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Becky Burke of Book Island (a picture book publisher in the UK founded by my fellow Tokarczuk translator Greet Pauwelijn) was "detained" by ICE at the Canadian border on 2/28. Her father asked that her story be shared in case someone can help her. He writes:

submitted 13 hours ago • 74 comments

This. Universities, this is not going away. The Trump administration is going to continue to attack academia and higher education. You have to fight. For your lives.

submitted 6 hours ago • 4 comments

If the government can disappear US Permanent Residents at will then it can disappear US Citizens at will, too. No one is safe if this happens without serious consequence or a rapid reversal.

submitted 8 hours ago • 14 comments

UPDATE—Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is. They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there. They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.

submitted 10 hours ago • 252 comments

This development is a horrifying and further escalation of the very topic I wrote about yesterday evening: The Trump administration’s move from governmental changes to individual attacks focused on political opponents. www.lawdork.com/p/trump-test...

submitted 7 hours ago • 77 comments

Again, the Secretary of State has no authority to “revoke” green cards.

submitted 7 hours ago • 148 comments

Ripping a student from their home, challenging their immigration status, and detaining them solely based on political viewpoint will chill student speech and advocacy across campuses nationwide. Political speech should never be a basis of punishment or lead to deportation.

submitted 8 hours ago • 24 comments

Because I suspect this is going to get lost in the flood of everyone paying attention to Elon, here is the current, Russia-supporting Secretary Of The United States admitting outright that he understands Russia likely has plans on invading other European nations.

submitted 12 hours ago • 45 comments

US authorities arrest Palestinian student protester at Columbia University, students say - www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

submitted 12 hours ago • 8 comments

“He has a green card,” an agent apparently said on the phone, confused by the matter. But then after a moment, the agent claimed that the State Department had “revoked that too.”

submitted 15 hours ago • 32 comments

🚨Inbox: Palestinian Columbia grad student Mahmoud Khalil, a negotiator for the student encampment last spring, has been detained by DHS agents “without the physical demonstration of a warrant or officially filed charges.”

submitted 16 hours ago • 6 comments

@chuckwendig.bsky.social Trying to leave you alone, but Wayward chapter 18 starts with my favorite quote from Paradise Lost. Have you ever participated in a Paradise Lost marathon? 12 hours (approx. 1 hour per book). Pass an apple around during Book 9, and whoever reads when Eve/Adam fall bites.

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@chuckwendig.bsky.social - You’ve said you had to change your approach to writing when working on Wanderers. I’d love to learn more about that. Have you written on that topic? I’ve read many of your writing books (The Kick-Ass Writer, Gentle Writing Advice, etc.).

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Karma always comes back around.

submitted 1 day ago • 304 comments

Really wish people would stop talking about the problem with Science under Trump as “budget cuts”. No. Budgets are set deliberatively by elected members of congress. Budgets haven’t been cut. What’s happening are purges and censorship.

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When Amazon launched in 1995, there were 5,500 indie bookshops in the U.S., with 7,000 locations. By May of 2023, that number had decreased to 2,185 indies & 2,599 locations. When you purchase audiobooks via Libro.fm vs. Audible, you directly support indie bookshops. Let's make that number grow ❤️

submitted 2 days ago • 243 comments

Is this free speech?

submitted 2 days ago • 203 comments

AUGH why!?

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The Guardian is reporting that Trump is openly violating a court order, and has transferred multiple transgender women to men's facilities. We know in Florida, transgender women are having their hair shorn, feminine items confiscated, and pulled off medication. This is inhumane and illegal.

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In his new book, John Warner explores what it means to be a writer in a world where ChatGPT is ubiquitous. In general his views align nicely with my own. For someone using our online tutorial thebullshitmachines.com in an English or writing course, Warner's book would be a great reading.

submitted 2 days ago • 6 comments

Legal counsel representing federal employees is now being targeted by the Trump administration. Law firms are receiving a clear message that retaliation is possible for those advocating on behalf of individuals or groups opposing the administration’s agenda.

submitted 2 days ago • 386 comments

Zoom auto-updated and automatically enabled its fucking "AI Companion." Could not find a way to disable it through the app - eventually discovered you have to log into Zoom on the WEB and go to Settings to disable it. There are a million little buttons you have to disable there. HIGHLY RECOMMEND.

submitted 2 days ago • 5 comments

Jeez. The FAA failures alone were reason enough not to fly. And now this? I am urging everyone I know to avoid flying until the FAA and now Homeland Security get serious about protecting air travel safe. Incompetence reigns.

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Incompetence and the absence of regulation is going to get people killed.

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Just finished Wanderers. Good book. Thanks @chuckwendig.bsky.social. Just bought the sequel, Wayward, from @libro.fm. Happy to support a local bookstore through my purchase. Grateful for your blog post on your books, Chuck. Recommended reading. Much to consider. terribleminds.com/ramble/2025/...

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The Pentagon has marked 26,000 photos for deletion to purge evidence of diversity. The photos include the 1st black pilots in WWII, the 1st women to pass infantry training & the plane that dropped the Hiroshima bomb because it’s called the “Enola GAY”. This is real. We’re living in a horror story.

submitted 2 days ago • 135 comments

Another unvaccinated child dies from measles, a fully preventable disease, and only the second child to die from measles in the US in the past 22 years

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French Eutelsat is preparing to replace Starlink in Ukraine and plans to send about 40,000 communication terminals. Matching Starlink’s 40,000 would take “a couple of months, not years.”

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Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome x.com/repalgreen/s...

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We last saw Joe Canada over twenty years ago. Turns out his real name is Jeff. It’s nice to hear from him again. ❤️ #elbowsup

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Jay Bhattacharya is pushing lab leak lies and arguing that NIH helped fund the research that created the pandemic. He’s a lying sack of you know what.

submitted 4 days ago • 7 comments

Absolutely stunning. Trump to Chief Justice Roberts: "Thank you again. Thank you again. I won't forget."

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Target is facing a 40-day consumer boycott starting Wednesday over the company’s shift away from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies.

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