looking at it, and ended up with this

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 9h

Thanks!

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Kimmer @kvonyborg.bsky.social · 11h

I absolutely love @sarahkendzior.bsky.social and my friend @whatamimaking.bsky.social.
This conversation is wide ranging and nuanced and fun.
What Am I Making Podcast: WAIM Podcast #106 - Bestselling Author and Journalist Sarah Kendzior api.substack.com/feed/podcast...

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 1d

conscience is the wound, and there’s naught to staunch it

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 1d

I wish they were ignored instead of noted by criminal lackeys who then threaten me. That would be a refreshing change.

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 1d

Responding to extreme stress the Midwestern way, with extreme crafting sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-crafts...

The Craftsman

I was going to make a noose, but instead I made a basket.

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 1d

Usually I make this kind of basket

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 1d

I made this kind of basket for the first time. Came out OK, was fun to weave

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah with my last name there's also a Cyrillic variant, thanks to the Russian takeover of Poland, which made things even more complicated. Those Kendziors became Kendzyors because the "n" got written out in Cyrillic already, but the "io" got turned into Ë in Cyrillic and then into "yo" in the US

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 1d

Actually smart, and also ruthless. He's not interested in things that have traditionally been requisite for a president to know (like how govt agencies work or the histories of foreign countries) because he's there to serve a mafia syndicate, not to govern as president.

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you!

Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 1d

Definitely not the stupidest. Trump is very smart at the things he needs to be smart at (crime, PR, media) and leaves the rest to the lawyers.

I don't know if "stupid" is the right word but the most wildly delusional was Turkmenbashi of Turkmenistan

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 1d

No kidding! My great-grandfather's last name was Kędzior. That became Kendzior, but other Kędziors are Kenzior, Kedzior, Kindzior...yes I know this sounds like a long Polish joke but this is a basic thing that happened to anyone with a non-Anglo letter. No one knew what to do!

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you, glad to hear it!

Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 1d

Sandstone and limestone mostly, also iron, dolomite, and others, depending what part of the river. There are granite boulders not too far from here that are 1.5 billion years old

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 1d

It's a bluff wall that looks like a face! Even more so when paddling by it

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 1d

I don't use apps unless absolutely necessary, I don't even have the blue sky app. Thank you though

Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 1d

Consensus is morning glory. Thanks everyone! I didn't it was that because it was all alone in the rocks. One tough morning glory!

Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 1d

I went canoeing in the Ozarks and stopped to rest at a gravel bar. There were no flowers growing except this one blue one all alone. Anyone know what it is? (I don't.)

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 1d

@stateofstlouis.bsky.social ?

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 1d

I went canoeing in the Ozarks and stopped to rest at a gravel bar. There were no flowers growing except this one blue one all alone. Anyone know what it is? (I don't.)

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 4d

New Q & A answers are up! Readers sent in thoughtful questions on city raids, digital surveillance, the disappearing internet, and much more: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/panopticon...

PanoptiCon Artists: Your Questions Answered

On digital surveillance, ICE city raids, the need for new parties, and more.

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 1d

Oh I really like that! Thank you

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Nod-Crafty @nod-crafty.bsky.social · 1d

reminds me of one of my favorite poems

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 1d

The vultures always know when it's going to rain