Jaime Starling
@murmurationinthe.bsky.social
I sell books, I tend chickens.
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A book for Ilya Rozanov:
January 29, 2026 at 7:28 PM
A book for Ilya Rozanov:
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Homan was Obama's guy. Yes, we know this. Hence why many people called Obama the Deporter in Chief AT THE TIME.
January 29, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Homan was Obama's guy. Yes, we know this. Hence why many people called Obama the Deporter in Chief AT THE TIME.
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I wrote this about Tom Homan last year.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
How Sheriffs Might Power Trump’s Deportation Machine
To carry out the new Administration’s immigration agenda, the “border czar” is counting on the enthusiasm of local law enforcement.
www.newyorker.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:27 PM
I wrote this about Tom Homan last year.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
The radiator in the living room knocked and we all jumped. We're really exhausted.
January 29, 2026 at 6:07 PM
The radiator in the living room knocked and we all jumped. We're really exhausted.
I feel like David Suzuki was the other guy on PBS with amazing hair, at least when I was a kid.
And learn more about the book, What You Won't Do For Love: A Conversation, from David Suzuki, Tara Cullis, Miriam Fernandes, and Ravi Jain: chbooks.com/Books/W/What...
What You Won't Do For Love (@whynottheatreto.bsky.social) is going on tour in Ontario this spring!
After a lifetime devoted to activism, environmentalists David Suzuki and Tara Cullis take to the stage in an intimate and inspiring theatre experience.
More info here: whynot.theatre/work/what-yo...
After a lifetime devoted to activism, environmentalists David Suzuki and Tara Cullis take to the stage in an intimate and inspiring theatre experience.
More info here: whynot.theatre/work/what-yo...
January 29, 2026 at 5:19 PM
I feel like David Suzuki was the other guy on PBS with amazing hair, at least when I was a kid.
Wahey!
If you want to support communities terrorized by ICE and DHS while getting query feedback or manuscript critiques, this is the auction for you.
Need a manuscript critique? This literary auction is raising money to support Minnesotans.
In further news of book people showing up for each other, and for the rest of us, a dedicated group of publishing and culture workers has organized an auction to raise funds in support of communiti…
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January 28, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Wahey!
Dang, I fell into the 'Mary Blair concept art' search results again.
January 28, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Dang, I fell into the 'Mary Blair concept art' search results again.
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The Battle of Minneapolis is far from over. But Trump... flinched. The People are doing what the law and the Democrats cannot: defending thier rights and the rights of others.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
The People Are Winning the Battle Against ICE
The brave protesters in Minneapolis are doing everything that Democrats and even the law have failed to do.
www.thenation.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:27 PM
The Battle of Minneapolis is far from over. But Trump... flinched. The People are doing what the law and the Democrats cannot: defending thier rights and the rights of others.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
Wonderful conversation with Jordan Tannahill below!
For those interested in Tannahill's provocative playwriting, check out Theatre of the Unimpressed, his reflection on how dull plays are killing theatre and what we can do about it: chbooks.com/Books/T/Thea...
For those interested in Tannahill's provocative playwriting, check out Theatre of the Unimpressed, his reflection on how dull plays are killing theatre and what we can do about it: chbooks.com/Books/T/Thea...
Read this incredible interview from the Journal of American Drama & Theatre with Jordan Tannahill about his provocative new play, Prince Faggot, interrogating the perceived limits of queer visibility. www.thesegalcenter.org/jadt/saying-...
January 28, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Instead of the protest hats, make hats, gloves, scarves, etc. for the folks released from the federal building without even a coat.
January 28, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Instead of the protest hats, make hats, gloves, scarves, etc. for the folks released from the federal building without even a coat.
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New “Unite & Win” episode with @haymarketbooks.org, discussing organizing conversations when the stakes are high and retaliation is likely with @kimkelly.bsky.social, Ed Blair, and Benno Giammarinaro. 🔗👇
January 28, 2026 at 4:55 PM
New “Unite & Win” episode with @haymarketbooks.org, discussing organizing conversations when the stakes are high and retaliation is likely with @kimkelly.bsky.social, Ed Blair, and Benno Giammarinaro. 🔗👇
Really Cool Idea: Little Free Library at the South Pole
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www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?i...
