Amina Memory
@aminamemorycain.bsky.social
Writer. Los Angeles. Thinking about books & art and aesthetic & transcendent experience. aminacain.com
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ICE is confirmed in Asheville. Please share this widely to anyone who may see this who lives here.
stay safe!
stay safe!
November 15, 2025 at 11:37 PM
ICE is confirmed in Asheville. Please share this widely to anyone who may see this who lives here.
stay safe!
stay safe!
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Here’s a disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people yell that he can’t breathe.
October 31, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Here’s a disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people yell that he can’t breathe.
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Video taken by Jay Shefsky at 12:20 p.m. after the crash happened, Oakton Street/Asbury Avenue in Evanston, IL
October 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Video taken by Jay Shefsky at 12:20 p.m. after the crash happened, Oakton Street/Asbury Avenue in Evanston, IL
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I wanted to offer some thoughts on the Gates climate memo that has been circulating this week. While I can't directly speak for others, I can say that my own response is one of dismay & deep frustration (and that this view is shared by many climate/Earth scientists). [1/n]
October 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I wanted to offer some thoughts on the Gates climate memo that has been circulating this week. While I can't directly speak for others, I can say that my own response is one of dismay & deep frustration (and that this view is shared by many climate/Earth scientists). [1/n]
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ICE / CBP have been slamming N & NW Chicago & N suburbs today, esp Logan Sq, Albany Pk, Budlong Woods, Evanston, & Skokie with add'l sightings in Lincoln Sq, North Pk, Rogers Pk, & Andersonville. I've seen reports that they're staging at Rosehill, Chicago's largest and first private cemetery. 🧵
October 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
ICE / CBP have been slamming N & NW Chicago & N suburbs today, esp Logan Sq, Albany Pk, Budlong Woods, Evanston, & Skokie with add'l sightings in Lincoln Sq, North Pk, Rogers Pk, & Andersonville. I've seen reports that they're staging at Rosehill, Chicago's largest and first private cemetery. 🧵
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It's been 33 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress.
Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.
Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.
October 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
It's been 33 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress.
Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.
Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.
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Not a basketball court or a bowling alley.
Republicans sound ridiculous making that comparison.
This isn’t an “upgrade” to the White House, it’s a monument to himself. Trump has no intention of ever leaving — he’s building his own palace and tearing down the entire East Wing to make it happen.
Republicans sound ridiculous making that comparison.
This isn’t an “upgrade” to the White House, it’s a monument to himself. Trump has no intention of ever leaving — he’s building his own palace and tearing down the entire East Wing to make it happen.
October 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Not a basketball court or a bowling alley.
Republicans sound ridiculous making that comparison.
This isn’t an “upgrade” to the White House, it’s a monument to himself. Trump has no intention of ever leaving — he’s building his own palace and tearing down the entire East Wing to make it happen.
Republicans sound ridiculous making that comparison.
This isn’t an “upgrade” to the White House, it’s a monument to himself. Trump has no intention of ever leaving — he’s building his own palace and tearing down the entire East Wing to make it happen.
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“Military occupation doesn’t make our city safer. Resources and investment makes our city safer.” thank you Bri and all the other protestors who took the time to speak with me last night in Chicago.
October 9, 2025 at 5:43 PM
“Military occupation doesn’t make our city safer. Resources and investment makes our city safer.” thank you Bri and all the other protestors who took the time to speak with me last night in Chicago.
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I'm really excited to be in conversation with Caren Beilin about her latest fiercely wild-ride of a book SEA, POISON at the downtown Powell's on November 2nd. I hope you'll mark your calendars and join us!
@ndbooks.bsky.social @powells.bsky.social
@ndbooks.bsky.social @powells.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I'm really excited to be in conversation with Caren Beilin about her latest fiercely wild-ride of a book SEA, POISON at the downtown Powell's on November 2nd. I hope you'll mark your calendars and join us!
@ndbooks.bsky.social @powells.bsky.social
@ndbooks.bsky.social @powells.bsky.social
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just talked to Gov. Pritzker who dared President Trump to “come and get me” after POTUS threatened him with arrest. But Pritzker said he thinks Trump will chicken out.
October 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
just talked to Gov. Pritzker who dared President Trump to “come and get me” after POTUS threatened him with arrest. But Pritzker said he thinks Trump will chicken out.
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Hey Speaker Johnson, swear in Adelita Grijalva. Or are you too scared that Trump and your other GOP buddies are in the Epstein files?
October 8, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Hey Speaker Johnson, swear in Adelita Grijalva. Or are you too scared that Trump and your other GOP buddies are in the Epstein files?
