Kari Nguyen
@knguyenwrites.bsky.social
Best Microfiction 2020, Best of Boston Literary Magazine, America's Emerging Literary Fiction Writers. MFA at SNHU. Former Nonfiction Editor at Stymie Mag. She/her/hers. karinguyen.wordpress.com.
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Kari Nguyen
@knguyenwrites.bsky.social
· May 18
The mushrooms by the shed stand united in their messaging 🤎
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I hate hate hate that people keep falling for this dumb rhetoric
December 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I hate hate hate that people keep falling for this dumb rhetoric
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I hate hate hate this dumb rhetoric
December 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I hate hate hate this dumb rhetoric
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In spirit, content and intent, this was really no different to a Klan rally.
The exception being the wholesale absence of outrage in mainstream media.
This period of history will be an indictment on those standing silent, as much as the monster himself.
The exception being the wholesale absence of outrage in mainstream media.
This period of history will be an indictment on those standing silent, as much as the monster himself.
Trump: "Ilhan Omar, whatever the hell her name is. With her little turban. I love her. She comes in, does nothing but bitch ... we ought to get her the hell out ... she's here illegally."
The crowd in Pennsylvania then starts chanting "send her back!"
The crowd in Pennsylvania then starts chanting "send her back!"
December 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
In spirit, content and intent, this was really no different to a Klan rally.
The exception being the wholesale absence of outrage in mainstream media.
This period of history will be an indictment on those standing silent, as much as the monster himself.
The exception being the wholesale absence of outrage in mainstream media.
This period of history will be an indictment on those standing silent, as much as the monster himself.
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One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
December 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
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They've only had 10 years to come up with a plan. Still working on it!
FOX: What do you say to Americans who say to Republicans, where's your healthcare plan? If they're not getting their subsidy, what's option B?
McCORMICK: In the short term, we're still wrestling with how to deal with this
McCORMICK: In the short term, we're still wrestling with how to deal with this
December 9, 2025 at 8:27 PM
They've only had 10 years to come up with a plan. Still working on it!
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Nicole Wallace breaks down every insult and abusive remark Trump has made to female journalists in the last few weeks.
“We’re either going to normalize this and usher in an era of unprecedented misogyny, or that press corps is going to act as one and say no more”
No More.
“We’re either going to normalize this and usher in an era of unprecedented misogyny, or that press corps is going to act as one and say no more”
No More.
December 9, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Nicole Wallace breaks down every insult and abusive remark Trump has made to female journalists in the last few weeks.
“We’re either going to normalize this and usher in an era of unprecedented misogyny, or that press corps is going to act as one and say no more”
No More.
“We’re either going to normalize this and usher in an era of unprecedented misogyny, or that press corps is going to act as one and say no more”
No More.
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Kids braving the winter cold and marching on the picket line during the Flint Sit-down Strike in 1937. Walking through a winter flurry this morning reminded me of this gem from the @uaw.org archives here at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.
December 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Kids braving the winter cold and marching on the picket line during the Flint Sit-down Strike in 1937. Walking through a winter flurry this morning reminded me of this gem from the @uaw.org archives here at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.
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Thank you Maris for including The Edge of Space-Time on your list of 2026 books you look forward to reading! Also excited to see Camonghne Felix's LET THE POETS GOVERN, which I've read and is totally brilliant.
In my newsletter I wrote a little bit about what makes a debut novel feel "assured." Plus some all-time favorite debuts and a small list of nonfiction I'm looking forward to reading in 2026. www.themarisreview.com/the-maris-re...
The Maris Review, vol 83
It's anticipation time...
What I read this week
What We Can Know by Ian McEwan
When I say What We Can Know is Ian McEwan's best novel since Atonement, I should admit that I haven't been meticulo...
www.themarisreview.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Thank you Maris for including The Edge of Space-Time on your list of 2026 books you look forward to reading! Also excited to see Camonghne Felix's LET THE POETS GOVERN, which I've read and is totally brilliant.
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This photograph is unsettling to say the least.
Caption:
Unaccompanied migrant children watch television from inside a playpen at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility, the main detention center for unaccompanied children, March 30, 2021, in Donna, TX. (AP/Dario Lopez-Mills, Pool, File))
Caption:
Unaccompanied migrant children watch television from inside a playpen at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility, the main detention center for unaccompanied children, March 30, 2021, in Donna, TX. (AP/Dario Lopez-Mills, Pool, File))
NEW:
A Dec. 1 report from ICE indicated that about 400 immigrant children were held in custody for more than the 20-day limit during the reporting period from August to September. Legal advocates say the government is failing to safeguard children.
apnews.com/article/immi...
A Dec. 1 report from ICE indicated that about 400 immigrant children were held in custody for more than the 20-day limit during the reporting period from August to September. Legal advocates say the government is failing to safeguard children.
apnews.com/article/immi...
About 400 immigrant children were detained longer than the recommended limit, ICE admits
Legal advocates concerned over the prolonged detention of immigrant children in federal custody are sounding the alarm before the federal court. U.S.
apnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
This photograph is unsettling to say the least.
Caption:
Unaccompanied migrant children watch television from inside a playpen at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility, the main detention center for unaccompanied children, March 30, 2021, in Donna, TX. (AP/Dario Lopez-Mills, Pool, File))
Caption:
Unaccompanied migrant children watch television from inside a playpen at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility, the main detention center for unaccompanied children, March 30, 2021, in Donna, TX. (AP/Dario Lopez-Mills, Pool, File))
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This !
