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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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stschorey @stschorey.bsky.social · 2d

“Heavener had left her windows open that day as she taught addition and subtraction. She then heard the whistling of a colleague who had spotted federal immigration agents across the street. As gas filled the streets, students ran inside and teachers stood between the children and federal agents...”

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Funston Elementary School’s sense of safety was violated last Friday when a federal agent threw a tear gas canister from their vehicle across the street and the gas wafted over the school property, a teacher told reporters Thursday.

'Sanctuary' mission of Logan Square grade school tested by fed's use of tear gas, teacher says

Funston Elementary School's sense of safety was violated last Friday when a federal agent threw a tear gas canister from their vehicle across the street and the gas wafted over the school property, she told reporters.

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stschorey @stschorey.bsky.social · 21d

I’m so sorry Matt. I’m glad she had you and you her

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stschorey @stschorey.bsky.social · 21d

Happy anniversary!

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stschorey @stschorey.bsky.social · 23d

We just changed pediatricians and had to call several to ask about their updated vaccine policies… such a (completely avoidable) nightmare

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Silvia Moreno-Garcia @silviamg.bsky.social · 26d

For Latin American Heritage month give the gift of a review! Reviews sell books. If you liked a book, review it. Even a sentence. If you can't do the one sentence maybe upvote a good review you agree with.
In the age of the algorithm we gotta work the system. Upvote, click or share. Thnx.

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stschorey @stschorey.bsky.social · 27d

“An ask” just sounds wrong, I will die on this hill

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stschorey @stschorey.bsky.social · 27d

Omg I have no idea when or why “ask” became so pervasive and “request” completely forgotten…it’s like I woke up one day and everyone Ive ever met agreed to be super weird about it?!

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stschorey @stschorey.bsky.social · 28d

“Now, my silhouette reshaped by hormones, surgery on the horizon, I watch it unfold itself like some ghoulish flower, its shape continually swelling, bursting, and reforming as it seeks an escape, a way to move undetected in the world, and I see myself.”

Gretchen Felker-Martin

Zac Thompson @zacthompson.bsky.social · 29d

Here's Gretchen Felker Martin's original essay that appeared in the back of COME INTO ME #2. She's a phenomenal writer and you should absolutely read her work.

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stschorey @stschorey.bsky.social · 29d

absolutely love this cover, and such a cool concept!

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · Sep 9

"school shooting industry"

NPR @npr.org · Sep 9

The effort to keep schools safe from mass shooters has ballooned into a multibillion dollar industry. Companies are selling school districts assurance with high-tech products.

The school shooting industry is worth billions — and it keeps growing

The effort to keep schools safe from mass shooters has ballooned into a multibillion dollar industry. Companies are selling school districts assurance with high-tech products.

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stschorey @stschorey.bsky.social · Sep 9

😭

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stschorey @stschorey.bsky.social · Aug 27

Nothing quite as damning to the nation as a 10 year old telling a reporter they didn’t know where to hide bc they practiced shooting drills in the classroom and not the church.

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P.M. Raymond - Author @pmraymond.bsky.social · Aug 22

Sign up & join me Saturday, Sept. 13th for “Genre Mashups - Including a Pinch of Horror in Your Next Mystery/Suspense”!

This FREE ZOOM presentation examines how horror blends with mystery, crime, thriller, and suspense elements.

Register NOW! - sistersincrime-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · Aug 22

To me, seeing someone announce art or good news during terrible times isn't like trying to sell balloons at a funeral, it's like getting hugged at that funeral. When maybe you didn't know how much you needed that hug. From anyone. Or everyone. Folks need all the soul fuel they can get.

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stschorey @stschorey.bsky.social · Aug 24

✊

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stschorey @stschorey.bsky.social · Aug 23

Absolutely phenomenal album

stschorey @stschorey.bsky.social · Aug 21

Personal preference! I always landed on a detailed outline with main points highlighted or in bold, so I could speak naturally / while engaging the classroom but easily find my place in the material if needed. You’ll be great!

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stschorey @stschorey.bsky.social · Aug 21

“as industrious as the state
whose success was poultry & eggs
tobacco & soybeans

as well as convictions”

Thylias Moss

The Subculture of the Wrongfully Accused

Ultimately improved by it: slant light hitting his prison obliquely near the state bird’s pointed head accentuated crest, the black-ringed bill from which wheat-wheat-wheat-wheat from which whoit chee...

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stschorey @stschorey.bsky.social · Aug 21

Only the idiots never have imposter syndrome—can’t wait to see all you do! Congrats and thank you for doing important work

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stschorey @stschorey.bsky.social · Aug 20

🔥🔥🔥

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stschorey @stschorey.bsky.social · Aug 20

Ugh so moody and gorgeous I’d never leave

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stschorey @stschorey.bsky.social · Aug 20

Truly lovely and weird story, Beth—thank you for sharing 🖤

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stschorey @stschorey.bsky.social · Aug 20

“She thinks of her life as a path that’s narrowed, a twisting stairway she has always been walking down. She remembers her grandmother telling her that the things that feel inevitable are not always so, that gentle moments have power.”

@bethgoder.bsky.social

Miles To Go Before I Sleep - PSYCHOPOMP.COM

The third time Zoey meets Death, she is unarmed except for a bag of twenty-seven kazoos.

psychopomp.com

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stschorey @stschorey.bsky.social · Aug 19

“What the surgeon cut from her
had hair and half a crooked smile.
Teratoma it was called, monster-swelling.”

@vanopticon.bsky.social

Pygmalion

Cyprus sweats and sings through the window: pigeons chasing boys who chased them, women whispering the name he kisses with a desiccating gesture: cool breath through lips pursed like the papyrus reed ...

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