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Naomi Kritzer

@naomikritzer.bsky.social
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Writer of SF/F and Minneapolis/St. Paul election guides. she/her. Website: www.naomikritzer.com My next book, OBSTETRIX, comes out June 9, 2026.

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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 1h
we fucking loved it, even when there was basically nothing on it, and let me tell you something else: we loved it because of human connection, human diversity, human creativity. WE DON'T NEED A SINGLE THING ANY OF THESE COMEMIERDAS HAVE MADE AND TRIED TO SELL US IN ORDER TO HAVE A GREAT INTERNET.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 9h
Incredible how the editors at @nytimes.com still don't understand how embarrassing it is to do this, and how it undermines the credibility of the paper and its journalists. It's like a toddler covering their face to play hide and seek. We see you but it's not cute, you look like an asshole.
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a frightful hobgoblin stalking throughout Europe @supermathskid.bsky.social · 8h
"why can't they go to non Zionist synagogues" well Barry maybe because there's fucking two synagogues in the entire city
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Mara 👻 aBOOlish I.C.E. @mauratwit.bsky.social · 9h
Rooting for this runner!
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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 9h
If anyone's got a pet in need of a blessing, it's the Blessing of the Animals today. Check for a (Catholic, Lutheran, or Episcopal, not sure about the rest) church near you.
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 10h
Confirmed ICE seen skulking around South Minneapolis. Eyes out, whistles up
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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
People read 18th century letters that end in "yr. obedient servant" and think "ah, this person is expressing a genuinely service-oriented approach to their adversary" (Yes, this is a Hamilton reference)
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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I'm at the Ren Faire today. Since my last visit, they have made parking much less annoying (by charging for it, and also having an array of park&ride options) and they've made the process of getting in much more annoying (I think bc they're searching bags but tbh I'm not sure, I'm still in line.)
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Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is the jacket I was wearing at the BroTex raid last fall. Federal paramilitaries kidnapped people from work; teargassed me, @naomikritzer.bsky.social, and everyone there; and a masked man slowly and deliberately hit me with the car he was driving. I mended the tear in MN flag colors. #FuckICE
Closeup of a brown canvas jacket. It had a long vertical tear in it. The tear has been mended in light blue, dark blue, and white, the colors of the Minnesota State Flag. A white star is sewn near the top of the tear.
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ryman @rymancurtis.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
look if i was making a right wing astroturfy group called wake up saint paul targeting homeowners in saint paul, i would at least bother to make the banner image on my website an image of a home in saint paul instead of minneapolis
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 03/10/2026
Not to insomnia-weigh-in on the concept of restorative justice, but I thought long and hard ten years ago about what I would say if someone asked what Alex Kozinski could do by way of restorative justice. (Nobody ever asked.)
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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I think if your job is looking at a screen, you should be able to sit down. The airport. Credit Suisse. Walmart. McDonald's. Rockstar Games. I don't care. Have a seat.
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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Oh, what a nice idea. (Closing streets for a safer Halloween.)
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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This was literally on full display on Twitter a week or two back in the discussion of this news story: www.wired.com/story/burner...
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A College Girl Was Exploited on Camera. A Network of Anonymous Men Got to Work
Maddie Kowalski is one of countless young women who’ve had their lives destroyed by the burnerverse, a loosely connected online community of sports fans. Now she’s fighting back.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
I recommend people read this to get a sense of the president's grave cognitive impairment. Trump is either unwilling or unable (or maybe both) to answer the questions he's actually asked, so he just rants and raves while the interviewers do their best to provide structure to his random brain firings
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Read TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview Transcript
The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.
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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hey, folks from the Twin Cities west metro, I will be at The Thinking Spot in Wayzata tonight at 6 p.m. for an event! www.thethinkingspot.us/event-detail...
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Author Event - Naomi Kritzer - Obstetrix | The Thinking Spot
Hugo award-winning author Naomi Kritzer presents her new book Obstetrix!
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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In these press releases, ICE always attempts to describe the people it is killing as criminals, and lists out things they've allegedly done wrong. All they had on Curo-Churata, though, was that he was once found "driving with expired vehicle registration."
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geoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
there are moral arguments against the death penalty in its ideal form but in real life you never need to get there. the prior question is "can the state be trusted to end the life only of the rightly convicted without torture?" and the answer is no
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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Minnesota abolished the death penalty after a botched execution in 1906. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William...
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William Williams (murderer) - Wikipedia
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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Executions don't just happen, you know, you have to manage them or else it's all very hurried and awkward and looks uncomfortably like a murder." --Daggerbound, T. Kingfisher
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Sarah @sosomanysarahs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We don't use lethal injection as an execution method because it's particularly humane. We use it because it makes ot easier to hide the horrors of execution from the public - but we shouldn't look away.
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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Election 2026: Constitutional Amendment 1 naomikritzer.com/2026/09/30/e...
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Election 2026: Constitutional Amendment 1
This is a statewide vote, and there’s only one constitutional amendment on the ballot despite the number. Here’s the question as it appears: CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 1 Increasing fundin…
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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Election 2026: Minnesota State Auditor. naomikritzer.com/2026/09/30/e...
