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Rebecca I. Allen

@rebeccaallen.bsky.social
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"If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention." Writer, former journalist, wife, mom, ASU alum, Gen X. Likes: words, TV, movies, equity, democracy, and Disneyland She/Her 📍Anaheim

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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
My latest @npr.org story: If you have to use the U.S. Postal Service to return a mail-in ballot, USPS recommends mailing it at least a week before your state's deadline. And if you're mailing close to Election Day, stop by a post office to ask for a postmark to make sure it gets one on the same day
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Why mailing a ballot close to Election Day may get it rejected for a late postmark
If you're using the U.S. Postal Service to return a ballot close to Election Day, officials recommend getting it postmarked at a post office to avoid getting caught up in mail processing changes.
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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 2h
TODAY (Saturday, Oct. 10) is the deadline for registering to vote for the midterms in DELAWARE. And coming up next: Tue, 10/13 — KANSAS - LOUISIANA - NEW JERSEY - OREGON - WEST VIRGINIA More at npr.org/vote
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How to register to vote and check your registration status
For the 2026 elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.
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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 19h
by all means, AI evangelists: leave me behind, off with you, godspeed, don’t let the door hit you news.berkeley.edu/2026/10/09/u...
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Using AI for just 10 minutes erodes your ability to persist at hard things - Berkeley News
A UC Berkeley researcher co-authored a study that raises profound questions about how we interact with artificial intelligence in education — and daily life.
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Rebecca I. Allen @rebeccaallen.bsky.social · 22h
From the tour bus, a Weird Al Q&A 🤘🫶 "...his life on the road, possible plans for future tours, his upcoming UHF celebration, the status of his Broadway musical Dare to Be Stupid, and why we’re unlikely to see sequels to UHF or Weird..." No paywall: archive.ph/KsBP5 Paywall:
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'Weird Al' Yankovic Is Celebrating 'UHF' With a Live Show, But Struggling to Make a Biopic Sequel
'Weird Al' Yankovic will celebrate 'UHF' with a show at the Hollywood Bowl, but has been unable to get a sequel to 'Weird' biopic off the ground.
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Rebecca I. Allen @rebeccaallen.bsky.social · 22h
"...[Lois] Lowry hadn’t written another book set in a future dystopia—until now. In today’s episode, NPR’s Andrew Limbong speaks with Lowry about her new book Building 903, intergenerational relationships and the books that shaped her childhood."
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Lois Lowry on 'Building 903,' 'The Giver' and relationships between the old and young : NPR's Book of the Day
Lois Lowry has written dozens of books for kids and young adults. There’s the historical fiction novel Number the Stars about the Holocaust, the Anastasia Krupnik series and, of course, The Giver. Tha...
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Sarah Calvo @sarah-calvo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I remember when I learned that a book could be such a thing as “banned” and I was confused. We pretend that a large number of things cannot be banned that endanger others. But a book can be. Happy banned books week to all who celebrate! Lois Lowry, one who knows bans well, has a new one out!
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 07/10/2026
Amy Miller, an attorney with Disability Rights Nebraska, travels the state helping elderly and disabled people vote. Congress funds the work. But a new White House proposal threatens the efforts of Miller’s group and more than 50 others like it.
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This White House Plan Threatens Funding That Helps Disabled Americans Vote
A new rule from the Office of Management and Budget would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to restr...
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Daniel Boris @danboriscreates.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Things That Make You Go Hmm. 🤔
Donkey standing, dressed in a blue suit with lighter blue tie, speaking to the viewer.
“Ever notice Republicans aren’t trying to encourage more citizens to vote, they’re trying to discourage more citizens from voting at all.”

