Kelly Clancy
@kellyclancy.bsky.social
Mother of three adventurers in Brooklyn, NY. Academic editor and writing consultant.
Read my new book! Democracy: A Love Letter, https://books2read.com/democracyaloveletter
Read my new book! Democracy: A Love Letter, https://books2read.com/democracyaloveletter
@schumer.senate.gov @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social get this kid medical care and home to his family before there’s a vote on the budget.
Rep. @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social visited Liam and his dad today at the Texas ICE facility.
He shared this photo on social media that shows Liam either sleeping or lying weakly in his father’s arms.
He shared this photo on social media that shows Liam either sleeping or lying weakly in his father’s arms.
January 28, 2026 at 11:14 PM
@schumer.senate.gov @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social get this kid medical care and home to his family before there’s a vote on the budget.
He’s a good person.
January 28, 2026 at 2:46 AM
He’s a good person.
I love cities.
As someone who lived in Portland and lives in Chicago now, I am CACKLING
- Chicago hates lCE so much they do a solidarity protest every time ICE agents so much as fart in another city
- Portland took a different tactic and did really weird things and it made the fash so deeply uncomfortable that they left
- Portland took a different tactic and did really weird things and it made the fash so deeply uncomfortable that they left
January 27, 2026 at 1:33 PM
I love cities.
Yes this - take the win, tell stories about the win, use it to get you to the next win.
The people of Minnesota defeated ICE's invasion. Bovino losing his job is an enormous win for the people: it shows others in the regime they could actually face consequences if they alienate enough popular support.
The movement deserves to claim these kinds of huge wins!
The movement deserves to claim these kinds of huge wins!
Greg Bovino Loses His Job
The Border Patrol chief has been ousted from his role as “commander at large,” and will return to El Centro.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Yes this - take the win, tell stories about the win, use it to get you to the next win.
We’re going to this tonight. We keep us safe.
Also, uh, we have more than 100,000 people registered for this ICE watch training tonight. Largest training of it type in history by a long shot. Please join if you've not be trained yet, and share to friends/fam/neighbors!
I recorded this week's newsletter in case you want to watch instead of read. Are we pro or anti Gadsden flag hat? On the one hand, I like reclaiming it. On the other hand, it's hard for me to shake my visceral response to it from the Tea Party days. ezralevin.substack.com/p/how-to-mak...
January 26, 2026 at 10:40 PM
We’re going to this tonight. We keep us safe.
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if you're on line to borrow heated rivalry ZOHRAN SAID THE LINE DOES NOT EXIST
this small drop of good news could not be better timed: heated rivalry ebooks are now open to anyone with an NYPL card, no waitlists
happy snowstorm eve from the library 💕
www.nypl.org/blog/2026/01...
happy snowstorm eve from the library 💕
www.nypl.org/blog/2026/01...
January 25, 2026 at 8:21 PM
if you're on line to borrow heated rivalry ZOHRAN SAID THE LINE DOES NOT EXIST
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This administration is cooked. Literally no one is scared of them.
January 25, 2026 at 5:20 PM
This administration is cooked. Literally no one is scared of them.
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I used to press t shirts at the Surf Mall on the boardwalk in OCNJ and this guy came in and asked me to make 10 'MAXIMA CREW' t shirts with a Jamaican flag on the back and I seen that shirt 15 years later in a thrift store in Hoboken and bought it. We both had adventures and met up later in life.
January 24, 2026 at 2:40 AM
I used to press t shirts at the Surf Mall on the boardwalk in OCNJ and this guy came in and asked me to make 10 'MAXIMA CREW' t shirts with a Jamaican flag on the back and I seen that shirt 15 years later in a thrift store in Hoboken and bought it. We both had adventures and met up later in life.
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"Liam’s teacher, Ella Sullivan, teared up when thinking about Liam. 'He’s a bright young student,' she said, 'and he’s so kind and loving. His classmates miss him.'"
www.startribune.com/preschooler-...
www.startribune.com/preschooler-...
Preschooler and three other students detained by ICE, school district leader says
The detentions of Columbia Heights students come after weeks of heightened concern and enforcement presence near and on Twin Cities school property.
www.startribune.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:23 AM
"Liam’s teacher, Ella Sullivan, teared up when thinking about Liam. 'He’s a bright young student,' she said, 'and he’s so kind and loving. His classmates miss him.'"
www.startribune.com/preschooler-...
www.startribune.com/preschooler-...
Just donated to this fund to bring this little boy home. It’s made me sick to think about this story today-here’s something small we can do.
For those outside the Twin Cities, the person posting this GoFundMe is a member of Minneapolis city council (and among the many locals doing absolutely heroic resistance to ICE), so it's legit.
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
January 22, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Just donated to this fund to bring this little boy home. It’s made me sick to think about this story today-here’s something small we can do.
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we used to name bands "Toad The Wet Sprocket"
January 20, 2026 at 9:26 PM
we used to name bands "Toad The Wet Sprocket"
My mayor. We also have seen a number of emails from the school district about how the DOE is keeping kids and families safe - a big change from communication under Adams.
Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
January 20, 2026 at 6:37 PM
My mayor. We also have seen a number of emails from the school district about how the DOE is keeping kids and families safe - a big change from communication under Adams.
Hi friends of Bluesky, I'm really excited to be co-hosting a workshop on writing for the public. It's free for community advocates, $25 for scholars with institutional affiliation. Come, and tell your friends! You can read more about it here.
