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Leni Zumas

@lenizumas.bsky.social

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Writer of fiction (including WOLF BELLS and RED CLOCKS). Professor at Portland State. Here for disability justice, repro justice, books, & the Trail Blazers. Free Palestine. F*ck AI.

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Leni Zumas @lenizumas.bsky.social · Aug 24

Thank you, @nyurtsaba.bsky.social, for this very thoughtful & politically attuned review of Wolf Bells. (I love the Dark Shadows comparison, too!) #socialistgothic @algonquinbooks.bsky.social

Nikola Yurtsaba (Nicole Yurcaba) @nyurtsaba.bsky.social · Aug 23

My review of @lenizumas.bsky.social's stunning novel WOLF BELLS, published by @algonquinbooks.bsky.social, has published at University of Leicester's EVERYBODY'S REVIEWING! everybodysreviewing.blogspot.com/2025/08/revi...

Be sure to add this novel to your TBR stacks. It is a must-read!

Review by Nicole Yurcaba of "Wolf Bells" by Leni Zumas

Leni Zumas’s novel Wolf Bells publishes in September 2025 in the United States, and, honestly, with the current socio-political dysfunction...

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 22d

"When we use generative AI, we consent to the appropriation of our intellectual property by data scrapers. We stuff the pockets of oligarchs with even more money. We hand over our autonomy, at the very moment of emerging American fascism."

n+1 @nplusonemag.com · 23d

“An extraordinary amount of money is spent by the artificial intelligence industry to ensure that acquiescence is the only plausible response. But marketing is not destiny.” Out from behind the paywall: the Editors on the literature of AI resignation.
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the...

Large Language Muddle | The Editors

The AI upheaval is unique in its ability to metabolize any number of dread-inducing transformations. The university is becoming more corporate, more politically oppressive, and all but hostile to the ...

www.nplusonemag.com

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 27d

Politics the right way

Drew Daniel @drewdaniel.bsky.social · 27d

Like hundreds of other people, I was targeted by Charlie Kirk's "Professor Watchlist" project and spuriously accused of being a "Terror Supporter" and an "Antisemite". The legacy of Charlie Kirk is bigotry, classroom surveillance and anti-intellectual harassment.

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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 27d

Qatar. Syria. Tunisia. Lebanon. Yemen. Gaza. The Israeli military is bombing country after country – six in the span of three days – with total impunity.

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Alexandra Billings @alexandrabillings.bsky.social · 28d

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Monstrous.

Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 28d

Citing DEI concerns, the Trump administration has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states.

Their funding had previously been approved through Sept. 2028.

“How low can you go?” one advocate asked. “How can you do this to children?”

Programs for Students With Hearing and Vision Loss Harmed by Trump’s Anti-Diversity Push

Citing concerns about DEI, the U.S. Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states. “How low can you go?” one advoc...

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · Sep 9

The belief that poverty and homelessness are about "individual choices" didn't arise on its own. It was manufactured through decades of messaging designed to protect the policies and interests that create mass precarity.

As this new poll shows, that propaganda campaign has been wildly successful.

Most US adults think individual choices keep people in poverty, new AP-NORC/Harris poll finds

A new AP-NORC poll finds that most U.S. adults think personal choices are a major driver of poverty and homelessness, while fewer blame a lack of government support.

apnews.com

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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · Aug 30

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · Aug 27

remember folks, we cant have gun restrictions because if we do the federal government will occupy our streets, imprison people without due process, ship dissidents to foreign gulags and things of that nature

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · Aug 25

It’s up to the discretion of RFK Jr to define what ”medically frail” is when it comes to potential Medicaid work requirement exemptions—which may play a huge role in deciding which chronically ill and disabled people could qualify. My latest for @motherjones.com.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

RFK Jr. is getting personal authority over who to kick off of Medicaid

“It's just a way of cutting people off of coverage and then blaming them for it.”

www.motherjones.com

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Victoria Duncan @victoriaduncan.bsky.social · Aug 24

We can be wanted and valued just the way we are. It's possible. It's worth trying for and learning about. Don't coach us into a lifetime of fear and hiding instead.

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Leni Zumas @lenizumas.bsky.social · Aug 24

thank you!

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Leni Zumas @lenizumas.bsky.social · Aug 24

Thank you, @nyurtsaba.bsky.social, for this very thoughtful & politically attuned review of Wolf Bells. (I love the Dark Shadows comparison, too!) #socialistgothic @algonquinbooks.bsky.social

Nikola Yurtsaba (Nicole Yurcaba) @nyurtsaba.bsky.social · Aug 23

Review by Nicole Yurcaba of "Wolf Bells" by Leni Zumas

Leni Zumas’s novel Wolf Bells publishes in September 2025 in the United States, and, honestly, with the current socio-political dysfunction...

everybodysreviewing.blogspot.com

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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · Aug 22

D.C. has more residents than two U.S. states. They pay more per capita in federal taxes than any other state.

