Mary Fontana
@maryfontanawrites.bsky.social
Writer, lapsed immunologist, Annunciation House volunteer, mother of two. Current project: a narrative history of migration across the US-Mexico border, forthcoming from Orbis Books. Reader for Only Poems. YKM, SEA, OAK, SFO, ELP, MS. She/her.
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To be clear, this is what an insurrection looks like:
June 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
To be clear, this is what an insurrection looks like:
I wrote this choose-your-own-ending story about migration across the US-Mexico border to illustrate the many impossible choices that Central and South American refugees often navigate in their home countries, on the journey, and once they reach the US. Please check it out and LMK what you think!
lemonwoodquarterly.com/spring-2025-...
A powerful story about a mother's struggle to save her family, based on true events. Read it in The Lemonwood Quarterly; our magazine is always free. Enjoy!
#Litmag #shortstory #mothersday
A powerful story about a mother's struggle to save her family, based on true events. Read it in The Lemonwood Quarterly; our magazine is always free. Enjoy!
#Litmag #shortstory #mothersday
May 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I wrote this choose-your-own-ending story about migration across the US-Mexico border to illustrate the many impossible choices that Central and South American refugees often navigate in their home countries, on the journey, and once they reach the US. Please check it out and LMK what you think!
This is exhausting.
April 29, 2025 at 2:12 AM
This is exhausting.
This is shocking, and also an example of Orwellian language creep. Sending a US citizen to another country is not "deporting" that person. Kidnapping, maybe. Exiling.
Breaking News: A federal judge expressed deep concern that the Trump administration deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras “with no meaningful process.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
April 26, 2025 at 4:37 AM
This is shocking, and also an example of Orwellian language creep. Sending a US citizen to another country is not "deporting" that person. Kidnapping, maybe. Exiling.
Have never said or even thought these words before, but: GO HARVARD!
April 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Have never said or even thought these words before, but: GO HARVARD!
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@vcardenas.bsky.social: "The U.S. Supreme Court has been clear that Mr. García should be brought back to his family in Maryland. Yet, today, President Trump said they have no plans to abide by the Court’s ruling and return a man that President Trump’s own DOJ acknowledges was mistakenly deported."
“What we saw today at the White House should shock every American who cares about our system of checks and balances and the rule of law," says @vcardenas.bsky.social reacting to today’s White House Oval Office meeting between President Trump and El Salvador President Nayib Bukele.
Vanessa Cárdenas Reacts to Trump and Bukele Meeting - America's Voice
Washington, DC — The following is a statement from Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s Voice, reacting to the details and implications of today’s White House Oval Office meeting between ...
americasvoice.org
April 14, 2025 at 7:16 PM
@vcardenas.bsky.social: "The U.S. Supreme Court has been clear that Mr. García should be brought back to his family in Maryland. Yet, today, President Trump said they have no plans to abide by the Court’s ruling and return a man that President Trump’s own DOJ acknowledges was mistakenly deported."
Couple of new poems up over at The Wild Umbrella. One is about babies and astronauts, the other death and crocodile cousins. If none of that intrigues you, you aren't human:
www.thewildumbrella.com/profile/eab3...
www.thewildumbrella.com/profile/eab3...
Profile | The Wild Umbrella
www.thewildumbrella.com
April 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Couple of new poems up over at The Wild Umbrella. One is about babies and astronauts, the other death and crocodile cousins. If none of that intrigues you, you aren't human:
www.thewildumbrella.com/profile/eab3...
www.thewildumbrella.com/profile/eab3...
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The man pictured in the below post is Andry, who came to a port of entry seeking asylum. A foolish CBP officer threw him into ICE detention last year because of his “mom” and “dad” tattoos with little crowns over them.
That was bad enough. Then Trump sold him to El Salvador.
BRING THEM BACK.
That was bad enough. Then Trump sold him to El Salvador.
BRING THEM BACK.