Writing for Public Audiences: A February Workshop
And introducing a new face to Epilogue Editing, Meera Jagannathan!
epilogueediting.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Hi friends of Bluesky, I'm really excited to be co-hosting a workshop on writing for the public. It's free for community advocates, $25 for scholars with institutional affiliation. Come, and tell your friends! You can read more about it here.
Exactly this.
I realise I'm just a freak, but living in a multicultural city is the best thing of all time, it's just the best possible human experience and i can not understand why anyone on earth would be like "weve got to destroy this"
January 17, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Exactly this.
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As ICE operations begin in Maine, local organizers are raising money for rapid response via the Solidarity Fund. Donations urgently needed, starting to hear of arrests as of last night www.mainesolidarity.org
Maine Solidarity Fund
www.mainesolidarity.org
January 16, 2026 at 11:26 AM
As ICE operations begin in Maine, local organizers are raising money for rapid response via the Solidarity Fund. Donations urgently needed, starting to hear of arrests as of last night www.mainesolidarity.org
I love reading acknowledgements for gems like this (from Megan Giddings’ lovely Meet Me at the Crossroads
January 16, 2026 at 2:06 AM
I love reading acknowledgements for gems like this (from Megan Giddings’ lovely Meet Me at the Crossroads
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Meanwhile, Schumer:
“We’re focused on affordability. This Minnesota thing is going to pass in a few days”
Seriously that’s what’s going around the group chats
“We’re focused on affordability. This Minnesota thing is going to pass in a few days”
Seriously that’s what’s going around the group chats
"Officers threw flash bangs and tear gas in my car. I got six kids in the car"
"His wife, Destiny Jackson, told FOX 9 their 6-month-old infant stopped breathing and lost consciousness. She then performed CPR on her baby."
"His wife, Destiny Jackson, told FOX 9 their 6-month-old infant stopped breathing and lost consciousness. She then performed CPR on her baby."
January 15, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Meanwhile, Schumer:
“We’re focused on affordability. This Minnesota thing is going to pass in a few days”
Seriously that’s what’s going around the group chats
“We’re focused on affordability. This Minnesota thing is going to pass in a few days”
Seriously that’s what’s going around the group chats
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The risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits, report says www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...
The risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits, report says
A new report warns that AI poses a serious threat to children's cognitive development and emotional well-being.
www.npr.org
January 14, 2026 at 1:13 PM
The risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits, report says www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...
He’s got a point here.
January 11, 2026 at 1:36 AM
He’s got a point here.
We wound up a diner in Long Island today with the NY Post sitting face up on the counter, celebrating Good’s murder. We told the manager it was a horrible thing to have as the face of his diner, so he took it away. I’m sure it went right back, but at least a few people didn’t see that filth.
Hard to find any outlet than more propagandistic about supporting ICE and smearing its victims than the NY Post , owned by an Australian who lives in the UK.
January 10, 2026 at 11:16 PM
We wound up a diner in Long Island today with the NY Post sitting face up on the counter, celebrating Good’s murder. We told the manager it was a horrible thing to have as the face of his diner, so he took it away. I’m sure it went right back, but at least a few people didn’t see that filth.
Unbelievably good news.
What we’ve won today will change lives — and it’s just the beginning. We won’t let up until child care is free for all across the state and child care workers are paid fairly as educators.
New: Gov. Hochul is set to propose an expansion of universal pre-K statewide, funding for Mayor Mamdani's 2-Care program and pilots of additional child care expansions in select parts of the state. The pair will be in BK this morning with more details www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2026/...
January 8, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Unbelievably good news.
Dear AP, children cannot consent to this and Grok is inanimate so can’t come under fire. You’re looking for the words “deep fake child sexual abuse material generator.”
Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok is under fire for generating sexualized images of women and children without consent.
Musk's AI chatbot faces global backlash over sexualized images of women and children
Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok is under fire for generating sexualized images of women and children without consent.
bit.ly
January 7, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Dear AP, children cannot consent to this and Grok is inanimate so can’t come under fire. You’re looking for the words “deep fake child sexual abuse material generator.”
I was watching my son do his homework tonight and realized I had neglected to install ad blockers for him - the websites he was using were completely illegible/the most distracting set of pop ups I’ve ever seen. I installed all the blockers but we’ve really just done broke the internet.
January 7, 2026 at 2:45 AM
I was watching my son do his homework tonight and realized I had neglected to install ad blockers for him - the websites he was using were completely illegible/the most distracting set of pop ups I’ve ever seen. I installed all the blockers but we’ve really just done broke the internet.
So angry about this/relieved my kids were born when they were.
It’s official: RFK Jr has officially reduced recommended childhood vaccines from 17 to 11, removing universal vaccine recommendations for RSV, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, dengue and two types of bacterial meningitis.
This reckless contravention of science is going to kill people.
This reckless contravention of science is going to kill people.
January 5, 2026 at 7:43 PM
So angry about this/relieved my kids were born when they were.
A few thoughts on why we should let people help us in 2026...and it's the last day for discounted admission to my spring writers' circles, which promise to be the best yet! Come write with me!
In 2026, We'll Get By With A Little Help From Our Friends
To letting other people get us up hills and out of holes. (And! Last day for discounted writers' circles)
epilogueediting.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:58 PM
A few thoughts on why we should let people help us in 2026...and it's the last day for discounted admission to my spring writers' circles, which promise to be the best yet! Come write with me!