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Dinah Lenney @dinahlenney.bsky.social · Aug 20

Thank you, Jeremy Kauffman—

White Rose Resistance @whiteroseresistance.org · Aug 17

Dinah Lenney @dinahlenney.bsky.social · Jul 4

“Overpromise, underdeliver, change the subject.”

The Pointless Triumph of a Hapless President www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/o...

Opinion | The Pointless Triumph of a Hapless President

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Dinah Lenney @dinahlenney.bsky.social · May 14

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“There is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink…”

Opinion | We Study Fascism, and We’re Leaving the U.S.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · Apr 21

Not to state the obvious, but none of them were sent to a terrorist prison in El Salvador. They all had lawyers, indictment by grand jury, a trial or a guilty plea where a judge ensured it was knowing & voluntary & access to an appeals process. In other words, all the hallmarks of due process.

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Dinah Lenney @dinahlenney.bsky.social · May 12

Stuart Little, my first without an ending, no way to know what would finally happen to Stuart, he just drives away to who knows where, geez, I cried myself to sleep over him...

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Dinah Lenney @dinahlenney.bsky.social · Apr 4

So, basically, we have reality TV to blame for all of this, talk about trickle down…

Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · Apr 4

Almost half of the country’s health insurance now rests in the hands of a man who once sold miracle pills — with zero proof they worked — on daytime TV.

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OMG.WTF 🇦🇺 🇲🇪 🇿🇲 @amsickofpollies.bsky.social · Mar 7

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Dinah Lenney @dinahlenney.bsky.social · Mar 3

This coming Sunday, talk about a grand finale, come hear @davidulin.bsky.social @atticalocke.bsky.social @emipasbeck.bsky.social and Alex Espinoza read from #snapshotsthebook @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social at Stories Books & Cafe! You’ll be so glad you did! 🥳

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Dinah Lenney @dinahlenney.bsky.social · Feb 27

"We enter into parallel worlds that give us the chance to explore “what if” scenarios: What would I do in that situation? How are my values similar or different?" @mojojohanna.bsky.social about the work she does @learcenter.bsky.social
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Daily Inspiration: Meet Johanna Blakley

Today we’d like to introduce you to Johanna Blakley Hi Johanna, so excited to have you on the platform. So before we get into questions about your work-life, maybe you can bring our readers up to spee...

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Dinah Lenney @dinahlenney.bsky.social · Feb 26

Just leaving these here, just in case you want to put the dates in your calendar—

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Feb 24

Let’s get something clear. The GOP has the power to keep the government from shutting down in March. They control both chambers of Congress and the White House. If they can’t reach a budget deal within their own ranks, that completely on them.

Dems: Don’t lift a finger to help them. Not one.

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Dinah Lenney @dinahlenney.bsky.social · Feb 26

"...how could childhood be the center? You had to be grown up longer than you got to be a child. This did not feel fair." Naomi Shihab Nye in #snapshotsthebook. @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social

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Goodbye to Everything and Everybody, by Naomi Shihab Nye

Naomi Shihab Nye recalls the “precious tender threadbare glory of each day” she experienced as a child who was not in a hurry to grow up.

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Dinah Lenney @dinahlenney.bsky.social · Feb 24

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dansmetanka.bsky.social @dansmetanka.bsky.social · Feb 24

A beautiful event for SNAPSHOTS with @dinahlenney.bsky.social @todgoldberg.bsky.social and so many others!

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Feb 22

He nails it.

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Dinah Lenney @dinahlenney.bsky.social · Feb 21

I just called my reps with @5calls.org, you should too: 5calls.org

5 Calls

Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.

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Alex Marzano-Lesnevich @alexmlwrites.bsky.social · Feb 16

Sometimes a moment has you pass through a portal. Coming out as trans was a long process for me, but it was also something that happened on one particular day. For the new @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social @dinahlenney.bsky.social anthology SNAPSHOTS, I wrote about it. Thank you, Dinah & Lit Hub.

Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · Feb 10

@alexmlwrites.bsky.social on walking the world in a shifting body and gender.

Snapshot of a Self: Alex Marzano-Lesnevich on Walking the World in a Shifting Body and Gender

After you stepped over a threshold on the other side of the world, triggering the ding of the barber’s unseen bell. After you watched her rope your long hair into a braid and you didn’t cry; loop h…

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Dinah Lenney @dinahlenney.bsky.social · Feb 10

Here’s a beauty…

Kathy Daneman @kathy-daneman.bsky.social · Feb 10

Excerpt from Snapshots: An Album of Essay and Image edited by @dinahlenney.bsky.social. Check out this one by @alexmlwrites.bsky.social.

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Snapshot of a Self: Alex Marzano-Lesnevich on Walking the World in a Shifting Body and Gender

After you stepped over a threshold on the other side of the world, triggering the ding of the barber’s unseen bell. After you watched her rope your long hair into a braid and you didn’t cry; loop h…

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Dinah Lenney @dinahlenney.bsky.social · Feb 9

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Dinah Lenney @dinahlenney.bsky.social · Feb 9

Excerpted from #snapshotsthebook ! @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette @post-gazette.com · Feb 9

'On the Street With the Three Red Brick Houses'

“He wants to take a picture of us,” my maternal grandmother, Maggie, said to my great-uncle Manson. We stood behind the three red brick houses...

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Dinah Lenney @dinahlenney.bsky.social · Feb 9

Excerpted from #snapshotsthebook [email protected] @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette @post-gazette.com · Feb 9

'Finita': An essay about my grandmother Josefina. I used to love her most of all

I am not close with my father’s side of the family. This is only true in the present tense. In the past, I would have been lying. But the past is...

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Dinah Lenney @dinahlenney.bsky.social · Feb 6

Today is pub day! These 36 essays spread out on the big kitchen table altogether finally in #snapshotsthebook — thanks all you writers for your words and photos, and to @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social for putting the album together— wait till you see, everybody, and I hope you like it!

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Dinah Lenney @dinahlenney.bsky.social · Feb 5

For your final prompt (number 30) choose from the following titles, and write: On Chutzpah; On Nudity; On Looking Up; On Geraniums… (h/t @aimeeliu.bsky.social )

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Dinah Lenney @dinahlenney.bsky.social · Feb 5

With the wise and wonderful @aimeeliu.bsky.social—on chutzpah (and those other things, too)...

Dinah Lenney: On Essay and Image
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Dinah Lenney: On Essay and Image

The story behind Lenney's new ekphrastic anthology 'Snapshots'

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