January 28, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Really Cool Idea: Little Free Library at the South Pole
www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?i...
www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?i...
I returned a library book on time even though the county removed fines year ago. Another reason to move to Minnesota for some of you.
January 27, 2026 at 11:57 PM
I returned a library book on time even though the county removed fines year ago. Another reason to move to Minnesota for some of you.
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“All the bookstores here are fighting this,” she said, “I can’t overstate how involved all the stores are and how much work everybody is doing. It is a really incredible moment to be here. And to be part of this.”—Angela Schwesnedl, Moon Palace Books in @literaryhub.bsky.social
“Everything We Do Matters.” Minneapolis’s Moon Palace Books is a Hub For Anti-ICE Resistance
Angela Schwesnedl from Moon Palace Books in Minneapolis picked up my phone call on Saturday almost two hours to the minute after Alex Pretti was murdered in the street by ICE officers. “If you have…
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January 27, 2026 at 8:12 PM
“All the bookstores here are fighting this,” she said, “I can’t overstate how involved all the stores are and how much work everybody is doing. It is a really incredible moment to be here. And to be part of this.”—Angela Schwesnedl, Moon Palace Books in @literaryhub.bsky.social
I'm seeing a pattern where we send away a bad guy nearly every week. This next guy Homan apparently took $50K from an undercover agent, so he's bound to do something to himself before we wave him goodbye with a Minnesota Middle Finger (you can't see it in our mittens, but it's there).
January 27, 2026 at 7:46 PM
I'm seeing a pattern where we send away a bad guy nearly every week. This next guy Homan apparently took $50K from an undercover agent, so he's bound to do something to himself before we wave him goodbye with a Minnesota Middle Finger (you can't see it in our mittens, but it's there).
The actor who played Jamie (guy in kilt) and I got a wee bit pished watching soccer in a hotel bar in Bloomington. DW Actors are the best.
"You'll run, but they'll catch up with you..."
"Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World" episode 6 (1968). #DoctorWho
"Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World" episode 6 (1968). #DoctorWho
January 27, 2026 at 7:40 PM
The actor who played Jamie (guy in kilt) and I got a wee bit pished watching soccer in a hotel bar in Bloomington. DW Actors are the best.
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@jamesfolta.com talks to Minneapolis bookseller Angela Schwesnedl about anti-ICE resistance.
“Everything We Do Matters.” Minneapolis’s Moon Palace Books is a Hub For Anti-ICE Resistance
Angela Schwesnedl from Moon Palace Books in Minneapolis picked up my phone call on Saturday almost two hours to the minute after Alex Pretti was murdered in the street by ICE officers. “If you have…
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January 27, 2026 at 4:45 PM
@jamesfolta.com talks to Minneapolis bookseller Angela Schwesnedl about anti-ICE resistance.
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when they ask you why you’re not friends with that one person anymore
January 26, 2026 at 4:50 PM
when they ask you why you’re not friends with that one person anymore
I use the Feral House whistle.
Yes, I have had to use it.
Indies Nationwide Join ICE Protests: 'Keep the Pages Turning... & Keep the Light On'
www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?i...
Yes, I have had to use it.
Indies Nationwide Join ICE Protests: 'Keep the Pages Turning... & Keep the Light On'
www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?i...
January 27, 2026 at 3:19 PM
I use the Feral House whistle.
Yes, I have had to use it.
Indies Nationwide Join ICE Protests: 'Keep the Pages Turning... & Keep the Light On'
www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?i...
Yes, I have had to use it.
Indies Nationwide Join ICE Protests: 'Keep the Pages Turning... & Keep the Light On'
www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?i...
Pace them out, don’t binge. Save an episode for a rainy day. That’s what I did. It helped.
fellow star trek nerds: is the final season of discovery worth catching up on or nah
January 27, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Pace them out, don’t binge. Save an episode for a rainy day. That’s what I did. It helped.