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heather hughes @birdmaddgirl.bsky.social · Sep 10

when do we officially rename the Department of Homeland Insecurity

heather hughes @birdmaddgirl.bsky.social · Sep 4

it’s reprinting right now - get it!!!

heather hughes @birdmaddgirl.bsky.social · Sep 4

spooky season is here, Sept is my birth month (when i like to reread a fave), & that del Toro film looks incredible. time to revisit a book i’m still so proud to have worked on - The Annotated Frankenstein from @harvardpress.bsky.social

The Annotated Frankenstein from Harvard University Press, on shelf with dead roses and a wine bottle candle holder

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heather hughes @birdmaddgirl.bsky.social · Sep 4

This, because there are so many books always coming out! Also a clear indicator that that bookstore’s readers are seeking the title, so they look again at a book on their radar they may not have stocked for space (ha) reasons

heather hughes @birdmaddgirl.bsky.social · Sep 4

Yes! Indies have only so much shelf/storage space & an immense number of books always coming out. Orders matter!!!

Zoë Plakias @zoeconomy.bsky.social · Sep 4

I don't know how this all works at indie book shops but I noticed recently when I ordered a book that my indie didn't already have, they soon added a few copies to the shelf. Correlation isn't causation, but I like to think that my ordering maybe helped beyond just my own purchase.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · Sep 4

Please, for the love of god, stop. making. news. for. five. minutes.

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heather hughes @birdmaddgirl.bsky.social · Sep 4

not really, Tilde still gives him a lot of smackdown. but more coexisting!

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heather hughes @birdmaddgirl.bsky.social · Sep 4

pro-sunbeam anti-genocide coalition

two cats relaxing, one in a sunbeam on a sofa and the other in a sunbeam on a rug

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heather hughes @birdmaddgirl.bsky.social · Aug 5

Al Gore did not invent the internet for this

Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · Aug 5

Do not get on this internet on the 20th anniversary of Katrina and rehabilitate George Bush I swear to god.

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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · Jul 29

We need to teach people the difference between being uncomfortable and being unsafe. Because the discomfort of the safest people is endangering the most vulnerable, all day every day.

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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · Jul 29

Thrilled to see @insideclimatenews.org reporting on the findings of the new Argonne survey of local and state emergency management capacity. This is a great summary.

insideclimatenews.org/news/2807202...

As Trump Shrinks FEMA, State and Local Emergency Managers Say They’re Barely Getting By - Inside Climate News

In a government survey, state and local officials said they were overworked, underpaid and underappreciated.

insideclimatenews.org

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National Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov · Jul 28

On average, 86% of all named tropical systems in the Atlantic occur after August 2, and the first hurricane doesn't form until August 11.
We have a long season to go. Prepare now – Learn how at weather.gov/safety/hurricane

Chart showing average Atlantic hurricane and tropical storm activity from May to December based on data from 1944 to 2020. Activity increases sharply in August, peaking in mid-September. A marker indicates the current date as July 28, just before activity begins to rise.

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heather hughes @birdmaddgirl.bsky.social · Jul 21

more thunderstorms

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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · Jul 9

A painting of a bird next to the words "I'm in no mood for this shit today"

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Jorie Graham @joriegraham.bsky.social · Jul 9

Beloved, visionary Fanny Howe, a beacon of ferocity, honesty & integrity—a fighter in all senses of the term—has moved on. Read her. The powerful voice does not depart. It only grows louder….

1940-2025

www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...

A Hymn

The paper slept but the night in me woke up. While birds swept over the water like pot-bellied angels beautiful bells rang to assist the hoist. Then they kill themselves offstage, away from the pages ...

www.poetryfoundation.org

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heather hughes @birdmaddgirl.bsky.social · Jun 29

one great thing about being a poet is you can spend time with friends whenever @towheegordon.bsky.social

Boston Gordon’s chapbook Glory Holes on a cafe table with plant and Pride flag

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heather hughes @birdmaddgirl.bsky.social · Jun 29

this terrifies me

airplane ian (he/him) @airplaneian.com · Jun 29

hard to overstate how the immigration crackdown changed disaster response overnight

the most vulnerable people were already hesitant to accept help from large orgs like red cross, they are now terrified fearing delivery sites/shelters will be targets for ICE or that info will be shared to fed LE

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skooks @skookses.bsky.social · Jun 28

20 years on from Katrina, let's check in on the system failure that caused the Katrina flood which could never happen again because... oh www.nola.com/news/environ...

Sections of New Orleans floodwalls are sinking faster than sea levels are rising, study finds

New research reveals that sections of New Orleans' $15 billion flood control system are subsiding faster than sea levels are rising.

www.nola.com

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heather hughes @birdmaddgirl.bsky.social · Jun 27

in fairness, humans have always disappointed cats 🙃

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heather hughes @birdmaddgirl.bsky.social · Jun 27

heat will be a problem every day

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heather hughes @birdmaddgirl.bsky.social · Jun 26

Ticks all the boxes:
-extreme cruelty to people
-death camp test run
-environmental destruction
-misappropriation of taxpayer $
-illegal seizure of land

Floridians are protesting, but this is bigger than Florida.

Abolish ICE. FEMA out of DHS. Safety for all immigrants and our wild spaces.

John Walling @johnki7yra.bsky.social · Jun 26

On Monday, Kristi Noem said that FEMA will fund “in large part” the construction an immigration detention center (aka “Alligator Alcatraz”) in a remote part of the Everglades.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Ron DeSantis used emergency powers to seize the land from Miami-Dade County.

Forget hurricane season—FEMA funds are going to new prisons

The Trump administration is finally going to spend a decent chunk of Federal Emergency Management Agency funds—but it’s going to be used to build an immigration detention center in Florida. And ...

www.dailykos.com

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heather hughes @birdmaddgirl.bsky.social · Jun 26

she is sick of the heat and imperialist bullshit

a gray and white cat looks up with a quietly sassy expression

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heather hughes @birdmaddgirl.bsky.social · Jun 13

fuck every military industrial complex
-me, and probably also banyan trees

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heather hughes @birdmaddgirl.bsky.social · Jun 13

“crumble empire from within”

Saul Williams never misses

Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · Jun 9

‘I have no business with genocidaires’: Saul Williams on Gaza, US empire and power of art - https://www.middleeasteye.net/video/i-have-no-business-genocidaires-saul-williams-gaza-us-empire-and-power-art

‘I have no business with genocidaires’: Saul Williams on Gaza, US empire and power of art

“I have no business with genocidaires.” That’s how artist, poet and activist Saul Williams describes his refusal to stay silent on Israel’s war on Gaza. In this Real Talk interview, Williams opens up about witnessing apartheid in Israel-Palestine, losing friends and work for speaking out, and the responsibility artists have in the face of propaganda and empire. We also explore his critique of US politics as a ‘duopoly’ invested in war, his challenge to mainstream liberalism, and how hip hop has moved from resistance to commercialisation. Williams also reflects on his powerful role in ‘Sinners’, the blockbuster film directed by Ryan Coogler.

www.middleeasteye.net

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Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · Jun 6

This excellent article from NBC News is a must read to show what administration cuts have done to my NWS colleagues. Further evidence of what I said in my Substack article, no way is NWS fully staffed or fully mission ready.

open.substack.com/pub/balanced...

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