Yes. The Constitution anticipates corrupt leadership, but it doesn't anticipate a Congress that won't stand up for itself.
December 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
This !
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It really is the purest encapsulation of this movement in terms of both its leaders and adherents: an old angry guy who can’t do pull ups making everyone watch him try to do pull ups
December 9, 2025 at 2:46 PM
It really is the purest encapsulation of this movement in terms of both its leaders and adherents: an old angry guy who can’t do pull ups making everyone watch him try to do pull ups
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“Dozens of protesters spent hours outside the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in downtown Salt Lake City after recent reports of ICE agents arresting people at their immigration check-ins.” www.fox13now.com/news/local-n...
December 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
“Dozens of protesters spent hours outside the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in downtown Salt Lake City after recent reports of ICE agents arresting people at their immigration check-ins.” www.fox13now.com/news/local-n...
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truly terrifying
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
truly terrifying
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I’ve been notified of two more deaths in ICE custody in the last 24 hours — meaning that 25 people have now died in detention since Trump returned to office.
That’s the most in more than two decades. The cruelty and inhumanity of this administration must end.
That’s the most in more than two decades. The cruelty and inhumanity of this administration must end.
December 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I’ve been notified of two more deaths in ICE custody in the last 24 hours — meaning that 25 people have now died in detention since Trump returned to office.
That’s the most in more than two decades. The cruelty and inhumanity of this administration must end.
That’s the most in more than two decades. The cruelty and inhumanity of this administration must end.
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For the record, I will be swearing in on Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower after I’m elected.
Swear your oath ON the dome.
December 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
For the record, I will be swearing in on Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower after I’m elected.
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Nominating "daily battle rhythm" for the Most Dystopian Phrase of Trump II
UPDATE from Pentagon's "bespoke AI platform" rollout.
“We are pushing all of our chips in on artificial intelligence as a fighting force. The Department is tapping into America's commercial genius, and we’re embedding generative AI into our daily battle rhythm" -- Hegseth
“We are pushing all of our chips in on artificial intelligence as a fighting force. The Department is tapping into America's commercial genius, and we’re embedding generative AI into our daily battle rhythm" -- Hegseth
NVIDIA, whose stock is now a "load-bearing entity in the US stock market," "is dependent not on its customers, but on its customers’ credit ratings and financial backers." And it gets worse from there!
A fantastic, very long, highly-meandering-but-the-meandering-is-necessary @edzitron.com piece:
A fantastic, very long, highly-meandering-but-the-meandering-is-necessary @edzitron.com piece:
December 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Nominating "daily battle rhythm" for the Most Dystopian Phrase of Trump II
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You will be visited by three spirits
December 9, 2025 at 4:31 AM
You will be visited by three spirits
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"If you put a kid on the cover, you’re telling buyers it’s a kid game. If you put adults on the cover, you’re telling kids it’s a gateway to adulthood. This is basic aspirational psychology. They’ll feel like tiny professors. Or tiny villains. Both sell."
The Mastermind Box Cover: What the Hell Were They Thinking?
- - -INVICTA GAMES, LTD. Packaging Team — Official Minutes Project: Mastermind / New Cover Presentation MARTIN SMITH (Marketing Senior Vice Presi...
buff.ly
December 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
"If you put a kid on the cover, you’re telling buyers it’s a kid game. If you put adults on the cover, you’re telling kids it’s a gateway to adulthood. This is basic aspirational psychology. They’ll feel like tiny professors. Or tiny villains. Both sell."
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I really loved this interview of @kristenarnett.bsky.social & @kaylakumari.bsky.social for my newsletter about designing your own at-home writing residency. <3
1000wordsofsummer.substack.com/p/how-to-cre...
1000wordsofsummer.substack.com/p/how-to-cre...
How to Create an At-Home Residency
An interview with Kristen Arnett & Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya
1000wordsofsummer.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I really loved this interview of @kristenarnett.bsky.social & @kaylakumari.bsky.social for my newsletter about designing your own at-home writing residency. <3
1000wordsofsummer.substack.com/p/how-to-cre...
1000wordsofsummer.substack.com/p/how-to-cre...
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"The secret of Nazism in practice, as Mein Kampf states time and again, is to do the most outrageously secret things quite openly. The Nazi success with this practice has been so great that there is nothing they will not dare."
- Bella Fromm, Berlin, 3/20/1938
- Bella Fromm, Berlin, 3/20/1938
December 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"The secret of Nazism in practice, as Mein Kampf states time and again, is to do the most outrageously secret things quite openly. The Nazi success with this practice has been so great that there is nothing they will not dare."
- Bella Fromm, Berlin, 3/20/1938
- Bella Fromm, Berlin, 3/20/1938
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Former oil and gas workers in Texas are now fighting to make the industry plug old empty wells, which are exhaling methane and vomiting toxic water (from fracking miles away) all over the state.
Eye-opening story by @mollytaft.com
www.motherjones.com/environment/...
Eye-opening story by @mollytaft.com
www.motherjones.com/environment/...
December 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Former oil and gas workers in Texas are now fighting to make the industry plug old empty wells, which are exhaling methane and vomiting toxic water (from fracking miles away) all over the state.
Eye-opening story by @mollytaft.com
www.motherjones.com/environment/...
Eye-opening story by @mollytaft.com
www.motherjones.com/environment/...
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In case you need a break from the chaos in the news, here's an embroidered landscape I finished last night--my latest project to avoid doomscrolling before bed.
December 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
In case you need a break from the chaos in the news, here's an embroidered landscape I finished last night--my latest project to avoid doomscrolling before bed.