Denzel Xavier Scott
@denzelscott.bsky.social
Writer, Poet, Author. Monster (golden-hearted, love-hungry, moon-blessed).
https://www.amazon.com/Delphinium-Gospel-Denzel-Xavier-Scott/dp/1942004680
https://www.amazon.com/Delphinium-Gospel-Denzel-Xavier-Scott/dp/1942004680
Finally submitted this google form with all my notes to @neonhemlock.bsky.social for this 2024 Were Here anthology.
Now onto submitting to @apexmag.bsky.social I believe and caregiving, maybe calisthenics (probably not), then blissful sleep.
Now onto submitting to @apexmag.bsky.social I believe and caregiving, maybe calisthenics (probably not), then blissful sleep.
October 26, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Finally submitted this google form with all my notes to @neonhemlock.bsky.social for this 2024 Were Here anthology.
Now onto submitting to @apexmag.bsky.social I believe and caregiving, maybe calisthenics (probably not), then blissful sleep.
Now onto submitting to @apexmag.bsky.social I believe and caregiving, maybe calisthenics (probably not), then blissful sleep.
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Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
October 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
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Doubleback Review publishes previously published work from defunct journals—and they’re reading now for their October issue! doublebackreview.com
August 1, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Doubleback Review publishes previously published work from defunct journals—and they’re reading now for their October issue! doublebackreview.com
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I remember when newspapers used to run massive, multi-page spreads of American service members lost to wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, accompanied by their military headshots.
They're going to have to resurrect it for those hunted and thrown away by their own government. This story is a mini-genre.
They're going to have to resurrect it for those hunted and thrown away by their own government. This story is a mini-genre.
US citizen, Army veteran detained at California immigration raid | CNN
George Retes, a 25-year-old Army veteran and father of two, had been planning his three-year-old daughter’s Minnie Mouse birthday party at the park for weeks.
amp.cnn.com
July 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I remember when newspapers used to run massive, multi-page spreads of American service members lost to wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, accompanied by their military headshots.
They're going to have to resurrect it for those hunted and thrown away by their own government. This story is a mini-genre.
They're going to have to resurrect it for those hunted and thrown away by their own government. This story is a mini-genre.
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This is a fascinating read. Worth noting that @ufw.bsky.social fights for shade, water, and rest breaks for farm workers regardless of where they came from -- everyone deserves a human work environment.
www.npr.org/sections/the...
www.npr.org/sections/the...
When The U.S. Government Tried To Replace Migrant Farmworkers With High Schoolers
In 1964, a program that brought migrant Mexican laborers to the U.S. ended. So the U.S. recruited American students to pick crops instead. When they saw their living conditions, strikes ensued.
www.npr.org
July 13, 2025 at 2:46 AM
This is a fascinating read. Worth noting that @ufw.bsky.social fights for shade, water, and rest breaks for farm workers regardless of where they came from -- everyone deserves a human work environment.
www.npr.org/sections/the...
www.npr.org/sections/the...
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“Books won’t stay banned. They won’t burn. Ideas won’t go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost.”
— A. Whitney Griswold
— A. Whitney Griswold
July 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
“Books won’t stay banned. They won’t burn. Ideas won’t go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost.”
— A. Whitney Griswold
— A. Whitney Griswold
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internalizing american notions of race and ethnic division as timeless truths about the world is a shortcut to smoothing out your brain
July 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
internalizing american notions of race and ethnic division as timeless truths about the world is a shortcut to smoothing out your brain
I'm in my first anthology y'all.
Zariel, baby, the places we will go!!!!
Zariel, baby, the places we will go!!!!
We're delighted to share the cover (by @mspencerdraws.bsky.social) and announce the table of contents for WE'RE HERE: THE BEST QUEER SPECULATIVE FICTION 2024, selected by editor @rykaaoki.bsky.social and working with series editor @cypayseur.bsky.social!
www.neonhemlock.com/news/were-he...
www.neonhemlock.com/news/were-he...
