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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 2d

“Military occupation doesn’t make our city safer. Resources and investment makes our city safer.” thank you Bri and all the other protestors who took the time to speak with me last night in Chicago.

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David Naimon @davidnaimon.bsky.social · 2d

I'm really excited to be in conversation with Caren Beilin about her latest fiercely wild-ride of a book SEA, POISON at the downtown Powell's on November 2nd. I hope you'll mark your calendars and join us!
@ndbooks.bsky.social @powells.bsky.social

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Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social · 3d

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 3d

just talked to Gov. Pritzker who dared President Trump to “come and get me” after POTUS threatened him with arrest. But Pritzker said he thinks Trump will chicken out.

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David Hogg @davidhogg.bsky.social · 3d

Hey Speaker Johnson, swear in Adelita Grijalva. Or are you too scared that Trump and your other GOP buddies are in the Epstein files?

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5d

“.. Beginning at 4:15 p.m. Monday, Hollywood Burbank Airport will have no air traffic controllers in their tower, ABC News has learned.”

#Shutdown
abc7.com/post/hollywo...

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Faizcault @faizcault.bsky.social · 7d

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Greta Thunberg says she is being detained by Israel in cell infested with bedbugs

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

www.theguardian.com

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 11d

IT’S OFFICIAL: We now have more protests planned for October 18 than there were back in June.

It’s not even October yet but you’ve already put 2,100 events on the No Kings map.

We hope to see you at the largest day of peaceful protest in American history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

(next to a map of the 2,100 peaceful protests planned for October 18) NO THRONES.
NO CROWNS.
NO KINGS.
SATURDAY, OCT. 18

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Dorothy, a publishing project @dorothyproject.bsky.social · 11d

Right on pub day, here's a terrific little review of THE ENDLESS WEEK from the Center for Fiction newsletter! Virtuosa, indeed!

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Dorothy, a publishing project @dorothyproject.bsky.social · 11d

It's pub day! We couldn't be happier about helping to put these two beauties into the world. Please help us spread the word!

THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF H. LAN THAO LAM by Lana Lin
THE ENDLESS WEEK by Laura Vazquez, trans. by Alex Niemi

The front covers of The Endless Week and The Autobiography of H. Lan Thao Lam held up side by side in front of a tree whose leaves are beginning to turn from green to brown.

This picture shows the spines for The Endless Week and The Autobiography of H. Lan Thao Lam stacked on top of each other and held up in front of a small tree on a sunny day.

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Amina Memory @aminamemorycain.bsky.social · 11d

To have a new novel coming out by @patrickcottrell.bsky.social is thrilling. I love the cover; I am also very jealous of the title! people.com/patrick-cott...

Patrick Cottrell's 'Afternoon Hours of a Hermit' Is a 'Hilarious and Heart-Wrenching' Whodunnit — See the Cover (Exclusive)

'Afternoon Hours of a Hermit' sees a man unexpectedly thrust back into the question surrounding his late brother's death. Seeking answers, the man returns to his childhood home, where he reckons with ...

people.com

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 16d

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

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Amina Memory @aminamemorycain.bsky.social · 21d

I love my trans friends and community. I will stand beside you now and always.

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Amina Memory @aminamemorycain.bsky.social · Sep 5

I do yes

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Amina Memory @aminamemorycain.bsky.social · Aug 28

that is insane

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Colin Dickey @colindickey.com · Aug 19

This tapped into a lot of what I’ve been feeling lately

Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · Aug 18

Hello. I wrote a nice long essay about AI and this very strange moment where we're constantly told we're living in the dawn of a strange new future but the only thing that's actually clear is that everyone feels pretty unmoored and uncertain. I hope you'll read it

AI Is a Mass-Delusion Event

Three years in, one of AI’s enduring impacts is to make people feel like they’re losing it.

www.theatlantic.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Aug 25

literally a cartoon image of a “criminal”

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Amina Memory @aminamemorycain.bsky.social · Aug 25

yes

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Amina Memory @aminamemorycain.bsky.social · Aug 25

Or not . . .

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Amina Memory @aminamemorycain.bsky.social · Aug 25

Okay, I am seeing it is kind of a thing . . .

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Amina Memory @aminamemorycain.bsky.social · Aug 25

Wait, what? This is the first time I am seeing anyone say something like this. Is this a thing?

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Éireann @eireannmor.bsky.social · Aug 25

how much more can the heart break? how can this not have ended?

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Aug 25

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Last photos taken by Gaza journalists before they were killed in Israeli strikes

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www.haaretz.com

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Amina Memory @aminamemorycain.bsky.social · Aug 10

Angelenos, this miniseries on wildfire risk is really good--informative, helpful, interesting. It was created by Zeke Lunder, who hosts the wildfire podcast The Lookout, which I listened to everyday during the fires in January, so much better than the news.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCeV...

LA Fire Hazards - Danger in Plain Sight - Episode 1

YouTube video by The Lookout

www.youtube.com

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Amina Memory @aminamemorycain.bsky.social · Jul 25

totally

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Marigold Atkey @marigoldatkey.bsky.social · Jul 24

Next Thursday and Friday, I'm doing a 48-hr fast to raise money for Translating Falasteen, in collaboration with The Sameer Project, funding aid from existing products, rather than aid that will need to be brought through the borders: chuffed.org/project/help...

North Gaza: Food, Water & Other Distributions

Translating Falasteen (Palestine), in collaboration with The Sameer Project, launched a fundraising campaign to support families in Gaza facing severe hardships. Our mission is to provide essential ai...

chuffed.org

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