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Annie Tan
@annietan.com
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educator, activist, storyteller (she/her) #writing a #memoir #WIP #writersky! VT Studio Center, Tin House, & Bread Loaf '23! #AAPI #BLM annie@annietan.com

Most of my old posts were transferred & archived here from my old Twitter account annietangent, RIP
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Annie Tan @annietan.com · 11d
I won't be done in 2026 but I'm revising my memoir on trying to connect with my parents when I'm not fluent in their Chinese languages & they don't speak English, so trying to connect instead w/ my history thru my relative Vincent Chin whose 1982 Detroit murder spawned an Asian American movement. ✏️📝
lpkindred.bsky.social Ignyte Award-Nominated Writer/Editor LP Kindred @lpkindred.bsky.social · 13d
Hey Writers!

What project are you finishing in 2026?

I'll start.

I'm good at making grandiose plans that fall apart under the weight of my own disappointment BUT me and @katemaru.bsky.social are working on a book together and we will finish it in 2026!
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boghuma.bsky.social
Remember how during the pandemic masking eliminated an entire flu strain, well guess what ? Large health systems including mine are back to recommending masking for visitors + healthcare personnel in hospitals and clinics due to the very high levels of flu we are seeing currently & because it works!
December 30, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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gregsargent.bsky.social
Newly unsealed docs show DOJ moved to prosecute Kilmar Abrego Garcia for smuggling only after it became clear Trump might not be able to deport him. Sure looks driven by a desire to punish him for fighting back against Trump/Miller lawlessness. Trump had to be right.

www.cbsnews.com/news/abrego-...
December 30, 2025 at 11:14 PM
annietan.com
I won't be done in 2026 but I'm revising my memoir on trying to connect with my parents when I'm not fluent in their Chinese languages & they don't speak English, so trying to connect instead w/ my history thru my relative Vincent Chin whose 1982 Detroit murder spawned an Asian American movement. ✏️📝
lpkindred.bsky.social Ignyte Award-Nominated Writer/Editor LP Kindred @lpkindred.bsky.social · 13d
Hey Writers!

What project are you finishing in 2026?

I'll start.

I'm good at making grandiose plans that fall apart under the weight of my own disappointment BUT me and @katemaru.bsky.social are working on a book together and we will finish it in 2026!
December 30, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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themultiplemom.bsky.social
Firm reminder: We live in community with children, not above them.
December 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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goldengateblond.bsky.social
this seems specifically designed to break mail-in voting (where deadlines are defined by postmark)
abbij1961.bsky.social Abbi Lichtenstein @abbij1961.bsky.social · 12d
As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.
USPS Announces Changes to the Postmark Date System
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has adopted a final rule (FR Doc.
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December 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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prisonculture.bsky.social
Not just the rich and that's also something to sit with.
zactrolley.com Zac Trolley @zactrolley.com · 12d
COVID really opened my eyes.

We had two paths ahead of us, and as soon as we took a single step towards THINKING about an equitable world, the rich put their full force into stopping it.

They loath humanity.
December 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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atrupar.com
Bernie Sanders: "We need to be thinking seriously about a moratorium on data centers. You gotta slow this process down. It's not good enough for the oligarchs to tell us 'you adapt.' Are they gonna guarantee healthcare to all people? What are they gonna do when there are no jobs? Make housing free?"
December 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
annietan.com
Finished my read-through of this 2.5 draft. A lot of work to be done and a lot of scenes and snippets to be rewritten entirely, but I feel a path forward with this memoir manuscript.

Man though does IVF and infertility after loss just suck all the creative life out of you though.
December 28, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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wajali.bsky.social
Wash Post conveniently doesn't mention that most of the spending is from the TOP 10%, many Americans don't own stocks, the growth in AI investments benefit billionaires, the Trump Admin is withholding economic data, & most people are negative on the economy.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
10 charts that show where the economy is heading
The U.S. economy experienced steady growth in 2025, despite concerns over inflation and the job market, with artificial intelligence playing a significant role in driving growth.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 25, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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just-jack-1.bsky.social
He let loose almost 200 unhinged posts on Christmas Day.

You’d think someone would have wrestled his phone away after 20, 40 or even a hundred posts.

They know he’s too far gone.

They also know he won’t escape the Epstein fallout.

They’re letting him make his case for the 25th amendment.
December 26, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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lukesteuber.com
In a world where humanity is commodified and it's profitable to control what you can create, art is a subversive act
December 26, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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mcopelov.bsky.social
DON’T. PRINT. LIES. IN. THE. NEWSPAPERS.