July 2, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I'm in my first anthology y'all.
Zariel, baby, the places we will go!!!!
Zariel, baby, the places we will go!!!!
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It's almost July, friends, which means: PodCastle will soon be OPEN TO SUBMISSIONS!
General subs call, so: fantasy stories <6k, originals or reprints. You can send one of each at a time, and submit as soon as you're rejected, so get sending!
escapeartists.moksha.io/publication/...
General subs call, so: fantasy stories <6k, originals or reprints. You can send one of each at a time, and submit as soon as you're rejected, so get sending!
escapeartists.moksha.io/publication/...
June 21, 2025 at 11:55 AM
It's almost July, friends, which means: PodCastle will soon be OPEN TO SUBMISSIONS!
General subs call, so: fantasy stories <6k, originals or reprints. You can send one of each at a time, and submit as soon as you're rejected, so get sending!
escapeartists.moksha.io/publication/...
General subs call, so: fantasy stories <6k, originals or reprints. You can send one of each at a time, and submit as soon as you're rejected, so get sending!
escapeartists.moksha.io/publication/...
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In 2022 (the most recent year for which we have comprehensive data), 52 people—an average of one per week—perished in Customs and Border Protection custody. How many immigrants will die under the second Trump Administration?
How Many Immigrants Will Die in U.S. Custody?
More detentions will lead to more deaths, but the Trump Administration has options to conceal the losses.
nyer.cm
March 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
In 2022 (the most recent year for which we have comprehensive data), 52 people—an average of one per week—perished in Customs and Border Protection custody. How many immigrants will die under the second Trump Administration?
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The more I live the more I’m astounded by how difficult it is to keep living and to remain a person. This is WORK.
March 4, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The more I live the more I’m astounded by how difficult it is to keep living and to remain a person. This is WORK.
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The Social Security system, more than any other single institution, keeps the United States from becoming a truly Dickensian world of poverty and despair.
James Chappel on why it is time to fight fire with fire:
James Chappel on why it is time to fight fire with fire:
The Frozen Politics of Social Security - Boston Review
The tone of exhausted pragmatism—even among friends of the program—is counterproductive. It is beyond time to fight fire with fire.
www.bostonreview.net
March 2, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The Social Security system, more than any other single institution, keeps the United States from becoming a truly Dickensian world of poverty and despair.
James Chappel on why it is time to fight fire with fire:
James Chappel on why it is time to fight fire with fire:
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Those formative, animated movies of my youth also just happened to be about scrappy alliances of everyday folks standing up to authoritarnianism, so, make of that what you will.
February 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Those formative, animated movies of my youth also just happened to be about scrappy alliances of everyday folks standing up to authoritarnianism, so, make of that what you will.
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Hey, artists, in case you were wondering if your work matters: I'm a scientist working on climate change and biodiversity, and I would not be who I am today without The Lorax, The Secret of NIMH, Watership Down, The Last Unicorn, and The X-Files. I know I'm not alone. Thank you for all you do.
February 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Hey, artists, in case you were wondering if your work matters: I'm a scientist working on climate change and biodiversity, and I would not be who I am today without The Lorax, The Secret of NIMH, Watership Down, The Last Unicorn, and The X-Files. I know I'm not alone. Thank you for all you do.
I'm in the midst of a breakthrough with my poetry and prose and I'm feeling hopeful. Wild child.
February 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I'm in the midst of a breakthrough with my poetry and prose and I'm feeling hopeful. Wild child.
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DOGE recommended firing workers at:
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
February 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
DOGE recommended firing workers at:
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
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At 4pm EST today, @roxanegay.bsky.social and I will read some new work and discuss creative nonfiction! I’m so excited about this event series. I’m collaborating with friends and mentors like Roxane all semester. Join us via zoom: harvard.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
February 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
At 4pm EST today, @roxanegay.bsky.social and I will read some new work and discuss creative nonfiction! I’m so excited about this event series. I’m collaborating with friends and mentors like Roxane all semester. Join us via zoom: harvard.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Dozens of studies in recent years have linked ultra-processed fare to health problems such as high blood pressure and heart attacks, and also to some problems that one might not expect: cancer, anxiety, dementia, and early death.
