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Sonya Huber

@sonyahuber.bsky.social

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Writer & Professor. Voice First, Pain Woman Takes Your Keys, Love & Industry, etc. Memoir, essays, chronic pain, labor, disability activism, Midwestern tater tot. A few beads, a loud laugh. www.sonyahuber.com she/her/they/them

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Sonya Huber @sonyahuber.bsky.social · Oct 18

It lives!!!!! Nothing Compares to You: What Sinéad O'Connor Means to Us, a rollicking and deep collection of amazing essays. It's on the internet and available for pre-order, with many readings and celebrations to come, out July 22, 2025. www.simonandschuster.com/books/Nothin...

Nothing Compares to You: What Sinéad O'Connor Means to Us, black cover with Sinéad holding a microphone, eyes closed, wearing. Clerical collar

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S. Sommers @printculture.bsky.social · 12h

Proud of my union @uconnaaup.bsky.social hittin’ the boss where it hurts … in the press. www.courant.com/2025/10/23/u...

UConn professors union calls for stronger protections for academic freedom. Why they are worried.

Union officials say they are looking for stronger protections for professors to be able to “teach, research, and express ideas freely.”

www.courant.com

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Azooz🍉🫒 @azzoz4.bsky.social · 8d

@sonyahuber.bsky.social
I'm Azzoz, 16. I was child, loving my studies, playing, life,
War took my father, my hime, my childhood, and my school💔 Now, I'm struggling to pursue my education, I'm doing everything I can to take care of my family, but it's overwhelming.
Please, can you help me?😭

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Jesse Mermell @jessemermell.bsky.social · 11d

He is 13. A 7th grader w/ a pending asylum case. Being held more than 500 miles from home & housed w/ adults. He called his mom crying, & reported that he’s sleeping on concrete w/ an aluminum blanket.

How is this anything other than sick & shameful? www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility - The Boston Globe

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.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Sonya Huber @sonyahuber.bsky.social · 10d

Thanks so much @sophiemattholie.bsky.social and @sineadgleeson.bsky.social for the love for Pain Woman! Seconding Sinéad’s beautiful book Constellations and Jenn Ashforth’s work.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 11d

My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."

They Came for Our Neighbors. We Showed Up.

Before long, there were dozens, and then hundreds of people in the streets, watching and responding.

organizingmythoughts.org

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matthew @pahuski.com · 10d

Happy Columbo’s Day

Screenshot from Columbo. He his talking to his dog, which is sitting is the drivers seat of a car. “Okay, I’m gonna put you in charge. You take care of the car. You’re a responsible dog. When I get back, if the car’s okay, I’ll give you another cookie.”

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 12d

In Broadview, IL this morning outside the Chicago area ICE detention center—

Just rolled up, immediately saw ISP/CCSO arresting a protester w/ a guitar (he appears to be in good spirits over it).

ICE vehicles have been coming and going, including a large bus driven by a masked agent seen earlier.

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 13d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Belt Publishing @beltpublishing.bsky.social · 13d

Read the full conversation on our site --> beltpublishing.com/pages/conver...

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Sonya Huber @sonyahuber.bsky.social · 13d

If anyone anywhere has ever gotten paid to protest, I am owed sooooo much back pay

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 14d

Last night, I received notification of the 19th death of a detained person in ICE custody since Trump took office.

ICE is detaining people, mostly in private, for-profit prisons that put profit over health. And now they have furloughed the safety inspectors. This is unacceptable.

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻🚫👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 14d

Portland is so good at trolling these fascists.

I ❤️ Portland

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 15d

Pretty sure Eleanor Roosevelt is dead

Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 15d

Bondi claiming they arrested [checks notes] "the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa" has me in stitches

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15d

Bondi: "Bondi: "Just like we did with cartels, we are going to take the same approach, President Trump, with antifa -- destroy the entire organization from top to bottom. We are going to take them apart."

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Anas Basil 🍉 @annas-basil4.bsky.social · 19d

They tell us to leave, but where do we go when every place is a target? Families move in circles, running from death that follows everywhere. My family has lost everything but faith that someone will care enough to help us.
please donate to save us💔🙏🏻
tinyurl.com/anas-need-yo...

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Belt Publishing @beltpublishing.bsky.social · 16d

Our conversation with @sonyahuber.bsky.social about Love and Industry is live on the site. A short read, but one that's bursting with heart and thoughtfulness. beltpublishing.com/pages/conver...

Conversation with Sonya Huber

Belt talks to Sonya Huber, author of Love and Industry: A Midwestern Workbook You chose to write about a gritty industrial place with a great deal of lyricism. Tell me about that. Growing up in the Ru...

beltpublishing.com

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Sonya Huber @sonyahuber.bsky.social · 16d

Thank you!!

Sonya Huber @sonyahuber.bsky.social · 16d

A new substack about Afghans, Ancient Greeks, trauma, democracy, and what organizing does to save our connections to each other. “Even when we lose, we win. But we will win.” open.substack.com/pub/sonyahub...

An Afghan woman in black looking to the right holding books w a determined half smile. Text overlay says “What we save when we organize.”

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17d

Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."

( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 17d

In the last 2 weeks MAGA aligned people have done 2 attempted mass shootings of a gay bar and pride center in Arizona and Texas, murdered 2 teenage girls for mocking Charlie Kirk, and torched a judge's home.

Meanwhile, the government mobilized the military to go after the left.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 18d

I have a full day today, but I woke up early to put this edition of my newsletter together because I need you all to have this rundown of what we've been up against this week in Chicago as the federal assault on our city continues. To ignore these developments would be a damning mistake for us all.

Must-Reads and the War on Chicago

"Chicagoans will not be a conquered people."

organizingmythoughts.org

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Tiffany Babb @explodingarrow.bsky.social · 21d

If you have two minutes free right now, call Netflix and leave a comment in support of this programming and ask them to stand up for their shows against political pressure.

Phone number is 1-866-952-4456, and I waited less than a minute before a human picked up.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 21d

1. Led by Elon Musk, the far-right has exploded in a campaign to get Netflix to remove shows with queer and trans characters.

If Netflix capitulates to their demands, an already strained market for LGBTQ+ animators might become even more dire.

Subscribe to support our journalism.

Elon Musk Leads Campaign To Force Netflix To Remove Shows With Trans Characters

Musk's posts have been seen by tens of millions of users, and many conservatives are now attempting to force Netflix into a removal of LGBTQ+ content.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Sonya Huber @sonyahuber.bsky.social · 21d

Done.

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Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock @warnock.senate.gov · 22d

I was sent this by a Georgian this morning. 2025 premiums vs 2026 premiums for someone making $65k a year.

Republicans in Washington did this.

This is what I'm fighting to stop. This is what’s at stake in this shutdown fight.

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Scissors @rningscissors.bsky.social · 22d

FYI:

CVS just let me schedule an appointment for this vaccine, and I just saw someone else say they received it at Costco today

It’s out there folks!

Scissors @rningscissors.bsky.social · Sep 8

FYI - if you are looking for the 2025-2026 vaccine manufactured by Novavax at CVS, ask them to look up the actual vaccine name: Nuvaxovid

(They will not find it in their system if they look up “Novavax”)

Nuvaxovid™ 2025-2026
Formula COVID-19 Vaccine
Approved in the U.S.

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