Majda Gama
@majda.bsky.social
Debut poetry book “In the House of Modern Upbringing for Girls” Wandering Aengus Book Award (April 2025). Two Sylvia’s chapbook prize winner for The Call of Paradise (‘23). Graybeal-Gowen prize. ‘24 Gregory Djanikian Scholar. https://www.majdagama.com
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Tiffany Yap, our Urban Wildlands Science Director, was quoted by the @sfchronicle.com saying:
“We can coexist. We have incredible biodiversity. We have coyotes. We have native butterflies. We have so much life, and we can do more to support it with our parks and green space.” ⬇️
“We can coexist. We have incredible biodiversity. We have coyotes. We have native butterflies. We have so much life, and we can do more to support it with our parks and green space.” ⬇️
Even in a big city like San Francisco, there's wildlife all around us. Here's to keeping California wild for this mountain lion and other species!
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/m...
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/m...
S.F. mountain lion tranquilized, will be released into wild
San Francisco officials have apprehended a young mountain lion that had been roaming an area near Lafayette Park for the last 30 hours.
www.sfchronicle.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Tiffany Yap, our Urban Wildlands Science Director, was quoted by the @sfchronicle.com saying:
“We can coexist. We have incredible biodiversity. We have coyotes. We have native butterflies. We have so much life, and we can do more to support it with our parks and green space.” ⬇️
“We can coexist. We have incredible biodiversity. We have coyotes. We have native butterflies. We have so much life, and we can do more to support it with our parks and green space.” ⬇️
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I love Neil Young for a host of reasons but this is pretty cool
"New York Times used to be where I went for news. Now I go to 'The Guardian.' I suggest you give it a try." neilyoungarchives.com/news/1
"New York Times used to be where I went for news. Now I go to 'The Guardian.' I suggest you give it a try." neilyoungarchives.com/news/1
January 28, 2026 at 7:28 PM
I love Neil Young for a host of reasons but this is pretty cool
"New York Times used to be where I went for news. Now I go to 'The Guardian.' I suggest you give it a try." neilyoungarchives.com/news/1
"New York Times used to be where I went for news. Now I go to 'The Guardian.' I suggest you give it a try." neilyoungarchives.com/news/1
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NEW: FBI shows up at Fulton County election hub days after Trump referenced possible 2020 election arrests
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
FBI shows up at Fulton County election hub days after Trump referenced possible 2020 election arrests
Last week, Trump once again falsely called the 2020 election "rigged" and said that "people will soon be prosecuted for what they did."
www.nbcnews.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:10 PM
NEW: FBI shows up at Fulton County election hub days after Trump referenced possible 2020 election arrests
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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Next-generation AI 'swarms' will invade social media by mimicking human behavior and harassing real users, researchers warn www.livescience.com/technology/a...
Next-generation AI 'swarms' will invade social media by mimicking human behavior and harassing real users, researchers warn
Artificial intelligence experts have warned that AI "swarms" are poised to infiltrate social media by deploying agents that mimic human behavior and exploit our tendency to follow the herd.
www.livescience.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Next-generation AI 'swarms' will invade social media by mimicking human behavior and harassing real users, researchers warn www.livescience.com/technology/a...
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“Danes are turning to mobile apps to scan everyday products and boycott those associated with the US. … The most popular — UdenUSA (Danish for Without the USA) — is now the No. 1 free-to-download application in Apple’s App Store in Denmark, after seeing a sudden surge in recent weeks.”
Trump-Weary Danes Turn to Technology in Boycott of US Brands
Vegemite, the yeasty spread from Australia, gets a passing green checkmark. So does a French bottle of Chateauneuf-du-Pape. But Diet Coke, a favorite of President Donald Trump? To that, a popular new ...
www.bloomberg.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:10 PM
“Danes are turning to mobile apps to scan everyday products and boycott those associated with the US. … The most popular — UdenUSA (Danish for Without the USA) — is now the No. 1 free-to-download application in Apple’s App Store in Denmark, after seeing a sudden surge in recent weeks.”
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I think this should be the moderate position. These people want to be Americans. They want to work for it, even pay for it (indeed, they *are* paying for it with their taxes). Make them Americans now to end the crisis.
