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Sharon Horne 🏳️‍🌈

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writer & psychologist & researcher resting & resisting I’d rather be outside… #Writingcommunity #Read #queer & #trans books

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 03/10/2026
Killed. NSF’s SBE was killed, in violation of law. The President does not have the power to choose to kill programs at a whim by defunding them. The imperial presidency was a mistake and we are in a separation of powers constitutional crisis.
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Maureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ahhhhhh!!! @the-big-quiet.bsky.social in the house!!!! I am so happy about this!!!!!
RARE GOOD by Steve Edwards in my hand
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Sharon Horne 🏳️‍🌈 @sharonhorne.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
177 billion in federal grants canceled or stopped according to Grant Witness & Lost Funds-a war on research
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Grant Witness @grantwitness.org · 24/08/2026
Grant Witness tracks data on federal funding to defend American science and the rule of law. Visit grantwitness.org to keep up with with federal agency actions and grantmaking. Follow us for our investigations and analysis.
Summary dashboard showing 5,780 disrupted grants: 4,549 restored and 1,231 still disrupted; $15B total award value with $7.1B outlaid and $7.6B unpaid; lower section lists recent disrupted grants with individual outlaid and unpaid amounts.Line chart showing cumulative NSF awards by award date for FY2021–FY2026; FY2026 (orange) and FY2025 (gold) trail FY2021–24 (grey) with a vertical "TODAY" marker near September; data cards show FY2026 = 5,910, 2021–24 average = 9,707, −39% vs average.Website updates page showing a grid of announcement cards about AHRQ, NSF and NIH grant funding and data—each card shows a thumbnail chart or photo, date, and tag, with the left sidebar navigation highlighting "Updates."Weekly grant activity: terminations (orange bars), reinstatements (black bars), and cumulative net terminated grants (blue line) that drops sharply to about −2,300 in mid‑2025, then rises to roughly −1,000 and remains flat through mid‑2026.
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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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Steve Edwards @the-big-quiet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Tuesday September 29!
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 19/09/2026
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Sep The 2,000+ anti-trans laws passed recently can cause trans people more psychological distress than personal experiences of discrimination, according to new Virginia Commonwealth University research study. news.vcu.edu/article/anti...
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Anti-transgender legislation causes psychological distress even in states with trans-friendly laws, according to VCU research
Transgender study participants viewed the more than 2,000 laws proposed in the U.S. since 2020 ‘as an existential threat’ to their lives and the lives of other transgender people
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 19/09/2026
I created a live anti trans ad tracker that tracks all anti trans ad spending on meta and Google. It runs and updates nightly. You can see ad campaigns in real time. adtracker.lgbtqlegislation.com
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2026 anti-trans ad tracker
Anti-trans political ads in the 2026 US midterms on Meta and Google, flagged nightly by a classifier.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
In Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan launches a massive crackdown against the LGBTQ movement, claiming that it is a "virulent plague" that is funded and driven by the West. There have been more than 100 raids were carried out on Sunday and Monday by police targeting 162 individuals, 9 associations
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Die türkische Justiz geht gegen LGBTQ-Aktivisten vor
Die türkische Justiz geht massiv gegen die LGBTQ-Bewegung vor. Deutschland steht als Geldgeber am Pranger. Erdoğan bedient so seine konservative Klientel.
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Seth Rockman @sethrockman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is a big one: Brown University is searching for the next director of the Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice. Please help us identify excellent candidates to lead this signature program into the future. Please write me with ideas; please share in your networks; please apply.
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Brown University - Professor and Director of the Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice | H-Net
1. Academic Accomplishment. We seek a scholar with a strong scholarly record, including excellence in both research and teaching, appropriate for appointment at the level of full professor in a social science, humanities, or arts department at Brown.
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Turkish authorities raided LGBTQ+ organizations, activists, venues, and homes across 15 provinces, "close to 50 LGBTQ+ rights defenders, association executives and members, former officials, and acitivists detained or were undergoing detention" turkeyunfolding.com/turkey-launc...
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Turkey launches sweeping LGBTQ+ crackdown under 'My Family Is Safe' operations - Turkey Unfolding
Turkish authorities raided LGBTQ+ organizations, activists, venues, and homes across 15 provinces under "My Family Is Safe" operations
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Sharon Horne 🏳️‍🌈 @sharonhorne.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"The real name of this operation is not 'My Family is Safe'; it is state-led discrimination, politics of fear and the dismantling of civil society," says targeted NGO Kaos in Turkey www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Turkish police detain dozens in raids on gay bars and homes of LGBTQ+ activists
Human rights groups in Turkey have accused the government of using a family- values campaign to target the LGBTQ+ community.
