Amy
@amytenbrink.bsky.social
Reader, baker, lawyer, negotiator, ally, feminist, economist, pianist, monster, revolutionary. Impossibly opinionated. Improbably fearless. She/her
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Highest level of support since Gallup started asking this question a quarter century ago
September 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Highest level of support since Gallup started asking this question a quarter century ago
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Here's my weekly must-reads list and some thoughts about Trump's AI slop post declaring war against Chicago. Trump is attempting to blur the line between reality and his fascist, annihilatory fantasies of control and domination. That means we, and the truth, must break free.
Must-Reads and the Fascist Fantasies We Refuse to Live In
"It is up to us, as everyday people, to decide who we are, and who we are to each other, in the face of these attacks."
organizingmythoughts.org
September 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Here's my weekly must-reads list and some thoughts about Trump's AI slop post declaring war against Chicago. Trump is attempting to blur the line between reality and his fascist, annihilatory fantasies of control and domination. That means we, and the truth, must break free.
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Black Americans will always find joy even when the world around us is burning.
And where joy can’t be found, we create it.
That’s one thing they keep trying to take from us and it pisses them off that they can’t.
And where joy can’t be found, we create it.
That’s one thing they keep trying to take from us and it pisses them off that they can’t.
September 7, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Black Americans will always find joy even when the world around us is burning.
And where joy can’t be found, we create it.
That’s one thing they keep trying to take from us and it pisses them off that they can’t.
And where joy can’t be found, we create it.
That’s one thing they keep trying to take from us and it pisses them off that they can’t.
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#Sirens26 Faculty
Diana M. Pho (@dianapho.bsky.social): brilliant scholar, playwright, Hugo Award-winner, Editorial Director at Erewhon. 📖 Academic work on race in fashion, performance, and the media, as well as fan studies and communities.🧙🏽♀️Runs Beyond Victoriana, on multicultural steampunk. 💗
Diana M. Pho (@dianapho.bsky.social): brilliant scholar, playwright, Hugo Award-winner, Editorial Director at Erewhon. 📖 Academic work on race in fashion, performance, and the media, as well as fan studies and communities.🧙🏽♀️Runs Beyond Victoriana, on multicultural steampunk. 💗
September 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
#Sirens26 Faculty
Diana M. Pho (@dianapho.bsky.social): brilliant scholar, playwright, Hugo Award-winner, Editorial Director at Erewhon. 📖 Academic work on race in fashion, performance, and the media, as well as fan studies and communities.🧙🏽♀️Runs Beyond Victoriana, on multicultural steampunk. 💗
Diana M. Pho (@dianapho.bsky.social): brilliant scholar, playwright, Hugo Award-winner, Editorial Director at Erewhon. 📖 Academic work on race in fashion, performance, and the media, as well as fan studies and communities.🧙🏽♀️Runs Beyond Victoriana, on multicultural steampunk. 💗
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#Sirens26 Faculty
Dr. Micaiah Johnson (@micaiahjohnson.bsky.social): world-changing author, scholar, activist. Purveyor of hope, joy, rage, and revolution.🚀 The NYT says her fiction "rattles [your imagination] out of complacency."👩🏽🚀Her academic work focuses on the intersection of race and tech. 🫶🏽
Dr. Micaiah Johnson (@micaiahjohnson.bsky.social): world-changing author, scholar, activist. Purveyor of hope, joy, rage, and revolution.🚀 The NYT says her fiction "rattles [your imagination] out of complacency."👩🏽🚀Her academic work focuses on the intersection of race and tech. 🫶🏽
September 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
#Sirens26 Faculty
Dr. Micaiah Johnson (@micaiahjohnson.bsky.social): world-changing author, scholar, activist. Purveyor of hope, joy, rage, and revolution.🚀 The NYT says her fiction "rattles [your imagination] out of complacency."👩🏽🚀Her academic work focuses on the intersection of race and tech. 🫶🏽
