Reposted by Ruth LeFaiveJason Song Quinn (Comms Open) @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Jim Henson didn’t muppeteer a tiny green frog that was singing and playing the banjo, with rubber gloves while totally submerged underwater in a airtight aluminum tank just so you could tell me that AI is “inevitable”. 38107523740
Reposted by Ruth LeFaiveSoraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 07/08/2026Helping my mother help someone today. Her 83-year old widower neighbor is being targeted in exactly this manner and he is despondent. Seriously, check on your old folks. 💔 19929
Reposted by Ruth LeFaiveSoraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 07/08/2026This is incredibly disturbing. The number of cases in Mississippi alone of Black people who met their deaths in dubious/highly suspicious ways, only for authorities to shrug it off and do a piss poor job if investigating...there are so many namesmississippifreepress.orgTasia Fortune Identified as Woman Found Hanging in Tree Behind Vacant Jackson HomeThe woman whose body was found hanging from a tree behind a vacant Jackson, Mississippi, home is 29-year-old Tasia Fortune, the Hinds County Coroner’s Office said. 431950810
Reposted by Ruth LeFaivePoets & Writers @pw.org · 11/07/2026#ClipOfTheDay: In this video, Krys Malcolm Belc talks about his new memoir, What I Made for Dinner, for an event at Books Are Magic with Joseph Osmundson. “I used to dream of a better world and now I’m dreaming of projects, loaves of bread, layer cakes, laminated pastries.” Watch: at.pw.org/Belc 063
Ruth LeFaive @ruthlefaive.bsky.social · 05/08/2026How lovely to log in after a zillion months and find these happy memories. <3 020
Ruth LeFaive @ruthlefaive.bsky.social · 05/09/2025Fun fact: If you go to surj.org/category/pas... you can watch their past webinars like the one linked in my earlier post.surj.orgPast webinars Archives - SURJ 020
Ruth LeFaive @ruthlefaive.bsky.social · 05/09/2025I'm attending Swing Left's event, “Canvass for Prop 50 in West LA / Culver City / Mid City!” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/swingleft/ev...mobilize.usCanvass for Prop 50 in West LA / Culver City / Mid City! · Swing LeftCome knock on doors in West LA / Culver / Mid City with us and help stop the Trump / MAGA agenda (exact location to be disclosed at least 7 days before the event). Trump is trying to rig the midterm... 040
Ruth LeFaive @ruthlefaive.bsky.social · 30/07/2025I'm attending Showing Up for Racial Justice's event, “Solidarity & Rapid Response: a 2-part training on showing up for immigrant communities” - sign up now www.mobilize.us/surj/event/8...mobilize.usSolidarity & Rapid Response: a 2-part training on showing up for immigrant communities · Showing Up for Racial JusticeAcross the country, immigrant communities are under attack and authoritarian forces are gaining ground. But there’s a growing movement of people ready to take action with clarity, courage, and discipl... 020
Ruth LeFaive @ruthlefaive.bsky.social · 30/06/2025I'm attending Showing Up for Racial Justice's event, ““Calling in, not out: a skill for white people to organize our own” with Loretta Ross” - sign up now www.mobilize.us/surj/event/8...mobilize.us“Calling in, not out: a skill for white people to organize our own” with Loretta Ross · Showing Up for Racial Justice“Calling in” versus “calling out” isn’t just a one-on-one practice, it’s a strategic orientation to help us defeat authoritarianism and build the world we need. As millions of people across the countr... 010
Ruth LeFaive @ruthlefaive.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Don't be jealous, but I never watched Grey's Anatomy or any version of The L Word. Which means I've now got 422 hours of TV to look forward to. That's 17.5 days or just over a month of hermitizing, if I sleep.media.tenor.coma woman in a lab coat is holding a trophy and says up top !ALT: a woman in a lab coat is holding a trophy and says up top ! 120
Ruth LeFaive @ruthlefaive.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Just now seeing this. I'm so grateful! Thank you! And I'm super honored being in company with the marvelous & lovely @livesinpages.bsky.social. 072
Ruth LeFaive @ruthlefaive.bsky.social · 21/04/2025I feel so nourished by this essay. Gorgeous, @maureenlangloss.bsky.social. 110
Reposted by Ruth LeFaiveGulf of Mexico 🌀 @saystay.bsky.social · 16/04/2025bsky.app/profile/says... 022
Reposted by Ruth LeFaiveAmerican Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 17/04/2025NEW: It's time to #FundLibraries. As we fight for the long-term future of federal funding for libraries in Congress & in the courts, it's critical that our elected officials CONTINUE to provide annual funding. Take action, tell your House Rep to fund libraries in FY26: bit.ly/FundLibraries26House 4208104
