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Natalie Giarratano

@nattyg.bsky.social
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Colorado poet, editor, mama. New chapbook of poems out now—Molecular Memory (also the author of Big Thicket Blues & Leaving Clean).

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
This afternoon in Marble Hill, a New Yorker was shot by an ICE agent in a residential neighborhood. Early reports indicate agents surrounded him and a 5-year-old child in his car before firing multiple rounds. We believe the child was physically unharmed.

This is an unconscionable and incredibly serious situation. I have called the President; when we speak I will demand that he ends all ICE enforcement actions in our city. I will not stand by while ICE agents terrorize our communities.

Our thoughts are with the injured New Yorker and his family tonight. We are praying for his recovery.

Get ICE out of our neighborhoods. Get ICE out of our hospitals. Get ICE off our streets. Get ICE away from our children.

Abolish ICE.
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R. A. Allen @raallen87.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“[The cities] we are holding a lot of your people, who you failed to love, and take care of.” REAL
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Stephen C. Rea @stevierea.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The “ceasefire” will be one year old next week. Since then, Israeli strikes have killed more than 1400 Gazans
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers
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Demon Luis Colón @angelluiscolon.com · 30/09/2026
This is fucking ridiculous.
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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
They cited nobody, and I wondered what kind of a monstrous sociopath would welcome this. Folks,
While the Trump administration is framing the policy as “accountability” for higher education, and _some are welcoming the move_, others see it as an attack on those whose work is important regardless of salary. Matthew Yglesias
@mattyglesias
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This seems like a reasonable idea with precedent from
Obama's education department.
The government shouldn't be in the business of encouraging
people to take loans they won't be able to repay.
(IN The New Republic © @newrepublic • 18h
Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don't make
enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social
work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit
the hardest. trib.al/NmmAzhf
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The man ICE shot in Austin today is named Wilber Rafael Garces Perez. Per his lawyer, she and Perez’s family were run off of hospital property where he’s being treated and won’t even confirm he’s there because he’s “in ICE custody.” Actual criminals.
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Federal immigration agent shoots and injures man in Austin, Texas
The person shot is in serious but stable condition, Austin Mayor Kirk Watson said in a press conference.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/09/2026
Cis people do not understand how much trans people's rights have regressed in just 5 years. 5 years ago, there were none of these restrictions. 19 states banned legal recognition 21 states have bathroom bans 8 states ban gender marker changes on DLs 25 ban gender affirming care for trans youth
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16/09/2026
“WE HAVE TO SHOVE ACCOUNTABILITY DOWN THEIR F***ING THROATS.” 🔥🔥 Katie Phang delivers a fiery sign-off on today’s episode of Sidebar with Katie Phang: “I don’t want any of you to ever think that we can’t get through this. But I want us to thrive, not just survive.”
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Kathryn Kysar @darklake.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
@heideerdrich.bsky.social has been named Distinguished Artist of the Year by the McKnight Foundation. So deserved! www.mcknight.org/news-ideas/m...
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McKnight Names Heid E. Erdrich 2026 Distinguished Artist
Poet, editor, curator, and teacher has spent decades bringing poetry into public life and creating opportunities for other artists.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Anyway, we are NOT throwing our trans siblings under the bus for ANY reason. NO. You can kick rocks.
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David Atkinson @davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I've been posting a daily poem for just over a year In celebration I'm sharing the 10 most popular poems of the last 12 months In 1st place we have Noor Hindi ‘Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words’ – Robert Frost #poetry #poemofday
Poem - 'F**k Your Lecture on Craft My People Are Dying' by Noor Hindi
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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Ruby Bridges was 6-years-old when she stepped into the history books. Bravely accompanied by her mother, she was the first Black child to desegregate an all-white school in the South. It was not long ago… Today is her birthday. She is still with us. She is 72. Happy birthday, Ruby Bridges 💜
Young Ruby Bridges, photo in black and white Ruby Bridges today, photo in full color
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Mad Scholar Frights @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
21 years ago, there was an incident in New Orleans that anticipates where we are now. Of course, there were lots of others before that one. We aren't very good at reading the signs, are we? Or maybe some of us are blandly evil, great at reading signs, and can't wait for the hammer to fall.
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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Timeline cleanse from the Black Flute Brigade of Los Angeles.
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David Atkinson @davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Today 63 years ago at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington Dr Martin Luther King gave his ‘I Have a Dream’ This poem by Langston Hughes was written 13 years earlier. 76 years later both men’s dreams are still to be realised #poetry #poemoftheday #IHaveADream
Poem - 'I Dream a World' by Langston Hughes
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
People are SUFFERING. We have to stop acting like everything is okay. It’s not okay. The conditions under which we ALL are living are killing us.
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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 13/08/2026
The ICE raids and cruelty we are seeing inflicted on children are unacceptable.

