Kari Nguyen
@knguyenwrites.bsky.social
Best Microfiction 2020, Best of Boston Literary Magazine, America's Emerging Literary Fiction Writers. MFA at SNHU. Former Nonfiction Editor at Stymie Mag. She/her/hers. karinguyen.wordpress.com.
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Kari Nguyen
@knguyenwrites.bsky.social
· May 18
The mushrooms by the shed stand united in their messaging 🤎
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"Images obtained by CBS News appear to show the zip ties and bruised wrists of Anabel Romero's 14-year-old daughter SueHey, a U.S. citizen who was tending to her 6- and 8-year-old siblings when the agents descended on the crowd in military-style gear and herded them into a confined area."
Feds zip-tied a 14-year-old girl during Idaho raid, sparking fresh questions about ICE tactics
A 14-year-old girl said she was "crying" and "struggling to breathe" when law enforcement officers herded her onto a racetrack with other detainees and zip-tied her hands.
www.cbsnews.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:22 PM
"Images obtained by CBS News appear to show the zip ties and bruised wrists of Anabel Romero's 14-year-old daughter SueHey, a U.S. citizen who was tending to her 6- and 8-year-old siblings when the agents descended on the crowd in military-style gear and herded them into a confined area."
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US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
February 10, 2026 at 8:58 PM
US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
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Do you despise ICE as much as I do?
If so, @defendpublichealth.bsky.social has a new campaign, and it’s easy to send a letter to your elected representatives to air your grievances and demand that DHS and ICE not get funding to terrorize human beings.
Please join us!
If so, @defendpublichealth.bsky.social has a new campaign, and it’s easy to send a letter to your elected representatives to air your grievances and demand that DHS and ICE not get funding to terrorize human beings.
Please join us!
Help Stop ICE and CBP! | Defend Public Health
DHS and ICE are threats to public health through violence and inhumane treatment of detainees. DPH has created a letter that you can send to your elected representatives telling them not to fund these...
www.defendpublichealth.org
February 10, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Do you despise ICE as much as I do?
If so, @defendpublichealth.bsky.social has a new campaign, and it’s easy to send a letter to your elected representatives to air your grievances and demand that DHS and ICE not get funding to terrorize human beings.
Please join us!
If so, @defendpublichealth.bsky.social has a new campaign, and it’s easy to send a letter to your elected representatives to air your grievances and demand that DHS and ICE not get funding to terrorize human beings.
Please join us!
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NEW: Trump is in the unredacted Epstein files "more than a million times," Raskin tells Axios in an interview.
www.axios.com/2026/02/10/t...
www.axios.com/2026/02/10/t...
Trump is in the unredacted Epstein files "more than a million times," Raskin alleges
One document recounts that Trump said he "never" asked Epstein to leave Mar-a-Lago.
www.axios.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:12 PM
NEW: Trump is in the unredacted Epstein files "more than a million times," Raskin tells Axios in an interview.
www.axios.com/2026/02/10/t...
www.axios.com/2026/02/10/t...
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"You have used your power to perpetrate great evil." - Rep. Delia Remirez @ramirez.house.gov
"Your agencies are unaccountable paramilitary forces."
"Your agencies are unaccountable paramilitary forces."
Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
February 10, 2026 at 5:46 PM
"You have used your power to perpetrate great evil." - Rep. Delia Remirez @ramirez.house.gov
"Your agencies are unaccountable paramilitary forces."
"Your agencies are unaccountable paramilitary forces."
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see? saying this is not so hard
I will not support any funding deal that puts money in the hands of Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, and this violent agency. Defund and abolish ICE now.
February 10, 2026 at 4:37 PM
see? saying this is not so hard
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see that's not particularly difficult messaging
I will not support any funding deal that puts money in the hands of Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, and this violent agency. Defund and abolish ICE now.
February 10, 2026 at 5:16 PM
see that's not particularly difficult messaging
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This is a bit random and yet quite specific: do I know any un- or under-employed (current or former) freelance book review assigning editors?? Do you??
If so, respond or tag someone.
I have a dream, an impossible dream maybe, but a dream no less.
If so, respond or tag someone.
I have a dream, an impossible dream maybe, but a dream no less.
February 10, 2026 at 1:14 PM
This is a bit random and yet quite specific: do I know any un- or under-employed (current or former) freelance book review assigning editors?? Do you??
If so, respond or tag someone.
I have a dream, an impossible dream maybe, but a dream no less.
If so, respond or tag someone.
I have a dream, an impossible dream maybe, but a dream no less.
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Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) asks Lyons if he thinks he's going to hell! First real stir in the room in quite a while
February 10, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) asks Lyons if he thinks he's going to hell! First real stir in the room in quite a while
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NEW: Immigrants claiming their detention is illegal have filed more than 18,000 challenges in federal court.
The cases, known as habeas petitions, total more than were filed under the last three administrations combined, including Trump’s first term.