“Weird, right?”
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 08/10/2026
Collectively, the cases we’ve documented show that as the administration has relentlessly pursued immigrants, it has run roughshod over the constitutional rights of citizens, too, and on a scale not seen in generations. Read our full story:
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump…
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“ICE never left. Things became less public, became less of a spectacle, but immigrants are still being targeted and persecuted,” Barham said. “And from rumors I'm hearing, things I've seen, I suspect that they're about to amp up again.” story via Cait Kelley www.mprnews.org/story/2026/1...
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Catch, release, catch: Inside ICE's new 'farce' tactic
Multiple immigration detainees in Minnesota have been ordered released by federal judges only for them to be immediately re-detained by immigration officers at the doors of the Whipple Federal buildin...
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Rebecca I. Allen @rebeccaallen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
If you see this, post a not quite Star Trek
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Sheldon, Leonard, Howard's Star Trek Cosplay Dance
Alt: The Big Bang Theory, Sheldon, Leonard and Howard GIF: outside, somewhere near Bakersfield, dressed as Star Trek's Data, Picard, and a random Borg, the guys dance while (off screen) Raj takes their photos, "Now let’s do some sexy glamour shots. I’ll set the mood. Oontz, oontz, oontz, oontz, oontz, oontz, oontz, oontz, oontz, oontz, oontz, oontz, oontz, oontz, oontz, oontz, Yeah, nice one, oontz, oontz. That’s right"
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Name @gutsnelson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Libraries are cool and good.
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 07/10/2026
This is it: mourning the people murdered on this day, and those murdered in their name every day since
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
From my notebook. My philosophy, while writing books, for the last ten years.
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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 07/10/2026
nobody finishes a book and concludes “that was great; now I shall never read another one.” other writers are your teammates and coworkers, not your competition.
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The Media and Democracy Project @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Any news organization not reporting the President’s unfitness for office and this press conference is derelict in their duty. #sanewashing Endorse our pro-democracy coverage guidelines www.mediaanddemocracyproject.org/2026-electio...
Ahead of the midterms, journalists must:
• Make threats to democracy clear.
Protect Americans from disinformation.
I Cover elections like they matter more than sports scores.
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Sign our open letter asking for pro-democracy coverage by visiting mediaanddemocracyproject.org
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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I hate that she felt embarrassed. I hate that that's such a common feeling when men do anything to us without our consent. That WE feel shame when it should be the ones doing it, except they have no shame, no soul, nothing.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I think pretty much every woman can understand this impulse right now.
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is a community note for the ages.
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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juliacurlee.bsky.social @juliacurlee.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
An administration worried about machine security would fix the machines. This one built a predicate instead: a standing excuse to interfere in elections the states run, against any result it doesn’t like. Last month I laid out how it gets used.
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Laundering Federal Election Interference in the Midterms
The administration has turned an unfixable fact—Chinese parts in nearly every U.S. voting machine—into a license to contest any election it loses.
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Rebecca I. Allen @rebeccaallen.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Meet Russell Vought, the President-elect's nominee to run the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) From October:
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
2/ Federal agents have detained at least 70 children and teens who are American citizens. Some were handcuffed or zip-tied. In one instance, a 15-year-old with disabilities was handcuffed outside a school in Los Angeles when agents mistook him for an alleged gang member.
At least 70 U.S. citizen children detained, some of whom were handcuffed
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We live in a police state now
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Did you know that my election cheat sheet has a section where you can check out the key legislative districts state by state?  What are be the majority and supermajority makers, or races interesting for different reasons? Check it out! boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
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Human Rights Campaign @hrc.org · 05/10/2026
This November is a make-or-break moment for our community. Make your voting plan today: hrc.im/vote
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Voting Center Hub
Know your rights. If you’re a transgender American, a student voter, or anyone who wants to make sure your voice is heard, we have the resources you need.
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
NEW: PEN America today reported nearly 12,000 book bans in public schools nationwide during the 2025-2026 school year—the largest number in a single year. New state censorship laws accounted for much of the increase, coupled with the use of AI to remove books en masse: pen.org/press-releas...
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Nearly 12,000 School Book Bans Nationwide in 2025-2026—Biggest Number in a Single Year
PEN America today reported nearly 12,000 book bans in public schools nationwide during the 2025-2026 school year—the largest number in a single year. New state censorship laws accounted for much of th...
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Rebecca I. Allen @rebeccaallen.bsky.social · 20/11/2023
This skyline needs more Anne Lamott writing advice 🍑➡️🪑 ✍️😃
Screenshot of Anne Lamott tweet from 1/29/14: A shitty first draft, while not a thing of beauty, is a miracle of victory over nothingness, inertia, bad self-esteem. Secret? Butt in chair
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Clay Bennett @claybennett.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
7/31/2026- Freedom www.timesfreepress.com/news/2026/ju...
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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
You guys want to hear a short but adorable story that happened right in front of me at the baggage claim in NYC yesterday? I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it.
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Ryan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 01/10/2026
BREAKING NEWS: Tensions between Thor and the Care Bears have escalated rapidly overnight.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.
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Paul Voosen @voosen.me · 02/10/2026
Update on this: Alan Stern, New Horizons's PI, just told me that the instruments will stay on until Oct 12, when the first opportunity comes to send instructions to turn them off in this new fiscal year. So there's still some time.
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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Rebecca I. Allen @rebeccaallen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Skeletor and Anne Lamott agree—write the shitty first draft! 🍑➡️🪑✍️ 😃
Screenshot of Anne Lamott tweet: My best writing advice: Stop not writing. No one cares if you write or not, so you’d better. Sit down at desk and keep your butt in the chair. Write one passage, conversation, and let yourself do it badly. Finish (!) this one shitty first draft. Victory! Reward yourself w/candy!
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#ADifferentWorld has been renewed for a second season!!!!!
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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
For my latest @npr.org story, I was turned into a 😺 (again) to explain how the #2030Census gives your state power Here's a census cat comic, by my fur-midable colleague Connie Hanzhang Jin and me-ow: www.npr.org/2026/10/01/n...
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COMIC: How the census gives your state power (and what Trump wants to change)
The census is used to determine how much say your state has in Congress and the Electoral College. President Trump failed to alter it during his first term, but he's trying again ahead of 2030.
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com
Title: Gentlemen! Are you in want of a wife? Allow our algorithm to assist!

