Cara D @cdiacono.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Thinking abt the occasional dogpiles I slip into on this site. The phenomenon of the influential journalist who has a stable of fanboys & -girls who pounce like attack dogs on anyone who takes issue with an opinion of the journalist's. Anyone else encountered this? I wonder abt the psychology of it. 120
Cara D @cdiacono.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Particularly eye-opening one from HCR. Should be shared widely. She quotes from an article by Michael Luttig talking about a nightmare scenario in which Mike Johnson goes along with Maga loyalists and refuses to seat Dems elected in the midterms. We need to be ready to fight back if it comes to that 062
Cara D @cdiacono.bsky.social · 12/09/2026A news organization *calmly* dedicated to recording the ongoing crisis, with a view to a future rebuilding. unbreaking.orgunbreaking.orgUnbreakingDocumenting damage and resistance. Unflooding the zone. 110
Cara D @cdiacono.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Article with more info about Musk's latest anti-democratic shenanigan: popular.info/p/the-hidden...popular.infoThe hidden dangers of Musk’s votesafe.orgThe slick voter registration website, currently being promoted to millions of people, is a digital surveillance machine. 021
Cara D @cdiacono.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Public service announcement (edited from a repost elsewhere on Bsky): The criminal Musk has set up a scheme in the form of a website, votesafe dot org, in order to steal voter information. Never click on or share the direct link, and please share this everywhere so others won’t fall prey to it. 011
Cara D @cdiacono.bsky.social · 09/09/2026A simply titled post, "Alaska Days," with glancing impressions of Alaska and thoughts on LeGuin's THE DISPOSSESSED and nature and loneliness caradiaconoff678990.substack.com/p/alaska-day...caradiaconoff678990.substack.comAlaska Days“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately....” 000
Cara D @cdiacono.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The USPS Board Of Governors has the power to protect vote-by-mail, but they are not doing their job Join @usmailnotforsale.bsky.social & tell them to Deliver Our Ballots: actionnetwork.org/letters/deli...actionnetwork.orgDeliver Our Ballots - Tell Postal Service Leadership We Demand to Vote-by-MailThe USPS Board of Governors has power the protect vote-by-mail, but they are not doing their job. Will you send them a message? 110
Cara D @cdiacono.bsky.social · 08/09/2026If you live in WA state, sign this Citizens Resolution to express support for a bill outlawing corporate spending to influence elections and ballot measures in the state. fixdemocracyfirst.salsalabs.org/wa-plan-to-u...fixdemocracyfirst.salsalabs.orgPeople Only ElectionsWe can undo Citizens United in Washington State and get corporate and dark money out of our elections! 131
Reposted by Cara DGabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Justice for Pierre Damas Bel. Justice for Pierre Damas Bel. Justice for Pierre Damas Bel. Justice for Pierre Damas Bel. Justice for Pierre Damas Bel. 03610
Cara D @cdiacono.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Good old DR! I have only just learned that she has a Bluesky account. I was devoted to her in grad school, although I believe I only made it through the first volume of the dozen-plus novels in PILGRIMAGE. 020
Cara D @cdiacono.bsky.social · 22/08/2026The director of the Haitian Support Center in Springfield, OH, on recent ICE arrests there. youtu.be/gzdqiotF1Y8?...youtu.beA Statement from Viles on Yesterday’s ICE ArrestsYouTube video by Haitian Community Help & Support Center 111
Cara D @cdiacono.bsky.social · 17/08/2026AIPAC's money well spent! theonion.com/spiteful-aip...theonion.comSpiteful AIPAC Spends $30 Million On Loud Bird Perched Outside Abdul El-Sayed’s WindowANN ARBOR, MI—In an effort to irritate the recent winner of Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary at all hours of the night, a spiteful American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) reportedly spent... 120
Cara D @cdiacono.bsky.social · 16/08/2026I just happened across this very interesting theory article about the source of DJT's appeal. "His emotional freedom is an identification magnet for anyone who has ever been rejected or underestimated...." critinq.wordpress.com/2026/07/20/f...critinq.wordpress.comFascist Temptations in the Era of TrumpLisa Wedeen While the bulk of my empirical work has focused on authoritarian imaginaries in Syria and Yemen, here I want to take what I have learned in the Middle East analytically and use it to re… 010
