A.G. Pasquella
@agpasquella.bsky.social
Writer, teacher, editor. Words in McSweeney’s, Utne Reader, Joyland, Broken Pencil & more. Author of the Jack Palace crime series. Most recent book: WELCOME TO THE WEIRD AMERICA. As co-editor: DEVOURING TOMORROW
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A.G. Pasquella
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“DEVOURING TOMORROW: Fiction From The Future Of Food” is an anthology I co-edited with @jeffdupuis.bsky.social
“How will we feed ourselves in the future?”
The authors knocked this premise out of the park!
DEVOURING TOMORROW is Available Now!
www.dundurn.com/books_/t2211...
#booksky 💙📚👀
“How will we feed ourselves in the future?”
The authors knocked this premise out of the park!
DEVOURING TOMORROW is Available Now!
www.dundurn.com/books_/t2211...
#booksky 💙📚👀
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"Non-fiction" neatly summarised
A collage of interesting facts that I'm not sure entirely tied together but full of strange matter
February 1, 2026 at 2:06 PM
"Non-fiction" neatly summarised
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“Children all across the country are being arrested and detained. . . . From Jan. to Oct. 2025, at least 3,800 children under the age of 18, including 20 infants, were arrested and detained by U.S. immigration authorities”
Liam Ramos Is Just One Release Them All. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
Liam Ramos Is Just One Release Them All. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
Opinion | Liam Ramos Is Just One of Hundreds of Children at This Detention Center. Release Them All.
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2026 at 1:49 PM
“Children all across the country are being arrested and detained. . . . From Jan. to Oct. 2025, at least 3,800 children under the age of 18, including 20 infants, were arrested and detained by U.S. immigration authorities”
Liam Ramos Is Just One Release Them All. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
Liam Ramos Is Just One Release Them All. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
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I interviewed Menefee in Houston in 2022 about the GOP attacks on trans rights - he was the county attorney for Harris county & had refused Paxton’s “guidance” to classify gender affirming care as “child abuse”. Now, he has won a special election for the TX house, narrowing the GOP majority
BREAKING: Democrat Christian Menefee wins special election for Texas U.S. House seat, narrowing GOP's slim majority.
Democrat Christian Menefee wins election for US House, narrowing GOP's slim majority
Democrat Christian Menefee has won a Texas U.S. House seat in a special election that will narrow Republicans’ already-slim majority.
bit.ly
February 1, 2026 at 12:57 PM
I interviewed Menefee in Houston in 2022 about the GOP attacks on trans rights - he was the county attorney for Harris county & had refused Paxton’s “guidance” to classify gender affirming care as “child abuse”. Now, he has won a special election for the TX house, narrowing the GOP majority
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“.. Democrat and machinist union leader Taylor Rehmet won the special election Saturday .. a stunning upset that injected a fresh and urgent sense of a panic into the GOP from the Texas Capitol to the White House ..”
@texastribune.org #SSD9
www.texastribune.org/2026/01/30/t...
@texastribune.org #SSD9
www.texastribune.org/2026/01/30/t...
February 1, 2026 at 2:04 PM
“.. Democrat and machinist union leader Taylor Rehmet won the special election Saturday .. a stunning upset that injected a fresh and urgent sense of a panic into the GOP from the Texas Capitol to the White House ..”
@texastribune.org #SSD9
www.texastribune.org/2026/01/30/t...
@texastribune.org #SSD9
www.texastribune.org/2026/01/30/t...
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When life hands you demons, make demonade
February 1, 2026 at 4:03 AM
When life hands you demons, make demonade
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A +17 Trump TX Senate district appears to be going to the Democrat.
This is the kind of thing this Texas ex-pat has dreamed of for literal decades.
We are going to win, friends. We just have to fight for it.
Find your organizing home and get to work.
This is the kind of thing this Texas ex-pat has dreamed of for literal decades.
We are going to win, friends. We just have to fight for it.
Find your organizing home and get to work.
‼️‼️‼️‼️ Per reporters on scene, Leigh Wambsganss has shut down her party. She hasn't conceded to Taylor Rehmet yet, but apparently told supporters that “we’ll be back in November.”
Hard to overstate how big a deal a Rehmet win would be. Tarrant County is the epicenter of Christian nationalism in Texas, an incubator for far-right policies, and nexus of billionaire Tim Dunn's network, which is riding hard for Wambsganss. Rehmet almost entirely funded by donations of $100 or less
February 1, 2026 at 4:47 AM
A +17 Trump TX Senate district appears to be going to the Democrat.
