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““[T]his surprising win in the biggest swing state in the country should be a reminder that we don’t have to accept that Trump and his allies will prevail. We have agency, and we aren’t alone in being repulsed by what we are seeing in Washington.”

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There is a special election today, and it is INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT! This vote will determine which party controls the PA House. Get out and vote!

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"Given the uncertainty around the future of the DNA testing company and what will happen to all of the genetic data it has collected, now is a critical time for customers to protect their privacy....Here are the steps to deleting your records with 23andMe." www.engadget.com/science/how-...

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One year VAP in poetry at Notre Dame:

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[I'm not sure why the drone add-ons' country of origin was important, but] this type of omniviolence is something we as a nation should get ahead of. The solutions seem pretty simple, especially considering the cost.

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2/2 "Low-Cost Drone Add-Ons From China Let Anyone With a Credit Card Turn Toys Into Weapons of War" www.wired.com/story/drone-...

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1/2 "Technology is, in other words, enabling criminals to target anyone anywhere and, due to democratization, increasingly at scale. Emerging bio-, nano-, and cyber-technologies are becoming more and more accessible." "Omniviolence Is Coming and the World Isn’t Ready" nautil.us/omniviolence...

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People talking about the shocking Facebook book right now so this is just a reminder that I kinda wrote a Facebook book after my own couple years of superweird experiences at FB HQ, and you can read about them in HEAD CLEANER, which is being re-released in January by @daturabooks.bsky.social!

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Wrote a quick and dirty illustrated explainer on The Department of Education because if I have to hear any more misinformation about it I'm going to lose my goddamn mind. open.substack.com/pub/aubreyhi...

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In the last moments of Helen Philips’ book, Hum. Frightening and delicious exploration of surveillance capitalism, AI, and the tenuous grasp we have upon our humanity.

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I Have Not Considered Consequences, is up for pre-order! Out with Autumn House Press, April 2025 - Flash fiction, short stories, bears. 🐻 “Such brightness and humor in these stories—they made me laugh and each one moved with its own joyful rhythm." —Aimee Bender bookshop.org/p/books/i-ha...

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Bandcamp Friday kicked off 2025 in a big way. Fans came together to spend over $3.8 million on their favorite artists, showing the incredible strength of music lovers worldwide. Missed out? Here’s the 2025 Bandcamp Friday schedule so you’re ready to go: bit.ly/3FuGQQn

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The thing that everyone thinks is nuts, but I absolutely think would work: a presentation that looked like an Apple keynote product launch, but for all the cool shit that the government makes for people. Cancer treatments, national parks, space discoveries, free tax filing, cool new airports.

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Today is the final day to submit to the AHP Fiction Prize! www.autumnhouse.org/submissions/...

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I can't recommend this flash essay enough. Short Reads is the gift that keeps giving. www.short-reads.org/dig/?ref=sho...

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I just signed up for all 3, featuring @mdbell79.bsky.social, ZZ Packer, and @kristenarnett.bsky.social. Very, very excited for this. They've extended the deadline if you're a busy/ procrastinator like me!

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Love the short essays on Wednesdays from @short-reads.org (sign up to get them in your in-box for free if you don't yet). I'm enjoying their CNF flash prompts this month too. #flashfebruary Take a look if you need some inspiration: flashfebruary.substack.com

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Pass this on to your relatives, friends, and neighbors who might not be following politics. "Whoa--someone just sent me this calculator and I plugged in my location, and..."

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CSPAN Caller from West Virginia: I’m a diabetic and I’m on Medicare. When Biden was in there, my insulin was $6 for a 28 day supply. I just went to CVS, it went back up to $80…

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Great author! I teach his essays often, and students really respond to them.

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I keep seeing this. Guys, their literal job is to figure out what to do. They are not helpless even if they are not the majority. I really hope we can stop treating some of the most powerful people in the world as helpless and without sentience.

