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K. L. Hallam

@love8rockets.bsky.social

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Reader. Writer. Painter. Singer. Ally 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ she/her 🌸amateur botanist. Member #AuthorsGuild & #SCBWI NYC ❤️ Daughter of a single immigrant mother. 📚Read Banned Books! 🚫DMs unless I know you. https://linktr.ee/klhallam

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K. L. Hallam @love8rockets.bsky.social · Jan 6

“I was deeply immersed in NYC's jazz scene and the elegance, language, and culture of the 1930s, learning much about the era through small details and author's notes. On top of that, it’s a great plot-twister and would make an excellent…”

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

Senate is back in session today.

1/ So a quick 🧵on where things are at on the shutdown.

You get a lot of propaganda and spin thrown at you, so I want to give you the real, behind-the-scenes tea.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

3/ The Senate keeps voting on 2 bills to reopen.

1. The GOP bill - it raises premiums on 22m Americans and lets Trump keep acting illegally.

2. The Dem bill - it stops the premium increases and checks Trump's illegality.

Each time, neither bill gets the necessary 60 votes.

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K. L. Hallam @love8rockets.bsky.social · 13h

He’s probably in the Epstein files.

K. L. Hallam @love8rockets.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, no doubt. Human Trafficking is their brand.

K. L. Hallam @love8rockets.bsky.social · 2d

Where is the human trafficking Felonious POTuS sending these girls?

Qatar?

Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 3d

In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.

K. L. Hallam @love8rockets.bsky.social · 2d

Wish people would stop insulting Barbie. She looks more like a blow up sex doll.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

federal agents stealing children and sending them south. where have i heard about that before?

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 2d

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 2d

We need Nobel Prizes for Climate

- Nobel Prize for Climate Tech
- Nobel Prize for Climate Journalism
- Nobel Prize for Climate Activism
- Nobel Prize for Climate Infrastructure
- Nobel Prize for Climate Success

Richard Delevan @richard.wickedproblems.earth · 6d

Nobel Prize for Climate Tech. Should actually be a category going forward. But this'll do for today (gift link) - www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Chemistry Nobel Given for Molecules That Aid Carbon Capture

Scientists from Japan, the UK and Jordan were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for creating molecular constructions with potential to help combat climate change.

www.bloomberg.com

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 2d

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a cancer vaccine that has shown STUNNING results, PREVENTING up to 88% of MULTIPLE aggressive cancers by harnessing dual-pathway nanoparticles that train the immune system to recognize and destroy tumor cells. In some cases, it COMPLETELY prevented metastasis.

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K. L. Hallam @love8rockets.bsky.social · 3d

I ride my bike in the city every day. Hope we pass each other. 🚴🏻‍♀️

Cyclists should rule! - safely.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3d

It’s pronounced cyclist.

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Shannon (she/her) @ravenlenore.bsky.social · 4d

JFC
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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 4d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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K. L. Hallam @love8rockets.bsky.social · 4d

Hope the troops remember this.

K. L. Hallam @love8rockets.bsky.social · 4d

Stopped using anything Zuck a while ago.

K. L. Hallam @love8rockets.bsky.social · 4d

My father or grandfather either, both AirForce. Man, the furry bubbling within me is as large as the planet.

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 4d

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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K. L. Hallam @love8rockets.bsky.social · 4d

Picked up a copy on my dash through Barnes and Noble today.

The
Hundred Years' War on
PALESTINE
A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017
by Rashid Khalidi

Book of The
Hundred Years'
War on
PALESTINE
A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017
Rashid Khalidi

K. L. Hallam @love8rockets.bsky.social · 5d

Are they still getting paid?

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 5d

Some good news!

A librarian got fired for refusing to remove LBGTQ books and sued the county, its board of commissioners, the library board, and members of both government boards for violating her 1st amendment rights, and discriminatory and retaliatory firing.

www.rawstory.com/wyoming-libr...

Librarian gets massive payday after firing for refusal to yank LGBTQ books off shelves

A librarian fired by county officials in Campbell County, Wyoming, for refusing to remove LGBTQ books from shelves got the last laugh with a $700,000 settlement. According to The New York Times, "Terr...

www.rawstory.com

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Titan Books @titanbooks.bsky.social · 5d

Have you picked up HOUSE OF IDYLL by @delilahsdawson.bsky.social yet?🎶

From the NYT bestselling author comes a darkly seductive tale of beautiful rock stars, sinister cults, and a magical oasis where dreams come true...for a price.

https://tinyurl.com/t38ukrxp

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Artemis @artemisprime.bsky.social · 5d

This this and this. They’ve lost all credibility to ever speak on free speech again. That’s bigger than whatever money they got. Next time they complain, we laugh.

Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 5d

I'm a "glass is half-full" kinda guy, so let's look at the upside of the Riyadh Comedy Festival: We never, ever have to even pretend to take any of these "anti-woke" "free speech warriors" seriously, ever again.

New from me at @opinion.bloomberg.com (gift link):

bit.ly/4h51JjF

Will Anti-Woke Comedy Recover From the Riyadh Festival?

Any event that includes comedy’s biggest names is going to attract attention — but the Riyadh Comedy Festival, which kicked off on Sept. 26 and continued through Thursday, is disproving the adage that...

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Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 5d

Yes, peeps, it is me again because $2.99 is a STEAL for the ebook (w/ bk 2 next month, no less!)

Writing The Witch Roads in 2022 reignited my love of writing after a rough period when I thought I should just quit. All else aside, this book is about finding joy in the small graces of the world

Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 8d

THE WITCH ROADS ebook is currently on sale (US) for $2.99, so if you're curious & want to read a grimsweet tale of a humble deputy courier & her annoyed nephew, a possessed prince, & a ravenous fungal ghost plague, now's the time.
Bk 2 of the duology arrives Nov 4!

us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

The Witch Roads

Book 1 in the Witch Roads duology, the latest epic novel by fan favorite Kate Elliott.. Status is hereditary, class is bestowed, trust must be earned.When an...

us.macmillan.com

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 5d

there’s this weird idea a lot of people seem to have about how all of us writers and artists must secretly want to use AI and are merely resisting temptation for ethical reasons, and like, no, it’s not hard for me to resist drinking the bowl of Piss With Glass In It actually

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 5d

Upload your scanned ID they said. It will be fine they said.

404 Media @404media.co · 5d

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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K. L. Hallam @love8rockets.bsky.social · 6d

I’m so glad he doesn’t have a dog.

K. L. Hallam @love8rockets.bsky.social · 6d

I scream it.