Image: a series of yes/no questions for that lead to different outcomes. 

Questions include “are you rich?”, “are you dashing?”, “are you a rake” and “are you a vicar?”

Outcomes include “You win the most beautiful daughter of the richest man in the county!”, “You remain a bachelor”, “You marry a dowdy cousin” and “You rescue a 23-year-old from Spinsterhood”.
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Rebecca I. Allen @rebeccaallen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"The rift between the billionaire class’s old-money elites and their nouveau riche tech-world younger brethren is no match for Butters Stotch on this week’s South America (née South Park), as the new episode, 'Billionaire Weenietown,' marks another return to form for the Comedy Central mainstay" ✊️🇺🇸
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‘South America’ Takes on the Literal Dicks of Big Tech Billionaires in New Episode
The renamed Comedy Central series follows up its season debut by pitting old money against new tech wealth in Butters' backyard.
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Rebecca I. Allen @rebeccaallen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Everyone in this business always talks of what 'alchemy' will work. Katie Dippold laughs at these questions, and dons a pointed hat with a star and a moon on it as if she's the sorcerer’s apprentice. But actually—Katie Dippold is the sorcerer. And she’s here to f-ck your algorithm." By Matthew Rhys
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Katie Dippold Is on the 2026 TIME100 Next
Find out why Katie Dippold is on this year’s list
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Leah Torres, MD @leahntorres.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Making abortion illegal = killing people. That’s it. It’s not more complicated than that. Making health care inaccessible means people die. States that fought the Civil War for the right to own people are now suing so they can own MORE. PEOPLE. It’s state-sanctioned murder and they are FOR it.
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 30/09/2026
PSA: abortion pills are available by mail in all 50 states. @plancpills.bsky.social
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PLAN C: Abortion pills by mail in every state
Plan C is an information resource for self-managed, at-home abortion with pills. Learn how people in the U.S. are accessing abortion pill options online.
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Rebecca I. Allen @rebeccaallen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"In June, hospital investigators interviewed Freeman, who admitted to letting OBP leave the hospital. She told the investigators that she did not believe in ICE 'separating people from their families' and admitted that, due to his injuries, he 'could have died', the FBI complaint says."
This is one of the latest examples of people facing charges for anti-ICE actions, as the agency and its aggressive anti-immigrant crackdown grow widely unpopular.
In some cases, charges against protesters and anti-ICE advocates have fallen apart under scrutiny. But in others, the Trump administration has been successful in prosecuting activists.
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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Testify Cute
Alt: My Cousin Vinny, Marisa Tomei GIF: interior, courtroom, after slaying the prosecution's so-called automotive expert, Mona Lisa Vito smiles, flexes her hands out, and shrugs
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Aviendha69 🦋🍁 🇨🇦 | ᑐ ∪ ∩ ⊂ @aviendha69.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“These cases are always treated in isolation by the media, a shocking incident, like a murder, borne of specific motivations. But they’re not like murders at all and they shouldn’t be seen as individual crimes — they’re symptomatic of a sickness in society that afflicts all countries everywhere.”
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The Man Problem
The Cornell Rape Case is a feature not a bug
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