Charlotte Shane
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Charlotte Shane
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· Sep 12
Regarding the Cries of the World
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Wrote something short about American compassion meantforyou.beehiiv.com/p/regarding-...
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Cops also tried to prevent first responders from treating Heather Heyer.
Holy shit.
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
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Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
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Live Updates: Newly Released Records Detail Chaos During Fatal ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
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January 16, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Cops also tried to prevent first responders from treating Heather Heyer.
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..but it's real, and you can invest in it at any time, in any place, building networks of care for the ongoing tough times that can pivot when bigger crises emerge.
January 16, 2026 at 3:14 PM
..but it's real, and you can invest in it at any time, in any place, building networks of care for the ongoing tough times that can pivot when bigger crises emerge.
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We saw it early in the pandemic, in every climate shock & now in Minneapolis. The impulse of most people in a crisis is to share, connect & protect, often at risk to the self. Capitalism and existing power structures have trouble comprehending it and then often try to undermine it
January 16, 2026 at 3:14 PM
We saw it early in the pandemic, in every climate shock & now in Minneapolis. The impulse of most people in a crisis is to share, connect & protect, often at risk to the self. Capitalism and existing power structures have trouble comprehending it and then often try to undermine it
A little late with sharing but @jolivingstone.bsky.social & I discussed some of our favorite reads of last year (most aren't books published in 2025, so you'll get a lot of variety, not the same predictable titles of most EOY lists. Also: no ranking! Not a list!) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
A Year in Reading
Podcast Episode · Reading Writers · 12/31/2025 · 38m
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January 16, 2026 at 12:20 AM
A little late with sharing but @jolivingstone.bsky.social & I discussed some of our favorite reads of last year (most aren't books published in 2025, so you'll get a lot of variety, not the same predictable titles of most EOY lists. Also: no ranking! Not a list!) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
Time for me to talk about how much I love @nyaaf.bsky.social! They're doing a case manager training soon and any New Yorker passionate about abortion access should consider it, especially if you're a Spanish speaker. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
NYAAF 2026 Case Manager Training Application
The New York Abortion Access Fund (NYAAF) is excited to announce we are accepting applications for our virtual volunteer case manager training. Our training includes three sessions that will be held o...
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January 14, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Time for me to talk about how much I love @nyaaf.bsky.social! They're doing a case manager training soon and any New Yorker passionate about abortion access should consider it, especially if you're a Spanish speaker. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Border Patrol agents pepper-sprayed, tackled, and handcuffed people on the grounds of Minneapolis’s Roosevelt High School on Wednesday—just hours after ICE officers shot and killed Renee Nicole Good. trib.al/OR2Mvub
January 8, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Border Patrol agents pepper-sprayed, tackled, and handcuffed people on the grounds of Minneapolis’s Roosevelt High School on Wednesday—just hours after ICE officers shot and killed Renee Nicole Good. trib.al/OR2Mvub
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our neighbors have been summarily executed in our streets by armed agents forever. legal structures -qualified immunity, etc- were always stacked high against us. in pockets and points of time you wouldn't even get lip service around accountability. now it's just national policy: you don't matter
January 7, 2026 at 6:33 PM
our neighbors have been summarily executed in our streets by armed agents forever. legal structures -qualified immunity, etc- were always stacked high against us. in pockets and points of time you wouldn't even get lip service around accountability. now it's just national policy: you don't matter
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We don't have to live like this.
January 7, 2026 at 5:59 PM
We don't have to live like this.
Important!!!! Huge scoop from Hanif Abdurraqib in this week's Reading Writers episode re: his yearly winter re-read. Plus @jolivingstone.bsky.social and I get into 2026's trendiest titles: Dante's Inferno, Beowulf, The Iliad. Enjoy.
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Each Brick in This Wall: Hanif Abdurraqib on Gloria Naylor’s The Women of Brewster Place
Podcast Episode · Reading Writers · 01/07/2026 · 1h 6m
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January 7, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Important!!!! Huge scoop from Hanif Abdurraqib in this week's Reading Writers episode re: his yearly winter re-read. Plus @jolivingstone.bsky.social and I get into 2026's trendiest titles: Dante's Inferno, Beowulf, The Iliad. Enjoy.
