@cluftnyc.bsky.social
Writer, editor, artist, scientist; she/her
Read Carlos Valladares’s review of A. S. Hamrah’s “Algorithm of the Night” and “Last Week in End Times Cinema” here, in the Brooklyn Rail — excellent insight, and congratulations again to Mr. Hamrah on his NBCC nomination!
brooklynrail.org/2025/12/film...
brooklynrail.org/2025/12/film...
December 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Read Carlos Valladares’s review of A. S. Hamrah’s “Algorithm of the Night” and “Last Week in End Times Cinema” here, in the Brooklyn Rail — excellent insight, and congratulations again to Mr. Hamrah on his NBCC nomination!
brooklynrail.org/2025/12/film...
brooklynrail.org/2025/12/film...
Hooray for A.S. Hamrah, nominated for the Nat‘l Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism! Get his latest, “Algorithm of the Night“ and “Last Week in End Times Cinema“ [n+1, Semiotext(e)]. His work is brilliant, often hilarious, and always rooted in the sociopolitical moment.
bsky.app/profile/hamr...
bsky.app/profile/hamr...
Thank you National Book Critics Circle for this nomination.
Announcing the National Book Critics Circle 2025 Longlist for Criticism
December 16, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Hooray for A.S. Hamrah, nominated for the Nat‘l Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism! Get his latest, “Algorithm of the Night“ and “Last Week in End Times Cinema“ [n+1, Semiotext(e)]. His work is brilliant, often hilarious, and always rooted in the sociopolitical moment.
bsky.app/profile/hamr...
bsky.app/profile/hamr...
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Very nice review by @pkeough1.bsky.social in The Arts Fuse of my book, Algorithm of the Night. artsfuse.org/321302/book-...
Book Review: The "Night" Movies of Film Critic A.S. Hamrah - The Arts Fuse
Once again, critic A.S. Hamrah sheds perceptive light on our cinematic malaise.
artsfuse.org
December 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Very nice review by @pkeough1.bsky.social in The Arts Fuse of my book, Algorithm of the Night. artsfuse.org/321302/book-...
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For World AIDS Day, which is Dec. 1 and which is being ignored by the Trump administration because they dislike the World Health Organization, other countries, science, and queer people, I'm reposting a piece I wrote earlier this year. (They also hate history.) www.vulture.com/article/hiv-...
The List Keepers
The AIDS crisis shattered Broadway, and the scope of the loss has never been fully accounted for. Some kept their own records.
www.vulture.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:37 AM
For World AIDS Day, which is Dec. 1 and which is being ignored by the Trump administration because they dislike the World Health Organization, other countries, science, and queer people, I'm reposting a piece I wrote earlier this year. (They also hate history.) www.vulture.com/article/hiv-...
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Since our fucking government isn’t observing World AIDS Day, I will. In 1990, I started taking care of people in the last stages of AIDS in their homes. I did this for nearly two years. The home care company I worked for had meetings for those of us who solely (or nearly solely) took care of PWAs.
December 1, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Since our fucking government isn’t observing World AIDS Day, I will. In 1990, I started taking care of people in the last stages of AIDS in their homes. I did this for nearly two years. The home care company I worked for had meetings for those of us who solely (or nearly solely) took care of PWAs.
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Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.
November 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.
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Celebrating Ann Reinking on her birthday with this astonishing Jack Mitchell photo. Annie was elegant, intelligent, hilarious, bawdy, ferocious, silly, empathetic, and deep as the ocean. 💔💜
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Celebrating Ann Reinking on her birthday with this astonishing Jack Mitchell photo. Annie was elegant, intelligent, hilarious, bawdy, ferocious, silly, empathetic, and deep as the ocean. 💔💜
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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My publisher’s been very patient. I’m not doing everything I said I’d do to promote this book (out in a few weeks) because I’m an organizer in a city under federal attack. My days are full and emotionally exhausting. Any help getting the word out means a lot. It's a book people need right now.
