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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

so now we know why Taylor Farms tried so hard to get their cronies in the Trump Administration to help them stay out of the news futurism.com/science-ener...

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The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor

The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.

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Kurbs @kkurbs.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Please Use AI

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Leah Abuan Milne @leahamilne.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Presented at the American Literature Association conference then spent the rest of my birthday with Marc enjoying the Rookery building, some of Chicago's Filipino food offerings (Side Practice Coffee, Kanin, Del Sur Bakery), Ravenswood Spring Market, and catching up with a dear friend and her cat.

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Isaac G. Bryan @ib2real.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Thousands are marching in Selma calling for a full restoration of the voting rights act.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

“We have made a technology that creates nothing but will ensure you have no future while we get richer and richer wait why are you boooing?”

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Andy Oler @andyoler.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Look at that beautiful cover! Look at those beautiful people! @rosstangedal.bsky.social @dawnburns.bsky.social @leahamilne.bsky.social

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Leah Abuan Milne @leahamilne.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Being "evil is silly. It may be horrible, but it's not a compelling idea. It's predictable: it needs a tuxedo, a headline, blood, fingernails, all that costume to get anybody's attention. But the opposite... is survival, blossoming, endurance." --Toni Morrison youtu.be/5xvJYrSsXPA?...

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Toni Morrison on Trauma, Survival, and Finding Meaning

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Leah Abuan Milne @leahamilne.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Catch me at Proof: A Midwest Lit Fest on Oct. 11 as part of the Literary Landscapes of the Midwest panel with @andyoler.bsky.social, Olga L. Herrera, @dawnburns.bsky.social, & @rosstangedal.bsky.social @indianahumanities.bsky.social Free & open to the public. RSVP: events.humanitix.com/proof2025

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Proof: A Midwest Lit Fest

Proof is a literary festival that celebrates the power of writing that grows in the Midwest.

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Leah Abuan Milne @leahamilne.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

“Because freedom, I am told, is nothing but the distance between the hunter and its prey." — Ocean Vuong, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

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Leah Abuan Milne @leahamilne.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

In order for me to write poetry that isn’t political I must listen to the birds and in order to hear the birds the warplanes must be silent. – Marwan Makhoul

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Andy Oler @andyoler.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Check it out: the pre-order link for Lingering Inland: A Literary Tour of the Midwest! This book collects dozens of #LiteraryLandscapes essays, and pre-orders will ship in November—perfect for Christmas! www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...

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Lingering Inland

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Leah Abuan Milne @leahamilne.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

I haven't had the will to comment more publicly on this, but to so tragically disrupt the joy of an event created for and by us is just so damn heartbreaking.

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Leah Abuan Milne @leahamilne.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

"That’s history. It happened whether it offends you or not.” -Octavia Butler, Kindred

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Rachel M. Perera @rachelmarisa.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

📣 DEAR COLLEAGUE LETTERS ARE NON-BINDING GUIDANCE LETTERS. You cannot change what is considered illegal discrimination under federal law through non binding guidance.

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Leah Abuan Milne @leahamilne.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Fantastic keynote at the Zora Neale Hurston conference. Dr. Deborah Plant discussed editing Hurston's books, Life of Herod the Great and Barracoon, and the importance of preserving culture, history, orality, and language in the face of the overemphasis on efficiency and generative AI.

African American and Africana Studies scholar Dr. Deborah Plant in front of a bookshelf that includes her edited works by Hurston - The Life of Herod the Great and Barracoon

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 19/01/2025

Remember to keep your eyes on the prize: the future world you want to build Don’t drown thinking only of the things you are against Remember to dream of and work to create what you’re for

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Louise Seamster @louiseseamster.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

the attack on humanities/social science education, courses, and departments, the removal of books from K-12 libraries, and the rush to AI-ify higher ed all have the same outcome. It's different ways to neutralize knowledge, whether by erasing it or turning it all into bland porridge.

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swissmiss @tinarotheisenberg.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Tree.fm allows you to listen to a random forest. This is beautiful.

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Anthony Iannaccio @mrtonynacho.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Mister Rogers never misses

You know, your own imagination is far more wonderful

Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

Than any computer could ever be. You know why?

Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

You’re a living human being. And a computer is just a machine.

Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

Human beings are far more wonderful than machines.

Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

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Leah Abuan Milne @leahamilne.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Without downloading any new pics, what’s your energy going into 2025?

Little Miss Always Ready to Ruin the Vibes By Talking about Colonialism

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Leah Abuan Milne @leahamilne.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Kicking off the winter break with the poetry collections of Lauren Alleyne, DaMaris B. Hill, Philip B. Williams, Tara Betts, Sequoia Maner, darlene anita scott, Nikky Finney, and more. #Booksky 💙📚

Poetry collections by Destiny O. Birdsong, Kiki Petrosino, darlene anita scott, Sequoia Maner, Roger Reeves, Bettina Judd, Tara Betts, Adrian Matejka, Chet’la Sebree, Jericho Brown, Nate Marshall, Philip B. Williams, DaMaris B. Hill, and Nikky Finney

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Nick Land Acknowledgement 🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈 @lonestartallboi.bsky.social · 08/01/2024

20 years ago we were suing teenagers for millions of dollars because they were torrenting a single Metallica album and now billionaires are demanding the free right to every work in history, so that they can re-sell it. The law only ever serves capital.

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Leah Abuan Milne @leahamilne.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Great list overall, but Danzy Senna and Percival Everett? Literary power couple. 💙📚

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Norin 🦈 🔜 Nycc 3679? @mahoukarp.com · 02/12/2024

Animals with sharp objects 🔪🔪🔪 #art

illustration of animals with sharp objects

shiba is holding a knife
cat is holding a knife
husky is holding an axe
shark is holding a butcher knife
goose is holding a katana
axolotl is holding an axe
mouse is holding a greatsword
fox is holding a knife
raccoon is holding a knife

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 22/03/2024

I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases) projects.propublica.org/claimfile/

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Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim

You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f...

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Cody Miller @hcodymiller.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Right now is a good time to call your reps and tell them you are against ANY form of book banning (including the "Parents Bill of Rights" bill). The GOP House majority is going to be super slim in January, and they couldn't get the entire caucus behind the bill last time. We can beat this bill!

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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 06/09/2024

Me leaving anywhere

Silver surfer saying goodbye to the fantastic four as he heads off to surf the space ways as the herald of Galactus, he says “one day I hope to understand you humans and your strange emotions.” As he waves, in unison they say “bye!”

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Mitchell Nobis @mitchnobis.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Not Saeed's main point, but I wonder how much of U.S. cultural resistance to doing the reading/homework and getting smarter in general (note: not resistance to good grades—those are 2 diff. things) is a response to the pain it brings. Humans have done some bad things, and it hurts to learn about it.

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Andy Oler @andyoler.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Super excited that the #LiteraryLandscapes book has a title! Lingering Inland: A Literary Tour of the Midwest, forthcoming 2025 from @illinoispress.bsky.social

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rom comrade @savasavasava.myatproto.social · 22/11/2024

I joined a cat cafe but it was kind of a neko chamber

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Leah Abuan Milne @leahamilne.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Just picturing the response to my existential crisis being "I'm not sure what you mean by that, can you rephrase your question? Do you want to try asking that again?"

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Leah Abuan Milne @leahamilne.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

My article on #ZoraNealeHurston and indigeneity - "Making A Way Out of No Way: Hurston's Indigenous Inspirations" - is out with The Comparatist! If you can't access the article and want a PDF, let me know. muse.jhu.edu/article/940119 💙📚