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Kasey

@kaseybwriter.bsky.social
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Writer, backyard beekeeper, alpaca lady, busybody, lover of scary stories

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
One of my all-time favorite moments from Colbert’s show — this exchange with Dua Lipa on faith and grief.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Mark Zuckerberg built a massive data center in Georgia just hundreds of yards from people’s homes. Now the water pressure is gone. Sinks don’t run. Toilets won’t refill. Homes shake nonstop. Power outages are routine.
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Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Brutal.
A WHOLE CIVILIZATION
WILL DIE TONIGHT
My son needs lunch, and I have to put his backpack together, but a whole civilization will die tonight, so I'm wondering if they've closed their schools.
Like, a snow day, maybe, except instead of snow it's
"keep your children home so if you die, you die together" — instead of "well open back up once the plows have cleared" it's
"we don't know if we'll be here tomorrow, hold your babies tight."
It's just "talk" I'm told, which I've been told before.
"It's how the president makes his deals." But I've never heard anyone talk about other human beings this way, and I'm not certain I can look my son in the eyes if we all agree to stomach it one more time.
A civilization will die tonight, but as I zip up his backpack and kiss him off to school I think: if this is what we call leadership then I'm not entirely sure ours isn't already dead.
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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
One hopes images like this, when paired with the knowledge that everything we burn ends up in that tiny slice of gasses, would help contextualize why we need to move away from energy sources we set on fire. One hopes. Climate communicators should make some hay of this.
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Talia al Ghoul 🏳️‍⚧️ @usili.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Oh my gd, the Artemis II crew doing a parody of a bad 1980s sitcom intro from in space. Source: www.instagram.com/p/DWwuHPfCZ8Z/
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Jessica @jessica-rn.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Just wait until these eyesore monstrosities want to come to your neighborhood. Goodbye trees. Expect to hear a constant, electrical humming, warmer temperatures and higher energy bills. Fight like hell to keep data centers out of your area.
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Data centers are creating ‘heat islands’ and warming the land around them by up to 16 degrees | CNN
The vast data centers that power artificial intelligence are so energy hungry that they’re heating up their surroundings, according to new research. It’s an alarming finding given the number of data c...
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Kasey @kaseybwriter.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Last day to submit to Kitchen Table Quarterly! We’re looking for your poetry and creative nonfiction; your personal, family, and weird histories. www.kitchentablequarterly.org/submit
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розповісти//submissions — Kitchen Table Quarterly
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Moms Demand Action @momsdemandaction.org · 24/02/2026
MOMS ARE MAKING IT HAPPEN: @abigailspanberger.com was inspired to run for office as a volunteer with our Virginia Moms Demand Action chapter. Tonight, as the newly elected Governor of Virginia, she will deliver the Democratic response to the State of the Union address. We are beaming with pride! 🥹
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson has passed away at the age of 84. My thoughts are with his family. I wanted to share this clip from his appearance on Sesame Street in 1971. His important words ring just as true today as they did back then.
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.” - 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas. Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children. www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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A 7-year-old from Venezuela who was living in Austin, Texas 
Detained for 70 days

“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”UPDATE: Staff at the ICE concentration camp in Dilley, Texas have begun raiding the dormitories of kids and their parents to confiscate and destroy letters from the children. This is in response to the ace reporting by 
@micarosenberg
 et al for ProPublica:
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functional moron @fiveburger.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
america could be such a cool fucking place if we’d just let it be
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/02/2026
NEW: ProPublica went inside the detention center for immigrant families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of what comes next.
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The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...
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T. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Sarah's the reason I subscribed to The Verge, and this piece is excellent Gift link in the below post:
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
I am just gonna say it, these guys are completely emasculated by the knowledge that they have been out-organized by a group that is significantly made up of women, and all the bullshit call of duty nonsense is cope for their wounded egos bsky.app/profile/jeet...
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Moms Clean Air Force @momscleanairforce.org · 27/01/2026
EVs promised cleaner air. Satellites say it’s finally happening. electrek.co/2026/01/26/e...
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EVs promised cleaner air. Satellites say it’s finally happening.
Satellite data shows California neighborhoods with more EVs are already seeing measurable drops in air pollution.
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Kasey @kaseybwriter.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
If this piece struck a chord, please check out the Motherhood Live: The “Wine Mom" Label & Other Cons to Silence Moms call tonight with Katie Bethell from @moveon.org, @shannonrwatts.bsky.social, Gloria Steinem, Ilana Glazer, Emily Oster, Isabel González Whitaker, and thousands of other moms:
momsfirst-us.zoom.us
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Motherhood Live: The “Wine Mom" Label & Other Cons to Silence Moms. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Apparently, moms are the latest “threat” to America. According to recent media narratives, the real danger isn’t broken systems or failed leadership. It’s “organized gangs of wine moms” — women who a...
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Back in 2007 Fox News did a segment on how Mr. Rogers, who died in 2003, was "evil" & was the source of many of America's problems. Fun fact: Fred Rogers was a lifelong REPUBLICAN, but he was the sort of old school liberal Republican that Fox News was designed to eliminate. youtu.be/29lmR_357rA?...
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Mr. Rogers is a evil Man
YouTube video by arapidsfan
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 20/01/2026
"Jessica M. led a discussion on making signs for the next protest. Debate over whether or not to censor the f-word. Will decide at next meeting. Discussed the need to move on from puns on 'Hamilton' lyrics."
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Wine Mom Gang Meeting Minutes
“What we are seeing across the country as organized gangs of wine moms use Antifa tactics to harass and impede Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...
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Pete @baldiepete.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
It’s Penguin Awareness Day which seems like a great excuse to post the greatest ever Wikipedia edit.
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 18/01/2026
"Stephanie found bulletproof backpacks for her kids; they might make cute diaper bags for self-defense. Milk is soothing after pepper spray. Breast milk even better? Save post-meeting pump-and-dump?"
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Wine Mom Gang Meeting Minutes
“What we are seeing across the country as organized gangs of wine moms use Antifa tactics to harass and impede Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...
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Kasey @kaseybwriter.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
I'm excited to have these minutes out with McSweeney's today. Love you, wine moms.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Sesame Street will be putting a huge collection of episodes on YouTube starting in January 2026 This is a fantastic way to educate children It’s a form of resistance. Shows like Sesame Street teach love, tolerance, acceptance & more. These lessons are crucial for the long fight ahead.
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Kasey @kaseybwriter.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
I'm delighted to have my story from the jail library included in this list!
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Kasey @kaseybwriter.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
I just went over to YouTube to find myself a bedtime story and found that @hcrichardson.bsky.social has released a new series: The Declaration in Action, featuring 10 excellent American women. What a wonderful surprise, and wonderful stories!
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Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · 02/08/2025
@aoc.bsky.social's emails let people know how her office helps constituents, in this case with 3000 backpacks for kids who need back to school supplies. Does your rep do anything like this? If not, why not?
from AOC email:

'3,000 backpacks with supplies, ready to go to thousands of kids in need across The Bronx and Queens: 

[photos of donated backpacks at the AOC Organizing Base]

'I  want to stress that it wasn’t just donations, but also your time, effort, and presence that made this happen too.

Our office was FILLED with supporters on Tuesday night, creating community and hand-packing thousands of backpacks with supplies so that we are ready to go a month ahead of time for thousands of kids to go back to school.'
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Kasey @kaseybwriter.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
I'm trying something new on Substack, a little different from the newsletter about the alpacas: bookmarks & bindweed--Sunday devotions focused on nature, empathy, and creativity: kaseybutchersantana.substack.com?r=2kbzb3&utm...
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bookmarks & bindweed | Kasey Butcher Santana | Substack
Weekly meditations on nature, empathy, spirituality, and creativity. For those with dirt under their fingernails, looking for bugs, hoping for a better world. Click to read bookmarks & bindweed, by Ka...
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Moms Clean Air Force @momscleanairforce.org · 01/07/2025
"The wicked become even worse when they are tolerated." Leo Tolstoy
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Kasey @kaseybwriter.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
In honor of my late, great father on Father's Day, I'd like to share my story, "Things We Lost When Dad Died," which was published by Great Lakes Review last summer. Love you, Dad. greatlakesreview.org/things-we-lo...
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Things We Lost When Dad Died
Earlier that afternoon, we buried my father. Alone for the first time in days, I washed his glasses in the kitchen sink with bright orange dish soap. My brother said a few times during the previous…
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Kasey @kaseybwriter.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
A couple summers ago, I wrote a flash CNF piece, “Robotic Bees Don’t Say Ope,” inspired by a couple of science news stories, and was delighted to have it appear in Star 82 Review. Here it is again in a Summer Reading Anthology from the same publication! star82review.com/13.2-antholo...
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Star 82 Review | Issue 13.2
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Kasey @kaseybwriter.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Just signed up for Summer Reading at the library and logged reading from this morning's reading session for both daughter and me. We are reading The Wild Robot. What's on your summer reading list? solhomestead.substack.com/p/summer-bre...
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Summer Break Dreams
These are the good old days
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
If you read 1 article this week, make it this one! Then share it with everyone you know. Our National Parks aren't just gorgeous, they protect against catastrophes like the dust bowl & generate more than $55bn in revenue. Trump wants to slash its budget by 40% www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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This land is their land: Trump is selling out the US’s beloved wilderness
During the McCarthy era’s darkest days, public lands came under attack. History now repeats itself – and this may be the last chance to defend what’s ours
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Kasey @kaseybwriter.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
In this essay for Longreads, I wrote about a jumping spider who I found in my beehive and named Dot. I was so excited to find another one under the lid today! A little shyer, but still so beautiful.
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Longreads @longreads.com · 09/04/2025
New at Longreads: @kaseybwriter.bsky.social on what dreams and spiders taught her about trusting the process when it comes to her writing. #writing longreads.com/2025/04/08/w...
Quote: "Reading this story, I consider the spiders weaving in my dreams at times when I feel most stressed about writing. I wonder if they warn against self-censorship."
Tagline: —Kasey Butcher Santana, "In Defense of Spiders"
A logo in the top right reads “Longreads”
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Kasey @kaseybwriter.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
I am so excited to share this essay with you today. There's a big piece of my heart in here...and many spiders...
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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
I tried to imagine what life without my library would be like…and the list is way too long #nationallibraryweek
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 04/04/2025
You had us at "a book of spells, the key to wonders."
Tweet from @A_B_morgan:
My seven-year-old asked for a dictionary this week. We went to the bookshop today to buy one. She walked home hugging it, pausing every so often to look up a word, grinning as though she had been given a book of spells, the key to wonders.

Merriam-Webster QT: The kids are alright.
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Kasey @kaseybwriter.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
I'm so excited to have worked with Brevity Blog! With thanks to the science teachers of my youth, I discuss writing about nature and advocating for climate action from a non-expert perspective. Science is essential to the effort, but so is love. I can write about love.
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Kitchen Table Quarterly @kitchentableqtrly.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
We're staying open until April 9th, y'all! Why? Because we want to. That's why!
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Kasey @kaseybwriter.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
I met this therapy dog, Rumble, from Healing Hounds at the Capitol in Denver today. His energy really matches his name. Such a good boy.
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