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chris xu @chrysaora.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If you or anyone you know is just getting started in the world of nonfiction writing and pitching, you couldn’t ask for a better teacher than @sandyernestallen.bsky.social, who pours so much care into all he does! Would make a great gift, too. www.theshipmanagency.com/classes/craf...

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Craft Seminar: The Art of the Pitch with Sandy Ernest Allen — The Shipman Agency

2 Sessions: Saturdays, October 3 + 10 1:00-3:00pm ET Sandy Ernest Allen Master the art of pitching with journalist and editor Sandy Ernest Allen. Sandy is a trans and queer freelance journalist, a...

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026

For every arrest that breaks through into public view, countless others happen quickly, before anyone can notice. Now ICE is anywhere and everywhere, embedded in all corners of everyday life.

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Gone in 90 seconds: an ‘invisibilized’ ICE is arresting more people than ever

After public backlash, the Trump administration changed its tactics from ‘siege’ to ‘soft feet’. Now, ICE is everywhere

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026

ICE is now lying in wait outside convenience stores, or at busy intersections. Agents are arresting people at international airports. Local police and sheriffs, deputized by the federal government, are detaining immigrants during traffic stops. ICE is now detaining more immigrants than ever before.

A chart that shows a timeline of ICE immigration enforcement against different significant events (Los Angeles raids, Minneapolis and Chicago raids), with a line in late March 2026 that says "New enforcement strategy begins" before a peak of over 1,500 daily arrests in July 2026.

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chris xu @chrysaora.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

today feels like a good time to reshare the best text message i’ve ever received

Apr 7, 2023 at 05:39
Hmm... was anyone going to tell me that the film is NOT called the Banshees of Ed Sheeran? I really thought I was going to learn about the Troubles via a slightly Irish human millennial who looks like the Giant from Eureka's Castle. This is clearly just about real Troubles from real Irish people who don't sing at all. This is not the film I feel like I was promised.

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chris xu @chrysaora.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

—dangerously-skip-decomposition

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chris xu @chrysaora.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

well, the biopic came first but this still stands

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chris xu @chrysaora.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

ah yes, that classic american 成语

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chris xu @chrysaora.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The barricades make it so that the sidewalk across from the BK Museum is narrower than one sidewalk square in some places?? This is going to be a stampede hazard on Monday.

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chris xu @chrysaora.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Hey @mayor.nyc.gov the number of barricades on Eastern Parkway is actually excessive and dangerous. Why are there bonus full barricades on BOTH SIDES of the SIDE ROADS?? There’s barely room for 2 people to walk next to each other on the sidewalk in some places.

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Ingrid Burrington @lifewinning.com · 04/09/2026

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ban... my friend and neighbor Doris is doing a Kickstarter to reopen her extremely good Vietnamese bakery, if u want to get a delicious little pandan treat in Brooklyn on the way to Brooklyn Bridge Park consider supporting

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Bạn Bè: NYC’s 1st Vietnamese American Bakery Returns!

Don’t Call It a Comeback, We’ve Been Here for Years

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Micah @rincewind.run · 25/08/2026

dolly parton taught millions of children to read dolly parton raised millions of dollars for cancer research and disaster relief dolly parton stood by the lgbtq community her entire life dolly parton personally helped fund the moderna vaccine if there was a right side of something she was on it

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

every billionaire & tech mogul, they all want to be adored & celebrated without doing the things Dolly did with a fraction of the power & money. What she had, she gave away. I'm sure she was comfortable (& that's good!). But she just relentlessly helped. It's not that difficult. Love. Care. Help. 💚🌸

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

It’s never the push alert you’re hoping to get, is it?

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chris xu @chrysaora.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

i cannot imagine how tragic of an existence it must be to have maga barbie be the only wnba player you know. like only being able to see greige and going to the louvre

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chris xu @chrysaora.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

wordcel sun, spreadsheet rising uhhhh kill shape rotation

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chris xu @chrysaora.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

FYI Five Songs from worker-owned @hearingthingsco.bsky.social has been recommending nothing but the hits, nothing but the hits, nothing but the motherfucking hits all summer 🫶

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Mrs. Detective Pikajew, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 16/08/2026

Apparently Lilly Wachowski does s tier alt text

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chris xu @chrysaora.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

ender’s game was a warning not a manual

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Steven Melendez @smelendez.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

This is what they mean by keeping humans in the Loop

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chris xu @chrysaora.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

on friday night i accidentally discovered a way to significantly reduce my phone usage—my screentime decreased by 2/3 INSTANTLY and has held at the new baseline for 2 days and counting!

my iphone screentime chart from last week, showing a dramatic drop on saturday after fairly high usage all week

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sincerely, rob dubbin @robdubbin.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

somewhere between procreate, kidpix, shadertoy, soundself, and the app on your phone you use to circle things in photos …. it’s MOSS!!!!

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chris xu @chrysaora.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

i grew up in china when china was a low-trust (in terms of safety standards) society, so here’s some pasts that might be in our future in the Age of Diarrhea: * wash your own tableware with boiling water as pre-meal ritual at restaurants OR conspicuous glass-front UV-C santization machine for same

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isaac @sevier.io · 13/07/2026

I spoke with a Maine organizer this morning and the primary ask for now is to support raising money for this solidarity fund. The fund has supported a number of community needs since the ICE invasion earlier this year but needs more support in the wake of this murder today.

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

hardware prices 🤝 astrology keeping an eye on chinese ram

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parker higgins @xor.blue · 07/07/2026

vargentina

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chris xu @chrysaora.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

fyi for my fellow new yorkers: rockaway’s beaches were intermittently closed for swimming today because there are “like 8 sharks” hanging around (surfing was still allowed, even though isn’t that the activity that actually makes you look more like a delicious seal??)

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

We gotta imprison each of these shithead AI ceo's in a different data center like the minotaur

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chris xu @chrysaora.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

UMMMMM did everyone know that IKEA Spain made a pride video starring BLAHAJ youtu.be/OwgvshnbgM8?...

BLAHAJ the IKEA shark holding a trans pride flag

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chris xu @chrysaora.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

we’re all born naked and the rest is performative politics

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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

this is the closest thing to an age verification law i would ever consider supporting

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Reo Eveleth @reveleth.com · 30/06/2026

For no reason whatsoever I would like to resurface this letter to the NYT about their coverage of trans folks: nytletter.com

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NYT Contributors’ Letter

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Reo Eveleth @reveleth.com · 30/06/2026

no one should be surprised that this case went this way on the whole but I would like all of y’all who are wondering why folks are frustrated with centrists democrats to think about this part — even the “liberals” on the court refuse to truly protect trans folks

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Interesting to see whether some disability orgs speak up about online verification laws. I very much expect people whose disability leads them to look younger will get flagged as having a fake ID etc. I think about this situation a lot. themarkup.org/hello-world/...