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Susan Kiyo Ito

@thesusanito.bsky.social
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Writer, adoptee, author of memoir I Would Meet You Anywhere, National Book Critics Circle finalist. 🥚 website: www.thesusanito.com member of the Writers Grotto

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/07/2026
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo called Houston home for 35 years. On Tuesday, an ICE agent shot and killed him. His family learned of his death from a video before anyone bothered to knock on their door.
New York City stands with the Salgado family in demanding a full, independent investigation and real accountability. To the Salgado family and any immigrant family in this city living in fear: we grieve with you and we will continue to stand beside you in the pursuit of justice.
Abolish ICE.
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
The AC is out at ICE's detention facility in Newark, where it currently feels like 107 degrees. Detainees say not even the ventilation is working, and that the water is dirty. Health inspectors recently tried to inspect the facility. They were turned away. www.nj.com/politics/202...
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Delaney Hall’s air conditioning goes out during N.J.’s worst heat wave in 15 years
Air conditioning failed at Delaney Hall during a major heat wave, prompting concerns for detainees as advocates cite ongoing complaints and inspection disputes.
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Carole with an e @crwright.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Best argument ever.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
In January, Zohran Mamdani took action against bankrupt landlord Pinnacle, which was responsible for over 5,000 housing violations. Thanks to his intervention, Pinnacle's new owners have forgiven millions in tenants' back rent. This is what governing for the people looks like.
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MFA Program for Writers @warrenwilsonmfa.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Happy Pubday to faculty member @mononoke97 Vanessa Hua for COYOTELAND! Head to our Bookshop and pick up a copy! bookshop.org/shop/warrenw...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
May Day Marches across the US yesterday! Such a beautiful day to celebrate and to fight against the oligarchy and the patriarchy.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
The world’s ten richest people — all Americans — saw their collective net worth increase by $260 billion in April. These ten people are now worth a combined $2.7 trillion. The bottom 50% of U.S. households, 66 million in total, is worth $4.3 trillion. Wondering if inequality is out of control?
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Niko Bowie @nikobowie.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
By gutting the Voting Rights Act, the Supreme Court is killing the Second Reconstruction. The first Reconstruction shows how Congress should respond. Me and Daphna Renan in the NYT on the tools we have to save democracy from a hostile Court.
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Opinion | Ruling by Ruling, the Supreme Court Is Undoing the Civil Rights Movement
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Hey, hey, it's MAY DAY. You know what to do... No School! No Work! No Shopping! #TaxTheOligarchs
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
“'I’ve never experienced anything like this in my entire life,' the congresswoman said, fighting back tears. "She described the way people were laying down inside as “like sardines.” “'It is frightening in there,' she said. 'It is disgusting'..." azmirror.com/2026/04/10/i...
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Bony 🦴 Skeletino 💀 @notalegalrecord.net · 09/04/2026
@thesusanito.bsky.social ‘s beautifully told story of being a server at a Japanese restaurant when she was a teenager, as a biracial adopted child of a Japanese American couple, taught me so much about the problems of identity and authenticity adopted kids face.
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Mary Hilton @maryhilt.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
I think it's time we call them by their rightful name: Concentration camps. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Record deaths in US immigration custody expose systemic failures
Families, advocates and lawmakers say poor care, opaque investigations and bureaucracy leave deaths unexplained
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Kathryn Kysar @darklake.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Come hear about the joys, challenges, and freedom of being an mature writer: we promise we will be honest, truthful, and fun. Saturday. Noon. @awpwriter.org #AWP2026 @thesusanito.bsky.social @deniselow9.bsky.social
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City Lights Booksellers & Publishers @citylightsbooks.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Listen to this week's episode of the LIVE! From City Lights podcast on Spotify, Soundcloud, and Apple Podcasts. We feature a conversation between @jasminiolani.bsky.social and @thesusanito.bsky.social about Hakes' novel, THE PŌHAKU. soundcloud.com/livefromcity... open.spotify.com/episode/54pb...
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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Nurul Amin Shah Alam's violent arrest, by police who saw his walking stick as a weapon—and who, like the Border Patrol officers who dumped him, apparently made no attempt to reckon with his disability or his mental state—set off events that ended in his death. www.motherjones.com/mojo-wire/20...
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Nurul Amin Shah Alam, Blind Rohingya refugee dumped by CBP, dies in cold
"They just left him."
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VaJenell Hugh-Briss @finalgirlboss.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Yeah, this is the year I get back to analog everything.
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Shannon Gibney @shannongibney.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Please contribute if you can…every dollar matters! Even though we have raised a lot of money, we have used almost all of it to pay family’s rent the past two months. March rent is coming due, as are utilities bills, and we are down to just $10K.
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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Yes, there have been all sorts of studies, including in linked article. But course everyone, and every brain, is different and even changes over time. Study below is about paper vs and electronic calendar. I use both, same with notebooks.
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AW Ohlheiser @abbyohlheiser.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
WaPo laid off: -- A journalist covering protest movements and extremism -- A Pulitzer-winning local enterprise reporter -- the race and ethnicity beat reporter -- ... the Amazon beat reporter In addition to so many others
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 03/02/2026
Today, as Gaza continues to be stuck in a bloody limbo, we are turning our website over to Gaza and its people in an initiative we are calling “A Day for Gaza.” There will be no pieces published on our website today that do not come directly from Gaza.
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A Day for Gaza
Today, The Nation is turning over its website exclusively to stories from Gaza and its people. This is why.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Reminder that, in recent days, children have rallied and protested for their freedom inside an ICE detention center where water has been described as "putrid" and meals reportedly contain “bugs,” dirt, and debris. This is where the kidnapped 5-year-old Liam Ramos is being held.
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Protest breaks out at Dilley immigration detention facility holding 5-year-old Liam Ramos
A protest broke out Saturday at the ICE-run South Texas family detention complex in Dilley, where five-year-old Liam Ramos is being detained.
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Susan Kiyo Ito @thesusanito.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
My minister is there! So proud
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 10/01/2026
Such a good quote!
"The shared laughter in a crowded theater, the eager debrief after a musical, the heavy silence that hangs over all of us in a drama - these are moments that every New Yorker deserves," Mamdani said later.
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Literary Mama @literarymama.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
December Writing Prompt from our blog editors:
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"Mama And . . . Gift Wrapping" December 2025 Prompt
Photo by J. Francis I spoke with my sister earlier this week and she told me she had spent four hours wrapping presents. Needless to say, she was exhausted. This got me thinking about when I ...
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
It looks like it's been scrubbed from every official 60 Minutes page now. It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
As lawyers, John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett were involved in bringing this travesty of a case to SCOTUS, and they have now all joined Clarence Thomas—who voted with the majority here—as justices of the court.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
🥚 An adoptee scriptwriter calls it: Hollywood stories reinforce damaging tropes of adopted people as imposters/ devil children with trauma used as a plot device for evil [Marvel’s Loki] OR as the grateful waif who graces the lives of others [Roald Dahl’s Matilda] www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Hollywood must stop writing harmful stereotypes, says adoptee
Writers who use adopted children as plot devices for evil characters are "lazy", say adoptees.
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Ouaquaga on Chenango @jnxouaquaga.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
$120/2000 Thank you everybody!! 🙏💚💚 If we can get $500 in a chunk, I can lower this goal to $1500 total, so please keep boosting and sharing- new eyes help!!
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Anxious Rage @anxiousrage.blacksky.app · 01/12/2025
It’s unreal that we take children from their families and pay strangers to care for them, when the majority of removals are due to poverty in the first place
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Thinking about shopping on Amazon for Cyber Monday? Watch this first. www.youtube.com/shorts/FaRBjqYsXRE
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Should You Boycott Amazon?
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violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Literally buying one copy of a book at your local indie bookstore can mean the difference in whether they buy future books from that author.
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Amanda Weaver @amandaweavernovels.com · 27/11/2025
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store. Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
I was just thinking about contributing to the "charity" Feeding America. Until I discovered that the salary for its CEO, Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, was approximately $949,866 in 2024, with her total compensation being $1,113,502. Apparently, feeding America isn't her top priority.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 26/11/2025
The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool. The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code. They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
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The functionality of this website may be impacted while it is being updated.
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Susan Kiyo Ito @thesusanito.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Ughhh I wish I’d done this the past 15 years 😭
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Susan Kiyo Ito @thesusanito.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
It’s just cruel to students and faculty that colleges only give Thursday and Friday off this week. 😫
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Our Forestville correspondent @bethwinegarner.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
"I’m thinking about the bleached bones O’Keeffe collected as her symbols of the desert. I’m remembering that, like O’Keeffe, my parents initially came to the desert from the East Coast hoping for a kind of renewal." @jennyqi.bsky.social therumpus.net/2025/11/18/p...
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Picking Up Bones - The Rumpus
“During all the years I’d lived in Las Vegas as a child, I’d felt like an animal trying to escape the harsh environs. In addition to the physical harshness, the desert represented, for me, the city’s ...
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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
This colonial horror is happening now in Denmark.
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T. K. Rex @tkrex.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
I tried to do what my good friend LP is doing and finish my bachelors degree as a working professional. I failed, but if I’d had this community back then, it would have meant everything to have this happen. It would mean everything now to see my friend get to do this. Let’s share far and wide, ok?
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Susan Kiyo Ito @thesusanito.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
In a mad attempt to stave off the AI beast, i introduced my students to letterpress printing this week.
Antique metal letter press: Albion press by Harrild Makers, LondonStudent bending over letter press and tying type together with string Drawers of metal type letters Students working with metal type
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Bony 🦴 Skeletino 💀 @notalegalrecord.net · 16/11/2025
it’s been a while since I mentioned that i created a feed for posts by people who are adopted/trafficked/purchased out of their original families. please consider adding it. And if you would like to post to it, please let me know in a reply. 🥚
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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
US citizen Maria Greeley, a Latina who was adopted, was walking home from work downtown when masked agents zip tied her. They said she “doesn’t look like a Greeley.” This is how the government treats people under current deportation policies. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
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Hypatia L.A. Seneschale @femiyahtzee.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
There is no such thing as unskilled labor, only devalued labor.
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