Jules Wernersbach
@juliewbach.bsky.social
Founder of Hive Mind Books, a queer indie bookstore in Bushwick. Debut novel WORK TO DO coming from University of Iowa Press 2026.
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Minnesota still needs your attention
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Minnesota still needs your attention
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AOC on DHS Warehouses: I think every American should be alarmed. They are building—and have built—a black box system that disappears people, both immigrants and U.S. citizens alike.
February 10, 2026 at 1:30 AM
AOC on DHS Warehouses: I think every American should be alarmed. They are building—and have built—a black box system that disappears people, both immigrants and U.S. citizens alike.
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A popular press recap of all the cool stuff that @schmidtocean.bsky.social recently found off the coast of Argentina
Deep-sea explorers film massive animal drifting through darkness in South Atlantic Ocean | Discover Wildlife share.google/99B8UnGPRL7y...
Deep-sea explorers film massive animal drifting through darkness in South Atlantic Ocean | Discover Wildlife share.google/99B8UnGPRL7y...
Deep-sea explorers film massive animal drifting through darkness in South Atlantic Ocean | Discover Wildlife
The rare giant phantom jelly was spotted during a science expedition off the coast of Argentina.
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February 4, 2026 at 7:39 PM
A popular press recap of all the cool stuff that @schmidtocean.bsky.social recently found off the coast of Argentina
Deep-sea explorers film massive animal drifting through darkness in South Atlantic Ocean | Discover Wildlife share.google/99B8UnGPRL7y...
Deep-sea explorers film massive animal drifting through darkness in South Atlantic Ocean | Discover Wildlife share.google/99B8UnGPRL7y...
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From Georgia‘s Facebook account — Bluesky is only allowing me to upload a short clip.
January 30, 2026 at 1:46 PM
From Georgia‘s Facebook account — Bluesky is only allowing me to upload a short clip.
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January 28, 2026 at 2:07 PM
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While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
January 27, 2026 at 5:07 PM
While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
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Imagine what’s happening in the camps.
Imagine how much they’d be lying about what happened without all the videos showing it from multiple angles.
January 24, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Imagine what’s happening in the camps.
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An overhead view of protesters gathering at the scene of the shooting.
Live coverage: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
📽️ Aaron Lavinsky/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Live coverage: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
📽️ Aaron Lavinsky/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 24, 2026 at 9:46 PM
An overhead view of protesters gathering at the scene of the shooting.
Live coverage: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
📽️ Aaron Lavinsky/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Live coverage: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
📽️ Aaron Lavinsky/The Minnesota Star Tribune
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if you were like "why a general strike" today (and yesterday and the day before) is why.
January 24, 2026 at 5:47 PM
if you were like "why a general strike" today (and yesterday and the day before) is why.
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Just watched the video of what looks to be another ICE murder in Minneapolis and thinking again of the incredible bravery of these protestors, facing out of control armed paramilitaries with only whistles and phone cameras.
January 24, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Just watched the video of what looks to be another ICE murder in Minneapolis and thinking again of the incredible bravery of these protestors, facing out of control armed paramilitaries with only whistles and phone cameras.
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The best part of the day was getting to hear a poetry reading from Jericho Brown. This is one of the pieces he shared.
Jericho Brown | "Bullet Points"
YouTube video by Copper Canyon Press
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January 17, 2026 at 9:49 PM
The best part of the day was getting to hear a poetry reading from Jericho Brown. This is one of the pieces he shared.
Very excited to share the cover of my forthcoming novel, WORK TO DO, coming 4/7 from University of Iowa Press! (Booksellers, it's distributed by Chicago Distribution Center and will be available at Ingram.) Many thanks to Shelf Awareness for revealing the cover in today's newsletter!
January 5, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Very excited to share the cover of my forthcoming novel, WORK TO DO, coming 4/7 from University of Iowa Press! (Booksellers, it's distributed by Chicago Distribution Center and will be available at Ingram.) Many thanks to Shelf Awareness for revealing the cover in today's newsletter!
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“Queer people... we’ve been told to hide in the dark, that’s why nightlife & queer culture have... been hand-in-hand... [Hive Mind Books] is broad daylight. We’re not only telling you to come here & be as gay as you want... we’re also asking you not to hide yourself.” gaycitynews.com/hive-mind-bo...