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“.. Beginning at 4:15 p.m. Monday, Hollywood Burbank Airport will have no air traffic controllers in their tower, ABC News has learned.”
#Shutdown
abc7.com/post/hollywo...
#Shutdown
abc7.com/post/hollywo...
October 6, 2025 at 10:45 PM
“.. Beginning at 4:15 p.m. Monday, Hollywood Burbank Airport will have no air traffic controllers in their tower, ABC News has learned.”
#Shutdown
abc7.com/post/hollywo...
#Shutdown
abc7.com/post/hollywo...
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IT’S OFFICIAL: We now have more protests planned for October 18 than there were back in June.
It’s not even October yet but you’ve already put 2,100 events on the No Kings map.
We hope to see you at the largest day of peaceful protest in American history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
It’s not even October yet but you’ve already put 2,100 events on the No Kings map.
We hope to see you at the largest day of peaceful protest in American history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
September 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
IT’S OFFICIAL: We now have more protests planned for October 18 than there were back in June.
It’s not even October yet but you’ve already put 2,100 events on the No Kings map.
We hope to see you at the largest day of peaceful protest in American history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
It’s not even October yet but you’ve already put 2,100 events on the No Kings map.
We hope to see you at the largest day of peaceful protest in American history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
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Right on pub day, here's a terrific little review of THE ENDLESS WEEK from the Center for Fiction newsletter! Virtuosa, indeed!
September 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Right on pub day, here's a terrific little review of THE ENDLESS WEEK from the Center for Fiction newsletter! Virtuosa, indeed!
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It's pub day! We couldn't be happier about helping to put these two beauties into the world. Please help us spread the word!
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF H. LAN THAO LAM by Lana Lin
THE ENDLESS WEEK by Laura Vazquez, trans. by Alex Niemi
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF H. LAN THAO LAM by Lana Lin
THE ENDLESS WEEK by Laura Vazquez, trans. by Alex Niemi
September 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
It's pub day! We couldn't be happier about helping to put these two beauties into the world. Please help us spread the word!
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF H. LAN THAO LAM by Lana Lin
THE ENDLESS WEEK by Laura Vazquez, trans. by Alex Niemi
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF H. LAN THAO LAM by Lana Lin
THE ENDLESS WEEK by Laura Vazquez, trans. by Alex Niemi
To have a new novel coming out by @patrickcottrell.bsky.social is thrilling. I love the cover; I am also very jealous of the title! people.com/patrick-cott...
Patrick Cottrell's 'Afternoon Hours of a Hermit' Is a 'Hilarious and Heart-Wrenching' Whodunnit — See the Cover (Exclusive)
'Afternoon Hours of a Hermit' sees a man unexpectedly thrust back into the question surrounding his late brother's death. Seeking answers, the man returns to his childhood home, where he reckons with ...
people.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:11 PM
To have a new novel coming out by @patrickcottrell.bsky.social is thrilling. I love the cover; I am also very jealous of the title! people.com/patrick-cott...
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I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
September 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
I love my trans friends and community. I will stand beside you now and always.
September 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I love my trans friends and community. I will stand beside you now and always.
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This tapped into a lot of what I’ve been feeling lately
Hello. I wrote a nice long essay about AI and this very strange moment where we're constantly told we're living in the dawn of a strange new future but the only thing that's actually clear is that everyone feels pretty unmoored and uncertain. I hope you'll read it
AI Is a Mass-Delusion Event
Three years in, one of AI’s enduring impacts is to make people feel like they’re losing it.
www.theatlantic.com
August 19, 2025 at 12:58 AM
This tapped into a lot of what I’ve been feeling lately
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literally a cartoon image of a “criminal”
August 25, 2025 at 11:34 PM
literally a cartoon image of a “criminal”
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how much more can the heart break? how can this not have ended?
August 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
how much more can the heart break? how can this not have ended?
Angelenos, this miniseries on wildfire risk is really good--informative, helpful, interesting. It was created by Zeke Lunder, who hosts the wildfire podcast The Lookout, which I listened to everyday during the fires in January, so much better than the news.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCeV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCeV...
LA Fire Hazards - Danger in Plain Sight - Episode 1
YouTube video by The Lookout
www.youtube.com
August 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Angelenos, this miniseries on wildfire risk is really good--informative, helpful, interesting. It was created by Zeke Lunder, who hosts the wildfire podcast The Lookout, which I listened to everyday during the fires in January, so much better than the news.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCeV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCeV...