Cynthia Zhang should be writing!
@czwrites.bsky.social
PhD student, writes + studies spec fic // she/they
https://cynthiaqzhang.wordpress.com/
https://linktr.ee/czhang
https://cynthiaqzhang.wordpress.com/
https://linktr.ee/czhang
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Friends, we're thrilled to announce #Comics4Liam to encourage artists to draw pictures for Liam Conejo Ramos and share links to help Liam's family and other immigrants persecuted by ICE! Check out comics4liam.com and please do feel free to pitch in! Images by the great @trungles.com!
February 1, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Friends, we're thrilled to announce #Comics4Liam to encourage artists to draw pictures for Liam Conejo Ramos and share links to help Liam's family and other immigrants persecuted by ICE! Check out comics4liam.com and please do feel free to pitch in! Images by the great @trungles.com!
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ICE has been holding a disabled Black man for a year!
Rodney Taylor is a double amputee who was days away from receiving new prosthetic legs when ICE took him.
He’s been denied his prosthetics & placed in solitary.
His health is declining.
Public outrage might save his life.
Say his name:
Rodney Taylor is a double amputee who was days away from receiving new prosthetic legs when ICE took him.
He’s been denied his prosthetics & placed in solitary.
His health is declining.
Public outrage might save his life.
Say his name:
Sign the Petition
Demand the Release of Rodney Taylor from ICE Detention
www.change.org
January 29, 2026 at 9:22 AM
ICE has been holding a disabled Black man for a year!
Rodney Taylor is a double amputee who was days away from receiving new prosthetic legs when ICE took him.
He’s been denied his prosthetics & placed in solitary.
His health is declining.
Public outrage might save his life.
Say his name:
Rodney Taylor is a double amputee who was days away from receiving new prosthetic legs when ICE took him.
He’s been denied his prosthetics & placed in solitary.
His health is declining.
Public outrage might save his life.
Say his name:
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Our 10-year-old journal of creative writing on environmental justice will reopen to submissions, including poetry, creative nonfiction, art, short stories AND novella-length fiction, on February 1st.
January 19, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Our 10-year-old journal of creative writing on environmental justice will reopen to submissions, including poetry, creative nonfiction, art, short stories AND novella-length fiction, on February 1st.
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if i haven't seen you out in these streets today i better see an open wallet !!!
these are four LA vendor buyout funds i can personally vouch for and encourage you to support
these are four LA vendor buyout funds i can personally vouch for and encourage you to support
January 30, 2026 at 9:31 PM
if i haven't seen you out in these streets today i better see an open wallet !!!
these are four LA vendor buyout funds i can personally vouch for and encourage you to support
these are four LA vendor buyout funds i can personally vouch for and encourage you to support
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Join us for outreach! We always go over our guidelines, and if you’re new, we’ll make sure you’re in a group with experienced volunteers - all you need to do is show up! We meet in the Immanuel Presbyterian parking lot at 12pm (you can park in the lot!)
See you there!
See you there!
January 30, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Join us for outreach! We always go over our guidelines, and if you’re new, we’ll make sure you’re in a group with experienced volunteers - all you need to do is show up! We meet in the Immanuel Presbyterian parking lot at 12pm (you can park in the lot!)
See you there!
See you there!
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I'm doing a stream to raise funds for my community
💙TONIGHT FRI 1/30 7-10pmCST💙
$20 donation submit your favorite character to be randomly chosen to be drawn by me on stream
@kickingupfire.bsky.social @deanon.bsky.social
and I will also be answering aid questions too!
deckitoutmnaid.carrd.co
💙TONIGHT FRI 1/30 7-10pmCST💙
$20 donation submit your favorite character to be randomly chosen to be drawn by me on stream
@kickingupfire.bsky.social @deanon.bsky.social
and I will also be answering aid questions too!
deckitoutmnaid.carrd.co
January 30, 2026 at 3:39 PM
I'm doing a stream to raise funds for my community
💙TONIGHT FRI 1/30 7-10pmCST💙
$20 donation submit your favorite character to be randomly chosen to be drawn by me on stream
@kickingupfire.bsky.social @deanon.bsky.social
and I will also be answering aid questions too!
deckitoutmnaid.carrd.co
💙TONIGHT FRI 1/30 7-10pmCST💙
$20 donation submit your favorite character to be randomly chosen to be drawn by me on stream
@kickingupfire.bsky.social @deanon.bsky.social
and I will also be answering aid questions too!
deckitoutmnaid.carrd.co
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Not just any journalist, she won the goddamn Triple Crown of broadcast journalism (an Emmy, a Peabody, and a Murrow) in 2024 for her reporting on Gaza.
This is textbook censorship of the highest degree
This is textbook censorship of the highest degree
Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda with 1.4m followers reports TikTok ban https://aje.news/ljjuww
January 29, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Not just any journalist, she won the goddamn Triple Crown of broadcast journalism (an Emmy, a Peabody, and a Murrow) in 2024 for her reporting on Gaza.
This is textbook censorship of the highest degree
This is textbook censorship of the highest degree
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Contemporary Indigenous Horror (University Press of Mississippi, 2027) solicits original, unpublished short horror fiction, poetry, and experimental works by self-identifying Indigenous creatives. No work produced with AI will be accepted. See details:
www.cfplist.com/CFP/46993
www.cfplist.com/CFP/46993
The CFP List
An academic call for papers database.
www.cfplist.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Contemporary Indigenous Horror (University Press of Mississippi, 2027) solicits original, unpublished short horror fiction, poetry, and experimental works by self-identifying Indigenous creatives. No work produced with AI will be accepted. See details:
www.cfplist.com/CFP/46993
www.cfplist.com/CFP/46993
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"Consider the nature of evil. In books & movies, it is always so simple: here are the orcs & the creatures of the dark, who must be destroyed."
Read "A Beginner’s Guide to Summoning Demons" by @czwrites.bsky.social in @havenspec.bsky.social 🧂
Read "A Beginner’s Guide to Summoning Demons" by @czwrites.bsky.social in @havenspec.bsky.social 🧂
Our ✨January 2026 issue✨ is ready at last!
Subscribers will get it January 26th, and everyone else can read it February 2nd!
It's taken a long time to get the issue ready, but take a look at that 😍TOC😍! The wait was well worth it!
Subscribe through Patreon:
www.patreon.com/c/HavenSpecM...
Subscribers will get it January 26th, and everyone else can read it February 2nd!
It's taken a long time to get the issue ready, but take a look at that 😍TOC😍! The wait was well worth it!
Subscribe through Patreon:
www.patreon.com/c/HavenSpecM...
January 27, 2026 at 3:27 PM
"Consider the nature of evil. In books & movies, it is always so simple: here are the orcs & the creatures of the dark, who must be destroyed."
Read "A Beginner’s Guide to Summoning Demons" by @czwrites.bsky.social in @havenspec.bsky.social 🧂
Read "A Beginner’s Guide to Summoning Demons" by @czwrites.bsky.social in @havenspec.bsky.social 🧂
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I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
www.theverge.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
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Exactly right.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
They are wounded and flailing. Press the advantage.
January 27, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Exactly right.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
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Give @unraveledpress.com some love. Most of us sit in warm houses watching their frontline clips while they brave winter temps, a crazy amount of tear gas, and the risk of death.
Btw, if you helped Unraveled buy gear before? Guess what? Being soaked in chemical irritants wrecks everything.
Btw, if you helped Unraveled buy gear before? Guess what? Being soaked in chemical irritants wrecks everything.
Beloved Minnesota, we don't want to leave you. But we have to return to Chicago for at least a few days to wrap up some reporting.
We need to purchase new safety gear and replenish funds. If you'd like to support our frontline and investigative work (we love monthly pledges!)—here's how to do that:
We need to purchase new safety gear and replenish funds. If you'd like to support our frontline and investigative work (we love monthly pledges!)—here's how to do that:
Support Unraveled
unraveledpress.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Give @unraveledpress.com some love. Most of us sit in warm houses watching their frontline clips while they brave winter temps, a crazy amount of tear gas, and the risk of death.
Btw, if you helped Unraveled buy gear before? Guess what? Being soaked in chemical irritants wrecks everything.
Btw, if you helped Unraveled buy gear before? Guess what? Being soaked in chemical irritants wrecks everything.
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You know me I don't share fundraisers unless I can tell you I trust them with my whole heart and my own wallet. This one gets protective gear to legal observers in Minneapolis / Saint Paul
www.gofundme.com/f/help-equip...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-equip...
Donate to Help Equip Twin Cities Legal Observers with PPE, organized by Jac Kovarik
I have been involved in rapid response in the Twin Cities area since the b… Jac Kovarik needs your support for Help Equip Twin Cities Legal Observers with PPE
www.gofundme.com
January 24, 2026 at 6:26 PM
You know me I don't share fundraisers unless I can tell you I trust them with my whole heart and my own wallet. This one gets protective gear to legal observers in Minneapolis / Saint Paul
www.gofundme.com/f/help-equip...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-equip...
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People got so uncomfortable about that Ta-Nehisi Coates quote about how if you didn't draw the line at Gaza, you can't draw the line at democracy
I would argue there is a throughline here with every Palestinian in Gaza being called a terrorist
Stephen Miller calls the deceased “a domestic terrorist.”
January 24, 2026 at 8:49 PM
People got so uncomfortable about that Ta-Nehisi Coates quote about how if you didn't draw the line at Gaza, you can't draw the line at democracy
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We are calling our senators right now and demanding that they vote no on the omnibus with DHS funding
We are explicitly mentioning ICE’s murder in cold blood of a man on the streets of Minneapolis this morning
We are explicitly mentioning ICE’s murder in cold blood of a man on the streets of Minneapolis this morning
January 24, 2026 at 4:45 PM
We are calling our senators right now and demanding that they vote no on the omnibus with DHS funding
We are explicitly mentioning ICE’s murder in cold blood of a man on the streets of Minneapolis this morning
We are explicitly mentioning ICE’s murder in cold blood of a man on the streets of Minneapolis this morning
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Hey, the excellent Minneapolis arts and culture magazine Racket took down their paywall for the day, so you can go read their coverage of the occupation unhindered. Start here: racketmn.com/voices-of-th...
January 23, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Hey, the excellent Minneapolis arts and culture magazine Racket took down their paywall for the day, so you can go read their coverage of the occupation unhindered. Start here: racketmn.com/voices-of-th...
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A "subject profile" of Öztürk that was prepared "for/in collaboration with HSI Office of Intelligence" cites her profile on the Israeli-based website Canary Mission on the third page.
It also includes her op-ed.
It also includes her op-ed.
January 23, 2026 at 4:40 PM
A "subject profile" of Öztürk that was prepared "for/in collaboration with HSI Office of Intelligence" cites her profile on the Israeli-based website Canary Mission on the third page.
It also includes her op-ed.
It also includes her op-ed.
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If you can today: please support us in our general strike. No work, no buying, no school. If you can’t, I get it - I’m an essential worker and I can’t - but we aren’t buying and so many places are closed today. Stand in solidarity with us.
January 23, 2026 at 3:02 PM
If you can today: please support us in our general strike. No work, no buying, no school. If you can’t, I get it - I’m an essential worker and I can’t - but we aren’t buying and so many places are closed today. Stand in solidarity with us.
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👀January 2026 Fiction👀
"A Beginner’s Guide to Summoning Demons" is a short story by @czwrites.bsky.social about growing up a target but finding ways to fight back. Also, summoning demons. Read it as a ritual of transformation.
Subscribers get it Monday!
"A Beginner’s Guide to Summoning Demons" is a short story by @czwrites.bsky.social about growing up a target but finding ways to fight back. Also, summoning demons. Read it as a ritual of transformation.
Subscribers get it Monday!
January 23, 2026 at 2:20 PM
👀January 2026 Fiction👀
"A Beginner’s Guide to Summoning Demons" is a short story by @czwrites.bsky.social about growing up a target but finding ways to fight back. Also, summoning demons. Read it as a ritual of transformation.
Subscribers get it Monday!
"A Beginner’s Guide to Summoning Demons" is a short story by @czwrites.bsky.social about growing up a target but finding ways to fight back. Also, summoning demons. Read it as a ritual of transformation.
Subscribers get it Monday!
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Coming off a busy work day to find my collection, three short stories & the peer-reviewed paper I co-wrote with @susankayequinn.bsky.social has made the #BSFA Awards Long List!
Congratulations to all fabulous long-listees! Honoured to be among you.
Many thanks to everyone who nominated my work 💕✨
Congratulations to all fabulous long-listees! Honoured to be among you.
Many thanks to everyone who nominated my work 💕✨
January 22, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Coming off a busy work day to find my collection, three short stories & the peer-reviewed paper I co-wrote with @susankayequinn.bsky.social has made the #BSFA Awards Long List!
Congratulations to all fabulous long-listees! Honoured to be among you.
Many thanks to everyone who nominated my work 💕✨
Congratulations to all fabulous long-listees! Honoured to be among you.
Many thanks to everyone who nominated my work 💕✨
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So the House is going to vote TOMORROW on the DHS funding bill that includes funding for ICE.
There's a real chance we can get Dems to vote NO on any bill with ICE funding to sink it.
Once it goes to the Senate we likely lose this chance.
24 hours. Go.
www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/no-f...
There's a real chance we can get Dems to vote NO on any bill with ICE funding to sink it.
Once it goes to the Senate we likely lose this chance.
24 hours. Go.
www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/no-f...
No Funding for ICE Surveillance Tech!
www.fightforthefuture.org
January 21, 2026 at 11:35 PM
So the House is going to vote TOMORROW on the DHS funding bill that includes funding for ICE.
There's a real chance we can get Dems to vote NO on any bill with ICE funding to sink it.
Once it goes to the Senate we likely lose this chance.
24 hours. Go.
www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/no-f...
There's a real chance we can get Dems to vote NO on any bill with ICE funding to sink it.
Once it goes to the Senate we likely lose this chance.
24 hours. Go.
www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/no-f...
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Please help us bring Liam Adrian Cornejo Ramos (he’s only 5 years of age and is currently in pre-K. Yesterday, he and his father were kidnapped by ICE. This will help the family with legal services to help reunite Liam and his dad with their family.
gofund.me/be8a1b2ab
gofund.me/be8a1b2ab
Donate to Help Bring 5-Year-Old Liam Home, organized by sarai Orquiz
Liam Adrian Cornejo Ramos is just 5 years old and currently in pre-K. Yesterday, he and h… sarai Orquiz needs your support for Help Bring 5-Year-Old Liam Home
gofund.me
January 22, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Please help us bring Liam Adrian Cornejo Ramos (he’s only 5 years of age and is currently in pre-K. Yesterday, he and his father were kidnapped by ICE. This will help the family with legal services to help reunite Liam and his dad with their family.
gofund.me/be8a1b2ab
gofund.me/be8a1b2ab
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Our little library of strange queer books fits in your hand. <3 For the first time in a while, we have stock of ALL of our palm-sized books (locally printed, on recycled paper). Mix and match, get all or one. 💌
Itch-IO: traumbooks.itch.io/the-little-b...
Payhip: payhip.com/tRaumBooks
Itch-IO: traumbooks.itch.io/the-little-b...
Payhip: payhip.com/tRaumBooks
January 21, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Our little library of strange queer books fits in your hand. <3 For the first time in a while, we have stock of ALL of our palm-sized books (locally printed, on recycled paper). Mix and match, get all or one. 💌
Itch-IO: traumbooks.itch.io/the-little-b...
Payhip: payhip.com/tRaumBooks
Itch-IO: traumbooks.itch.io/the-little-b...
Payhip: payhip.com/tRaumBooks
going to have to join just so I can force people to talk about Evil Perfume (horrors of war perfume, semen and blood scent, maple syrup bioweapon)
@azlouise.bsky.social @anoteinpink.bsky.social & @larazontally.bsky.social will be hijacking our account on feb 3rd to discuss vibes, worldbuilding and perfume. i think.
January 21, 2026 at 7:00 PM
going to have to join just so I can force people to talk about Evil Perfume (horrors of war perfume, semen and blood scent, maple syrup bioweapon)