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Laura Scalzo

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THE SPEED OF LIGHT IN AIR, WATER, AND GLASS (2018); AMERICAN ARCADIA (2023). Shorter work in your fav lit mags around town. LauraScalzo.com 📍DC

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Laura Scalzo @laurascalzo.bsky.social · Dec 2

Okay—since I haven’t given it the full mention here. Recent novel was out in May ‘23 from @regalhouse.bsky.social (Yay badass Indie publishers).

Playlist corresponds to the chapters. Just about.

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 16h

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Laura Scalzo @laurascalzo.bsky.social · 7h

Maureen! 😂 That’s amazing. My distant to the problem two cents is let the world miss you a little bit.

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Laura Scalzo @laurascalzo.bsky.social · 9h

This season’s plot twists on Slow Horses - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social · 1d

“Millions of dead children” will be in the first line of Marco Rubio's obituary.

Nice that the only State Department comment here is that “the U.S. 'continues to stand with the people of Burma.'” Myanmar hasn't been called Burma since 1989, but since Trump is forever stuck in 1983, that checks.

Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 1d

apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 2d

As basic question from an ex-police reporter: Can some of our journalists detail the training regimen all these new federal agents receive? The lethal incompetence involving use of force and perameters of the 4A suggests they are just handed guns, masks and badges and told to go fuck people up.

John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 2d

ICE is made up of men who have failed the human test and have nothing of value to offer this nation.

Adults with decency and options and possibilities don’t do this shit.

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Laura Scalzo @laurascalzo.bsky.social · 2d

When I think about the amount of airtime that douchebag gets it adds to my understanding of why the country is so upside down and fucked up. Imagine standing next to him at a party—you’d give him a what’s wrong with you look and walk away. I would anyway.

Laura Scalzo @laurascalzo.bsky.social · 2d

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Laura Scalzo @laurascalzo.bsky.social · 2d

As you know, here in DC it’s not uncommon for someone to say, “Have a blessed day,” (pronounced bless-ed) and I always always take it to heart. And so I will here too. ❤️

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Jen Fifield @jenafifield.bsky.social · 3d

Hi everyone! 👋 I'm officially up and running at
@propublica.org covering election and voting issues, and expanding my sourcing nationally. Spread the word.

Reach out, say hi, introduce yourself, send tips:
[email protected]
Cell: 480-476-0108
Signal: jenafifield.01

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Laura Scalzo @laurascalzo.bsky.social · 3d

a baby is looking out of a window with the words take my money .

ALT: a baby is looking out of a window with the words take my money .

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Dave Housley @housleydave.bsky.social · 3d

The @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference is coming back to DC on April 18, 2026, and we're open for registration! It's $95, and that includes the one-day conference, 1 book, 1 meeting w an editor, and your choice of literary stuff from our partner presses. www.barrelhousemag.com/conference

The Barrelhouse conference, Conversations and Connections, is coming back to DC on April 18, 2026.

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 4d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Laura Scalzo @laurascalzo.bsky.social · 6d

Paywall but I’m visiting my sister in Philly who still gets the @inquirer.com delivered so I get to read @willbunch.bsky.social!

I appreciate it especially since my own hometown paper, @washingtonpost.com is circling the drain.

Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 6d

Heard about Nepal? Heard about Morocco? Heard about Madagascar?

The media is ignoring it, but a global Gen Z revolution against corrupt, decrepit rule is underway. Will it ever reach U.S. shores, or do we only produce 20-something assassins?

My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/gen-...

A Gen Z revolution is sweeping the globe. Is it coming to America? | Will Bunch

From Nepal to Morocco to Peru, very online 20-somethings are rising up against their governments. Can it happen here?

www.inquirer.com

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 7d

I hope this catches on and becomes his legacy

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 7d

An arrest of a person due entirely to the person having dark skin color is now known across the country as a "Kavanaugh stop," based on Justice Kavanaugh's justification of the practice. slate.com/news-and-pol...

There’s a New Lawsuit Against “Kavanaugh Stops.” It’s Absolutely Devastating.

These detentions, far from the “brief” inconvenience the justice described, are often lengthy, violent, and dangerous.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 7d

Today, Oct.2nd, is the anniversary of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder by Saudi agents.

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Lauren D. Woods @ladiwoods.bsky.social · 7d

Excited to have a story out with Cutleaf Journal from my collection cutleafjournal.com/content/nine...

Nine Hundred Miles To Tampa - Cutleaf Journal

When the phone lights up again, Kevin takes in a breath and answers. “My name is Kevin Dwyer. How may I service you?” Hannah, on her own call at the next desk

cutleafjournal.com

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Laura Scalzo @laurascalzo.bsky.social · 7d

I cried off and on all afternoon. I’m sorry to miss the chat this evening.

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worm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 7d

really enjoying all the people trying to explain the bible to the pope today

Pope Leo XIV
Today, more than ever, we must return to the heart, the center of feeling and emotion, the locus of freedom. Though it includes reason, the heart transcends and transforms it. Only by returning to the heart can we undergo a true ecological conversion that transforms our personal

Austin
I reject this whole heartedly. What you fail to see Mr Pope, the Bible says

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 7d

Trump's kleptocratic Administration, populated by an unqualified sycophant like Pete Hegseth, serves as a strident “f*ck you” to the millions who lost years and futures and limbs trying to protect a Republic that is now teetering on the edge of the abyss.

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/donald-tru...

Donald Trump is an Insult to Those Who Died Serving This Nation

Picture someone you love who died serving this nation, or even someone you’ve never met.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 8d

This is the dumbest poll question ever.

Try polling the question, "Should the Republicans shut down the government in order to make sure families' insurance premiums go up by 75%?"

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 9d

Impeach and remove.

NPR @npr.org · 9d

JUST IN: President Trump has told top U.S. commanders that the military would be used against "enemy within."

Trump defends use of U.S. military against 'enemy within'

Earlier, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the purpose of the department would exclusively be "war fighting."

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Laura Scalzo @laurascalzo.bsky.social · 10d

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Laura Scalzo @laurascalzo.bsky.social · 10d

We had press like this too. Interviews with MD/VA folks saying they’re glad the military is in town making DC safe. 1. They’re the first tell others they’re “from DC” and 2. Pay your parking tickets. Oh and 3. Stop standing in the bike lane with your flashers on. Fini.