April Lidinsky
@aprillidinsky.bsky.social
Writer, feminist professor, organic gardener, reproductive justice organizer, adventurous reader, and ambitious cook.
South Bend locals: Please consider launching your weekend with a nourishing hour of silent reading at the gorgeous MLK Dream Center, 6:30-7:30 pm! There’s a partially covered second floot patio to enjoy, come rain or shine. 📚
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MLK Center The Reading Hour — South Bend
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MLK Center The Reading Hour — South Bend
June 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
South Bend locals: Please consider launching your weekend with a nourishing hour of silent reading at the gorgeous MLK Dream Center, 6:30-7:30 pm! There’s a partially covered second floot patio to enjoy, come rain or shine. 📚
@readinghoursb.bsky.social
MLK Center The Reading Hour — South Bend
@readinghoursb.bsky.social
MLK Center The Reading Hour — South Bend
Made a new friend in a Milwaukee coffee house. #NoKingsDay
June 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Made a new friend in a Milwaukee coffee house. #NoKingsDay
What’s in a namesake? On @wvpe today, I celebrate my much-missed father and a new grandson. www.wvpe.org/wvpe/2025-06...
Michiana Chronicles: Namesakes
April Lidinsky muses on the meaning of namesakes.
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June 6, 2025 at 10:50 AM
What’s in a namesake? On @wvpe today, I celebrate my much-missed father and a new grandson. www.wvpe.org/wvpe/2025-06...
Benjamin Futa, founder of South Bend’s The Botany Shop is a splendid cook. Enjoy his insights on Erin French’s _Finding Freedom_ on this linked episode of @pbs.org WNIT’s “Dinner & a Book”: www.wnit.org/dinnerandabo...
Dinner & A Book - Finding Freedom | PBS Michiana - WNIT
Chef Erin French takes an unflinching approach in her memoir, Finding Freedom: Remaking a Life from Scratch, published in 2021. From her tween years literally slinging hash in her father’s diner, to t...
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May 20, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Benjamin Futa, founder of South Bend’s The Botany Shop is a splendid cook. Enjoy his insights on Erin French’s _Finding Freedom_ on this linked episode of @pbs.org WNIT’s “Dinner & a Book”: www.wnit.org/dinnerandabo...
Reposted by April Lidinsky
Indiana University has served the young people of the state and the country and the world as a model public university. These measures, passed without review or discussion, destroy IU’s independence and will if allowed to stand undo its essential character. (1/3)
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Last minute additions to the budget dismantle tenure, take aim at public universities
One Democrat said higher education institutions are "slowly being destroyed."
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April 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Indiana University has served the young people of the state and the country and the world as a model public university. These measures, passed without review or discussion, destroy IU’s independence and will if allowed to stand undo its essential character. (1/3)
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Grateful to share the @pbs.org WNIT kitchen with IU South Bend colleague Prof. Zach Schrank for a discussion of sustainable foods and Dan Saladino’s important book:
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Dinner & A Book - Eating to Extinction | PBS Michiana - WNIT
Dan Saladino is a renowned food journalist whose nonfiction book, Eating to Extinction: The World’s Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them, is a stirring call to action. April Lidinsky invites Indi...
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April 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Grateful to share the @pbs.org WNIT kitchen with IU South Bend colleague Prof. Zach Schrank for a discussion of sustainable foods and Dan Saladino’s important book:
www.wnit.org/dinnerandabo...?
www.wnit.org/dinnerandabo...?
My defense of the National Parks, for @wvpe by way of describing a transformative summer I spent working at Acadia National Park when I was 20. What story might you share to explain the power of our Parks?
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Michiana Chronicles: This land is our land
April Lidinsky shares her National Park story and encourages you to share yours, too.
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April 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
My defense of the National Parks, for @wvpe by way of describing a transformative summer I spent working at Acadia National Park when I was 20. What story might you share to explain the power of our Parks?
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Yet again, essential anslysis from @hcrichardson.bsky.social. Experts decry these tariffs. Listen to the unhinged ramblings of DT in the closing paragraphs. Maybe *this* is the moment his followers will begin to peel away from him?
April 9, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Yet again, essential anslysis from @hcrichardson.bsky.social. Experts decry these tariffs. Listen to the unhinged ramblings of DT in the closing paragraphs. Maybe *this* is the moment his followers will begin to peel away from him?
South Bend IN turns out thousands to demand “Hands off!” Hopeful energy and so many supportive honks!
April 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
South Bend IN turns out thousands to demand “Hands off!” Hopeful energy and so many supportive honks!
Grateful for poets (and parodies!) in a fascist time…👏🏽
I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
April 4, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Grateful for poets (and parodies!) in a fascist time…👏🏽
More essential reading, from @hcrichardson.bsky.social :
April 4, 2025 at 11:15 AM
More essential reading, from @hcrichardson.bsky.social :
Brilliant project by Rebecca Solnit that I have taught to college students, asking them to rewrite/rename spaces that matter to them. Everyone should try this!
