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Anna Leahy

@amleahy.bsky.social
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Writer. Editor. Teacher. Author of If in Some Cataclysm, Tumor, etc. amleahy.com

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 27/09/2026
The next No Kings is right around the corner! Find (or organize) your local event to drive unprecedented early voting and recruit volunteers to help protect our elections: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
(around a map showing the more than 1,000 events planned for the next No Kings on October 17) NO KINGS
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17
MAKE A PLAN TO VOTE EARLY!
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Anna Leahy @amleahy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I highly recommend reading this piece. People too easily confuse unfiltered speaking with honesty, and there’s so much more here that’s scary. www.cnn.com/2026/09/27/p...
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I started fact-checking Trump 10 years ago. Here are 15 things I’ve learned | CNN Politics
Ten years ago this month, in my old job as Washington correspondent for the Toronto Star, I started what I believed would be a quick little side project: fact-checking underdog presidential candidate ...
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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’ve been reporting on the CDC for years, and have written about many of its troubles over the past year. I was still shocked by the extent of the staff losses and political interference I found when reporting this one. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...
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‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The work of Rathika Ramasamy, India's first internationally celebrated female wildlife photographer #womensart
Photograph of an owl peeping out from a hole in a tree trunk
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Wild West🦬 @jb360.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Unbelievable scientists do it again…. mRNA vaccine for pancreatic cancer shows remarkable potential in clinical trials. Let’s hope this is a big win.. one of my best friends died of pancreatic cancer… science & vaccines save lives and expand human life expectancy #VoteBlue and get vaccinated
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Anna Leahy @amleahy.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Once upon a time, a professor gave me this bit of search-and-edit advice, and I realized it’s a thinking placeholder we use to keep the draft going that can be replaced by the actual subject of the sentence. Now, I pass this tidbit of editing advice to my students.
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Science Magazine @science.org · 22/05/2026
Jasmine Clark will become the first Black woman with a science Ph.D. to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. scim.ag/4dDZe6P
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Microbiologist wins Georgia primary for U.S. House seat
Jasmine Clark is set to become the first Black congresswoman with a science Ph.D.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
The Flag, 1918 by Georgia O Keeffe #WomensArt
Painting featuring a red flag on a pole as if being held at an angle waving against a dramatic dark sky
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Anna Leahy @amleahy.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
My poem “Not the Story of a Wreck” is in the new issue of Jet Fuel Review. I put what I learned about quicksand from old tv shows into a poem! #ReadThis #poetry www.jetfuelreview.com/anna-leahy-s...
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Anna Leahy Spring 2026
—after Adrienne Rich’s “Diving into the Wreck” I confess I haven’t been shipwrecked so much as anchored in quicksand. You’re...
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Dr. Taylor Byas, Ph.D. @taylorbyas.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
COVER REVEAALLLL: The cover for my second poetry collection, RESTING BITCH FACE, is HERE!!! Soft Skull and Nicole Caputo did their BIG ONE with this one 😭 And, word on the street, you can preorder it RIGHT NOW. softskull.com/books/restin...
An image of the book cover for RESTING BITCH FACE, which shows a mirrored images of a Black woman’s side profile. The woman wears red flower earrings, and rests her chin on her hand. The cover rests on a bright orange background.
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Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences @wilkinsoncollege.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
ChapmanU Professor Jean Chen Ho (English) published an article on her novel-writing group, "It helped to feel like you're not alone.' The five friends who wrote their books together at Little Dom's" in the Los Angeles Times. www.latimes.com/lifestyle/ima...
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'It helped to feel like you’re not alone.' The five friends who wrote their books together at Little Dom's
For years, Jade Chang, Angela Flournoy, Aja Gabel, Jean Chen Ho and Xuan Juliana Wang met for regular work sessions at the cozy Italian American restaurant on Hillhurst Avenue in Los Feliz.
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Anna Leahy @amleahy.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
My poem “Ditto Machine” is in South 85, and it’s keeping great company. Read something this week—and then read some more!
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Wild & Precious Life Series @wplseries.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
The WPLS celebrates 6 years on 4/1/26. Join us to hear from these dynamic poets! #poetrysky #poetrynews #poets #poetry #writers
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Artwork by Grace Yencer, a contemporary artist living and working in the US #womensart
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Anna Leahy @amleahy.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
How’s your post-AWP back-to-work going?
