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Emily A. Gordon

@emdashes.bsky.social
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Terminally online since LambdaMOO. Currently in Oakland, proud dual 🇨🇦 Support refugee families during the cold Connecticut winter: elenaslight.org

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Why ben thei so numerous The songes about rainbowes And what ys on the othir syde? "Rainbowes are visiounes Yet onlye illusiounes, And rainbowes have no thynge to hyde."
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Emily A. Gordon @emdashes.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
“We are not happy with the change in government, as many aren’t. We will just leave it at that, I guess. It feels very unsettled there,” says Gwen.
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Emily A. Gordon @emdashes.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
They make stunning books that are well written and edited, useful, unusual, and worth your time. Independent publishers ❤️‍🔥
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Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
In 2022 I started tracking changes in how news outlets were describing trans people, and set up a bot to record every article pushed to the Google News index based on a handful of search phrases, including “biological sex” in both the US and UK. The amount in 2023 alone was absolutely staggering.
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Anatomy of a moral panic — Jessica Kant
A year ago, after noticing an alarming shift in both the number and tone of news articles being served search engines like Google and Bing, I cobbled together a system that would log news stories as t...
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David Burbach 🇺🇸 @dburbach.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now. If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
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Saoirse Ní Chiaragáin @miseryvulture.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
It's just always so cheap. I suppose it wouldn't be any better if they truly committed, but these Party City displays of mock opulence just really underscore how stupid and vapid this all is for me.
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 15/01/2026
National park staff are asking about the citizenship status of visitors
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National park staff are asking about the citizenship status of visitors
Planning to visit Yosemite or Sequoia National Parks? You could be asked for your citizenship status.
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Emily A. Gordon @emdashes.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
“…ICE’s recruitment push is so sloppy that the administration effectively has no idea who’s joining the agency’s ranks. We’re all, collectively, in the dark about whom the state is arming, tasking with the most sensitive of law enforcement work, and then sending into America’s streets.”
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 14/01/2026
Even just a name can put in motion efforts that get someone released. If they're a citizen, we can get them jail support. If they're an immigrant, there are groups working overtime to file habeas petitions before they're whisked out of state. But it starts with a name.
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gallaugher @gallaugher.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Good news. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
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Boston Harbor welcomes back shellfish harvesting, says goodbye to dirty water
For the first time in decades, water quality has improved enough to reclassify certain areas to allow shellfishing for human consumption.
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Reporting (still) matters. It can (still) make a difference.
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Forbes @forbes.com · 12/01/2026
Records show the Trump Organization has requested over 2,000 foreign workers since 2008. Its latest request seeks a $13.90 hourly wage—the lowest the winery has offered since 2021.
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Trump Vineyard Seeks Foreign Workers At Lower Wages After Trump Administration Policy Shift
Records show the Trump Organization has requested over 2,000 foreign workers since 2008. Its latest request seeks a $13.90 hourly wage—the lowest the winery has offered since 2021.
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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Will no one meme for the billionaires
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
People Magazine is incredibly clear eyed about ICE being a terrorist organization. I’ll probably buy a subscription because of it:
Doctor Tried to Help Woman Shot Dead by
ICE, but Agents Blocked Him from Treating Her:DHS Officer Seen on
Video Kicking
Memorial Candle for Renee Nicole Good, Woman Killed by ICE:
'Don't Give a F-..'
When confronted by a protester seconds later, the federal agent pushed him back and said, "I don't give a f..."
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Published on January 8, 2026 01:35PM
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Emily A. Gordon @emdashes.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
HAMNET is a movie about linen (complimentary)
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 12/01/2026
Friendly reminder that we call eggplant eggplant because the "normal" eggplant used to look like this
viney plant with white eggplants that loo, well like, eggs.
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Emily A. Gordon @emdashes.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Consistently appreciate Ruffalo’s directness
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Emily A. Gordon @emdashes.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
“When you look but you don’t see that the terrorists, terrorist sympathizers, and gang members can be you, you labour under the false assumption that you are safe.” — @monaeltahawy.bsky.social www.feministgiant.com/p/essay-safe...
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Essay: Safe
A protest demanding the release of Mahmoud Khalil at Foley Square on March 10, 2025, in New York City.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
The reactionary centrist logic is simple: if the left does something bad it’s the left’s fault, and if the right does something bad, it’s also the left’s fault for making them do it. It’s a simple formula and once you see it every one of their arguments is the same
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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
I will read every interview with Heated Rivalry writer and director Jacob Tierney because his quotes are truly a reporter's dream: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
"They made me feel really old,” he says. “They were like, ‘What is a wolf and why is it on parade?’ And I was like, ‘I hate both of you.’ And I was like, ‘Feist? 1,2,3,4?’ And they’re like, ‘Oh yeah, we watched that on Sesame Street.’ And I was like, ‘Again, I’d like to push you down a flight of stairs. Your youth enrages me.’”
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Looks like ICE is now cracking down on … Native Americans. This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota: “Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
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Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
The Office of Chairman Sitting Bear
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CHAIRMAN SITTING BEAR'S STATEMENT REGARDING SRST PUBLIC SAFETY
JANUARY 9, 2026
I have been receiving reports and evidence of First Nations people being racially targeted, assaulted, and detained by the federal agency Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE). We want to remind our members to be safe and proactive by carrying with you at a minimum your tribal identification cards or a copy of your degree of Indian Blood. Our tribal identification affirms our citizenship and political status.
Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands. Any federal activity within our boundaries must recognize and respect our tribal sovereignty, treaty obligations, and established jurisdictional boundaries. Any ICE presence or activity within our lands is not authorized, not welcome, and will be addressed. Unauthorized personnel will be escorted off our lands.
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 10/01/2026
Such a good quote!
"The shared laughter in a crowded theater, the eager debrief after a musical, the heavy silence that hangs over all of us in a drama - these are moments that every New Yorker deserves," Mamdani said later.
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Emily A. Gordon @emdashes.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
My copyeditor colleague in the ‘90s once bludgeoned her new keyboard with her fists. She’d learned dozens of new systems and was done
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bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
listen up private. the GI bill has been revoked and your enlistment has been extended into lifetime service. you have been reassigned to the 118th doordash division delivering $50 boba tea orders to critically sip-deficient regions
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Suzy @suzypugs.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
War is the consequence of failed communication. It’s also the easiest, bile-induced action a nation can take.
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Emily A. Gordon @emdashes.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
“Not for the first time, and not for the last, I’m going to make the observation that it’s going to be hard to figure out how to fight wars over sunshine.”
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ceej @ceej.online · 30/12/2025
Ken Burns, look me in the eyes, man. Every time I start talking I can see you start slowly panning across my face
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 25/08/2025
Judge Xinis: Your clients are *absolutely forbidden* from removing Mr. Abrego from the continental United States. You understand this? DOJ: Yes.
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Charlotte Garden @charlottegarden.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
“Real New Yorkers never get leisure time [and that’s the way we like it]” makes me think it’s time for a revival of the old labor slogan
A sign that reads “8 hours labour, 8 hours recreation, 8 hours rest”
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✨John Carpenter’s BOObies✨ @ourflagmeansbeth.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Don’t be afraid to share your writing. There are six Sharknado movies.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
If the US government had to pay for medical care of its citizens, it might care more about climate change impacts, air and water pollution, gun violence, traffic crashes, the food we eat, etc. It’s past time for single payer healthcare.
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Sam Whyte @samwhyte.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Interesting pharmacology fact circa 35 mins in. Without googling, how many plastic surgeons do you reckon there were pre-WW2?
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Billy Hanlon @bhanlon15.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
BBC: “Long Covid patients gaslit by GPs, study finds” “Dr. Sazana Jayadeva, a research fellow at the university, said a "shift was needed in medical culture" following the findings” www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Long Covid patients gaslit by GPs, Surrey study finds
The University of Surrey study says patients faced "gatekeeping" of medical treatment from doctors.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
“Some workers hid from the officers in the warehouse’s towering rafters, remaining there for hours even after officers flew a drone inside the warehouse to try to find them. … “Some texted relatives from their hiding spots.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/n...
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Federal Agents Detain Dozens of Workers in Raid at New Jersey Warehouse
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Can't stop thinking about the farmworker families in Monterey County found living in greenhouses—100 people, including toddlers, crammed into makeshift shelter without ventilation. And now, many of those same children live with the fear that their parents will be picked up and disappeared by ICE.
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Grower fined for housing people in converted greenhouse
Investigators say dozens of people, including women and children, were living in an illegally converted greenhouse for several months.
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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
I know news needs to report on this … “Can I just be the Dominican traffic conductor who honks people on the head when they block the box/” “Cuomo will fight Trump” NO HE WILL NOT WHO LIED TO YOU *bonk* DALE PATRA!! ( GO BACK GO BACK) www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6Ca8fYh/
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TikTok video by elchinord281
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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Just had to pick up a few things in the local Tesco, as is the customary greeting in this part of Lancashire, the woman on the till went “Hi a’reet?” And I gave the customary reply “aye, not s’bad.” Then after a pause “that was a lie, I’ve had a shit day to be honest” and she burst into laughter
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stabke @stabke.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
You, an idiot: ok Billy Joel what’s a real estate novelist lol Me, an intellectual: every building has at least one story
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Mr. Handsome Boy @kaiten9653.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Instead of going to jail with Trump, JD Vance should be sentenced to have a tuba player follow him around at all times honking away
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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
The VA’s unilateral termination of union contracts for ~360k workers represents a loss of 2.5% OF ALL UNION MEMBERS IN AMERICA. I’m not sure what it will take for the labor movement to get into crisis mode, but the crisis is here.
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Lily Bart 📚 🎧 😽 @roguetime.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Listen I am POOR. I have zero income and no job. Desperate is a word I might use. But I would unalive myself before I took a job with ICE. Fuck these assholes.
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RadiantHostility (he/him) @radianthostility.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Ma'am I literally have bipolar disorder and never on the worst day of my life have I pulled shit even remotely comparable to what Kennedy does each day. The sane are running the asylum, just as they always have, and they're assholes, as they often are.
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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
BLASTING BAMBINOS: Big Balls Boxed By Bairns
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NYTimes: affirmative action for mediocre editors angry at MeToo @originalist.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
"We knew we couldn’t make it illegal to be either against the war or black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities. We could arrest their leaders, raid their homes, vilify them night after
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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
You are wealthy beyond belief, living with assets that Kings would never have dreamed possible. You can fly to your house in the Italian countryside, or be taken to a 5 star restaurant with amazing things to be offered. And your concern is being able to say derogatory slurs without consequence.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
BBC News: Do you think you were a witness to war crimes? American veteran who worked at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distribution center: Without question I witnessed war crimes.
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Microplastics Sommelier @eephus.biz · 28/07/2025
maybe there's still some good left in this world after all
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