Tamiko Nimura
@tamikonimura.bsky.social
Writer, community journalist, public historian. Memoir A PLACE FOR WHAT WE LOSE coming 4/26. Words in SF Chronicle, Zocalo Public Square, Smithsonian, Discover Nikkei, The Rumpus. 4ever English major. <3: @joshpar.bsky.social Rep: Transatlantic Agency
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Cover reveal for my memoir A PLACE FOR WHAT WE LOSE from UW Press is now up at @discovernikkei.bsky.social
*rushes to read*
Fantastic profile.
Cannot believe that I got to profile an extraordinary filmmaker, who happens to be the mother of NYC’s new mayor, and think about intersections of art and politics, and how familial love might produce a buffer against the corrosive politics and cynicism of our time. My story about Mira Nair:
February 10, 2026 at 9:36 PM
*rushes to read*
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Today at 5PM, community members will gather to express our outrage at the Trump National Parks Department's erasure of OUR history and OUR flag from OUR park!
February 10, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Today at 5PM, community members will gather to express our outrage at the Trump National Parks Department's erasure of OUR history and OUR flag from OUR park!
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Wear a mask! Ideally a well fitted respirator like an N95.
Covid is not over. The government pushed a “back to normal” agenda for the economy, not because it was safe.
They told us “only the vulnerable” needed to worry, but covid is a multi system vascular virus that is dangerous to everyone.
Covid is not over. The government pushed a “back to normal” agenda for the economy, not because it was safe.
They told us “only the vulnerable” needed to worry, but covid is a multi system vascular virus that is dangerous to everyone.
February 2026 - the BMJ publishes a piece called "Why covid-19 is “a vascular disease masquerading as a respiratory one”
Some of us have been screaming this for years
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Some of us have been screaming this for years
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Why covid-19 is “a vascular disease masquerading as a respiratory one”
Covid-19 is not just a respiratory infection. Cardiovascular symptoms are seen in both acute and long covid. Katharine Lang reports on what we’ve learnt since the onset of the pandemic
Cardiovascular...
www.bmj.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:28 AM
Wear a mask! Ideally a well fitted respirator like an N95.
Covid is not over. The government pushed a “back to normal” agenda for the economy, not because it was safe.
They told us “only the vulnerable” needed to worry, but covid is a multi system vascular virus that is dangerous to everyone.
Covid is not over. The government pushed a “back to normal” agenda for the economy, not because it was safe.
They told us “only the vulnerable” needed to worry, but covid is a multi system vascular virus that is dangerous to everyone.
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They have now removed the Pride flag from the Stonewall Inn.
Erasure. Just like the Nazis.
gaycitynews.com/trump-rainbo...
Erasure. Just like the Nazis.
gaycitynews.com/trump-rainbo...
Trump administration removes Rainbow Flag from Stonewall National Monument
The Trump administration removed a large Rainbow Flag from a flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument, the National Park Service confirmed to Gay City News
gaycitynews.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:12 AM
They have now removed the Pride flag from the Stonewall Inn.
Erasure. Just like the Nazis.
gaycitynews.com/trump-rainbo...
Erasure. Just like the Nazis.
gaycitynews.com/trump-rainbo...
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You’ve seen the halftime show … now read my friend Petra’s new book from @dukepress.bsky.social about how Bad Bunny became the global voice of Puerto Rican resistance! 👏🏽👏🏽
www.dukeupress.edu/p-fkn-r
www.dukeupress.edu/p-fkn-r
February 9, 2026 at 1:53 AM
You’ve seen the halftime show … now read my friend Petra’s new book from @dukepress.bsky.social about how Bad Bunny became the global voice of Puerto Rican resistance! 👏🏽👏🏽
www.dukeupress.edu/p-fkn-r
www.dukeupress.edu/p-fkn-r
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Take the money from your cancelled WaPo subscriptions and put it here instead: www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t...
