Cama Duke ❌👑
@camaduke.bsky.social
reader, writer, time management nerd. From the mountains of NC. she/her. I voted for her. Here for books, writing, urbanist planning especially for biking, and micro-doses of hope and/or rants that don't lead to paralysis
I sometimes blog at camaduke.com
I sometimes blog at camaduke.com
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Cama Duke ❌👑
@camaduke.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Me: I still believe in joy, in possibility, that what we do matters, that we all are more than our worst moment or choice, that every human on this planet is a pocket of light and every light matters
Also me: exploring the feasibility of holding a permanent grudge against 75 million people
Also me: exploring the feasibility of holding a permanent grudge against 75 million people
Finally took time to join the chorus of admiration for Percival Everett's James, sharing a few thoughts on my blog today. camaduke.com/2025/11/11/r...
Reading Notes: James by Percival Everett
Earlier this year I made time to read what had been highly recommended to me: James, by Percival Everett, a novel based on Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn. I remember rereading Huckleberry Finn not l…
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November 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Finally took time to join the chorus of admiration for Percival Everett's James, sharing a few thoughts on my blog today. camaduke.com/2025/11/11/r...
Envying everyone engaged in first drafts this month. Meanwhile, I'm still editing, which has the benefit of being straightforward and... well, maybe not. I gripe about that in today's blog post. camaduke.com/2025/11/06/a...
A few myths about editing
When I say myths about editing in the title, I mean my myths, the misconceptions I persist in bringing to the editing process. The biggest myth for me is the idea that once I start editing, I…
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November 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Envying everyone engaged in first drafts this month. Meanwhile, I'm still editing, which has the benefit of being straightforward and... well, maybe not. I gripe about that in today's blog post. camaduke.com/2025/11/06/a...
Reflected briefly on a few comfort reads on my blog today: camaduke.com/2025/11/04/r...
Reading notes: Comfort reads
Recently, possibly coinciding with the increase in cruelty in our country, I have sought out comfort reads more often than not, books where I feel safe within the likelihood of a happy ending, book…
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November 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Reflected briefly on a few comfort reads on my blog today: camaduke.com/2025/11/04/r...
My time management tip today is my favorite, one that is both obvious yet elusive: Just start. For all of you starting a novel this month, I am cheering you on :) #nanowrimo camaduke.com/2025/11/03/j...
Just Start
In honor of everyone working on a first draft of a novel this month, I will share my favorite time management/productivity strategy: Just start. We tend to focus so much on final products or …
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November 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
My time management tip today is my favorite, one that is both obvious yet elusive: Just start. For all of you starting a novel this month, I am cheering you on :) #nanowrimo camaduke.com/2025/11/03/j...
Happy National Novel Writing Month for those who celebrate! I'm still editing my work, so I decided instead to set a goal to post more often on bluesky (fingers crossed). Anyone else setting writerly goals for the month?
November 1, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Happy National Novel Writing Month for those who celebrate! I'm still editing my work, so I decided instead to set a goal to post more often on bluesky (fingers crossed). Anyone else setting writerly goals for the month?
My weekly check-in is on my blog--sharing thoughts on strategies to get things done, what I'm reading and writing, and democracy, yes, please: camaduke.com/2025/08/08/k...
Keep planting seeds
Once again, I comment on my favorite topics. What works Focus on what is working more than what isn’t. When you can, sure, explore ways to improve. To get anything done, it helps to remind yourself…
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August 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
My weekly check-in is on my blog--sharing thoughts on strategies to get things done, what I'm reading and writing, and democracy, yes, please: camaduke.com/2025/08/08/k...
This week's blog post: camaduke.com/2025/07/17/w...
We are all in this together
My weekly check-in, commenting on some of my favorite topics What works While this is a bit on the nose for me, I just have to mention the power of journaling, especially as self-coaching. Talking …
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July 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This week's blog post: camaduke.com/2025/07/17/w...