The federal government has stripped legal representation from hundreds of thousands of unaccompanied children. Many will soon face an impossible choice: navigate our immigration system alone or risk detention and deportation.

Our city is stepping up. We've invested $16.9 million in immigration legal services for unaccompanied children, with another $32 million in this year's immigration legal services budget, including rapid-response legal advice and representation for people in detention.

If you need immigration legal support, we're here to help. Our free, confidential Immigration Legal Support Hotline is available in your preferred language, regardless of immigration status.
Call 1-800-354-0365
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Dr. Han VanderHart @hanvanderhart.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Ursula K. Le Guin spoke out against Amazon and its control over the book industry, refused a Nebula Award, and withdrew from the Author’s Guild in 2009 to protest Google’s digitization of books.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 04/08/2026
Public safety does not come from masked armed agents taking people off our streets.

To immigrant New Yorkers: you belong in this City, and this City stands with you.

If you need legal support, our Immigration Legal Support Hotline is free, confidential and available regardless of your immigration status. Call 1-800-354-0365.
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Thomas Etty Esq @thomasetty.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
FREE SEEDS!!! Mr Etty has asked me to offer parcels of 50 seed packets to 6 charitable organisations connected to horticulture. Please email sales@thomasetty.co.uk with details of your organisation. Should more than 6 organisations apply, we will pick 6 names from a hat to decide. Closing 15th Aug
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/07/2026
Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.
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sarah clark (they) @sarahclark.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
These microgrants have been designed to have a super simple application process (brief personal statement, bio, writing sample!), because we want to give you money, we don't want to make you jump through hoops. Be queer, write about plants and get $$$!!!
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Powerful. Stand with the Epstein survivors.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026
This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 13/07/2026
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo headed to work like he would any other day on July 7. An immigration agent shot and killed him in his van during an enforcement operation — and he was not the target. This is the story of his life and death. nyti.ms/3Rd4A1p
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Black and Missing Foundation @blackandmissingfdn.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
#CobbCounty, #GA: 17y/o Janna was last seen on Jun 4 in the Powder Springs area in a white shirt & black pants. She has been known to travel to Goldsboro or Wrightsville Beach, NC. Have you seen her? Please SHARE to #HelpUsFindJannaAtkinson #JannaAtkinson #HelpUsFindUs
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Black and Missing Foundation @blackandmissingfdn.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
#Reading, #PA: 24y/o Michael is STILL MISSING and was last seen on March 24 around 1:30am in northeast Reading, wearing a grey Nike hoodie, black sweatpants, and black Crocs. Following an extensive three-month investigation, numerous arrest warrants have been authorized in
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 08/07/2026
NEW: He was picking up a work crew to take them to construction site at 6 a.m. on Tuesday morning. ICE showed up. And now this small business owner, the father of three American citizens, is dead. www.thebulwark.com/p/he-lived-h...
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He Lived Here for 35 Years. Put Three Kids in College. ICE Killed Him.
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was picking up a crew for a construction project when ICE shot him. It now claims he was the aggressor.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
🚨 HUGE ongoing surge of ICE arrests, with ICE directing 80% of all officers to go out into the field and round people up, aiming to hit 2,000 arrests a day; which would be more than during the Minneapolis surge. This may be why the nun in Texas got briefly picked up. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/u...
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Immigrant Arrests Surge to 10,000 in 5 Days as ICE Clamps Down
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Black and Missing Foundation @blackandmissingfdn.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
#Summerville, #SC: Last Friday marked 3 years since then 19y/o Justus was last seen on Jun 19, 2023, around 9:30am in front of a mobile home lot in the 1800blk of Royle Road. He has not been in contact with any friends or family since that morning. A $5K reward is being offered.
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Derf Backderf @derfbackderf.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Fuck the reflecting pool. This has not gotten nearly enough coverage or generated the proper outrage. People thrown in prison for 30-50 years for the "crime" ofmaking zines and belonging to a book club!! This is straight-up totalitarian atrocity. Political prisoners thrown in a gulag to rot.
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‘This is injustice’: how leftist zines were used to sentence anti-ICE protesters to decades in prison
Advocates sound alarm after zines were used as evidence to convict protesters of terrorism charges tied to 2025 protest at Texas ICE facility
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Beadwork By Kay @beadworkbykay.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Pride month might be coming to an end but we are queer all year and my pride pieces are always available! If you are looking to support a queer owned Indigenous business and love beadwork check out my work! Lots of pieces available ☺️ www.beadworkbykay.ca
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Door @doornanabread.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Know Your Rights! Know Who to Call! (reply has clickable links)
BE PREPARED
Have you exercised your constitutional right to observe and protest federal actions in Minnesota? 

The FBI may visit you. 

