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Sara Schaff
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2025 NYSCA Support for Artists Grant Recipient; 2024 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in Fiction; Author of THE INVENTION OF LOVE and SAY SOMETHING NICE ABOUT ME; Professor of Creative Writing; Editor of Saranac Review

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Sara Schaff @saraschaff.bsky.social · Nov 22
I'm grateful to the New York State Council on the Arts for the 2025 support of my novel, a mystery & exploration of the legacy of empire and colonialism. In the face of potential future threats to the arts, humanities, & the study of history, New York keeps showing up for its artists.
Announcement: Support for Artists 2025 Grantee from New York State Council on the Arts
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kellylynnedang.bsky.social
There’s a reason Mamdani voted for himself under the Working Families Party. You’re seeing that reason why NOW.

From now on, it’s @workingfamilies.org forward.

May the old Democrat ways die.
November 10, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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designer4hasand.bsky.social
My daily struggle is to provide for my family and meet our basic needs. 💔
Any contribution helps put food on our table and keep us safe 🕊
We urgently need $110 for my family.
Your support means hope, stability, and dignity.🥹

Donate if can and share if can't. 🔃
October 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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izzos.us
People really need to wrap their heads around HOW ATTENUATED our election cycles have gotten.

They're acting like the Maine primary was a race between Platner and Mills only and it's too late for anyone else to jump in.

The deadline to REGISTER FOR IT is in MARCH!

Go out and recruit SOMEONE ELSE
October 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
saraschaff.bsky.social
No surprise Elise Stefanik is tied to the racist Young Republicans group. During 1st Trump presidency, one of her closest upstate allies was Ava Ashendorff, leader of the North Country Women's Republican Club, who posted hateful & Islamophobic content on FB. Stefanik never distanced herself.
Photo of smiling Elise Stefanik with Ava Ashendorff in a USA hoodie. Photo of a smiling Elise Stefanik with arm around Ava Ashendorff, in a hotel ballroom or conference room.
October 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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October 16, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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versecurious.bsky.social
✨📚NEW EPISODE📚✨Ep. 38: Erin L. McCoy's WRECKS (@noemipress.bsky.social).

"I appreciated [McCoy's] skillful weaving of textures and materials in a book that comes to resemble less the chaos of the wreck than the natural artistry and ingenuity of a nest."

Listen/subscribe/rate/share!
Episode 38: Erin L. McCoy's WRECKS
Podcast Episode · VerseCurious · 10/07/2025 · 11m
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October 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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saraschaff.bsky.social
Saranac Review is Duotrope's listing of the day!
October 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
saraschaff.bsky.social
Saranac Review is Duotrope's listing of the day!
October 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Please consider signing this petition calling for Professor Dixon’s reinstatement. www.change.org/p/reinstate-... @aaup.org #academicfreedom
October 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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chadbourn.bsky.social
The US has blown up another boat near Venezuela.
September 19, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
These are right-wing terror events I covered just from 2017 to 2023. It's not even close to comprehensive. The government's trying to erase this history.
Instagram account connected to Gilroy shooter pushed staple of white supremacist internet forums Anti-Semitic open letter posted online under name of Chabad synagogue shooting suspect Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect threatened Jewish groups, pushed migrant caravan conspiracies New Zealand mosque shooting: Attacker's apparent manifesto probed
September 15, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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versecurious.bsky.social
📚🚨VerseCurious is back from summer hiatus with Episode 37: Marcella Durand's A WINTER TRIANGLE (@fordhampress.bsky.social). "Marcella Durand's A WINTER TRIANGLE holds us, briefly, back from the fray, provides the curative caesura." Listen/enjoy/rate/share/subscribe!
Episode 37: Marcella Durand's A WINTER TRIANGLE
Podcast Episode · VerseCurious · 09/09/2025 · 11m
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September 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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anamariecox.bsky.social
No elected official Democratic party will be as cruel about Kirk's death as Mike Lee was about the death of Melissa Hortman.

wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/06/17/s...
Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah took down X posts Tuesday making an apparent connection between Gov. Tim Walz and the man accused of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses, and blaming “Marxists” for the murders. The change comes after blowback from Sen. Tina Smith and her staffers as well as Minnesota Democratic and Republican lawmakers. One X post said “Nightmare on Waltz Street,” with pictures of Boelter, who is accused of killing Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, and shooting Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, in the early morning hours of June 14. Boelter also went to the homes of two other state lawmakers that night; one house was empty, and at the other, a police officer pulled up to the house shortly after Boelter arrived, so Boelter left. Another Lee post read, “This is what happens When Marxists don’t get their way,” with a picture of Boelter.
September 10, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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darthbluesky.bsky.social
😹 look at this fuckin guy lol
meidastouch.com MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · Sep 10
A panicked Trump asks for protesters to be removed from a DC restaurant tonight
September 10, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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2manystripes.bsky.social
More reasons to be anti-AI
September 7, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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govpritzker.illinois.gov
Know your rights, Illinois.