Dr. Micaiah Johnson (@micaiahjohnson.bsky.social): world-changing author, scholar, activist. Purveyor of hope, joy, rage, and revolution.🚀 The NYT says her fiction "rattles [your imagination] out of complacency."👩🏽🚀Her academic work focuses on the intersection of race and tech. 🫶🏽
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#Sirens26 Faculty
Dr. Layla Azmi Goushey (@laylaazmigoushey.bsky.social): all-around ⭐ educator, with academic work focused on the literatures and cultures of the Southwest Asia North Africa region. Speculative poet and author. Editor of the literary magazine Baladi ("my home" in Arabic). 💖
Dr. Layla Azmi Goushey (@laylaazmigoushey.bsky.social): all-around ⭐ educator, with academic work focused on the literatures and cultures of the Southwest Asia North Africa region. Speculative poet and author. Editor of the literary magazine Baladi ("my home" in Arabic). 💖
September 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
#Sirens26 Faculty
Dr. Layla Azmi Goushey (@laylaazmigoushey.bsky.social): all-around ⭐ educator, with academic work focused on the literatures and cultures of the Southwest Asia North Africa region. Speculative poet and author. Editor of the literary magazine Baladi ("my home" in Arabic). 💖
Dr. Layla Azmi Goushey (@laylaazmigoushey.bsky.social): all-around ⭐ educator, with academic work focused on the literatures and cultures of the Southwest Asia North Africa region. Speculative poet and author. Editor of the literary magazine Baladi ("my home" in Arabic). 💖
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#Sirens26 Faculty:
Jewelle Gomez: speculative fiction royalty 👑, author of THE GILDA STORIES , the first Black lesbian vampire novel (sequel forthcoming!!). 🧛🏾♀️ Novelist, essayist, poet, playwright, Lambda Literary Award-winner, activist, educator, and "foremother of Afrofuturism." Absolute legend. 🌟
Jewelle Gomez: speculative fiction royalty 👑, author of THE GILDA STORIES , the first Black lesbian vampire novel (sequel forthcoming!!). 🧛🏾♀️ Novelist, essayist, poet, playwright, Lambda Literary Award-winner, activist, educator, and "foremother of Afrofuturism." Absolute legend. 🌟
September 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
#Sirens26 Faculty:
Jewelle Gomez: speculative fiction royalty 👑, author of THE GILDA STORIES , the first Black lesbian vampire novel (sequel forthcoming!!). 🧛🏾♀️ Novelist, essayist, poet, playwright, Lambda Literary Award-winner, activist, educator, and "foremother of Afrofuturism." Absolute legend. 🌟
Jewelle Gomez: speculative fiction royalty 👑, author of THE GILDA STORIES , the first Black lesbian vampire novel (sequel forthcoming!!). 🧛🏾♀️ Novelist, essayist, poet, playwright, Lambda Literary Award-winner, activist, educator, and "foremother of Afrofuturism." Absolute legend. 🌟
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#Sirens26 Faculty:
Sarah Gailey (@sarahgailey.bsky.social): speculative fiction master (their latest, SPREAD ME 👾, comes out Sept 23!), essayist, fan, community-builder, Hugo winner, raconteur, provocateur. As EW once said, "for those who aren't [familiar with Gailey's work], well, get ready." 😍
Sarah Gailey (@sarahgailey.bsky.social): speculative fiction master (their latest, SPREAD ME 👾, comes out Sept 23!), essayist, fan, community-builder, Hugo winner, raconteur, provocateur. As EW once said, "for those who aren't [familiar with Gailey's work], well, get ready." 😍
September 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
#Sirens26 Faculty:
Sarah Gailey (@sarahgailey.bsky.social): speculative fiction master (their latest, SPREAD ME 👾, comes out Sept 23!), essayist, fan, community-builder, Hugo winner, raconteur, provocateur. As EW once said, "for those who aren't [familiar with Gailey's work], well, get ready." 😍
Sarah Gailey (@sarahgailey.bsky.social): speculative fiction master (their latest, SPREAD ME 👾, comes out Sept 23!), essayist, fan, community-builder, Hugo winner, raconteur, provocateur. As EW once said, "for those who aren't [familiar with Gailey's work], well, get ready." 😍
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#Sirens2026 Faculty:
Dr. Stephanie Burt (@notquitehydepark.bsky.social): poet, literary critic, Guggenheim Fellow, Harvard professor (remember that famous Taylor Swift course?!), and author of numerous books. 📚🧜♀️The NYT says she's “one of the most influential poetry critics of her generation.” 🤩