For criminal and immigration support: 
612-444-2654 - NLG Hotline (Protest related) 
612-337-0030 - Legal Rights Center (Hennepin County)
651-222-4703 Neighborhood Justice Center (Dakota, Ramsey, or Washington Counties)
651-641-1011 - Immigrant Law Center of MN

https://www.legalrightscenter.org/firstdefense/

If you're facing intimidation or civil rights violations:
https://www.aclu-mn.org/ice-feds-form/

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS • DEFEND YOUR RIGHTS
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Michael VanCalbergh @mvcpoet.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Oooof. Thats some feelings right there. Good morning to me.
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beestung @beestung.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
NEWS NEWS NEWS! beestung's Pleasure Issue is open for an extra few days for Black and Indigenous writers and writers of color! We deserve a little breathing room, and we're getting it Deadline: 6/20 Pay: $20 Guest editor: brilliant & savvy & looking forward to reading you up & down Theme: 🥵🫦🩲🍆🍑🎇
THE PLEASURE ISSUE: REAL + IMAGINARY

SUBMISSION CLOSE: (BIPOC ONLY) 06/20/2026

FLASH FICTION + POETRY + CREATIVE NON-FICTION + ART

PAY - $20.00

GUEST EDITED BY CHRISTIAN M. IVEYThis issue aims to interrogate the varying politics of pleasure via the difference between the erotic and the pornographic through flash fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, and art. Pleasure does not exist in a vacuum. Which leads to what are the relationships between what we fear and desire, and how does how we engage signify these importances?
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Hannah Graham @drhannahgraham.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
A wee group of angry balaclava and mask-wearing anti-immigration guys tried to stop the good people of Glasgow showing solidarity with migrants and standing up to racism and fascism. Well, the far right are far outnumbered... #RefugeesWelcome #MigrantsWelcome #NeighboursNotStrangers #Glasgow
Photo of a small group of mostly men wearing black, with masks and balaclavas, surrounded by a Police Scotland cordon in the bottom of the photo, in the foreground. In the background, a very large colourful crowd of people with saltires, trade union banners, and hand-made signs in support of migrants and against racism have turned up to gather to show solidarity, and the far right guys were hoping to thwart that. They didn't.
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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Aerial PARTIAL view of the anti racist, anti fascist crowd in Belfast right now. City Hall to the left for scale. This - this is the real Belfast. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
“This is our documentary moment,” Fonda told Reuters in an interview. “History ​is going to write about this, and I don't want to be on the side of people who ⁠said, ‘Oh my God, things are so bad, what am I going to do?’ No. I want to be out in the front.” Jane Fonda is 88.
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Black and Missing Foundation @blackandmissingfdn.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
#Petersburg, #VA: Then 52y/o Sherrell’s 55th birthday is coming up this month. She was last seen walking away from her residence on the corner of Hanover & Patterson streets on Sep 1, 2023, in a light blue shirt, blue shorts, and light colored shoes. Police said Sherrell, who has
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 09/06/2026
Trump may already be deporting newborn Americans while the Supreme Court dawdles on birthright citizenship: pregnant teenagers in immigration detention having been giving birth to U.S. citizens but those girls and their babies are now missing ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/birth...
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The Supreme Court Hasn't Ruled On Birthright Citizenship. Trump May Be Deporting Newborn Citizens Anyway
The Trump administration is refusing to answer questions about the health and safety of undocumented young mothers—and their newborn U.S. citizens—in its custody.
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GiGi Angel @gigiangel.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
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Ro Salarian @rosalarian.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
No cops at Pride includes the cop in your head who tells you to police other queer people. Learn the difference between being uncomfortable and being harmed. Deal with your discomfort on your own time. Pride is for the community, not just you.
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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Trans people are harming no one. They aren't starting wars, they aren't stealing tax dollars for vanity projects, they aren't destroying democracy, they aren't undoing health and safety standards for corporate cronies. The people making these fucking laws are the ones doing all that.
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Black and Missing Foundation @blackandmissingfdn.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
#Miami, #FL: Then 26y/o Kevin is STILL MISSING and was last seen at 7AM on September 4, 2023, in his cabin as the Carnival Conquest reported back to the Port of Miami. He was last seen wearing a black shirt, shorts, and gray sneakers. Carnival said in a statement, he was reported
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 04/06/2026
Marjane Satrapi, author of 'Persepolis,' dies at 56
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Marjane Satrapi, author of 'Persepolis,' dies at 56
The French-Iranian 'died of sadness a little over a year after the death of Mattias Ripa, her husband and the love of her life,' people close to her said.
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🧑🏻‍🦽‍➡️🦄 Eva Roslin (they/them) ⚨ 🍁 @evavroslin.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
June is Caribbean Heritage Month in the US!! There are SO MANY AMAZING authors of heritage from there including @sillysyntax.bsky.social! And @rsagarcia.bsky.social, and @therisingtithes.bsky.social, and @nalohop.bsky.social, and Edwidge Danticat! Tobias Bucknell! Karen Lord! So many others!!
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