I argued that communities targeted by ICE should be granted citizenship immediately. This is both a matter of justice and an imperative if we're going to crush fascism.
Fascism thrives where there are groups that lack full rights. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/for-immigr...
Fascism thrives where there are groups that lack full rights. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/for-immigr...
For Immigrants, Citizenship Now
Abolishing ICE isn’t enough.
www.everythingishorrible.net
January 28, 2026 at 5:49 PM
I think this should be the moderate position. These people want to be Americans. They want to work for it, even pay for it (indeed, they *are* paying for it with their taxes). Make them Americans now to end the crisis.
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Remembering the influential singer, guitarist, and songwriter Tom Verlaine - best known as the frontman of Television who died on this day in 2023. RIP
January 28, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Remembering the influential singer, guitarist, and songwriter Tom Verlaine - best known as the frontman of Television who died on this day in 2023. RIP
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"Fuck ICE Today" to the tune of "YMCA" would end this whole nightmare.
January 28, 2026 at 6:54 PM
"Fuck ICE Today" to the tune of "YMCA" would end this whole nightmare.
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I appreciate Bruce Springsteen and Billy Bragg coming in hot on Minneapolis, but if we really want to hurt Trump we need Andrew Lloyd Webber to write a song calling him garbage.
January 28, 2026 at 6:52 PM
I appreciate Bruce Springsteen and Billy Bragg coming in hot on Minneapolis, but if we really want to hurt Trump we need Andrew Lloyd Webber to write a song calling him garbage.
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The musicians are killing it today.
Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello announces surprise benefit concert at First Avenue
More: https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-lifestyle/tom-morello-announces-surprise-benefit-concert-at-first-avenue
More: https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-lifestyle/tom-morello-announces-surprise-benefit-concert-at-first-avenue
January 28, 2026 at 6:49 PM
The musicians are killing it today.
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An answer of sorts to Streets of Philadelphia: "will we leave each other alone like this on the streets of Philadelphia?"
We will not.
"We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
We’ll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Minneapolis"
We will not.
"We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
We’ll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Minneapolis"
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:50 PM
An answer of sorts to Streets of Philadelphia: "will we leave each other alone like this on the streets of Philadelphia?"
We will not.
"We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
We’ll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Minneapolis"
We will not.
"We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
We’ll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Minneapolis"
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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No one is worth giving up your dreams. I don't care if it is a relative or a lover, ultimately it is your life and you need to live for yourself
If you’re over 30, quote this with some life advice 🤌🏼
January 28, 2026 at 5:42 PM
No one is worth giving up your dreams. I don't care if it is a relative or a lover, ultimately it is your life and you need to live for yourself
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Against smoke and rubber bullets
By the dawn’s early light
Citizens stood for justice
Their voices ringing through the night
And there were bloody footprints
Where mercy should have stood
And two dead left to die on snow-filled streets
Alex Pretti and Renee Good
❤️
By the dawn’s early light
Citizens stood for justice
Their voices ringing through the night
And there were bloody footprints
Where mercy should have stood
And two dead left to die on snow-filled streets
Alex Pretti and Renee Good
❤️
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Against smoke and rubber bullets
By the dawn’s early light
Citizens stood for justice
Their voices ringing through the night
And there were bloody footprints
Where mercy should have stood
And two dead left to die on snow-filled streets
Alex Pretti and Renee Good
❤️
By the dawn’s early light
Citizens stood for justice
Their voices ringing through the night
And there were bloody footprints
Where mercy should have stood
And two dead left to die on snow-filled streets
Alex Pretti and Renee Good
❤️
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thank you for your leadership mr. president
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:41 PM
thank you for your leadership mr. president
The Boss always delivers.
January 28, 2026 at 5:33 PM
The Boss always delivers.
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you cannot reform or retrain an utterly sociopathic contempt for human life like this
abolish and prosecute ICE
abolish and prosecute ICE
“I watched him die… then I watched them maneuver his body like a rag doll— only to discover it was because they wanted to count the bullet wounds and see how many they ‘got’, like he was a deer.”
