Lucy Pick
@lucykpick.bsky.social
Medieval historian by day, historical novelist by night. My historical novel #Pilgrimage is now out from Cuidono Press. Jackal. Princess. She/her. Banner is Muhammed Sami.
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Lucy Pick
@lucykpick.bsky.social
· Nov 28
The Queen's Companion
Amazon.com: The Queen's Companion: 9781944453268: Pick, Lucy: Books
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Maybe what your fiction-loving medieval curious friend/relation/acquaintance needs for the holidays is a copy of my The Queen’s Companion. Crusades! Eleanor of Aquitaine! Famine! Sea voyages!
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⏳📚 #historicalfiction
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⏳📚 #historicalfiction
www.amazon.com/Queens-Compa...
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National media: Please stop describing what’s happening in Minneapolis as “protests.” There has been a modest, sustained protest outside the Whipple federal building, about 10 miles from downtown, but... 1/3
January 18, 2026 at 3:07 PM
National media: Please stop describing what’s happening in Minneapolis as “protests.” There has been a modest, sustained protest outside the Whipple federal building, about 10 miles from downtown, but... 1/3
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A third immigrant held at Camp East Montana has died, reportedly by suicide. Victor Manuel Díaz was detained in Minnesota. He is the sixth migrant to die since Jan. 1 in ICE detention.
My story:
www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
My story:
www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
January 18, 2026 at 5:12 PM
A third immigrant held at Camp East Montana has died, reportedly by suicide. Victor Manuel Díaz was detained in Minnesota. He is the sixth migrant to die since Jan. 1 in ICE detention.
My story:
www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
My story:
www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
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Erfan Soltani, the arrested Iranian protester whose execution was postponed after Trump intervened, was beaten to death while in detention.- i24NEWS
January 18, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Erfan Soltani, the arrested Iranian protester whose execution was postponed after Trump intervened, was beaten to death while in detention.- i24NEWS
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Brief operational term of art 🧵 to help better define what we're experiencing. What we're experiencing is state terror. I've seen a lot of terms thrown around for what the Trump admin is doing w/ICE, CBP, & other federal law enforcement (LE). The now largely out of use term is state terror. 1/
January 17, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Brief operational term of art 🧵 to help better define what we're experiencing. What we're experiencing is state terror. I've seen a lot of terms thrown around for what the Trump admin is doing w/ICE, CBP, & other federal law enforcement (LE). The now largely out of use term is state terror. 1/
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every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
January 16, 2026 at 9:24 PM
every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
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The Congressional Progressive Caucus, a group of nearly 100 House Democrats, will announce later today that it's formally endorsing legislation to strip $175 billion from ICE and put it toward affordable housing. www.huffpost.com/entry/doj-fe...
Progressive Caucus Backs Bill To Redirect ICE Money To Affordable Housing
www.huffpost.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:00 PM
The Congressional Progressive Caucus, a group of nearly 100 House Democrats, will announce later today that it's formally endorsing legislation to strip $175 billion from ICE and put it toward affordable housing. www.huffpost.com/entry/doj-fe...
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ICE agents fled from the crowd and left behind their CONOPS battle plan for Minneapolis, including agent's names, hotel rooms, phone numbers, boxes of license plates, and tac radio frequencies.
January 15, 2026 at 7:04 AM
ICE agents fled from the crowd and left behind their CONOPS battle plan for Minneapolis, including agent's names, hotel rooms, phone numbers, boxes of license plates, and tac radio frequencies.
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Can confirm. My brother's boss had to leave a meeting because they're terrorizing her kid's daycare. This is just what passes for normal now in the cities.
Apparently ICE goons in multi-car caravans are circling Spanish immersion preschools in the city taunting and photographing the parents and neighbors who are patrolling the school perimeter to keep kids safe.
January 14, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Can confirm. My brother's boss had to leave a meeting because they're terrorizing her kid's daycare. This is just what passes for normal now in the cities.
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“.. Federal agents grab a woman to drag her away from her car, days after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.”
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:16 PM
“.. Federal agents grab a woman to drag her away from her car, days after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.”
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
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Breaking: NYT now says *six* federal prosecutors in Minnesota have just resigned over the Justice Department's push to investigate the widow of Renee Good and the department's reluctance to investigate the ICE agent who shot Good, according to people with knowledge of their decision.
Six Prosecutors Quit Over Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Breaking: NYT now says *six* federal prosecutors in Minnesota have just resigned over the Justice Department's push to investigate the widow of Renee Good and the department's reluctance to investigate the ICE agent who shot Good, according to people with knowledge of their decision.
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Guys I think they're instantly getting DVS data.
Pulled up next to this guy on central going south in Columbia heights, followed him, they turned around, got on 694, crossed the river, and went straight to my house in Brooklyn center.
Pulled up next to this guy on central going south in Columbia heights, followed him, they turned around, got on 694, crossed the river, and went straight to my house in Brooklyn center.
January 12, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Guys I think they're instantly getting DVS data.
Pulled up next to this guy on central going south in Columbia heights, followed him, they turned around, got on 694, crossed the river, and went straight to my house in Brooklyn center.
Pulled up next to this guy on central going south in Columbia heights, followed him, they turned around, got on 694, crossed the river, and went straight to my house in Brooklyn center.
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Fear is a kink for them.
January 13, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Fear is a kink for them.
The St. Lawrence.
The East, originally! But I'm told that's just a brackish estuary, plus for 58 years now mine has been the Potomac.
Reskeet this with your home river.
Reskeet this with your home river.
The Raritan
January 12, 2026 at 10:28 PM
The St. Lawrence.
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Oh, look. From 2014:
“Border Patrol agents have deliberately stepped in the path of cars apparently to justify shooting at the drivers [in] 67 cases that resulted in 19 deaths.”
You can’t reform that culture.
Ross was in Border Patrol in this period (2007-2015).
www.latimes.com/nation/la-na...
“Border Patrol agents have deliberately stepped in the path of cars apparently to justify shooting at the drivers [in] 67 cases that resulted in 19 deaths.”
You can’t reform that culture.
Ross was in Border Patrol in this period (2007-2015).
www.latimes.com/nation/la-na...
Border Patrol's use of deadly force criticized in report
An independent review of U.S. Border Patrol shootings criticizes the agency for 'lack of diligence' in its investigations and suggests that agents' tactics sometimes create a pretext to open fire.
www.latimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Oh, look. From 2014:
“Border Patrol agents have deliberately stepped in the path of cars apparently to justify shooting at the drivers [in] 67 cases that resulted in 19 deaths.”
You can’t reform that culture.
Ross was in Border Patrol in this period (2007-2015).
www.latimes.com/nation/la-na...
“Border Patrol agents have deliberately stepped in the path of cars apparently to justify shooting at the drivers [in] 67 cases that resulted in 19 deaths.”
You can’t reform that culture.
Ross was in Border Patrol in this period (2007-2015).
www.latimes.com/nation/la-na...
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We need to let Canada's AI Minister Evan Solomon (evan.solomon@parl.gc.ca) know that Elon Musk's enabling of abuse of women and children is unacceptable.
What will Solomon do?
When writing to Solomon, please also include your Member of Parliament.
Find your MP here: www.ourcommons.ca/members/en
What will Solomon do?
When writing to Solomon, please also include your Member of Parliament.
Find your MP here: www.ourcommons.ca/members/en
January 11, 2026 at 5:40 PM
We need to let Canada's AI Minister Evan Solomon (evan.solomon@parl.gc.ca) know that Elon Musk's enabling of abuse of women and children is unacceptable.
What will Solomon do?
When writing to Solomon, please also include your Member of Parliament.
Find your MP here: www.ourcommons.ca/members/en
What will Solomon do?
When writing to Solomon, please also include your Member of Parliament.
Find your MP here: www.ourcommons.ca/members/en
This is an amazing deal and these are some wonderful books. I’ve read a few and this price is a steal for the rest.
A frankly astounding Humble Bundle of about 70 books by women SFF writers, including the Iskryne series by @pennyvixen.bsky.social and me and my first two Karen Memory novels, for $25 for the whole bundle, benefitting youth mental health.
www.humblebundle.com/books/fierce...
www.humblebundle.com/books/fierce...