Reposted by Ruth LeFaiveGrant MacDowell @grantmacdowell.bsky.social · 17/04/2025Stop the cuts! Hands off Culver City this Saturday April 19th. #HandsOff #March #Protest #Resist #protesta #HandsOff2025 #Indivisible #LosAngeles #California #CulverCity #CityHall 075
Reposted by Ruth LeFaivePeter Bowden 😃 @peterbowdenlive.bsky.social · 05/04/2025Hands Off Protest Boston! April 5, 2025 Boston Common 10073321716
Reposted by Ruth LeFaiveK.C. Mead-Brewer @kcmeadbrewer.com · 01/04/2025legit this system is AMAZING, different author friends of mine who've struggled for years to maintain a daily writing routine now text each other all excited to report once they've finished "The Haylie" for the day 5909
Ruth LeFaive @ruthlefaive.bsky.social · 02/04/2025I wish Mom had lived to see this heartening act of love by @corybooker.com. I haven't cried much since she died—she's out of pain, after all. But the thought of her missing this brings tears. Imagining how she would be inspired by Sen. Booker's dedication makes me ache with missing her. #resist 060
Reposted by Ruth LeFaiveAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Thank you, Senator Cory Booker! #Resist 202322242970
Ruth LeFaive @ruthlefaive.bsky.social · 01/04/2025"We the people are powerful. We are strong!" - Senator Cory Booker 11:29 a.m. PT, 20 hours in 031
Reposted by Ruth LeFaiveGrant MacDowell @grantmacdowell.bsky.social · 01/04/2025#HandsOff #March #Protest #GoodTrouble #CoryBooker #Resist #April5th #protesta #inmigracion #redada #marcha #marche 122
Reposted by Ruth LeFaivePolitics In The Wild @politicsinthewild.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt. Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt. 7553231210547
Ruth LeFaive @ruthlefaive.bsky.social · 05/02/2025@benloory.bsky.social thanks for boosting that question! 120
Ruth LeFaive @ruthlefaive.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Friends, Any recommendations for U.S. newspapers whose subscription fees don't support fascism? Enjoying sources like The Guardian, but want a domestic perspective, too. Would like to support actual journalism. 151
Ruth LeFaive @ruthlefaive.bsky.social · 05/02/2025For the first time since 2013, I'm off Duotrope. Doing all I can to pay off this veterinarian debt. There's a support group for this, right? 020
Reposted by Ruth LeFaiveJan Stinchcomb @janstinchcomb.bsky.social · 01/02/2025A perfect story for this sad Saturday in the US. 032
Reposted by Ruth LeFaiveKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/02/2025No one's blaming Democrats for causing this crisis, but yes, many of them are failing to meet this moment. One Democratic senator could bring the chamber to a halt. House Dems can go to fed agencies being gutted by Musk with cameras in tow. Governors can push back. State AGs can bring lawsuits. 730212315767
Reposted by Ruth LeFaiveSage Deviant 🏳️⚧️ @trans.bsky.social · 02/02/2025On May 10, 1933, Nazis burned the library of The Institute for Sexual Science. The Institute was founded by Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld. Its community clinic pioneered healthcare for queer, trans, & intersex people. The Institute was targeted & attacked as part of a Nazi government censorship program. 4461903331
Reposted by Ruth LeFaiveBat 🦇 Borus @matthewborus.bsky.social · 31/01/2025It feels worth emphasizing that these websites being taken down aren’t some federal worker’s hobby, or an agency’s side project. They exist as matters of policy, some directly mandated in law, some through government contracts. Taking them down is fundamentally illegitimate and autocratic. 8557176
Reposted by Ruth LeFaivejustbehonest.bsky.social @justbehonest.bsky.social · 01/02/2025Join or start a chapter of Indivisible.org. Read their guide. Get involved. Get loud.indivisible.orgHomepage 032
Reposted by Ruth LeFaiveMaureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · 01/02/2025I read that interview with @amyklobuchar.com in the NYT. She's using an outdated playbook. She's trying to play by the rules with craven people who are breaking laws & ignoring the Constitution. She & all Dems need to step up their game & take much more dramatic action. WAKE UP & DO SOMETHING! 1121
Reposted by Ruth LeFaiveJessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 01/02/2025The Trump administration is scrubbing the CDC’s website of documents on reproductive rights issues, sexual health, intimate partner violence, and more. I'm trying to save them. You can find the deleted docs at cdcguidelines.com - I'll be adding more over the weekend.cdcguidelines.comDownload CDC Guidelines Removed By The Trump AdminThe Trump administration is scrubbing the CDC’s website of documents on reproductive rights issues, sexual health, intimate partner violence, and more. 16874463742
