@susansears.bsky.social
Writer, poet. Semi-hiding behind redheaded cat. Fmr. academic, recovering reporter/editor. 'Burgh raised, lived in France, Italy, Jerusalem. AU alumna.
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A Tufted Titmouse watching the goings-on below from the top of the snow pile.
January 30, 2026 at 11:08 PM
A Tufted Titmouse watching the goings-on below from the top of the snow pile.
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I sometimes forget that not everyone has read my work. I am not saying don't call them concentration camps. I'm saying that I understand why the term makes some people uncomfortable, but that we need to realize where we're at. Anyway, attaching a recent piece to this thread, to help limit confusion.
Into the abyss
The correct response to Dachau was not better training for the guards.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:57 PM
I sometimes forget that not everyone has read my work. I am not saying don't call them concentration camps. I'm saying that I understand why the term makes some people uncomfortable, but that we need to realize where we're at. Anyway, attaching a recent piece to this thread, to help limit confusion.
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I understand it's hard for some to use the term concentration camp, even for those horrified by what's happening. And there are settings (e.g., court) where it may not be helpful today. The key thing to realize is that there's an arc of how detention regimes tend to go, and we're recognizably on it.
January 30, 2026 at 8:13 PM
I understand it's hard for some to use the term concentration camp, even for those horrified by what's happening. And there are settings (e.g., court) where it may not be helpful today. The key thing to realize is that there's an arc of how detention regimes tend to go, and we're recognizably on it.
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every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds
January 30, 2026 at 11:58 PM
every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds
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Huh. This entire administration is an Epstein Island afterparty.
January 31, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Huh. This entire administration is an Epstein Island afterparty.
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Very important vote. It makes repealing ICE surge funding the mainstream position in the party, with bipartisan support.
👀 Every Senate Democrat + Collins and Murkowski just voted for the Bernie Sanders amendment to repeal the $75 billion in additional ICE funding under Trump’s “big beautiful bill.” The measure failed 49-51.
January 30, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Very important vote. It makes repealing ICE surge funding the mainstream position in the party, with bipartisan support.
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My first remarks since being arrested last night.
January 30, 2026 at 11:30 PM
My first remarks since being arrested last night.
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"It may take time to prove you're right, but you have to stick to it."
- Fred Korematsu
Jailed for refusing to abide by FDR's Exec Order 9066, he took his case against internment all the way to the Supreme Court - and lost. Remember him on Korematsu Day, January 30th. 1/
- Fred Korematsu
Jailed for refusing to abide by FDR's Exec Order 9066, he took his case against internment all the way to the Supreme Court - and lost. Remember him on Korematsu Day, January 30th. 1/
January 30, 2026 at 10:32 PM
"It may take time to prove you're right, but you have to stick to it."
- Fred Korematsu
Jailed for refusing to abide by FDR's Exec Order 9066, he took his case against internment all the way to the Supreme Court - and lost. Remember him on Korematsu Day, January 30th. 1/
- Fred Korematsu
Jailed for refusing to abide by FDR's Exec Order 9066, he took his case against internment all the way to the Supreme Court - and lost. Remember him on Korematsu Day, January 30th. 1/
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"We have lost one of the comic giants of our age."
variety.com/2026/tv/news...
variety.com/2026/tv/news...
Catherine O’Hara Remembered by Michael Keaton, Christopher Guest and More in Emotional Tributes: ‘We Have Lost One of the Comic Giants of Our Age’
Tributes are pouring in for Catherine O'Hara, the multi-award-winning actor who died Jan. 30 in Los Angeles following a brief illness. She was 71.
variety.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:43 PM
"We have lost one of the comic giants of our age."
variety.com/2026/tv/news...
variety.com/2026/tv/news...
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Exeunt, leading Katherine.
January 30, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Exeunt, leading Katherine.
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Bondi is continuing to livetweet these arrests.
Lemon and three others were arrested.
They include Jamael Lundy, a candidate for state Senate, a fact that was known to DOJ (it was referenced in the underlying FBI affidavit unsealed after the first arrests).
Lemon and three others were arrested.
They include Jamael Lundy, a candidate for state Senate, a fact that was known to DOJ (it was referenced in the underlying FBI affidavit unsealed after the first arrests).
January 30, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Bondi is continuing to livetweet these arrests.
Lemon and three others were arrested.
They include Jamael Lundy, a candidate for state Senate, a fact that was known to DOJ (it was referenced in the underlying FBI affidavit unsealed after the first arrests).
Lemon and three others were arrested.
They include Jamael Lundy, a candidate for state Senate, a fact that was known to DOJ (it was referenced in the underlying FBI affidavit unsealed after the first arrests).
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Just because Don Lemon isn't with CNN, MSNBC, FOX News, CBS or any other major news organization doesn't mean he isn't a legit journalist. If anything, I see his field work as a lot more legit journalism than sitting behind a desk at CNN. And this should send shivers down every journalist's neck!
January 30, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Just because Don Lemon isn't with CNN, MSNBC, FOX News, CBS or any other major news organization doesn't mean he isn't a legit journalist. If anything, I see his field work as a lot more legit journalism than sitting behind a desk at CNN. And this should send shivers down every journalist's neck!