April 7, 2025 at 1:11 AM
The man pictured in the below post is Andry, who came to a port of entry seeking asylum. A foolish CBP officer threw him into ICE detention last year because of his “mom” and “dad” tattoos with little crowns over them.
That was bad enough. Then Trump sold him to El Salvador.
BRING THEM BACK.
That was bad enough. Then Trump sold him to El Salvador.
BRING THEM BACK.
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NEW: @aclu.org obtained ICE's "Alien Enemies Act Validation Guide," confirming all it takes to be sent to rot in prison in El Salvador is being Venezuelan and 1) having a tattoo an ICE officer says is a "gang tattoo" and 2) displaying "logos," "symbols" or clothes an ICE officer says are gang signs.
March 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
NEW: @aclu.org obtained ICE's "Alien Enemies Act Validation Guide," confirming all it takes to be sent to rot in prison in El Salvador is being Venezuelan and 1) having a tattoo an ICE officer says is a "gang tattoo" and 2) displaying "logos," "symbols" or clothes an ICE officer says are gang signs.
This is the best thing I've read all week. The winner of the windfall is the one who finds the...
Now THIS is news www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Sale of Ellen Raskin Estate Reveals Unpublished 'Westing Game' Sequel
International Literary Properties has acquired Raskin’s estate and, along with it, two previously unpublished manuscripts by the late author, including a sequel to her Newbery Award–winning mystery, '...
www.publishersweekly.com
March 8, 2025 at 5:34 AM
This is the best thing I've read all week. The winner of the windfall is the one who finds the...
One small victoriousness: it appears we CAN still say "equity."
Trump administration has identified words to be banned on government websites or at least be wary of using. Among them: women, race, injustice, climate science, pollution, victim, historically. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Words Federal Agencies Are Discouraged From Using Under Trump
Federal agencies have issued guidance to employees on hundreds of terms to limit or avoid using. An analysis of government websites shows many of the same words being removed.
www.nytimes.com
March 8, 2025 at 5:25 AM
One small victoriousness: it appears we CAN still say "equity."
A few more pics from today's Stand Up for Science rally in Seattle. Phagocytose the rich!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
@standupforscience.bsky.social
March 8, 2025 at 5:21 AM
A few more pics from today's Stand Up for Science rally in Seattle. Phagocytose the rich!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Sunny vibes and great turnout at Seattle's rally to Stand Up For Science. Glad to see UW Immunology well-represented.
@standupforscience.bsky.social
@standupforscience.bsky.social
March 8, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Sunny vibes and great turnout at Seattle's rally to Stand Up For Science. Glad to see UW Immunology well-represented.
@standupforscience.bsky.social
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Opinion piece from UW scientists Jakob von Moltke @jmoltke.bsky.social , Patrick Mitchell, and Thornton Thompson advocating against proposed cuts to biomedical research. Washington (state) readers especially take note:
www.heraldnet.com/opinion/comm...
www.heraldnet.com/opinion/comm...
Comment: Pending cuts to medical research would harm all in state | HeraldNet.com
As UW medical scientists, we urge Washingtonians to defend the NIH’s life-saving research funding.
www.heraldnet.com
February 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Opinion piece from UW scientists Jakob von Moltke @jmoltke.bsky.social , Patrick Mitchell, and Thornton Thompson advocating against proposed cuts to biomedical research. Washington (state) readers especially take note:
www.heraldnet.com/opinion/comm...
www.heraldnet.com/opinion/comm...
Wondering what you can do TODAY to oppose the madness? Comment on proposed changes to passports that would change "gender" to "sex" and require everyone to choose only M or F based on sex assigned at birth. Links below take you to the comment forms. Took me about 8 min to do all 3.
Public comment is now open for passport gender marker changes.
You can go here to go to each of the three proposed passport rules, and submit comment.