From this week's blog: I have skimmed a few books this week that haven’t quite grabbed me, and I won’t name them because I don’t like to post something that may sound critical of another author’s work. 1/
June 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
From this week's blog: I have skimmed a few books this week that haven’t quite grabbed me, and I won’t name them because I don’t like to post something that may sound critical of another author’s work. 1/
What’s working this week:
A strategy that has helped me when everything has been so distracting and upsetting is to focus on why I believe what I do matters. Try it: Identify and acknowledge the intrinsic value of what you do. 1/
A strategy that has helped me when everything has been so distracting and upsetting is to focus on why I believe what I do matters. Try it: Identify and acknowledge the intrinsic value of what you do. 1/
June 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
What’s working this week:
A strategy that has helped me when everything has been so distracting and upsetting is to focus on why I believe what I do matters. Try it: Identify and acknowledge the intrinsic value of what you do. 1/
A strategy that has helped me when everything has been so distracting and upsetting is to focus on why I believe what I do matters. Try it: Identify and acknowledge the intrinsic value of what you do. 1/
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Each week we share a few options for action for people in our region. No Kings protests on Saturday are at the top of our to-do list. Hope we see you there. www.blowingrockpersisters.com/post/options...
Options for local action June 9-15
1. Attend the No Kings protest in West Jefferson, NC Saturday June 14 10am to Noon Indivisible High Country (formerly Indivisible Watauga) joined with Ashe County activists to sponsor the No Kings Ral...
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June 12, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Each week we share a few options for action for people in our region. No Kings protests on Saturday are at the top of our to-do list. Hope we see you there. www.blowingrockpersisters.com/post/options...
Funny story, I decided to channel my political comments to my work with local activist groups so I could spend more time posting on other topics on this Bluesky account and on my blog, and this is what happened: I stopped posting at all.
June 13, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Funny story, I decided to channel my political comments to my work with local activist groups so I could spend more time posting on other topics on this Bluesky account and on my blog, and this is what happened: I stopped posting at all.
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Also I hope we're all on this same page
EVERYONE needs to be brought out of that El Salvadorian hell hole
they were ALL wrongfully deported.
I mean it's good to focus on 'And this guy was here legally and not ever a gang member AND they're Venezuelan'
but NO ONE should've been sent there
EVERYONE needs to be brought out of that El Salvadorian hell hole
they were ALL wrongfully deported.
I mean it's good to focus on 'And this guy was here legally and not ever a gang member AND they're Venezuelan'
but NO ONE should've been sent there
April 4, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Also I hope we're all on this same page
EVERYONE needs to be brought out of that El Salvadorian hell hole
they were ALL wrongfully deported.
I mean it's good to focus on 'And this guy was here legally and not ever a gang member AND they're Venezuelan'
but NO ONE should've been sent there
EVERYONE needs to be brought out of that El Salvadorian hell hole
they were ALL wrongfully deported.
I mean it's good to focus on 'And this guy was here legally and not ever a gang member AND they're Venezuelan'
but NO ONE should've been sent there
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Amplify this.
Historian here:
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
― Theodore Roosevelt
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
― Theodore Roosevelt
March 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Amplify this.
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When people try to figure out what went wrong in the 2024 election, don't trust their analysis unless they start by mentioning this: www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
States Have Added Nearly 100 Restrictive Laws Since SCOTUS Gutted the Voting Rights Act 10 Years Ago
Many of the new laws are in states with a history of racial voting discrimination.
www.brennancenter.org
March 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
When people try to figure out what went wrong in the 2024 election, don't trust their analysis unless they start by mentioning this: www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
Just wanted to share what I told my Congress people: Rapid or drastic cuts and changes to Medicaid will have countless harmful effects across the state of North Carolina, especially in rural communities. Cuts to Medicaid funding cause rural hospitals to fold, leaving everyone without resources. 1/
March 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Just wanted to share what I told my Congress people: Rapid or drastic cuts and changes to Medicaid will have countless harmful effects across the state of North Carolina, especially in rural communities. Cuts to Medicaid funding cause rural hospitals to fold, leaving everyone without resources. 1/
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Dr. Seuss cartoons about “America First” from 1941.
