Sara Fan
@sarabeefan.bsky.social
Poetry. Nonfiction. Maybe fiction? Dreaming in landscapes.
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"In response to criticisms she's heard about the hat being 'performative,' Mashaal, the shop owner, said the thousands of dollars that have gone toward supporting their community speaks for itself."
A Minneapolis knitting shop has resurrected the design of a Norwegian cap worn to protest Nazi occupation. Its owner says the money raised from hat pattern sales will support the local immigrant community. n.pr/4thWiUr
A red hat, inspired by a symbol of resistance to Nazi occupation, gains traction in Minnesota
A Minneapolis knitting shop has resurrected the design of a Norwegian cap worn to protest Nazi occupation. Its owner says the money raised from hat pattern sales will support the local immigrant community.
n.pr
January 31, 2026 at 3:47 PM
"In response to criticisms she's heard about the hat being 'performative,' Mashaal, the shop owner, said the thousands of dollars that have gone toward supporting their community speaks for itself."
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In San Francisco, at least 40 institutions and businesses have announced they will participate in the national strike on Friday in protest against ICE.
Here’s a map of where they are.
missionlocal.org/2026/01/sf-i...
Here’s a map of where they are.
missionlocal.org/2026/01/sf-i...
Map: Here’s who’s closed Friday for ‘ICE Out’ national strike
Some S.F. businesses will close for national strike; some will provide, free coffee and other aid to strikers.
missionlocal.org
January 30, 2026 at 2:58 AM
In San Francisco, at least 40 institutions and businesses have announced they will participate in the national strike on Friday in protest against ICE.
Here’s a map of where they are.
missionlocal.org/2026/01/sf-i...
Here’s a map of where they are.
missionlocal.org/2026/01/sf-i...
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Because these international grocers need your support now more than ever, especially during these times, here’s a guide to the international grocers of the Twin Cities that I wrote for @racketmn.com: racketmn.com/guide-intern...
A Guide to the International Grocers of the Twin Cities - Racket
The Twin Cities is home to over 40 international grocers, and they deserve your dollars, too.
racketmn.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Because these international grocers need your support now more than ever, especially during these times, here’s a guide to the international grocers of the Twin Cities that I wrote for @racketmn.com: racketmn.com/guide-intern...
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There is a precedent for a person getting someone else's Nobel Prize. In 1943, the Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun, gave his Nobel Prize in literature to Joseph Goebbels uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...
Knut Hamsun
Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1920, Knut Hamsun (1859–1952) was a towering figure of Norwegian letters. He was also a Nazi sympathizer and supp...
uwapress.uw.edu
January 16, 2026 at 1:41 PM
There is a precedent for a person getting someone else's Nobel Prize. In 1943, the Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun, gave his Nobel Prize in literature to Joseph Goebbels uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...
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One must constantly prepare for sudden beauty.
January 16, 2026 at 5:01 AM
One must constantly prepare for sudden beauty.
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We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
Just days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
www.wired.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:35 PM
We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
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Just spoke with the owner, Dante, & learned there is a fundraising page. If you are not in a position to give, please consider sharing this widely. Let's blow through that preliminary # -- immediate access to cash gives options the fire would seem at first to destroy.
giveahand.com/fundraiser/n...
giveahand.com/fundraiser/n...
January 3, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Just spoke with the owner, Dante, & learned there is a fundraising page. If you are not in a position to give, please consider sharing this widely. Let's blow through that preliminary # -- immediate access to cash gives options the fire would seem at first to destroy.
giveahand.com/fundraiser/n...
giveahand.com/fundraiser/n...
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Our winter open reading period for literary translations and new plays runs through Jan 12. We welcome volumes of poetry, collections of short fiction, and completed novels in translation and submissions of finished full-length plays (60-120 min. running time).
www.cmu.edu/universitypr...
www.cmu.edu/universitypr...
Submission Guidelines - Carnegie Mellon University Press - Carnegie Mellon University
Submission Guidelines
www.cmu.edu
December 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Our winter open reading period for literary translations and new plays runs through Jan 12. We welcome volumes of poetry, collections of short fiction, and completed novels in translation and submissions of finished full-length plays (60-120 min. running time).
www.cmu.edu/universitypr...
www.cmu.edu/universitypr...
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We got a match! Every donation made to ZYZZYVA will be matched dollar for dollar, up to $5,000. Now through December 31st. If you’ve been thinking about supporting our work, now is a fantastic time.
zyzzyva.org/donate
zyzzyva.org/donate
December 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
We got a match! Every donation made to ZYZZYVA will be matched dollar for dollar, up to $5,000. Now through December 31st. If you’ve been thinking about supporting our work, now is a fantastic time.
zyzzyva.org/donate
zyzzyva.org/donate
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I'm at the combination
December 4, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I'm at the combination
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As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
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Editors! @ucanr.edu is hiring an editor for peer-reviewed materials produced by @uofcalifornia.bsky.social scientists. First application review date is Dec. 5
@sciencewriters.org See careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psc/ucanr/EM... 📚https://ucanr.edu/careers
@sciencewriters.org See careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psc/ucanr/EM... 📚https://ucanr.edu/careers
Careers | UC Agriculture and Natural Resources
Working at UC Agriculture and Natural Resources Collaborating to solve problems. Connecting to serve communities.UC Agriculture and Natural Resources brings UC information and practices to all 58 Cal...