Read This When Things Fall Apart by Kelly Hayes | Pilsen Community Books
A bundle of letters to activists and organizers on the frontlines in catastrophic times from Let This Radicalize You co-author Kelly Hayes In social movements, some heartbreaks are all but inevitable.
www.pilsencommunitybooks.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
My publisher’s been very patient. I’m not doing everything I said I’d do to promote this book (out in a few weeks) because I’m an organizer in a city under federal attack. My days are full and emotionally exhausting. Any help getting the word out means a lot. It's a book people need right now.
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Someone looking at all this with a cold eye might say that Miller and Hegseth are seeking control over the power ministries before a Vance ally invokes the 25th Amendment.
October 6, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Someone looking at all this with a cold eye might say that Miller and Hegseth are seeking control over the power ministries before a Vance ally invokes the 25th Amendment.
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🚨🚨 My dear friend and fellow academic, the Palestinian American sociologist @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social has been taken by the Cook County Sheriff near Chicago. They have not mirandized her. Please signal boost. All eyes on Broadview for Eman and the community she was defending 🚨🚨
October 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🚨🚨 My dear friend and fellow academic, the Palestinian American sociologist @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social has been taken by the Cook County Sheriff near Chicago. They have not mirandized her. Please signal boost. All eyes on Broadview for Eman and the community she was defending 🚨🚨
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This is exactly what was horrific about Ezra Klein saying Charlie Kirk did politics "in the right way."
Read the whole @nytimes.com essay by Nikole Hannah-Jones.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/m...
Read the whole @nytimes.com essay by Nikole Hannah-Jones.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/m...
September 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
This is exactly what was horrific about Ezra Klein saying Charlie Kirk did politics "in the right way."
Read the whole @nytimes.com essay by Nikole Hannah-Jones.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/m...
Read the whole @nytimes.com essay by Nikole Hannah-Jones.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/m...
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a new mRNA therapy apparently can cut the rate of Huntington's disease progression by ~75%. yet more miracle shit www.bbc.com/news/article...
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.
www.bbc.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
a new mRNA therapy apparently can cut the rate of Huntington's disease progression by ~75%. yet more miracle shit www.bbc.com/news/article...
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More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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This is a great piece by @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social with helpful tips for addressing COVID misinformation.
As a science communicator, my experience is that the best way to win people over is with empathetic real world conversations and it's work we all need to do if we want to turn things around.
As a science communicator, my experience is that the best way to win people over is with empathetic real world conversations and it's work we all need to do if we want to turn things around.
I inserted myself into a conversation at a bar about Covid and vaccines. Here’s what happened
What happened when a public health scientist overheard four men sharing misinformation about Covid — and decided to talk to them about it.
www.statnews.com
September 6, 2025 at 8:34 PM
This is a great piece by @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social with helpful tips for addressing COVID misinformation.
As a science communicator, my experience is that the best way to win people over is with empathetic real world conversations and it's work we all need to do if we want to turn things around.
As a science communicator, my experience is that the best way to win people over is with empathetic real world conversations and it's work we all need to do if we want to turn things around.
The AMA has issued multiple (upward of a dozen) statements opposing RFK's actions, expressing grave concerns about his impact, calling for reversals of decisions such as his dismissal of all the members of ACIP (vaccine panel). To my knowledge, AMA has not yet outright demanded his removal.
August 31, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The AMA has issued multiple (upward of a dozen) statements opposing RFK's actions, expressing grave concerns about his impact, calling for reversals of decisions such as his dismissal of all the members of ACIP (vaccine panel). To my knowledge, AMA has not yet outright demanded his removal.
Gramsci on my block:
August 29, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Gramsci on my block:
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The below piece is in MedPage Today, re: AI models and responses to suicidal risk. (The NYT article on Adam Raine quotes a coauthor of the study but does not expand.) That these bots are being used, unregulated, as a therapeutic stand-in is terrifying. Study: psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/...
AI Chatbots Need to Fix Suicide-Related Responses, Study Says
Report published as family sues over ChatGPT's role in boy's death
www.medpagetoday.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The below piece is in MedPage Today, re: AI models and responses to suicidal risk. (The NYT article on Adam Raine quotes a coauthor of the study but does not expand.) That these bots are being used, unregulated, as a therapeutic stand-in is terrifying. Study: psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/...