Reposted by Ruth LeFaiveTor Ekeland @torekeland.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Second, resistance doesn't have to be a dramatic act. It can be a small act, like losing a sheet of paper, taking your time processing something, not serving someone in a restaurant. Small acts taken by thousands have big effects. 2076061117
Reposted by Ruth LeFaiveAlexis Pauline Gumbs @alexispauline.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Thank you for making this beautiful poster that matches everything Sangodare and I wear every day 💜 www.countrycounterculture.com/product-page... You can also sign up for our accountability space to get weekly emails and prompts here: sangodare.podia.com/100-days-sup... 0277
Reposted by Ruth LeFaiveAlexis Pauline Gumbs @alexispauline.bsky.social · 25/01/2025Medicine from and with a divine being.💜💜💜💜💜 www.youtube.com/live/0zNn81o...youtube.comJanuary 23rd, 2025 7pm - Toshi Reagon’s Annual Birthday Concerts featuring BIGLovelyYouTube video by Joe's Pub 0414
Reposted by Ruth LeFaiveDr. Bitch @ritamookerjee.bsky.social · 15/01/2025I love being on masthead at @splitlipthemag.bsky.social dive into this amazing issue splitlipthemag.comsplitlipthemag.comSplit Lip MagazineSplit Lip Magazine is a voice-driven literary journal with a pop culture twist. We publish online monthly and in print. Poetry, fiction, memoir, flash, reviews, interviews, art. 3386
Reposted by Ruth LeFaiveMaureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · 16/12/2024I would like to thank Christine Byl for inspiring the poem & for her incredible memoir, DIRT WORK. I hope you will buy her book, as well as this beautiful issue of Harvard Review! I have written a little blog post about both my poems if you are interested: www.maureenlangloss.com/every-cut-ha...maureenlangloss.comEvery Cut Has a Kerf - Maureen LanglossI am delighted to have two poems in Harvard Review this month, one in their gorgeous new print issue and the other online. I am so grateful to the editors at HR for including me alongside so many auth... 2193
Reposted by Ruth LeFaiveAaron Burch @aaronburch.bsky.social · 20/12/2024This @amystuber.com story is the best story I’ve read in a while. Working my way through this collection slowly, savoring a story here, a story there, and it’s all pretty great; this story alone is worth picking it up. 1255
Reposted by Ruth LeFaiveAcre Books @acrebooks.bsky.social · 13/12/2024"These whip-smart, funny, tender, and lyrically inventive #poems both pay homage to and critique horror, unwilling to overlook the genre’s entanglement in ongoing moral panics surrounding transness." @tagreathouse.bsky.social on @cdeskilson.bsky.social's forthcoming SCREAM / QUEEN. 📚🎉🏳️🌈👑 1123
Reposted by Ruth LeFaiveAmy Stuber @amystuber.com · 13/11/2024I'd like to create an "Authors of Small/Indie Press Books 2024-2025" starter pack. Is that you? If so, please reply here. Also, if you don't mind reposting this for visibility, I'd appreciate it! #writingcommunity #indiebooks #indieauthors #booksky 297794418
Ruth LeFaive @ruthlefaive.bsky.social · 04/12/2024I'm probably 100% behind the times on this, but has Submittable stopped sending emails? 240
Reposted by Ruth LeFaiveChloe N. Clark @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social · 20/11/202411.) if you don't have a legal background, try to find someone who can go over a contract with you. It's hard to afford lawyers, but other publishers or more seasoned writers might be able to offer advice. 1521
Reposted by Ruth LeFaiveChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 22/11/2024Down ticket races really matter when it comes to domestic issues especially 08828
Reposted by Ruth LeFaiveExodus Oktavia Brownlow @coocoo4afropuffs.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Issues have been shipped out! Thanks so much for the support, lovelies! We have exactly 14 copies left, and once they’re gone? They’re gone! Order a copy today, get it shipped out this week! Each issue is $10, shipping included! 🌹 DM to place an order. 2235
Reposted by Ruth LeFaiveMaureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · 19/11/2024I channeled my post-election sad/anxious energy into a giant holiday Gift Guide for writers and readers! Maybe there's something here you want www.maureenlangloss.com/maureens-gia...maureenlangloss.comMaureen’s Giant Gift Guide - Maureen LanglossI started writing a post about the profound and overwhelming sadness I’ve felt since the election. But writing that post felt too profoundly and overwhelmingly sad! Impossible even. Then, somehow, I e... 68731