Alex
@onthesummertree.bsky.social
horror author repped by Cecilia Lyra at Wendy Sherman Associates Literary • public health professional • former bagpiper • 🏳️🌈 • ig & threads: onthesummertree
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Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday.
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
January 30, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday.
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
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BREAKING: Judge dismisses murder, weapons charges against alleged UnitedHealth CEO killer Mangione reut.rs/45Fin56
January 30, 2026 at 3:21 PM
BREAKING: Judge dismisses murder, weapons charges against alleged UnitedHealth CEO killer Mangione reut.rs/45Fin56
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for whatever reason, I cannot get this site to load on wifi (only through data) so if you need the rent assistance link directly like I did, it is here: www.wfmn.org/funds/immigr...
January 28, 2026 at 3:37 PM
for whatever reason, I cannot get this site to load on wifi (only through data) so if you need the rent assistance link directly like I did, it is here: www.wfmn.org/funds/immigr...
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If you see this, don't participate. It's a rigged study by Lisa Littman and unethical researcher J. Michael Bailey meant to undermine access to care. Spread the word.
January 30, 2026 at 5:28 PM
If you see this, don't participate. It's a rigged study by Lisa Littman and unethical researcher J. Michael Bailey meant to undermine access to care. Spread the word.
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1/ This week’s edition looks at a few infectious diseases in California, but I want to start with a pause.
The WHO defines health as complete physical, mental, and social well-being. By that definition, many of us are not okay right now. 👇
The WHO defines health as complete physical, mental, and social well-being. By that definition, many of us are not okay right now. 👇
January 30, 2026 at 5:25 PM
1/ This week’s edition looks at a few infectious diseases in California, but I want to start with a pause.
The WHO defines health as complete physical, mental, and social well-being. By that definition, many of us are not okay right now. 👇
The WHO defines health as complete physical, mental, and social well-being. By that definition, many of us are not okay right now. 👇
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BREAKING: Bernie Sanders is introducing an amendment to cut ICE’s $75 billion funding increase, and to use those funds to restore the federal cuts to health care.
January 30, 2026 at 8:31 PM
BREAKING: Bernie Sanders is introducing an amendment to cut ICE’s $75 billion funding increase, and to use those funds to restore the federal cuts to health care.
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feels very weird that folks are starting to talk about MILKTEETH already! but also exciting! rancid breastfeeding vampires time is coming!
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January 29, 2026 at 3:29 AM
feels very weird that folks are starting to talk about MILKTEETH already! but also exciting! rancid breastfeeding vampires time is coming!
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I am hearing that RFK Jr.’s minions are going to go after HPV vaccines. I’ve got problems with these people and now you’re going to hear about them, first from a personal perspective and then from a professional one.
It all boils down to this: WE HAVE A SAFE VACCINE THAT PREVENTS CANCER.
It all boils down to this: WE HAVE A SAFE VACCINE THAT PREVENTS CANCER.
January 28, 2026 at 7:52 PM
I am hearing that RFK Jr.’s minions are going to go after HPV vaccines. I’ve got problems with these people and now you’re going to hear about them, first from a personal perspective and then from a professional one.
It all boils down to this: WE HAVE A SAFE VACCINE THAT PREVENTS CANCER.
It all boils down to this: WE HAVE A SAFE VACCINE THAT PREVENTS CANCER.
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every time someone has asked me the last week or so about priorities it is rental assistance. please please please people need rent to stay in their homes. scroll down to rent relief funds and pick something www.standwithminnesota.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:13 PM
every time someone has asked me the last week or so about priorities it is rental assistance. please please please people need rent to stay in their homes. scroll down to rent relief funds and pick something www.standwithminnesota.com
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There is so much good, diverse high fantasy out there that I wish studios would branch out in terms of what they're adapting. The real lesson of Heated Rivalry is that viewers are eager for stories told from the perspectives of everyone other than the cisallohet white default.
January 28, 2026 at 10:28 PM
There is so much good, diverse high fantasy out there that I wish studios would branch out in terms of what they're adapting. The real lesson of Heated Rivalry is that viewers are eager for stories told from the perspectives of everyone other than the cisallohet white default.
