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Pam Schmid

@pamschmid.bsky.social
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St. Paulite. Words are my medicine. 📚 Find me: Barren Magazine, Belleview Literary Review, River Teeth, The Common, more. 🏀go Lynx🏀

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Lots of talk about defending "Western civilization" these days, so here's Richard Wright on what it means to be Western:
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Pam Schmid @pamschmid.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A glimpse of paradise in Edinburgh, Scotland, jetlag be damned. 💫
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Pam Schmid @pamschmid.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
C'mon, Strib: bring back the copy editors!!
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Presupposing that an arch can have a triumphal nature in the first place, I feel like the supposed triumph is undermined by filling it with snipers and other deadly shit.
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Trish Hopkinson @trishhopkinsonpoet.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
New where-to-submit list for poets returning to the page later in life. A curated list of journals that celebrate older and late‑career writers. buff.ly/ugSo4Np #poetrycommunity #litmags #amwriting
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No Fee Lit Mags & Journals for Poets Over 50
I’ve been gathering journals and magazines that publish work by older writers As always, a good poem is a good poem, and older writers publish everywhere. But sometimes it helps to know which journ…
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Pam Schmid @pamschmid.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
If I still lived in Northern VA, I would be there!
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Pam Schmid @pamschmid.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Such a rarity: a billionaire with ❤️
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Pam Schmid @pamschmid.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Can't wait til dummymander becomes part of the national lexicon.
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Julene Tripp Weaver @trippweavpoet.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that sings. —Wendell Berry
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Your regular reminder -- yes, I'm going to keep on with this -- that Republicans in Congress are just fine with everything he's doing.
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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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Pam Schmid @pamschmid.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"Hearthstones are pebbled palliatives; I burn hot and swallow one for every slight." Just gorgeous writing from @melostrom.bsky.social 💫
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Pam Schmid @pamschmid.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
🎯🎯
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Pam Schmid @pamschmid.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹
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Pam Schmid @pamschmid.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹
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Pam Schmid @pamschmid.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
It started with a half dozen handwritten notes taped to car windows, each worded slightly differently. The gist was the same: Get lost! What came next shows what can happen when folks at cross purposes actually take the time to listen. pamschmid.substack.com/p/bridging-t...
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Bridging the Gap
How a taped-up plea eventually led to common ground
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 07/09/2026
Every time I’ve gone overseas this year, I didn’t really know how people would react to me as an American. And every time people found out I was from Minnesota, people thanked me for being a good American and said they wished more Americans were like us. Every time.
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Pam Schmid @pamschmid.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
An assortment of critters at the fair. #MNStateFair
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
RIP to a giant. www.npr.org/2019/11/02/7...
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Not My Job: We Quiz Gloria Steinem On Bartending
We'll ask the feminist icon three questions about stein men, that is people who fill up beer steins. Steinem's new book is called The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off!
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Anna Vangala Jones @anniejowrites.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
writing tip: when in doubt, read
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Pam Schmid @pamschmid.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Along Cretin Avenue on my walk this evening, I happened upon these ghost shoes, marking the scene of an 🧊abduction in St. Paul earlier this year. It's a chilling and powerful reminder of what 🧊 did to our neighbors. We must never forget. 💔
A pair of white sneakers dangle from a telephone pole on Cretin Avenue.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has published a new webpage that will help carry out President Donald Trump’s plans to create a national voter registry and shape who can vote in the upcoming midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DHS posts ‘Citizenship Lists Portal’ to advance Trump’s anti-voting order
It’s the latest sign that the federal government is hurtling forward with Trump’s anti-voting executive order.
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Pam Schmid @pamschmid.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
His words always washed over like a gentle rain. Rest in the peace of wild things, Wendell Berry. 💫🦋
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Pam Schmid @pamschmid.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Here's to kindness, authenticity & grace. Let's all be like Dolly.💕💕💕 (photo taken over I-94 in St. Paul)💕
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Pam Schmid @pamschmid.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I love the sound of rain in the morning...🌧🌧🌧🎶
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Pam Schmid @pamschmid.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
This is so good. 💫
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chirping bird @chrpngbrd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
from 2023 www.billboard.com/culture/prid...
When looking at the issue of anti-trans legislation, Parton said that "I try to get into the human element of it." Pointing out that she has people in her life who identify as queer and trans, the 77-year-old star said it was important to hear what they're saying.
"I know and love them all, and I do not judge. And I just see how broken-hearted they get over certain things and I know how real they are," she said. "I know how important this is to them. That's who they are. They cannot help that any more than I can help being Dolly Parton, you know, the way people know me. If there's something to be judged, that is God's business. But we are all God's children and how we are is who we are."
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Pam Schmid @pamschmid.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Let's all be like Dolly. 💫
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I am recording an emergency podcast right now to explain what just happened in the Supreme Court and what to expect next. It will be posted soon. My advice is to subscribe to Democracy Docket’s YouTube Channel. www.youtube.com/democracydoc...
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Pam Schmid @pamschmid.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
My many-colored days: the sights and smells of the St. Paul Farmer's Market, gratitude for city life and everyone who keeps it humming and vibrant.
Flowers for sale at the St. Paul Farmer's MarketAn array of peppers for saleat the St. Paul Farmer's Market
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shome dasgupta @shomedasgupta.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Say, friends—here are about 84 literary journals opening for submissions in September. Some are open now or will close soon in August or September. Genres, themes, & guidelines vary—dates are tentative. These should be no-fee. There are more resources out there, too. Wish y’all well.