This was such a satisfying project, and one in which I realized for the first time how much my whole life had been spent in a manscape, in places where almost everything was named after men.
#WomensHistoryMonth: The City of Women Map is a fascinating visualization of women’s history and urban transportation. Created by Molly Roy, Rebecca Solnit, and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro, the map renames subway stops after notable women with links to that area, offering an entirely new way to view #NYC.
March 29, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Brilliant project by Rebecca Solnit that I have taught to college students, asking them to rewrite/rename spaces that matter to them. Everyone should try this!
Use 5 calls and make some noise! Our silence will not protect us, as Audre Lorde reminds us.
March 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Use 5 calls and make some noise! Our silence will not protect us, as Audre Lorde reminds us.
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From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
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March 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
Defending the US Postal Service with over 100 folks in South Bend this morning.
March 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Defending the US Postal Service with over 100 folks in South Bend this morning.
This episode of WNIT Dinner & A Book with Posi Tucker is about _The Little Liar_, Mitch Albom’s novel about the ways nefarious governments can make good people do their evil bidding.
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Dinner & A Book - The Little Liar | PBS Michiana - WNIT
In his latest book, The Little Liar, best-selling author Mitch Albom explores the long-term psychological effects of betrayal, and the historical realities of Greek Jews during the Holocaust. Posi Tuc...
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March 18, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This episode of WNIT Dinner & A Book with Posi Tucker is about _The Little Liar_, Mitch Albom’s novel about the ways nefarious governments can make good people do their evil bidding.
www.wnit.org/dinnerandabo...
www.wnit.org/dinnerandabo...
Happy Ides of March to all who celebrate…
March 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Happy Ides of March to all who celebrate…
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Happy Abortion Provider Appreciation Day!
Today is all about celebrating & uplifting the work of Ohio's abortion care providers & the staff and supporters that keep them going strong every day.
Today is all about celebrating & uplifting the work of Ohio's abortion care providers & the staff and supporters that keep them going strong every day.
March 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Happy Abortion Provider Appreciation Day!
Today is all about celebrating & uplifting the work of Ohio's abortion care providers & the staff and supporters that keep them going strong every day.
Today is all about celebrating & uplifting the work of Ohio's abortion care providers & the staff and supporters that keep them going strong every day.
Celebrate International Women’s Day by learning more about a ground-breaking 19th Century Persian intellectual in this WNIT Dinner & A Book episode with Prof. Mana Derakhshani:
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The Woman Who Read Too Much | Dinner & A Book
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March 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Celebrate International Women’s Day by learning more about a ground-breaking 19th Century Persian intellectual in this WNIT Dinner & A Book episode with Prof. Mana Derakhshani:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=JGgD...
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Love to see this!
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WSBT) — Big crowds rallying on Friday to 'Stand Up for Science.'
It's part of a nationwide protest, with dozens making their voices heard against recent federal firings affecting scientists and researchers.
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It's part of a nationwide protest, with dozens making their voices heard against recent federal firings affecting scientists and researchers.
wsbt.com/news/local/s...
Protesters 'Stand Up for Science' in South Bend
Big crowds rallying on Friday to 'Stand Up for Science.'It's part of a nationwide protest, with dozens making their voices heard against recent federal firings
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March 8, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Love to see this!
All of us should follow this lead, and keep track of truths: nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
Opinion | Truths to Remember in a Time of Lies (Gift Article)
Chaos and disorientation are the goals here. But we know what’s going on behind the curtain.
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March 3, 2025 at 12:33 PM
All of us should follow this lead, and keep track of truths: nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
Reposted by April Lidinsky
Vermont understood the assignment.
Take notes, America.
Take notes, America.
March 2, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Vermont understood the assignment.
Take notes, America.
Take notes, America.
Examples of the incompetence of DOGE. Don’t believe their claims:
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Video: Musk’s Cost-Saving Claims Are Wrong in So Many Ways
We found huge errors in the “wall of receipts” for Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency, where the group lists what it has saved by canceling federal contracts. After The New York...
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March 2, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Examples of the incompetence of DOGE. Don’t believe their claims:
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We had these made at a local South Bend printer, Eco Owl Press, to put in windows and are distributing them for free. What messaging are you sharing?
March 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
We had these made at a local South Bend printer, Eco Owl Press, to put in windows and are distributing them for free. What messaging are you sharing?
Essential reading, from @hcrichardson.bsky.social, on yesterday’s atrocious bully-session: nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
February 28, 2025
Today, President Donald Trump ambushed Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky in an attack that seemed designed to give the White House an excuse for siding with Russia in its war on Ukraine.
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March 1, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Essential reading, from @hcrichardson.bsky.social, on yesterday’s atrocious bully-session: nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...