Fran Wilde
@franwilde.bsky.social
Author & Battle Poet (she/her) hoarder of pens and journals. Teacher. novels, poetry, short fiction, shenanigans
More at https://www.patreon.com/franwilde & http://franwilde.net
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January means a fresh start, new intentions, & a dozen things that will help get us through in creatively rebellious ways, up for all to read at the patreo-blog. Plus a *new development for subscribers at all levels*: a free-for-all write-in every week!
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Wednesday free-for-all write in tonight! Come on over… www.patreon.com/posts/januar...
January 21, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Wednesday free-for-all write in tonight! Come on over… www.patreon.com/posts/januar...
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Never forget that the GOP signed off on this, enthusiastically. They could’ve stopped it; instead, they enabled it.
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 21, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Never forget that the GOP signed off on this, enthusiastically. They could’ve stopped it; instead, they enabled it.
This. Honestly if you run the full list of “this is the thing that will get the GoP congress a spine” and then nope, it is like lovecraft clawed out of his horrible, greasy grave and inflicted Mike Johnson on all of us as a milktoast horror.
hey I like that we're all posting thru it but I also wanted to say, in case anybody else is feeling it, that I'm pretty scared and genuinely think that we've passed a real rubicon in the past week or so and that being at the mercy of a handful of dumbfuck lunatics really does a number on your soul.
January 20, 2026 at 10:32 PM
This. Honestly if you run the full list of “this is the thing that will get the GoP congress a spine” and then nope, it is like lovecraft clawed out of his horrible, greasy grave and inflicted Mike Johnson on all of us as a milktoast horror.
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hey I like that we're all posting thru it but I also wanted to say, in case anybody else is feeling it, that I'm pretty scared and genuinely think that we've passed a real rubicon in the past week or so and that being at the mercy of a handful of dumbfuck lunatics really does a number on your soul.
January 20, 2026 at 8:54 PM
hey I like that we're all posting thru it but I also wanted to say, in case anybody else is feeling it, that I'm pretty scared and genuinely think that we've passed a real rubicon in the past week or so and that being at the mercy of a handful of dumbfuck lunatics really does a number on your soul.
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Maybe we should stick to a message this simple.
January 19, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Maybe we should stick to a message this simple.
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Pausing my regular vacation posts because it’s new story day! So pleased to be back at Sunday Morning Transport. Please enjoy my latest tale in all its queer, bleak, grotesque glory—
www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/slake
www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/slake
January 18, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Pausing my regular vacation posts because it’s new story day! So pleased to be back at Sunday Morning Transport. Please enjoy my latest tale in all its queer, bleak, grotesque glory—
www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/slake
www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/slake
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The size of this protest in Greenland is akin to 20-30 MILLION Americans protesting something here.
That’s a huge percentage of the population to get out in the streets. apnews.com/article/denm...
That’s a huge percentage of the population to get out in the streets. apnews.com/article/denm...
Thousands march in Greenland to support Arctic island in the face of Trump's threats to take it over
Thousands of Greenlanders carefully marched across snow and ice to take a stand against U.S. President Donald Trump.
apnews.com
January 18, 2026 at 11:46 AM
The size of this protest in Greenland is akin to 20-30 MILLION Americans protesting something here.
That’s a huge percentage of the population to get out in the streets. apnews.com/article/denm...
That’s a huge percentage of the population to get out in the streets. apnews.com/article/denm...
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Bleeding Hart Studio is back with a store-wide sale/fundraiser for Minneapolis mutual aid!
Everything including 5 all-new necklaces in www.etsy.com/shop/Bleedin... is 25% off until 1/24. I'll donate that 25% off to at least one of the organizations at www.standwithminnesota.com --
Everything including 5 all-new necklaces in www.etsy.com/shop/Bleedin... is 25% off until 1/24. I'll donate that 25% off to at least one of the organizations at www.standwithminnesota.com --
January 17, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Bleeding Hart Studio is back with a store-wide sale/fundraiser for Minneapolis mutual aid!
Everything including 5 all-new necklaces in www.etsy.com/shop/Bleedin... is 25% off until 1/24. I'll donate that 25% off to at least one of the organizations at www.standwithminnesota.com --
Everything including 5 all-new necklaces in www.etsy.com/shop/Bleedin... is 25% off until 1/24. I'll donate that 25% off to at least one of the organizations at www.standwithminnesota.com --
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BREAKING: Judge enters TRO blocking feds from interfering with or arresting peaceful protesters in Minnesota. Judge Kate Menendez, Biden appointee. Order: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
January 17, 2026 at 1:02 AM
BREAKING: Judge enters TRO blocking feds from interfering with or arresting peaceful protesters in Minnesota. Judge Kate Menendez, Biden appointee. Order: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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"I'm not in Minnesota -- what can I do to help?"
A list of ideas!
A list of ideas!
January 11, 2026 at 10:33 PM
"I'm not in Minnesota -- what can I do to help?"
A list of ideas!
A list of ideas!
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"It’s not hard to imagine that Renee Good would have also found writing and artistic community in the city, had she lived."
I wrote about why it matters that Good was a poet, and the connection of poetry to resistance. nonprofitquarterly.org/why-it-matte...
I wrote about why it matters that Good was a poet, and the connection of poetry to resistance. nonprofitquarterly.org/why-it-matte...
Why It Matters that Renee Nicole Macklin Good Was a Poet | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
After her death at the hands of ICE, Renee Good’s legacy as a poet is much more than her one published poem.
nonprofitquarterly.org
January 15, 2026 at 2:15 PM
"It’s not hard to imagine that Renee Good would have also found writing and artistic community in the city, had she lived."
I wrote about why it matters that Good was a poet, and the connection of poetry to resistance. nonprofitquarterly.org/why-it-matte...
