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2025 words: Suburban Witchcraft 10, SHINE Poetry 5, Belletrist 7 | 2024 words: Stanza Cannon, Red Ogre Review, & Where Meadows | SFSU & Goddard College grad | readteachwrite.com | Moved my teacher self to: @justteacherthings.bsky.social

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ReadTeachWrite @readteachwrite.bsky.social · 24d

I am absolutely thrilled to have two poems in this gorgeous, lovingly produced magazine alongside so many wildly talented writers and artists! A big thank you to our amazing editor.

Suburban Witchcraft Magazine @suburbanwitchlit.bsky.social · 24d

Suburban Witchcraft Magazine Issue 10 is now Live!
Read at : suburbanwitchcraft.com/issue10

We hope you enjoy exploring this issue brimming with #art, #photography, hymns, remnants of a wounded Summer reintroducing itself to the Autumn’s gold with #poetry, #stories and a #drama play.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 2d

"There just isn’t enough time. There’s only what we manage to make of it—what we build, what we protect, what we remember to carry to the car. The gas mask. The snacks. The question we forgot to ask. The name of the person taken." My latest.

The Emergency Is the Atmosphere

“It’s meant to exhaust us. It’s meant to destroy us."

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kash @thisiskashmir.com · 20h

A story in 3 parts:

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Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 8h

Research is a skill! Here is a great guide from Bookriot on how to become well informed about your local elections. Maybe the way you help protect the right to read is by taking these skills & making a voting guide or candidate scorecards to distribute to your neighbors.

Be an Informed Pro-Library, Pro-Literary Voter Now: Book Censorship News, October 10, 2025

Elections in several states will be coming up throughout the months of October and November. Here's how to be a pro-library voter.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 8h

ICYMI: my cheat sheet to November elections has dozens of local elections that are critical for local power on all sorts of issues.

one thing to spotlight: conservative majorities on school boards are on the line, again, with key hotspots in CO, TX, and PA.

see here:
boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...

Your Cheat Sheet to the 2025 General Elections - Bolts

Four contests have come to largely define the 2025 elections this fall: the elections to lead New Jersey, Virginia, and New York City, plus California’s redistricting measure. But there’s so... Read M...

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J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.social · 9h

Ludmilla Tchérina in "The Red Shoes" - BOTD

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 1d

DAILY MEMO: ICE Raids The Streets of San Pedro, Long Beach, and More, Kidnapping at Least 30 People
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If you appreciate this reporting, please consider becoming a member of L.A. TACO, buying some merch, or dropping a dime in our fundraiser so we can continue to bring you this information.

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Memo Torres @eltragon.bsky.social · 1d

I used to be able to keep these DAILY MEMOs to under 3 minutes, the last couple videos have been impossible to. ICE is escalating in Los Angeles, just look at the article version with every incident highlighted. This is only what we could confirm, only what we know of. @lataco.bsky.social

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Library Girl @jenniferlagarde.bsky.social · 2d

It’s me. Your favorite #bannedbooksweek curmudgeon. Just popping in to rain all over your caution tape.

#tlsky #tlskychat #librarians #skybrarians #edusky

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 2d

Rounding out the latter half of L.A. TACO’s top ten Mexican restaurants are spots that feature chicharrón de salmon, duck confit with smoky mole, and a bonafide street food masterpiece on a tortilla.

Did your favorite spots make the list? Check out the full guide: lataco.com/best-mexican...

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 2d

i am not saying the world has gone completely bonkers but
the world has gone absolutely completely bonkers

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 4d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Martin Turnbull @martinturnbull.bsky.social · 2d

“The Poppy” observation parlor car of the Los Angeles and Pasadena Electric Railway Company, circa 1890s. It acquired that nickname because it crossed an area of the Mount Lowe Railway known as the “Poppyfields," a natural feature of the landscape north of Pasadena.

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Frank Strong @frankstrong.bsky.social · 1d

It's finally ready! October's most anticipated release, w/ the possible exception of The Life of a Showgirl, is The Book-Loving Texan's Guide to the November School Board Elections. If you hate book bans, read this to know who to vote for and who to campaign against! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Book-Loving Texan's Guide to the November 2025 School Board Elections

The Book-Loving Texan’s Guide to the November 2025 School Board Elections (This is a mobilization tool. Use it to volunteer, donate, and organize in your community.) Election Day: Tuesday, November 4...

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The Frida Cinema @thefridacinema.org · 1d

A bloodsucker blast of style and sass, Joel Schumacher’s cult classic THE LOST BOYS has joined our Halloween week lineup!

Oct 29-31 🎷

🎟️: thefridacinema.org/movies/the-l...

The titular lost boys against a red backdrop

#thelostboys #thelostboys1987 #joelschumacher #coreyhaim #jasonpatric #kiefersutherland

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 2d

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

I forgot to share my October newsletter here. prisonculture.substack.com/p/prisons-pr...

Prisons, Prose & Protest - #31

Rants, Musings and More

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 2d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 3d

I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that all these data centers are going into communities that have been historically targeted for exploitation and have the least amount of civic power wielded by the people living there.

wordinblack.com/2025/09/alab...

Why Are Plans for This Alabama Data Center So Hush-Hush?

Officials in Bessemer, Alabama, are mum on Project Marvel, a proposed data center the size of 18 Walmart Supercenters.

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Jilanne Hoffmann | Kidlit @jilanne.bsky.social · 5d

An ELA teacher at my son's old high school has put out a plea to buy GIOVANNI'S ROOM by James Baldwin for his AP students who want to read this book. The district is very short of funds. Thank you for considering! #LGBTQ+ #weneeddiversebooks #WNDB
www.donorschoose.org/project/givi...

Giving Voice to All: A Class Set of Giovanni’s Room, a project from Mr. Costantini

Help me give my students a class set of James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room, a groundbreaking novel that offers representation, deep literary study, and inclusive voices so every student feels ...

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DonorsChoose @donorschoose.bsky.social · 3d

#Representation in books benefits young readers in so many ways. Hear from kids about why they love seeing themselves reflected in the books they read: https://bit.ly/4nHOLei

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🌸Bibi🌸♿ (formerly bibicosplays) @bibiblossoms.bsky.social · 6d

It costs 0$ to Repost a Black disabled queer small business! It could lead to my next sale.

I sell pins, compression gloves, artist gloves, binders, hip braces, wrist braces, compression socks, walking sticks, elbow braces, bags, back braces & more!

Store details below!

5 Oval shaped pins with gold outlines with an oval cutout in the middle with a yellow slideable star:

Spoons: Lavender background
Hunger Scale: Red background
Migraine Scale: Blue background
Speaking vs Non Speaking: Green background

The first one has SHE, THEY, HE on top. At the bottom there's HER, THEM, HIM. White background.

Strawberry, Galaxy and Bats Wrist Braces

Strawberry, Galaxy and Bats Thumb Splints

Elbow braces in the strawberry, Galaxy and Bats patterns

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 3d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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ReadTeachWrite @readteachwrite.bsky.social · 3d

Love seeing some favorites on the poetry list!!! 😍

Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 3d

Today, the National Book Foundation announced the finalists in Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature for the 2025 National Book Awards.