C. L. Kagmi
@clkagmi.bsky.social
She/her. Futurist inspired by Asimov, Butler, and Clarke. Continually figuring out how to re-forecast the future. Thinks fiction should expand your mind and writes weird, intense plotlines featuring moral dilemmas and character transformations accordingly.
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C. L. Kagmi
@clkagmi.bsky.social
· Oct 7
C. L. Kagmi
Crafting strange fiction from stranger fact.
CLKagmi.com
Did you know I have a mailing list? Updates are few and far between, but you can sign up to be notified of new releases at CLKagmi.com! #Booksky
It's worldbuilding day! Which means I get to dive into climate and economic models, but also that I have to deal with the existential distress of encountering all the government science websites that have had data redacted or are no longer being updated under this administration.
November 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
It's worldbuilding day! Which means I get to dive into climate and economic models, but also that I have to deal with the existential distress of encountering all the government science websites that have had data redacted or are no longer being updated under this administration.
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October 19, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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October 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
October 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
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I made a horrible decision last night and told chat that I’d do a 24-hr livestream if we raise $100k with these streams by the 19th.
So if that’s an incentive to tune in… there you go.
So if that’s an incentive to tune in… there you go.
. @katmabu.bsky.social
promises to do a 24 hr livestream if her campaign reaches $100k in donations. If you want an unapologetically pro-democracy Congress, please consider donating. If you want to see her stream for 24 hours, please donate to the stream specific url.
promises to do a 24 hr livestream if her campaign reaches $100k in donations. If you want an unapologetically pro-democracy Congress, please consider donating. If you want to see her stream for 24 hours, please donate to the stream specific url.
October 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I made a horrible decision last night and told chat that I’d do a 24-hr livestream if we raise $100k with these streams by the 19th.
So if that’s an incentive to tune in… there you go.
So if that’s an incentive to tune in… there you go.
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Michigan Avenue right now.
October 9, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Michigan Avenue right now.
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
Did you know I have a mailing list? Updates are few and far between, but you can sign up to be notified of new releases at CLKagmi.com! #Booksky
C. L. Kagmi
Crafting strange fiction from stranger fact.
CLKagmi.com
October 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Did you know I have a mailing list? Updates are few and far between, but you can sign up to be notified of new releases at CLKagmi.com! #Booksky
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TERRORISM EXPERT HERE:
This statement is a clear example of what is known as “State Terrorism”: When the dictatorship will order all instruments of its state security & intelligence apparatus against its own citizens to terrorize the population.
This statement is a clear example of what is known as “State Terrorism”: When the dictatorship will order all instruments of its state security & intelligence apparatus against its own citizens to terrorize the population.
October 5, 2025 at 4:37 AM
TERRORISM EXPERT HERE:
This statement is a clear example of what is known as “State Terrorism”: When the dictatorship will order all instruments of its state security & intelligence apparatus against its own citizens to terrorize the population.
This statement is a clear example of what is known as “State Terrorism”: When the dictatorship will order all instruments of its state security & intelligence apparatus against its own citizens to terrorize the population.
New short story is currently free on Amazon! An abridged version of "Hostess" was first published in Analog Science Fiction & Fact in Jan/Feb of 2022. This unabridged version is now available as a standalone for the first time. #sciencefiction #books #shortstories
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FTC68GK5/
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FTC68GK5/
Hostess (Twiceborn Short Stories)
Amazon.com: Hostess (Twiceborn Short Stories) eBook : Kagmi, C. L.: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
October 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
New short story is currently free on Amazon! An abridged version of "Hostess" was first published in Analog Science Fiction & Fact in Jan/Feb of 2022. This unabridged version is now available as a standalone for the first time. #sciencefiction #books #shortstories
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FTC68GK5/
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FTC68GK5/
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Federal agents are overtly abusing their power to try to intimidate advocates and elected officials. We need ICE out of Illinois immediately and justice for people like Ald. Jessie Fuentes who are defending their communities.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/03/f...
blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/03/f...
Federal Agents Handcuff Chicago Alderperson At Hospital ER
In another incident caught on video Friday, federal agents inside a car randomly threw tear gas into a Logan Square street while people — including a 2-year-old — were outside nearby.
blockclubchicago.org
October 3, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Federal agents are overtly abusing their power to try to intimidate advocates and elected officials. We need ICE out of Illinois immediately and justice for people like Ald. Jessie Fuentes who are defending their communities.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/03/f...
blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/03/f...
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Join us Kristi Noem!
9AM Press Conference at 1930 Beach St
9AM Press Conference at 1930 Beach St
October 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Join us Kristi Noem!
9AM Press Conference at 1930 Beach St
9AM Press Conference at 1930 Beach St
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My husband was detained by ICE today
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
October 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
My husband was detained by ICE today
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
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The State of Illinois is closely monitoring the federal deployments in the Village of Broadview.
Public safety is always my top priority, and the Illinois State Police remains in close communication with the Broadview Police Department to monitor and maintain public safety.
Public safety is always my top priority, and the Illinois State Police remains in close communication with the Broadview Police Department to monitor and maintain public safety.
September 28, 2025 at 12:24 AM
The State of Illinois is closely monitoring the federal deployments in the Village of Broadview.
Public safety is always my top priority, and the Illinois State Police remains in close communication with the Broadview Police Department to monitor and maintain public safety.
Public safety is always my top priority, and the Illinois State Police remains in close communication with the Broadview Police Department to monitor and maintain public safety.