I wrote about why it matters that Good was a poet, and the connection of poetry to resistance. nonprofitquarterly.org/why-it-matte...
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Seeing Zohran instantly getting a bunch of shit done in like a week makes you realize that politicians could always do that on some level if they wanted it bad enough and very few of them actually do.
January 15, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Seeing Zohran instantly getting a bunch of shit done in like a week makes you realize that politicians could always do that on some level if they wanted it bad enough and very few of them actually do.
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Instead of ending the constitution and murdering people, we could have high speed trains and universal health care.
January 14, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Instead of ending the constitution and murdering people, we could have high speed trains and universal health care.
A reminder to my Patreon supporters that it’s Wednesday- come write (or draw or work) wildely!
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January 14, 2026 at 2:43 PM
A reminder to my Patreon supporters that it’s Wednesday- come write (or draw or work) wildely!
www.patreon.com/posts/januar...
www.patreon.com/posts/januar...
Congratulations to all the PKD Award nominees!
2026 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees Announced
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January 14, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Congratulations to all the PKD Award nominees!
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2025 was a nightmare... & an amazing year for short fiction.
On my newsletter, I rounded up the stories I think you need - for your soul, & your award ballots
(mine are there, but it's mostly from others)
I'll shout them out here, as well!
undercover-in-the-apocalypse.ghost.io/my-life-in-f...
On my newsletter, I rounded up the stories I think you need - for your soul, & your award ballots
(mine are there, but it's mostly from others)
I'll shout them out here, as well!
undercover-in-the-apocalypse.ghost.io/my-life-in-f...
January 13, 2026 at 6:00 PM
2025 was a nightmare... & an amazing year for short fiction.
On my newsletter, I rounded up the stories I think you need - for your soul, & your award ballots
(mine are there, but it's mostly from others)
I'll shout them out here, as well!
undercover-in-the-apocalypse.ghost.io/my-life-in-f...
On my newsletter, I rounded up the stories I think you need - for your soul, & your award ballots
(mine are there, but it's mostly from others)
I'll shout them out here, as well!
undercover-in-the-apocalypse.ghost.io/my-life-in-f...
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The Sunday Morning Transport carries the weight of expectations today with a story from Julia Vee (@juliavee.bsky.social) that examines the challenge of carrying on family traditions. Free for everyone to read, like all our January stories!
Donuts from the Daydream Network
In this month’s second, free, story, Julia Vee has baked a very special, fictional confection.
www.sundaymorningtransport.com
January 11, 2026 at 9:33 PM
The Sunday Morning Transport carries the weight of expectations today with a story from Julia Vee (@juliavee.bsky.social) that examines the challenge of carrying on family traditions. Free for everyone to read, like all our January stories!
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In such scary times, it's been incredibly heartening to see just how many people are stepping up to protect their communities:
"At schools, volunteers are forming human chains as students and employees enter and leave, with whistles to blow if ICE shows up.
Volunteers—many of them moms already involved at their schools—divvy up tasks, such as delivering groceries to immigrant families..."
www.wsj.com/us-news/insi...
Volunteers—many of them moms already involved at their schools—divvy up tasks, such as delivering groceries to immigrant families..."
www.wsj.com/us-news/insi...
Inside Minneapolis’s Sprawling Network of ICE Watchers
Renee Nicole Good lived in a community where residents by the thousands are using text alerts, whistles and Google documents to shadow federal agents
www.wsj.com
January 11, 2026 at 9:45 PM
In such scary times, it's been incredibly heartening to see just how many people are stepping up to protect their communities:
This incredible courage and sacrifice (vs neer do wells @schumer.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social for cowardice in contrast.)
www.facebook.com/reel/4461959...
www.facebook.com/reel/4461959...
7.6K views · 219 reactions | Bishop Rob Hirschfeld stating the most powerful words I have heard in recent times last night.
It is not time for statements anymore.... | Sebastian Fuentes
Bishop Rob Hirschfeld stating the most powerful words I have heard in recent times last night.
It is not time for statements anymore....
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January 11, 2026 at 12:07 AM
This incredible courage and sacrifice (vs neer do wells @schumer.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social for cowardice in contrast.)
www.facebook.com/reel/4461959...
www.facebook.com/reel/4461959...
This ridiculous shame - vs (next post). www.commondreams.org/news/governm...
Schumer, Jeffries Refuse to Join Democrats' Growing Calls to Slash ICE Spending | Common Dreams
The killing of Renee Good by an ICE agent sparks outrage as Democrats debate funding for the agency. Should they use their power to rein in ICE's violence? Progressive lawmakers demand action, but top...
www.commondreams.org
January 11, 2026 at 12:05 AM
This ridiculous shame - vs (next post). www.commondreams.org/news/governm...
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Minneapolis won’t be intimidated by Trump’s secret police force. #ICEOutForGood
January 10, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Minneapolis won’t be intimidated by Trump’s secret police force. #ICEOutForGood
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Happening now: hundreds have gathered in downtown Chicago to rally against both ICE/Border Patrol violence and US intervention in Venezuela.
This is one of only multiple anti-ICE demonstrations planned in Chicago this weekend.
This is one of only multiple anti-ICE demonstrations planned in Chicago this weekend.
January 10, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Happening now: hundreds have gathered in downtown Chicago to rally against both ICE/Border Patrol violence and US intervention in Venezuela.
This is one of only multiple anti-ICE demonstrations planned in Chicago this weekend.
This is one of only multiple anti-ICE demonstrations planned in Chicago this weekend.
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And despite it all, this is Tehran 🇮🇷
January 10, 2026 at 11:40 PM
And despite it all, this is Tehran 🇮🇷