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A.G. Pasquella
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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 @agpasquella.bsky.social · May 28
“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 💙📚👀
The front and back cover of DEVOURING TOMORROW. The front cover is light green with a yellow title font and a “glitchy” apple dripping fluorescent yellow slime.
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cornellwriter.bsky.social
It’s my book birthday!
#Booksky
www.starsandsabers.com/books/shoesh...
Small wooden circular table sits on a colorful striped rug. On the table is a copy of P.A. Cornell’s retrofuturistic noir love story SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL. The book is surrounded by a cup of tea, a bookmark, and a pair of reading glasses.
February 3, 2026 at 11:22 AM
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pazsays.bsky.social
Happy book birthday to SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL! If you, like me, want to spend an evening away from all the horrors, I can't recommend this trip straight to a fairytale retro-future Toronto more 🚀
February 3, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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oneofthegoodpauls.bsky.social
Gonzo from a Muppet Christmas Carol saying "And a giant mummy, who was NOT dead!"
February 3, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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jesspish.bsky.social
The masks aren't the cause of their violent behavior. The masks are the result of a system that has uplifted law enforcement despite their open radicalization to the right. Where we are politically with federal police is the result of a failure to take seriously the problem of police power.
February 3, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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climatekeith.bsky.social
"Canada cannot claim to defend human rights while exporting armoured vehicles that will be used to terrorize communities”: @greenpeaceca.bsky.social calls on MPs to halt export of armoured vehicles to U.S. immigration agency ICE
www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/pr...
Greenpeace calls on MPs to halt export of armoured vehicles to U.S. immigration agency ICE  - Greenpeace Canada
Toronto – Greenpeace activists unveiled a banner saying “No Canadian Arms for ICE” at the Brampton headquarters of the Canadian company that is building armoured vehicles for the U.S. Immigratio...
www.greenpeace.org
February 2, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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warmyellowlight.bsky.social
what if we kissed...in goofy ridge
February 3, 2026 at 3:42 AM
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douglasmack.bsky.social
I should go to sleep but instead I'm looking at old issues of LIFE

Here's a quick thread of intriguing graphics without context, because why not

(1952)
Drawings of Lima beans and a llama but they're intended to look very similar Text says "there's a big difference between a lima...and a llama"
February 3, 2026 at 4:06 AM
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acyn.bsky.social
AOC on ICE: It’s our task to figure out how to claw back what has essentially supercharged this agency into becoming a relentless domestic paramilitary that is also a blank check to Palantir to create facial-recognition scans on U.S. citizens.
February 3, 2026 at 1:26 AM
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keezyyoung.bsky.social
source: are you seeking legal representation?
me: no I'm trying to design a neck tattoo
source: wait what
me: don't worry about it
keezyyoung.bsky.social Keezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social · 15h
starting to do research on a subject you know nothing about is like
me: "okay. first question: how do lawyers work?"
source: "um... well, what kind of lawyer are we talking about"
me: *writing down enthusiastically* there are types of lawyers
February 3, 2026 at 3:51 AM
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bakerdphd.bsky.social
There is a case to be made that any board of a university that signed an agreement that required paying a fee has breached their fiduciary duty and I think somebody should explore it
robertkelchen.com Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 20h
The Trump administration is no longer trying to get cash from Harvard as it seeks a settlement. At this point, the White House seems happy to get a signature on anything they can call a compact.
Trump Drops Demand for Cash From Harvard After Stiff Resistance
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:57 AM
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stevelieberart.bsky.social
In 1946, cartoonist & illustrator Noel Sickles was sent by Life magazine to sketch the Nuremberg trials. Here is his sketch of the execution of Joachim Von Ribbentrop, who claimed at trial that his boss had made all of the important decisions, & that he was only following orders.
December 2, 2024 at 9:15 AM
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iduncs.bsky.social
Enjoy this little opossum in the snow ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ❄️
February 2, 2026 at 9:14 PM
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nathanwhitlock.bsky.social
January episodes - all great conversations. Never the usual book talk.

Please subscribe, listen, and review.