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For those looking for a CNN statement on Lemon
January 30, 2026 at 4:50 PM
For those looking for a CNN statement on Lemon
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Just a reminder, the greatest living American historian filmmaker, Ken Burns, released a 720 min exploration of every facet of the American revolution using zero generative AI and paying for all of its assets instead of cobbling it from stolen data, then he gave it away for free on PBS this year.
First trailer for Darren Aranofsky's new AI animated series 'On This Day... 1776'
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
January 29, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Just a reminder, the greatest living American historian filmmaker, Ken Burns, released a 720 min exploration of every facet of the American revolution using zero generative AI and paying for all of its assets instead of cobbling it from stolen data, then he gave it away for free on PBS this year.
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What you can do right now to end ICE
indivisible.org
indivisible.org
Indivisible
Indivisible is a nationwide movement of millions of people working to stop the rise of authoritarianism in the United States and to demand a real democracy. We believe that politics is too important t...
indivisible.org
January 29, 2026 at 9:37 PM
What you can do right now to end ICE
indivisible.org
indivisible.org
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Tomorrow in Santa Monica, protesters are organizing an anti-ICE demonstration at Amazon's tech hub.
Amazon provides cloud services to ICE—last September, it inked a $25 million contract with the agency. The organizers have a simple message: ICE out.
Amazon provides cloud services to ICE—last September, it inked a $25 million contract with the agency. The organizers have a simple message: ICE out.
January 29, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Tomorrow in Santa Monica, protesters are organizing an anti-ICE demonstration at Amazon's tech hub.
Amazon provides cloud services to ICE—last September, it inked a $25 million contract with the agency. The organizers have a simple message: ICE out.
Amazon provides cloud services to ICE—last September, it inked a $25 million contract with the agency. The organizers have a simple message: ICE out.
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" If they can break the law to kill Geraldo Lunas Campos, they can break the law to kill you."
Victims shouldn't have to be Pretti or Good for us to demand justice for their killings.
The new Next Comes What by Andrea Pitzer looks at why survival should not require sainthood.
Victims shouldn't have to be Pretti or Good for us to demand justice for their killings.
The new Next Comes What by Andrea Pitzer looks at why survival should not require sainthood.
Survival shouldn't require sainthood
Podcast Episode · Next Comes What · 01/29/2026 · 30m
podcasts.apple.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:22 PM
" If they can break the law to kill Geraldo Lunas Campos, they can break the law to kill you."
Victims shouldn't have to be Pretti or Good for us to demand justice for their killings.
The new Next Comes What by Andrea Pitzer looks at why survival should not require sainthood.
Victims shouldn't have to be Pretti or Good for us to demand justice for their killings.
The new Next Comes What by Andrea Pitzer looks at why survival should not require sainthood.
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me every day:
Practicing being cool and calm. Look how much I’m not screaming
January 29, 2026 at 4:12 AM
me every day:
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"Its acronym, F.A.F.O., references a slang term for negative consequences." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
January 28, 2026 at 1:07 AM
"Its acronym, F.A.F.O., references a slang term for negative consequences." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
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Sincerely love that the chuds think this is all based on folks in Minnesota reading the works of Uncle Ho, rather than being built on the same social structures that organize the annual spaghetti fundraiser
MAGA military geniuses are talking about Minnesota protestors like they are the Iraqi insurgency, the Taliban, and the Viet Cong all rolled into one.
January 27, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Sincerely love that the chuds think this is all based on folks in Minnesota reading the works of Uncle Ho, rather than being built on the same social structures that organize the annual spaghetti fundraiser
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There are more of us than there are of them. Our sincere love for each other and our simple wish to live is stronger than their hate.
Here is a link hopefully it works www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Here is a link hopefully it works www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Welcome to the American Winter
In the frozen streets of Minneapolis, something profound is happening.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:11 AM
There are more of us than there are of them. Our sincere love for each other and our simple wish to live is stronger than their hate.
Here is a link hopefully it works www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Here is a link hopefully it works www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Reflecting on THE atlantic article. It’s a searing, enraging, heartbreaking piece but more than that - it should be comforting to good people, and scary for bad guys.
I believe that we can protect our neighbors when the violence comes, and I know there are more of us than there are of them
I believe that we can protect our neighbors when the violence comes, and I know there are more of us than there are of them
January 27, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Reflecting on THE atlantic article. It’s a searing, enraging, heartbreaking piece but more than that - it should be comforting to good people, and scary for bad guys.
I believe that we can protect our neighbors when the violence comes, and I know there are more of us than there are of them
I believe that we can protect our neighbors when the violence comes, and I know there are more of us than there are of them
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A Red-tailed Hawk launches from her perch to head out across the marsh.
January 27, 2026 at 12:18 AM
A Red-tailed Hawk launches from her perch to head out across the marsh.
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if bovino is out and conservatives are turning on noem then there is a real opportunity to demand that miller resign too.
January 27, 2026 at 1:07 AM
if bovino is out and conservatives are turning on noem then there is a real opportunity to demand that miller resign too.
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