Pam Schmid
@pamschmid.bsky.social
Minnesota transplant. Words are my medicine. ✨️📚 CNF ed., Sleet Magazine.
Find me: Barren Magazine, Belleview Literary Review, River Teeth, The Common, more.
Find me: Barren Magazine, Belleview Literary Review, River Teeth, The Common, more.
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Pam Schmid
@pamschmid.bsky.social
· Apr 3
Pamela Schmid: Together Again One Day – LEON Literary Review
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Excited to have some new fiction out today with @leonliteraryreview.bsky.social
'Together Again One Day'
~about friends, motherhood & yearning ...
Seeds planted in a magical @kathyfish.bsky.social workshop ✨️✨️
leonliteraryreview.com/pamela-schmi...
'Together Again One Day'
~about friends, motherhood & yearning ...
Seeds planted in a magical @kathyfish.bsky.social workshop ✨️✨️
leonliteraryreview.com/pamela-schmi...
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ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.
Vehicles that are abandoned due to an ICE detention and towed to the City's impound lot will be released to their owners or a representative at no cost.
Learn more: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-around/parking-driving/impound-lot/#d.en.200746
Learn more: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-around/parking-driving/impound-lot/#d.en.200746
January 16, 2026 at 11:42 PM
ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.
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Badass.
Breaking news: The leaders of the University of Virginia’s board resigned Friday after Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger (D) asked them and at least three other appointees of her Republican predecessor to step down.
U-Va. board leaders resign as Spanberger and Democrats take power
The dismissals are another sign that Virginia Democrats plan to quickly unwind changes made at public colleges during Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration.
wapo.st
January 17, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Badass.
Absof-ckinglutely. We are being occupied and terrorized by a hostile force and it's getting worse by the day.
Senate Democrats absolutely have to shut the govt down to stop this ICE insanity in the Twin Cities. This is not sustainable & cannot be normalized. Any Democratic vote to provide money to the thugs who are brutalizing this community is a grave betrayal to the people here. Accountability can't wait.
January 15, 2026 at 4:05 AM
Absof-ckinglutely. We are being occupied and terrorized by a hostile force and it's getting worse by the day.
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Happening Now: Students have walked out of school and are protesting against ICE in Saint Paul, Minnesota
January 14, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Happening Now: Students have walked out of school and are protesting against ICE in Saint Paul, Minnesota
Chopped a bunch of ice to smithereens today. It was extremely satisfying🧊💦
January 13, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Chopped a bunch of ice to smithereens today. It was extremely satisfying🧊💦
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The stated reason for ICE agents being in Minnesota is because of the ongoing fraud claims around daycare and other services.
The two prosecutors leading those investigations have now resigned in the wake of Renee Good’s shooting. Even the internal supposed logic of this deployment is falling apart
The two prosecutors leading those investigations have now resigned in the wake of Renee Good’s shooting. Even the internal supposed logic of this deployment is falling apart
January 13, 2026 at 5:58 PM
The stated reason for ICE agents being in Minnesota is because of the ongoing fraud claims around daycare and other services.
The two prosecutors leading those investigations have now resigned in the wake of Renee Good’s shooting. Even the internal supposed logic of this deployment is falling apart
The two prosecutors leading those investigations have now resigned in the wake of Renee Good’s shooting. Even the internal supposed logic of this deployment is falling apart
...and St. Paul. And St. Paul. And a lot of other places around Minnesota.
You need to understand the heroism of these everyday people in Minneapolis minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/13/i...
January 13, 2026 at 3:13 PM
...and St. Paul. And St. Paul. And a lot of other places around Minnesota.
OMFG. I can't imagine how terrified she must have been.
This woman is harder than goddamn steel dealing with these goddamn thugs. I want her to be my neighbor.
January 13, 2026 at 9:08 AM
OMFG. I can't imagine how terrified she must have been.
Yes to this, with one caveat: Minneapolis is far from the only Minnesota city being terrorized right now.
Any Democratic votes to fund DHS later this month as Minneapolis is being terrorized by DHS is going to be a major slap in the face to Americans living here. Demand major reforms or shut the government down.
January 13, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Yes to this, with one caveat: Minneapolis is far from the only Minnesota city being terrorized right now.
Haven't you learned your lesson?" has become ICE's new talking point, often to people just filming from their car. It's part of their strategy to intimidate. It's not going to work
Yes. This is why they released the Ross cell phone footage. They want to make sure we know that they will kill us if we disrespect them.
Trump on Air Force One when asked about Renee Nicole Good
“It was highly disrespectful of law enforcement. Law enforcement shouldn’t be in a position where they have to put up with this stuff”
So if you’re annoyed or disrespected you can just kill the person so you don’t have to put up with it?
“It was highly disrespectful of law enforcement. Law enforcement shouldn’t be in a position where they have to put up with this stuff”
So if you’re annoyed or disrespected you can just kill the person so you don’t have to put up with it?
January 12, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Haven't you learned your lesson?" has become ICE's new talking point, often to people just filming from their car. It's part of their strategy to intimidate. It's not going to work
Minnesotans, hundreds of us, visited and left flowers at the makeshift shrine on Portland Avenue where Renee Nicole Good's life was cut brutally short at the hands of ICE -- a moving and tender display of love at a place of such senseless loss.💔🕯
January 11, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Minnesotans, hundreds of us, visited and left flowers at the makeshift shrine on Portland Avenue where Renee Nicole Good's life was cut brutally short at the hands of ICE -- a moving and tender display of love at a place of such senseless loss.💔🕯
This poem took my breath away. No words. 💔
When she is not writing, reading, or talking about writing, she has movie marathons and makes messy art with her daughter and two sons."