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Alina Pereverzieva 🇺🇦 @perevaa.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The Russians are launching so many jet Shaheds that I don’t flinch at the explosions outside my window anymore. And I still have to work – nobody’s gonna pay me for doing nothing. So I just sit there working while shit keeps exploding nearby. Insane that this is what they’ve reduced my life to.
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Joseph Laycock @josephlaycock.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Dallas Morning News reported that Texas has suspended 6% of registered voters without telling them Texans can use this link to check their voting status: goelect.txelections.civixapps.com/ivis-mvp-ui/... People who have been purged can still register before October 5. Tell everyone you know.
goelect.txelections.civixapps.com
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Charlotte Canning @cmcanning.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is beautiful
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Sharon Horne 🏳️‍🌈 @sharonhorne.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The monthly book from Dolly was a highlight in our Tennessee home. Thank you, Dolly, for all you did for reading, literacy, science, the arts, and humanity. RIP #Dolly.
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johnbeifuss.bsky.social @johnbeifuss.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton - Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, Sept. 30, 1978.
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Heather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk · 25/08/2026
‘We Were Always Here’: Ireland’s first permanent LGBTQ museum exhibition opens in Cork
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‘We Were Always Here’: Ireland’s first permanent LGBTQ museum exhibition opens in Cork
‘Too often the history of the LGBT community has been invisible, ignored or erased,’ said curator Orla Egan
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Annmarie Kelly @annmariekelly.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
@juliecdalton.bsky.social is one of my favorite talented women. She's farmed & kayaked & dried herbs to concoct medicinal teas & she's out now w/ THE FOREST BECOMES HER. Pick up a copy at @portersqbooks.bsky.social @belmontbooks.bsky.social or an indie near you. evergreenpodcasts.com/wild-preciou...
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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
If the White House were serious about science, they would not have proposed a $4B cut to NSF in FY 2027: www.scientificamerican.com/article/trum...
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Trump administration proposes massive budget cuts to science
The White House budget proposal would also curb federal payments for scientific publishing
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 19/08/2026
Great news!!
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All My Dead Cats and Other Losses: Practicing Good Grief in a Culture That Fears Mourning
"Both a grief book that doesn't read like a clinician's notes and a memoir wrapped around a bigger subject, All My Dead Cats takes grief from the taboo to the universal." — BooklistHave you suffered a...
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Watermark Out News @watermarkoutnews.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The Russian LGBT Network is ceasing operations following a St. Petersburg court ruling labeling the advocacy group as "extremist." The decision comes amid an ongoing crackdown on LGBTQ+ human rights organizations across Russia.
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Russian LGBTQ+ rights group to shut down - Watermark Out News
Russian LGBT Network on Aug. 17 announced it will shut down after a court declared it an “extremist” organization.
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Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org · 18/08/2026
#Russia: The Russia LGBT Network has announced it is being forced to close after being designated an "extremist" organisation. We condemn the continued attack on LGBTQ+ communities in Russia. The LGBT Network spent 20 years protecting people: meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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The Russian LGBT Network spent 20 years protecting queer people. Now, branded ‘extremist,’ it’s dissolving itself to protect them. — Meduza
The Russian LGBT Network, a public movement, announced that it is shutting down, according to a statement its representatives posted on Telegram. The organization said its “extremist” designation made...
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Sharon Horne 🏳️‍🌈 @sharonhorne.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The Russian LGBT Network has been there for thousands of LGBT people, even continuing the work in exile. This is tragic news.
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
it was a very two americas moment to cover the opening of a shelter for homeless queer youth in need of immediate housing right after reading an op ed about how it's not good to cut off your family for being unsupportive
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Sharon Horne 🏳️‍🌈 @sharonhorne.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
New Anti-LGBT crminalization laws enforced in Senegal. www.africanews.com/2026/08/10/7...
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71 men arrested in Senegal for 'unnatural acts' as crackdown intensifies | Africanews
Months after passing a law upping the penalties for homosexual relations, Senegal is intensifying its crackdown on same-sex relations. On Friday, the public prosecutor’s office said 71 men have been a...
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
An existential crisis for every research university in the country. The entire funding & staffing model depends on foreign students. Someone should get out in front of a microphone & start explaining this to the general public. bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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TransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
TransActual is launching the Trans Lives Survey 2026. It's quick, anonymous and will help us campaign for our community! Take the survey here: form.typeform.com/to/BRppksJ3 #TransLives #TransSurvey #Trans
A pink and blue graphic with a black and white cartoon of some people on the bottom. 

Text reads: TransActual is launching its biggest survey for the trans community yet!

TRANS LIVES SURVEY

2026

We want to hear about your experiences as a trans person living in the UK.

It's quick, anonymous, and will help us campaign for our community!
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D.W. Baker @lowermelody.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Delighted to be part of this forthcoming anthology, A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT, featuring "essays on form & water," from @riverriverbooks.bsky.social. I have a piece on contrapuntal poems & consciousness. The publishers are currently fundraising to help cover costs: see below comment for more details.
A River Runs Through It

Essays on Form & Water

Amorak Huey & Han Vanderhart, Editors

cover by Alban Fischer
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The nasty extremist, right-wing Republican regime in the US has now decided on a policy, that goes against all scientific evidence, of deliberately harming children. Exactly like the extremist, right-wing Labour regime in the UK is doing.
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Harming children: the effects of the UK puberty blocker ban
This paper presents an analysis of data from trans children and young people and their parents following the imposition of a UK-wide ban on puberty blockers for this group. The consequences of this...
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Hannah Grieco @writesloud.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Psyched to have my essay from the Living Together anthology featured in @muthamagazine.bsky.social! ❤️
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Joseph Osmundson @reluctantlyjoe.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Well! I wrote a book. I've been pretty quiet about it. I'm generally open to a fault: depression, breakups, body issues. But this book charts a part of my life very VERY few people know about. I almost had a kid. And then I didn't have a kid. electricliterature.com/exclusive-co...
Book cover for SPAWNING SEASON: An Experiment in Queer Parenthood by Joseph Osmundson. The cover includes a prominent image of a salmon, trumpet vines, and a collage of images of nature and a vintage image of sperm approaching an egg.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Steve Rattner: Over 5 million low-income Americans — including at least 1.5 million children — have lost access to food assistance due to Trump's SNAP cuts last year. Most of the hardest hit states are traditionally Republican, resulting in growing hunger crises in states like Arizona.
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Eloise Powers @elnopower.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Here’s a little Blue Heron fluffing himself up to appear larger than he actually is and it’s part of a territorial dispute. 📷 Daniel Riddle Saint Augustine, Florida
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Healthcare workers belong in hospitals, not detention centers. Over 100 nurses rallied outside Maine Medical Center in Portland on Aug 5, forcing ICE to release Debora Kapisha on Aug 6. Organize, speak out, and demand permanent protection for essential workers. 🎥NowThisImpact
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Listen. I recall the dentist who told me he didn’t like to do extractions on Black people because — and I remember this well — Black people’s bones are too strong because we are closer to apes.
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Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
My story "What Is Missing" appears in the Cincinnati Review today. www.cincinnatireview.com/micros/what-...
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What Is Missing - The Cincinnati Review
