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Kelly Caldwell @kkc212.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

How much do you need to describe or explain when your story involves events, settings, or concepts that are so historic or universal — like the Great Recession, or the movie Airplane! — they’ve already been well covered? blogs.gothamwriters.com/2026/09/14/h... #WritingCommunity #writetip

A still from the film Airplane! set in a cockpit with, from left: a blow-up doll with a kind of egg-shaped head, wearing a blue pilot's uniform sitting in the co-pilot's seat; Leslie Nielsen wearing a brown suit and a brown striped tie standing in the middle, each arm resting on the backs of the seats; and Robert Hayes in the pilot's chair, looking sweaty and wearing an unfortunate khaki shirt and brown plaid tie. If you haven't seen this movie, don't let all the brown clothes dissuade you. It's a hoot!

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Kelly Caldwell @kkc212.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I hate to give Mike Lee credit for anything, but the chances that the president would actually say that are not zero.

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

2023: White Sox lose 101 games 2024: White Sox lose 121 games 2025: White Sox lose 102 games 2026:

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

i really can’t bring myself to care about AI anthropomorphism debates. “is AI thinking?” i don’t know. is a calculator calculating? questions for the philosophers. what’s important is that we put sam altman in prison.

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Andy Behrman @electroboyusa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

‼️ Our Bluesky friend Ashley is fighting Stage 4 cancer, and her insurance company refuses to pay for most procedures, calling them experimental. Let’s get Ashley across the finish line. Please chip in $28, $50, $100, $250, $500, $1000—or whatever you can. Click: www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-mom...

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Kelly Caldwell @kkc212.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Hey, #writingcommunity, maybe you've seen Andy's post before. If you've scrolled by it, or already donated (thank you!), maybe share it with your own community? Here on bluesky, or also on insta, or in your group chat? It sucks that this is how we do healthcare, but for now, it's what we've got.

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Kelly Caldwell @kkc212.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Deadline to apply is November 15th. No application fee! But don't wait too long to get started on it. The application does ask you to write a coupla things... #amwriting #writingcommunity

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Kelly Caldwell @kkc212.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Look, writers, we're all procrastinators, but maybe start early for this scholarship. Winners get five classes, AND a mentorship, in any kind of writing you want. This is a no-experience-necessary opportunity for writers of color! v2.writingclasses.com/scholarships... #writingcommunity

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A propos the effort of David Sachs to kill us all with totally unregulated AI, I repost this from two years ago. snyder.substack.com/p/oligarchs-...

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Oligarchs' Island

A Sitcom Pitch in a Tragic Moment

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

When I was talking about how "Yes, the GOP will try & take your votes. And YES, THEY CAN BE STOPPED"? There's a great example here in North Carolina right now! Our area is one of the GOP's testing grounds for new ways to steal votes. Stop them here, you stop them everywhere. Help us help you!

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Stand With Irene Grimes: Legal Defense Fund

Irene Grimes told the truth about an attempt to fire Cumberland County's elections director behind closed doors, and now the same partisan majority she exposed is trying to remove her from the board.

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Kelly Caldwell @kkc212.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

American Moon, David Berner's latest, is a novel about road trips, the opioid crisis, and life-changing chance encounters with strangers. A new classic in the genre of American novels, imho. regal-house-publishing.mybigcommerce.com/american-moon/

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American Moon

American Moon by David W. Berner

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Kelly Caldwell @kkc212.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

YES, thank you! I'm finally finishing Abundance by Hafeez Lakhani, a former student of mine, and the story is as gorgeous as its cover. And the cover, I mean...👀 www.counterpointpress.com/books/abunda...

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Abundance

Two generations of a Muslim Indian family grapple with what parts of life we control and what we must humbly accept in pursuit of the American dream—for readers of Min Jin Lee, Mohsin Ha…

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 22/09/2026

Sickened coal miners are pleading for their black lung benefits as cases surge

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Sickened coal miners plead for their black lung benefits as cases surge

"Do you have to be dead?"

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Ashley Holden 🩷 M.Ed. @mrsholden2019.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Fighting #cancer is the hardest thing I've ever done. It's been an 18 year battle - now stage 4. I need to raise $ for my full body PET scan & the $4,900 Signatera tests (4x a year) insurance doesn't cover. 🔗 www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-mom... Please SHARE and help if you're able. I'm grateful. ❤️

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Donate to Help a Mom, Wife, Teacher Battle Stage 4 Metastatic Melanoma, organized by Ashley Holden

I am in a fight for my life and I need some help. Af… Ashley Holden needs your support for Help a Mom, Wife, Teacher Battle Stage 4 Metastatic Melanoma

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This aired just the once in 1998 on the live SNL show for which McKay wrote it. It was effectively banned as it never aired again. I wonder why. MEDIA-OPOLY

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Kelly Caldwell @kkc212.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

They sold at least one Kennedy Center artwork to a billionaire, but the story does not say for how much, or where the money went.

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

1. This is a naked attack on press freedom by a president who hates it. 2. There are limits to the president's ability to carry out this threat thanks to the First Amendment. 3. It's also a threat to the "Other Fake News Media Outlets" who can face similar punishment based on their reporting.

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Kelly Caldwell @kkc212.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"What more precisely were you expecting from Me? Did you think I would descend from the heavens every autumn to personally remove influenza from thy lungs? I am literally God! I have things going on up here." Hoo-boy, this one by @jackloftus.bsky.social hits. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/an-...

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An Important Vaccine Update from the Lord Thy God

“Vaccines were supposed to be on the tablets the whole time. Wild, right? But, in My defense, I had just created heaven and earth, and parted the Red Sea, an...

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Kelly Caldwell @kkc212.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Agreed! But not all are apathetic! You can help shrink the green pie slice: 🗳️ volunteer to register people; 🗳️ text bank with Vote Riders to remind people about early voting; 🗳️ volunteer with groups that give people a ride to the polls. We can't cure apathy, but we can fight voter suppression!

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Reminder. 💚✊

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Kelly Caldwell @kkc212.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

One group trying to reach the folks in the green pie slice is Vote Riders. They help people register, and if you live in a state with onerous voter ID laws, they help you figure out what you need to vote, and where to get it. Check them out! voteriders.org

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VoteRiders - Homepage

Eliminating barriers to voting

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

NYC DOT unveils the final vision for transformation of the avenue (from E.46th to E.57th). “.. A reduction of two lanes of traffic, wider sidewalks, benches, space for cultural programming, a bike lane ..” (via Mark Levine)

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Kelly Caldwell @kkc212.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

@roxanegay.bsky.social Feel like you should know that not one but TWO baby elephants showed up at the Tembe Elephant Park watering hole this morning! www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdrN...

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Tembe Elephant Park | Wildlife Live Stream

YouTube video by Africam

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I have had some great teachers in this life, and she was the one who taught me what I could call the survival techniques to being a writer. I wouldn't have made it this far without her. I'm grateful to her, for her. Rest in peace, Annie.

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River Teeth @riverteeth.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

What is creative nonfiction? It’s a question always worth asking, as Eric LeMay explores in this classic essay. ✨ River Teeth Classics hopes to give new life to essays that were once published elsewhere and have been lost to obscurity. #RiverTeeth #CreativeNonfiction #MicroEssays

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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

If I were an emergency management agency I would simply not ever contract with any company that hires Kevin Guthrie as a consultant.

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Kelly Caldwell @kkc212.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Make a band edible: Tater-Kinney

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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Today I'm honoring 9/11 Day by turning remembrance into action. 25 years later,,, we remember those we lost and honor the heroes who stepped up by continuing to do GOOD. If you a NYC school teacher,,, drop yo wish list and imma hook up the first 25. Join me and @911day and #UNITEFORGOOD.

Flavor Flav serving up meals at Bowery mission NYC

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

true story: i went to mizzou for work last year and was chatting with the shuttle driver to the airport. he told me his nephews went to KU and he never forgave them “because of the rivalry.” i nodded, thinking sports/forgetting the history. then he adds “you know, because of the civil war.” me: 🫪

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 10/09/2026

It’s 9/11 eve, don’t forget to racially profile yourself and put out those little three ounce bottles of shampoo for TSA Santa

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David Olson @davidolson11.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The number of 9/11-related cancer cases at Northwell is on track to rise again in 2026, reflecting how it can take many years for cancer to develop. And cancers in 9/11 responders typically are more "advanced and aggressive" a Northwell oncologist says. www.newsday.com/news/health/...

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Number of new 9/11 cancers among Northwell patients who worked at Ground Zero on track to surpass 2025

The increase in new cancer cases among Northwell patients reflects nationwide trends in 9/11 cancer cases.

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Kelly Caldwell @kkc212.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This has the potential to be such an important movie about mental illness, but is it wrong that I'm just a little bit afraid to plunge into 1980s NYC art world that part of the story takes place in?

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Andy Behrman @electroboyusa.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

⚡ I know I AM the biggest pain in the ass online, but I’m trying to help Ashley to stay alive so this is the most brazen post I’ve ever shared. Sadly, we raised only $25 on Labor Day. She's $375 short. ⚡Can you click this link and give Ashley a chance to live? www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-mom...

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Kelly Caldwell @kkc212.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

A great essay by @lalpert1.bsky.social for NYMag, but note: Christie Todd Whitman is lying to Alpert when she says her decisions were backed by scientists. The NY Daily News & Juan González reported that the science showe toxic air and watern as early as October 2001. nymag.com/intelligence...

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The Other Victims of 9/11

Twenty-five years after the attack, tens of thousands of people have gotten sick. I am one of them.

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Kelly Caldwell @kkc212.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This book is absolutely the wild ride, and worthy read, that Andy is describing! #amreading #memoir

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Kelly Caldwell @kkc212.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I have two beautiful glass-front bookcases, where I keep mostly hardcovers of my favorites. The top shelf of one of those cases is reserved for books by my friends. (And my first edition of Jazz by Toni Morrison.) Books by my students are in that same case on the next shelf. That's my❤️ bookcase

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 03/09/2026

Someone finally wrote a bad review of my book! Its argument: The tech bros are not fascists and we need not worry about them. Its author: a fellow at the Foundation for American Innovation (FAI). FAI's ideological godfather and treasured idol: Peter Thiel. 🫠

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Kelly Caldwell @kkc212.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

How much Jane Austen is too much Jane Austen? Do our instincts ever hold us back? What should I watch this weekend when my hike/bbq/picnic inevitably gets rained out? Ask Gotham has all the answers you need! gothamwriters.substack.com/p/ask-gotham... #WritingCommunity #LaborDay

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Ask Gotham: Issue Eight

Editors and instincts and adapting Austen: our first ever LIGHTNING ROUND! ⚡️

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Kelly Caldwell @kkc212.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

This @laurienotaro.bsky.social novel — and the subsequent eight-part Netflix series — cannot come fast enough for me. memoirland.substack.com/p/the-memoir... #writing #books #DOGE

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Happy Rice Truck Day to all who observe

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 04/09/2026

Apparently some agents are trying to claim percentages on the Anthropic settlement, and I do not REMOTELY think they should do this, what the fuck, stop that shit!

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