Queer bookstore Hive Mind Books builds community in Brooklyn
At the start of last summer, shortly after Kaitlyn Crockett moved to New York City, she opened her smartphone and searched for the nearest locations matching
gaycitynews.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
“Queer people... we’ve been told to hide in the dark, that’s why nightlife & queer culture have... been hand-in-hand... [Hive Mind Books] is broad daylight. We’re not only telling you to come here & be as gay as you want... we’re also asking you not to hide yourself.” gaycitynews.com/hive-mind-bo...
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December 27, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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Lovely write-up in Gay City News for @juliewbach.bsky.social and their bookstore Hive Mind Books.
Queer bookstore Hive Mind Books builds community in Brooklyn
At the start of last summer, shortly after Kaitlyn Crockett moved to New York City, she opened her smartphone and searched for the nearest locations matching
gaycitynews.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Lovely write-up in Gay City News for @juliewbach.bsky.social and their bookstore Hive Mind Books.
Just a sweet Sunday morning explaining to yet another customer why the book I ordered from PRH nearly two weeks ago still has not left their warehouse. 🙃
This has been the worst year for pub/distributor order fulfillment since 2020. Did everyone lay off their warehouse workers? What is going on? Would love to know!
December 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Just a sweet Sunday morning explaining to yet another customer why the book I ordered from PRH nearly two weeks ago still has not left their warehouse. 🙃
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in 2026, if i wanted to put together a little collection of trans poetry from texas, would anyone be interested in contributing
December 20, 2025 at 11:32 PM
in 2026, if i wanted to put together a little collection of trans poetry from texas, would anyone be interested in contributing
This has been the worst year for pub/distributor order fulfillment since 2020. Did everyone lay off their warehouse workers? What is going on? Would love to know!
December 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This has been the worst year for pub/distributor order fulfillment since 2020. Did everyone lay off their warehouse workers? What is going on? Would love to know!
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So, El Fasher looks like one of the worst single event atrocities to happen this century so far, but the evidence has come in such a trickle it seems to only now be getting verified
At least 60,000 murdered in Sudanese city, which resembles ‘a slaughterhouse’
Satellite evidence shows extent of paramilitary massacre in El Fasher
www.irishtimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:50 AM
So, El Fasher looks like one of the worst single event atrocities to happen this century so far, but the evidence has come in such a trickle it seems to only now be getting verified
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Federal immigration enforcement officials called off a planned raid on Canal Street today shortly before it was slated to begin.
New Yorkers who heard about the raid showed up at the garage where the feds had gathered, and as federal agents tried to leave, the NYPD cleared the way for them.
New Yorkers who heard about the raid showed up at the garage where the feds had gathered, and as federal agents tried to leave, the NYPD cleared the way for them.
November 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Federal immigration enforcement officials called off a planned raid on Canal Street today shortly before it was slated to begin.
New Yorkers who heard about the raid showed up at the garage where the feds had gathered, and as federal agents tried to leave, the NYPD cleared the way for them.
New Yorkers who heard about the raid showed up at the garage where the feds had gathered, and as federal agents tried to leave, the NYPD cleared the way for them.
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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On this Trans Day of Remembrance we're thinking of Faltas by Celilia Gentili. Faltas is a radical act of self-making and self-redemption. The book felt like the beginning of something special, but was not to be.
Faltas: Letters to Everyone in My Town Who Isn't My Rapist
In these hilarious and heartbreaking letters, Cecilia Gentili reinvents the trans memoir, putting the confession squarely between the writer and her enemies, paramours and friends. Writing to childhood figures such as her rapist's daughter, her father's mistress, her best friend, and her mother, Gentili probes deeply into the bitter cruelty, buried secrets, and delicious gossip of a small town. Is she here for revenge, or forgiveness? Both And more A story of sex, theft, murder, motherhood, and outrageous fashion choices, Faltas is a beautiful, messy meditation on what it takes to heal, or even grow.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
On this Trans Day of Remembrance we're thinking of Faltas by Celilia Gentili. Faltas is a radical act of self-making and self-redemption. The book felt like the beginning of something special, but was not to be.
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1/ I’d like to share what’s happened since Sept. 30, the night of the most dramatic raid of the Trump administration’s Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago. Under the cover of darkness, 37 immigrants were taken from an apartment complex …🧵
November 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
1/ I’d like to share what’s happened since Sept. 30, the night of the most dramatic raid of the Trump administration’s Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago. Under the cover of darkness, 37 immigrants were taken from an apartment complex …🧵
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.