My suggestion: be unique, argue for trans-inclusive policies, against the constitutionality of the changes, etc.
www.reddit.com/r/Passports/...
You can go here to go to each of the three proposed passport rules, and submit comment.
My suggestion: be unique, argue for trans-inclusive policies, against the constitutionality of the changes, etc.
www.reddit.com/r/Passports/...
Public comment on US passport form changes related to trans
www.reddit.com
February 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Wondering what you can do TODAY to oppose the madness? Comment on proposed changes to passports that would change "gender" to "sex" and require everyone to choose only M or F based on sex assigned at birth. Links below take you to the comment forms. Took me about 8 min to do all 3.
February 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
February 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Seattle keeping President's Day with a protest at the Federal Building.
February 18, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Seattle keeping President's Day with a protest at the Federal Building.
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No one can tell that whole story & no group can fight all of those changes. Pick a lane. Fight for that thing. Tell that story.
February 15, 2025 at 5:14 PM
No one can tell that whole story & no group can fight all of those changes. Pick a lane. Fight for that thing. Tell that story.
Let me see if I've got this straight. The one group of refugees the US is accepting right now is... white South African landowners?
February 8, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Let me see if I've got this straight. The one group of refugees the US is accepting right now is... white South African landowners?
Today I discovered the song "Espresso" solely because it got covered by I'm With Her and that right there tells you most of what you need to know about my knowledge of popular music
February 7, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Today I discovered the song "Espresso" solely because it got covered by I'm With Her and that right there tells you most of what you need to know about my knowledge of popular music
Trump has frozen trillions of dollars in federal funding--affecting Medicaid, DV shelters, school lunches, life-saving biomedical research, student loans and more--and meanwhile over at F*x News the top headline 🤦 is:
January 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Trump has frozen trillions of dollars in federal funding--affecting Medicaid, DV shelters, school lunches, life-saving biomedical research, student loans and more--and meanwhile over at F*x News the top headline 🤦 is:
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My weekend with immunologists devising new strategies to treat cancer, allergy, Alzheimer’s, autoimmunity and infection. The WH has just paused peer-reviewed NIH funding that pays for these studies. If you care about human life, write your representatives. Demand that NIH funding is restored asap.
January 28, 2025 at 5:27 AM
My weekend with immunologists devising new strategies to treat cancer, allergy, Alzheimer’s, autoimmunity and infection. The WH has just paused peer-reviewed NIH funding that pays for these studies. If you care about human life, write your representatives. Demand that NIH funding is restored asap.
A friend recently asked me with honest curiosity: why should US be expected to receive large numbers of refugees coming from other countries? Even if they leave home country due to well-founded fears, if they have to cross several other countries to get here... like, why should it be our problem? 🧵
January 22, 2025 at 11:20 PM
A friend recently asked me with honest curiosity: why should US be expected to receive large numbers of refugees coming from other countries? Even if they leave home country due to well-founded fears, if they have to cross several other countries to get here... like, why should it be our problem? 🧵
"America’s immigrants are renowned around the world for their ingenuity, hustle, and work ethic. Imagine what it could be like if America didn’t spend billions of dollars terrorizing them."
From Karla Cornejo Villavivencio's excellent commentary in Prism: prismreports.org/2025/01/22/x...
From Karla Cornejo Villavivencio's excellent commentary in Prism: prismreports.org/2025/01/22/x...
Xenophobia isn’t rational, but it is very reassuring
For people untouched by the Trump administration’s policies, the shift to authoritarianism will mostly feel aesthetic
prismreports.org
January 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
"America’s immigrants are renowned around the world for their ingenuity, hustle, and work ethic. Imagine what it could be like if America didn’t spend billions of dollars terrorizing them."
From Karla Cornejo Villavivencio's excellent commentary in Prism: prismreports.org/2025/01/22/x...
From Karla Cornejo Villavivencio's excellent commentary in Prism: prismreports.org/2025/01/22/x...