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2025 words: Blood + Honey, Suburban Witchcraft 10, SHINE Poetry 5, Belletrist 7 | 2024 words: Stanza Cannon, Red Ogre Review, & Where Meadows | SFSU & Goddard College grad | readteachwrite.com | Moved my teacher self to: @justteacherthings.bsky.social

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ReadTeachWrite @readteachwrite.bsky.social · 1d

I am a HUGE admirer of the editors and artists of @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social, so I am HUGELY excited to have two poems published today:

www.bloodhoneylit.com/poetry/wrigh...

two poems — Blood+Honey

by Terry Ann Wright “…we wove a snare. we became / our own noose. o we aver / sour & we savor mourn . we / see moon & we become omen .”

www.bloodhoneylit.com

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 1d

whoever did this little bit of magnificence, take a bow

satire: a spirit halloween costume that’s a “violent antifa terrorist” and includes:
- inflatable frog suit
- cape
- pepper spray filter
- a thirst for the blood of the innocent
- air pump

batteries and Molotov cocktails not included

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tamara nopper @tamaranopper.bsky.social · 18h

In her journal, Octavia E. Butler wrote, "My pen and my paper, they comfort me—at least a little. They allow me to scream into utter silence. They focus my thoughts, they permit me to act when no other action is possible.” Keep writing.

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 18h

DAILY MEMO: Elderly Man Hospitalized After ICE Hit and Run in Pacoima, One of 17 Incidents Reported Today 🧵2 Parts

If you appreciate reporting like this, please consider becoming a member, buying some merch, or dropping a dime in our fundraiser so we can continue to bring you this vital information

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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 1d

WE HAVE FRIENDS EVERYWHERE! nokings.org

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 18h

I will cut adrift—I will sit on pavements and drink coffee—I will dream; I will take my mind out of its iron cage and let it swim—this fine October.

- Virginia Woolf
#Womensart

Monochrome photograph featuring a white woman sitting sideways on a patterned armchair dressed in a dark jacket and skirt and with her hand raised to her face

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ReadTeachWrite @readteachwrite.bsky.social · 1d

“If I can't dance I don't want to be in your revolution.”

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

gene kelly is antifa

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

Our university system has been without doubt our single greatest source of soft power worldwide, and (for both better and worse) often the source of our hard power as well.

And spiteful conservatives are burning it all to the ground.

Julie Greene @greeneland.bsky.social · 2d

I just learned, Thomas Alter, tenured professor, has been terminated effective immediately. Shame on Texas State! We mst build support for Tom. spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-tex...

Texas State upholds the firing of associate history professor Thomas Alter

Alter’s termination occurred on Sept. 10, stemming from his remarks at the Revolutionary Socialism Conference on Sept. 7.

spectrumlocalnews.com

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Blood+Honey @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social · 1d

"Two Poems" by Terry Ann Wright

“…we wove a snare. we became / our own noose. o we aver / sour & we savor mourn. we / see moon & we become omen.”

www.bloodhoneylit.com/poetry/wrigh...

two poems — Blood+Honey

by Terry Ann Wright “…we wove a snare. we became / our own noose. o we aver / sour & we savor mourn . we / see moon & we become omen .”

www.bloodhoneylit.com

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 2d

This just happened: "Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco" www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 2d

Marc Benioff, who used to lean kind of liberal, has decided it's more convenient to be right-wing, and he owns Time. (I heard an interesting podcast conversation about how MAGA despises Silicon Valley oligarchs because they have no real commitments except maximal profit.)

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2d

Just in case the dramatically low Leni Riefenstahl-style angle was too subtle, they used a word from her most famous movie

Time magazine cover featuring a photo of Trump from a dramatically low angle

HIS
TRIUMPH
by ERIC CORTELLESSA
THE LEADER ISRAEL NEEDED
by EHUD BARAK
HOW GAZA HEALS

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

The Regime's goal is to grind everyone down. Plain & simple. Our goal is to refuse this by taking turns to fight where and how we can. When one group needs to bow out, then another group needs to step in and so on. We don't all have to do everything. We can all do something though. Stay in the fight

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 1d

I frequently say you don't need to protest. You don't! There are a thousand other ways to push back on fascism if protesting doesn't feel comfortable or safe for you!

But if you CAN go, this 10/18 #NoKings thing is really a key protest to participate in. Be part of it, friends.

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 2d

NO KINGS, y'all! October 18! Find a rally near you and GO!

nokings.org

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Joseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · 1d

The ancient Greeks had a word for this kind of love: φιλία.

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ReadTeachWrite @readteachwrite.bsky.social · 1d

I am a HUGE admirer of the editors and artists of @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social, so I am HUGELY excited to have two poems published today:

www.bloodhoneylit.com/poetry/wrigh...

two poems — Blood+Honey

by Terry Ann Wright “…we wove a snare. we became / our own noose. o we aver / sour & we savor mourn . we / see moon & we become omen .”

www.bloodhoneylit.com

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Chere 🍒 @cheredenee.bsky.social · 2d

If you ever wronged me and I didn’t retaliate, just be patient.

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New Beverly Cinema @newbeverly.bsky.social · 3d

David Fincher’s THE GAME (1997) screens on 35mm this coming Thursday & Friday, October 16th & 17th, at 7:30pm. Tickets: buff.ly/CXG7zPv

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ReadTeachWrite @readteachwrite.bsky.social · 2d

c'est moi

The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 7d

I live life by the nine Cs

-Chocolate
-Coffee
-Cobblestone streets
-Cats
-Crows
-Cottages
-Cream first / jam second on Scones
-Christmas
-Commas of the Oxford variety

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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 4d

I cannot stress this strongly enough: Support your local theatre, café, bookstore, bakery, and library. We breathe life into these places when we support them. They need us, and more importantly, we need them.

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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 3d

All I want is a quaint château in the French countryside, a vintage copy of Bram Stoker‘s Dracula, the rumble of thunder in the distance, a whistling kettle on the stove, an owl keeping watch, and a basket of emotional support croissants.

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 4d

Today’s poem is selected by Shira Erlichman as part of the 20th anniversary of Read A Little Poetry.

“Snow” appeared in The Collected Poems by Louis MacNeice, published by Oxford University Press, 1967. Shared here with deep gratitude.

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skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 4d

How to be an educated, informed, and pro-library voter in the upcoming election cycle: bookriot.com/library-elec...

Be an Informed Pro-Library, Pro-Literary Voter Now: Book Censorship News, October 10, 2025

Elections in several states will be coming up throughout the months of October and November. Here's how to be a pro-library voter.

bookriot.com

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 4d

The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 3d

'Cool blues' by Vicky Oldfield, contemporary UK printmaker #ReframingWomenPrintmakers

Print featuring three bottles of different shapes in a row all filled with blue flowers and resting on a surface with a busy pattern in blue

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 4d

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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ReadTeachWrite @readteachwrite.bsky.social · 4d

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Unite Against Book Bans @uabookbans.bsky.social · 4d

It's #LetFreedomReadDay! Take at least ONE action today to defend the freedom to read. When we all #UniteAgainstBookBans, we can make a difference. All you need is 5 minutes to make an impact! #BannedBooksWeek

🧵 Check out the thread below or UniteAgainstBookBans.org/LFRD/ for some ideas 👇

The freedom to read is under attack. Let's do something about it. Let Freedom Read Day. Banned Books Week. UniteAgainstBookBans.org/LFRD/ Unite Against Book Bans.