Stay safe and stay informed.
Know & Exercise Your Rights Flyer provided by the Illinois Immigration Information Hub. 1. Remain Calm. 2. You have the right to deny entry without a valid warrant. 3. You have the right to remain silent. 4. You have the right to speak with an attorney. 5. You have the right to not sign anything. For more information, head to: https://www.illinoisimmigrationinfo.org/ Know & Exercise Your Rights Flyer provided by the Illinois Immigration Information Hub. For more information, head to: https://www.illinoisimmigrationinfo.org/
September 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
an active genocide funded by the united states
September 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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rgoodlaw.bsky.social
U.S. military strike on Venezuelan boat is properly alleged to be murder.

How important is this as a matter of international law?

On left:

Rubio State Department's top accusation against Venezuela

On right: US Congress in codifying law on extrajudicial killings
Section 1. Life a. Extrajudicial Killings There were numerous reports Maduro agents committed arbitrary or unlawful killings. Official torture and summary execution violate standards accepted by virtually every nation. The universal consensus condemning these practices has assumed the status of customary international law.
September 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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phillewis.bsky.social
NEW YORK (AP) — Anthropic agrees to pay authors $3,000 per book in landmark settlement over pirated chatbot training material.
September 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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chadbourn.bsky.social
WTAF.
PLANS FOR UFC CAGE MATCH ON WH LAWN HE WALL STREET JOURNAL. • OCTAGON CAGE ON SOUTH LAWN • FULL FIGHT CARD • LINCOLN MEMORIAL WEIGH-INS • JUMBO SCREENS ON ELLIPSE • POSSIBLE OVAL OFFICE WALKOUT FOX NEWS channe NEW DETAILS ABOUT UFC CAGE MATCH ON WH SOUTH LAWN AMERICA * REPORTS
September 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
saraschaff.bsky.social
Concepts of a fascistic plan
npr.org NPR @npr.org · Sep 3
President Trump said the White House is considering whether to deploy National Guard troops to Chicago or a place with a governor who would welcome them, like New Orleans.
President Trump floats deploying National Guard troops to New Orleans
President Trump said the White House is considering whether to deploy National Guard troops to Chicago or a place with a governor who would welcome them, like New Orleans.
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September 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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nytpitchbot.bsky.social
Someone please kill me right now.
RFK Jr. Is Repeating Michelle Obama’s Mistakes MAHA is “Let’s Move!” 2.0. By Tom Bartlett
September 1, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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nicholasgrossman.bsky.social
JB Pritzker's speech about Trump's threats to Chicago was great.
-Called out the lie, didn't treat the BS pretext with respect
-Cast it as a threat to his state's people
-Threatened prosecution of personnel who break the law

@brianbeutler.bsky.social and @gregsargent.bsky.social break it down here:
Trump Explodes in Rage as Dem Governor’s Harsh Takedown Draws Blood
As the Illinois governor infuriates Trump with an extraordinary response to his threat to send troops into Chicago, a political writer argues that pundits are wrong: Dems can challenge Trump on this i...
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August 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Oh yeah things are falling apart. You've got paranoid guys on Blind freaking out now
Community Salaries Reviews Jobs For Business v Tech Industry • 1h Amazon • EL TRUMP Something very strange is going on There is a seemingly coordinated effort to FLIP FLOP on Al. All of the execs who were hyping Al to death just a few weeks ago are now claiming that Al is a bubble, that AGI is nowhere near, and that Al will have a much smaller impact than anticipated. > Altman called it a bubble > Eric Schmidt said that AGI is basically bullshit > Matt Garman (AWS CEO) downplayed its impact WHY the sudden narrative switch? WHO gave the orders? I swear, it's like they're all part of some cult. They all embrace the same talking points all at once, and abandon them all at once.
August 21, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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me, April 2024
www.wheresyoured.at/bubble-troub...
The AI boom has driven global stock markets to their best first quarter in 5 years, yet I fear that said boom is driven by a terrifyingly specious and unstable hype cycle. The companies benefitting from AI aren't the ones integrating it or even selling it, but those powering the means to use it — and while "demand" is allegedly up for cloud-based AI services, every major cloud provider is building out massive data center efforts to capture further demand for a technology yet to prove its necessity, all while saying that AI isn't actually contributing much revenue at all. Amazon is spending nearly $150 billion in the next 15 years on data centers to, and I quote Bloomberg, "handle an expected explosion in demand for artificial intelligence applications" as it tells its salespeople to temper their expectations of what AI can actually do. I don't know why more people aren't screaming from the rooftops about how unsustainable the AI boom is, and the impossibility of some of the challenges it faces. There is no way to create enough data to train these models, and little that we've seen so far suggests that generative AI will make anybody but Nvidia money. We're reaching the point where physics — things like heat and electricity — are getting in the way of progressing much further, and it's hard to stomach investing more considering where we're at right now is, once you cut through the noise, fairly god damn mediocre. There is no iPhone moment coming, I'm afraid. I hope I'm wrong. I really, really do. I do not like writing that things will be bad, or that I see the symptoms of a horrifying crash. Yet the last few years have shown that the tech industry has become disconnected from reality, from good business, and from actually delivering value to real people outside of the investor class.
August 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM