Rebecca Kirk Connors
@aprilist.bsky.social
Poet, story-teller, addicted to regency romances & houseplants. Zinester. Author of the chapbook, Split Map. Co-director of the thenotebookscollective.com (@notebookscltv.bsky.social).
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New Year, New Universe
Prophecies of apocalypse, ca. 1827–61, from Prophetic Messenger / Raphael’s Almanac Dear Friends, January opened with a roar, an avalanche, a beastly rash....
buttondown.com
New Year, New Universe...in which I discuss baking failures, play-doh, upcoming events, the good things and the bad things.
I may live in MA, but I will always be home on the edge of the Mid-Atlantic. New poem in @asteralesjournal.bsky.social
Cradle yourself in the ocean with @aprilist.bsky.social "The Mid-Atlantic Cradle" in Issue Five.
www.asteralesjournal.com/2-5-connors-...
www.asteralesjournal.com/2-5-connors-...
February 12, 2026 at 2:12 AM
I may live in MA, but I will always be home on the edge of the Mid-Atlantic. New poem in @asteralesjournal.bsky.social
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Thank you @weratedogs.com You earn 1000/10 for bringing this up and explaining in a very understandable way the partnership between Ring cameras and ICE/DHS.
February 10, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Thank you @weratedogs.com You earn 1000/10 for bringing this up and explaining in a very understandable way the partnership between Ring cameras and ICE/DHS.
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Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
February 10, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
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Cradle yourself in the ocean with @aprilist.bsky.social "The Mid-Atlantic Cradle" in Issue Five.
www.asteralesjournal.com/2-5-connors-...
www.asteralesjournal.com/2-5-connors-...
February 10, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Cradle yourself in the ocean with @aprilist.bsky.social "The Mid-Atlantic Cradle" in Issue Five.
www.asteralesjournal.com/2-5-connors-...
www.asteralesjournal.com/2-5-connors-...
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I will not support any funding deal that puts money in the hands of Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, and this violent agency. Defund and abolish ICE now.
February 10, 2026 at 4:35 PM
I will not support any funding deal that puts money in the hands of Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, and this violent agency. Defund and abolish ICE now.
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Siri, what happens when you fire all the Black and Brown smart people from newsrooms?
Analysis: Weeks before he set foot on the stage, Bad Bunny’s halftime performance had already become a media event.
But if you were looking for political commentary, the closest that you got was when he said “God bless America” in English.
But if you were looking for political commentary, the closest that you got was when he said “God bless America” in English.
Analysis | Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show was expected to provoke. Did it?
The Bad Bunny Super Bowl show nodded to injustices in Puerto Rico but mostly evoked wholesome family values that meshed with the more sentimental commercials.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Siri, what happens when you fire all the Black and Brown smart people from newsrooms?
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Her community rallied so fast and so diligently. This is a victory to uphold and celebrate. Reminds everyone that it's worth fighting back.
An immigration court dropped its case against Turkish graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk, a little less than a year after federal agents arrested her on a street near Tufts University
Immigration Court Drops Case Against Tufts Student Rumeysa Ozturk
The Turkish national had been arrested by plainclothes federal officers outside her apartment.
on.wsj.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Her community rallied so fast and so diligently. This is a victory to uphold and celebrate. Reminds everyone that it's worth fighting back.
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Time for @massgovernor.bsky.social to terminate the contract.
"In fact, Massachusetts is the only state that voted against Donald Trump in 2024 where a state agency is contracting with the 287(g) program."
#mapoli
boltsmag.org/massachusett...
#mapoli
boltsmag.org/massachusett...
Inside ICE’s Only Contract with a Blue State - Bolts
As part of a 287(g) contract between state officials and ICE, Massachusetts continues to release prisoners into deportation—even as state lawmakers look to ban other forms of ICE collaboration.
boltsmag.org
February 9, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Time for @massgovernor.bsky.social to terminate the contract.
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Publication Day for my latest collection is just one week away. Wild. Order from nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014964... using the discount code NUP2026 for 25% off!
February 8, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Publication Day for my latest collection is just one week away. Wild. Order from nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014964... using the discount code NUP2026 for 25% off!
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U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
February 9, 2026 at 4:07 PM
U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
I love that G**gle wants me to pay more for AI services I DON'T want. Has anyone had any success opting out? I feel like I remember @pronounced-ing.bsky.social had luck, but these days it's hard to remember anything. Pls help me fight back against AI slop. Thx!
February 8, 2026 at 11:14 PM
I love that G**gle wants me to pay more for AI services I DON'T want. Has anyone had any success opting out? I feel like I remember @pronounced-ing.bsky.social had luck, but these days it's hard to remember anything. Pls help me fight back against AI slop. Thx!
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Today the crew of weirdo printers that I call the whistle goblins passed A HALF MILLION whistles printed and shipped. I wrote about how we got there and how you can start printing whistles yourself. dansinker.com/posts/2026-0...
Whistle Up 2: Rise of the Whistle Goblins | dansinker.com
dansinker.com
February 8, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Today the crew of weirdo printers that I call the whistle goblins passed A HALF MILLION whistles printed and shipped. I wrote about how we got there and how you can start printing whistles yourself. dansinker.com/posts/2026-0...
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If there’s one thing I’ve learned from narrating romance books in the past couple years, it’s that romance fans are loyal, particular, and far smarter than anyone thinks. This is going to feel like they’re being condescended to, because it is. I don’t think they’ll take it well! And they shouldn’t!
“If I can generate a book in a day, and you need six months to write a book, who’s going to win the race?” God this is bleak
The New Fabio Is Claude
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 9:07 PM
If there’s one thing I’ve learned from narrating romance books in the past couple years, it’s that romance fans are loyal, particular, and far smarter than anyone thinks. This is going to feel like they’re being condescended to, because it is. I don’t think they’ll take it well! And they shouldn’t!
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Touching grass is not enough, I need ICE agents to be prosecuted.
February 7, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Touching grass is not enough, I need ICE agents to be prosecuted.
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"this is fine"
British Library Manuscript - royal ms 20 a ii f3r
British Library Manuscript - royal ms 20 a ii f3r
November 16, 2024 at 11:36 AM
"this is fine"
British Library Manuscript - royal ms 20 a ii f3r
British Library Manuscript - royal ms 20 a ii f3r
"I have dreams we’re all
en route to pharmacies. It’s just
another Tuesday. I’ve forgotten how to write,
too..."
en route to pharmacies. It’s just
another Tuesday. I’ve forgotten how to write,
too..."
February 6, 2026 at 10:18 PM
"I have dreams we’re all
en route to pharmacies. It’s just
another Tuesday. I’ve forgotten how to write,
too..."
en route to pharmacies. It’s just
another Tuesday. I’ve forgotten how to write,
too..."
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Anyone who says this, at best, has no relationship with arts or artists.
“Poor people have no choice but to use AI to make art” is not just an insanely ahistorical take, it’s also an unbelievably condescending viewpoint to espouse on a website full of broke writers and artists
February 6, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Anyone who says this, at best, has no relationship with arts or artists.
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Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."
February 6, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."
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The glibness with which these people are dismissing what is, fundamentally, an extensive record of elite atrocities makes me think it’s better if I don’t finish this sentence
raise your hand if you are not, in fact, in the Epstein files
February 5, 2026 at 10:28 PM
The glibness with which these people are dismissing what is, fundamentally, an extensive record of elite atrocities makes me think it’s better if I don’t finish this sentence
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"We would have lost so much if we'd driven him away" is the justification.
But we lost all those girls. We lost the women they would have become. We lost the work they would have done. Why was his future work so much more valuable than theirs?
But we lost all those girls. We lost the women they would have become. We lost the work they would have done. Why was his future work so much more valuable than theirs?
February 5, 2026 at 9:02 PM
"We would have lost so much if we'd driven him away" is the justification.
But we lost all those girls. We lost the women they would have become. We lost the work they would have done. Why was his future work so much more valuable than theirs?
But we lost all those girls. We lost the women they would have become. We lost the work they would have done. Why was his future work so much more valuable than theirs?
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i will never stop thinking about the intersection of epstein and the shitty media men list
February 5, 2026 at 6:07 PM
i will never stop thinking about the intersection of epstein and the shitty media men list
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Soar and ponder with the evocative movement of "November" by @energiapoet.bsky.social in Issue Five!
www.asteralesjournal.com/2-5-gifford-...
www.asteralesjournal.com/2-5-gifford-...
February 5, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Soar and ponder with the evocative movement of "November" by @energiapoet.bsky.social in Issue Five!
www.asteralesjournal.com/2-5-gifford-...
www.asteralesjournal.com/2-5-gifford-...
Yes! Tonight we're folding whistle zines & planning whistle distribution. We want to get our neighbors ready before shit happens here. It feels good to DO something & bring people together
February 4, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Yes! Tonight we're folding whistle zines & planning whistle distribution. We want to get our neighbors ready before shit happens here. It feels good to DO something & bring people together
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I love sending out 100 whistles to someone who is like "hey I don't know what to do, I'm gonna start here and hand these out to my neighbors" because the whistles become not just communication, not just anti-ICE, but a pro-community building catalyst.
February 4, 2026 at 2:47 AM
I love sending out 100 whistles to someone who is like "hey I don't know what to do, I'm gonna start here and hand these out to my neighbors" because the whistles become not just communication, not just anti-ICE, but a pro-community building catalyst.
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Can comfirm from MN, as can anyone who lives here, that not a THING has changed except little Bovino isnt peacocking around the streets anymore. And there hasn’t been a third high-profile murder of a white person yet.
But the gestapo attacks haven’t stopped. At all! bsky.app/profile/jyse...
But the gestapo attacks haven’t stopped. At all! bsky.app/profile/jyse...
ICE hasn't stopped brutalizing people or shredding the Constitution, it's just that corporate media turned the camera as the call for action got too loud and the Democrats stepped in and made sure the issue got changed.
If you sit for a second, you'll recognize that's what happened with BLM, too.
If you sit for a second, you'll recognize that's what happened with BLM, too.
February 3, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Can comfirm from MN, as can anyone who lives here, that not a THING has changed except little Bovino isnt peacocking around the streets anymore. And there hasn’t been a third high-profile murder of a white person yet.
But the gestapo attacks haven’t stopped. At all! bsky.app/profile/jyse...
But the gestapo attacks haven’t stopped. At all! bsky.app/profile/jyse...