Marnee Chua
@marneechua.bsky.social
Reads speculative fiction, goes on long walks, and likes spreadsheets.
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#clarionwestadmin #nexteconomymba #coworking
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Some Indigenous/First Nations science fiction, fantasy, and horror recs for your Wednesday!
November 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Some Indigenous/First Nations science fiction, fantasy, and horror recs for your Wednesday!
We’re so excited to be a part of this!
So cool to see this exciting collaboration move forward! Congratulations to @marneechua.bsky.social and the entire @clarionwest.bsky.social team
November 26, 2025 at 6:59 PM
We’re so excited to be a part of this!
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We've seen enough. Katie Wilson is the next Mayor of Seattle.
🚨🚨 Just in: Katie Wilson has expanded her lead in the Seattle mayor race. She is now leading by 1,976 votes, which means that the race is no longer in automatic recount territory.
🚨🚨 Just in: Katie Wilson has expanded her lead in the Seattle mayor race. She is now leading by 1,346 votes.
November 12, 2025 at 11:51 PM
We've seen enough. Katie Wilson is the next Mayor of Seattle.
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Has your King County ballot been counted? Visit the link below to confirm your signature has been verified, and if not, what you need to do to cure your ballot. info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
November 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Has your King County ballot been counted? Visit the link below to confirm your signature has been verified, and if not, what you need to do to cure your ballot. info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
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Americans are enraged, and they want fighters: an opposition party that communicates that they share and understand that rage. The Senate Democrats showed Sunday that they still don’t get that, and it’s not clear that some of them ever will. trib.al/mZfi6Qw
November 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Americans are enraged, and they want fighters: an opposition party that communicates that they share and understand that rage. The Senate Democrats showed Sunday that they still don’t get that, and it’s not clear that some of them ever will. trib.al/mZfi6Qw
Happy Birthday, Nisi! $5 were never better spent!
It's my birthday! Happy me! @pmpress.bsky.social celebrates by offering my collection Talk Like a Man for a mere 5 capitalist bucknuts: pmpress.org/index.php?l=... We love you, man....
Talk like a Man
In these previously uncollected stories, Shawl explores the unexpected horizons (and corners) opened up by SF and fantasy’s new diversity.
pmpress.org
November 2, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Happy Birthday, Nisi! $5 were never better spent!
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To read the letters, visit our blog! freespeechforpeople.org/lawless-fede...
“Lawless Federal Raids Demand Accountability”: Free Speech For People Calls on Illinois Officials to Investigate Trump Administration’s “Operation Midway Blitz” - Free Speech For People
Legal advocates urge open criminal investigations into the unlawful actions of federal agents operating in Illinois under the Trump administration’s “Operation Midway Blitz.”
freespeechforpeople.org
October 29, 2025 at 1:16 PM
To read the letters, visit our blog! freespeechforpeople.org/lawless-fede...
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The DOJ's "demand for voters’ personal information, including driver’s license numbers and Social Security numbers, is unprecedented and unlawful, and we will vigorously fight the federal government’s overreach in court."
www.motherjones.com
September 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The DOJ's "demand for voters’ personal information, including driver’s license numbers and Social Security numbers, is unprecedented and unlawful, and we will vigorously fight the federal government’s overreach in court."
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Works Progress is now on Bluesky!
September 18, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Works Progress is now on Bluesky!
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Calling Seattle area writers! Join us in person tomorrow at Third Place Commons for a free community writing session! Make some progress on your current Write-a-thon project, or try something new with one of our prompts.
Visit clarionwest.org/upcoming-events to RSVP! #writeathon #writeathon2025
Visit clarionwest.org/upcoming-events to RSVP! #writeathon #writeathon2025
July 18, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Calling Seattle area writers! Join us in person tomorrow at Third Place Commons for a free community writing session! Make some progress on your current Write-a-thon project, or try something new with one of our prompts.
