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C. L. Kagmi @clkagmi.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

It's worldbuilding day! Which means I get to dive into climate and economic models, but also that I have to deal with the existential distress of encountering all the government science websites that have had data redacted or are no longer being updated under this administration.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

I made a horrible decision last night and told chat that I’d do a 24-hr livestream if we raise $100k with these streams by the 19th. So if that’s an incentive to tune in… there you go.

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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C. L. Kagmi @clkagmi.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Did you know I have a mailing list? Updates are few and far between, but you can sign up to be notified of new releases at CLKagmi.com! #Booksky

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Crafting strange fiction from stranger fact.

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Malcolm Nance, Leading Resister @malcolmnance.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

TERRORISM EXPERT HERE: This statement is a clear example of what is known as “State Terrorism”: When the dictatorship will order all instruments of its state security & intelligence apparatus against its own citizens to terrorize the population.

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C. L. Kagmi @clkagmi.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

New short story is currently free on Amazon! An abridged version of "Hostess" was first published in Analog Science Fiction & Fact in Jan/Feb of 2022. This unabridged version is now available as a standalone for the first time. #sciencefiction #books #shortstories www.amazon.com/dp/B0FTC68GK5/

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Hostess (Twiceborn Short Stories)

Amazon.com: Hostess (Twiceborn Short Stories) eBook : Kagmi, C. L.: Kindle Store

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Federal agents are overtly abusing their power to try to intimidate advocates and elected officials. We need ICE out of Illinois immediately and justice for people like Ald. Jessie Fuentes who are defending their communities. blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/03/f...

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Federal Agents Handcuff Chicago Alderperson At Hospital ER

In another incident caught on video Friday, federal agents inside a car randomly threw tear gas into a Logan Square street while people — including a 2-year-old — were outside nearby.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Join us Kristi Noem! 9AM Press Conference at 1930 Beach St

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

My husband was detained by ICE today Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away I have had zero contact or updates since #SOS @duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 28/09/2025

The State of Illinois is closely monitoring the federal deployments in the Village of Broadview. Public safety is always my top priority, and the Illinois State Police remains in close communication with the Broadview Police Department to monitor and maintain public safety.

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strigix @sovereignbeast.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

It's pretty wild to me that investigators have uncovered that anti-trans campaigns are largely funded by the fossil fuel industry, and that the presumed motivations are pretty directly to redirect the public conversation away from climate change... and that this isn't bigger news.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

STEWART: “Comedy doesn’t change the world, but it’s a bellwether— we’re the banana peel in the coal mine… authoritarians are the threat to comedy, music, art, thought… progress.” Nailed it.

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Anthony Klan @anthonyklan.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

It won't be immediately reported as such but this marks one of the deepest, darkest days in decades for global climate health, democracy and for global stability. All for a bit of $. theklaxon.com.au/818v

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Massive loss for climate, democracy and western power as Murdoch battle ends - The Klaxon

The destructive forces that brought US democracy to its knees, ushering in the most dangerous global environment since the Cold War, have been locked in to 2050.

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Wole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY @wtalabi.com · 09/09/2025

The Sauútiverse keeps expanding! Behold the cover for our 2nd anthology: Sauúti Terrors! Following Mothersound, return to the Sauútiverse - our collectively-built, Afrocentric, matriarchal shared-world of strange planets & sound magic - for dark fantasy, SF & horror stories & poetry. Jan 2026.

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C. L. Kagmi @clkagmi.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

In half an hour I'll be live with Phyllis Ames and Brenda Clough interviewing Maya Bohnhoff about song and story in speculative fiction for BCubed Sunday morning! You can watch us here: www.facebook.com/bcubedpress #books

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Atul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American." It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

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Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health

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Jen Cross @jencross.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Great Blue Heron, casually standing in a tree. 🪶

A large gray bird with dark bluish shoulder patches and brow stripe and a long, stout beak. It is standing in a tree amongst dense foliage.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

In New York, ICE detained a busload of farmworkers that were actively involved in a union drive. In Washington state, ICE dragged a farmworkers’ rights activist and leader out of his car to detain him. Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.

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C. L. Kagmi @clkagmi.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

My award-winning short story The Drake Equation is now available on Kindle Unlimited for the first time. If you're into weird genre-crossing meditations you might like it! www.amazon.com/dp/B0F7GW9KC8

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The Drake Equation (Twiceborn Short Stories)

Amazon.com: The Drake Equation (Twiceborn Short Stories) eBook : Kagmi, C. L. : Kindle Store

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

If you live in NC, call every Republican politician you know. Call every farmer you know and ask them to do the same When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...

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USDA cancels $11 million in federal funding for North Carolina food banks

The USDA has notified the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services that it would terminate the agreement for the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program, which is one of the progr...

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 15/03/2025

Huge march in New York today protesting the illegal DOGE cuts

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Dr. Jon Sawyer @jonsawyer.org · 15/03/2025

I’ve read enough of the Founding Fathers to know that at least James Madison is rolling in his grave. Here, the religious MAGA base keeps pressing to erode democratic norms as Lance Wallnau trains the crowd to chant: “Government. Church. Together.”

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Let the kids drink sewage water and breathe polluted air to make the 1% richer. This is the GOP way. E.P.A. Plans to Close All Environmental Justice Offices www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/c...