Cara D @cdiacono.bsky.social · 10/08/2026One can donate to the Haitian Support Center in Springfield to help. The thought of people being deported back to Haiti is horrifying. www.springfieldnewssun.com/local/hundre...springfieldnewssun.comHundreds rally at site were Haitians required to check-in, get monitors after end of TPSHundreds of people gathered outside a federal immigration office Sunday morning, Aug. 9, to show support for Haitian immigrants from Springfield who were called to report for immigration check-ins. 121
Cara D @cdiacono.bsky.social · 04/08/2026I write about the "sad princess" Russian tale updated to Dallas, TX, in my latest Substack entry. caradiaconoff678990.substack.com/p/sad-girlcaradiaconoff678990.substack.comSad GirlWho can make the princess laugh? 020
Cara D @cdiacono.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Interview with Des Revol's sister. Zines are threatening to the current regime. newrepublic.com/article/2132...newrepublic.comMy Brother Was Sentenced to 30 Years for Moving a Box of ZinesThe sister of a defendant in the Prairieland case, which targeted Texas ICE protesters, speaks out. 043
Cara D @cdiacono.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Anyone in the Seattle area especially, consider supporting Tatiana Brown's grassroots movement as she runs for State Senate. You can of course support even if you don't vote in District 37. She's looking for $7 or $37 a month.... www.tatianaforwa.org 010
Cara D @cdiacono.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Help Des Revol, currently incarcerated as part of the Prairieland travesty of justice. I cannot wait to see this one overturned. fnd.us/free-des-rev...fnd.usHelp Artist Des Revol and His FamilyOur friend, Daniel "Des Revol" Sanchez Estrada, has been wrongly arrested and convicted over a box of zines. Please help us raise funds to cover expensive legal fees in order to appeal, and any other ... 020
Reposted by Cara D ✨StarChick68💫 ➡️🐸 @starchick68.bsky.social · 27/07/2026damn it www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...seattletimes.comMass shooting reported at Seattle CenterPolice and aid crews responded to a shooting with "multiple" victims at Seattle Center, according to the Seattle Police Department. 523
Cara D @cdiacono.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Getting the word out about the latest federal attack on the nation's culture and memory preservewa.org/fighting-for...preservewa.orgAdvocacy Alert: Fighting for Section 106 — Washington Trust for Historic PreservationOn Friday, July 17, the federal Advisory Council on Historic Preservation proposed a sweeping rewrite of the regulations that implement Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). If... 022
Cara D @cdiacono.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Any Washington state resident in favor of universal health care, please consider signing this pledge--a sort of pre-signing of the initiative petition. Help universal health care get on the ballot. wholewashington.org/pledge/?link...wholewashington.orgPledge to Sign - Whole WashingtonWhole Washington needs your help to get universal healthcare on the ballot. Show your support with this easy online action. 120
Reposted by Cara DScott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Trump’s own fraud investigator just admitted there’s no fraud. So there’s no excuse left for killing mail-in voting—except the real one: he can’t win a fair count. Stop him in 30 seconds 👇 actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...actionnetwork.orgTell Congress: Stop Trump’s Plan To End Mail-In VotingContact Congress today! 516566
Cara D @cdiacono.bsky.social · 16/07/2026My turn finally to add to the Adjunct Writers Caucus Substack! Higher-Education Games of Pretend open.substack.com/pub/awpadjun...open.substack.comHigher-Education Games of PretendThe Adjunct Dispatches: Notes from the Margins of Higher Education 020
Cara D @cdiacono.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Just heard about this. www.gofundme.com/f/in-loving-...gofundme.comDonate to In Loving Memory of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52 Years Old, organized by LULAC Institute, Inc.On the morning of July 7, 2026, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was ta… LULAC Institute, Inc. needs your support for In Loving Memory of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52 Years Old 020