Every damn day. It’s exhausting.
dburbach.bsky.social David Burbach 🇺🇸🌹 @dburbach.bsky.social · 16d
NYT provides no evidence here, probably because the claim is flatly untrue. See eg recent Pew data, or many posts on the subject from @gelliottmorris.com this year

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
December 26, 2025 at 2:45 AM
annietan.com
2025 has been a crappy year, going thru #infertility after loss. Though we will keep trying, I'm grappling with the possibility of not having a biological kid. For those who tried and didn't get to, can you tell me how your life has been afterwards? Your stories after trying would be helpful 🙏🏻
December 26, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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volts.wtf
The Atlantic, the NYT, the Post, the Free Press, Persuasion ... god, so many others ... they did it. They participated in the destruction of norms against bigotry & now bigotry is running rampant, out in the open, at the highest levels.

Great work everyone.
October 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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taniel.bsky.social
Note: Mamdani leads by double-digit among Black and Hispanic voters, and by 48 percentage points among Asian respondents. White respondents go 39/37 for Cuomo.
taniel.bsky.social Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · Oct 9
New Quinnipiac poll of New York City:

Mamdani 46%
Cuomo 33%
Sliwa 15%

(A month ago, it was Mamdani 45%, Cuomo 23%, Sliwa 15%, Adams 12%.)