Visit clarionwest.org/upcoming-events to RSVP! #writeathon #writeathon2025
Visit clarionwest.org/upcoming-events to RSVP! #writeathon #writeathon2025
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HELLO! Do you know teens who write comics who will be in Seattle in August 2025? Do those teens love speculative fiction? I'm teaching a workshop through Clarion & Hugo House August 4-8!!
www.clarionwest.org/programs/tee...
www.clarionwest.org/programs/tee...
April 29, 2025 at 9:39 PM
HELLO! Do you know teens who write comics who will be in Seattle in August 2025? Do those teens love speculative fiction? I'm teaching a workshop through Clarion & Hugo House August 4-8!!
www.clarionwest.org/programs/tee...
www.clarionwest.org/programs/tee...
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Insiders including Meta' Mark Zuckerberg, Oracle's Safra Catz and JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon cashed out shares worth billions of dollars before President Donald Trump’s tariff announcements roiled markets
Zuckerberg, Dimon Are Among Top Sellers Ahead of Tariff Stock Rout
Billionaire Oracle CEO also unloaded shares in first quarter before markets tumbled.
www.bloomberg.com
April 20, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Insiders including Meta' Mark Zuckerberg, Oracle's Safra Catz and JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon cashed out shares worth billions of dollars before President Donald Trump’s tariff announcements roiled markets
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The number of worker cooperatives in the United States (and around the world) continues to experience growth. People are starting to recognize alternative ways to organize production—ones that incorporate democratic values into their working lives.
US worker co-ops: celebrating the past and planning the future
Anca Voinea and Miles Hadfield report from the 2024 USFWC conference
www.thenews.coop
April 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The number of worker cooperatives in the United States (and around the world) continues to experience growth. People are starting to recognize alternative ways to organize production—ones that incorporate democratic values into their working lives.
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There’s still time to get your tickets for Steamy in Seattle on Saturday, May 10!
Join us in person or online for a lively discussion with @annaguirre.bsky.social and Elizabeth Stephens, moderated by @jassilvera.bsky.social!
www.clarionwest.org/event/steamy...
Join us in person or online for a lively discussion with @annaguirre.bsky.social and Elizabeth Stephens, moderated by @jassilvera.bsky.social!
www.clarionwest.org/event/steamy...
April 11, 2025 at 10:45 PM
There’s still time to get your tickets for Steamy in Seattle on Saturday, May 10!
Join us in person or online for a lively discussion with @annaguirre.bsky.social and Elizabeth Stephens, moderated by @jassilvera.bsky.social!
www.clarionwest.org/event/steamy...
Join us in person or online for a lively discussion with @annaguirre.bsky.social and Elizabeth Stephens, moderated by @jassilvera.bsky.social!
www.clarionwest.org/event/steamy...
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VIP Tickets to this year's romantasy Steamy In Seattle are now SOLD OUT! There's still time to join our Alien Romance Tea Party at our other ticket tiers. Your purchases support Clarion West's annual programs, sliding scale tuition, and scholarship programs.💕👽🫖
www.clarionwest.org/event/steamy...
www.clarionwest.org/event/steamy...
April 8, 2025 at 9:28 PM
VIP Tickets to this year's romantasy Steamy In Seattle are now SOLD OUT! There's still time to join our Alien Romance Tea Party at our other ticket tiers. Your purchases support Clarion West's annual programs, sliding scale tuition, and scholarship programs.💕👽🫖
www.clarionwest.org/event/steamy...
www.clarionwest.org/event/steamy...
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Okay... we feel like we say this every week but *a lot* of stuff happened. Let's break it down, starting with @brbarrett.bsky.social on why the DOGE takeover is worse than you think... (sorry, but you gotta read this one.)
The DOGE Takeover Is Worse Than You Think
What’s happening to the US government right now is bad. What comes next is worse.
www.wired.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Okay... we feel like we say this every week but *a lot* of stuff happened. Let's break it down, starting with @brbarrett.bsky.social on why the DOGE takeover is worse than you think... (sorry, but you gotta read this one.)
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The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.