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November 23, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Editors! @ucanr.edu is hiring an editor for peer-reviewed materials produced by @uofcalifornia.bsky.social scientists. First application review date is Dec. 5
@sciencewriters.org See careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psc/ucanr/EM... 📚https://ucanr.edu/careers
@sciencewriters.org See careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psc/ucanr/EM... 📚https://ucanr.edu/careers
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Given the passing of disability activist and light-in-the-world Alice Wong, we at COYOTE invite people to share what she and her work meant to them. Whether you knew Alice personally, organized with her, or were simply a fan of her writing, we'd love to hear from you. (1/3)
(📷: Jen White-Johnson)
(📷: Jen White-Johnson)
November 18, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Given the passing of disability activist and light-in-the-world Alice Wong, we at COYOTE invite people to share what she and her work meant to them. Whether you knew Alice personally, organized with her, or were simply a fan of her writing, we'd love to hear from you. (1/3)
(📷: Jen White-Johnson)
(📷: Jen White-Johnson)
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Applications for our spring 2026 internships are still open! Want to intern with our copydesk, marketing + membership, events, and social media departments? Apply now!
Learn more at https://airtable.com/app5UeNk1TbjY8imi/pag2EATFjk8cNUcIo/form
Learn more at https://airtable.com/app5UeNk1TbjY8imi/pag2EATFjk8cNUcIo/form
November 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Applications for our spring 2026 internships are still open! Want to intern with our copydesk, marketing + membership, events, and social media departments? Apply now!
Learn more at https://airtable.com/app5UeNk1TbjY8imi/pag2EATFjk8cNUcIo/form
Learn more at https://airtable.com/app5UeNk1TbjY8imi/pag2EATFjk8cNUcIo/form
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a thread for screaming
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
a thread for screaming
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continuing to update this resource for SNAP recipients in the Bay Area — now with 31 food businesses/restaurants where folks can get free or subsidized hot meals 💖 www.coyotemedia.org/these-bay-ar...
These Bay Area Restaurants Are Offering Free Food to SNAP Recipients
Amid a government shutdown that will cut off aid for 42 million Americans, local food scene folks plan to pick up the slack.
www.coyotemedia.org
November 6, 2025 at 11:44 PM
continuing to update this resource for SNAP recipients in the Bay Area — now with 31 food businesses/restaurants where folks can get free or subsidized hot meals 💖 www.coyotemedia.org/these-bay-ar...
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Federal immigration agents are coming to the Bay Area. Here’s a guide on how to protect yourself.
missionlocal.org/2025/10/immi...
missionlocal.org/2025/10/immi...
Immigration agents are coming to the Bay Area. Here’s how to protect yourself.
Consulting with attorneys and immigration advocates, Mission Local has compiled a list of know-your-rights tips for people in San Francisco.
missionlocal.org
October 23, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Federal immigration agents are coming to the Bay Area. Here’s a guide on how to protect yourself.
missionlocal.org/2025/10/immi...
missionlocal.org/2025/10/immi...
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While this federal administration has been busy empowering ICE to become, essentially, an extrajudicial militia allowed to disappear people from our streets, the Bay has been organizing. We will not be beaten down.
What We Can Do About ICE
ICE is in the Bay Area. And yes, we can all do something about it.
www.coyotemedia.org
October 22, 2025 at 10:12 PM
While this federal administration has been busy empowering ICE to become, essentially, an extrajudicial militia allowed to disappear people from our streets, the Bay has been organizing. We will not be beaten down.
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The California Teen Poet Laureate (TPL) is a new position established under California law.
This young artist will be an advocate for poetry in the Golden State and will represent the state and the California Arts Council (CAC) at events throughout their two-year term.
See capoetlaureate.org/teen
This young artist will be an advocate for poetry in the Golden State and will represent the state and the California Arts Council (CAC) at events throughout their two-year term.
See capoetlaureate.org/teen
October 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The California Teen Poet Laureate (TPL) is a new position established under California law.
This young artist will be an advocate for poetry in the Golden State and will represent the state and the California Arts Council (CAC) at events throughout their two-year term.
See capoetlaureate.org/teen
This young artist will be an advocate for poetry in the Golden State and will represent the state and the California Arts Council (CAC) at events throughout their two-year term.
See capoetlaureate.org/teen
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🚨Come work with me at @propublica.org!
We are hiring a reporter to cover higher education — the best beat there is. 🏫
job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...
We are hiring a reporter to cover higher education — the best beat there is. 🏫
job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...
Higher Education Reporter, National
New York City, United States
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October 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM
🚨Come work with me at @propublica.org!
We are hiring a reporter to cover higher education — the best beat there is. 🏫
job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...
We are hiring a reporter to cover higher education — the best beat there is. 🏫
job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...
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Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
October 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
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ICE is buying a location tracking tool that harvests data from hundreds of millions of phones a day. Protect your location data by updating a few settings on your phone 🧵 (1/4): www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-...
ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day
Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.
www.404media.co
October 2, 2025 at 11:13 PM
ICE is buying a location tracking tool that harvests data from hundreds of millions of phones a day. Protect your location data by updating a few settings on your phone 🧵 (1/4): www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-...
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"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
August 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
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"Read for pleasure. Read for beauty. Read because you are restless, your mind alone, whirring in your own consciousness, and you seek the profound enchantment of, through reading a book, seeing the world through someone else’s eyes."
Excerpts from McSweeney’s Quarterly: A Letter from the Editor of McSweeney’s Quarterly
- - -Today we are celebrating the release of the latest issue of our award-winning quarterly journal. To celebrate, subscriptions are $10 off, and...
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August 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
"Read for pleasure. Read for beauty. Read because you are restless, your mind alone, whirring in your own consciousness, and you seek the profound enchantment of, through reading a book, seeing the world through someone else’s eyes."
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city dwellers: for a story, what’s your favorite part of living in a city?
August 15, 2025 at 1:47 PM
city dwellers: for a story, what’s your favorite part of living in a city?