Claire Phillips
@clairephillips.bsky.social
Author, A Room with a Darker View: Chronicles of My Mother & Schizophrenia; Lecturer: CalArts, SCI-Arc, UC Irvine
The Brooklyn Rail, Brooklyn Vol.1, Joyland, Los Angeles Review of Books & more
The Brooklyn Rail, Brooklyn Vol.1, Joyland, Los Angeles Review of Books & more
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Looking forward to moderating New Literary Forms for a New Literary Los Angeles at the #AWP2025 this Thursday, March 27th from 9:00am - 10:15am with authors @stephcha.bsky.social #SesshuFoster @circegirl.bsky.social @audreyshipp.bsky.social Concourse Hall 151, Level One LA Convention Center
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If you're trying to ditch NYT Games, which you should be since their games singlehandedly prop up the entire dogshit rag financially, you should switch to Puzzmo. An annual sub is 50% off today for a crazy $19 and as a bonus doesn't enable the genocides of Palestinians and trans people
Puzzmo — The (new) place for thoughtful puzzles.
Re-imagined mainstays like the daily Crossword Puzzle, modern classics like Really Bad Chess and SpellTower, and even a few brand new puzzles.
www.puzzmo.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
If you're trying to ditch NYT Games, which you should be since their games singlehandedly prop up the entire dogshit rag financially, you should switch to Puzzmo. An annual sub is 50% off today for a crazy $19 and as a bonus doesn't enable the genocides of Palestinians and trans people
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it should probably be a bigger story that the richest man on earth and leading Republican is a fucking Nazi
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
December 3, 2025 at 5:03 AM
it should probably be a bigger story that the richest man on earth and leading Republican is a fucking Nazi
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
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San Francisco sues Coca-Cola, Kellogg over ultra-processed foods. What that means
San Francisco sues Coca-Cola, Kellogg over ultra-processed foods. What that means
In a move reminiscent of legal battles against large tobacco companies in the 1990s, one city is suing household brands for their ultra-processed food products.
www.latimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:20 AM
San Francisco sues Coca-Cola, Kellogg over ultra-processed foods. What that means
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⬆️ Please give to @nurseehammamingaza.myatproto.social folks. They need a tent cover ASAP.
December 2, 2025 at 11:39 PM
⬆️ Please give to @nurseehammamingaza.myatproto.social folks. They need a tent cover ASAP.
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My brother A low-pressure system will hit us on Friday, we will be suffering . It will last for a week. Write about me or share if you can and tell them to support me🤲
@alexanderchee.bsky.social ❤️
@alexanderchee.bsky.social ❤️
December 2, 2025 at 10:50 PM
My brother A low-pressure system will hit us on Friday, we will be suffering . It will last for a week. Write about me or share if you can and tell them to support me🤲
@alexanderchee.bsky.social ❤️
@alexanderchee.bsky.social ❤️
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Years of this, it must end. But for now let’s help @nurseehammamingaza.myatproto.social while we can.
Urgent From Gaza🚨
We are expecting a low-pressure system the day after tomorrow, and the rain & wind will break & destroy our tent.
We are homeless😭
📍We appeal to you to donate to us so we can buy a tent cover to protect us from the rain🤲
Help⬇️⬇️
urls.fr/DzYN15
Verified✅
@alexanderchee.bsky.social
We are expecting a low-pressure system the day after tomorrow, and the rain & wind will break & destroy our tent.
We are homeless😭
📍We appeal to you to donate to us so we can buy a tent cover to protect us from the rain🤲
Help⬇️⬇️
urls.fr/DzYN15
Verified✅
@alexanderchee.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Years of this, it must end. But for now let’s help @nurseehammamingaza.myatproto.social while we can.
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You might not be in Middle East Studies. But whether you picked this fight or not, if you work at a university, this fight is picking you.
You are responsible for standing with colleagues. You are responsible for failing to stand up too. We're all in it now.
www.newarab.com/news/israel-...
You are responsible for standing with colleagues. You are responsible for failing to stand up too. We're all in it now.
www.newarab.com/news/israel-...
From Israel to ICE, MESA’s academic freedom is under attack
The issue of academic freedom, particularly related to Israel and Palestine studies, has become a daily concern for students and professors.
www.newarab.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:23 AM
You might not be in Middle East Studies. But whether you picked this fight or not, if you work at a university, this fight is picking you.
You are responsible for standing with colleagues. You are responsible for failing to stand up too. We're all in it now.
www.newarab.com/news/israel-...
You are responsible for standing with colleagues. You are responsible for failing to stand up too. We're all in it now.
www.newarab.com/news/israel-...
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If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:
December 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:
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A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
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At today's LA city council meeting, Councilwoman Hernandez pressed LAPD Chief McDonnell on using 40 mm and tear gas to disperse crowds. Hernandez points out the use of less lethals is a fiscal issue because of lawsuits due to injuries. He responds, "You're trying to put a price on saving lives."
December 3, 2025 at 2:26 AM
At today's LA city council meeting, Councilwoman Hernandez pressed LAPD Chief McDonnell on using 40 mm and tear gas to disperse crowds. Hernandez points out the use of less lethals is a fiscal issue because of lawsuits due to injuries. He responds, "You're trying to put a price on saving lives."
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A mom in Portland has been separated from her child since June bc ICE kidnapped her. The only thing standing between her & her baby right now is a $7,500 bond. There's 5k to go. PLEASE let's do this. Many hands make light work. This is literally the reason for the gd mfing season gofund.me/3e980d9d3
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December 2, 2025 at 9:22 PM
A mom in Portland has been separated from her child since June bc ICE kidnapped her. The only thing standing between her & her baby right now is a $7,500 bond. There's 5k to go. PLEASE let's do this. Many hands make light work. This is literally the reason for the gd mfing season gofund.me/3e980d9d3
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“Hiding behind the push to temporarily slow rising tuition costs is a plan to abandon higher education as a public good in this country.”
The Dark Doppelganger of Affordable Higher Education
In the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education, the Trump administration included a brilliant bit of faux-populism: a five-year tuition freeze. The proposal creates the illusion that the…
lpeproject.org
December 2, 2025 at 9:58 PM
“Hiding behind the push to temporarily slow rising tuition costs is a plan to abandon higher education as a public good in this country.”
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"cultural heritage workers are being pressured to embrace so-called “AI” in their work+ vendors are forcing AI features into library software. Slater's “Against AI: Critical Refusal in the Library” demonstrates how gen AI is contrary to the library profession’s standards, goals,+ ethics."
December 2, 2025 at 10:31 PM
"cultural heritage workers are being pressured to embrace so-called “AI” in their work+ vendors are forcing AI features into library software. Slater's “Against AI: Critical Refusal in the Library” demonstrates how gen AI is contrary to the library profession’s standards, goals,+ ethics."
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Time for newspapers to lawyer up
In a troubling scene, NY Justice Carro’s CSOs just ejected a veteran court reporter for trying to challenge the sealing of footage in Luigi Mangione’s case. They shouted over her and threatened her with contempt as she tried to ID herself and object as a surrogate for the public.
December 2, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Time for newspapers to lawyer up
Los Angeles, California ... follow this man's lead. Millions in this state are under attack.
ICE raids are cruel, inhumane, and do nothing to serve public safety.
My responsibility is to be the mayor to each and every person that calls this city their home. That includes millions of immigrants— of which I am one.
My responsibility is to be the mayor to each and every person that calls this city their home. That includes millions of immigrants— of which I am one.
December 2, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Los Angeles, California ... follow this man's lead. Millions in this state are under attack.
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This is a particularly entertaining entry in the bleak genre of reportage on our venture-capital fueled hapless aspiring AI tech overlords www.nplusonemag.com/issue-47/ess...
An Age of Hyperabundance | Laura Preston
Everyone at this conference kept invoking loneliness and claiming the antidote was conversation. That didn’t track with my own experience. My most desperate moments of loneliness have been in conversa...
www.nplusonemag.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:26 AM
This is a particularly entertaining entry in the bleak genre of reportage on our venture-capital fueled hapless aspiring AI tech overlords www.nplusonemag.com/issue-47/ess...
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reminder that the founder of Costco once told a CEO who said they were losing too much on their buck-fifty hotdog that
"If you raise the effing hot dog, I will kill you. Figure it out."
"If you raise the effing hot dog, I will kill you. Figure it out."
