MoCo Underground Writers Showcase [Julia Tagliere]
@mocounderground.bsky.social
MoCo Underground is a free, bimonthly get-together in Sandy Spring, MD, where awesome writers can share their work with a live audience.
More info: https://justscribbling.com/mocounderground/ OR mocounderground@gmail.com.
More info: https://justscribbling.com/mocounderground/ OR mocounderground@gmail.com.
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Dear friends: A tough decision to make, but due to personal matters requiring my full attention, MoCo Underground will end for good this year. *Two final events* in 2026: Feb 12 Zoom (still spots for readers) & April 9 at Sandy Spring Museum [fully booked w readers]. Thanks for 6 great years! 🥹🥹🥹💗🙏🏻
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This is live, friends! You can also bid on a critique from me in here.
This kicks off on Wednesday. So many amazing opportunities here, with plans to do some good.
Let’s get to work. 💪🏽 www.32auctions.com/publishingfo...
Let’s get to work. 💪🏽 www.32auctions.com/publishingfo...
Publishing for Minnesota
Silent auction 'Publishing for Minnesota' hosted online at 32auctions.
www.32auctions.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:07 PM
This is live, friends! You can also bid on a critique from me in here.
Well when you put it like that…
ICE is upset that ICE isn't welcome in restaurants after ICE ordered food at a restaurant, ate it, then arrested restaurant employees, and ICE believes this is someone else's fault, do I have that right?
January 29, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Well when you put it like that…
My *last* MoCo Underground Zoom showcase is coming up Feb 12, 7:00 PM ET! So looking forward to hanging out with these awesome writers. Free as always, register here: ci.ovationtix.com/36765/produc...
January 29, 2026 at 2:22 PM
My *last* MoCo Underground Zoom showcase is coming up Feb 12, 7:00 PM ET! So looking forward to hanging out with these awesome writers. Free as always, register here: ci.ovationtix.com/36765/produc...
😂😂😂😂 Oh, yes, please!
January 29, 2026 at 2:13 PM
😂😂😂😂 Oh, yes, please!
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The parents of Alex Pretti have retained a former federal prosecutor who helped Minnesota's attorney general convict the police officer who kneeled on George Floyd's neck of murder. https://to.pbs.org/3ZA2HfU
Family of Alex Pretti retains lawyers who helped prosecute the George Floyd case
The parents of Alex Pretti have retained a former federal prosecutor who helped Minnesota’s attorney general convict the police officer who kneeled on George Floyd’s neck of murder.
www.pbs.org
January 29, 2026 at 12:44 AM
The parents of Alex Pretti have retained a former federal prosecutor who helped Minnesota's attorney general convict the police officer who kneeled on George Floyd's neck of murder. https://to.pbs.org/3ZA2HfU
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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Tuesday morning:
New CBS boss promises “huge emphasis on scoops.”
Tuesday evening:
CBS Evening News anchor interviews his mom.
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
New CBS boss promises “huge emphasis on scoops.”
Tuesday evening:
CBS Evening News anchor interviews his mom.
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
‘CBS Evening News’: Tony Dokoupil Under Fire for Interviewing His Own Mom
Viewers accuse CBS News of 'dumbing down.'
www.yahoo.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:04 PM
😂😂😂
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🚨BREAKING: A group of North Carolina students sued Republican state officials Tuesday to restore early voting sites on three college campuses across the state, including at the United States’ largest historically Black college. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
North Carolina cut voting sites at nation’s largest HBCU. Students are suing
The board cut the sites weeks before the state’s 2026 primary election.
www.democracydocket.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:41 PM
🚨BREAKING: A group of North Carolina students sued Republican state officials Tuesday to restore early voting sites on three college campuses across the state, including at the United States’ largest historically Black college. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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YES WE ARE DOING THIS AGAIN, but this time, it's for our brand new Multigenre + Chapbook team: our MG/C editor, @erinvachon.bsky.social, is looking for readers to join their 2026 MG/C reading team! Readers are COMPENSATED!
More details forthcoming on the app, which will be available on Fri Jan 30!
More details forthcoming on the app, which will be available on Fri Jan 30!
January 28, 2026 at 2:20 PM
YES WE ARE DOING THIS AGAIN, but this time, it's for our brand new Multigenre + Chapbook team: our MG/C editor, @erinvachon.bsky.social, is looking for readers to join their 2026 MG/C reading team! Readers are COMPENSATED!
More details forthcoming on the app, which will be available on Fri Jan 30!
More details forthcoming on the app, which will be available on Fri Jan 30!
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We still have some room for poetry readers as we continue to build out that team.
If you are interested, you can apply at: duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...
If you are interested, you can apply at: duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...
January 28, 2026 at 2:34 PM
We still have some room for poetry readers as we continue to build out that team.
If you are interested, you can apply at: duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...
If you are interested, you can apply at: duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...
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i have just gotten off a productive call with sauron where i laid out our requests
- nazgul bodycams
- morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring
- shelob will be the new point of contact
- nazgul bodycams
- morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring
- shelob will be the new point of contact
January 27, 2026 at 3:15 PM
i have just gotten off a productive call with sauron where i laid out our requests
- nazgul bodycams
- morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring
- shelob will be the new point of contact
- nazgul bodycams
- morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring
- shelob will be the new point of contact
I can’t tell if I’m sick, stressed, or wanting to hibernate after this wild snowstorm, but I’m having a sudden impulse to learn how to knit. Will this pass, or should I order some needles & yarn & start watching how-to videos for beginners?
a cartoon dog is sitting in a chair knitting
Alt: Gromit the dog claymation character sitting in a chair & knitting angrily
media.tenor.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:54 PM
I can’t tell if I’m sick, stressed, or wanting to hibernate after this wild snowstorm, but I’m having a sudden impulse to learn how to knit. Will this pass, or should I order some needles & yarn & start watching how-to videos for beginners?
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Book people showing up. Love it. ❤️ www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Industry Insiders Raising Funds for Minnesotans in Need
Amid ICE’s violent crackdown, two publishing professionals have launched an online auction to benefit nonprofits providing aid to Minnesotans and immigrants. Around 500 items and services have been do...
www.publishersweekly.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Book people showing up. Love it. ❤️ www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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Sesame Street is now offering tips for parents on post-trauma comfort because the federal government is physically and mentally abusing our country's children.
January 27, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Sesame Street is now offering tips for parents on post-trauma comfort because the federal government is physically and mentally abusing our country's children.
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I have some good news to share.
Because of people like you, The Onion, Stan Kelly and @raygunsite.com raised $27,600 for the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota solely on sales of these Sinister Minnesotans shirts.
Thank you so much for buying these. You can buy more shirts or donate directly here:
Because of people like you, The Onion, Stan Kelly and @raygunsite.com raised $27,600 for the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota solely on sales of these Sinister Minnesotans shirts.
Thank you so much for buying these. You can buy more shirts or donate directly here:
January 27, 2026 at 10:05 PM
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"Work for the elimination of concrete evils rather than for the realization of abstract goods. Do not aim at establishing happiness by political means. Rather aim at the elimination of concrete miseries." —Karl Popper, Conjectures and Refutations
January 27, 2026 at 8:19 PM
"Work for the elimination of concrete evils rather than for the realization of abstract goods. Do not aim at establishing happiness by political means. Rather aim at the elimination of concrete miseries." —Karl Popper, Conjectures and Refutations
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📚✨ Dive into the archive!
WTAW Press’s YouTube channel features panels, salons, and hundreds of readings from incredible authors over the years—voices that will move, challenge, and inspire you. Subscribe and start exploring the collection today.
Link in bio!
WTAW Press’s YouTube channel features panels, salons, and hundreds of readings from incredible authors over the years—voices that will move, challenge, and inspire you. Subscribe and start exploring the collection today.
Link in bio!
January 27, 2026 at 8:03 PM
📚✨ Dive into the archive!
WTAW Press’s YouTube channel features panels, salons, and hundreds of readings from incredible authors over the years—voices that will move, challenge, and inspire you. Subscribe and start exploring the collection today.
Link in bio!
WTAW Press’s YouTube channel features panels, salons, and hundreds of readings from incredible authors over the years—voices that will move, challenge, and inspire you. Subscribe and start exploring the collection today.
Link in bio!
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Only 2 weeks until @crsutton.bsky.social's KRACKLE'S LAST MOVIE is in the world--and you're invited to a special preview launch the night before! Join us on Mon Feb 9 @ 8pm CT for our KRACKLE'S LAST MOVIE Zoom launch event, feat. Chelsea in conversation w/ fellow SLP author @emjparsley.bsky.social!
