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We need California authors to drop a note to their Assembly member and tell them to vote in support of AB 412. AI companies (and their money) are lobbying against this bill, and all we authors got are words. USE THEM.

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We need CA authors to show their California State Assembly member that we believe that companies should be transparent about their use of copyrighted works.

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The AI Copyright Transparency Act is currently pending in the CA State Assembly. This bill would require companies to disclose any copyrighted materials used in training AI.

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Amy Z. Chan @amyzchan.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

If you are a California author / creative / voter, the #authorsguild along with #sagaftra , the Animator's Guild, the Concept Artists Association and the Voice Actor's Association needs your help!

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google drive link to flyer with more info here: drive.google.com/file/d/1thVm...

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CAA-AB-412-HEARING-Flyer.pdf

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Amy Z. Chan @amyzchan.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

California Writers we need you! AI companies won’t tell us what books they trained on. AB-412 would change that. Bay Area authors: show up at Stanford Dec. 8 @ 10am and tell lawmakers why transparency matters. #AuthorsGuild #AB412

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Kate McKean @katemckean.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

I keep seeing Piggy Statement in the trending topics and think Yes I do want to hear Miss Piggy's statement on what the president said.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 18/09/2025

First Colbert, now Kimmel. Last-minute settlements, secret side deals, multi-billion dollar mergers pending Donald Trump's approval. Trump silencing free speech stifles our democracy. It sure looks like giant media companies are enabling his authoritarianism.

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

President Trump's executive order to eliminate the Institute of Museum & Library Services would have disastrous effects for communities nationwide. We call on all Americans who value reading & learning to reach out to their elected leaders. Read ALA's full response: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...

ALA response to White House assault on IMLS
To dismiss the mission of an agency that advances opportunity and learning is to dismiss the aspirations and everyday needs of millions of Americans. And those who will feel that loss most keenly live in rural communities. 
As seedbeds of literacy and innovation, our nation’s 125,000 public, school, academic and special libraries deserve more, not less support. Libraries translate 0.003% of the federal budget into programs and services used by more than 1.2 billion people every year. Show Up for Our Libraries, ALA American Library Association, #ForOurLibraries

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Amy Z. Chan @amyzchan.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

The fact that men cry is considered a feature, not a bug of romance Kdramas. Just go to any kdrama fan board and you’ll see tons of postings of fans asking for recs where men cry and show emotion.

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Mazie Hirono brings out a copy of Project 2025 on the Senate floor: Trump and Vought will gut programs like nutrition assistance, education funding, and Medicare and Medicaid. This is Project 2025, which Russell Vought helped mastermind

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tastewart 🦋 @tastewart.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

DELETE IT and pass it on !!

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Amy Z. Chan @amyzchan.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Torn between adulting and binging new episodes of #singlesinferno

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Gofundme should not be our national safety net

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Amy Z. Chan @amyzchan.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Ahh I love Kino and Pentagon! Thanks so much for this interview!#pentagonuniverse

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Amy Z. Chan @amyzchan.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

How to figure out if you are talking to a bot on socials 😆

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Take Episode 1 of Project 7 for instance: I kept thinking of the latter part of the episode because when members of BAE173 appeared, the producer/judge had tears. He had judged them on a previous show and expected them to do better. But BAE173 is still struggling and now on their sequel show. 2/2

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I just started watching Project7 and I'm beginning to think that Kpop reality shows are their own genre unto themselves, with recurring tropes, characters, themes and Easter Eggs. Not only that but so many of the same judges and contestants appear on multiple shows. #kpop 1/2

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The Weimar Republic was a liberal democratic republic founded in Germany in the aftermath of WWI. Learn about the era’s political and economic crises and social trends.

For more reading on how a dictator took advantage of democracy to take power, this article from the US Holocause Museum has a good summary. 21/ 21 encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/a....

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The Weimar Republic

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you should know that this wasn’t just the prologue It was also the how it all went down The dying days of the Weimar Republic And the beginnings of Hitler’s rise to power. 20/21

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you know how this story ends Or at least, you should have been told maybe you don’t remember 19/21

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So he did, creating detention areas (listen, he said they were humane ones of course, everyone knows democracies don’t just kill people); for the enemies of the nation, insider betrayers and outsiders alike (they were asking for equality after all). 18/21

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In these extraodinary times of extraordinary crimes, it was time to take extraordinary measures. After expelling the enemy from the sacred halls of the assembly, the legislature voted, with the will of the people, to give this curiously charismatic man, the power to punish. 17/21

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Extraordinary crimes demand extraordinary punishment. Extraordinary punishment demanded extraordinary powers. Powers that would not be restrained by judges nor bureaucrats. (Temporarily of course, just until the evildoers were rounded up. This was a democracy after all). 16/21

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Inside the government, where the villains thought they could mask their vile intentions behind paper and confusing bureacracy that only they puported to understand. Those betrayers were not prepared for the lengths that justice was willing to go. 15/21

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This attack that had come, could not be condoned. But this attack had been so extraordinary, that it was clear that the planning had to have come from the inside. 14/21

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Justice rewarded the righteous. Never had it been so clear what the people wanted (yay democracy!), a great nation where crimes would be punished, morality with law and order restored. 13/21

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(Ahh you say you know where I’m going don’t you? Well don’t spoil it for everyone else!) But the people were strong, and would not be stopped. 12/21

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Until one day, enemy attacked; an invasion/explosion/destruction/murder/death in hallowed halls. It was an extraordinary crime, without precedent, without prohibition.  Clearly, nothing was sacred to the enemy.  Because this extraordinary crime came just days before an election. 11/21

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Gradually, more and more people flocked to his side, election after election. The enemy hated him, they were jealous, and they tried to attack him again and again, but good people saw the truth; the enemy just wanted to tear him down. 10/21

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The enemy was why we were weak, why we were failing. The enemy had to be stopped (but within the rule of law, we are a democracy after all). The people loved this curious man, and his willingness to break social norms (in the right way, targeting the ones who deserved it). 9/21

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Sure, they cloaked themselves in talk of “democratic processes” and “rule of law,” but really they were not to be trusted; they were the enemy. The enemy that wanted to shove their immoral ways (like all the gays!) down the throats of hardworking people. 8/21

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The non-believers; they were worse than outsiders because though they were our sons and daughters “just like us,” they had betrayed the ideals that good people like you and I hold. 7/21

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Outsiders of course, the ones who didn’t belong. Immigrants and other lazy leeches sucking the life from our society. But it wasn’t just outsiders. The problem was also within. 6/21

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It was about becoming a part of his righteous community. A community that clarified that things weren’t as complicated as what the so-called “Experts” (who were probably all socialists anyway) said. Common sense said we were already great, so who was to blame for our ungreatness? 5/21

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He was compelling in the way he spoke, and even more compelling were the people around him. Because it wasn’t just about supporting his cause for economic-self-sufficiency, making the nation great again, promoting domestic production and getting people back to work. 4/21

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And in this time, there rose a curious looking man, but one brazen enough to say out loud all the things people were afraid to say. 3/21

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Once defined boundaries became blurred; girls became guys, and what once was unmoral now became not only acceptable but celebrated, while those who used to be celebrated were now villainized. 2/21

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

An Ending and a Prologue to Another Time That Is Definitely Not Right Now Once upon troubled times, there was a society in turmoil. Inflation, crappy economy and a sense of loss infused the once great people. The world was changing in confusing ways; and the norms we knew were upside down. 1/21

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Korea Expert here. I’ll explain what’s going on over there because the Orient can be confusing to Westerners. In Korea, there is a concept known as “the law.” (법) This is a set of rules which are enforced to encourage prosocial behavior and ensure stability which leaders aren’t allowed to break.

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Amy Z. Chan @amyzchan.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

This is brilliant primary source analysis about how easily we can misinterpret images. It's a fascinating detective story about racism, perception, history and science.

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Hi my fellow writers, kpop lovers and kdrama fans! Where are my fellow romance readers, writers, and Pentagon Universe at?

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I feel that way too about She Was Pretty lol.

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Healer and Business Proposal are definitely in my top 5. I think I'd also add my gateway kdramas - What's wrong with Secretary Kim and Descendants of the Sun lol

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