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Chelsea Zukowski @chelseatzukowski.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Out now! Survivors of the Stormwall, a collection of The High Republic phase 3 stories and my THR retrospective. Huge for me since it’s the third Star Wars Insider book with my words inside. A pleasure to share pages with @lydiakang.bsky.social @crashwong.bsky.social @arezouamin.bsky.social

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SW Legacy Reader @swlegacy.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

❗️Today's pick up!! Survivors of the Stormwall Phase 3 short fiction by @lydiakang.bsky.social and @crashwong.bsky.social Always happy to dble dip with this hardback book-beautifully presented some great stories and with new art from Jake Lunt Davies. Phase3 now complete #starwars #highrepublic

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 04/07/2026

@celestepewter.bsky.social has done a MASSIVE amount of work helping people contact their reps over the years. Please consider kicking her a few bucks in her time of need this Independence Day. bsky.app/profile/lydi...

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Lydia Kang @lydiakang.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Hey friends! Our one and only Celeste Pewter needs help after an already awful year. A new medical issue has made things tougher. Please read through her Go Fund Me for details, share and donate if you can. She’s been fighting for the good of our democracy tirelessly for years. gofund.me/4a6bcb3b5

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Donate to A Safe Bridge Through a Medical Crisis, organized by C Pewter

Hi everyone - I’m creating a GoFundMe to help me get through a major job, health and h… C Pewter needs your support for A Safe Bridge Through a Medical Crisis

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

The “Streisand effect” Is explained in this installment of my own newsletter. We’ll see it in action with the White House’s effort to hide a rather innocuous Karoline Leavitt photo.

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12 helpful terms to understand American chaos

Want to know what ‘agent provocateur’ and ‘Streisand effect’ mean? Read on.

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Lydia Kang @lydiakang.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Nebraska folks, please consider sending an email to support our public libraries! A 10% cut would really hurt our rural libraries. It's a form email--so easy! And editable if you choose! app.oneclickpolitics.com/campaign-pag... @nlaofnebraska.bsky.social

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Help Fund Nebraska Libraries

The Appropriations Committee is considering budget cuts as part of LB1071 that would have a significant impact on the Nebraska Library Commission. These cuts...

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aunt witchy @witchywomin.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

@lydiakang.bsky.social wrote an amazing book that outlines basically what RFKJr is pushing on us all: Quackery. You should get a copy so you’re prepared for whatever ridiculousness he next pushes. bookshop.org/p/books/quac...

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Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything

A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything

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Author Bill Sullivan @authorbillsullivan.com · 28/01/2026

Dr. Lydia Kang's (@lydiakang.bsky.social) marvelous presentation, "Quackery: History Repeats Itself," is now available to watch online. Based on her books, Dr. Kang takes us on a fascinating historical tour of quackery and pseudoscience... (1/2)

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Lydia Kang @lydiakang.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Are you a bookish person (writer, reader?) who would like to help Minnesota folks hurting because of ICE? Please check out this great auction, Publishing for Minnesota! It goes live tomorrow, 1/29! www.32auctions.com/publishingfo...

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Publishing for Minnesota

Silent auction 'Publishing for Minnesota' hosted online at 32auctions.

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Lydia Kang @lydiakang.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Feeling frazzled and need a script to call your reps? This made it super, super easy. Do it. Call your reps. The DHS bill is now coupled with many other bills, and they are making it really difficult to defund ICE. Ask for a standalone DHS bill! Defund ICE and demand accountability!

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Lydia Kang @lydiakang.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

For healthcare providers…what if ICE shows up? Check with your healthcare organization’s plans. They will have one. You CANNOT break HIPAA laws. Patient privacy rights rule! But you also cannot bar ICE from entering public areas of a healthcare facility. www.aclu.org/documents/im...

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Immigration Enforcement Guidance for Health Centers | American Civil Liberties Union

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Update: In the evidence preservation lawsuit, the current Civil Chief at the Minnesota U.S. Attorney's Office (who appears to be Ana Voss, based on the letter), refused to accept email service of the lawsuit last night and then refused to accept in-person service until Monday. Ridiculous behavior.

Our office represents Plaintiff Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension in this case. I write to provide an update on our efforts to notify and serve Defendants and to request that the Court consider them sufficient to comply with its direction that Plaintiffs serve Defendants by 9 a.m. this morning:
• Yesterday at 7:27 p.m. our office sent an email to the Civil Chief at the U.S.
Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota informing her that we would be filing a suit, seeking a temporary restraining order (TRO) relating to preservation of evidence, and asked her to confirm receipt and advise who will be handling the suit as soon as possible.
• Yesterday at 9:10 p.m. (immediately after the case was filed) our office emailed courtesy copies of our filings (with the exception of the word count certificate and hearing notice, which were provided at 9:44 p.m.) to the Civil Chief, again asking that she confirm receipt and advise who will be handling the case.
• The Civil Chief responded to our first email at 9:34 p.m. last night. At 11:00 p.m. she informed us that she would look for coverage for the case but would not accept service by email
• At 11:11 p.m. our office emailed the Civil Chief a copy of the TRO entered by the Court. Shortly thereafter we asked if, given her office's refusal to accept service by email, if we could effect personal service in the morning before 9 a.m. The Civil Chief responded that the office would not be open to accept service until Monday.
• At 7:39 a.m. this morning, our office emailed courtesy copies of the pleadings and
TRO to the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division at the U.S.

Department of Justice, to the Office of General Counsel at the Department of Homeland Security, and to the Office of Chief Counsel at U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
We intend to formally serve Defendants tomorrow, January 26, 2026, consistent with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(i) and to personally serve the Summons, Complaint, and TRO papers when the U.S. Attorney's Office reopens. The actions we have already taken comply with Rule 65(b)(1)'s requirement that we attempt to provide "written or oral notice to the adverse party." We request that the Court consider these efforts sufficient to comply with its Order that we serve Defendants by 9 a.m.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Respectfully,
s/ Joseph Richie
JOSEPH RICHIE
Special Counsel
PETER J. FARRELL
Deputy Solicitor General
Attorneys for Plaintiff Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
CC:
Clare Diegel, Esq.
Ana Voss, Esq.

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Lydia Kang @lydiakang.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Like many of you, I’m in shock and boiling with fury but also feeling helpless. Repost the truth on social media, if that’s all the energy you have. If you have dollars so spare, help our Minnesota families and friends. www.standwithminnesota.com

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Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory

Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Saying there must be trials isn't just an emotive aspiration. Congress can: - Create a new court (complying w/ 6A jury vicinage) - Give it jurisdiction over defined category of crimes - Also create dedicated prosecutors for the same - Strip SCOTUS of appellate jurisdiction It can be done.

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Sea 🩸 @seaplaysrpg.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

minneapolis was my home for years. sending endless solidarity and support to my neighbors, colleagues, and loved ones there right now. we protect each other. abolish ice until nothing is left. support any way you can at standwithminnesota.org and join me in donating to pow wow grounds & mim today!

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Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory

Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 24/01/2026

If you're in New York, please take two minutes right now to call Governor Hochul and tell her to support and sign New York 4 All, which would prevent state and local agencies from collaborating with ICE. 518-474-8390. This is important.

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Lydia Kang @lydiakang.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

RFK doesn't understand or stand by germ theory and gets the out-dated miasma theory wrong. Of course. He is so entrenched in his own myths, it's mind-boggling. arstechnica.com/health/2025/...

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RFK Jr. rejects cornerstone of health science: Germ theory

In his 2021 book vilifying Anthony Fauci, RFK Jr. lays out support for an alternate theory.

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Lydia Kang @lydiakang.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Just finished watching The Beast in Me, and I think that Claire Danes's chin deserves an Emmy.

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Adam Christopher @adamchristopher.me · 17/12/2025

I was listening to Joe Hill on the @ukpageone.bsky.social podcast today, and the way he described simply reading as an act of rebellion really struck me. I was thinking how vital it is we fight for our art going forward (creation = rebellion) and that doing something NEW for yourself is the same.

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

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How Rob Reiner became anti-Prop. 8 kingpin

Rob Reiner reflects on the critical role he played in getting California's gay marriage ban overturned.

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Mike Chen @mikechenwriter.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Jake says "I hope the world won't be so terrible next year"

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aunt witchy @witchywomin.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

If you’d like to learn infinitely more than the eugenicists running our healthcare, do yourself a solid and get a copy of Patient Zero by Dr. Lydia Kang. It has everything the worm-brained asshole doesn’t know. #EducateYourself @lydiakang.bsky.social is a phenomenal author!

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Lydia Kang @lydiakang.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

My turn to host bookclub next month. Hit me with your book recs!

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Lydia Kang @lydiakang.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Am now fantasizing how to sneak this into the homes of my enemies

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Lydia Kang @lydiakang.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Here’s a possum that’s been hanging out under my deck at night. (We found out what the dogs were barking at!) For your perusal. I am a big fan.