January 27, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Only 2 weeks until @crsutton.bsky.social's KRACKLE'S LAST MOVIE is in the world--and you're invited to a special preview launch the night before! Join us on Mon Feb 9 @ 8pm CT for our KRACKLE'S LAST MOVIE Zoom launch event, feat. Chelsea in conversation w/ fellow SLP author @emjparsley.bsky.social!
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NEW: A federal judge in Minnesota orders Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons to appear IN PERSON this Friday and explain why he shouldn't be held in contempt.
"The court's patience is at an end," writes Bush-appointed Judge Patrick J Schiltz, who clerked for Scalia. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
"The court's patience is at an end," writes Bush-appointed Judge Patrick J Schiltz, who clerked for Scalia. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
January 27, 2026 at 11:58 AM
NEW: A federal judge in Minnesota orders Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons to appear IN PERSON this Friday and explain why he shouldn't be held in contempt.
"The court's patience is at an end," writes Bush-appointed Judge Patrick J Schiltz, who clerked for Scalia. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
"The court's patience is at an end," writes Bush-appointed Judge Patrick J Schiltz, who clerked for Scalia. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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Amid everything in Minnesota, there is a special election today in Saint Paul.
Get out and vote, neighbors.
Representative Her is now Saint Paul Mayor Her, so we need a new rep. Today's the day!
Get out and vote, neighbors.
Representative Her is now Saint Paul Mayor Her, so we need a new rep. Today's the day!
Special elections held Tuesday for St. Paul, Woodbury state House seats
Meg Luger-Nikolai, a labor lawyer who won a December DFL primary, will face the sole Republican candidate, business owner Dan Walsh.
www.twincities.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Amid everything in Minnesota, there is a special election today in Saint Paul.
Get out and vote, neighbors.
Representative Her is now Saint Paul Mayor Her, so we need a new rep. Today's the day!
Get out and vote, neighbors.
Representative Her is now Saint Paul Mayor Her, so we need a new rep. Today's the day!
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Ah, well, it's not like he represents Minnesota in Congress or anything
Sending thoughts and prayers to everyone employed or represented or by Brad Finstad this morning.
January 27, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Ah, well, it's not like he represents Minnesota in Congress or anything
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The 50501 Movement is mobilizing for the ICE Out of Everywhere National Day of Action on January 31st.
We are also organizing the No Housing for ICE boycott, the #dontserveice movement, and the Primary Pro-ICE Dems campaign.
We are also organizing the No Housing for ICE boycott, the #dontserveice movement, and the Primary Pro-ICE Dems campaign.
January 27, 2026 at 12:47 AM
The 50501 Movement is mobilizing for the ICE Out of Everywhere National Day of Action on January 31st.
We are also organizing the No Housing for ICE boycott, the #dontserveice movement, and the Primary Pro-ICE Dems campaign.
We are also organizing the No Housing for ICE boycott, the #dontserveice movement, and the Primary Pro-ICE Dems campaign.
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1/27: REMEMBER ALEX PRETTI. Join veterans, VA caregivers, unions, and community allies for a rally in remembrance of AFGE member Alex J. Pretti.
📆🕛 Tues, Jan 27th, 12pm
📍820 S Damen, gather on Taylor St near parking structure
@chicagolabor.bsky.social @704afge.bsky.social @vetsaboutface.bsky.social
📆🕛 Tues, Jan 27th, 12pm
📍820 S Damen, gather on Taylor St near parking structure
@chicagolabor.bsky.social @704afge.bsky.social @vetsaboutface.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 2:46 AM
1/27: REMEMBER ALEX PRETTI. Join veterans, VA caregivers, unions, and community allies for a rally in remembrance of AFGE member Alex J. Pretti.
📆🕛 Tues, Jan 27th, 12pm
📍820 S Damen, gather on Taylor St near parking structure
@chicagolabor.bsky.social @704afge.bsky.social @vetsaboutface.bsky.social
📆🕛 Tues, Jan 27th, 12pm
📍820 S Damen, gather on Taylor St near parking structure
@chicagolabor.bsky.social @704afge.bsky.social @vetsaboutface.bsky.social