Dr. Stephanie Burt (@notquitehydepark.bsky.social): poet, literary critic, Guggenheim Fellow, Harvard professor (remember that famous Taylor Swift course?!), and author of numerous books. 📚🧜♀️The NYT says she's “one of the most influential poetry critics of her generation.” 🤩
September 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
#Sirens2026 Faculty:
Dr. Stephanie Burt (@notquitehydepark.bsky.social): poet, literary critic, Guggenheim Fellow, Harvard professor (remember that famous Taylor Swift course?!), and author of numerous books. 📚🧜♀️The NYT says she's “one of the most influential poetry critics of her generation.” 🤩
Dr. Stephanie Burt (@notquitehydepark.bsky.social): poet, literary critic, Guggenheim Fellow, Harvard professor (remember that famous Taylor Swift course?!), and author of numerous books. 📚🧜♀️The NYT says she's “one of the most influential poetry critics of her generation.” 🤩
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Invited speakers--our faculty--are the cornerstone of Sirens's educational program. In 2026, we're expanding their role: more speakers, with more presentations, which means more opportunities for you to learn from experts in a variety of fields🤓
Let's meet our first round of 2026 faculty:
Let's meet our first round of 2026 faculty:
September 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Invited speakers--our faculty--are the cornerstone of Sirens's educational program. In 2026, we're expanding their role: more speakers, with more presentations, which means more opportunities for you to learn from experts in a variety of fields🤓
Let's meet our first round of 2026 faculty:
Let's meet our first round of 2026 faculty:
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Sirens has been around since 2009, though we've taken a few years off to read, rest, and reimagine what Sirens could be. It might be different from what you remember--or from other events that you might know. As you make a decision about whether to attend, you might find some info helpful 🤓
September 3, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Sirens has been around since 2009, though we've taken a few years off to read, rest, and reimagine what Sirens could be. It might be different from what you remember--or from other events that you might know. As you make a decision about whether to attend, you might find some info helpful 🤓
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Hey, everyone! #Sirens26 is just six months away and we've got news. But before we get to that later this week, let's find out if we're your sort of people! 📚👽🐉👻
#reading #books #sciencefiction #fantasy #horror #conference #convention
#reading #books #sciencefiction #fantasy #horror #conference #convention
September 2, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Hey, everyone! #Sirens26 is just six months away and we've got news. But before we get to that later this week, let's find out if we're your sort of people! 📚👽🐉👻
#reading #books #sciencefiction #fantasy #horror #conference #convention
#reading #books #sciencefiction #fantasy #horror #conference #convention
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Gender affirming care for cis folks gets celebrated.
Health clinics across America are serving up injections of testosterone. Men younger than 35 are the most eager customers
American men are hungry for injectable testosterone
A legion of new health clinics are serving it up
econ.st
July 13, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Gender affirming care for cis folks gets celebrated.
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The key connection for today is that Roosevelt was watching fascism arise in Germany and Italy in 1933, and he DESIGNED THE NEW DEAL TO STOP THAT in the US. The works programs were as much about helping democracy as anything.
July 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The key connection for today is that Roosevelt was watching fascism arise in Germany and Italy in 1933, and he DESIGNED THE NEW DEAL TO STOP THAT in the US. The works programs were as much about helping democracy as anything.
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Real consumer spending dead stopped growing in 2025, per @jaredb-econ.bsky.social.
#NumbersDay #EconSky
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#NumbersDay #EconSky
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July 13, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Real consumer spending dead stopped growing in 2025, per @jaredb-econ.bsky.social.
