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Cammie Basseri @cammiebasseri.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

My father was murdered when I was 5-months-old. I never knew him. Instead, I grew up carrying the surname of the man who killed him. How did that man’s name come to be on my birth certificate? I trace that story in an essay for Prose Playground’s new podcast, beginning at 09:36. #CNF #Memoir

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Episode 4: Family

A Prose Playground Podcast Production: Inaugural Literary Salon

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Cammie Basseri @cammiebasseri.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

'THE RUNNERS' A character study set in a changing world. Querying: 2027 #booksky #LiteraryFiction #Writing #CharacterStudy #Ireland #Author

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Why I’m a fan of the Oxford comma.

TORONTO STAR
BOOK REVIEW
Sylvia Plath, a New York vigilante and Shah of Iran featured in latest historical fiction

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Will Sebag-Montefiore @wsebag.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Jimmy Fallon & I had Conor McGregor on our show 📺 #conormcgregor #jimmyfallon #parody #ufc #comedy

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God @thegodshow.com · 14/06/2026

Zohran Mamdani’s been the Mayor of New York for 6 months and the Knicks just became NBA Champions for the first time in 53 years. Congrats, New York!

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/06/2026

Parade. Thursday. Manhattan.

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LaDarrion Williams @itsladarrion.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Yooo I really sat down 6 yrs ago and wrote a lil story about a Black boy with magic and now my books are in bookstores worldwide. It’s not everyday you get to live out your childhood dream. #booksky

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Sarah Wood @sarahwood.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

I had no idea men played soccer, too! Good for them! Go boy soccer!! ⚽️

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Jonathan @renewableenergy.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

EVs = they’re going to crash the grid!! Data centers = “let’s build 3,000 of them!”

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Karim Wafa-Al Hussaini @karimwafa.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I don’t mean to sound dramatic or anything but everyone needs to pick up a book and start reading. We are living through a major literacy crisis.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

“.. The U.S. is now spending more on data center construction than on public transportation infrastructure, according to new Census Bureau figures out today.” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered the National Park Service not to interfere with a liberal organization's display of an “86-47” flag at its ongoing demonstration near the National Mall — rejecting the contention that the phrase was a coded call for violence against Trump.

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Anti-Trump group can keep flying ‘86-47’ flag near National Mall, judge rules

U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss says the banner can’t plausibly be read to threaten violence against President Donald Trump.

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Kurt Risser @kurtrisser.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

As long as Democratic leaders are considering approving ICE funding if reforms are made, I won't be contributing. The only sane path forward is a complete termination of all ICE facilities, operations, and agents. There is no scenario where ICE is acceptable. I will not live in a police state.

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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🍀🇮🇪🇵🇸🇱🇧

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Alera @starlit-siren.at.madoka.systems · 31/05/2026

I'm not saying we should abandon electrical technology, it's very good. But I will say I think we should return to mechanical means for many things. You do not need an app for your door lock. You do not need a smart fridge. You do not need a coffee machine with a camera. Bring back the mechanical.

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Cammie Basseri @cammiebasseri.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Look, I need a good, edge of my seat, popcorn emoji-worthy legal thread on the Broadview Six. *waves wand*

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

🔥 SPRINGSTEEN: "I’m here to support Stephen Colbert, the first guy who lost his show because a president can't take a joke - and the Ellisons feel they need to kiss his ass… small-minded people with no idea what freedoms of this beautiful country are supposed to be about." 🇺🇸

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17/05/2026

Thomas Massie pushed for the release of the Epstein files, and the response has been tens of millions in outside spending, smear campaigns, and coordinated attacks. If this is what they do to a sitting member of Congress, imagine what Epstein survivors face when considering whether to come forward.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

"As they rushed into his apartment...he felt the jaws of a large dog biting into his ankle, knocking him to the floor. He screamed as the dog tore the flesh from his thighs, hip and wrist. Down the hall, agents took a mother and her 16-yr-old son at gunpoint..." www.propublica.org/article/chic...

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Isaac G. Bryan @ib2real.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Thousands are marching in Selma calling for a full restoration of the voting rights act.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Residents in Fayette County, Georgia noticed their water pressure was unusually low. Turns out that a data center 20 miles away had been drawing 30 million gallons of water in secret through connections the county didn't know existed. Is it any wonder why so many are opposed to data centers?

