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Sue Landers @slanders.bsky.social · 8h

Congrats! Can’t wait.

Sue Landers @slanders.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks to @ginabird.bsky.social for reviewing WHAT TO CARRY INTO THE FUTURE in @barrelhouse.bsky.social—ngl, it feels pretty special to be read alongside Jenny Odell, whose book was so instrumental in my burnout recovery and writing process. www.barrelhousemag.com/blog/myers-w...

Gina Myers Reviews Susan Landers — Barrelhouse

In a time of ongoing grief from multiple, ongoing crises, what if we paused instead of pushing through our days?

www.barrelhousemag.com

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 6d

We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 6d

"Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early morning, high-powered federal immigration raid led to the arrests of dozens of their neighbors at their South Shore apartment building."

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Sue Landers @slanders.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you to my @newyorkstateag.bsky.social for defending trans rights!

Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 7d

On Friday 18 blue state attorneys general BLASTED the Federal Trade Commission, telling it to back off trans youth healthcare and warning of an insidious attempt to reshape the regulation of medicine in the US.

And nobody covered it.

www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

State AGs Defend Trans Americans in Stunning Rebuke to Trump’s FTC — Assigned

Eighteen state Attorneys General unite to stand up in defense of trans Americans, in opposition to a Federal Trade Commission investigation into trans healthcare.

www.assignedmedia.org

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 9d

1. There's a lot of confusion about this out there. Let me make it easier:

There are two ways to keep the government open: The full FY26 appropriations bill for the entire year, and a continuing resolution to keep it open for a few months at current levels.

Both are part of negotiations right now.

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Sue Landers @slanders.bsky.social · 9d

I called Gillibrand and Schumer’s offices about not accepting any budget “deal” that strips away gender affirming care. I got through to both offices easily, which suggests that they are not getting enough calls. Here’s a great script.

Stellaween? @antlervel.vet · 9d

A script you can use if you’re not good at speaking on the spot.

I'm calling to demand that Senator Schumer not allow Donald Trump to take away access to transgender health care for anyone, let alone people with federal or state health insurance.
Trans healthcare is lifesaving medicine. It is not cosmetic or frivolous; it is miraculous and it is vital.
It is not something trans people can just go without.
[You can add a personal anecdote here-how it has helped you or someone you love, how long you've been receiving trans healthcare, etc.J Trans people are also over twice as likely to live in poverty, which means they are often receiving this care through government-funded programs. They simply cannot afford it otherwise. If this care is lost, trans American lives will be lost too. This is the truth.
If none of this stirs the Senator's compassion, please understand that trans people are, as a group, politically active, and they are rarely Republicans. The Senator should understand that if he caves and allows Trump to do this to us, it would be a betrayal of his constituents at an unforgivable level. If he caves, I will never vote for a Democrat again. I will not vote for a Democrat for president, for senator, for dogcatcher. This is a promise.

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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 9d

hey, cis people. we need you to call every single elected official you've got, now.

PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 9d

Trump threatens to shut down US government unless Democrats agree to ban all trans health care
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/29/trans-care-ban-government-shutdown/?utm_content=1759153201&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

Trump threatens to shut down US government unless all trans health care is banned

The US government's looming shutdown hinges on anti-trans measures after Donald Trump refused to speak to Democrats unless they were passed.

www.thepinknews.com

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Sue Landers @slanders.bsky.social · 10d

“They are looking to spend more money than I would even tax them.” 🔥🔥🔥

Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 10d

Exclusive: Zohran Mamdani reacts to Eric Adams dropping out of the New York mayoral race. "I think it's very much the same race," he says, criticizing attempts by President Trump and other outsiders to affect the election.
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/9/28/zohran_mamdani_eric_adams_nyc_mayoral

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Sue Landers @slanders.bsky.social · 13d

It’s a good time to let your reps, neighbors, friends, and family know that trans rights are human rights and must be defended.

Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 13d

I looked into the group and the guy pushing the FBI to create a new designation of “transgender ideology–inspired violence and extremism”—itself a political project, meant to conflate the fact of trans people’s existence with extremism.

The Right’s Baseless Project to Link Trans People With Extremism

A campaign for the FBI to adopt a new designation of “transgender ideology–inspired violence and extremism” is less about law enforcement than politics.

newrepublic.com

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 15d

i have to say, as a trans journalist who has covered the "trans debate" for about a decade now, there is no daylight between how the trump administration and conservatives lie about tylenol and autism and how they've lied about youth trans care.