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Lydia Kang @lydiakang.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Even if the mom doesn't have Hep B doesn't mean a newborn won't pick it up somewhere else (a caregiver, a family member, another kid in daycare, via a microscopic scratch) so stop with the "newborns aren't sexually active so why does this matter?" publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/why-hep...

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Why Hepatitis B Vaccination Begins at Birth | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Hepatitis B vaccines are the best way to protect vulnerable infants from developing chronic, life-threatening disease.

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Lydia Kang @lydiakang.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Facts: The universal hepatitis B birth dose has prevented more than 500,000 childhood infections, reduced infant hepatitis B cases by 95%, and prevented an estimated 90,100 childhood deaths (NFID). RJK is the opposite of "Do No Harm"

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CDC panel makes most sweeping revision to child vaccine schedule under RFK Jr.

The panel voted to eliminate a long-standing recommendation for every newborn to receive a hepatitis B shot, saying it’s unnecessary when the mother tests negative.

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Lydia Kang @lydiakang.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Last day of November, so let’s talk about the famous Witch of November of the Great Lakes!

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 27/11/2025

Writers (and illustrators!): Take regular breaks away from the keyboard. HERE'S WHY. #WriterSky

4 panel comic titled "Writers! Take regular breaks away from the keyboard. HERE'S WHY." Panels show a stick figure writer typing madly and then suddenly SNAP, their arms fall off. Last panel shows them staring miserably at their computer, arms lying on the floor.

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Lydia Kang @lydiakang.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

I have always been transparent bc aspiring writers need to know. I never quit my day job as a part-time physician. Spouse works full time. Writing is gig work. Some years are great. Some years are not. There is a lot of hustle and diversifying to keep all the plates spinning.

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Katie Slivensky @kslivensky.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

To echo much of what's been said: Please don't pirate books. If you can't pay for a book, there is already a solution for you: use a library. Whatever you think authors, illustrators, and other book career people make, it's less than that. By a lot. Stealing from us isn't heroic, it's crushing.

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Lydia Kang @lydiakang.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

This is infuriating. We are shepherds for the voiceless, including the pollinators that we need to help grow our own food. (But also--they need to exist for their own sake!) Not to mention PFAS is a very terrible thing in the human food chain. UGH. biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...

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Trump EPA Approves Its Second ‘Forever Chemical’ Pesticide in Two Weeks

The Environmental Protection Agency today approved the highly persistent pesticide isocycloseram for golf courses, lawns and food crops such as oranges, tomatoes, almonds, peas, and oats. The pesticid...

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Bethany @bethanyrobison.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

OMG!!! 😭 I am speechless and humbled and thrilled and delighted AND TODAY IS MY ACTUAL LITERAL BIRTHDAY so this is extra special 💚 thank you all so much for supporting my effort here and thank you doubly, triply for supporting these awesome kids ✨😭 engage.treehouseforkids.org/fundraiser/6...

Screenshot from Treehouse Holiday Magic fundraiser shows $1100 raised of a $1000 goal for kids experiencing foster care

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Kay Whitlock @kwhitlock.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Formerly with Teen Vogue. A brilliant writer/editor.

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Darcie Little Badger @littlebadger.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.

“Prohibited words and concepts: Equity, diversity, & inclusion; anti-racism; Bias; Critical race theory; implicit bias; oppression; intersectionality; prohibited discriminatory practices; racial privilege; promoting stereotypes based on personal identity characteristics.”

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 19/11/2025

Autocorrect has become our worst enema.

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Lydia Kang @lydiakang.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Wow, this post is going slightly viral on TikTok. Some folks are so triggered by seeing a person wearing a mask. 🙄 (happy to report that most people are supportive or in agreement!)

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Lydia Kang @lydiakang.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

I have books to write and people to take care of. I don’t have time to get Covid or a cold!

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Lydia Kang @lydiakang.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Thank you! It was an absolute blast writing these serialized stories for SW Insider! For Light and Life!

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Mrs. N @btwnthesepages.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Just finished K-Jane, I loved it. I laughed, I teared up, I cringed with second hand embarrassment, I heard my inner mom voice say "do your homework". And now I am hungry for Korean food. Definitely recommend for the teens in your life!

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Lydia Kang @lydiakang.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Found two interesting things in the woods!

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Lydia Kang @lydiakang.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

I am bummed I missed the Aurora borealis but hope to see it tonight in Baltimore. Wish me luck!

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Lydia Kang @lydiakang.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Got my copy of Master of Evil and hey…is there maybe a Lydia Easter egg in here?!?

Smiling Asian woman holding up copy of Master of Evil with rotting Darth Vader face on cover

Joyous Asian woman holding up copy of Master of Evil with rotting Darth Vader face on cover

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