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We need a mass mobilization to stop Trump's military occupation of DC--or else he's going to militarily occupy other cities.
Trump: I think Chicago will be next, and then we will help with New York.
August 22, 2025 at 6:14 PM
We need a mass mobilization to stop Trump's military occupation of DC--or else he's going to militarily occupy other cities.
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James Dobson dedicated his life to evil and the world is worse because he made it so on purpose. defector.com/james-dobson...
James Dobson Is Dead, Was A Monster | Defector
James Dobson was a nasty dude. He liked to beat children and dogs with a belt and to rain misery and punishment on the vulnerable; we know all of this about him because he said as much in public, repe...
defector.com
August 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
James Dobson dedicated his life to evil and the world is worse because he made it so on purpose. defector.com/james-dobson...
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New developments in the AI-ificaiton of the US government.
In my view these are further steps toward building an evil computer that auto-funnels your tax dollars directly to the broligarchy.
You be the judge. Here's the evidence 🧵
In my view these are further steps toward building an evil computer that auto-funnels your tax dollars directly to the broligarchy.
You be the judge. Here's the evidence 🧵
August 20, 2025 at 9:28 PM
New developments in the AI-ificaiton of the US government.
In my view these are further steps toward building an evil computer that auto-funnels your tax dollars directly to the broligarchy.
You be the judge. Here's the evidence 🧵
In my view these are further steps toward building an evil computer that auto-funnels your tax dollars directly to the broligarchy.
You be the judge. Here's the evidence 🧵
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ICYMI: writer @alexismwright.bsky.social wrote about the white woman scammer industrial complex--and what it reveals about who is believed in our society.
theflytrap.beehiiv.com/p/racialized...
theflytrap.beehiiv.com/p/racialized...
Racialized Credibility
Why are white women’s scams fascinating, but Black women’s successes suspicious?
theflytrap.beehiiv.com
August 20, 2025 at 12:59 PM
ICYMI: writer @alexismwright.bsky.social wrote about the white woman scammer industrial complex--and what it reveals about who is believed in our society.
theflytrap.beehiiv.com/p/racialized...
theflytrap.beehiiv.com/p/racialized...
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www.forbes.com/sites/judyst...
Another look at Defend Public Health's common-sense report, Improving the Health of Americans Together (IHAT), released today. #IHATnotMAHA
Another look at Defend Public Health's common-sense report, Improving the Health of Americans Together (IHAT), released today. #IHATnotMAHA
Defend Public Health Releases Alternative To RFK Jr.’s “MAHA” Agenda
RFK Jr.'s "MAHA Strategy" report is delayed. Defend Public Health launches a preemptive strike against MAHA, with its own suggested strategies for improving our health.
www.forbes.com
August 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
www.forbes.com/sites/judyst...
Another look at Defend Public Health's common-sense report, Improving the Health of Americans Together (IHAT), released today. #IHATnotMAHA
Another look at Defend Public Health's common-sense report, Improving the Health of Americans Together (IHAT), released today. #IHATnotMAHA
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Don’t let this die. Keep elevating this.
Pete Hegseth shares a clip saying women shouldn’t have the right to vote, the 19th Amendment should be “repealed,” and women should “submit” to their husbands: “All of Christ for All of Life”
August 9, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Don’t let this die. Keep elevating this.
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"One of the reasons the epidemic of violence against women is so unacknowledged is because cases like these are talked about individually, and often treated as though they are shocking aberrations rather than part of a pervasive pattern that operates at all levels of society."
Epstein Is Only the Tip of the Iceberg: The Trump Protection Machine and the Epidemic of Violence Against Women
On July 2, the jury delivered a guilty verdict on some of the charges against music mogul Sean Combs for his decades of horrific sexual abuse of women with the help of his extensive staff and deep poc...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
July 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
"One of the reasons the epidemic of violence against women is so unacknowledged is because cases like these are talked about individually, and often treated as though they are shocking aberrations rather than part of a pervasive pattern that operates at all levels of society."