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I will simply never recover from reading this sentence:
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
Today, Luke Farrell (@lukef.bsky.social) explains how complex eligibility requirements have turned America’s safety net into a lucrative revenue stream for monopolistic private contractors.
The Means-Testing Industrial Complex
As Republicans tightened work requirements and eligibility rules for Medicaid and SNAP last year, Equifax’s CEO openly celebrated the profits to be made from administering this deprivation.
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January 28, 2026 at 4:33 PM
I will simply never recover from reading this sentence:
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
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I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
January 28, 2026 at 11:38 PM
I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
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It’s the 1990s. I’m trying to explain many abuses we see at Ruby Ridge and Waco reflect entrenched practices of law enforcement.
It’s the 2000s. I’m trying to explain many abuses we see under the PATRIOT ACT reflect entrenched practices of American law enforcement.
It’s 2025. Guess the fuck what.
It’s the 2000s. I’m trying to explain many abuses we see under the PATRIOT ACT reflect entrenched practices of American law enforcement.
It’s 2025. Guess the fuck what.
January 29, 2026 at 12:12 AM
It’s the 1990s. I’m trying to explain many abuses we see at Ruby Ridge and Waco reflect entrenched practices of law enforcement.
It’s the 2000s. I’m trying to explain many abuses we see under the PATRIOT ACT reflect entrenched practices of American law enforcement.
It’s 2025. Guess the fuck what.
It’s the 2000s. I’m trying to explain many abuses we see under the PATRIOT ACT reflect entrenched practices of American law enforcement.
It’s 2025. Guess the fuck what.
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Libraries need to be more vocal about the digital pricing problem. I only buy for Sora (the school version of Libby) when specifically requested by a patron. I talk a lot about why I don't buy on the regular and patrons are always shocked at the price difference. I have to pay $75 not $1.99!
Your Libby rental was free for you, but did you know it cost the D.C. Public Library $59.99?
The e-book boom (and a complicated pricing model from publishers) has left library systems strapped for cash. But D.C. lawmakers have a plan to fight back. 51st.news/ebooks-are-e...
The e-book boom (and a complicated pricing model from publishers) has left library systems strapped for cash. But D.C. lawmakers have a plan to fight back. 51st.news/ebooks-are-e...
Libraries can't afford e-books. D.C. lawmakers have a plan.
The demand and price for e-books is up — and it’s busting the D.C. Public Library budget.
51st.news
January 28, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Libraries need to be more vocal about the digital pricing problem. I only buy for Sora (the school version of Libby) when specifically requested by a patron. I talk a lot about why I don't buy on the regular and patrons are always shocked at the price difference. I have to pay $75 not $1.99!
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Wow! This is amazing. Please make Springsteen’s “Streets of Minneapolis” trend. Here are the lyrics.
January 28, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Wow! This is amazing. Please make Springsteen’s “Streets of Minneapolis” trend. Here are the lyrics.
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HERE WE GO I didn't know if these were public. We have a sign you can print for your business. Or you can print 100 of them and distribute them to EVERY BUSINESS in your area and tell them you'll feel safer patronizing them if they exclude people who might teargas your children if you shop there.
And if you'd like some, a lovely designer we know created them so we could drop ship 1000 to Minneapolis and the other designs are free for you to download, print at home, or have bulk printed!
drive.proton.me/urls/TKVTS18...
drive.proton.me/urls/TKVTS18...
Everyone should be putting up NO ICE NO CPB NO FEDERAL AGENTS GET A JUDICIAL WARRANT OR STAY OUT signs everywhere.
January 28, 2026 at 7:31 PM
HERE WE GO I didn't know if these were public. We have a sign you can print for your business. Or you can print 100 of them and distribute them to EVERY BUSINESS in your area and tell them you'll feel safer patronizing them if they exclude people who might teargas your children if you shop there.
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I'm fucking HEATED. If we're going to survive and get out of this disaster, we white people need to uplift AND protect Black and brown leaders, with our bodies and lives.
I don't want to mourn another Black leader. I want them to lead. We need them here, not as martyrs in a goddamn history book.
I don't want to mourn another Black leader. I want them to lead. We need them here, not as martyrs in a goddamn history book.
January 28, 2026 at 2:54 AM
I'm fucking HEATED. If we're going to survive and get out of this disaster, we white people need to uplift AND protect Black and brown leaders, with our bodies and lives.
