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Lilliam Rivera

@lilliamr.bsky.social
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Award-winning author. Bronx born, L.A. living. Latest: TINY THREADS (Del Rey Books), available where books are sold. www.lilliamrivera.com

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Lilliam Rivera @lilliamr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Imagine thinking you did nothing wrong because you only walked in to the room and left. And having your lawyer send that out as a statement Fuck all them guys on that group chat, that frat, that institution. All of them.
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Cynthia Pelayo @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🌺❤️ SOMETHING FOLLOWED US HOME: TALES OF LATINÉ HORROR is available now from your favorite bookstore. bookshop.org/p/books/some...
Book cover for something follow us home with skulls keys crystals on a black background with purple pink and green accents
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
sitting down to write a column about how too many minorities are getting nominated for prizes these days is real loser shit like scraping the bottom of the racism barrel loser shit
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Molly Templeton @mollytempleton.com · 18/09/2026
friends! foes! folks! I hope you'll chime in on this—
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/09/2026
RFK Jr. wants people to get sick. He wants them to get sick and he thinks it is a good thing if they die, since those who live will have "natural immunity" and emerge stronger and fitter.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 16/09/2026
The truth is none of y’all hate Robert Kraft enough. Get on my level. (From February) gillianbrockell.com/the-truth-ab...
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The truth about ICE and the New England Patriots jets (Go Seahawks)
The best reason to hate the New England Patriots is where their team planes have been.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
LULAC, the nation’s oldest and largest Latino civil rights organization, sues DHS to keep armed ICE officers out of America’s polling places: lulac.org/news/pr/LULA...
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LULAC SUES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY TO KEEP ARMED ICE OFFICERS OUT OF AMERICA'S POLLING PLACES
Nation's Oldest and Largest Latino Civil Rights Organization Leads Federal Lawsuit to Guarantee Every Eligible Voter Can Cast a Ballot Free of Intimidation
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Lilliam Rivera @lilliamr.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
terrible propoganda garbage
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Lilliam Rivera @lilliamr.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
finally saw The Odyssey and I'll keep that review to myself. But all the trailers beforehand are all these men men men movies and then one movie with a woman and she's a scary mother. Like, wtf
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
When you claim renewable energies aren’t workable—but you attach solar panels to all your dystopian Flock surveillance cameras.
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Lilliam Rivera @lilliamr.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
fuck them dog robots
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Fun fact — and reminder: For all their focus on “officer safety” and arguments about aggressive tactics being necessary, no ICE officer has ever been killed in the line of duty. It is more deadly in the US to be an elementary school student than an ICE officer.
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Lilliam Rivera @lilliamr.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
the moon was so beautiful last night
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Boston Review @bostonreview.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The Obama-era White House put Puerto Rico's finances under the authority of a federally appointed board of technocrats. By 2025, it had already run up a bill of over $2 billion, including vast fees paid out to consulting firm like McKinsey. Yarimar Bonilla on Puerto Rico’s water crisis:
bostonreview.net
Carrying Water
As enormous sums flow to creditors and investors in Puerto Rico, the state continues to recede.
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Michael A. Gonzales @magonzales.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
When I was a high school junior living in Baltimore, but homesick for NYC, I saw the 1980 film Times Square about four or five times. Tim Curry played one of my favorite movie DJs, right up there with Lynne Thigpen in The Warriors and Samuel Jackson in Do the Right Thing.
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Lilliam Rivera @lilliamr.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Sexual awakening for so many
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Rockyhorror How
Alt: Rockyhorror Tim Curry
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton's family asked that, in lieu of flowers, fans make a donation to the singer's Imagination Library. Here's what the charity does ⬇️ www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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Turning Pages: Inside Dolly Parton's Imagination Library
Core team of 15 staff and thousands of volunteers and partners help the country-music philanthropist deliver books to kids around the world.
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Daryl Hannah @dhlovelife.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
For Dolly Parton all the euphemisms are truisms. Without exaggeration I’m confidant we’ll all continue to discover more about her humble, important & generous altruistic charity work, which she would barely ever mention. Yet she somehow always found a good word for everyone, bar none. 🕊️🎶🤍 🦋
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Lilliam Rivera @lilliamr.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I recently watched 9 To 5 recently and Dolly was so funny. So funny. That woman lived right and did right.