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Sue Landers @slanders.bsky.social · 17d

Truly one of my fave train phenomena. Once I heard children reciting the alphabet of trains - confirming which letters had corresponding trains. Adorbs.

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Sue Landers @slanders.bsky.social · 21d

Gorgeous. One more story, indeed!!! Here’s to getting THAT!

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 22d

hi, cis folks!

trans people need your help! the FY26 budget gets a vote by 9/30. GOP wants a ban on funds for ALL health services that provide trans care for ANY AGE. they're trying for other bans, too.

we need you to call senators like chuck who don't get it: reps.fyi

info & script in the🧵⬇️

SEC. 243. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce Executive Order 13988, entitled ‘‘Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation’’, published by the Executive Office of the President on January 25, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 7023).

SEC. 244. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for any social, psychological, behavioral,or medical intervention performed for the purposes of in16 tentionally changing the body of an individual (including by disrupting the body’s development, inhibiting its natural functions, or modifying its appearance) to no longer correspond to the individual’s biological sex.

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Sue Landers @slanders.bsky.social · 22d

"The ideas of shared fate and shared responsibility lie at the core of solidarity, and present a fundamental challenge to fascism’s emphasis on enemies, on scapegoating the vulnerable for society’s ills and convincing followers that they will be safe." Great piece from Naomi Braine @inthesetimes.com

Fighting Fascism Through Solidarity

Fascism depends on scapegoating, isolation and fear. Embracing the concept that “an injury to one is an injury to all” is an essential tool to fight back.

inthesetimes.com

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Sue Landers @slanders.bsky.social · Sep 7

Facts!

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Sep 7

We can set an example for the whole nation in this election.

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Sue Landers @slanders.bsky.social · Sep 5

He’s so good at this. And he will be an even better mayor.

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Sue Landers @slanders.bsky.social · Sep 4

“The problem is the whole country has become a news desert…And so if the only kind of news water we have in this desert is a mirage, that's the problem.”

@theferocity.bsky.social
(Once again the poets say it best.)

From Vibe Check: It’s Still Cerulean, B!tch
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It’s Still Cerulean, B!tch

Podcast Episode · Vibe Check · 09/03/2025 · 54m

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Sue Landers @slanders.bsky.social · Sep 1

Right??? My favorite franchise explained to a tee. So good!

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Sue Landers @slanders.bsky.social · Sep 1

Happy Labor Day.

Cover of the book “a different trek: radical geographies of Deep space Nine”. With an illustration of characters talking and the text “the boss needs you, you don’t need them”

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Sue Landers @slanders.bsky.social · Aug 29

Anyhoo, buy my book! And if you are interested in teaching it—DM for an ARC bookshop.org/a/110446/979...

What to Carry Into the Future

Check out What to Carry Into the Future - Set within New York City's subways, streets, and waterways, What to Carry into the Future explores the form resilience takes in the face of ongoing crises. by...

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Sue Landers @slanders.bsky.social · Aug 29

In better news, Cassandra Gillig wrote a rather hilarious, rave review of my book in the latest Poetry Project newsletter—calling it “Decolonial, bisexual, and lyrical.” All I ever wanted! www.poetryproject.org/publications...

#281 – Summer 2025 > On What to Carry Into the Future by Susan Landers, Cassandra Gillig

In 1985, Barbara Hammer took to the subway with a simple question, “Would you like to meet your neighbor?” Looking like a serial killer in a mask made of transit maps, Hammer polled her audience: “Don...

www.poetryproject.org

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Sue Landers @slanders.bsky.social · Aug 28

Omg I want to audit that class!!!

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Sue Landers @slanders.bsky.social · Aug 28

Thank you! ☺️☺️☺️

Kathleen Rooney @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social · Jul 18

This book is excellent, especially if you like walking around cities, history, and riding the subway.

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Sue Landers @slanders.bsky.social · Aug 26

I fell in love with NYC when I visited Washington Square Park for the first time in 1985. I fell in love at The Poetry Project in the East Village where I met my wife to be 15 years later. 💙💙💙

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Sue Landers @slanders.bsky.social · Aug 26

I fell in love with NYC when I visited Washington Square Park for the first time in 1985. I fell in love at The Poetry Project in the East Village where I met my wife to be 15 years later. 💙💙💙

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