WHAT HAPPENED NEXT is presented by @thewalrus.ca
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February 1, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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swordsjew.bsky.social
death by preventable disease is an inevitable and even desired outcome of concentration camps. in every era of concentration camps people have died of typhus, which is a disease of privation and enforced crowding. this illness is intentionally inflicted
February 2, 2026 at 4:52 AM
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urbanaudacity.blacksky.app
I love when I see a picture, and I think, “well who the fuck is that?” and then the alt text tells me who the fuck it is
February 2, 2026 at 10:31 PM
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prof-hinkley.bsky.social
*looking up at the stars on the first clear night in a while* Orion you son of a bitch how have you been
January 30, 2024 at 5:21 AM
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standplaatskrk.pl
Louise Jensen Duffy (@LouiseWeebe) on twitter: "So, a lot of people ask me why I buy so many books. The truth is, I have a genetic disorder where my body doesn't produce enough books of its own, so I have to supplement."
January 1, 2026 at 3:59 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
BREAKING: Judge Ana Reyes, in DC, issues a stay of DHS Sec. Noem’s decision to end Haiti’s temporary protected status (TPS) designation, a decision that was to go into effect on Tuesday and could have ended legal status for up to 350,000 people overnight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FRITZ EMMANUEL LESLY MIOT, et al., Plaintiffs, Case No. 25-cv-02471 (ACR) V. DONALD J. TRUMP, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION On December 2, 1783, then-Commander-in-Chief George Washington penned: "America is open to receive not only the Opulent & respected Stranger, but the oppressed & persecuted of all Nations & Religions." More than two centuries later, Congress reaffirmed President Washington's vision by establishing the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program. See 8 U.S.C. § 1254a (TPS statute). It provides humanitarian relief to foreign nationals in the United States who come from disaster-stricken countries. It also brings in substantial revenue, with TPS holders generating $5.2 billion in taxes annually. See Part VI. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem has a different take.? eSec Noem I just met with the President. I am recommending a full travel ban on every damn country that's been flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies. Our forefathers built this nation on blood, sweat, and the unyielding love of freedom-not for foreign invaders to slaughter our heroes, suck dry our hard-earned tax dollars, or snatch the benefits owed to AMERICANS. WE DON'T WANT THEM. NOT ONE. 6:52 PM - Dec 1, 2025 - 13.2M Views ' Letter from George Washington to Joshua Holmes (December 2, 1783). 2 Dkt. 90 (Second Am. Compl.) 1110 n.91. But see supra n.l. So says the official responsible for overseeing the TPS program. And one of those (her word) "damn" countries is Haiti. Relevant here, three days before making the above post, Secretary Noem announced she would terminate Haiti's TPS designation as of February 3, 2026. See 90 Fed. Reg. 54733 (Nov. 28, 2025) (Termination). Plaintiffs are five Haitian TPS holders. They are not, it emerges, "killers, leeches, or entitlement junkies." They are instead: Fritz Emmanuel Lesly Miot, a neuroscientist researching Alzheimer's disease, Dkt. 90 (Second Am. Compl. (SAC)) 1 1; Rudolph Civil, a software engineer at a national bank, id. 1 2; Marlene Gail Noble, a laboratory assistant in a toxicology department, id. | 3; Marica Merline Laguerre, a college economics major, id. 9| 4; and Vilbrun Dorsainvil, a full-time registered nurse, id. 9|5. They claim that Secretary Noem's decision violates the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. § 706(2), and the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The Government counters that the Court does not have jurisdiction, and, in any case, the Secretary did not violate the law. Plaintiffs seek to stay the Secretary's decision under 5 U.S.C. § 705 pending the outcome of this litigation. See Dkt. 81 (§ 705 Mot.). To decide their motion, the Court considers first whether it has jurisdiction. It does. See Part II. It then considers: whether Plaintiffs have a substantial likelihood of success on the merits; whether they will be irreparably harmed absent a stay; and whether a merged balance of the equities and public interest analysis favors a stay. See Part III. Each element favors Plaintiffs. See Parts IV, V, and VI. Finally, the balance of equities and public interest favor a stay. The Government does not cite any reason termination must occur post haste. Secretary Noem complains of strains unlawful immigrants place on our immigration-enforcement system. Her answer? Turn 352,959 lawful immigrants into unlawful immigrants overnight. She complains of strains to our economy. Her answer? Turn employed lawful immigrants who contribute billions in taxes into the legally unemployable. She complains of strains to our healthcare system. Her answer? Turn the insured into the uninsured. This approach is many things— in the public interest is not one of them. For the reasons below, the Court GRANTS Plaintiffs' Renewed Motion for a Stay Under 5 U.S.C. § 705, Dkt. 81.
February 3, 2026 at 12:42 AM
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angryblacklady.blacksky.app
Anne Frank died of typhus at Bergen-Belsen
robertscotthorton.bsky.social Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d
ICE now confirming that there is a measles outbreak at the Texas concentration camp where young Liam was held.
February 2, 2026 at 12:52 AM
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phillewis.bsky.social
"The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez."
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 1, 2026 at 9:18 PM
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jongraywb.bsky.social
I keep seeing this resurfacing on my feed but what I wanna know is how this doesn’t get them straight up booted off of campus, why it hasn’t happened sooner, & who is allowing them to stay?

Because if I were those other students who aren’t complete freaks, I’d feel wildly unsafe at that location.
kevinmkruse.bsky.social Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d
Take a look at this insane image the Illinois College Republicans posted and then read their statement about how they're not trying to excuse or glorify violence.
February 2, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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goldwagnathan.bsky.social
Whenever you see a story about how liberals aren't making their conservative peers feel welcome enough, this is who they're talking about.
February 2, 2026 at 5:20 AM
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jamellebouie.net
i truly hate how much we are living in a bad script
johnathanperk.bsky.social J. - Project 2025 expert @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 1d
FYI, Kristi Noem’s full
initials are K.L.A.N.
February 2, 2026 at 1:42 PM
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gienieczko.com
It's pretty amazing to me the amount of shit that apparently you can Just Do as an NYC mayor. It makes basically every other American politician look like an incompetent loser.

What do you mean there was just a button that reversed wage theft? Why wasn't and isn't everyone hitting it all the time??
February 2, 2026 at 10:58 AM
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emilyhughes.bsky.social
bring every baby home now
ziibiing.com ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 2d
liam and his dad are home!

and someone please get rep. castro a coat!
rep omar, liam ramos and his dad, rep castro!
February 1, 2026 at 4:43 PM