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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

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Pete Hegseth has promised to bring warrior culture back to the Department of Defense. “Warriors are people who exult in killing” and “who obsess about honor,” @eliotacohen.bsky.social writes. “Soldiers are different. They are servants of the state. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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The U.S. Needs Soldiers, Not Warriors

Pete Hegseth has vowed to bring a warrior culture back to the Department of Defense. It’s a terrible idea.

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Linda Lowen @lindalowen.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

In 2022, a picture book — by a 13-year-old about the worst day of her life — was released. I often reflect on our interview and Estela’s poise and courage despite losing her mother. Behind every deportation is a story. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/... 📚💙 #writingcommunity #kidlit #writing

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Q & A with Estela Juarez

A letter that Estela Juarez wrote to President Trump when she was eight—describing her mother's deportation to Mexico despite her father's naturalized citizenship and service as a Marine—gained nation...

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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Sergeant Gonell @sergeantaqgo.bsky.social sent me this picture. This is his call log. Each call is an automated Dept of "Justice" notification saying "The defendant you testified against is being released from the dept of corrections." Each defendant assaulted him.

Call log showing multiple calls from the dept of justice

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The world is changing. Living in a community that celebrates your values and honors your beliefs will spur many to relocate in the months and years ahead. Syracuse is my home—a place I love so much, I write books about it. But these folks cover it every day, far better than I do. Follow them!!

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I know the folks behind this endeavor, and they include some of the brightest minds, biggest hearts, and most thoughtful storytellers writing about any region anywhere. The fact that they are here, covering our hometown, is priceless.

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Central New Yorkers, let’s prove the adage “build it and they will come.” Now more than ever, STEAM education matters to our community. #syracuse #cny #centralny

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

I came to your door with soup and bread. I didn’t know you but you were a neighbor in pain: and a little soup and bread, I reasoned never hurt anyone. -Kathleen Norris, Answered Prayers What can we do? This. Make the soup. Bake the bread. Care for others. Write. #writingcommunity #booksky #writers

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The entire nation of Australia gets it. Media in that country are having to blur what Elon Musk did twice in public today because of laws there regarding the Nazi salute.

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Bebe Neuwirth (she/her) @bebeneuwirth.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

And please read the alt text

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Don’t fear scene and dialogue!!! Some essayists write solely from interiority, describing events instead of living them. Nothing’s sadder than a great blurb and a meh book, the writer telling, never showing. Recreate moments using scene/dialogue, action/reaction. #writing #writingcommunity #booksky

Linda Lowen @lindalowen.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

In 2016, I lost a lifelong pleasure: the ability to disappear into words on a page. My concentration vanished. (Anxiety does that.) Reading for fun is now an audiobook. Reading for work as a book reviewer, I’ve retrained myself to focus. But I knew today would be a loss: 2016 all over again #booksky

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Linda Lowen @lindalowen.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Like so many, I’m observing the Meta ban this week. But in the same way my fingers tap in my passwords automatically, even if I don’t physically click the app, Facebook opens many times a day. It’s muscle memory, addiction, and habit rolled into one. And it’s Medusa: if I look at it, I’ll go blind.

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Linda Lowen @lindalowen.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Today, my job hurts. I'm a children's book reviewer. Today I'm reading an immigration picture book about the U.S. as a welcoming nation. This is not rare. Books about immigration are stories of optimism, love, and acceptance. But tomorrow, the stories will change. #writingcommunity #booksky #writing

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Linda Lowen @lindalowen.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Anyone else wake up this morning from remarkably vivid, detailed, yet cryptic dreams? I wrote mine down just in case it had hidden meanings which turn out to be prescient. In brief: an agri-tourist destination — a simple farm — hides a vast museum-like interior of creative people and spaces to play.

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Linda Lowen @lindalowen.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Homemade kombucha with cranberries in the second fermentation… that’s what’s for breakfast.

Interior of an aluminum sided double insulated mug with whole cranberries and ice cubes floating in a bubbly liquid

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Linda Lowen @lindalowen.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

When the cold winds howl outside and you’re reluctant to emerge from your duvet and flannel sheets, then the forced-air heating kicks in with a gentle roar and just enough warmth that—if you move quickly and grab your bathrobe—you won’t feel the morning chill, comfort prevails and life is lovely.