Humble Book Bundle: Fierce Women of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror by Open Road Media
Our latest ebook bundle has over 60 of the best sci-fi, fantasy, and horror books written by women! Every purchase supports Active Minds charity!
www.humblebundle.com
January 11, 2026 at 1:28 PM
This is an amazing deal and these are some wonderful books. I’ve read a few and this price is a steal for the rest.
It’s rare to see such a perfect example of false equivalence in the wild. Which group is saying Good’s murder was deserved? And who was lionizing Mangione? I leave that as an exercise for the reader.
Anyone without a strange axe to grind (even that journeyman @jodyrosen.bsky.social) knows there’s nothing remotely objectionable about advocating for basic decency in a country where Good’s murder is welcomed and Luigi Mangione is lionized.
January 11, 2026 at 12:18 PM
It’s rare to see such a perfect example of false equivalence in the wild. Which group is saying Good’s murder was deserved? And who was lionizing Mangione? I leave that as an exercise for the reader.
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I can still recall all the tut-tutting from the media when Harris made this argument.
Kamala Harris at her closing campaign rally:
"Donald Trump intends to use the United States Military against American citizens who simply disagree with him."
"Donald Trump intends to use the United States Military against American citizens who simply disagree with him."
January 10, 2026 at 9:17 PM
I can still recall all the tut-tutting from the media when Harris made this argument.
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Tehran's Punak neighbourhood tonight, from another angle. Iranians are calling for their freedom. Be our voice.
January 10, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Tehran's Punak neighbourhood tonight, from another angle. Iranians are calling for their freedom. Be our voice.
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Democratic US senators demand Apple, Google take X and Grok off app stores over sexual images reut.rs/3NcxAUO
Democratic US senators demand Apple, Google take X and Grok off app stores over sexual images
Three Democratic U.S. senators are calling on Apple and Alphabet's Google to remove X and its built-in artificial intelligence chatbot Grok from their app stores, citing the spread of nonconsensual sexual images of women and minors on the platform.
reut.rs
January 9, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Democratic US senators demand Apple, Google take X and Grok off app stores over sexual images reut.rs/3NcxAUO
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And Renee Good’s last words appear to be “We’re not mad at you.”
In the video that the shooter took, which I believe was leaked to be exculpatory, he appears to yell “fucking bitch” after he shoots Renee Good.
January 9, 2026 at 6:51 PM
And Renee Good’s last words appear to be “We’re not mad at you.”
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The Alberta separatism movement is making serious efforts to align with Donald Trump’s administration
- They’ve sent 3 delegations to Washington, D.C.
- want a $500B loan from the US government
- seek connections with Wall Street + the US Treasury
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
- They’ve sent 3 delegations to Washington, D.C.
- want a $500B loan from the US government
- seek connections with Wall Street + the US Treasury
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
January 9, 2026 at 4:38 PM
The Alberta separatism movement is making serious efforts to align with Donald Trump’s administration
- They’ve sent 3 delegations to Washington, D.C.
- want a $500B loan from the US government
- seek connections with Wall Street + the US Treasury
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
- They’ve sent 3 delegations to Washington, D.C.
- want a $500B loan from the US government
- seek connections with Wall Street + the US Treasury
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
Glad to share a free link to Rachel Katz‘s and my article “the Two Faces of Medieval Jewish Studies” from the Speculations volume of Speculum. (Only 50 downloads so get through your institution if you can)
www.journals.uchicago.edu/eprint/DSMSN...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/eprint/DSMSN...
University of Chicago Press Journals: Cookie absent
www.journals.uchicago.edu
January 8, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Glad to share a free link to Rachel Katz‘s and my article “the Two Faces of Medieval Jewish Studies” from the Speculations volume of Speculum. (Only 50 downloads so get through your institution if you can)
www.journals.uchicago.edu/eprint/DSMSN...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/eprint/DSMSN...
This is really good news.
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/...
Hochul to unveil plan for universal child care
The governor's path to universal child care starts with statewide pre-K and funding for 2Care in New York City.
www.cityandstateny.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:27 PM
This is really good news.