But they don’t get a serious seat at the table to decide how they’re governed.

D.C. statehood now.

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · Aug 22

Ugly laws led to poor, disabled people being institutionalized. It's now part of the strategy Trump plans to use to get rid of unhoused people, in DC and beyond.

For @motherjones.com, I spoke to @okaysoldierschweik.bsky.social, who wrote a book about ugly laws.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Ugly laws: the blueprint for Trump's anti-homeless crusade

DC's crackdown is just the latest in a long war on being poor and disabled in public.

www.motherjones.com

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Ardath Whynacht @ardathjean.bsky.social · Aug 17

Friendly reminder that AI data centers are working overtime to help cook the planet. If the fires are scaring you— start using ‘-AI’ at the end of all Google searches to cut out any AI response to your query. Refusal is possible & responsible.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

OpenAI will not disclose GPT-5’s energy use. It could be higher than past models

Experts working to benchmark resource use of AI models say new version’s enhanced capabilities come at a steep cost

www.theguardian.com

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Leni Zumas @lenizumas.bsky.social · Aug 17

very excited about this!

Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · Aug 15

teachers!

excited to share a new website at this late date of Aug 15 to try to help us collectively prepare for back to school in the interpretative humanities classroom assaulted by the AI grift, so we don't have to go it alone.

take a look, share, + most importantly: CONTRIBUTE
against-a-i.com

AGAINST AI

against-a-i.com

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Mia Ives-Rublee @seemiaroll.bsky.social · Aug 11

Homelessness is a crime perpetrated by the rich.

Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · Aug 10

this is terrifying

Trump warns homeless to leave Washington, D.C., ‘immediately’

President Donald Trump's remarks come as he has increased his rhetoric about countering crime in the District in recent days.

www.cnbc.com

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Gallifreyan Jedi @jediofgallifrey.bsky.social · Aug 9

one of the fundamental political divides is "it's better to deprive millions of people of basic needs so that a couple dozen people don't game the system" vs "what the fuck is wrong with you"

Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · Aug 9

"We can't have Palestinians On Here because some of them are scammers"

is the same as

"We can't give money to homeless people because they might spend it on drugs and some want to be homeless"

is the same as

"We can't have universal healthcare because some people will abuse it."

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Dr. Cavar 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 ✡️ @cavar.bsky.social · Aug 8

#journorequest I'm writing a story for @rewirenewsgroup.com on disability justice + radical access beyond institutional accommodations on university campuses, and the students and faculty that make this access magic happen.

if this is you, dm me! if you'd prefer to chat on signal, happy to do so.

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Dana @danarovang.bsky.social · Aug 7

The process of doing things - like making art or making history - is joyful. It’s messy, complicated, and frustrating, but it’s also creating something from nothing, all on your own. And it is a joy.

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · Aug 7

Consumer facing "A.i." is about triggering the excretion of a mediocre product. It's a rejection of PROCESS. Life itself is process, not fucking product. Push "A.i." on kids and you rob them of the joyful experience of life itself. I am not exaggerating.

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · Jul 31

“History will show the first six months of the second Trump administration as an all-out war against disabled people.” A summary of the current administration’s callous, gutting actions affecting PWD, by @seemiaroll.bsky.social and @caseydoherty.bsky.social:

www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...

The Trump Administration’s War on Disability

Executive actions, budget cuts, layoffs, and legislation—all enacted in the Trump administration’s first six months—have curtailed disability rights and services, including access to Medicaid and the ...

www.americanprogress.org

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Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · Aug 5

RFK Jr. backs down all the time when he gets push back, so if anyone wants to call, here's the HHS number 1-877-696-6775.
I'd also call your senators/reps as well.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Aug 5

WASHINGTON (AP) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces he will cancel $500 million in vaccine development projects.

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · Aug 6

Stopping vaccine development is another example of "eugenics is everywhere."

Expecting survival of the fittest when one gets infectious disease and cancer is eugenics.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · Aug 6

Kennedy claims that the money will be spent on “better technologies”. mRNA vaccines are estimated have prevented 18.5 million hospitalizations and 3.2 million deaths from COVID19 in the U.S., and saved the country $1.15 trillion.

abc7.com/amp/post/rfk...

RFK Jr. pulls $500 million in funding for vaccine development | abc7.com

HHS%20will%20cancel%20contracts%20and%20pull%20funding%20for%20some%20vaccines%20that%20are%20being%20developed%20to%20fight%20respiratory%20viruses%20like%20COVID-19%20and%20the%20flu.

abc7.com

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