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a woman is sitting at a desk in a classroom with the word schitts creek on the bottom
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Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences @wilkinsoncollege.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
ChapmanU Professor Lia Halloran (Art) gave a lecture titled "A Bigger Infinity" at the Mount Wilson Observatory as part of their 2025 season of lectures, exploring her two-decade studio practice at the intersection of art and astronomy. www.mtwilson.edu/events/talk0...
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Talks & Telescopes: Lia Halloran - Mount Wilson Observatory
September 13, 2025 @ 5:30 pm - 11:45 pm - A Bigger Infinity Lia Halloran, Professor of Art, Department of Art Chair, Chapman University Join artist Lia Halloran for a lecture exploring her two-decade studio practice at the intersection of art and astronomy. Halloran will share how her research into astrophysics, historical observatories like Mt. Wilson, and archival materials from institutions such as Harvard Observatory, Caltech and the Huntington Library has informed her painting, photography, and experimental darkroom works. Through projects that center perception, time, and scale, Halloran reimagines scientific histories to amplify the often-overlooked contributions of women, queer communities, and other marginalized voices in science. Her talk will include her recent collaboration with Nobel Laureate Kip Thorne on the book ‘The Warped Side of Our Universe’ and highlight works from major exhibitions and residencies, including the recent Getty PST: Art and Science Collide initiative.
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Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences @wilkinsoncollege.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Fiona Shen (Escalette Permanent Art Collection) was interviewed on the PBS documentary "Art and Science Collide," discussing the ideas behind the exhibition part of the Getty PST Art and Science Initiative. www.pbs.org/show/art-science-...
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Art & Science Collide
Meet a few of the featured artists from the Getty’s 2024 Southern California art event PST ART.
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Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences @wilkinsoncollege.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
ChapmanU Professor Dr. Charissa Threat (History) presented a talk titled "Black Nurses, Military Service, and the Double-V Campaign during World War II" as part of the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation's special exhibit on women and World War II.
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Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences @wilkinsoncollege.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
ChapmanU Professor Pete Simi (Sociology) appeared in German documentary, "World White Hate," discussing the threat of radicalization in the military and connection to political violence. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV4H4...
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Racism, hatred and terror - The global network of rightwing extremists | DW Documentary
YouTube video by DW Documentary
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 30/01/2026
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Writers Guild of America West @wgawest.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
“Making things specific is kind of all that matters.” Watch the full episode on our YouTube channelz #WGAWPod #RyanCoogler #Sinners
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Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
I wrote in @statnews.com about the emotional toll anti-vaccine rhetoric is taking on clinicians — and how it’s straining our relationships with patients. This isn’t abstract; it’s happening every day in exam rooms across the country. 🔗 www.statnews.com/2025/12/10/a... #Vaccines #PublicHealth
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Rise of anti-science rhetoric has fundamentally changed the relationship between doctors and patients
“The rise of anti-science and anti-vaccine rhetoric has fundamentally changed the relationship between clinicians and patients.”
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Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences @wilkinsoncollege.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
ChapmanU Professor Charissa Threat (History) gave a presentation, "Race, Gender, and War" at the Society for Military History Conference.
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Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences @wilkinsoncollege.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
ChapmanU Professor Nancy Rios-Contreras (Sociology) gave a presentation, "Migration to Tijuana During the Covid-19 Pandemic," at The Migration Conference.
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 10/12/2025
5:00 a.m. – Dwell in possibility while donning a flawless white gown. Consider briefly wearing a beige one, then laugh inwardly. This mortal coil is no place for earth tones.
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Influencer Emily Dickinson’s Morning Routine
3:45 a.m. – Wake naturally to the soft sigh of a ghost. Or maybe it’s the hum of the Amherst wind through the shutters. Either way, it’s a Sign. Do...
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Audrey Petty @audreynpetty.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Yes, indeed. "Education at every level is also a crucial arena for cultural support. Cutting and closing programs in K–12 schools and higher education robs young people of the chance to exult in the right to culture."
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Anna Leahy @amleahy.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Nine years ago, I was a fellow at the American Library in Paris thanks to the de Groots. It was an amazing experience. Congrats to @eveewing.bsky.social this year!
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The de Groot Foundation @degrootfoundation.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
The de Groot Foundation Literacy is Our Legacy Aspiring Writers Award with the FAWCO Foundation is OPEN! The deadline to apply is January 27, 2026. Learn more at: degrootfoundation.org/literacy-is-... ✍️
Promotional graphic for the FAWCO Foundation's Literacy is Our Legacy Writing Award. The FAWCO Foundation logo is centered, with smaller text underneath that reads "Announcing a new award for writers." The background is cream with a semi-transparent photo of book pages.
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NPR @npr.org · 06/11/2025
The government’s social media storytelling doesn’t always match what’s happening in the across the city and suburbs. The diverging sources of information are creating “parallel universes,” professor Nick Cull says.
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Watch how government ‘propaganda’ techniques portray Chicago as a city at war with the feds
The government’s social media storytelling doesn’t always match what’s happening in the across the city and suburbs. The diverging sources of information are creating “parallel universes," Professor Nick Cull says.
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Anna Leahy @amleahy.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Might this be the dream home you are ready to imagine? Showings started this week! #homeforsale #dreamhome design-eyes-photography.aryeo.com/sites/24539-...
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24539 Indian Point Ave, Athens, IL 62613 | Design Eyes Photography
COMING SOON! Showings start November 5. Enjoy the charm and spaciousness of this beautiful brick historic schoolhouse now converted to a residence, nestled on 3+ lush acres just north of Athens. A sh...
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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
My new Genre Grapevine dives into the book club scams targeting authors. These scams now include creating fake Discord communities filled with AI slop and chatbots. Artificial intelligence circles every level of this scam like water down the toilet. www.patreon.com/posts/139940...
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Genre Grapevine: Book Club Scams Are a Warning of Emerging AI Super-Scams | Jason Sanford's Genre Grapevine
Get more from Jason Sanford's Genre Grapevine on Patreon
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Daniel Payne @danielpayne.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
This story shouldn’t get lost in the rush of health policy news this week: Hospitals get dinged for reporting too many infections. In some cases, the solution is not to test Via @tarabannow.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/09/22/h...
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Hospitals get dinged for reporting too many infections. In some cases, the solution is not to test
A STAT Investigation: To avoid fines for reporting excessive hospital-acquired infections, some facilities are discouraging testing.
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Anna Leahy @amleahy.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
This news puts all of us at risk, especially the immunocompromised. RFKjr misunderstands the science of mRNA. Research into mRNA vaccines includes application for C. diff, norovirus, cystic fibrosis, cancer, and more. Dumb and mean. #cancerresearch #healthcare #wellness
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Small Harbor Publishing @smallharborpub.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Our chapbook open reading period is open through September 30! We’re seeking poetry (20–40 pgs) or prose (20–50 pgs) from writers of all backgrounds—especially those from marginalized communities. 🔗Submit here: www.smallharborpublishing.com/chapbook-ope... #poetry #prose #indiepublishing
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Anna Leahy @amleahy.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Every House Dem should donate a day’s salary to a sexual assault prevention and support organization in their district today! @aoc.bsky.social @replindasanchez.bsky.social @schakowsky.house.gov
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a bald man with a beard is saying day off
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Anna Leahy @amleahy.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Free three-part webinar for Creative Writing faculty and grad students about AI on August 13. Submit a question when you register. #AI #CreativeWriting #MFA #WritingLife #HigherEd #Teaching
Flyer for webinar on intersections of creative writing and AI on August 13 with QR code to register.
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APHA @apha.org · 07/07/2025
APHA and other leading health and medical organizations filed a lawsuit against HHS/Secretary Kennedy for unlawful changes to vaccine policy. We refuse to stand by while America’s public health safeguards are torn apart. www.apha.org/news-and-med...
Close-up photo of a syringe in a doctor's hands. Text: Breaking news! APHA and other health and medical organizations sued HHS/Secretary Kennedy to stop vaccine policy changes. American Public Health Association logo.
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Mayor Karen Bass @mayor.lacity.gov · 07/07/2025
This is footage from today in MacArthur Park. Minutes before, there were more than 20 kids playing — then, the MILITARY comes through. The SECOND I heard about this, I went to the park to speak to the person in charge to tell them it needed to end NOW. Absolutely outrageous.
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Polly Atkin @pollyrowena.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
I've made a new list on @bookshop.org of books that explore nature / walking / the outdoors by disabled, neurodivergent and chronically ill writers - Nature Beyond Cure - aka our own narratives are messy and complex. Do share! #BookSky #DisabledWriters uk.bookshop.org/lists/nature...?
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Nature Beyond Cure: Disabled Perspectives
Books that explore nature and living with disability and illness from disability perspectives. No magical cures here!
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Small Harbor Publishing @smallharborpub.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
🎉 Small Harbor Publishing nonprofit is 5 years old! Help us celebrate five fierce, inclusive years of publishing at Small Harbor Publishing by donating $5 to our $555 anniversary fundraiser! 💛 Give what you can and share widely: secure.givelively.org/donate/small...
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NPR @npr.org · 06/07/2025
With spending cuts poised to hit medical providers, Medicaid recipients and Affordable Care Act enrollees, here's how the bill will affect health care access for millions in the U.S.
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5 ways Trump's megabill will limit health care access
With spending cuts poised to hit medical providers, Medicaid recipients and Affordable Care Act enrollees, here's how the bill will affect health care access for millions in the U.S.
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Small Harbor Publishing @smallharborpub.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
🎉 Small Harbor Publishing is 5 years old! 🎉 Help us celebrate five fierce, inclusive years of publishing at Small Harbor Publishing by donating to our $555 anniversary fundraiser! 💛 Give what you can and share widely: secure.givelively.org/donate/small...
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Small Harbor Publishing @smallharborpub.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
July is Small Harbor Publishing’s 5 year anniversary of publishing books. To celebrate, each month, (or maybe twice in a month!), a SHP author will facilitate a workshop of his/her/their design. Our first workshop will be “Hopperaerobics!” facilitated by Sarah Freligh on July 27
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NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory @rubinobservatory.org · 25/06/2025
Yesterday we released our cosmic treasure chest...and now it's yours to explore! With ✨~10 million galaxies✨ in the image, there's plenty to find. Pan, zoom, and hunt for gems in this treasure chest using Skyviewer - and be sure to share your favorites with us! 🔭🧪 ➡️ skyviewer.app/explorer
A field of galaxies of many shapes, sizes and colors, as well as the bright multi-colored points of stars. At left is a large elliptical galaxy, smooth like a polished stone. At right lies a large spiral galaxy that is nearly a ring, with bright golden core. To its lower left is a smaller spiral with a barred core. At top and bottom, two bright stars shine brightly with multi-colored diffraction spikes emanating out. In the background, hundreds of galaxies are just smudges of various colors.A field of galaxies of many shapes, sizes and colors, as well as the bright multi-colored points of stars. At top left is a large galaxy that is smooth like a stone, with wisps like cotton candy spiral from left and right. In the background, hundreds of galaxies of many shapes are just smudges of various colors against the black of space. / A field of galaxies of many shapes, sizes and colors, as well as the bright multi-colored points of stars. At bottom left is an elegant two-armed galaxy, with arms extended like a dancer viewed from above. The bright points of three stars form a triangle at top center. In the background, hundreds of galaxies of many shapes are just smudges of various colors against the black of space.A field of galaxies of many shapes, sizes and colors, as well as the bright multi-colored points of stars. At top right is a large galaxy with two whirling spiral arms wrapping around like a hug. At bottom left, two smooth elliptical galaxies appear near each other, like champagne glasses in the midst of a cheers. A bright star above the pair has red, green, and blue diffraction spikes emanating out. In the background, hundreds of galaxies of many shapes are just smudges of various colors. A field of galaxies of many shapes, sizes and colors, as well as the bright multi-colored points of stars. At center is a spiral galaxy peppered with tight, knotted clumps of vivid blue, young stars. In the background, hundreds of galaxies of many shapes are just smudges of various colors against the black of space.
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Jeffrey Keese @jeffreykeese.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Meant to mention this last week, but if you have a young person in your life who’s into history or graphic novels or just good books, buy them George Takei’s “They Called Us Enemy.” My oldest couldn’t put it down.
Cover of George Takei’s They Called Us Enemy” showing a young Japanese American boy in a line of people being sent to an internment camp guarded by a uniformed American soldier
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Small Harbor Publishing @smallharborpub.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
This month and every month we celebrate Pride! 🌈🏳️‍🌈 Celebrate with us and support our authors! 🔗Get this book: www.smallharborpublishing.com/chapbooks/th... #pridemonth #indiepublishing #lgbtqbooks #poetry
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Small Harbor Publishing @smallharborpub.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Join us tomorrow evening for a release reading! Poetry and prose. Facebook event is: www.facebook.com/share/15z4qk...
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The Hill @thehill.com · 16/06/2025
#BREAKING: A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration’s cancelling of federal health grants over their connections to “gender ideology” and “diversity, equity, and inclusion” was unlawful and void.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
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Anna Leahy @amleahy.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Hilary Swank gave a terrific commencement speech at Chapman U last night. Give it a liste (about 40 mins into the ceremony). m.youtube.com/watch?v=9NRN...
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Chapman University Commencement Ceremony 2025 with Hilary Swank
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