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/05/2026

We went from "armed gunman mere seconds away from shooting the president is killed by Secret Service" to "guy with a shotgun falls down on a different floor well outside the entrance of the ballroom and we can't find the bullets because that just happens sometimes" awfully fast.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

🔴PAY ATTENTION: The Governor of Louisiana is declaring an emergency to cancel an ongoing election so that his party can rig the rules moving forward. This is not just about redistricting... www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Louisiana governor suspends active election to allow for gerrymander

Early voting was set to begin Saturday in Louisiana’s May 16 primary election, and mail ballots have already been sent out to voters.

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elijahplovejoy.bsky.social @elijahplovejoy.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Don't call it "expanding" SCOTUS. And, for God's sake, don't call it "court-packing." Call it **right-sizing** the Court. (There are 13 circuits now -- not the 9 circuits there were when it was set at 9 justices 157 effing yrs ago!) Or call it *modernizing* the Court. Thank you.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

What is happening in Louisiana right now is both a redistricting power grab and a dry run for authoritarian election subversion this Fall. The governor has declared a state of emergency to suspend the congressional elections because he doesn't like the current map.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Tim Cook donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration. He fawned over Trump and gifted him a 24-karat gold plaque (as Apple lobbied for tariff exemptions). Apple donated to Trump’s White House ballroom. And it removed ICE tracking apps from its stores following a demand from the DOJ. Remember this.

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Cammie Basseri @cammiebasseri.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Guardrails? Three sentences after acknowledging that ICE is "killing Americans in the streets"? Fuck that and fuck you. The people want ICE abolished.

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Lara (NOT TRUMP) @endlesswinter.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

This👇🏼. AOC is the only one stating it clearly and plainly. Do I have any faith that the American people will ever elect a woman president someday? No. I hope I’m proven wrong.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

This is a war based on lies

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Tesla saved $400 million on its federal taxes by shifting billions of its U.S. profits to countries with lower tax rates. Yes: While you paid your taxes in full, giant corporations maneuvered to pay as little as possible — and it’s all perfectly legal for them. The system is rigged.

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 20/04/2026

The CEO of Palantir posted a fascist manifesto on X. I pointed out that it was fascist—which resulted in a permanent suspension from X (my second time!). So, when you hear the tweeters complaining that BlueSky is intolerant, remember why many of us came here in the first place.

Gil Duran tweet: TLDR: Fascism

in response to Palantir's long fascists screed on X.

"Your Account is Suspended" Message on X

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Absolutely remarkable statement from Pope Leo today. One for the history books www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Speaker Johnson, we are calling on you to bring the House back to DC IMMEDIATELY! The Cabinet needs to invoke the 25th Amendment. But Congress can’t just sit on its hands and wait for that to happen when the President is threatening to commit war crimes TONIGHT.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Walz: The president said it's a bunch of radicals. You're damn right we've been radicalized. Radicalized by compassion, radicalized by decency, radicalized by due process, radicalized by democracy.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Omg! Huge shoutout to San Francisco, CA! Ocean Beach, you crushed it! 🌊

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Still can’t get over the House GOP rejecting a 100-0 bill from the Senate to fund TSA, Coast Guard, and FEMA and… just going on vacation. Complete abdication of duty.

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Alina Stefanescu @alinaetc.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

"I had not really understood, before giving birth, that parenthood was where society met my body." Splendid essay by Megan O'Grady. Nothing radicalized me like pregnancy & caregiving. Nothing made me more dangerous to your world. yalereview.org/article/mega...

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Megan O'Grady: "How Motherhood Changed My Relationship to Art"

After her daughter's birth, Megan O'Grady was blindsided by an anxiety she couldn't name—and began to see feminist art, body shame, and motherhood in an…

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/03/2026

Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 20/02/2026

Don't congratulate John Roberts or the Supreme Court. Congratulate Rick Woldenberg, the Chicago-area leader of Learning Resources, an educadtional toy company that had the courage to sue the president of the United States to save his family business. As well as everyone else who stepped up.

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