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Linda Lowen @lindalowen.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

You’ll never see me curtsying…

Linda Lowen @lindalowen.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Every day I read/review: adult, children's, trad, self-pubbed. When a book falls short, my years of teaching writing help me explain why. Developmental editing jobs let me say, "HEY! You're going astray!" before publication. 3 hours & 1 author phone call later, all is well. I ❤️ fixing 📚. #writing

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Linda Lowen @lindalowen.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Posting here regularly is a little like working out vs. eating junk food. I know it's good for me. Compared to the toxicity of FB where I was recently called the C word in a private group, the civility on Bluesky is self-evident, but it's a habit I have to form anew. My goal: five posts a day.

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Katrina Tulloch @katrinatulloch.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Great roundup of Syracuse area holiday markets and vendor fairs offering gift options that go beyond anything you’ll find at the big box stores — several of them start today! www.thisiscny.com/living/2024/...

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10 CNY holiday markets: Discover local gifts you won’t find anywhere else

Think outside the big box with local artists, handmade gifts and spirited settings

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The Onion Buys Alex Jones’s Infowars Out of Bankruptcy

Any reason not to be deliriously happy that the Onion bought Infowars and will turn it into a parody of itself? Smart satire is a surprisingly difficult and sophisticated form, and IMHO the Onion consistently nails it. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/b... I’ll take any joy these days. #writingcommunity

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The satirical news site planned to turn Infowars into a parody of itself, mocking “weird internet personalities” who peddle conspiracy theories and health supplements.

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I travel partly to get stuff off my mind, but @kegill.bsky.social’s socks are always on my feet; I rarely wear socks at home, preferring a barefoot and pregnant look these days in keeping with the times. (If you read me elsewhere and I’m repeating myself, yeah, I’m repurposing FB content.) #feminist

Now that I’m at the age where I need readers, I NEED READERS. A different pair depending on how far away the keyboard is for typing. Because for me, being .25 magnification off in either direction is a miss as good as a mile. #writingcommunity

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I can read anywhere—it’s my job after all—but when I fall out of my daily writing habit, it’s hard to get back in. This view restored me to the practice. How ironic that in doing so, I ignored it for hours. I’ll go back to work this weekend and read/review three books. But for now, this. 💙📚

The corner of a wooden deck overlooks a quiet and serene lake under vividly-colored dawn skies.

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Whenever I lose the habit of regularly working on my novel, it’s hard to re-enter that headspace. But once I return to the writing, it’s hard to pull away, to the extent that I resent having to take time for the paycheck work, which usually is the easy writing. Anyone else experience this?

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Linda Lowen @lindalowen.bsky.social · 24/12/2023

My profile pic is from a southern shore, but after years of hosting writers at weeklong retreats in seaside houses down south in the off season, I’m staying in NYS this winter. I spent this week on a Great Lake for R&R. Resurrected my novel, started writing again, and turned my face to the light.

The sun, partially obscured by clouds, sits at the horizon at sunset, with a vast body of water in the foreground with a glimpse of rocky shoreline to the left.

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A failed search for something else turned up Serg Riva, bespoke swimwear designer and philosopher who, alas, is himself a fiction. vimeo.com/9810230 Over a decade old, it’s still relevant. James Buckhouse created the persona whose Twitter following —and NYTimes mention — still remain enviable.

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The Mathematics of Doubt

All Fashion is Fiction; some people just tell more interesting stories. Learn more about aquatic couturier Serg Riva as he reveals insights into his creative process,…

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Linda Lowen @lindalowen.bsky.social · 23/12/2023

From my TBR pile: Audible Plus subscribers, “The Untethered Soul” is a free listen that will refocus you in the final days of the year. Thank you Michael Singer for writing the book I needed. untetheredsoul.com

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The Untethered Soul & The Surrender Experiment - Official Site

Official site of Michael A. Singer, author of The Untethered Soul and The Surrender Experiment.

Linda Lowen @lindalowen.bsky.social · 23/12/2023

Covid freed me up to work from anywhere. Taking my keyboard, canine, and caffeine to the Carolina coast for the winter.

Laptop keyboard with sticker of a breaking wave and the words Stay Stoked, and another sticker with the words Coffee & Dogs.