The Trump administration is trying to colonize Bluesky. Here’s a list of accounts to block:

Pretty sure my mom ghostwrote this cartoon for The New Yorker! 🍂🍁😁 #fallvibes #missingfall #californiaproblems

The freedom to read is the freedom to think.
Ban ignorance, not books. 📖 #bannedbooksweek

Two excellent writers to follow for insights on the unfolding crisis of #democracy in this country (both have a substack or newsletter). #truth #freespeech

Rebecca Solnit: www.meditationsinanemergency.com

Robert Hubbell: roberthubbell.substack.com/p/be-the-anc...

I’ve always loved the intro to Jane Smiley’s “13 Ways of Looking at the Novel” 😄 #happybirthdaytome #writingcommunity

Six pages in and I’m already rereading sentences for their #truth and #beauty #amreading #richardpowers

#nikitagill #powerofpoetry #writingcommunity #freespeech

#thisdayinhistory #tdih #historymatters

#tdih #onthisdayinhistory #abolitionisthistory #historymatters #ZinnEducationProject

#OnThisDay #AbolitionistHistory #HistoryMatters

"They do not understand people and this may be their downfall..." #defenddemocracy #resist www.meditationsinanemergency.com/we-are-not-w...

Took a private tour of the Western Flyer that John Steinbeck and Ed Ricketts took to the Sea of Cortez. #steinbeckcountry #westernflyer #litcommunity

Fell down the Tudor rabbit hole #fridayreads📚 #historicalfiction

Help fight against book bans by signing the petition at www.bookbanpetition.us

I debated writing this. It can feel tempting, upon encountering yet another instance of this administration’s racism, to let it be. How many ways can you say the same thing over and over again? And yet we have to write it down, if for nothing else, so those who come after us know we were against it.

This administration aims to suppress truth about slavery.

The curriculum should include MORE, not less, about central role of slavery, resistance, & its legacy in U.S.

Join us on Monday for a class with Clint Smith on the new YA edition of his book. ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/how-the...

#writerwednesday #amwriting #writingcommunity #historicalfiction

"you can spend your whole life in search of assured success....or you can find a source of purpose to return to again and again...." #writingcommunity #amwriting #historicalfiction

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And here’s another favorite #historicalfiction

One of my favorite #historicalfiction reads

It's the same as writing #amwriting #writingcommunity