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Author of THE REVOLUTION OF EVERY DAY (Tin House Books), winner of the Ken Kesey Award for Fiction. Words in The Nation, Guernica, Street Roots, Salon, Jacobin, etc. https://linktr.ee/cari.luna
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San Diego neighborhood makes ICE agents retreat

Friends, how about a little something to cut through the darkness? www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Wvg...

A few hundred people from Oregon and Washington have gathered at the Northwest ICE Processing Center—a for-profit detention center in Tacoma, WA—asking for the release of Jorge Luis Reinaldo and nearly 1,500 others held inside. A bus just passed, transporting another detainee into the facility.

GOP claimed that COVID contact tracing was “government overreach.” They said that background checks violated freedom. They wanted to ban data collection about gun violence. But now they have hired Palantir to track us all. This is the machinery of a surveillance state, run by billionaires.

These people were following the law and went to check in with immigration like they are supposed to. This woman's immigration case was dismissed, which made her immediately undocumented. So ICE took her into custody. The air conditioning was off in the back of the truck. "I can't breathe."

Just a few weeks now! I’m so excited to meet a new class of students!

Ever wonder what it’s like being married to a D&D player? My husband’s friend just knocked on the door and said, “Can you give this to Bill?” It’s a hand-drawn pirate map on antiqued paper with the edges burned.

Algunos personajes de HAN DE CAER DEL TODO posan alrededor del libro que les dio la vida (es un decir) gracias a @tramaeditorial.bsky.social. Disponible ya en tramaeditorial.es/libro/han-de... y en la caseta 314 de la Feria del Libro de Madrid.

i don't know what to do with the fact that fevers and mirrors graduated from college three years ago and has been working a shit office job ever since

An anti-vax, far right conspiracy-mongering shitposter is pushing a ballot initiative to end Oregon’s wildly successful and popular vote by mail system. When it goes down in flames, he will claim the vote was rigged. What a colossal waste of time and resources. www.wweek.com/news/state/2...

Democratic Party counters with: "how do we support this proposal so that we don't alienate moderates?"

YIMBY's of the world, take note. THIS is how you implement and *message* pro housing, pro density policy. This shit isn't rocket science, it's just explaining what people already want and know in authentic, plain language. Repeat for most progressive policies.

My husband, Bill, has been insufferable since he learned that Gilgamesh was originally named Bilgamesh. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgamesh

Oh, look, I wrote this two months ago.

There’s a decent argument that Musk is the most destructive force the US government has seen in at least a century, but on the other hand he’s a bit sad, tough editorial decisions here

The posting of small problems does not indicate the absence of larger problems.

When I told my kid she could take potatoes from our kitchen to use in a physics project at school, apparently I needed to specify that I meant the plain old idahos and not the beautiful red new potatoes we got from the CSA this week. If you need me, I’ll be rethinking my dinner plan.

⚠️ For those unfamiliar with the term “remigration,” it does not only mean deportation of undocumented immigrants but also the expulsion of non-white people to the country of their racial or ethnic ancestral origin without regard to their citizenship, legal status, or place of birth.

Hey, writers! Do you need feedback on your manuscript or accountability and advice for your work in progress? I have room in my schedule for manuscript consultations and new coaching clients this summer. cariluna.com/for-writers/

Republicans can only lose 3 Senate votes on Trump's Big Ugly Bill — and these senators are the most vulnerable in 2026: -Collins (ME) -Tillis (NC) -Sullivan (AK) -Husted (OH) -Moody (FL) -Cornyn (TX) -Ernst (IA) If they represent you, tell them to vote NO.  (202) 224-3121

Sábado 7 de junio a la hora del Ángelus, si la autoridad no lo impide y la canícula no nos cuece vivos, en la Caseta Pi: 314. Todo números mágicos, todo celebraciones de un 50 aniversario. @tramaeditorial.bsky.social #HanDeCaerDelTodo

Yesterday, I saw Musk's biographer Walter Isaacson wheeled out for a TV interview under the chyron "Musk: Back to Business" and it really feels like the media is entirely happy to go along with a concerted PR effort to increase Musk's finances by downplaying what he did to your government.

This is where I put my small notice up in the window: I have a story lined up for bbc radio 4. "The Bacchanal" will be on at 15:45 on Friday the 25th of July

Green's office says they heard loud and clear that their west side and Sellwood-area voters need more crosswalks and safety projects.

This reminds me of how "the preschool for all tax will scare rich people away from Multnomah county" seamlessly shifted to "they've collected too much money for preschool and they aren't spending enough of it in my neighborhood."

I still think the best idea for progressive donors is to just revive every alt-weekly in the country and staff them with 10 reporters each.

A @streetroots.bsky.social vendor I spoke to today said that business has been way down for the past two weeks. He was pretty stressed out about it. New paper day is tomorrow, and the weather will be beautiful. Might be a good day to take a walk and find a vendor to buy from.

Every once in a while I’m absolutely floored by the fact that cats choose to live with us, and let us pet them. Like…these beautiful wild creatures right there, wanting scritches (except when they don’t).

Hey, y’all, once upon a time was the “poverty” reporter at the Baltimore Sun and I once wrote an article documenting on how much paperwork it took to get the most basic services and I’m pretty sure it hasn’t gotten “better.”

That all of our accounts are not the endless screaming account is testament to the human spirit

27 de mayo de 2025. Diez añazos después de empezar a escribir esta aventura que transcurre en el Monte del Pardo en el otoño de 1975, se convierte en libro gracias a Trama Editorial: www.tramaeditorial.es/libro/han-de... Peripecias, sexo y violencia. Pasen, vean, lean y no tropiecen.

Why is this wall so much happier than I am?

Sort of a niche post, but if anyone regularly drives from Eastern Oregon (Pendleton) to Portland, PLEASE let me know. I have shelter pets who need rides :-) 70% of @pawspendletonor.bsky.social 's shelter cats are adopted out of Portland. Thank you!

sometimes it seems like people want to get published like it will Solve Their Problems and I just want to confirm that after you publish they don't give you a new childhood, you still have to live with yourself, it's just that some of that self is on display this month at a Review

Are we witnessing the enshittification of sex itself? On the fall and potential resurrection of Eros. www.awritersnotebook.org/p/eros-is-de...