The Cincinnati Review
A Public Space
Wigleaf
The Fiddlehead
Kenyon Review
LIT Magazine
Glassworks
Prairie Schooner
Doubly Mad
addanomadd
Crab Creek
In Short
Last Leaves
Garfield Lake
Adroit
DarkWinter
InterrobangLit
Quartet
Kweli Journal
Inlandia
The MacGuffin
Orchards Poetry
The Spectacle
OxMag
Recenter Press Poetry
Foglifter
Passages North
Meow Meow Pow Pow Lit
The Dodge
Prime Numbers
Barely South
Apricity
Dunes Review
Long River
Atlantic Northeast
Haunter Review
Floating Acorn
MUSE Literary
Route 7
Penn Review
Think
Scattered Flock
Revolute
Paper Dragon
Wild Garlic
Valley Voices
Thirteen Bridges
Wordgathering
Mania Magazine
Pictura Journal
Rust & Moth
Southhampton
Orion
Hawkeye
Sontag Magazine
Oyster River Pages
RockPaperPoem
Ignatian Literary
Salt Hill
ROOM
Constellations
Soundings East
The Journal
The Passionfruit Review
Twisted Tongue
Louisiana Literature
The Rumpus
The New Yorker
Pine Hills Review
Compulsive Reader
Mad Persona
South Florida Poetry
Up The Staircase
Terrazo 
Poetry Northwest
CRAFT
Okay Donkey
Rappahannock Review
The Quasar Review
Cosmic Daffodil
Barcelona Review
X-R-A-Y
3Elements Review
Red Ogre Review
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Pam Schmid @pamschmid.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Be BRAVE Day, St. Paul, 8‐15-26 💫💙
People on a pedestrian bridge with flags and a sign that says BE BRAVE WITH US waving to passing motorists.
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Pam Schmid @pamschmid.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I needed this poem today! 💫
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
BREAKING: An undercover federal operation at a Minneapolis church this spring may have violated a federal court injunction barring the government from enforcing civil immigration laws on the church’s properties. Here's what happened according to recent legal docs: (1) www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Feds spying in Minneapolis church may have violated court order
Homeland Security spied on a Minneapolis church in May as part of an investigation into alleged anti-ICE activities, potentially violating a court order barring federal agents from enforcing civil imm...
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Pam Schmid @pamschmid.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Here in St. Paul, we actually believe diversity makes us stronger. ✨️🕊
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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 12/08/2026
Peggy Flanagan, a citizen of the White Earth Nation, would make history as the first Native American woman to serve in the U.S. Senate if elected. Her name in Ojibwe is Gizhiiwewidamikwe — “speaks in a loud and clear voice woman.” minnesotareformer.com/2026/08/11/p...
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Peggy Flanagan wins Democratic Senate primary in Minnesota in victory for progressive flank • Minnesota Reformer
Progressive Democrats notched another major victory over the moderate wing of the party in Minnesota Tuesday night, when Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan defeated U.S. Rep. Angie Craig in what’s believed to be...
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Pam Schmid @pamschmid.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
It's quite reassuring to know that in my St. Paul precinct, a grand total of 16 people voted on the Republican side of the ballot.
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Andrew Rothstein @asrothstein.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Peggy Flanagan takes the MN Dem Senate Primary, but folks just LOOK at the vote disparity. Angie Craig is down over 100k votes and yet she received nearly as many votes as the top 3 GOP candidates!! After Operation Metro Surge, Minnesotans are fucking furious and know we've got skin in the game.
Image of MN Senator Primaries showing GOP: Tafoya, and Peggy Flanagan for Dems.  But Dems have WAY WAY more votes.
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Michaelangelo Matos @matoswk.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I am also enjoying Mike Lindell’s embarrassing turnout.
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Pam Schmid @pamschmid.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
PEGGY PEGGY ✨️
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Pam Schmid @pamschmid.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
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Pam Schmid @pamschmid.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
It's all here in 100 words: the beautifully rendered moment opening up to the heartbreak of knowing and not knowing. And that jolt at the end. Wow. Brava, @sfreligh.bsky.social !👏👏
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Pam Schmid @pamschmid.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Caught this little slab of moon with my morning coffee. 🌙
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Pam Schmid @pamschmid.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Repeat after me: The process IS the punishment.
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Pam Schmid @pamschmid.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Twin Citians, if you haven't yet tried the sweet potato gnocchi at Indigena by Owamni, what are you waiting for?
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Pam Schmid @pamschmid.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Not too late to be in the game here in MN.
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MKrebs 🇺🇦 @mkrebs.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Ooo, that smell. youtu.be/nG0GjjakjaU
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Lynyrd Skynyrd - That Smell (Audio)
YouTube video by LynyrdSkynyrdVEVO
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Freedom Writers Collaborative @fwcollaborative.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Missteps Mount in Justice Dept.’s Case Against Minnesota Anti-ICE Protesters
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Missteps Mount in Justice Dept.’s Case Against Minnesota Anti-ICE Protesters
The problems plaguing the case have not only hurt the government’s chances, lawyers say, but have also undermined the bonds of trust that prosecutors have traditionally enjoyed in court.
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Pam Schmid @pamschmid.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
350,000 Haitians hold their breath as Congress decides their future | Josiane Valsaint www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I’m a Haitian TPS holder. 350,000 of us hold our breath as Congress decides our future | Josiane Valsaint
Temporary protected status allowed me to rebuild my life. Now thousands like me help keep this country running
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Pam Schmid @pamschmid.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Visited Alex Pretti's memorial site this evening and didn't expect to get so emotional. So much heartbreak& anger here, but what stands out most powerfully is all of the love. 💔❤️
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