Web and Media Editor Bess Winter Kosinec: In the grand tradition of Modernist fiction, British upstairs-downstairs dramas or the single-shot wonder
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Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
A study of nearly 100,000 people across 66 countries found that societies that foster strong communities and supportive institutions tend to be happier overall. Creating conditions that help people support one another matters more than leaving happiness entirely up to individuals.
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Global mapping of happiness: mechanisms, drivers, and pathways to societal happiness
This research investigates the mechanisms and drivers of worldwide happiness. We present a new theory describing two pathways to societal happiness: the individualistic pathway (‘let citizens take ...
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
At your next meal, take a second to think about the people working long hours in HOT 100° temps to put food on your table. They're not just statistics. They're real people who can't avoid the heat in an air conditioned house or office. #WeFeedYou
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The Moscow Times @themoscowtimes.com · 31/07/2026
Zhanna Nemtsova faces charges of organizing the activities of an “undesirable” organization.
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Moscow Court Orders Detention of Boris Nemtsov’s Daughter in Absentia - The Moscow Times
A Moscow court on Friday ordered the pre-trial arrest in absentia of Zhanna Nemtsova, the daughter of the late Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov.
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The Moscow Times @themoscowtimes.com · 01/08/2026
Daily reports published by Kyiv's air force showed Russia launched 376 missiles at Ukraine during the month — more than twice the number fired in June.
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Russia Fired Record Number of Missiles at Ukraine in July – AFP analysis - The Moscow Times
Russia fired a record number of missiles at Ukraine in July, an AFP analysis of Ukrainian air force data published Saturday showed, as Kyiv renewed its call for anti-ballistic defenses.
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Lisa Cowan Pineo @lisacowanpineo.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
It's Sapphic Summer Saturday! I rounded up 48 Sapphic books from many genres being published between June and the end of August 2026. 👩🏼‍❤️‍💋‍👩🏾 Book lists in ALT text. #sapphicsummersaturday #2026lesbianbooks #summerlgbtqbooks #lgbtqbooks #lgbtqreads #2026publication #bookpost #bookrecs #booksky #books
DEVIL'S DELIGHT by Amelia Lascaux
BOOM GOES THE BRIDE by Valiant Evermerch
DOWNTOWN by J.S. Jasper
FOR THE BRIDE by Becca Grischow
A LOVE FOR LIMNOLOGY by Dahlia Davies
GIRL'S GIRL by Sonia Feldman
THE TIES BETWEEN US by Chencia C. Higgins
ONE KNIGHT STAND by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner
LOVERS XXX by Allie Rowbottom
YOU WON'T FORGET ME by Mazey Eddings
ENDLESS BLUE BENEATH by Shannon K. English
SOL GOES FOR GOAL! by Julio Anta & Gabi Mendez
I KNEW YOU WERE TROUBLE by J.L. Simmonds
THE LAST TO KNOW by Laura Jane Williams
FLOODLIGHTS by Maria D'Angeles
BUMP, SET, SPARKS by Jennifer MoffattAGNES, WE'RE NOT MURDERERS! by Jessica Alexander
JUST ASK ELSIE by Ari Koontz
CHARITY & SYLVIA by Tillie Walden
BEGIN AGAIN by Sara Radley
BANK SHOT by Josie Mae
FUNERALS ARE FOR THE LIVING by Sami Ellis
GOOD LUCK, BABE! by Erin Baldwin
LONG ISLAND GIRLS by Gabrielle Korn
LITTLE WILD by Laura Evans
NAT AND CAMI'S GUIDE TO RUNNING AN UNDERCOVER GSA by Karis Rogerson
THE MONSTERS WE MADE by Peyton June
CAULDRONS & CAMPFIRES by Ali K. Mulford & K. Elle Morrison
OUTPLAYED BY LOVE by Frankie Fyre
THEIR SUMMER RESCUE by Sera Taíno
MISTAKENLY SAVING THE VILLIAN 3 by Feng Yu Nie
