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MT Vallarta (they) 🍉
@itsmelktea.bsky.social
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poet and AsianAm lit critic; What You Refuse to Remember (Harbor Editions); Asst Prof in Ethnic Studies @ Cal Poly 🇵🇭🌈
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shopoetryjournal.bsky.social
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October 14, 2025 at 8:23 PM
itsmelktea.bsky.social
I waited for the low-rise jean trend to end, and I can do it again.
September 3, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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shopoetryjournal.bsky.social
Thank you for the shoutout, @clmporg.bsky.social!

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May 2, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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subsidence.bsky.social
Free Mahmoud Khalil.
Abolish ICE.
March 11, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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poetnotarockstar.bsky.social
February 22, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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chenchenwrites.bsky.social
the way being alive is both abundance and abyss
February 17, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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lailalalami.com
My new novel, THE DREAM HOTEL, is out in 2 weeks! It follows a woman whose dreams are used by an algorithm to predict that she will commit a crime. Releasing a book in the middle of all this [waves hand] isn't optimal, but I worked hard on it and I'd be grateful for your preorder! shorturl.at/if3CE
Book cover for The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami. The cover shows a small figure standing in an orange hallway leading to an ominously dark room. The title and author name appear in white on a purple background.
February 17, 2025 at 10:39 PM
itsmelktea.bsky.social
Dehydrated and grading.
February 17, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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poetnotarockstar.bsky.social
February 9, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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westtradereview.bsky.social
The editors of West Trade Review seek creative nonfiction that engages with the ideas of mental health and mental wellness.

Submit by end of day on 2/9, and we'll respond to your submission within 2 weeks.

Details at the link below:

​https://buff.ly/3SsM4QL

#writingcommunity
February 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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chenchenwrites.bsky.social
History says we forgave the executioner.

—Sharif
Social Skills Training by Solmaz Sharif Studies suggest How may I help you officer? is the single most disarming thing to say and not What's the problem? Studies suggest it’s best the help reply My pleasure and not No problem. Studies suggest it’s best not to mention problem in front of power even to say there is none. Gloria Steinem says women lose power as they age and yet the loudest voice in my head is my mother. Studies show the mother we have in mind isn’t the mother that exists. Mine says: What the fuck are you crying for? Studies show the baby monkey will pick the fake monkey with fake fur over the furless wire monkey with milk, without contest. Studies show to negate something is to think it anyway. I’m not sad. I’m not sad. Studies recommend regular expressions of gratitude and internal check-ins. Enough, the wire mother says. [ran out of space. poem also here: https://tinyurl.com/sharifpoem]
February 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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subsidence.bsky.social
This is terrifying and sad
aljazeera.com Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Feb 7
Salama Maarouf, the head of Gaza’s Government Media Office, says more than 12,000 bodies are estimated to be trapped under the rubble in the enclave, amid a lack of equipment to retrieve them due to Israeli restrictions.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/xr13pe
February 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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jqwritesstuff.bsky.social
NEW: Several branches of the military are pausing sexual assault prevention training because of President Trump's executive order on DEI. My latest @latimes.com

www.latimes.com/california/s...
Military freezes sexual assault prevention training after Trump executive order on DEI
The U.S. Marine Corps ordered all Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Training be put on "pause" in order to comply with one of President Trump's executive orders, according to an internal email re...
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February 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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dukepress.bsky.social
In her upcoming book, "Unmaking Botany," Kathleen Cruz Gutierrez traces a history of botany in the Philippines during the last decades of Spanish rule and the first decades of US colonization. Read the intro for free our website now! #PostcolonialStudies #AsianStudies
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Cover of Unmaking Botany: Science and Vernacular Knowledge in the Colonial Philippines by Kathleen Cruz Gutierrez. The cover features a black background overlaid with botanical sketches of various species in a dark gray. The bright white of the title text stands out against the dark background elements.
February 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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democracynow.org
"Catastrophic": Trans Youth Lose Access to Care as Hospitals Capitulate to Trump Attacks
“Catastrophic”: Trans Youth Losing Access to Care
As President Trump continues to sign new executive orders attacking transgender people and their rights, we hear voices of protest from New York, where hundreds of people rallied Monday outside NYU Langone...
www.democracynow.org
February 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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nytimes.com
President Trump’s declaration that the U.S. could “take over” the Gaza Strip and that its Palestinian population could be displaced was immediately criticized in the Middle East and beyond.
Trump’s Proposal to ‘Take Over’ Gaza Sparks Immediate Rebukes
President Trump’s suggestion was denounced in the Middle East, Washington and beyond.
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 5:48 AM
itsmelktea.bsky.social
One day I am going to be that weird wrinkled professor who walks into a classroom and terrifies all their students. #oneday
February 5, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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lailalalami.com
How one Chicago community successfully thwarted an ICE raid.
When ICE authorities in dark SUVs arrived in Chicago’s Little Village, a predominantly Hispanic enclave of around 70,000, to begin enacting President Trump’s aggressive deportation agenda, another operation began. The community launched its own counteraction: an urgent system of text chains, social-media groups and calls between local leaders. The response was nearly instantaneous. “Videos are coming in, text messages, people are hitting the street following them throughout the neighborhood until they left,” said Alderman Michael Rodriguez. In the end, the officers made no arrests, Rodriguez said. Federal officials say the Trump administration's efforts to ramp up arrests is running into a challenge in some places: a robust outreach effort by activists to methodically track ICE’s movements and educate migrants on what to do when immigration officials come to town. That includes not answering questions or letting anyone inside without a proper warrant. [Source: WSJ, via library]
February 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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From @aaup.bsky.social, what to do if ICE is on your campus.
ICE On Your Campus Questions to Ask Your Administration 1. What is campus policy with regard to working with federal immigration authorities? 2. Who should faculty contact in the event that they are approached by ICE agents? 3. What private/limited-access spaces can you make available where ICE agents cannot enter unless they have a valid warrant? 4. Are you planning to communicate with students, staff, and faculty about their privacy rights? These rights include the right to deny immigration officers entry to their homes (including dorms) unless officers have a judicial warrant, and the right to not respond to the questions or statements of an immigration officer who is seeking to enter their home without a judicial warrant. 5. Are you planning to communicate guidance that, if a federal immigration enforcement officer seeks to enter a limited-access area on campus, students and workers should ask the officer for their name, identification number, agency affiliation, and business card, and inform the officer that they are not obstructing their process but need to contact the campus legal counsel for assistance? 6. What campus authority should students contact if they are contacted by ICE? What Chapter Leaders Can Do Now 1. Provide to faculty any campus plan or policy and any campus authority contact. 2. Create a list of immigration attorneys who can be contacted in case of emergencies day and night. 3. Distribute a family preparedness plan template to your members. Example: aaup.org/ILRC-plan 4. Conduct Know Your Rights sessions for your members; these do not have to be done by an attorney. Recommendations for Organizing on Your Campus Engage members via a petition, open letter, high-participation meeting, in-person demonstration, or other collective action to demand that your campus administrators: 1. Not comply with ICE to detain or deport students, faculty, or staff unless legally required to do so. 2. Ensure that noncitizens understand the difference between an …
January 31, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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thellpsx.bsky.social
www.erininthemorning.com/p/school-sys.... "On Thursday, multiple school systems around the United States released advisories stating that Trump's EO mandating discrimination in schools will not be followed."
School Systems Across US Declare They Will Not Comply With Trump's Anti-Trans Executive Order
On Thursday, multiple school systems around the United States released advisories stating that Trump's EO mandating discrimination in schools will not be followed.
www.erininthemorning.com
January 31, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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danielnmiller.bsky.social
How did LAUSD decide schools near the L.A. fires were safe to reopen? A key factor was an "olfactory inspection." That's a fancy way of saying: sniff test. As in, a geologist took a whiff to see if it smelled like smoke. Are parents satisfied? Our story: www.latimes.com/california/s...
Schools opening near fire zones are safe, district officials say. Parents aren't so sure
In the race to reopen schools, parents are demanding proof that campuses near the Palisades and Eaton fires are safe. But who determines whether they are?
www.latimes.com
January 31, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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erininthemorning.com
This is the biggest danger of Trump's EOs.

They are not law, and yet Denver Health is complying in advance, ending all trans surgeries under 19 years of age, including chest masculinization - a rare, but much needed surgery for some trans teens.

www.9news.com/article/news...
January 30, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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thebaffler.com
The ceasefire in Gaza is not a solution but a mirror held up to our collective failure. The root causes that led to October 7 and the subsequent genocide remain unchanged: decades of Israeli occupation, ethnic cleansing, and apartheid against Palestinians.
A Ceasefire Is Not Enough | Tariq Kenney-Shawa
The ceasefire is not a solution but a mirror. Decades of Israeli occupation, ethnic cleansing, and apartheid against Palestinians brought us here.
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January 31, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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videstellae.bsky.social
Chicago, baby.
January 31, 2025 at 1:08 AM