The cases, known as habeas petitions, total more than were filed under the last three administrations combined, including Trump’s first term.
More Immigrants Are Challenging Their ICE Detention Than Ever Before
Immigrants claiming their detention is illegal have filed more than 18,000 challenges in federal court. This total is more than were filed under the last three administrations combined — including Tru...
www.propublica.org
February 10, 2026 at 1:00 PM
NEW: Immigrants claiming their detention is illegal have filed more than 18,000 challenges in federal court.
The cases, known as habeas petitions, total more than were filed under the last three administrations combined, including Trump’s first term.
The cases, known as habeas petitions, total more than were filed under the last three administrations combined, including Trump’s first term.
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Sen Ramirez: "Let me remind you, you will not always be in power. One day, you will be held accountable for your role in this dark day in America."
February 10, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Sen Ramirez: "Let me remind you, you will not always be in power. One day, you will be held accountable for your role in this dark day in America."
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Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
February 10, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
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Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our Second Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 26, 2026. 🎉🎉🎉
Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying.
Learn more: manuscriptwishlist.com/2025/01/the-...
Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying.
Learn more: manuscriptwishlist.com/2025/01/the-...
The Next Official #MSWL Day: February 26, 2026 – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website
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February 5, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our Second Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 26, 2026. 🎉🎉🎉
Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying.
Learn more: manuscriptwishlist.com/2025/01/the-...
Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying.
Learn more: manuscriptwishlist.com/2025/01/the-...
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Nimo H. Farah on refusing to mistake silence for safety.
Letter From Minnesota: From Otaango to Eat Street
I grew up as a Child of the Horn in Minnesota, landing first at an address in South Minneapolis that my mom taught me to memorize—a landmark of survival, a place of new beginnings. I was nine, caug…
buff.ly
February 10, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Nimo H. Farah on refusing to mistake silence for safety.
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NEW: ICE is leasing offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:07 PM
NEW: ICE is leasing offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
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This is why domestic "shuffle" flights between ICE detention centers have skyrocketed, much moreso than ICE deportation flights.
When you are moved to a different jurisdiction, you have to refile your habeas petition all over again. They want to wear people down so they'll give up on their cases.
When you are moved to a different jurisdiction, you have to refile your habeas petition all over again. They want to wear people down so they'll give up on their cases.
February 10, 2026 at 3:26 PM
This is why domestic "shuffle" flights between ICE detention centers have skyrocketed, much moreso than ICE deportation flights.
When you are moved to a different jurisdiction, you have to refile your habeas petition all over again. They want to wear people down so they'll give up on their cases.
When you are moved to a different jurisdiction, you have to refile your habeas petition all over again. They want to wear people down so they'll give up on their cases.
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Other countries benefit from the Trump brain drain as administration wages war on academia and research
‘I saw the writing on the wall’: Austria offers safe haven for US academics as Trump wages war on universities
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Other countries benefit from the Trump brain drain as administration wages war on academia and research
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"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
February 10, 2026 at 10:09 AM
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
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"The most sensible thing an able-bodied person can do to protect their future self is to advocate right now for a society of care, of acknowledged inter-dependence, of cooperation."
February 10, 2026 at 12:14 PM
"The most sensible thing an able-bodied person can do to protect their future self is to advocate right now for a society of care, of acknowledged inter-dependence, of cooperation."
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We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.
February 6, 2026 at 11:30 AM
We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.
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Congress continues to propose bills that would require voters to produce documentation of citizenship to register and/or vote. These bills are built on misinformation and would only create further barriers to casting one's ballot. Tell Congress to oppose them!
Tell your Senators to oppose the SAVE Act | League of Women Voters
Tell your Senators to oppose the SAVE Act.
www.lwv.org
February 10, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Congress continues to propose bills that would require voters to produce documentation of citizenship to register and/or vote. These bills are built on misinformation and would only create further barriers to casting one's ballot. Tell Congress to oppose them!
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Always a great sign for how things are going in your country when 21-year-olds are like “hey, I innovated a system to play bagpipes in tear gas”
Jack Duffy attaches a respirator to his bagpipes to play through tear gas. “I always play it whenever the police retreat because it's like, ‘You fucking ran while we stayed,’” he says.
The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp...
By Julianne Le
The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp...
By Julianne Le
February 10, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Always a great sign for how things are going in your country when 21-year-olds are like “hey, I innovated a system to play bagpipes in tear gas”
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This is the 38th time that the U.S. military has unlawfully killed civilians on the orders of Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump. At least 130 people — never charged with crimes, their identities unknown to their executioners — are now dead.
We are murdering people and it is basically just background noise at this point. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
U.S. Boat Strike Kills 2 in Pacific, With One Survivor
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:29 AM
This is the 38th time that the U.S. military has unlawfully killed civilians on the orders of Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump. At least 130 people — never charged with crimes, their identities unknown to their executioners — are now dead.