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WIRED @wired.com · 25/08/2026
WIRED has made this article free for all to read because it is primarily based on reporting from Freedom of Information Act requests. Read the full story: www.wired.com/story/the-co...
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The County Prosecutors Who Became ICE Informants
Illinois prosecutors shared defendants’ personal data with federal immigration agents without criminal warrants, public disclosure, or legislative oversight.
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Lilliam Rivera @lilliamr.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The Spanish translation of my latest novel TINY THREADS is out today. Spanish translations are never guaranteed so I’m very happy my agency @awfulagent.bsky.social was able to secure it. PEQUEÑAS PUNTADAS! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/800568...
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Lilliam Rivera @lilliamr.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I submitted to this thing and you know what? I worked hard! a new medium. Trying new things .
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Seth Meyers: Tryna Mix It Up!
Alt: Seth Meyers: Tryna Mix It Up!
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
BREAKING: After the Washington Post fired me last year for speaking the truth in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing, I fought back. And I'm happy to announce: I won my case against the Washington Post. They have been ordered to reinstate me immediately. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...
nytimes.com
Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist Karen Attiah
An arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing.
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May-lee Chai (she/her) @mayleechai.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Sign up for a chance to win a copy of MY HUNGRY GHOSTS: ESSAYS & INCANTATIONS from Goodreads! www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
“Goodreads giveaway “
Over image of the cover of MY HUNGRY GHISTS: ESSAYS & INCANTATIONS by
May-lee Chai 
Cover: black background with rows of phases of the moon in pale yellow; title in bright yellow
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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Wrote about the proposed Paramount-WBD merger and why it is bad across the board.
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Lilliam Rivera @lilliamr.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
There's recently been new craft books on writing but i can't remember what they are. Help??!!!
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Lilliam Rivera @lilliamr.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
finally read Autobiography of Red and damn. Damn.
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Lilliam Rivera @lilliamr.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
The way I’ve been applying to things. Just putting myself out there.
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Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
NJ town didn't want affordable housing on a site. So the developer turned around and said, ok, here's a data center. Be careful what you NIMBY. This quiet town is now ground zero in one of N.J.’s fiercest AI data center battles www.nj.com/business/202...
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This quiet town is now ground zero in one of N.J.’s fiercest AI data center battles
A dispute over the future of a sprawling former Johnson & Johnson campus has sparked another data center lawsuit in New Jersey.
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Lilliam Rivera @lilliamr.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
coyotes living in abandoned homes in west hollywood. owls on telephone wires. Wild parrots. LA really be wild
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 08/08/2026
🤩More news like this, please! 🤩 #GoodClimateNews Find out more here:
oceanographicmagazine.com
Benin's presumed-dead coral reef rediscovered teeming with life - Oceanographic
A reef off Benin's coast, thought dead in 1960s surveys, found alive using modern sonar and National Geographic's Deep Sea Camera System.
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NPR @npr.org · 07/08/2026
U.S. employers cut 23,000 jobs in July, and job gains for the two previous months were weaker than initially reported, according to a report Friday from the Labor Department. n.pr/45RROJn
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Employers unexpectedly cut 23,000 jobs in a sign of a wilting labor market
U.S. employers cut 23,000 jobs in July, and job gains for the two previous months were weaker than initially reported, according to a report Friday from the Labor Department.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
ICE has now spent over $2.2 BILLION on purchasing 4 private prisons from CoreCivic, with the company banking half a billion dollars on the most recent sale. Of course, ICE will not actually operate these facilities; CoreCivic keeps the contracts to run these places for the foreseeable future.
Andrea Castillo
@andreamcastillo
CoreCivic has sold told two more detention centers to DHS, in Minnesota and Kansas, for $734 million. Company says more sales possible: https://ir.corecivic.com/news-releases/news-release-details/corecivic-sells-two-additional-detention-facilities

This news follows the sale of two ICE facilities in California last month for $1.5 billion: 
https://latimes.com/politics/story/2026-07-07/dhs-buys-two-california-immigrant-detention-centers-for-1-5-billion
ir.corecivic.com
CoreCivic Sells Two Additional Detention Facilities | CoreCivic, Inc.
The Investor Relations website contains information about CoreCivic, Inc.'s business for stockholders, potential investors, and financial analysts.