I don't want to mourn another Black leader. I want them to lead. We need them here, not as martyrs in a goddamn history book.
I don't want to mourn another Black leader. I want them to lead. We need them here, not as martyrs in a goddamn history book.
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i'm being flip but when i think about the guys who are gassing preschools and putting children in camps and killing people both on and off camera--complaining about WHISTLES--i understand why dante was like no, we need way more kinds of hell. at least nine
January 28, 2026 at 1:33 AM
i'm being flip but when i think about the guys who are gassing preschools and putting children in camps and killing people both on and off camera--complaining about WHISTLES--i understand why dante was like no, we need way more kinds of hell. at least nine
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Mike has such a wealth of knowledge and is a delight to chat with! Y'all want to bid on this!! 👇
I am very happy to be supporting the Publishing For Minnesota fundraiser initiative. Wanna talk Star Wars, writing, writing ABOUT Star Wars, publishing as a biz, worldbuilding, or anything else for an hour? (Or just to see my dog) Bidding starts tomorrow:
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1-hour AMA with NYT bestselling author
Auction item '1-hour AMA with NYT bestselling author' hosted online at 32auctions.
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January 28, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Mike has such a wealth of knowledge and is a delight to chat with! Y'all want to bid on this!! 👇
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A reminder that ICE hasn’t slowed down in Minneapolis at all.
Outside of Minnesota, it might feel like everything has changed since Alex Pretti’s murder. But ICE hasn’t actually lost any power and they’re continuing to terrorize our communities.
Outside of Minnesota, it might feel like everything has changed since Alex Pretti’s murder. But ICE hasn’t actually lost any power and they’re continuing to terrorize our communities.
January 27, 2026 at 7:57 PM
A reminder that ICE hasn’t slowed down in Minneapolis at all.
Outside of Minnesota, it might feel like everything has changed since Alex Pretti’s murder. But ICE hasn’t actually lost any power and they’re continuing to terrorize our communities.
Outside of Minnesota, it might feel like everything has changed since Alex Pretti’s murder. But ICE hasn’t actually lost any power and they’re continuing to terrorize our communities.
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I don't want to do a whole "we told you so" thing, but the ocean science community read P2025's plan for NOAA, realized it was catastrophic, mobilized folks early, entered 2025 with a plan, and fought like hell to avoid the worst outcomes of P2025.
"They told us what they were going to do. They published it. They put it on a website. And when it happened, the press was surprised."
Hoo boy, everyone should bookmark this @parkermolloy.com piece & make sure everyone involved in media reads it.
Hoo boy, everyone should bookmark this @parkermolloy.com piece & make sure everyone involved in media reads it.
This is Literally the Job
Political journalists need to stop pretending they don't know what Republicans are going to do.
www.readtpa.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:26 PM
I don't want to do a whole "we told you so" thing, but the ocean science community read P2025's plan for NOAA, realized it was catastrophic, mobilized folks early, entered 2025 with a plan, and fought like hell to avoid the worst outcomes of P2025.
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ICE has killed 9 folks in the first 26 days of ‘26:
• Alex Pretti
• Renee Good
• Keith Porter
• Heber Sanchaz Domínguez
• Victor Manuel Diaz
• Parady La
• Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz
• Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres
• Geraldo Lunas Campos
They all deserve justice. And for us to remember their names.
• Alex Pretti
• Renee Good
• Keith Porter
• Heber Sanchaz Domínguez
• Victor Manuel Diaz
• Parady La
• Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz
• Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres
• Geraldo Lunas Campos
They all deserve justice. And for us to remember their names.
January 26, 2026 at 8:57 PM
ICE has killed 9 folks in the first 26 days of ‘26:
• Alex Pretti
• Renee Good
• Keith Porter
• Heber Sanchaz Domínguez
• Victor Manuel Diaz
• Parady La
• Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz
• Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres
• Geraldo Lunas Campos
They all deserve justice. And for us to remember their names.
• Alex Pretti
• Renee Good
• Keith Porter
• Heber Sanchaz Domínguez
• Victor Manuel Diaz
• Parady La
• Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz
• Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres
• Geraldo Lunas Campos
They all deserve justice. And for us to remember their names.