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If you want to know what's going on in the world, ask @geetak.bsky.social. TIL my story "Baghdad, Florida" is featured in the "other distinguished stories" section of The Best American Short Stories of 2024, ed Lauren Groff. Special thanks to Sacha Idell and @southernreview.bsky.social as well.

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‘You Can’t Let This Happen,’ Says Fundraising Email From Sitting U.S. Congressperson

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Getting inspired for this month's #Flash405 with a re-read of @dougvangundy.bsky.social's HIDE AND SEEK from @glenqgold.bsky.social's "Mystery" writing contest! Take a read: expositionreview.com/flash-405/hi....

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I'll be signing The Stone Catchers at the Barnes and Noble in Concord Mills on February 22nd. I hope to see some Charlotte area friends there! #WritingCommunity @kentuckypress.bsky.social

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A few spots left! Catching Lightning: A Flash Reading/Writing Club runs from February 28-April 4th (skipping March 28th) from 3-4:15! 5 weeks of deep-diving into flash fiction! tommydeanwriter.com/writing-work...

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Watching people like this dismantle our once world-leading science infrastructure in just weeks, like someone trying to make a car run faster by randomly tearing parts out of the engine and mumbling, "What is all this stuff?"

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I quite enjoyed this movie. It's been a long, long time since I disliked the ending of a horror movie based on its theme, as opposed to plot. The writing and acting is outstanding. Don't know much about Sophie Thatcher & Chloe East, but they certainly hold their own against Grant.

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Excited to have a new piece in the Chronicle of Higher Ed (@chronicle.com). I’ve been in so many exchanges with people who’ve never heard anything happy about university presses. So I wrote an essay to share with them.

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Today, from midnight to midnight Pacific Time, we’re donating 100% of our proceeds to support artists impacted by the California Wildfires. Here's a list of releases that are also donating to the cause. daily.bandcamp.com/features/a-l...

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This spring, I'm teaching a two-part class on "Fulfilling and Subverting Genre" as part of American Short Fiction's MFA for All, alongside classes by Kristen Arnett and ZZ Packer! Registration is available for individual classes or all three. Come join us! americanshortfiction.org/mfa-for-all/

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“If you want to find community, we’re your place.” Hear Laura Jackson (@thatwvwriter.bsky.social) discuss her debut essay collection Deep & Wild: On Mountains, Opossums & Finding Your Way in West Virginia on Amy Deal's show Chapters. www.youtube.com/watch?si=Fas...

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ASU's Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics is hiring a communications coordinator! Among other duties, this person assists with my Worldbuilding Initiative, which has brought in writers like Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Arkady Martine, etc. Please apply! asu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/ASUStaffCare...

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“Where you from, young man?” he asked, wrapping his arm around my neck to pull me closer. ... Today's Short Read, by Robert Yune (@robertyune.bsky.social‬): a bar story. www.short-reads.org/the-thirty-e...

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Thrilled to be this week's featured read! RIYL stories about displacement, rum & cokes, war, and baseball.

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On Feb 7, Bandcamp will be donating 100% of our proceeds to MusiCares to provide emergency aid for artists in need, partnering with A2IM, WIN, Harman, Lagunitas, Roland, Shure, Victrola, and Women in Music to amplify the effort. Mark your calendar & spread the word. bit.ly/4gt9ka4

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Sharing a poem from my poetry collection, LIGHTNING IS A MOTHER, which will be released on Friday! This one was originally published in @OneArtPoetry1. Link to order: elj-editions.com/lighting-is-...

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Just a tax reminder to my fellow writers that you should be deducting EVERYTHING you possibly can that’s related to your writerly activities. Agent commissions, a percentage of your home expenses for a home work space (incld utilities), books, office supplies, conference/research expenses etc. etc.

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That time we all heard it, cool and clear, cutting across the hot grit of the day. The major Voice. The adult Voice forgoing Rolling River, forgoing tearful tale of bale and barge and other symptoms of an old despond. from "Paul Robeson" by Gwendolyn Brooks https://buff.ly/4hFx8Iq

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