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Pam Schmid @pamschmid.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Bringing you the peace of another Isle of Arran sunrise.✨️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Pam Schmid @pamschmid.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This morning's Zen moment--Lamlash, Isle of Arran, Scotland 💫

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Pam Schmid @pamschmid.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A few seconds of Zen: this morning's sunrise on the Isle of Arran, Scotland 💫

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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

I'm a brand new empty nester and totally with you!

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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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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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Pam Schmid @pamschmid.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The alt text alone for the AI altered pics is well worth the time to read!

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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 · 10/09/2026

And Wendell Berry! Here's to loads of inspiration. 💫

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Pam Schmid @pamschmid.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Thanks for sharing this, Patrick. 💙🙏

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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 · 07/09/2026

I'm getting mine later today!

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Pam Schmid @pamschmid.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

More than an hour for me, (8:50-10), and it was worth every minute.

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Pam Schmid @pamschmid.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

An assortment of critters at the fair. #MNStateFair

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Pam Schmid @pamschmid.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I'm here,too, in the crop art line!

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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

Check out the Visibility Brigade, showing up on an overpass near you. Visibilitybrigade.com

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Pam Schmid @pamschmid.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Countless decent folk in the U.S. are doing what we can to fight this!

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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

And he'd do it in a second if he could.

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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 Market

An array of peppers for saleat the St. Paul Farmer's Market

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Pam Schmid @pamschmid.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

FYI there is a new book called "Sea Salt," though, with recipes of all the great standbys.

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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

My pleasure, Catherine! 😊

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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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