Cara D @cdiacono.bsky.social · 08/07/2026It's highly likely that the country will survive Trump. The question isn't whether we'll survive it but whether we learn from the mistakes that led to Trump being elevated in the 1st place. Do feel free to come @ me if you disagree (& even see this). Curious what the thoughtful objections would be. 120
Cara D @cdiacono.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Our AWP Adjunct Caucus treasurer's turn at the Substack: open.substack.com/pub/awpadjun...open.substack.comThe “Word-work” of the AdjunctThe Adjunct Dispatches: Notes from the Margins of Higher Education 020
Cara D @cdiacono.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Useful! From Indivisible! Read and learn! protectdemocracy.org/executive-ov...protectdemocracy.orgHow the Trump administration plans to interfere with the 2026 elections2026 will be different from any election in American history. The Trump administration is wielding the full power of the government against our own elections. 010
Cara D @cdiacono.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Reposting this one too, which has a bit more info in the initial tweet! 021
Cara D @cdiacono.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Push back against the latest nonsense from Russell Vought. Push back hard. Do it in the next 19 days! 021
Cara D @cdiacono.bsky.social · 23/06/2026open.substack.com/pub/awpadjun... Our Adjunct Caucus's Vice President has her say!open.substack.comA Seat at the Table: Adjunct Faculty, Shared Governance, and the Cost of Being Left OutThe Adjunct Dispatches: Notes from the Margins of Higher Education 010
Cara D @cdiacono.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Dark historical fantasies in my newest entry in Notes on Loneliness open.substack.com/pub/caradiac...open.substack.comWaiting to Get Swept Away...and let history do the honors 000
Cara D @cdiacono.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Our AWP Adjunct Writers Caucus president rocks! open.substack.com/pub/awpadjun...open.substack.comThe Joy They Use Against UsThe Adjunct Dispatches: Notes from the Margins of Higher Education 010
Cara D @cdiacono.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Funny headline seen in Moscow Times weekly email: "Xi's Just Not That into You." 🤣🤣 050
Cara D @cdiacono.bsky.social · 07/05/2026I put up a new entry in my Substack, but the topic is beginning to bring me down, and it doesn't seem to be something people want to read about, either. If anyone reads and likes this, I will consider not deleting it! caradiaconoff678990.substack.com/p/loneliness...caradiaconoff678990.substack.comLoneliness and Other UnmentionablesYou've got to use what you've got 260
Cara D @cdiacono.bsky.social · 24/04/2026This is the real election worry. Article tells people at the end to call their Secretaries of State. Trump Has Eliminated Election Safeguards and Installed Loyalist Election Deniers in Key Roles open.substack.com/pub/rightsan...open.substack.comTrump Has Eliminated Election Safeguards and Installed Loyalist Election Deniers in Key Roles“The election denial movement is now interwoven within the federal government.” 045
Cara D @cdiacono.bsky.social · 21/04/2026If anyone has time to read this Paul Krugman substack transcript or watch the video, of his interview with a Hungary specialist, it's certainly educational. Even just skimming it is. substack.com/home/post/p-...substack.comKim Lane Scheppele on HungaryDemocracy wins big 100
Cara D @cdiacono.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Seen in a letter to the editor of the Lewis County (WA) Chronicle, not exactly a leftist hotbed: "We are all familiar with the acronym TACO, meaning Trump Always Chickens Out. I would now suggest TAMALE, or Trump Always Makes A Ludicrous Error." Not bad, eh. Hope it catches on!! 🤣 1115
Cara D @cdiacono.bsky.social · 07/04/2026My novel MARIAN HALL, which has been on submission for years and revised quite a number of times, has gotten nice encouragement from The Black List. www.instagram.com/p/DW1qf6CFEH...instagram.comThe Black List on Instagram: "Check out the projects our readers loved, only on blcklst.com."39 likes, 7 comments - theblcklst on April 7, 2026: "Check out the projects our readers loved, only on blcklst.com.". 001
Cara D @cdiacono.bsky.social · 05/04/2026And here's that same expert again on how all that dear T might have left is a war-based coup to try to stay in power after the midterms. It's heartening because it shows how weak T is but reminds everyone not to stay complacent about that. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p... 011
Cara D @cdiacono.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Here's an expert explaining why it's more than just performance..... 141