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Mike Ingram @mikeingram.bsky.social · 20h

My editing & publishing class at Temple will be opening soon for submissions for a special online issue of Barrelhouse, with the theme "The Dirty Issue." Fiction & nonfiction up to 2,500 words, and up to 5 poems. Usual @barrelhouse.bsky.social contract & payment.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 22h

This very very very bad. I cannot stress this enough. I said that they crossed the Rubicon with arresting Ras Baraka several months ago. This is very bad and portends more bad things for regular people.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 22h

The President of the United States is calling for the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois to be jailed.

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Daniel A. Hoyt @danhoyt.bsky.social · 1d

Oh damn. This was Eisenhower, a plague

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Photo of a sign that says “Beware: this room has Wasps” taped to a classroom door. The author has no idea why he capitalized wasps.

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Rebecca Makkai @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social · 1d

In early August, the indomitable Chicago AIDS activist Lori Cannon passed away. She was an irreplaceable resource while I was writing The Great Believers, and inspiration, angel, and friend to thousands. 🧵

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Daniel A. Hoyt @danhoyt.bsky.social · 2d

Beat me to it

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 3d

BOOM 🔥:

Judge Immergut issues a second Temporary Restraining Order prohibiting the relocation, federalization, or deployment of ANY NATIONAL GUARD FROM ANY STATE into the state of Oregon.

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Daniel A. Hoyt @danhoyt.bsky.social · 3d

Nice

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 3d

The solution to homelessness is not forced institutionalizations.

It’s social supports. Healthcare. Housing. Education. Harm reduction. A universal basic income.

Anyone can become homeless at any time. It’s not a personal failing.

We must fix it together.

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 3d

This Anthropic settlement case…fellow authors, are any of you feeling rage? I have 12 books listed and money (I don’t CARE how many thousands, even millions) is NOT adequate compensation. What was stolen & used without my permission is priceless! Where is the option to scrub my work from AI?!

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Summer Brennan @summerbrennan.bsky.social · 3d

Dear novelists: thank you. Keep writing.

That is all.

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 5d

History repeats.

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Daniel A. Hoyt @danhoyt.bsky.social · 4d

Kind of love this picture of Pendergast’s Tony Ladesich listening to Arthur Dodge at the Replay. #LFK

A gray-bearded man at the edge of the stages watches a band.

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Daniel A. Hoyt @danhoyt.bsky.social · 4d

Down down, baby

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 5d

I finally found a way to cry. Fairyland is a powerful evocation of the early days of the AIDS Pandemic, and I loved it. As Alysia’s writing teacher at the New School in 2000, and as someone who knew her father, I know the story well. The film let me see it all over again.

Ellen Braaten @ellenbraaten.bsky.social · 5d

Fairyland, a movie based on the book by the wonderful Alysia Abbott, opens in theaters on 10/10. Had a satisfying cathartic cry (as did many in the theatre) as @alexanderchee.bsky.social moderated the discussion for the screening. Go see this film. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/m...

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Daniel A. Hoyt @danhoyt.bsky.social · 5d

This is deeply #LFK coded: Arthur Dodge taking a picture of Dennis (in spiderwear) in front of Pendergast (welcome back!) at the Replay!

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 5d

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 5d

We must pass a billionaire minimum tax that establishes a baseline tax rate that the super-rich cannot go under.

It's time to tax the rich.

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 5d

The top 1% in the US have now a record $52 trillion in wealth.

The bottom 50% have about $4 trillion.

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 5d

"We all learned long ago on the playground that trying to appease a bully only makes things worse. It’s equally hard to imagine how higher education will recover if colleges and universities begin conceding to Mr. Trump’s illegal compact."

via UC-Berkeley Law Dean
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www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...

Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion

www.nytimes.com

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 6d

ICE is buying a location tracking tool that harvests data from hundreds of millions of phones a day. Protect your location data by updating a few settings on your phone 🧵 (1/4): www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-...

ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day

Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.

www.404media.co

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 6d

Today marks the 7th anniversary of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder.

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 6d

“It’s easier to talk here than it is in America.”

— Dave Chappelle, doing his shtick in front of a whooping, cheering crowd in … Riyadh.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/w...

At Saudi Comedy Fest, American Free Speech Becomes the Punchline

www.nytimes.com

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 6d

In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...

Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report

Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 6d

Some things masks can’t hide.

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 6d

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‘F--- them kids’: ICE agents drag children out of bed, ransack Chicago building

YouTube video by MSNBC

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Daniel A. Hoyt @danhoyt.bsky.social · 6d

@suzig.bsky.social Can you DM me? I have an AWP-related question for you.

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Shannon Sanders @shanders.bsky.social · 6d

Loved this!! I remember when my algorithm first started feeding me stuff about early motherhood, I was…quite stunned by the prevailing ethos of “You are the expert on your own baby” in the context of medicine/child development. Yes I’ve spent more time around this baby, but I’m not a doctor wtf!!

girl fieri @laureneahmed.bsky.social · 6d

That’s it, I’m mom shaming (holding your hand when I say this)

The “you do you, mama!” Has gotten out of hand

Me today @thepom.bsky.social

You Do You, Mama!

On permission culture

www.the-pom.com

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