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It's pretty wild to me that investigators have uncovered that anti-trans campaigns are largely funded by the fossil fuel industry, and that the presumed motivations are pretty directly to redirect the public conversation away from climate change... and that this isn't bigger news.
September 27, 2025 at 1:42 AM
It's pretty wild to me that investigators have uncovered that anti-trans campaigns are largely funded by the fossil fuel industry, and that the presumed motivations are pretty directly to redirect the public conversation away from climate change... and that this isn't bigger news.
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BREAKING: The FBI has fired agents photographed kneeling during a 2020 racial justice protest that followed the death of George Floyd, AP sources say.
FBI fires agents photographed kneeling during 2020 racial justice protest, AP sources say
The FBI has fired agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers.
bit.ly
September 27, 2025 at 12:34 AM
BREAKING: The FBI has fired agents photographed kneeling during a 2020 racial justice protest that followed the death of George Floyd, AP sources say.
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STEWART: “Comedy doesn’t change the world, but it’s a bellwether— we’re the banana peel in the coal mine… authoritarians are the threat to comedy, music, art, thought… progress.”
Nailed it.
Nailed it.
September 19, 2025 at 1:51 AM
STEWART: “Comedy doesn’t change the world, but it’s a bellwether— we’re the banana peel in the coal mine… authoritarians are the threat to comedy, music, art, thought… progress.”
Nailed it.
Nailed it.
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It won't be immediately reported as such but this marks one of the deepest, darkest days in decades for global climate health, democracy and for global stability.
All for a bit of $.
theklaxon.com.au/818v
All for a bit of $.
theklaxon.com.au/818v
Massive loss for climate, democracy and western power as Murdoch battle ends - The Klaxon
The destructive forces that brought US democracy to its knees, ushering in the most dangerous global environment since the Cold War, have been locked in to 2050.
theklaxon.com.au
September 9, 2025 at 9:57 PM
It won't be immediately reported as such but this marks one of the deepest, darkest days in decades for global climate health, democracy and for global stability.
All for a bit of $.
theklaxon.com.au/818v
All for a bit of $.
theklaxon.com.au/818v
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The Sauútiverse keeps expanding! Behold the cover for our 2nd anthology: Sauúti Terrors!
Following Mothersound, return to the Sauútiverse - our collectively-built, Afrocentric, matriarchal shared-world of strange planets & sound magic - for dark fantasy, SF & horror stories & poetry.
Jan 2026.
Following Mothersound, return to the Sauútiverse - our collectively-built, Afrocentric, matriarchal shared-world of strange planets & sound magic - for dark fantasy, SF & horror stories & poetry.
Jan 2026.
September 9, 2025 at 2:17 AM
The Sauútiverse keeps expanding! Behold the cover for our 2nd anthology: Sauúti Terrors!
Following Mothersound, return to the Sauútiverse - our collectively-built, Afrocentric, matriarchal shared-world of strange planets & sound magic - for dark fantasy, SF & horror stories & poetry.
Jan 2026.
Following Mothersound, return to the Sauútiverse - our collectively-built, Afrocentric, matriarchal shared-world of strange planets & sound magic - for dark fantasy, SF & horror stories & poetry.
Jan 2026.
In half an hour I'll be live with Phyllis Ames and Brenda Clough interviewing Maya Bohnhoff about song and story in speculative fiction for BCubed Sunday morning! You can watch us here:
www.facebook.com/bcubedpress
#books
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#books
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September 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
In half an hour I'll be live with Phyllis Ames and Brenda Clough interviewing Maya Bohnhoff about song and story in speculative fiction for BCubed Sunday morning! You can watch us here:
www.facebook.com/bcubedpress
#books
www.facebook.com/bcubedpress
#books
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9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American."
It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
www.nytimes.com
September 1, 2025 at 11:23 AM
9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American."
It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
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Trump administration admits another deportation error buff.ly/jalXVvu
Trump administration admits another deportation error
In a court filing, ICE acknowledged it wrongly said a Guatemalan man had told officials he was not afraid to be deported to Mexico.
www.newsweek.com
May 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Trump administration admits another deportation error buff.ly/jalXVvu
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Great Blue Heron, casually standing in a tree. 🪶
May 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Great Blue Heron, casually standing in a tree. 🪶
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In New York, ICE detained a busload of farmworkers that were actively involved in a union drive.
In Washington state, ICE dragged a farmworkers’ rights activist and leader out of his car to detain him.
Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.
In Washington state, ICE dragged a farmworkers’ rights activist and leader out of his car to detain him.
Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.
May 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
In New York, ICE detained a busload of farmworkers that were actively involved in a union drive.
In Washington state, ICE dragged a farmworkers’ rights activist and leader out of his car to detain him.
Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.
In Washington state, ICE dragged a farmworkers’ rights activist and leader out of his car to detain him.
Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.
My award-winning short story The Drake Equation is now available on Kindle Unlimited for the first time. If you're into weird genre-crossing meditations you might like it!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F7GW9KC8
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F7GW9KC8
The Drake Equation (Twiceborn Short Stories)
Amazon.com: The Drake Equation (Twiceborn Short Stories) eBook : Kagmi, C. L. : Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
May 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
My award-winning short story The Drake Equation is now available on Kindle Unlimited for the first time. If you're into weird genre-crossing meditations you might like it!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F7GW9KC8
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F7GW9KC8