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Laura Scalzo

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THE SPEED OF LIGHT IN AIR, WATER, AND GLASS (2018); AMERICAN ARCADIA (2023). Shorter work in your fav lit mags around town. LauraScalzo.com 📍DC

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Laura Scalzo @laurascalzo.bsky.social · Dec 2

Okay—since I haven’t given it the full mention here. Recent novel was out in May ‘23 from @regalhouse.bsky.social (Yay badass Indie publishers).

Playlist corresponds to the chapters. Just about.

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Mike Ingram @mikeingram.bsky.social · 18h

We've opened submissions for a special online issue of @barrelhouse.bsky.social. The Dirty Issue will be edited and produced by my students at Temple University. Send us your fiction, poems, art. More details on what we're looking for here, on Submittable:

Barrelhouse Submission Manager

Thanks for submitting your work to Barrelhouse! Before you proceed, a note about open and closed categories. If you don't see the category that fits your work, we're not open for that thing. We keep ...

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 1d

This authoritarian-coward has no line.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: We've seen images out of Chicago of federal agents shooting faith leaders with pepper balls and arresting journalists. Where's the limit for you on what's acceptable conduct by federal agents?

MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 1d

At the University of Illinois, rolling blackouts and brownouts are expected in 2026 due to increased energy demands from A.I. Scientific labs are expected to be affected.

Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social · 1d

I am being asked to tell my department which pieces of lab equipment should be supported with backup power because they expect rolling blackouts and brownouts in 2026 due to increased energy demands from AI. In case you're wondering how my day is going.

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MeidasE @ericpere.bsky.social · 2d

My culture celebrates the child born with two-spirits. If your culture shuns them, or wants to stone them to death, there is something deeply wrong with your culture.

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Ashwin Rodrigues @ashwinrodrigues.com · 2d

combo

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 2d

name an italian more worthy of an american holiday than columbus

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Maya C. Popa @mayacpopa.bsky.social · 3d

Raymond Carver:

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Jonas Frei @jdfrei.bsky.social · Aug 28

Medicago seedpods.

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Laura Scalzo @laurascalzo.bsky.social · 3d

A friend’s son’s kindergarten teacher called to say he might be mentally disturbed since he only colored with the black crayon. Her response: How about an eye test? Yup—

Laura Scalzo @laurascalzo.bsky.social · 3d

The kindest thing I could think was day drinking. I mean, “I like Lance,” come on.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 4d

It’s remarkable to realize Diane Keaton created a signature look and sensibility back in the 1970s and for about half a century continued to be a creative inspiration for how to be yourself in a world that tries so hard to put you in a box. Well done, Diane Keaton. RIP.

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Laura Scalzo @laurascalzo.bsky.social · 5d

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 7d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Laura Scalzo @laurascalzo.bsky.social · 6d

Maureen! 😂 That’s amazing. My distant to the problem two cents is let the world miss you a little bit.

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Laura Scalzo @laurascalzo.bsky.social · 6d

This season’s plot twists on Slow Horses - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 7d

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 8d

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social · 7d

“Millions of dead children” will be in the first line of Marco Rubio's obituary.

Nice that the only State Department comment here is that “the U.S. 'continues to stand with the people of Burma.'” Myanmar hasn't been called Burma since 1989, but since Trump is forever stuck in 1983, that checks.

Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 7d

apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 8d

As basic question from an ex-police reporter: Can some of our journalists detail the training regimen all these new federal agents receive? The lethal incompetence involving use of force and perameters of the 4A suggests they are just handed guns, masks and badges and told to go fuck people up.

John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 9d

ICE is made up of men who have failed the human test and have nothing of value to offer this nation.

Adults with decency and options and possibilities don’t do this shit.

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Laura Scalzo @laurascalzo.bsky.social · 8d

When I think about the amount of airtime that douchebag gets it adds to my understanding of why the country is so upside down and fucked up. Imagine standing next to him at a party—you’d give him a what’s wrong with you look and walk away. I would anyway.

Laura Scalzo @laurascalzo.bsky.social · 8d

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Laura Scalzo @laurascalzo.bsky.social · 8d

As you know, here in DC it’s not uncommon for someone to say, “Have a blessed day,” (pronounced bless-ed) and I always always take it to heart. And so I will here too. ❤️

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Jen Fifield @jenafifield.bsky.social · 9d

Hi everyone! 👋 I'm officially up and running at
@propublica.org covering election and voting issues, and expanding my sourcing nationally. Spread the word.

Reach out, say hi, introduce yourself, send tips:
[email protected]
Cell: 480-476-0108
Signal: jenafifield.01

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Laura Scalzo @laurascalzo.bsky.social · 9d

a baby is looking out of a window with the words take my money .

ALT: a baby is looking out of a window with the words take my money .

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Dave Housley @housleydave.bsky.social · 10d

The @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference is coming back to DC on April 18, 2026, and we're open for registration! It's $95, and that includes the one-day conference, 1 book, 1 meeting w an editor, and your choice of literary stuff from our partner presses. www.barrelhousemag.com/conference

The Barrelhouse conference, Conversations and Connections, is coming back to DC on April 18, 2026.

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 11d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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