Here is her winning poem:
www.porkopolis.org/pig_poet/ren...
Here is her winning poem:
www.porkopolis.org/pig_poet/ren...
Macklin, Renée Nicole
Renée Nicole Macklin, United States, (contemporary), poetry includes: On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs. Macklin is a poet, and in 2020 was an undergraduate in the English Department at Old Dominio…
www.porkopolis.org
January 8, 2026 at 2:46 AM
This poem took my breath away. No words. 💔
"Part of the unbearable stupidity of the current administration is its feckless enthusiasm for doing things that seem like manly feats of strength to manosphere idiots and also make this country weaker."
✨️Truth distilled, by Rebecca Solnit
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/notes-on-unb...
✨️Truth distilled, by Rebecca Solnit
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/notes-on-unb...
Notes on Unbearable Stupidity, January 6, 2026 Edition
"A year ago, I went to Copenhagen to write about the political crisis Trump had created over Greenland," Anne Appelbaum said the other day on the hellsite formerly known as Twitter. "Danes told me tha...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:19 PM
"Part of the unbearable stupidity of the current administration is its feckless enthusiasm for doing things that seem like manly feats of strength to manosphere idiots and also make this country weaker."
✨️Truth distilled, by Rebecca Solnit
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/notes-on-unb...
✨️Truth distilled, by Rebecca Solnit
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/notes-on-unb...
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The Epstein Files Transparency Act is a law, passed by Congress on November 19 with an overwhelming vote. Complying with it was not optional. The Department of Justice did not comply.
I want to make sure this is very clear.
I want to make sure this is very clear.
January 4, 2026 at 6:18 PM
The Epstein Files Transparency Act is a law, passed by Congress on November 19 with an overwhelming vote. Complying with it was not optional. The Department of Justice did not comply.
I want to make sure this is very clear.
I want to make sure this is very clear.
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In a nutshell.
January 4, 2026 at 9:15 AM
In a nutshell.
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Criminals are running the country, and it’s going to get even worse. Get active now to stop the dictator or regret it for the rest of your life.
January 3, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Criminals are running the country, and it’s going to get even worse. Get active now to stop the dictator or regret it for the rest of your life.
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Agree with every word.
We have now achieved the full Putinization of US foreign policy. Bad as today was, it bodes worse for the future. www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-illeg...
Trump’s Illegal War Has the Most Sinister Inspiration You Can Imagine
One man is using this playbook already: Vladimir Putin.
www.thedailybeast.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Agree with every word.
He just joked about the Don-roe Doctrine. Unbelievable.
January 3, 2026 at 5:03 PM
He just joked about the Don-roe Doctrine. Unbelievable.
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Go do something nice for a friend or neighbor today. Nothing you tweet or do will have any impact on the mess, but that will make you feel better. Build community.
January 3, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Go do something nice for a friend or neighbor today. Nothing you tweet or do will have any impact on the mess, but that will make you feel better. Build community.
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When Nick Shirley arrived to "test" if he could enroll his son "Joey" in Minneapolis day cares, his viral video omitted that he showed up with an entourage of masked men acting like security, multiple vehicles including vans, cameras, and men who wouldn't identify themselves. One day care owner /
December 31, 2025 at 4:21 PM
When Nick Shirley arrived to "test" if he could enroll his son "Joey" in Minneapolis day cares, his viral video omitted that he showed up with an entourage of masked men acting like security, multiple vehicles including vans, cameras, and men who wouldn't identify themselves. One day care owner /
St. Paul's Como Park, burnished by sun and fresh snow.✨️
December 29, 2025 at 11:50 PM
St. Paul's Como Park, burnished by sun and fresh snow.✨️
It was ridiculously cold out, but the people marched anyway, thousands of us, along Lake St. in Minneapolis to support our immigrant neighbors. "Be the Salt," one sign read, and that pretty much summed it up.🧂✊️✨️
December 21, 2025 at 5:56 AM
It was ridiculously cold out, but the people marched anyway, thousands of us, along Lake St. in Minneapolis to support our immigrant neighbors. "Be the Salt," one sign read, and that pretty much summed it up.🧂✊️✨️
Sunrise takes on a steely, brittle cast when the windchill is 22 below. ❄️✨️
December 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Sunrise takes on a steely, brittle cast when the windchill is 22 below. ❄️✨️
When you finally meet your Bluesky buddy @esfletcher.bsky.social on a bridge while trying to save democracy. ✨️💪💙
December 5, 2025 at 11:21 PM
When you finally meet your Bluesky buddy @esfletcher.bsky.social on a bridge while trying to save democracy. ✨️💪💙
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posted this elsewhere, but missed it here. d'oh!
Sam Heaps is doing a call, looking for responses to this George Oppen poem.
This will open 12.5.2025 (7pm Eastern) until it reaches 150 submissions (Submittable link to be posted then.)
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53223/...
Sam Heaps is doing a call, looking for responses to this George Oppen poem.
This will open 12.5.2025 (7pm Eastern) until it reaches 150 submissions (Submittable link to be posted then.)
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53223/...
December 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
posted this elsewhere, but missed it here. d'oh!
Sam Heaps is doing a call, looking for responses to this George Oppen poem.
This will open 12.5.2025 (7pm Eastern) until it reaches 150 submissions (Submittable link to be posted then.)
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53223/...
Sam Heaps is doing a call, looking for responses to this George Oppen poem.
This will open 12.5.2025 (7pm Eastern) until it reaches 150 submissions (Submittable link to be posted then.)
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53223/...