iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Suzi Q. Smith @suziqsmith.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

The Sea (even grief likes to swim) open.substack.com/pub/suziqsmi...

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The Sea

even grief likes to swim

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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

I'm realizing that I have VERY little tolerance right now for people who see posts about the world being on fire and reply to nitpick the methods by which others are trying to halt the fire's spread. It's me, not you--but please just save us both trouble and don't do that & make me block you.

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Suzi Q. Smith @suziqsmith.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Dears: Good leadership requires courage. If you are in a position of leadership, now is the time to find yours, and rally your people to theirs. If your leaders lack courage, now is the time to recall them.

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Ryan (Ry) Warner @ryanhasaquestion.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Denver’s @suziqsmith.bsky.social has written what I believe to be one of the greatest short stories of all time.

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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

(AP) — Trump invokes Alien Enemy Act of 1798, assuming wartime authority to speed up mass deportations.

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Trump-friendliest Democratic senators by # of times voting with Trump Gallego: 36 Shaheen: 36 Fetterman: 34 (would be #1 if he showed up to vote more often) Hassan: 33 Rosen: 33 Hickenlooper: 32 Slotkin: 32 Peters: 31 Cortez Masto: 29 Kelly: 28 Warner: 28 docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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Tracking Senate Votes 2025

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Marcelius Braxton @marceliusb.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Professor who teaches African American studies here. If your school eliminates or bans it, I will personally host free zoom sessions, provide resources, or answer questions for students, parents/guardians, or teachers who are interested in learning or discussing African American studies.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 12/02/2025

I think the correct thing is for state governments to pass legislation to seize federal employment taxes to make up the promised shortfall and put them directly to their own coffers.

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Suzi Q. Smith @suziqsmith.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

I have a writing submission out that’s been with this publisher since August 2023 and no decision yet. At this point, I just laugh every time I look at submittable.

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S-J @sallyjay.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Social Movement Technologies offers free trainings & resources on community organizing. They collaborate with campaigners & activists and provide organizing strategy, training & campaign support. Heavy on digital organizing/resources. socialmovementtechnologies.org/free-trainin...

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Free Trainings & Resources

Ready to build power in the digital age? Yes – I want free live trainings and recordings, access to the online community, and info on digital intensives to build people power more effectively in the d...

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Vancouver Writers Fest @writersfest.bc.ca · 23/01/2025

Dionne Brand delivers a masterclass in reading the literature of empire from an anti-colonial lens — watch the full hour-long event as part of the VWF Digital Festival. 📣 The last day to purchase a Digital Festival pass is Jan 26! writersfest.bc.ca/event/digita...

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Suzi Q. Smith @suziqsmith.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Considering the beauty of winter. Grateful to be able to move slowly and with deep care and intention.

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Suzi Q. Smith @suziqsmith.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

the sky wide and fat with sunlight birds singing just outside the window old trees gently touch each other … sometimes the quiet storm in my chest opens into a sweet rainfall and I am overwhelmed by love, simple everyday love, that I have forgotten I am surrounded by.

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Suzi Q. Smith @suziqsmith.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Also, writing. Thinking. Teaching. Dreaming. Sleeping. Loving. So much loving. Also: going outside. Looking at birds. Trees. The sky. Life is living.

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Betcy Jose @betcy.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Things citizens can do to help our more vulnerable community members.

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Suzi Q. Smith @suziqsmith.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

I haven’t posted here in a long time. But I am here. I’m glad you are too.

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Suzi Q. Smith @suziqsmith.bsky.social · 10/09/2023

The [margins.] conference was sweet to my soul. Now, sleep. Thank you to all who joined us.

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Suzi Q. Smith @suziqsmith.bsky.social · 04/09/2023

And now preparing to dive into the margins conference next weekend, which I expect to be truly anchoring and inspiring. Still spots open if you want to join us:

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Suzi Q. Smith @suziqsmith.bsky.social · 04/09/2023

I’m about 100,000 words into a memoir that is probably going to end up being more than one book. I’ve been writing and editing it for a few years now. This week, I spent some time with my first love, poems - I even edited and submitted a few! It felt good to sit with them.

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Suzi Q. Smith @suziqsmith.bsky.social · 04/09/2023

Evidence that I did, in fact, go outside this week. And it was beautiful.

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 15/08/2023

New: Elon Musk’s X is throttling traffic to news websites and competitors he dislikes, including this one. Five-second delays on links to Bluesky, New York Times, Reuters, Facebook, Instagram, Threads and Substack. Most other sites we tested have zero delay wapo.st/3OYfTa6

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Suzi Q. Smith @suziqsmith.bsky.social · 15/08/2023

Me, sitting up after a while: How’s my hair? My daughter: Umm. Good! It’s giving … George Washington. Wait - turn your head? Ok. From this angle, it’s giving Frederick Douglass. So, yeah. That’s the kind of day it’s been over here. 😆😆😆

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 13/08/2023

Why are we wasting carbon emissions on something that has no possibility of making anyone's life better or richer? All this will accomplish is giving most of us worse content and giving 2% of the world a bigger number on their computer screen.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 13/08/2023

It's making problems we do have worse with the goal of solving...problems that 98% of us do not want to solve ("how do we pay labor less").

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 13/08/2023

These things never achieve what people claim. If you ask what the path is to the point they claim, they just say "natural progression!" They use an enormous amount of computing power, and therefore electricity.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 11/08/2023

Please don’t come. Cancel your trip and donate the money to the Hawaii Community Foundation Maui Strong Fund instead. www.hawaiicommunityfoundation.org/m…

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Suzi Q. Smith @suziqsmith.bsky.social · 13/08/2023

Posting a thread here of my reading so far for #TheSealeyChallenge 1. Postcolonial Love Poem - Natalie Diaz

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Suzi Q. Smith @suziqsmith.bsky.social · 09/08/2023

Maybe this is a controversial opinion, but I stand behind it: Poetry is a large house and there’s room(s) for everybody in it.

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Suzi Q. Smith @suziqsmith.bsky.social · 08/08/2023

Hello, Blue Sky. Let’s see how this goes.

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