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Kathryn Kysar @darklake.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

@sunyungshin.bsky.social's brilliant new book HEART EATER was celebrated at @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social last night with a bevy of readers: @mkdordiggsy.bsky.social, @jenbowen.bsky.social, Michael Torres, Rachel Moritz, and @kristincollier.bsky.social. Cannot wait to read it with care!

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Ryan O'Horo @ryanohoro.com · 07/09/2026

Confirmed, the correct length of a weekend is three days.

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Kathryn Kysar @darklake.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Excited to be moderating a panel at @awpwriter.org's 2027 conference centering emerging Queer Minnesota authors as they discuss their roles as writers in our resistance movement.

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 12/08/2026

That sound you hear is Minnesota loudly saying FUCK ICE

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Kathryn Kysar @darklake.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Peggy wins! (And @justinsmithwrites.bsky.social, I see you and your parents up front!)

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Kathryn Kysar @darklake.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

AI is wrecking havoc in education, and I had the opportunity to share my experiences with a New York Times reporter. Sadly, the comments from professors around the world are even more illuminating. Please vote for candidates who will help us regulate this beast. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/u...

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A.I. Agents Are Taking Entire Online Courses for Cheating Students (Gift Article)

As colleges and students embrace virtual classes, the ease of A.I. cheating is raising questions about the value of an online degree.

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Kathryn Kysar @darklake.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Has a marvelous walk with author, mom, and Minneapolis School Board candidate @shannongibney.bsky.social today. Since she’s running unopposed, let’s support her colleagues Becca Dryden and Christin Crabtree. Links below!

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Kathryn Kysar @darklake.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Honored to have three Lake Superior poems in @raymondluczak.com’s marvelous new anthology FEET IN THE WAVES from Modern History Press. It features work from @sheilapacka.com, @paulacisco177.bsky.social, Margaret Hasse, and many others. Look for upcoming readings in Michigan and Minnesota!

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 19/06/2026

The country is being run like a Trump casino headed for bankruptcy www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

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Kathryn Kysar @darklake.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Thanks to @major7mag.bsky.social for sharing my poem “Smoke”! Grateful for their fun publication.

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Niall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

This is a devastating interview. Scott Pelley tells the NYT that Bari Weiss directly put a “thumb on the scale” for Trump over the killing of Renee Good. Here’s his explanation of exactly what happened.

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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Unbelievably chilling, shameful collaborationist behavior by a medical association Ta-Nehisi Coates: “We'll come out of this. And let me tell you something: If none of us are here to see it, tell your children who the cowards were.”

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/06/2026

started / going

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Shananigans @buttonlass.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

I support the people of New Jersey and those in need at Delaney Hall. Perhaps you can help them out?

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/05/2026

BREAKING: A Russian attack drone has struck a residential building in Galați, Romania, according to reports from the scene. Romania is a NATO member state. Initial reports indicate multiple people were injured.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Zohran Mamdani: "We will protect tenants from bad landlords block by block. We will support tenant unions block by block. We will deliver some of the strongest and most expansive tenant protections in the United States of America block by block."

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Mitchell Volk @mvolk.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Well holy crap. Erin Brockovich (yes, the same one the led the Hinkley, CA toxic groundwater lawsuit in ‘93) launched a website tracking AI data centers across the US and the ecological impacts to the environment and drinking water. MN is riddled with them. www.brockovichdatacenter.com

Erin Brockovich leading the charge on tracking AI data centers across the US

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Kathryn Kysar @darklake.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

@shannongibney.bsky.social’s important new picture book WHERE IS MY SISTER was released this week by @uminnpress.bsky.social. You can find the book at @redballoonbookshop.bsky.social and other independent bookstores!

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Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan @ltgovflanagan.mn.gov · 14/05/2026

Minnesotans have said enough is enough. We are demanding action to protect our kids. House Republicans need to show some courage and tell Minnesotans where they stand.

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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 29/04/2026

'Monstrous' Trump Rule Change Could Slash Benefits to 400,000 Adults With Down Syndrome and Other Disabilities "As they push to build a $400 million ballroom, they are stripping disabled Americans of their meager benefits."

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'Monstrous' Trump Rule Change Could Slash Benefits to 400,000 Adults With Down Syndrome and Other Disabilities

"As they push to build a $400 million ballroom, they are stripping disabled Americans of their meager benefits," said one congressional candidate.