Costco sues the Trump administration, seeking a refund of tariffs
Costco sues the Trump administration, seeking a refund of tariffs
The wholesaler is the latest company to sue a federal agency over the president's signature economic policy.
www.nbcnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:27 AM
reminder that the founder of Costco once told a CEO who said they were losing too much on their buck-fifty hotdog that
"If you raise the effing hot dog, I will kill you. Figure it out."
"If you raise the effing hot dog, I will kill you. Figure it out."
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Translator Alex Niemi is doing a virtual event for Laura Vazquez's THE ENDLESS WEEK tomorrow w/ Type books!
in the craziest time of year I am doing a virtual reading this tuesday dec 2 at 7pm! with type books in toronto! for THE HAND OF THE HAND @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social + THE ENDLESS WEEK @dorothyproject.bsky.social by Laura Vazquez! come by!!
register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
December 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Translator Alex Niemi is doing a virtual event for Laura Vazquez's THE ENDLESS WEEK tomorrow w/ Type books!
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Every sentence here is even crazier than the last.
December 2, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Every sentence here is even crazier than the last.
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I can’t promise that this is the first time a Canadian publisher of a beloved children’s book series has publicly condemned the bloodthirsty US secretary of defense’s use of its imagery to smirkingly defend heinous war crimes. I mean who can say.
December 2, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I can’t promise that this is the first time a Canadian publisher of a beloved children’s book series has publicly condemned the bloodthirsty US secretary of defense’s use of its imagery to smirkingly defend heinous war crimes. I mean who can say.
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Will be there in spirit! Please go if you're able!! 🥹
🤩 TOMORROW: It’s finally here! The authors of “Life After Cars” make their first New England stop in Providence! Join us for a great night with some awesome friends! @thewaroncars.bsky.social
🎟️ Tickets at events.uptownpvd.com/events/life-...
🎟️ Tickets at events.uptownpvd.com/events/life-...
December 2, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Will be there in spirit! Please go if you're able!! 🥹
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If I were provost at Texas Tech right now I would be considering whether my feet were cute enough for an OnlyFans page.
TX Tech has a flow chat for guidance on what can be taught in the university system. Two things:
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
December 2, 2025 at 12:38 AM
If I were provost at Texas Tech right now I would be considering whether my feet were cute enough for an OnlyFans page.
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Maybe your day could use something pretty?
"The High Priestess Writes a Love Letter to The Magician" appeared in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social last year, and it's a poem I'm incredibly proud of.
If you haven't read it, you're in luck:
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
"The High Priestess Writes a Love Letter to The Magician" appeared in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social last year, and it's a poem I'm incredibly proud of.
If you haven't read it, you're in luck:
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
The High Priestess Writes a Love Letter to The Magician - Uncanny Magazine
Your magick is this: kindness and shadow, fireflies of hope burning like embers— everything you touch signs a raven song, a fairytale, a reminde...
www.uncannymagazine.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Maybe your day could use something pretty?
"The High Priestess Writes a Love Letter to The Magician" appeared in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social last year, and it's a poem I'm incredibly proud of.
If you haven't read it, you're in luck:
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
"The High Priestess Writes a Love Letter to The Magician" appeared in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social last year, and it's a poem I'm incredibly proud of.
If you haven't read it, you're in luck:
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
200-plus words while enjoying a patio lunch in Silver Lake. After a hideously long summer that only ended this past week with the Thanksgiving holiday, the weather is glorious. Thank you for initiating, Anna! #acadecawriteathon
maybe lunch time is squeeze out some words time?
starting Dec 1st! ie tomorrow!
for structure to eke out pages at a bonkers time of year (that is also a precious writing-est time):
you can do 250 words a day! books get written that way! if more, amazing! if not when grading or festive-ing, that's ok!
check in daily at #acadecawriteathon
for structure to eke out pages at a bonkers time of year (that is also a precious writing-est time):
you can do 250 words a day! books get written that way! if more, amazing! if not when grading or festive-ing, that's ok!
check in daily at #acadecawriteathon
December 1, 2025 at 11:01 PM
200-plus words while enjoying a patio lunch in Silver Lake. After a hideously long summer that only ended this past week with the Thanksgiving holiday, the weather is glorious. Thank you for initiating, Anna! #acadecawriteathon