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C. L. Kagmi @clkagmi.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Heyyy folks, to help with the Amazon boycott I have made my book available through my Patreon shop so not one cent goes to Jeff Bezos. You can get the paperback version from Bookshop.org. www.patreon.com/user/shop?u=... #books #ebooks

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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

We need more people like Frankie in the world.

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C. L. Kagmi @clkagmi.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

"Most of the 80,000 federal workers responsible for researching diseases, inspecting food and administering Medicare and Medicaid under the auspices of the Health and Human Services Department were emailed an offer to leave their job..." apnews.com/article/hhs-...

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Top US health agency makes $25,000 buyout offer to most of its employees

Most of the 80,000 federal workers under the auspices of the Health and Human Services Department were emailed an offer to leave their job for as much as $25,000.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

What a photo. Green must be the start of something, not the end.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Richest guy in the world telling us we can’t afford to have our government fund cancer research.

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Meidas_SocietysChild @societyschild.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

🚨🚨🚨 PSA- Gov. Braun has banned the distribution of the Imagination Station books in Indiana. For those who do not know, Imagination Station is a program started by Dolly Parton which provides a free book each month to children from 0-5. 1/2

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C. L. Kagmi @clkagmi.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Well recent events have certainly given me some thoughts about the best way to do futurism. Hoping to be able to write about that on Substack soon.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

JUST IN: Another medical horror story in an affidavit from a USAID employee stationed overseas. Says his pregnant wife was not medevac-ed for emergency health care because of directives from DC. Took intervention of a U.S. senator to reverse — but was too late. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Don’t buy stuff on February 28. Money’s the only thing these dicks understand. #resist

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Elly "Enormity" Bangs @ellybangs.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Can't stop imagining an awkward scene in which two government agents in trenchcoats and aviators are forced to hang out in somebody's mom's basement in Wichita while tiptoeing around the fact that they're now unemployed private citizens stuck babysitting a suitcase nuke.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too. EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them. Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)

KNOW YOUR
RIGHTS
IN CASE OF ICE:
CONOCE TUS DERECHOS
EN CASO DE ENCUENTRO CON ICE:

DO NOT OPEN YOUR DOOR.
ICE cannot enter your home without a warrant signed by a judge.
Tell the agents to show you the warrant by sliding it under the door.
NO ABRAS TU PUERTA.
ICE no puede entrar a tu casa sin una orden firmada por un juez. Diles a los agentes que te muestren la orden deslizándola debajo de la puerta.

ASK THEM
TO LEAVE.
If ICE doesn't have a warrant, tell them you do not consent for them to enter your home and ask them to leave. At work, ICE cannot enter employee-only areas without permission.
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PÍDALES QUE SE VAYAN.
Si ICE no tiene una orden judicial, diles que no das tu consentimiento para que entren a tu casa y pídeles que se vayan. En el trabajo, ICE no puede ingresar a áreas exclusivas para empleados sin permiso.

REMAIN SILENT.
You have the right to remain silent.
If the agents ask you questions, tell them,
"I wish to remain silent."
PERMANECE EN SILENCIO.
Tienes derecho a permanecer en silencio.
Si los agentes te hacen preguntas, diles:
"Deseo permanecer en silencio".

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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Stand Up for Science rallies will be held in DC and state capitals on March 7th. Share with friends. Sign-up here to get email updates with details: www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...

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STAND UP FOR SCIENCE 2025 - DC and NATIONWIDE

Stand up for science with us on March 7th, 2025, because science is for everyone! More info at www.standupforscience2025.org

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C. L. Kagmi @clkagmi.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

The amount of writers' block being created by reality being off the rails is unreal. I keep telling myself my future society already had a civilization collapse on the timeline, but the public rejecting science and medicine was not on my bingo card for the 21st century.

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C. L. Kagmi @clkagmi.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Let's see if summoning spells work on this platform. Calling sci-fi fans and sci-fi writers! #sciencefiction #scifi #futurism

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

BREAKING: In response to doctors' lawsuit, Judge John Bates, a George W. Bush appointee, orders CDC, NIH, and FDA to put back up websites and datasets cited by the doctors in their lawsuit as having been relied upon and pulled down without notice. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

TOTE ASTRICT COLOR
DOCTORS FOR AMERICA,
Plaintiff,
Civil Action No. 25-322 (JDB)
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT et al.,
Defendants.
ORDER
Upon consideration of [6] Plaintiff's motion for a temporary restraining order, [8]
Plaintiff's supplemental declarations, [9] Defendants' opposition, [10] Plaintiff's reply, the
hearing on February 10, 2025, and the entire record herein, and for the reasons stated in the
accompanying Memorandum Opinion, it is hereby ORDERED that
1. Defendants Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control, and Food
and Drug Administration (hereinafter "defendants") shall, by not later than 11:59 pm on
February 11, 2025, restore to their versions as of January 30, 2025, each webpage and dataset
identified by Plaintiff on pages 6-12 of its Memorandum of Law in Support of the Motion for
a Restraining Order [ECF No. 6-1];
2. Defendants shall, in consultation with Plaintiff, identify any other resources that DF A members
rely on to provide medical care and that defendants removed or substantially modified on or
after January 29, 2025, without adequate notice or reasoned explanation; and defendants shall,
by February 14, 2025, restore those resources to their versions as of January 30, 2025;

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C. L. Kagmi @clkagmi.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Poll: If I were to publish a novella in the same setting as one of my short stories, which short story's setting and characters would you most like to see more of?

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