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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 14h

So what do you say, J.D. Vance? You once feared Trump could be the American Adolf Hitler. But that seems to be the hope of the new generation of Republicans you’ve raised. Will you denounce this outbreak of antisemitism, racism and fascism in your party?

Politico @politico.com · 23h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 5h

“Footage, obtained by the outlet, captured the musician face-down in the mud, with her instrument about two feet to her left, struggling as what appears to be a federal agent straddled her backside. A police officer stood next to the pair.”
The Feds then jailed her across state lines. For music.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 6h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 5h

Universal masking, which we tried for two hot seconds in America before people started throwing tantrums & posting up with their guns, is about the same kind of understanding ourselves as a collective we would actually need to counter fascism. You care about the community so you set a group norm.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18h

ICE is recklessly throwing tear gas into our neighborhoods and busy streets, including near children at school and CPD officers.

The Trump Administration must stop their deployment of dangerous chemical weapons into the air of peaceful American communities.

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Holly Pelesky @hollypelesky.bsky.social · 1d

looking to read a book draped in a deep wine color send me your recs

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sKari Nguyen @knguyenwrites.bsky.social · 2d

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Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 2d

Good evening #BookSky Well, #BannedBooksWeek may be wrapping up but the fight for the right to read continues. Here's a quick thread of things you can do all year to help...

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 4d

My publisher’s been very patient. I’m not doing everything I said I’d do to promote this book (out in a few weeks) because I’m an organizer in a city under federal attack. My days are full and emotionally exhausting. Any help getting the word out means a lot. It's a book people need right now.

Read This When Things Fall Apart by Kelly Hayes | Pilsen Community Books

A bundle of letters to activists and organizers on the frontlines in catastrophic times from Let This Radicalize You co-author Kelly Hayes In social movements, some heartbreaks are all but inevitable.

www.pilsencommunitybooks.com

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Lori Lou Freshwater @lorifreshwater.bsky.social · 4d

This is what they will say about us all, because we are living in a world where things happen based solely on what violent men say.

Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 4d

A Newsmax host defended ICE agents shooting a minister in the head with a pepper ball by falsely claiming he was “actually an antifa member masquerading as a pastor.”

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John Joseph Adams @johnjosephadams.com · 4d

Since it's Black Speculative Fiction Month, I thought I'd share a story I love by a Black author each day. Since I'm starting 10 days in, I'll post a bunch to catch up. I'm going to do 15 from the Top 80 of Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy and 15 from Lightspeed/Nightmare.

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Angela Liu @angelaliu.bsky.social · 4d

The text on the original 1982 book cover of The Running Man hitting hard in 2025.

Paperback cover from 1982 featuring hands holding a sphere with a screaming man inside. The text reads:

“Welcome to America in 2025 when the best men don’t run for president. They run for their lives.
The Running Man
Richard Bachman”

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 5d

Frog made a fresh pot of tea. He sat down and began a story.

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ceej @ceej.online · 5d

damn. hoping it at least signifies something

William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 5d

It is a tale
Told by an idiot

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sKari Nguyen @knguyenwrites.bsky.social · 5d

Go Tech!

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 5d

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Josh Moody @byjoshmoody.bsky.social · 5d

MIT rejects "compact" proposed by the Trump administration.
MIT prez wrote: it "would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution" and "is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...

Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart

orgchart.mit.edu

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 5d

Libra season is upon us. My power is now infinite and fall has finally fallen. Crisp and clear today. Praise Beyoncé.

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Attorney General William Tong @agwilliamtong.bsky.social · 5d

This baseless indictment is about one thing-- revenge. It is certainly not about facts, reality or justice. This is Donald Trump abusing and commandeering the justice system to bully and silence his most formidable opponents.

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Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 6d

"I’m interested in how we can use the tools of speculative fiction to talk about the post-truth world." 🔮📚

New interview today by @marissavu.bsky.social: "Author Anita Moskát and Translator Austin Wagner"

Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...

"Interview with Author Anita Moskát and Translator Austin Wagner, By Marissa van Uden. Apex Magazine Issue 151."

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@WildMelissaHart @wildmelissahart.bsky.social · 6d

It's Banned Books Week. I wrote about this for @huffpost.com :

www.huffpost.com/entry/daisy-... #bannedbooks #bannedbooksweek #downsyndrome @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social

I Wrote One Of The Few Tween Books About Down Syndrome. A Couple Of Sentences May Get It Banned.

"Because of a handful of sentences among 281 pages, adults are going to considerable lengths to make sure kids don’t read my newest book."

www.huffpost.com

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 6d

bartender: the usual?

me: you know it

bartender: [takes out a wrinkle in time and begins to read to me]

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 6d

Last night, I received notification of the 19th death of a detained person in ICE custody since Trump took office.

ICE is detaining people, mostly in private, for-profit prisons that put profit over health. And now they have furloughed the safety inspectors. This is unacceptable.

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 6d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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sKari Nguyen @knguyenwrites.bsky.social · 6d

girlfriends of antifa unite

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Sundress Publications @sundresspub.bsky.social · 7d

The Best of the Net is looking for volunteer readers for its 2026 issue! Find out more here: bestofthenetanthology.com/work-with-us...

Best of the Net is seeking volunteer readers - 10 to 20 submissions per week - Apply by 11/1/25

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House of Anansi Press @houseofanansi.bsky.social · 7d

🪲 “As the Earth Dreams offers a distinctly Canadian vision of Black life that is as lush and expansive as it is tender and rooted.” —The Walrus

🌀 AS THE EARTH DREAMS, edited by Terese Mason Pierre (@teresempierre.bsky.social), is out October 14th, learn more here: houseofanansi.com/products/as-...

A stack of the book AS THE EARTH DREAMS: BLACK CANADIAN SPECULATIVE STORIES sits on a wooden bookshelf beside a standing copy that displays the cover. The cover features bold blue text with a vibrant illustrated bug on a black background.

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Literary Mama @literarymama.bsky.social · 7d

Congratulations to @anniemarhefka.bsky.social!

Sharing in the Excitement

What motivates one writer is not the same as what motivates another, but the beauty of Literary Mama is that it's a place where all kinds of writers with their unique motivations can co-exist. Som...

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