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rebeccasaltzman.bsky.social
Irregular contributor at The New Yorker, McSweeney’s, Electric Literature, etc. Your Jewish mom friend.
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JK Rowling naming an Italian character:

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seen in newark, new jersey 🔥

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If you're wondering “should I have kids?”, two of mine are currently having a full pitch argument over whether burping is voluntary

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Is there anything as charming as a child who falls asleep reading, the book on their face?

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This is incredible reporting that must shock the conscience of each and every one of us.

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Trump: I AM A KING! NYT: Trump displays a "fondness for regal themes"

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Black and white college students went to MISSISSIPPI in 1964 to register people to vote. They got shot at, bombed, beaten and killed. These pampered fucks need to take accountability and act.

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I can't believe I'm saying this. BUT YES Kathy, THIS IS IMPORTANT TO DO. TELL PEOPLE WHO TO BE MAD AT!

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seriously tho this is the message, this is the one line we don't bow to kings in America it connects everything Trump is doing to founding principles

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Medicaid covers about 40% of births in the United States. That’s 4 in every 10 American babies. Yet the GOP wants to gut Medicaid, because they aren’t “pro-life” and never have been. They’re liars and fascists, nothing more.

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One of the things I missed least from Trump 1.0 was people declaring that everything awful he did was just a distraction

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Everyday is just a barrage of horrors

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"America has no king" seems like a good theme to rally around

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Going to be quite frank, I do not find anything about this “king” stuff to be funny in any form, don’t think there’s a place for us to just crack wise about it and pretend it’s normal, yes we are all irony-poisoned but if we don’t draw a line here then we have no line

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This fucker is literally calling himself a king now

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"Tyranny requires your fear and your silence and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage." -- @govpritzker.illinois.gov

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Tickets are now on sale for the NYC book launch at Books are Magic! Featuring @jaquiradiaz.bsky.social, Isle McElroy, and Jiordan Castle. Moderated by @thedennemichele.bsky.social! myfatherandi.eventbrite.com

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New Yorkers: I hate making phone calls, but I called Kathy Hochul to demand she remove Eric Adams and you can too! Let her know NYC deserves better at (518) 474-8390. (Photo of NYC because it’s pretty)

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The book I’m currently working on (“The Perfect Moment”! lol for it in 2026!) is about the last time that there was a sustained assault on American arts and culture by the Right. So if I may, here are the two big things every mistake the arts/culture world made during this period had in common:

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The most horrifying slide from today’s National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) organization grant webinar, imo

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nice novel you’ve got there. would be a shame if you finish writing it & have to reread & revise the whole thing

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"We didn’t become the greatest shirtwaist factory in the world by resting on our laurels. That’s why we’ve brought in a new efficiency czar, Noel Skum, whose job is to cut unnecessary spending and roll back overly restrictive safety regulations." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/tha...

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Our political leaders may be corrupt and devoid of empathy, but at least they’re also incredibly stupid

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I’m so glad to be on Bluesky so I can mute everyone I had already muted on Twitter all over again

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Trying this place out until it turns evil

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