Avis Barlow
@theavisbarlow.bsky.social
Writer, healer, and badge-wearing weirdo. “Corpus Memoria: Hair” available in all the book ordering places. CNF/hybrid short story collection and other shiny things in progress. PDX 🌈 [they/them]
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People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
December 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Three years old.
"Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court"
"The child, barely old enough to talk..."
"Unable to reach the chair on her own, Lucy was lifted into the seat by Ana Islas"
coppercourier.com/2025/12/05/c...
"The child, barely old enough to talk..."
"Unable to reach the chair on her own, Lucy was lifted into the seat by Ana Islas"
coppercourier.com/2025/12/05/c...
Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court
More than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to make their case in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.
coppercourier.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Three years old.
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REALLY recommended read…
November 26, 2025 at 12:15 PM
REALLY recommended read…
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56th annual National Day of Mourning
Thursday Nov. 27, 2025 - 12 noon
Plymouth MA
#nothanksnogiving #ndom2025
Thursday Nov. 27, 2025 - 12 noon
Plymouth MA
#nothanksnogiving #ndom2025
November 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Excited to read @jenny-forrester.bsky.social newest book! #goodmailday
November 23, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Excited to read @jenny-forrester.bsky.social newest book! #goodmailday
Eurie Martin asked for a glass of water on a 95 degree day.
Ex-Georgia deputies cleared of murder in death of Black man shocked at least 15 times
Three former Georgia sheriff's deputies have been found not guilty of murder in the death of a Black man who raised a white homeowner's suspicions by asking for a drink of water while walking through ...
www.wabe.org
November 22, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Eurie Martin asked for a glass of water on a 95 degree day.
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For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
Epstein Document Search
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
November 13, 2025 at 1:12 AM
For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
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'Boab tree's by contemporary Australian artist and printmaker Rachel Newling #womensart
November 9, 2025 at 11:58 AM
'Boab tree's by contemporary Australian artist and printmaker Rachel Newling #womensart
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ICYMI:
Our ancestors survived by knowing that our fate is inextricably tied to the land and the water, to one another.
johnniejae.com/why-indigeno...
#indigisky #nativeamericanheritagemonth #nationalindigenousdisabilityawarenessmonth #climatejustice #disabilityjustice
Our ancestors survived by knowing that our fate is inextricably tied to the land and the water, to one another.
johnniejae.com/why-indigeno...
#indigisky #nativeamericanheritagemonth #nationalindigenousdisabilityawarenessmonth #climatejustice #disabilityjustice
Why Indigenous Stewardship Is Essential for Climate and Disability Justice
johnniejae.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:27 PM
ICYMI:
Our ancestors survived by knowing that our fate is inextricably tied to the land and the water, to one another.
johnniejae.com/why-indigeno...
#indigisky #nativeamericanheritagemonth #nationalindigenousdisabilityawarenessmonth #climatejustice #disabilityjustice
Our ancestors survived by knowing that our fate is inextricably tied to the land and the water, to one another.
johnniejae.com/why-indigeno...
#indigisky #nativeamericanheritagemonth #nationalindigenousdisabilityawarenessmonth #climatejustice #disabilityjustice
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JUST IN: Judge Immergut renews her block on President Trump’s National Guard deployment to Portland, saying her three-day trial showed there was no credible evidence justify Trump/Hegseth’s incursion on Oregon’s sovereignty. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 3, 2025 at 4:41 AM
JUST IN: Judge Immergut renews her block on President Trump’s National Guard deployment to Portland, saying her three-day trial showed there was no credible evidence justify Trump/Hegseth’s incursion on Oregon’s sovereignty. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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The Jan 6 insurrection was successful, & now it gets to be preserved as a success by this administration it brought to power.
October 30, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The Jan 6 insurrection was successful, & now it gets to be preserved as a success by this administration it brought to power.
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Explaining to children that they shouldn't worry about a career because the world will be completely unlivable in 15 years and that death will be a sweet relief from living in a nuclear wasteland is probably the hardest part of working at Build-a-Bear
October 25, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Explaining to children that they shouldn't worry about a career because the world will be completely unlivable in 15 years and that death will be a sweet relief from living in a nuclear wasteland is probably the hardest part of working at Build-a-Bear
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I'm not sure you can get more marie antoinette than taking away food stamps before thanksgiving while you build a gold and marble dance hall so the other crooks can bring bribe you over a badly-cooked (argentinian) steak
October 22, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I'm not sure you can get more marie antoinette than taking away food stamps before thanksgiving while you build a gold and marble dance hall so the other crooks can bring bribe you over a badly-cooked (argentinian) steak
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"Write like you’re clinging to the edge of a cliff, white knuckles, on your last breath, and you’ve got just one last thing to say, like you’re a bird flying over us and you can see everything, and please ... tell us something that will save us from ourselves." ~ Alan Watts
October 21, 2025 at 12:20 PM
"Write like you’re clinging to the edge of a cliff, white knuckles, on your last breath, and you’ve got just one last thing to say, like you’re a bird flying over us and you can see everything, and please ... tell us something that will save us from ourselves." ~ Alan Watts
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Feel safer?
October 19, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Feel safer?
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That's right
October 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
That's right
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On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️🌈
October 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️🌈
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New filing: "Oregon v. Trump (national guard deployment)"
Doc #15: Attorney Appearance
Download PDF | View Full Case
#CL71481149
Doc #15: Attorney Appearance
Download PDF | View Full Case
#CL71481149
September 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
New filing: "Oregon v. Trump (national guard deployment)"
Doc #15: Attorney Appearance
Download PDF | View Full Case
#CL71481149
Doc #15: Attorney Appearance
Download PDF | View Full Case
#CL71481149
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My way of coping with all of the madness is focusing on what I can do to make my community a little bit stronger. So excuse me for all of the earnestness, but I wrote about ways we can all pitch in to support a thriving literary culture. lithub.com/how-to-be-a-...
How to Be a Good Literary Citizen (in Seven Easy Steps)
Last Sunday I spent hours at the Brooklyn Book Festival, a too rare occasion for me to pull myself away from the internet for an entire afternoon. As I looked around at the crowd on their way to pa…
lithub.com
September 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
My way of coping with all of the madness is focusing on what I can do to make my community a little bit stronger. So excuse me for all of the earnestness, but I wrote about ways we can all pitch in to support a thriving literary culture. lithub.com/how-to-be-a-...
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“In my experience, every kind of writing requires some kind of self-soothing Jedi mind trick, and, when it comes to essay composition, this rectangle is mine.” Zadie Smith shares the blueprint she uses to write impersonal essays.
The Art of the Impersonal Essay, by Zadie Smith
In my experience, every kind of writing requires some kind of self-soothing Jedi mind trick, and, when it comes to essay composition, the rectangle is mine.
www.newyorker.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
“In my experience, every kind of writing requires some kind of self-soothing Jedi mind trick, and, when it comes to essay composition, this rectangle is mine.” Zadie Smith shares the blueprint she uses to write impersonal essays.