March 1, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Dr. Seuss cartoons about “America First” from 1941.
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Decent people thank Ukraine.
February 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Decent people thank Ukraine.
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Please, please, please join me in contacting your congressional representatives IMMEDIATELY to tell Congress to STAND UP AND ACT.
Call tool: act.pih.org/foreign-aid-...
Email tool: act.pih.org/foreign-aid-...
Call tool: act.pih.org/foreign-aid-...
Email tool: act.pih.org/foreign-aid-...
Reverse Funding Ban
Tell Congress to reverse the Trump Administration's decision to freeze all U.S. foreign aid spending on global health programs, including the delivery of lifesaving medicines to vulnerable patients.
act.pih.org
February 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Please, please, please join me in contacting your congressional representatives IMMEDIATELY to tell Congress to STAND UP AND ACT.
Call tool: act.pih.org/foreign-aid-...
Email tool: act.pih.org/foreign-aid-...
Call tool: act.pih.org/foreign-aid-...
Email tool: act.pih.org/foreign-aid-...
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The first measles death in the US in a decade -- the tragic, preventable death of a child whose parents chose not to protect them with vaccination -- should spark an immediate nation-wide campaign to ensure all children are protected against preventable diseases. Anything less is unconscionable.
February 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The first measles death in the US in a decade -- the tragic, preventable death of a child whose parents chose not to protect them with vaccination -- should spark an immediate nation-wide campaign to ensure all children are protected against preventable diseases. Anything less is unconscionable.
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Historians Politely Remind Nation To Check What's Happened In Past Before Making Any Big Decisions
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February 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Historians Politely Remind Nation To Check What's Happened In Past Before Making Any Big Decisions
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USAID matters. I've often disagreed with their strategy and choices, but their work saves more lives than any philanthropy can. It's a rounding error in the federal budget, and one of the best things we do as a country. To see it destroyed overnight by one unelected man is an unmitigated horror.
February 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
USAID matters. I've often disagreed with their strategy and choices, but their work saves more lives than any philanthropy can. It's a rounding error in the federal budget, and one of the best things we do as a country. To see it destroyed overnight by one unelected man is an unmitigated horror.
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The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
Egg prices are soaring again. Here’s why and what to expect
Bird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores.
www.kcur.org
January 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
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Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde is the Christian that Franklin Graham failed to be.
January 21, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde is the Christian that Franklin Graham failed to be.
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Nice winter walk amid the pre-vaccine graves
December 14, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Nice winter walk amid the pre-vaccine graves
Let me see if I have this straight—if you live in Texas, your body belongs to Ken Paxton, and if that body seeks freedom out of state, it will be captured and everyone involved prosecuted…🧐 that sounds somehow familiar. If only historical precedent could shed insight…
New: Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit accusing a New York doctor of prescribing abortion drugs to a Texas resident.
This case sets up a legal battle between Texas’ near-total abortion ban and New York’s law that protects doctors from out-of-state prosecution. www.texastribune.org/2024/12/13/t...
This case sets up a legal battle between Texas’ near-total abortion ban and New York’s law that protects doctors from out-of-state prosecution. www.texastribune.org/2024/12/13/t...
Texas files first lawsuit against out-of-state abortion provider
This case sets up a legal battle between Texas’ near-total abortion ban and New York’s shield law that protects doctors from out-of-state prosecution.
www.texastribune.org
December 14, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Let me see if I have this straight—if you live in Texas, your body belongs to Ken Paxton, and if that body seeks freedom out of state, it will be captured and everyone involved prosecuted…🧐 that sounds somehow familiar. If only historical precedent could shed insight…