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Follows Sales of Two Detention Facilities in California
BRENTWOOD, Tenn., Aug. 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CoreCivic, Inc. (NYSE: CXW) (CoreCivic or the Company) announced today that it has completed the sales of its 1,600-bed Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton, Minnesota and its 1,033-bed Midwest Regional Reception Center in Leavenworth, Kansas to the United States of America and its assigns, by and through the Department of Homeland Security for an aggregate gross sales price of $734.0 million, including $495.6 million for the Prairie Correctional Facility and $238.4 million for the Midwest Regional Reception Center. These purpose-built facilities were specifically designed to care for individuals in a secure environment. After federal and state income taxes of approximately $182.2 million and transaction costs, the Company anticipates its net proceeds from these asset sales to be approximately $522.5 million. The Company currently expects to use the net proceeds for general corporate purposes, which may include debt reduction and the repurchase of the Company's common stock.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/08/2026
El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"
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Lilliam Rivera @lilliamr.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Ok I get Widow’s Bay. Fun show! Just started but I’m in.
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Lilliam Rivera @lilliamr.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
its been weeks since i ate a salad and i may never
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Directly related to RFK Jr's cuts to CDC which used to track this parasite. Now it has spread to 40+ states and causes "explosive diarrhea" apnews.com/article/mich...
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Michigan reports the first 2 US deaths related to a diarrhea-causing parasite
State health officials say two people have died in the cyclospora outbreak in Michigan. They are the first confirmed deaths in the U.S. related to the microscopic parasite.
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 31/07/2026
"WE THE FUCKING JUDGE SON" New York, I love you. I love you so fucking much. Via wali_talks on IG
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Lilliam Rivera @lilliamr.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Watching boxing films for research and finished Requiem for a Heavyweight. Such a dark film. Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney. Brilliant. And the movie was written by Rod Serling. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MN_...
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🚩 MUHAMMAD ALI (Cassius Clay) - REQUIEM FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT (1962) Dir. Ralph Nelson
YouTube video by Darwin Pictures
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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
once again, posting my story "THE DIVIDED" for reasons reactormag.com/a-diary-from...
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"A Diary From the Future" — Read an Excerpt from Malka Older's ...and Other Disasters - Reactor
…and Other Disasters, the smart and moving collection of short fiction and poetry from acclaimed author Malka Older, examines otherness, identity and compassion across a spectrum of possible existence...
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
One of the men who was in the vehicle with the Houston dad “described the government’s account as ‘a lie.’” Remember: the regime has been trying to pressure all three witnesses into self-deporting. This is a COVER-UP. #AbuseofPowerWatch
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
CDC is no longer surveilling outbreaks caused by campylobacter, cyclospora, listeria, shigella, vibrio and Yersinia. What could go wrong?
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
“With broken hearts, we are raising funds to help his family cover legal expenses, funeral costs, and the repatriation of his body to Colombia, where his parents are waiting to lay him to rest,” says the family of Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, the Maine dad killed by ICE:
gofundme.com
Donate to Justice and Support for Johan Sebastián’s Family, organized by Friends of de Guerrero Family
[English version below] Hoy, una vida fue arrebatada inju… Friends of de Guerrero Family needs your support for Justice and Support for Johan Sebastián’s Family
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
“Johan Sebastián was a 25 year old young man who worked tirelessly to provide for his family. He leaves behind his wife and their 3 year old daughter, who now face an uncertain future without him.”
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Anjali Enjeti @anjalienjeti.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
There will be talk over the coming days that ICE killed “the wrong person,” that the victim was here “legally,” etc. Please stop with the dehumanizing distinctions. ICE exists to ethnically cleanse & terrorize and *no one* deserves to experience violence & fear based on their status or race.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
ICE murdered two people in less than a week. Claimed they were “ramming their vehicle”. They said the same about Marimar Martinez who they shot FIVE times. She survived. Went to court to get the body cam footage released. Proved them wrong. Every shooting since they’ve left no survivors:
newyorker.com
The Preschool Teaching Assistant Shot by Border Patrol, Then Called a “Domestic Terrorist”
When Marimar Martinez was shot five times by a Border Patrol agent, the D.H.S. justified it by calling her a “domestic terrorist.” In the aftermath, she’s been trying to recover her reputation and, wi...
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The ICE murder of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo deserves the same fury as Renee Good and Alex Pretti
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Lilliam Rivera @lilliamr.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Damn
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Lilliam Rivera @lilliamr.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
This game is a heart attack
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