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Nancy Townsley @nancytownsley.bsky.social · 20h

It really was. Glad we got acquainted that day. The beginning of a cool indie press is always something to shout about!

Nancy Townsley @nancytownsley.bsky.social · 23h

Me 'n @bartking.bsky.social and @lizprato.bsky.social in a row of writers at the launch of BRAVE ON THE PAGE, the first title published by @laurastanfill.bsky.social and @forestavenuepress.bsky.social in November 2012! This fab Portland indie press will celebrate 15 years in 2027. 👏

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Nancy Townsley @nancytownsley.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Well, ya gotta have fun somehow as a journalist. Headline writers have the best job in the newsroom. 🤣

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Nancy Townsley @nancytownsley.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

How about we start a new group called Yes You Can Vote For Democrats Even If You Never Have Before (YYCVFDEIYNHB). Oh whoops, that has "DEI" in it so it's never gonna work. 🤷‍♀️

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

If people really want to see live executions they should just follow ICE agents around.

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Should’ve paid for the fast-pass ticket…

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Jen the Feisty Librarian @feistywaters.com · 07/10/2026

This book is 27 years old and just as relevant now as in 1999, because rape culture. It’s also been one of the most frequently banned books in American libraries since it was published, because god forbid young people know they’re not alone and have a voice to speak out against sexual violence.

Photo of the book Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson on a wood background.

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Nancy Townsley @nancytownsley.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Congratulations, Jonathan! This book sounds fabulous. I'm buying it for my granddaughter, who'll trade her creative writing degree for a PB&J sandwich and a gift card to Music Millennium.

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I know! I know! The rabbit is finally loose! And you can finally go get your very own copy of Winterset Hollow! Ack! Ebook, audio book, print, call me and I’ll read it to you! Whatever! Go forth unto your bookseller of choice! Your feast awaits! Gonna go spiral now! Love you guys!

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Nancy Townsley @nancytownsley.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Oh yes, @miriamgershow.bsky.social. And that piece in @theatlantic.com about Bobby McIlvaine. Heartstopper.

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Nancy Townsley @nancytownsley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Jack Smith is a hero. Keep resisting.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026

🚨 BREAKING: The family of Renee Good and her partner, Rebecca Good, have filed two federal lawsuits over Good’s January killing by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis. 1/

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Nancy Townsley @nancytownsley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The zenith of stupid "alpha male" energy, too dangerous to be laughable.

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Nancy Townsley @nancytownsley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Oh, man. Good thing I'm no longer interviewing for jobs. 😅

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Nancy Townsley @nancytownsley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Yet vanishingly few of us believed he had a clue how to do that, and here we are.

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Nancy Townsley @nancytownsley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

And then he called them moral cowards.

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Nancy Townsley @nancytownsley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Oh my, yes. Especially The Beatles one.

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Nancy Townsley @nancytownsley.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Thank you to @thisone0verhere.bsky.social for making me laugh almost every day. I often share your memes with my adult kids, to give them hope.

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Nancy Townsley @nancytownsley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

If members of the WH press pool had just put down their mics and closed their notebooks the first time he told a demonstrable lie in the Oval way back in 2017 he would have melted like the bad witch and all of this would have been over. Attention is his oxygen. He can't survive without it.

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I hope this email finds you still registered to vote

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Nancy Townsley @nancytownsley.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

So it's all fun and games until a bad thing affects little 'ol YOU.

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Nancy Townsley @nancytownsley.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

So it's all fun and games until a bad thing affects little 'ol YOU ...

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Nancy Townsley @nancytownsley.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Oregonians: This IS the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country. Ballots for the midterms will be mailed to registered voters on Oct. 14. If yours doesn't come by the 21st, contact your county elections office and go pick one up. Fill it out. Deposit it in a ballot box by Oct. 31.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The right to vote is one of the most fundamental parts of our democracy. Check your voter registration at IWillVote.com and make a plan to vote early or on Election Day on November 3.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The surest sign that a majority SCOTUS decision was moral, fair, and based on existing law:

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Submit to Kreatif Magazine’s fall issue through September 25! The editors seek writing and visual art focusing on the issue’s theme: “unsilenced.” Submissions are free: www.clmp.org/members/open...

White background with megaphone icon and text reading "Calls for Submissions."

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Blue Wave @votebiue.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I love dogs…….

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Nancy Townsley @nancytownsley.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

He who can't respect others deserves no respect.

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Nancy Townsley @nancytownsley.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Twenty-five years ago I was a newspaper reporter interviewing a school official in Beaverton, Oregon. This week I interviewed Naomi Rosenblatt, a book publisher and lifelong New Yorker, who talked about what 9/11 means an entire generation later. nancytownsley.substack.com/p/911-do-we-...

A question-and-answer interview with my book publisher, New Yorker Naomi Rosenblatt, about her experiences in the years since the planes hit the towers.

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

We don’t talk enough about how much of our days have become entangled in determining what’s real. What’s genuine. What’s human or what’s synthetic. What’s worth our time after having already spent it. It’s a grotesque skill we’ve all been forced to master, and a waste of energy none of us can spare.

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Nancy Townsley @nancytownsley.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Writers and authors, if you haven't read this essay by @miriamgershow.bsky.social yet, you should. It's 💥.

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Nancy Townsley @nancytownsley.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

PPS math: Declining enrollment + huge budget deficit - 20 schools = superintendent salary boost to $344,792 a year + kicking the can down the road.

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Nancy Townsley @nancytownsley.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Think revolutionary thoughts. Yes.

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OregonCrone @lmelina.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

As a writer, I endorse this practice

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