Donate to Washington Post 2026 layoff fund, organized by Rachel Siegel
On Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, The Washington Post laid off hundreds of journalists. We ar… Rachel Siegel needs your support for Washington Post 2026 layoff fund
www.gofundme.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Take the money from your cancelled WaPo subscriptions and put it here instead: www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t...
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"They are building a massive concentration camp apparatus, and they will not abandon the objective of filling those camps."
Always essential @mskellymhayes.bsky.social on the situation and how to fight it.
organizingmythoughts.org/when-the-hea...
Always essential @mskellymhayes.bsky.social on the situation and how to fight it.
organizingmythoughts.org/when-the-hea...
When the Headlines Change but the Violence Doesn’t
“This is not a cruel novelty project. It’s infrastructure, designed for permanence and expansion.”
organizingmythoughts.org
February 8, 2026 at 3:27 AM
"They are building a massive concentration camp apparatus, and they will not abandon the objective of filling those camps."
Always essential @mskellymhayes.bsky.social on the situation and how to fight it.
organizingmythoughts.org/when-the-hea...
Always essential @mskellymhayes.bsky.social on the situation and how to fight it.
organizingmythoughts.org/when-the-hea...
I’m doing a community preview of my memoir A PLACE FOR WHAT WE LOSE on 2/21, 10-12 at the WA state fairgrounds in Puyallup. Honored to be a featured speaker at this event organized by Puyallup Valley JACL.
February 8, 2026 at 3:50 AM
I’m doing a community preview of my memoir A PLACE FOR WHAT WE LOSE on 2/21, 10-12 at the WA state fairgrounds in Puyallup. Honored to be a featured speaker at this event organized by Puyallup Valley JACL.
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The great Chester Himes and Griot, his beloved blue point Siamese, named "after the magicians in the courts of West African kings." Himes also said that if he stayed away too long, Griot would wreck his studio and chew up his books. #Caturday
February 8, 2026 at 1:40 AM
The great Chester Himes and Griot, his beloved blue point Siamese, named "after the magicians in the courts of West African kings." Himes also said that if he stayed away too long, Griot would wreck his studio and chew up his books. #Caturday
So many writers are on this platform. I understand that. I’m on MailPoet. Join me?
February 7, 2026 at 9:29 PM
So many writers are on this platform. I understand that. I’m on MailPoet. Join me?
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The Hiroshima Library—an itinerant reading room of 200+ books on the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki—is coming this spring to Seay Music Library at Colorado College. I'm seeking/accepting donations of books, magazines, etc. no matter their condition. Message me if you're interested.
February 7, 2026 at 5:50 PM
The Hiroshima Library—an itinerant reading room of 200+ books on the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki—is coming this spring to Seay Music Library at Colorado College. I'm seeking/accepting donations of books, magazines, etc. no matter their condition. Message me if you're interested.
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Just because good news is worth celebrating:
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
February 7, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Just because good news is worth celebrating:
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
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The real reason to not use AI to make art is because I love the people that make art too much. The ones I know and the ones I feel kinship to even though we've never met. It's straightforward.
February 7, 2026 at 3:18 AM
The real reason to not use AI to make art is because I love the people that make art too much. The ones I know and the ones I feel kinship to even though we've never met. It's straightforward.
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Update: They succeeded: www.mississippifreepress.org/byhalia-ice-...
February 7, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Update: They succeeded: www.mississippifreepress.org/byhalia-ice-...
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Concentration camps are the defining issue in public health right now. Measles and TB outbreaks, healthcare being withheld as punishment for your race. It is not enough simply to turn the grants tap back on. To do so would make us the same as the Nazi scientists who discovered smoking causes cancer
February 7, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Concentration camps are the defining issue in public health right now. Measles and TB outbreaks, healthcare being withheld as punishment for your race. It is not enough simply to turn the grants tap back on. To do so would make us the same as the Nazi scientists who discovered smoking causes cancer
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The SAVE Act is the GOP’s dangerous attempt to make it harder for millions of eligible Americans to register and vote.