This is the kind of thing this Texas ex-pat has dreamed of for literal decades.
We are going to win, friends. We just have to fight for it.
Find your organizing home and get to work.
This is the kind of thing this Texas ex-pat has dreamed of for literal decades.
We are going to win, friends. We just have to fight for it.
Find your organizing home and get to work.
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Man this is really something
Mayor Mamdani names criminal justice reformer Stanley Richards as NYC’s new Department of Correction commissioner
Richards is the first formerly incarcerated person to lead the city’s jails system
@gothamist.com @wnyc.org
gothamist.com/news/mamdani...
Richards is the first formerly incarcerated person to lead the city’s jails system
@gothamist.com @wnyc.org
gothamist.com/news/mamdani...
Mamdani names reformer Stanley Richards to steer chaotic Rikers complex
Exactly one month into his term, Mayor Zohran Mamdani has appointed a formerly incarcerated person to manage the facility.
gothamist.com
February 1, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Man this is really something
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if you’re tear gassing little kids you lose your job, you get arrested, tried, and jailed
simply no other option in a civilized society, these goons must face consequences
simply no other option in a civilized society, these goons must face consequences
February 1, 2026 at 3:17 AM
if you’re tear gassing little kids you lose your job, you get arrested, tried, and jailed
simply no other option in a civilized society, these goons must face consequences
simply no other option in a civilized society, these goons must face consequences
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Found this cookbook from 1979 at an antique store, just elite art design
July 27, 2023 at 11:31 AM
Found this cookbook from 1979 at an antique store, just elite art design
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Thinking again of how Hillary couldn't use any of the oppo research on Trump and Epstein in 2016 because it would involve her husband too.
January 31, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Thinking again of how Hillary couldn't use any of the oppo research on Trump and Epstein in 2016 because it would involve her husband too.
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My friend lives in Roxbury NJ where ICE is trying to buy a warehouse to convert into a detention center and she says they’re trying to fight it. Apparently many of the people fighting are Trump supporters who voted for deportations but are worried the concentration camp will ruin property values.
January 31, 2026 at 11:41 PM
My friend lives in Roxbury NJ where ICE is trying to buy a warehouse to convert into a detention center and she says they’re trying to fight it. Apparently many of the people fighting are Trump supporters who voted for deportations but are worried the concentration camp will ruin property values.
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“There’s no single answer that will solve all our future problems. There’s no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers—at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.”
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
January 31, 2026 at 7:57 PM
“There’s no single answer that will solve all our future problems. There’s no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers—at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.”
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
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THIRTY FOUR THOUSAND
More than 34,000 Minnesotans signed up to be trained as ICED observers with various activist groups in recent weeks, many of them since Jan. 7, when a federal agent shot and killed Renée Good.
Thousands of new ICE watchers hit the streets after two killings
Minnesotans outraged by the killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti have signed up in large numbers to monitor and protest ICE with other activists.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:35 PM
THIRTY FOUR THOUSAND
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Getting the impression that ICE is gearing up for a pogrom in Springfield, Ohio, which was ground zero of Vance’s lies about Haitians during the campaign. Haitians lose temporary protected status on February 3rd. Reporters, lawyers, neighbors — please get ready.
January 31, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Getting the impression that ICE is gearing up for a pogrom in Springfield, Ohio, which was ground zero of Vance’s lies about Haitians during the campaign. Haitians lose temporary protected status on February 3rd. Reporters, lawyers, neighbors — please get ready.
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This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
January 31, 2026 at 6:13 PM
This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
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A federal judge has ordered the release of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, condemning the government for traumatizing him.
Now DHS must comply. The question is: will the puppy killer obey the law or continue proving that cruelty is her governing principle?
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
Now DHS must comply. The question is: will the puppy killer obey the law or continue proving that cruelty is her governing principle?
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
Judge orders 5-year-old boy, his dad be released from Texas immigrant center — San Antonio Express-News
In a ruling that includes a stinging rebuke of the Trump administration, a federal judge in San Antonio has ordered the release of an Ecuadorian man and his 5-year-old son who are being held in a Sout...
apple.news
January 31, 2026 at 7:20 PM
A federal judge has ordered the release of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, condemning the government for traumatizing him.
Now DHS must comply. The question is: will the puppy killer obey the law or continue proving that cruelty is her governing principle?