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Election 2026: Minnesota State Auditor
This is a statewide race and there are three people running. Incumbent Julie Blaha is not running for re-election. On the ballot: Zack Filipovich (DFL)Scott Jensen (Republican)Jay Reeves (Forward I…
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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 28/09/2026
Smoothest-brain Michele Tafoya: “I’m with (Fox News’) Greg Gutfeld on this that you should call it the National Immigration Customs Enforcement, so the word is NICE instead of ICE & then people can’t villainize it as much,” Tafoya said in an October 2025 podcast. www.startribune.com/from-difficu...
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From ‘difficult to accept’ to ‘he’s got a backbone’: Tafoya’s evolution on Trump
The Republican Senate candidate’s podcast shows her shift from discouraging Trump from running to praising his leadership.
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taber @kvetch.gay · 28/09/2026
B''H SUNKIST FRUIT GEMS NOT CANCELLED AFTER ALL A SUKKOT MIRACLE
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Thomas @thomas15.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Sometimes people want to become heroes so bad they’ll make anyone a villain.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It's a system set up to funnel young women into enemy territory, where this stuff happens over and over.
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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
What. The. Fuck.
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Deth Veggie @dethveggie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
HAPPY DOLLY PARTON DAY, ERRBODY!
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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Look who I met at the FanX con today!
Two people who are cosplaying Statler and Waldorf: suits and ties, and then masks constructed out of fabric.
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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Hello, Salt Lake City!
View from a hotel window: blue sky, mountains, the roof of a convention center, buildings beyond
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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
There's a lot that is appalling about this but one is the idea that you can shed basic skills and be a good "systems thinker."
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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Hot damn, we have an open middle seat. Possibly the only one on the whole plane!
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Peng, the Dark Souls of People @pengautomata.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Waking up to non-Hmong ppl trying to defend Mayor Her bc of an understandable vigilance when it comes to standards women & POC face, but idk, friendos. The text of the complaint against her is pretty damning. Sorry. There's not a secret Hmong cultural thing that predisposes a person to act like this
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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
At the airport (on my way to FanX in Salt Lake City) and there's a musical duo performing in the main concourse. They're not bad but I have some doubts about 1999 on an accordion.
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 24/09/2026
I don't have time to write more, but ICE is working to remove people to third countries in violation of D.V.D. v. DHS. I've been up since 5:20 A.M. working with two other attorneys to prevent our client from being shipped out. If you rep someone at risk of third country removal, check on them NOW
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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The thing that's infuriating about our squeamishness about consequences for traitors and corrupt officials is that we are one of the most punitive countries in the world in most other respects.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 24/09/2026
Now we need to know if this ICE flight headed for Ghana has third-country nationals onboard. If so, it needs to bring them back. The emergency ruling is binding immediately, which includes planes in the air. Any lawyers or anyone else with standing think they might know someone onboard? File!
An FR24 map showing N50JE heading for Accra over the middle of the Atlantic.
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Elle Ess @viamarsala18.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Have all the doubts you want about the intentions of everyone here, this is sexual harassment and it is battery.
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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 24/09/2026
The difference between Kaohly Her photoshopping the St Paul police chief as a bodybuilder and me creating a "pec bounce tutorial" using news footage of the Minneapolis police chief is that I was not Brian O'Hara's boss at the time I published that video.
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Elle Ess @viamarsala18.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Keith sues people like the folks defrauding Somali families for places to live, or mega landlords whose places are slums because they want to squeeze every dollar out of tenants. He sues employers committing wage theft and companies engaged in illegal price fixing. It’s ALL affordability.
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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hey-oh! If you are in SLC this Friday night and you like queers who write books, come out to this reading with me, @seananmcguire.bsky.social and @naomikritzer.bsky.social !! I am personally very excited to be adjacent to these two legends. Get your tickets now! legendariumbooks.com/events/63760...
Council of Queer Friends!
Author Panel
Sept. 25 @ 8 PM, Urban Arts Gallery, 116 S. Rio Grande Street, SLC
Seanan McGuire Annalee Newitz Naomi Kritzer
Get your tickets now!!
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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
There is A LOT here that the Strib didn't include, like Her threatening to falsely support someone for sexually harassing her if she didn't get what she wanted 😬
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Bill Childs @billchilds.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hi. I downloaded the 73-page (!) complaint because it's not in the Strib article. It is here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qw7u6...
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Dropbox
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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hey, you know the power of rocks we don't ignore? The ones that have powers that can be backed up by clinical studies. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium...
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Lithium (medication) - Wikipedia
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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is the sort of thing you'd pitch as the premise for a series of YA thrillers with cyberpunk vibes. The sequel would involve a school trip that's just openly called the Lord of the Flies tour.
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Mara 👻 aBOOlish I.C.E. @mauratwit.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is a Muppet.
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Elle Ess @viamarsala18.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This would have been such an easy yes. I don’t want to hear one fucking thing about this guy as a presidential candidate.
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