One obstacle to Cuomo rising much higher: Mamdani's favorability rating is 43/35, but Cuomo's is 37/52.
poll.qu.edu/poll-release...
October 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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kenwhite.bsky.social
I’ve never seen anything remotely this petty charged as bank fraud.
joshuajfriedman.com Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · Oct 9
NEW: Here's the two-count indictment against NY AG Letitia James. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
INDICTMENT October 2025 Term - at Alexandria, Virginia THE GRAND JURY CHARGES THAT: GENERAL ALLEGATIONS At all times relevant to this Indictment: 1. Letitia A. James ("JAMES) was a resident of Brooklyn, New York, and the borrower on a Fannie Mae-backed mortgage loan for the property located at 3121 Peronne Avenue, Norfolk, Virginia. 2. OVM Financial (also known as Old Virginia Mortgage / AnnieMac) was a mortgage lending business located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, engaged in the business of originating and underwriting residential mortgage loans, including those backed by the Federal National Mortgage Association ("Fannie Mae"). OVM Financial qualified as a "financial institution" within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. § 20(10). 3. Fannie Mae was a federally chartered corporation that purchased and guaranteed mortgages, operating as a government-sponsored enterprise under the oversight of the Federal Housing Finance Agency ("FHFA"). 4. First Savings Bank was a state-chartered, FDIC-insured financial institution (Certificate #29961), headquartered in Jeffersonville, Indiana, which acquired mortgage loans through assignment or acquisition. First Savings Bank qualified as a "financial institution" within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. § 20(1). 5. On or about August 17, 2020, JAMES, as sole borrower, purchased the three (3) bedroom, (1) bathroom property located at 3121 Peronne Avenue, Norfolk, Virginia 23509 (the "Peronne Property"), for approximately $137,000, financed with a mortgage loan of approximately $109,600 (Loan #4430025978) backed by Fannie Mae. 6. The loan was originated by OVM Financial under a signed Second Home Rider, which required JAMES, as the sole borrower to occupy and use the property as her secondary residence, and prohibited its use as a timesharing or other shared ownership arrangement or agreement that requires her either to rent the property or give any other person any control over the occupancy or use of the property. 7. Despite these representations, the Peronne Property was not occupied or used by JAMES as a secondary residence and was instead used as a rental investment property, renting the property to a family of (3). 8. This misrepresentation allowed JAMES to obtain favorable loan terms not available for investment properties, including a note rate of 3.000% (avoiding a 0.815% higher comparable investment property rate of 3.815%, resulting in approximately $17,837 in rate savings over the life of the loan), a seller credit of approximately $3,288 (exceeding the seller credit for investment properties by approximately $1,096), for total ill-gotten gains of approximately $18,933 over the life of the loan. 9. JAMES' Universal Property application for homeowners' insurance indicated "owner- occupied non-seasonal use," further misrepresenting the intended use of the property. 10. JAMES filed Schedule E tax forms), under penalties of perjury, treating the Perrone Property as rental real estate, reporting fair rental days, zero personal use days, thousand(s) of dollars in rents received, and claiming deductions for expenses relating to the property, further contradicting the second home classification. 11. The loan was acquired by or assigned to First Savings Bank by March 2021, exposing it to risks associated with the misrepresented loan. 12. The acts described herein occurred within the Eastern District of Virginia. COUNT ONE (Bank Fraud - 18 U.S.C. § 1344) 13. The allegations in paragraphs 1 through 12 are re-alleged and incorporated herein. 14. From on or about August 7, 2020, through at least January 2024, in the Eastern District of Virginia and elsewhere, the Defendant, LETITIA A. JAMES, did knowingly execute and attempt to execute a scheme and artifice to defraud OVM Financial and First Savings Bank, financial institutions, and to obtain moneys, funds, and credits owned by and under the custody and control of OVM Financial and First Savings Bank by means of false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises. 15. The scheme involved falsely representing the Peronne Property as a secondary residence to obtain favorable mortgage terms, while using it as an investment property with no intended or actual personal occupancy or use by her. (In violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1344). COUNT TWO (False Statements to a Financial Institution - 18 U.S.C. § 1014) 16. The allegations in paragraphs 1 through 12 are re-alleged and incorporated herein. 17. From on or about July 28, 2020, through at least August 31, 2020, in the Eastern District of Virginia and elsewhere, the Defendant, LETITIA A. JAMES, did knowingly make and cause to be made false statements and reports for the purpose of influencing the action of OVM Financial, a Fannie Mae-backed lender, upon an application for a loan, in that JAMES represented and affirmed in uniform residential loan applications and related documents that the Peronne Property would be used as a secondary residence, when in truth and fact, as JAMES then knew, the property was intended and used as an investment property with no intended or actual personal occupancy or use by her. (In violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1014). FORFEITURE NOTICE Pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 32.2(a) and Title 18, U.S.C. § 982(a)(2)(A), upon conviction of the offenses in Counts One and Two, the Defendant, Letitia A. James, shall forfeit to the United States any property constituting, or derived from, proceeds obtained, directly or indirectly, as a result of such violations, including but not limited to a money judgment in the amount of $18,933. If any of the property described above, as a result of any act or omission of the Defendant: (a) cannot be located upon the exercise of due diligence; (b) has been transferred or sold to, or deposited with, a third party; (c) has been placed beyond the jurisdiction of the court; (d) has been substantially diminished in value; or (e) has been commingled with other property which cannot be divided without difficulty, the United States shall be entitled to a forfeiture of substitute property pursuant to Title 21, U.S.C. § 853(b), as incorporated by Title 18 U.S.C. § 982(b)(1). (In accordance with Title 18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(1)(C) and 982(a)(1); Title 28, U.S.C. § 2461(c); and Title 21 U.S.C. § 853(p).)
October 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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prisonculture.bsky.social
I love people's creativity and the various ways they have found to support each other. I've seen several examples of people doing this in Chicago. If you know a local vendor, can you do the same for them? Sell their goods so they won't be vulnerable to ICE?
A Facebook post by Jaime Andrade promotes a tamales and champurrado sale for Ms. Maria on Thursday, October 9th, at Kedzie & Byron to support her family. The flyer features tamales, a mug, and contact/payment info.
October 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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esqueer.net
The worst part about the AI bubble popping is how many average people will be affected by the economic fallout. People will lose their job, kids will go hungry, and families will lose their homes. Yet these billionaire bastards won't feel a thing other than a decline in their net worth.
kattenbarge.bsky.social Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · Oct 9
One of the crazy things about the AI bubble bursting is that consumer sentiment toward AI has always leaned skeptical to outright negative but it’s an industry propped up by pure billionaire greed, sycophancy, and childish fantasy
October 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
The Attorney General of New York was just indicted by our tinpot dictator
Letitia James criminally charged in Trump’s latest effort to punish rivals
Prosecutor who sought charges was installed amid Trump frustrations with pace of investigations against rivals
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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mark-bray.bsky.social
“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’
October 8, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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dawneelizabeth.bsky.social
apple.news/ABiFmXcCZTMy...
This is such good news for so many people 🙂
Scientists develop first ‘accurate blood test’ to detect chronic fatigue syndrome — Guardian US
Research could offer hope for ME patients – but some experts urge caution and say more studies needed
apple.news
October 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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digby56.bsky.social
Nobody cares about the victims in the Dallas ICE shooting apparently. The first I've heard about one of them was on CNN today. He's fighting for his life in the hospital --- he was brought to the US when he was 13. He's 33 now. No criminal record.

I just don't know what to say anymore.
September 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
annietan.com
Y'all, my healthcare deductible has been met for the year 😭
September 28, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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emanabdelhadi.bsky.social
The moment ICE agents threw a flash grenade at protesters at the Broadview facility today.
September 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM