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Irene Vázquez @capaciousmood.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It’s like when they comp A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN to stand in for “about women’s sports”

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Joel Pinckney @jpinckney.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

New one today for @defector.com: in the wake of the most recent declaration of reading's demise, I was curious what booksellers, almost always ignored by the post-literate prognosticators, made of such claims. Here's what they told me:

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What Do Booksellers Make Of “The End Of Reading”? | Defector

If you haven’t yet encountered the cover story for the August issue of The Atlantic, I have some bad news to share: “The End of Reading Is Here.” It’s an intentionally provocative headline for a sligh...

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dan solomon @dansolomon.com · 15/08/2026

a large language model will never stumble upon an appreciation of alliteration or the appeal of assonance simply to delight itself, and these are the sort of things that connect the reader and the author invisibly. i dunno, it all just makes me sad

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Irene Vázquez @capaciousmood.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

In a much more lighthearted piece of this article i would like to shout out @thefrankiedlc.news’s guide to the lesbians of the WNBA they wrote for Autostraddle for the Wubble season as the thing that made me a Alyssa Thomas fan

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Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Neither here nor there, but to me, one of the main "tells" of LLM-generated writing, regardless of how sophisticated it is, is that a machine isn't able to consistently approach musicality because the text isn't a secondhand offshoot of verbal communication for it in the way it is for a person.

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Irene Vázquez @capaciousmood.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Big day for your Great Lakes Unification agenda

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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 07/08/2026

New from @capaciousmood.bsky.social, in our magazine: Climate change, union organizing, clandestine group chats and eavesdropping through closed doors, romance and gay mess ... all part of a week in the life of a cooperative grocery store in this new novel from @juliewbach.bsky.social.

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An Ode to Austin's Unsung Proletariat

A new novel about workers at an organic grocery store asks us to consider questions of labor and dignity in the Texas capital.

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Tracy Lord of the Nazgûl @seeemilyplay.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

30 years old and 9ppg. just in case anyone’s wondering why she’s yapping so much

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Irene Vázquez @capaciousmood.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The Department of Consumer and Worker Protection says it has encountered “numerous ads for non-existent rental properties” that brokers allegedly used to draw in apartment hunters, then demand an illegal broker fee to show them apartments that actually existed. — this is actively happening to me rn

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Irene Vázquez @capaciousmood.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

All the Sinners Bleed by SA Crosby

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Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

good article and, crucially, a good list at the end of cookware/kitchenware lines that are still quality (and family owned)

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Bronsalem Witch Trials @snackmyfridgeup.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Has anyone done this one yet?

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Mo Salah grinning at the keeper after going down the middle 🥶

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victoria zeller🫛 (RISEBALL, summer ‘27) @dirtbagqueer.rocks · 03/07/2026

it's really impossible to communicate to people who have never had a male puberty what this phase of it is like. you spend your childhood as a chill little guy and then your body flips a switch and you've suddenly been possessed by a tyrannosaurus rex whose only emotions are Cum and Death

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Irene Vázquez @capaciousmood.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Gotta be a dirtbagqueer ARC completist

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Irene Vázquez @capaciousmood.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

If there are print galleys i would love one for the mems

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We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

🏳️‍⚧️ “One of the Boys" by Victoria Zeller

White, pink, and blue graphic titled “Trans Inclusivity in Sports”. This slide highlights one fiction book that addresses the topic of transgender athletes in sports. The title featured on this slide is “One of the Boys” by Victoria Zeller, with the following description: “Grace Woodhouse was a star kicker with a D1 future, but that was before she came out as transgender and quit football. Now, as senior year begins, Grace is navigating a new life with queer friends and a fresh perspective.”

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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 18/06/2026

"Maroon communities throughout Texas, Louisiana, and other places were brought here for [their] knowledge; they were able to take it into these landscapes and continue to figure it out. And they also exchanged knowledge with Indigenous people."

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From the Plantation to the Thicket: Juneteenth, Black Freedom, and 'Marronage' in Texas

Freedom in Texas was achieved both after—and before—formal emancipation.

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Gus Bova @gusbova.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Also for Juneteenth, this unique essay from our magazine:

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

instantly one of my new all-time favorite sports videos

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Jessica Schulberg @jessicaschulberg.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

NEWS: SoFi Stadium cashiers, dishwashers, cooks, bartenders, concessions workers, and food attendants voted 96% to authorize a strike, just a week out from when the stadium is set to host its first World Cup game www.huffpost.com/entry/unite-...

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Stadium Workers Authorize Strike Ahead Of The World Cup

Thousands of cooks, dishwashers, concessions workers, bartenders and servers at SoFi Stadium are threatening to picket, citing insufficient pay, erosion of jobs, and plans for ICE to be at the games.

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Luke Knox @lukeknox.me · 03/06/2026

I’ve watched this 500x

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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

hey now, that's MY lynchian swamp city that should not exist and is repeatedly reminded by God each hurricane season that it is an Afront to his Plan

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 25/05/2026

And here's Lavender Justice League, with a focus on Black trans communities, particularly around meeting legal and housing needs. www.lavenderrightsproject.org

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Lavender Rights Project

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 25/05/2026

There's also Gender Justice League, which has a program for survivors of gender-based violence seeking to relocate to safety. genderjusticeleague.org/csp/

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Community Security Program (CSP) - Gender Justice League

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max @mxhc.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

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Irene Vázquez @capaciousmood.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

The outfits that make it out of containment are solid but unfortunately as someone subjected to her fits on a routine basis i don’t think she’s Got It

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Irene Vázquez @capaciousmood.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

As an editor i am generally skeptical of prologues in draft form. But as a reader i can’t imagine skipping over one. If it’s made it to print, it’s meant to be read!