HALLIE'S RULES FOR A RECOVERING ROMANTIC by Jessica LewisLADIES OF THE KNIGHT by Fiona Marchbank
FREE GIRLS by Kristen McCallum
THE MARRIAGE REBOUND by Meka James
THE CASE OF ELMWOOD RANCH by Deanna Grey
THE CALL ROOM by Jaqueline Rose
THE FELICITY COMPLEX by August Clarke
AWKWARDLY EVER AFTER by Lindsay Maple
MEET ME IN THE GARDEN by Nina LaCour
LUMBERJANES BOOK SIX by Shannon Watters et al.
SPELLFIRE by Agatha Willow
FOR THE LOVE OF THE QUEST by Alexandra Ammon Parthun
IN WHAT WORLD by Bridget Morrissey
ACCIDENTALLY FALLING by Shannon O'Connor
I KISSED HER FIRST by Betty Cayouette
BITE ME by Jennifer Dugan & Kit Seaton
BOOKS, ICED COFFEE & A SIDE OF DRAGONS by Amanda Lovelace & Raquel Travé
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Laura @xaanua.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Debuts literarios de esta semana debutiful.net/2026/06/01/1... #booksky
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12 noteworthy debut books to read in June 2026 - Debutiful
Debutiful’s Adam Vitcavage recommends noteworthy debut books for readers to discover each month. Girl’s Girl by Sonia Feldman (June 2) From the publisher: A hypnotic debut about the pivotal summer tha...
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jun (*´꒳`*) @junni.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
the other world's books depend on the bean counter vol 3 by yatsuki wakatsu 4.5/5 nymph by sofia montrone 3/5 伪学渣装 by 木瓜黄 4.5/5 sublimation by isabel j kim 3.5/5 phoebe berman's gonna lose it by brooke averick 2/5 girl's girl by sonia feldman 3/5 the burn line by jonathan sims 2/5
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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 08/07/2026
If you aren’t a TPS holder yourself or have a loved one who is a TPS holder, know that TPS holders are essential to your daily life too. We must act now to extend TPS for Haiti and ensure Haitian TPS holders can continue their contributions to our communities & care economy.
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Annmarie Kelly @annmariekelly.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
All right. I’ll admit it. I’ve fully drunk the @sewaneewriters kool-aid — from a shiny copper cup! What an absolute gift to learn day after precious day with these wise and beautiful humans.
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Transgender World @transgenderreport.com · 27/07/2026
Romanian Pride goes ahead despite fourth consecutive ban www.thepinknews.com/... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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Romanian Pride goes ahead despite fourth consecutive ban
An LGBTQ+ Pride march in Romania went ahead at the weekend despite it being banned for the fourth consecutive year.
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Linda K Sienkiewicz @lindaksienkiewicz.com · 25/07/2026
Thanks to Kristin Bair, an author I greatly admire, for being an early reader and writing this lovely blurb for my novel.
About the novel ‘Love and Other Incurable Ailments’: 

“Equal parts ballsy and fainthearted, Serenity is a character you can’t help but root for. A smart, satisfying story about reinvention, resilience, and the beauty of beginning again” - Kristin Bair, author of ‘Agatha Arch is Afraid of Everything’ and ‘Clementine Crane Prefers Not To.’
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Lesley Wheeler @lesleymwheeler.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Such a strong sense of place and history in these haunting #poetry collections. It’s been such a pleasure to spend time with them this July. @upittpress.bsky.social @thegallerypress.bsky.social
No Rhododendron by Samyak Shertok and Hymn to all the Restless Girls by Annemarie Ní Churreáin
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