Urge your Members of Congress to protect our voting rights by rejecting the SAVE Act: win.newmode.net/declarationf...
Urge your Members of Congress to protect our voting rights by rejecting the SAVE Act: win.newmode.net/declarationf...
February 7, 2026 at 1:07 AM
The SAVE Act is the GOP’s dangerous attempt to make it harder for millions of eligible Americans to register and vote.
Urge your Members of Congress to protect our voting rights by rejecting the SAVE Act: win.newmode.net/declarationf...
Urge your Members of Congress to protect our voting rights by rejecting the SAVE Act: win.newmode.net/declarationf...
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Can now confirm that the warehouse in Social Circle, GA is in escrow and nearing final sale. The transaction will remove an estimated $30K from the Georgia and Walton County tax stream. The sale also gives ICE another 8,500 beds. The selling owner is the PNK S1, LLC of Atlanta, GA.
February 6, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Can now confirm that the warehouse in Social Circle, GA is in escrow and nearing final sale. The transaction will remove an estimated $30K from the Georgia and Walton County tax stream. The sale also gives ICE another 8,500 beds. The selling owner is the PNK S1, LLC of Atlanta, GA.
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We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
February 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
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As an Eagle Scout, let me say this is an opportunity for Scouting America to stop having a partnership with the U.S. Military.
Breaking news: The Pentagon issued a warning to Scouting America, formerly known as the Boy Scouts, saying the organization risks losing its long-standing partnership with the U.S. military unless it rapidly implements “core value reforms.”
Pentagon warns Scouts to restore ‘core values’ or lose military support
The relationship dates back decades, but Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has criticized the organization for allowing girls to join and changing its name from Boy Scouts.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:01 PM
As an Eagle Scout, let me say this is an opportunity for Scouting America to stop having a partnership with the U.S. Military.
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Close the ICE detention centers.
February 3, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Close the ICE detention centers.
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Today @thesicktimes.org: RECOVER-TLC is launching the biggest Long COVID pediatric trial so far. @spichaksimon.bsky.social examines that trial, and two other pediatric trials in progress. thesicktimes.org/2026/02/03/l...
Long COVID affects millions of children. The largest pediatric trial so far launches this year. - The Sick Times
One NIH study will test low-dose naltrexone, while other upcoming trials will test larozitide and taurine.
thesicktimes.org
February 3, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Today @thesicktimes.org: RECOVER-TLC is launching the biggest Long COVID pediatric trial so far. @spichaksimon.bsky.social examines that trial, and two other pediatric trials in progress. thesicktimes.org/2026/02/03/l...
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I joined my friend Greg and other cartoonists to draw something to welcome Liam Ramos home, but ~3800 children remain in ICE custody, including at least three students from Liam's school (and 25 parents). Join us at #Comics4Liam !
February 1, 2026 at 9:36 PM
I joined my friend Greg and other cartoonists to draw something to welcome Liam Ramos home, but ~3800 children remain in ICE custody, including at least three students from Liam's school (and 25 parents). Join us at #Comics4Liam !
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Friends, we're thrilled to announce #Comics4Liam to encourage artists to draw pictures for Liam Conejo Ramos and share links to help Liam's family and other immigrants persecuted by ICE! Check out comics4liam.com and please do feel free to pitch in! Images by the great @trungles.com!
February 1, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Friends, we're thrilled to announce #Comics4Liam to encourage artists to draw pictures for Liam Conejo Ramos and share links to help Liam's family and other immigrants persecuted by ICE! Check out comics4liam.com and please do feel free to pitch in! Images by the great @trungles.com!
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As someone who has spent over 35 years trying to explain that violence is inherent to policing only to have most people be OK with this, I could be excused if I decided to just give up. But I'm not. I knew we would be where we are today. I still think that we do not have to live like this.
January 24, 2026 at 8:39 PM
As someone who has spent over 35 years trying to explain that violence is inherent to policing only to have most people be OK with this, I could be excused if I decided to just give up. But I'm not. I knew we would be where we are today. I still think that we do not have to live like this.