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
Now DHS must comply. The question is: will the puppy killer obey the law or continue proving that cruelty is her governing principle?
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
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It was predictable because it is what cops have been doing for decades.
January 31, 2026 at 6:23 PM
It was predictable because it is what cops have been doing for decades.
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i can’t believe the lead nazi is antisemitic
Bovino Is Said to Have Mocked Prosecutor’s Jewish Faith on Call With Lawyers www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...
Bovino Is Said to Have Mocked Prosecutor’s Jewish Faith on Call With Lawyers
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 6:08 PM
i can’t believe the lead nazi is antisemitic
The cars are garbage and the man in charge is also garbage
Tesla is a meme stock, completely untethered to financial reality
Tesla is a meme stock, completely untethered to financial reality
New NHTSA crash data, combined with Tesla’s new disclosure of robotaxi mileage, reveals Tesla’s autonomous vehicles are crashing at a rate much higher than human drivers, and that’s with a safety monitor in every car.
Tesla has reported 9 crashes involving its robotaxi fleet in Austin, TX.
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Tesla has reported 9 crashes involving its robotaxi fleet in Austin, TX.
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Tesla's own Robotaxi data confirms crash rate 3x worse than humans even with monitor
Tesla’s nascent robotaxi program is off to a rough start. New NHTSA crash data, combined with Tesla’s new disclosure of...
electrek.co
January 31, 2026 at 6:25 PM
The cars are garbage and the man in charge is also garbage
Tesla is a meme stock, completely untethered to financial reality
Tesla is a meme stock, completely untethered to financial reality
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The kids are alright.
Across the US, children & teens, stepped into the streets to confront the regime and ICE. In places, they were so young they required police escorts; in others, they stood their ground as MAGA extremists attempted to intimidate them.
#3E #GoodVsEvil #NationalStrike #ICEOut
#3E #GoodVsEvil #NationalStrike #ICEOut
January 31, 2026 at 6:10 PM
The kids are alright.
I just put all my files for this WIP into one Master File. It's 667 pages long, clocking in at 107,000 words. I'm going to edit this down to 75,000- 80,000 words or thereabouts.
I am going to carve out the hidden novel from this block of text!
I am going to carve out the hidden novel from this block of text!
Crossed the 10,000 word mark on the yearly total for my Work In Progress last night
Plus I solved a big problem with the ending, so I feel pretty chuffed about that!
I now have 8 different doc files for this WIP: time to start combining them!
Plus I solved a big problem with the ending, so I feel pretty chuffed about that!
I now have 8 different doc files for this WIP: time to start combining them!
New Yearly Total: 10936!!!!
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January 31, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I just put all my files for this WIP into one Master File. It's 667 pages long, clocking in at 107,000 words. I'm going to edit this down to 75,000- 80,000 words or thereabouts.
I am going to carve out the hidden novel from this block of text!
I am going to carve out the hidden novel from this block of text!
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I can't overrecommend this incredible paper about water skaters (genus Halobates). No one knows how they evolved. No one knows what they eat. They are superhydrophobic, which means water LITERALLY CANNOT WET THEM. Perhaps we should call them anti-water skaters? 🌊🧪
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Why did only one genus of insects, Halobates, take to the high seas?
Oceans cover over 70% of the earth’s surface and house a dizzying array of organisms, including five species of the peppercorn-sized ocean-skater Halobates, which live exclusively at the ocean surface...
journals.plos.org
January 30, 2026 at 10:17 PM
I can't overrecommend this incredible paper about water skaters (genus Halobates). No one knows how they evolved. No one knows what they eat. They are superhydrophobic, which means water LITERALLY CANNOT WET THEM. Perhaps we should call them anti-water skaters? 🌊🧪
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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Lights of New York — Ernst Haas, 1972
January 17, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Lights of New York — Ernst Haas, 1972
There needs to be an investigation into the ties between Jeffrey Epstein and United States Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump commerce secretary Howard Lutnick arranged to visit Epstein island, files show
Newly released documents reveal Lutnick sent email to ‘Jeff’ and floated plan for ‘Sunday evening for dinner’
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 1:50 PM
There needs to be an investigation into the ties between Jeffrey Epstein and United States Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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I went to a camel festival in the Gobi Desert this morning, a celebration of nomadic life, and it was absolutely amazing
January 31, 2026 at 1:18 PM
I went to a camel festival in the Gobi Desert this morning, a celebration of nomadic life, and it was absolutely amazing