Why Is the American Diet So Deadly?
A scientist tried to discredit the theory that ultra-processed foods are killing us. Instead, he overturned his own understanding of obesity.
nyer.cm
February 8, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Dozens of studies in recent years have linked ultra-processed fare to health problems such as high blood pressure and heart attacks, and also to some problems that one might not expect: cancer, anxiety, dementia, and early death.
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I remember when right-wing media said that I wasn’t qualified to be a member of Congress because of my credit card debt. My debt was nowhere near $1.2 million.
Do they think the same of RFK Jr? Or does that standard only apply to young people? We know the answer.
Do they think the same of RFK Jr? Or does that standard only apply to young people? We know the answer.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who is in the running to serve as health and human services secretary, revealed he was carrying up to $1.2 million in credit card debt in recent financial disclosures, per CNBC.
February 8, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I remember when right-wing media said that I wasn’t qualified to be a member of Congress because of my credit card debt. My debt was nowhere near $1.2 million.
Do they think the same of RFK Jr? Or does that standard only apply to young people? We know the answer.
Do they think the same of RFK Jr? Or does that standard only apply to young people? We know the answer.
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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who is in the running to serve as health and human services secretary, revealed he was carrying up to $1.2 million in credit card debt in recent financial disclosures, per CNBC.
February 7, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who is in the running to serve as health and human services secretary, revealed he was carrying up to $1.2 million in credit card debt in recent financial disclosures, per CNBC.
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Exclusive: President Trump's nominee as Air Force Secretary, currently a top official at the national spy satellite agency, arranged a multibillion-dollar contract solicitation in a way that favored Elon Musk's SpaceX, according to seven people familiar with the contract reut.rs/4b7MUKt
Exclusive: Trump Air Force nominee arranged satellite contract in manner that favored Musk's SpaceX, sources say
President Donald Trump's nominee as Air Force Secretary, currently a top official at the national spy satellite agency, arranged a multibillion-dollar contract solicitation in a way that favored Elon Musk's SpaceX, according to seven people familiar with the contract.
reut.rs
February 7, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Exclusive: President Trump's nominee as Air Force Secretary, currently a top official at the national spy satellite agency, arranged a multibillion-dollar contract solicitation in a way that favored Elon Musk's SpaceX, according to seven people familiar with the contract reut.rs/4b7MUKt
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Worst week for science EVER.
Sunday: ASM scrubs DEI mentions from website.
Tue: NASA scrubs DEI from website; ICE arrests a student on campus; NSF plans to cut staff; USAID halted.
Wed: HHMI kills diversity program; NIH trashes applications for diversity F grants.
Fri: NIH cuts indirects.
Sunday: ASM scrubs DEI mentions from website.
Tue: NASA scrubs DEI from website; ICE arrests a student on campus; NSF plans to cut staff; USAID halted.
Wed: HHMI kills diversity program; NIH trashes applications for diversity F grants.
Fri: NIH cuts indirects.
February 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Worst week for science EVER.
Sunday: ASM scrubs DEI mentions from website.
Tue: NASA scrubs DEI from website; ICE arrests a student on campus; NSF plans to cut staff; USAID halted.
Wed: HHMI kills diversity program; NIH trashes applications for diversity F grants.
Fri: NIH cuts indirects.
Sunday: ASM scrubs DEI mentions from website.
Tue: NASA scrubs DEI from website; ICE arrests a student on campus; NSF plans to cut staff; USAID halted.
Wed: HHMI kills diversity program; NIH trashes applications for diversity F grants.
Fri: NIH cuts indirects.