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"Congress" as described by civics classes, law professors, Democrats, and libertarians — an independent branch capable of executing designated responsibilities irrespective of the partisan balance of power — does not exist. It is a fiction. Every time these things happen, more Americans see that.
January 3, 2026 at 3:41 PM
"Congress" as described by civics classes, law professors, Democrats, and libertarians — an independent branch capable of executing designated responsibilities irrespective of the partisan balance of power — does not exist. It is a fiction. Every time these things happen, more Americans see that.
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I am reminded here to tap the sign encouraging you all to support independent, worker run, billionaire free newsrooms how and where you are able
Nicolas Maduro's heavy-handed rule in Venezuela is finally ended by Trump reut.rs/3YWbo3K
Nicolas Maduro's heavy-handed rule in Venezuela is finally ended by Trump
Nicolas Maduro ruled Venezuela with a heavy hand for more than 12 years, presiding over deep economic and social crises and resisting pressure from domestic opponents and foreign governments for political change.
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January 3, 2026 at 2:35 PM
I am reminded here to tap the sign encouraging you all to support independent, worker run, billionaire free newsrooms how and where you are able
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Trumpism is the worst of the last 50 years of Republican politics, amped up, legally unbound, and garnished with some noise and nonsense about tariffs. That's all it is and all it's ever been.
January 3, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Trumpism is the worst of the last 50 years of Republican politics, amped up, legally unbound, and garnished with some noise and nonsense about tariffs. That's all it is and all it's ever been.
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I've been deep in Daniel Berrigan's writing, thinking abt our genocide in Vietnam, early attacks on Afghanistan, the war on Iraq, etc. etc. Waking up to news about Venezuela felt both surreal and inevitable. It's so past time to admit this what America has been and what we the people allow (demand?)
January 3, 2026 at 9:26 PM
I've been deep in Daniel Berrigan's writing, thinking abt our genocide in Vietnam, early attacks on Afghanistan, the war on Iraq, etc. etc. Waking up to news about Venezuela felt both surreal and inevitable. It's so past time to admit this what America has been and what we the people allow (demand?)
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I think of this a lot. Mostly because my favorite thing to say is that knowing who to be mad at is praxis. But it's also difficult for people to know currently because there's no identifiable leadership on the Lefts to clearly articulate this. The fascists constantly tell people who to be mad at.
And try not to take your frustration and feelings of powerlessness out on each other.
January 3, 2026 at 9:05 PM
I think of this a lot. Mostly because my favorite thing to say is that knowing who to be mad at is praxis. But it's also difficult for people to know currently because there's no identifiable leadership on the Lefts to clearly articulate this. The fascists constantly tell people who to be mad at.
Take a break from holiday preoccupations to enjoy a conversation about corpses, consent, the many irritating conventions of contemporary fiction, and much more podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
Stinking and Miserable: Clio Chang on Cheryl Strayed's Wild
Podcast Episode · Reading Writers · 12/17/2025 · 59m
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December 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Take a break from holiday preoccupations to enjoy a conversation about corpses, consent, the many irritating conventions of contemporary fiction, and much more podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
Come and get it: @essj.bsky.social + @jolivingstone.bsky.social + me, Tolstoy, the Bible, horny Frenchmen, I could go on!
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A Certain Mistake: Jackie Ess on Tolstoy’s Resurrection
Podcast Episode · Reading Writers · 12/03/2025 · 49m
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December 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Come and get it: @essj.bsky.social + @jolivingstone.bsky.social + me, Tolstoy, the Bible, horny Frenchmen, I could go on!
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Presented for your modest amusement: November's books, movies, shows, triumphs in the field of stain removal charlotteshane.com/blog/2025/11...
Infinity Pilled — CS
The one blot on this otherwise perfect canvas is Team Australia who I’m afraid will be heading to hell when parkour guy’s 8000th uncalled-for backflip inevitably opens up a dimensional portal. They al...
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December 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Presented for your modest amusement: November's books, movies, shows, triumphs in the field of stain removal charlotteshane.com/blog/2025/11...
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#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
RI judge intervenes after ICE mistakenly detains Superior Court intern
A teenager was nearly taken into federal immigration custody in Providence Thursday afternoon before a Superior Court judge intervened, according to the Rhode Island Judiciary.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:51 PM
#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
Reading Writers/@bookforum.bsky.social heads: come get your free tickets! @jolivingstone.bsky.social, Stephanie Wambugu and I will be discussing a VERY divisive recent novel on December 4th. www.eventbrite.com/e/bookforum-...
Bookforum Holiday Party & Event
Join us to celebrate the holidays and the latest issue of Bookforum. Featuring Stephanie Wambugu.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Reading Writers/@bookforum.bsky.social heads: come get your free tickets! @jolivingstone.bsky.social, Stephanie Wambugu and I will be discussing a VERY divisive recent novel on December 4th. www.eventbrite.com/e/bookforum-...
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Just saw this today. This is a transparent attempt to KILL DUE PROCESS by lying about the job of immigration judge and stacking the deck through hiring only bloodthirsty lawyers who want to deport people.
This comes after they pushed out over 100 judges deemed too likely to grant relief.
This comes after they pushed out over 100 judges deemed too likely to grant relief.
DOJ is now recruiting for immigration judges by calling them “deportation judges.”
That’s seems really bad.
That’s seems really bad.
November 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Just saw this today. This is a transparent attempt to KILL DUE PROCESS by lying about the job of immigration judge and stacking the deck through hiring only bloodthirsty lawyers who want to deport people.
This comes after they pushed out over 100 judges deemed too likely to grant relief.
This comes after they pushed out over 100 judges deemed too likely to grant relief.
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bookforum is sponsoring Reading Writers this season, and CharJo are the kind of hosts that let me get earnest in a way I almost never let myself and I feel good about it! also I got to talk about Light Eaters which is a very powerful book to me
This week's Reading Writers is very dear to me. @torreypeters.bsky.social joined for a lively, funny, moving discussion about plant consciousness that I think will leave listeners inspired and hopeful about life/the world/the future/etc. Come get your balm: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
Metaphysically Blown Away: Torrey Peters on Zoe Schlanger’s The Light Eaters
Podcast Episode · Reading Writers · 11/19/2025 · 1h 9m
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November 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
bookforum is sponsoring Reading Writers this season, and CharJo are the kind of hosts that let me get earnest in a way I almost never let myself and I feel good about it! also I got to talk about Light Eaters which is a very powerful book to me
This week's Reading Writers is very dear to me. @torreypeters.bsky.social joined for a lively, funny, moving discussion about plant consciousness that I think will leave listeners inspired and hopeful about life/the world/the future/etc. Come get your balm: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
Metaphysically Blown Away: Torrey Peters on Zoe Schlanger’s The Light Eaters
Podcast Episode · Reading Writers · 11/19/2025 · 1h 9m
podcasts.apple.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
This week's Reading Writers is very dear to me. @torreypeters.bsky.social joined for a lively, funny, moving discussion about plant consciousness that I think will leave listeners inspired and hopeful about life/the world/the future/etc. Come get your balm: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
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I'm struck by this clip of former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz saying Holocaust education has backfired in part because people Palestinians as victims: "They think the lesson of the Holocaust is…you fight the big powerful people hurting the weak people."
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From the JewsOfConscience community on Reddit: Former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz speaking to the Jewish Federation and lamenting that young people are learning the wrong lessons from Holocaust e...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I'm struck by this clip of former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz saying Holocaust education has backfired in part because people Palestinians as victims: "They think the lesson of the Holocaust is…you fight the big powerful people hurting the weak people."
www.reddit.com/r/JewsOfCons...
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posts like this makes me so happy. unironically, it is beautiful
November 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
posts like this makes me so happy. unironically, it is beautiful