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Aran Shetterly @aranshetterly.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

All parents should read @natashanyt.bsky.social's excellent book, CODING KIDS. It's a deeply researched look at Big Tech's takeover of public education. It's also full of courageous folks confronting Big Tech's power. Thank you @wirobooks.bsky.social books for inviting me to review this book.

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Tom Perriello for Congress @tomperriello.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Our new poll confirms it- the people of VA-05 demand a change in Washington. More at tomperriello.com/news

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Aran Shetterly @aranshetterly.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I just took a picture of it yesterday! On neighborhood dogwalks, we've been watching it descend deeper into ruin for a decade.

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Aran Shetterly @aranshetterly.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I once got a job as a personal assistant to a man who lived in the Dakota in NYC. The job was open because my predecessor had done just that: Dropped his Trio (it was a long time ago) into that slim gap between the elevator and the floor.

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

This one hits hard.

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Aran Shetterly @aranshetterly.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Just talked to a Scandinavian journalist coming to the US to cover the World Cup. Their employer has told them to treat the trip as if they were going to North Korea or Russia. Leave all personal communication devices at home. Burner phones only.

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Jenny Yacovissi @jbywrites.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Book people! We see you and we’ve got you. Visit every day—NO paywall.

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Aran Shetterly @aranshetterly.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

We loved being part of this fantastic conference! Thank you @wirobooks.bsky.social @jbywrites.bsky.social Eric Dezenhall and all the folks who created a place for writers to gather and share.

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Aran Shetterly @aranshetterly.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

My uncle and cousin are among them.

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Labrys of Aëlla @aellalabrys.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

"We are partnering with Hidden Figures author Margot Lee Shetterly to increase the visibility of women in computing in American history." #womenhistory #womenscience #womenmathematics #womencomputing womenshistory.si.edu/human-comput...

womenshistory.si.edu

Human Computer Project

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 03/02/2026

Remember her name: Aliya Rahman Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself. It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did. ICE MUST GO‼️

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Joaquin Castro @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning. Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

If all these oligarchs named in the Epstein Files are totally innocent, surely they’d be in favor of an independent investigation into Epstein’s crimes. Right?

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.

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Aran Shetterly @aranshetterly.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

@katz.theracket.news is right. It's time to force Trump to resign. We must show resolve, gather together, and tell our reps what you expect of them. At the same time, we need to be brave enough to imagine something better than the old status quo. @kaine.senate.gov @markwarner.bsky.social

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Aran Shetterly @aranshetterly.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

What would Trump's price be? It could be wired to one of his Cayman Island accounts...

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 29/01/2026

Finally got around to a bit of research I'd been meaning to explore, and: There is no documented instance of an ICE officer being identified and assaulted while off duty because he wasn't masked. www.pbump.net/o/ices-excus...

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ICE’s excuse for wearing masks has never actually manifested

There have been incidents of harassment and threats. But there are no apparent incidents in which identified ICE officers have been assaulted off-duty.

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Aran Shetterly @aranshetterly.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Yes, the degree to which we, collectively, decided to believe that we dealt with the problem when, in reality, it's been morphing and moving from the "cornfield to the boardroom" and reinventing and renaming itself along the way is part of the reason we are where we are, I think.

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Aran Shetterly @aranshetterly.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

I agree. That's why I picked the subject of my last book, to make the connections and show the continuation. Looking forward to yours.

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Aran Shetterly @aranshetterly.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

@kaine.senate.gov @markwarner.bsky.social Dear Senators, ICE agents must remove their masks, not be immune from prosecution from their crimes, and be forced to stop ethnic profiling. Their funding should be reduced or eliminated right now. Thank you.

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Aran Shetterly @aranshetterly.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

@rickperlstein.bsky.social do you see Trump as more a culmination of the history you've documented or an aberration?

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Aran Shetterly @aranshetterly.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Exactly. We contain multitudes. We are all of this. The good, the bad, and the ugly.

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Aran Shetterly @aranshetterly.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Denver looking like the better team right now.

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Aran Shetterly @aranshetterly.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Yes. If America isn't really for everyone, per this crew, why would the 2nd Amendment be?

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Aran Shetterly @aranshetterly.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz's book in the 2nd Amendment, Loaded, is worth revisiting in this moment. She argued that the 2nd Amendment was really used to control Native Americans and enslaved people, for whom that constitutional right did not apply. Now citizen dissenters are stripped of rights.

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Aran Shetterly @aranshetterly.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

I'm amazed by my diehard 2nd Amendment friends who think is Ok for someone to be murdered because they were in possession of a weapon.

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Rick Perlstein @rickperlstein.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Folks not from the Upper Midwest like me might not be able to grasp what it means to get 50,000 witnessing for justice in -10 degree Fahrenheit. This could be effective, repeatable, and scalable. Today, the Twin Cities. Next, the nation. Shut down. inthesetimes.com/article/minn...

inthesetimes.com

“Everybody Showed Up”: Stunning Crowds at Minnesota Day of Strike and Shutdown Against ICE

Extreme cold didn't stop the shutdown on Friday as some 100 faith leaders were arrested, residents stayed home from work, and an estimated 50,000 or more marched through downtown Minneapolis.

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Aran Shetterly @aranshetterly.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

A smokey haze of "drugs", "military technology", and jingoistic exceptionalism to justify an illegal operation.

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Aran Shetterly @aranshetterly.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Should Mexicans now be concerned that Trump will attempt to overthrow their government to reclaim oil interests when President Lázaro Cárdenas made the courageous decision in 1938 to nationalize the country's oil?

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Aran Shetterly @aranshetterly.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Whoop there it is. The oil business in Venezuela.

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Aran Shetterly @aranshetterly.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

If the Good Neighbor Policy wasn't over already, it is now. What will sovereignty mean in Latin America going forward?

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Aran Shetterly @aranshetterly.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

AI isn't smarter than people. But if it makes us dumb enough, it might become so.

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Aran Shetterly @aranshetterly.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

So as Trump pardons a Honduran president accused of conspiring to bring 400 tons of cocaine into the US, blows up boats off Venezuela and elsewhere, and threatens MX, it looks more like he's trying to bully his way into the drug game than stop the flow it. Thoughts? @ioangrillo.bsky.social

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Aran Shetterly @aranshetterly.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

So Larry Summers, who is on the record questioning women's ability to do math and science, needed help from a pedophile to understand women? Nice.

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Aran Shetterly @aranshetterly.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Exactly. "So what." In this bizarro world we're living in where everything is about political value rather than moral value, it's as if Trumps evil deeds are negated because a Democrat did something horrible, too. They all need to be held accountable.

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Aran Shetterly @aranshetterly.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

I love talking with Margot about writing and publishing and history...and I always learn something new. This will be fun! Thank you @dcwriterscon.bsky.social for the opportunity. (Genre writers out there...I bet you didn't know that Margot Lee Shetterly loves horror!) See you in May!

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Aran Shetterly @aranshetterly.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Honored to be part of this fantastic conference!

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Aran Shetterly @aranshetterly.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

@kaine.senate.gov A lot of workers are hanging tough and not complaining about missing paychecks because they want a win on healthcare. Dems won big Tuesday. You have the upper hand. There's no guarantee we'll have fair midterms. I don't understand the logic of giving Trump what he wants right now?

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