#NumbersDay #EconSky
econjared.substack.com/p/weekly-wra...
#NumbersDay #EconSky
econjared.substack.com/p/weekly-wra...
The things communities can do with community spaces, y'all
I see 40-50 kids everyday with lunches in their hands
cause our library provided them for free all summer.
We had out snack bags to everyone of all ages, all year.
People in this county are less hungry because of the public library
cause our library provided them for free all summer.
We had out snack bags to everyone of all ages, all year.
People in this county are less hungry because of the public library
Because everyone deserves a shot 🎯
July 13, 2025 at 11:45 PM
The things communities can do with community spaces, y'all
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There is no longer any doubt that Israel has set up a fake humanitarian organisation so it can kettle Gazans into a kill box and murder them en masse
It is evil beyond description and in a decent world it would result in immediate, massive, global action to stop them and prosecute those responsible
It is evil beyond description and in a decent world it would result in immediate, massive, global action to stop them and prosecute those responsible
Dozens of Palestinians killed in latest Israeli attacks near food aid distribution site, medics and witnesses say
Witnesses describe people shot in head and torso near sites run by Israeli-backed US organisation Gaza Humanitarian Foundation
www.theguardian.com
July 13, 2025 at 9:23 AM
There is no longer any doubt that Israel has set up a fake humanitarian organisation so it can kettle Gazans into a kill box and murder them en masse
It is evil beyond description and in a decent world it would result in immediate, massive, global action to stop them and prosecute those responsible
It is evil beyond description and in a decent world it would result in immediate, massive, global action to stop them and prosecute those responsible
Dude's out here just failing up
the head of fema finally rolled out of bed, grabbed a shirt off the floor, and showed up in texas
July 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Dude's out here just failing up
Fundamentally, we have laws because we are terrible humans
What form of sociopathy required them to need a court order to stop doing this?
July 13, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Fundamentally, we have laws because we are terrible humans
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oh this is interesting. i pretty firmly believe, just as a matter of observation and experience, that complaints about affirmative action are a psychological salve for people who aren’t confident of their ability to succeed
July 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
oh this is interesting. i pretty firmly believe, just as a matter of observation and experience, that complaints about affirmative action are a psychological salve for people who aren’t confident of their ability to succeed
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Mothers, teach your daughters about Judith beheading Holofernes.
#themoreyouknow
#themoreyouknow
November 12, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Mothers, teach your daughters about Judith beheading Holofernes.
#themoreyouknow
#themoreyouknow
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It. Can’t. “Apologize.”
AI chatbot Grok issues apology for antisemitic posts
The chatbot wrote several antisemitic social media posts Tuesday after Elon Musk's company xAI released a revamped version of it days before.
www.nbcnews.com
July 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
It. Can’t. “Apologize.”
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my regular reminder that many of the wealthiest and most powerful people in this country very plainly believe in eugenics
Bill Ackman’s post about Tucker Carlson and Jeffrey Epstein has an interesting explanation for why he believes he became a billionaire:
“I inherited good genes from wonderful parents who instilled good values in me.”
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“I inherited good genes from wonderful parents who instilled good values in me.”
x.com/billackman/s...
July 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
my regular reminder that many of the wealthiest and most powerful people in this country very plainly believe in eugenics
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UPDATE: he’s being booed now. Loudly. By so many people security and his goon squad can’t shut it down. Many, many fuck yous.
Good.
Good.
While JD takes his kids through Disneyland to silent stares and protests outside the park, I am thinking about the kids—citizens—who won a trip there and instead got locked up in Ferndale.
I am thinking of the cast members he’s exploiting for his fun while ICE pick them off on their way home.
I am thinking of the cast members he’s exploiting for his fun while ICE pick them off on their way home.
July 13, 2025 at 8:59 PM
UPDATE: he’s being booed now. Loudly. By so many people security and his goon squad can’t shut it down. Many, many fuck yous.
Good.
Good.