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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Wow: Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, one of the biggest children's hospitals in the nation, will be forced to create the nation's first ever "detransition clinic" as part of a $10 million settlement with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a historic settlement with Texas Children’s Hospital (“Texas Children’s”) that compels the creation of the country’s first-ever Detransition Clinic; requires the hospital to pay $10 million for billing Texas Medicaid for unallowable and illegal ‘gender-transition’ interventions, including by using false diagnosis codes; and compels the termination and revocation of privileges of multiple physicians.

After a years-long investigation by the Healthcare Program Enforcement Division, Attorney General Paxton has negotiated a historic settlement that will help protect Texans. Under the terms of this landmark agreement, Texas Children’s will establish the first-ever multidisciplinary clinic designed to provide medical care to patients who were subjected to “gender-transition” procedures. This Detransition Clinic will help patients reverse the damage caused by ideologically-motivated physicians who harmed patients by performing dangerous medical interventions for the purpose of “transitioning” them. For the first five years, all services provided through the Detransition Clinic will be funded by Texas Children’s and be free of charge to patients.

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victoria zeller🫛 (RISEBALL, summer ‘27) @dirtbagqueer.rocks · 13/05/2026

today is my darling child's first birthday 🥹

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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Looking to talk to one or two queer / trans people who moved from Texas to Seattle because of anti-LGBTQ+ laws passed in Texas for a short piece today. Lmk if that's you, dms are open and my signal is kissphoria.57

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Irene Vázquez @capaciousmood.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I am one of the many misfortunate people who were forced to enter the Atlas Shrugged essay contest for scholarship money. Worst reading experience of my life but at least i got a grand out of it.

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victoria zeller🫛 (RISEBALL, summer ‘27) @dirtbagqueer.rocks · 07/05/2026

🚨THE CAT IS FINALLY OUT OF THE BAG🚨 my second book has a name - RISEBALL - and a home - dutton! - and an editor - the inimitable @andrewkarre.bsky.social !! it will be bookshelves in summer 2027!!!!! i cannot wait for you all to meet amy and josie, the horrible nightmare sisters of my dreams

Andrew Karre at Dutton Children's Books has acquired, at auction, Riseball by Stonewall Award-winning author Victoria Zeller (One of the Boys), a contemporary YA novel about estranged sisters who must play on the same softball team after one of them comes out as transgender. Publication is scheduled for summer 2027; Jordan Hamessley at JABberwocky Literary Agency brokered the deal for North American English rights.

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

🚨 #houndsky siren 🚨 Hi y'all, I posted a couple days ago about this sweet coonhound needing to be sprung from an overcrowded Alabama shelter. We had an ABTCR foster lined up for him here in Georgia, but they've had a family emergency and are unable to take him in. Anybody feel like saving a life?

A red and white speckled American English Coonhound with his tongue lolling out

🚨 ABTCR FOSTER NEEDED 🚨
ABTCR is urgently looking for a foster for a 7-month-old male American English Coonhound who deserves so much better than what he’s been given. 💔
This adorable boy was surrendered to an Alabama shelter simply because “he won’t bark or hunt.” Yes… really. Instead of being valued for his gentle nature, he was abandoned for being too quiet and sweet.
Despite everything, he is:
🐶 Great with other dogs
❤️ Loves people
🐱Tested with cats at the shelter—nervous and showed no interest
The shelter is over capacity, and we want to pull him to safety—but we cannot do it without a foster.
🏡 Fostering saves lives. ABTCR covers all expenses for foster dogs—you just provide a safe, loving place for him to land.
This boy didn’t fail anyone—he was failed. Let’s show him what love is supposed to look like. ❤️

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Irene Vázquez @capaciousmood.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Kacey Musgraves my norteña sister. Welcome.

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Irene Vázquez @capaciousmood.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

@edsbs.bsky.social there was a Florida shout out during the eulogy

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Irene Vázquez @capaciousmood.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Funniest part of this endeavor from this morning, when I called a family friend to figure out the closest rescue. This is how he had them saved in his phone.

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Irene Vázquez @capaciousmood.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Thank you ♥️ it felt fitting to honor her memory in this way! In death, new life.

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Irene Vázquez @capaciousmood.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

UPDATE: WE FOUND SOMEONE! Shout out to the fullcast community. Y’all are the best in times of need.

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Irene Vázquez @capaciousmood.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

FULL CAST BAT SIGNAL: i need to transport a nestling baby bird from Monroeville, AL to Orange Beach, AL. Can anyone make the drive? I’d do it myself but i am in town to bury my grandmother today. @dirtbagqueer.rocks @hollyanderson.bsky.social @edsbs.bsky.social

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Michael Barajas @michaelbarajas.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

we're still looking for readers' questions to help our coverage around this week's catastrophic blow to the VRA also here's some helpful bg on how Black communities fighting for fair representation in the south have been bracing for this boltsmag.org/mississippi-... boltsmag.org/voting-right...

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"The Demolition of the Voting Rights Act": Send Us Your Questions - Bolts

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a decision in Callais vs. Louisiana that even further weakens the landmark Voting Rights Act—to a point where experts warn that the cornerstone... Read More

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Irene Vázquez @capaciousmood.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

TK in this respect is your best friend

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