A movement is calling for an 'economic blackout' on Friday. Here's what to know
The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.
www.npr.org
February 28, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.
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We just launched a 16TB archive of every dataset that has been available on data.gov since November. This will be updated day by day as new datasets appear. It can be freely copied, and we're sharing the code behind it to help others make their own archives of data they depend on.
Announcing the Data.gov Archive | Library Innovation Lab
Today we released our archive of data.gov on Source Cooperative. The 16TB collection includes over 311,000 datasets harvested during 2024 and 2025, a complet...
lil.law.harvard.edu
February 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
We just launched a 16TB archive of every dataset that has been available on data.gov since November. This will be updated day by day as new datasets appear. It can be freely copied, and we're sharing the code behind it to help others make their own archives of data they depend on.
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Trump tells the head of the Federal Election Commission that she's been fired, but she's refusing to leave office.
Trump Fires Head of Federal Election Panel, But She Won’t Leave
The chairwoman of the Federal Election Commission posted a letter from President Donald Trump informing her that she’d been fired, but she’s refusing to leave.
www.bloomberg.com
February 7, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Trump tells the head of the Federal Election Commission that she's been fired, but she's refusing to leave office.
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Two federal workers, citing reports that Elon Musk’s associates are operating an illegally connected email server at OPM, seek a restraining order.
Federal Workers Sue to Disconnect DOGE Server
Two federal workers, citing reports that Elon Musk’s associates are operating an illegally connected email server at OPM, seek a restraining order.
www.wired.com
February 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Two federal workers, citing reports that Elon Musk’s associates are operating an illegally connected email server at OPM, seek a restraining order.
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A physician member of the AMA—who requested anonymity for fear of retaliation—is sounding the alarm.
“The current admin prohibited all communications of the CDC and other agencies with the public. Now, the public and physicians are left with no info on food recalls or disease outbreaks.“
“The current admin prohibited all communications of the CDC and other agencies with the public. Now, the public and physicians are left with no info on food recalls or disease outbreaks.“
I’m a doctor, and I’m appalled at the silence from the American Medical Association
Many physicians feel that our values do not align with the values of our advocacy organization.
www.motherjones.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
A physician member of the AMA—who requested anonymity for fear of retaliation—is sounding the alarm.
“The current admin prohibited all communications of the CDC and other agencies with the public. Now, the public and physicians are left with no info on food recalls or disease outbreaks.“
“The current admin prohibited all communications of the CDC and other agencies with the public. Now, the public and physicians are left with no info on food recalls or disease outbreaks.“
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The main office of the US Agency for International Development in Washington was unexpectedly closed Monday and workers were emailed shortly after midnight that they should not come in, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
USAID workers at Washington HQ told to stay home on Monday in unexpected, early-morning email | CNN Politics
The main office of the US Agency for International Development in Washington was unexpectedly closed Monday and workers were emailed shortly after midnight that they should not come in, according to m...
www.cnn.com
February 3, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The main office of the US Agency for International Development in Washington was unexpectedly closed Monday and workers were emailed shortly after midnight that they should not come in, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
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Breaking news: The White House has removed two top security officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development, the world’s largest provider of food assistance, after they refused to let representatives of Elon Musk access restricted spaces.
USAID security officials on leave after refusing access to Musk allies
Billionaire and Trump ally Elon Musk has been denigrating USAID, which is the world’s largest provider of food assistance.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 2, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Breaking news: The White House has removed two top security officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development, the world’s largest provider of food assistance, after they refused to let representatives of Elon Musk access restricted spaces.
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So many good reads, folks. So many!
February 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
So many good reads, folks. So many!
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All departments were affected, including offices that address HIV and AIDS, infectious disease and child health.
Nearly 400 USAID contract employees laid off in wake of Trump's 'stop work' order
All departments were affected, including the Office of HIV and AIDs, the Office of Infectious Disease and the Child Health and Immunization Division.
www.npr.org
January 29, 2025 at 12:26 AM
All departments were affected, including offices that address HIV and AIDS, infectious disease and child health.