January 28, 2026 at 5:23 PM
you cannot reform or retrain an utterly sociopathic contempt for human life like this
abolish and prosecute ICE
abolish and prosecute ICE
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The way Biden and his party treated Omar and Rashida Tlaib was reprehensible. Openly contemptuous and racist.
January 28, 2026 at 11:55 AM
The way Biden and his party treated Omar and Rashida Tlaib was reprehensible. Openly contemptuous and racist.
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Nan Goldin has accused the Art Gallery of Ontario of censorship following the revelation that the museum passed on acquiring one of her works because of her public support of Gaza.
Nan Goldin Speaks Out on Art Gallery of Ontario’s Halted Acquisition
“It’s chilling that this censorship plays out especially regarding Palestine, the great exception to free speech,” Goldin told Hyperallergic.
hyperallergic.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Nan Goldin has accused the Art Gallery of Ontario of censorship following the revelation that the museum passed on acquiring one of her works because of her public support of Gaza.
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Yesterday’s session on lit mag submissions grew out of a conversation with students last term about literary magazines and community, informed by the last year of cuts to the programs supporting humanities and literature. open.substack.com/pub/querent/...
January 28, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Yesterday’s session on lit mag submissions grew out of a conversation with students last term about literary magazines and community, informed by the last year of cuts to the programs supporting humanities and literature. open.substack.com/pub/querent/...
“In a world like this, there is no such thing as isolation, no death that is an ending.
When a poem is over, its language lingers in the aftermath and changes who we are.”
Read this, pass it on.
When a poem is over, its language lingers in the aftermath and changes who we are.”
Read this, pass it on.
“Poetry is a testament to the failure of wolves.” An anonymous Midwest poet writes a letter to his daughter about the murder of a poet.
Letter to My Daughter After the Murder of a Poet in the Streets of Minneapolis
The author is a poet from the Midwest. At this time, he prefers to remain anonymous. * My dearest daughter, When the poet Lorca died, he died on a road of dust. Sad men killed him and his body disa…
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January 28, 2026 at 4:40 PM
“In a world like this, there is no such thing as isolation, no death that is an ending.
When a poem is over, its language lingers in the aftermath and changes who we are.”
Read this, pass it on.
When a poem is over, its language lingers in the aftermath and changes who we are.”
Read this, pass it on.
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“Poetry is a testament to the failure of wolves.” An anonymous Midwest poet writes a letter to his daughter about the murder of a poet.
Letter to My Daughter After the Murder of a Poet in the Streets of Minneapolis
The author is a poet from the Midwest. At this time, he prefers to remain anonymous. * My dearest daughter, When the poet Lorca died, he died on a road of dust. Sad men killed him and his body disa…
buff.ly
January 28, 2026 at 4:30 PM
“Poetry is a testament to the failure of wolves.” An anonymous Midwest poet writes a letter to his daughter about the murder of a poet.
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Come work with me! ✨🔥🖤
YES WE ARE DOING THIS AGAIN, but this time, it's for our brand new Multigenre + Chapbook team: our MG/C editor, @erinvachon.bsky.social, is looking for readers to join their 2026 MG/C reading team! Readers are COMPENSATED!
More details forthcoming on the app, which will be available on Fri Jan 30!
More details forthcoming on the app, which will be available on Fri Jan 30!
January 28, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Come work with me! ✨🔥🖤
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One thing I believe, as a white person, is far too many white people forget the debt that activism in the US owes generally to the Civil Rights movement, and how much the instruments of power that Stephen Miller is trying to extend across the country are those of Jim Crow.
These words demand attention.
“In a real sense this is holy ground, consecrated by blood spilled here. The cost is high, and so I had to be here to stand in the very place where this tragedy unfurled… I think we’re at a defining moment for our country…” ~ Rev Warnock
Take a moment, so much more…
“In a real sense this is holy ground, consecrated by blood spilled here. The cost is high, and so I had to be here to stand in the very place where this tragedy unfurled… I think we’re at a defining moment for our country…” ~ Rev Warnock
Take a moment, so much more…
January 28, 2026 at 2:50 PM
One thing I believe, as a white person, is far too many white people forget the debt that activism in the US owes generally to the Civil Rights movement, and how much the instruments of power that Stephen Miller is trying to extend across the country are those of Jim Crow.