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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

It's always Reagan. punk bitch

"College tuition has risen 914% since 1983, according to CNBC."

(Who was president? And tell all the old people who talk about working part time jobs to pay for school, while millennials and GenZ want handouts to stfu forever)

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Major 7th Magazine @major7mag.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

New mixtape up for you! It will be one of our last. Details in my editor's letter Now playing: Volume 27 www.major7mag.com/post/literar...

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Literary Mixtape Volume 27

On folding.

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Major 7th Magazine @major7mag.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Thank you Henrick Karoliszyn, @iamchrisscott.bsky.social, Casey Jo Graham Welmers, @jeremymauser.bsky.social, Lizzy Turner, Colin Brightwell, @darklake.bsky.social, @joshshepard.bsky.social for your lovely work Their songs are up on the master playlist, give it a follow: t.co/sIV6Q5IKRO

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https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3kU7INvsxn4FvdGPJrkgYW?si=bd9937717bda4d8e

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/04/2026

Seems to me like Trump is desperately begging Iran to sign a replica of the Obama JCPOA he tore up. All for the low low price of thousands dead, global instability, high energy prices, and a toll on ships through the once-free strait of Hormuz.

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Kathryn Kysar @darklake.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Join us on SUNDAY, April 19th at Icehouse in Minneapolis to celebrate Truartspeaks with performances by Douglas Kearney, Desdamona, Valerie Deus, @seemore.bsky.social, and many more. Doors open at 3:00 and show starts at 4:00. Hope to see you there!

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Kathryn Kysar @darklake.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Time for Canada to save Minnesota! www.savetheboundarywaters.org/updates/what...

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What about Canada?

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

NOW: B52 bombers are literally in the air on their way to Iran and hundreds of thousands of Iranians are in the streets waving flags and surrounding bridges & power plants. Difficult to imagine this has any precedent in modern warfare. (🎥 Al Jazeera)

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Jay Gabler @jaygabler.com · 01/04/2026

In his later years, Hertzel remembered, her father confided, "'There were just so many of you. There wasn't enough love to go around.' I thought that was heartbreaking. It's wrong. There's always enough love."

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'Ghosts of Fourth Street' recalls a 1960s Duluth childhood

Laurie Hertzel's memoir, describing her early family life and the untimely death of her brother, captures a small world that turned on its axis in 1966.

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Kathryn Kysar @darklake.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Author, activist, parent, and educator @shannongibney.bsky.social's important oped on the current funding crisis for Minneapolis Public Schools: racketmn.com/after-the-ic...

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After the ICE Invasion, We Must Invest in Public Schools - Racket

The priorities of Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and MPD reveal 'a kind of moral rot that must be addressed head on.'

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Everyone pony the fuck fpr the librarian who just got sacked for refusing to remove LGBTQ books from the kids' section of the library.

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Kyle Tran Myhre @guante.info · 30/03/2026

Won't link to it, but a MAGA facebook page w/ 8 million followers reviewed us: "a raw, aggressive performance" "power to the people in classic communist style" "a direct call to economic disruption" "Secret Rivers revealed the real venom driving these events: contempt for federal authority" ok!

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

there it is, all 7 continents

screengrab of Mary Shaw's Facebook Post from The 50501 Movement. Image of four people in winter gear who have written NO KINGS in the snow. Caption reads "4 at Deception Island, Antartica"

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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Does it work properly? No. Are the people making it acting in good faith? No. Have they ensured it can't be used maliciously? No. Does it make people's lives better? No. Will it make people's lives better? No. Is it profitable? No. Is it popular? No. Is it harmless? No. The argument for AI.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/03/2026

we might see 70 percent disapproval!

graphic of new polling showing Trump's approval/disapproval at 36/62

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Kathryn Kysar @darklake.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Excited to be teaching my Stop Making Sense poetry workshop at the @loftliterarycenter.bsky.social in Minneapolis on Saturday, April 11 10-3 pm. Join us for some wild poetry fun! loft.org/classes/stop...

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Kathryn Kysar @darklake.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

I’m honored to be in conversation with Anthony Cebellos about his new book GLASSFUL OF PRAYER on Tuesday, March 17th at Magers and Quinn in Minneapolis. Registration recommended. www.magersandquinn.com/event/Anthon...

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

That ends the Frankenstein portion of the evening.

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