Steph Cha
@stephcha.bsky.social
Author of Juniper Song novels and Your House Will Pay. Series editor of Best American Mystery & Suspense. TV writer.
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Jack Duffy attaches a respirator to his bagpipes to play through tear gas. “I always play it whenever the police retreat because it's like, ‘You fucking ran while we stayed,’” he says.
The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp...
By Julianne Le
The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp...
By Julianne Le
February 10, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Jack Duffy attaches a respirator to his bagpipes to play through tear gas. “I always play it whenever the police retreat because it's like, ‘You fucking ran while we stayed,’” he says.
The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp...
By Julianne Le
The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp...
By Julianne Le
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we are going to win
A new poll finds that 1 in 4 Minnesota voters took part in the Jan 23 shutdown against ICE, or have a loved one who did. Of those, 38% DID NOT WORK, either because they made the choice to stay out, or their workplaces closed. By me, @thomasbirm.bsky.social, @bloomekatz.bsky.social
Poll Shows Massive Participation in Minnesota Shutdown Against ICE
1 in four Minnesota voters took part in January 23 day of action, or had a loved one who did.
inthesetimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:43 PM
we are going to win
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We didn't say body cams on ICE. Their murders are already on video. We said no more ICE.
February 2, 2026 at 10:16 PM
We didn't say body cams on ICE. Their murders are already on video. We said no more ICE.
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Children need to be exposed to healthy, heteronormative role models like an adult man with a "cave" in the garage lined with pornography and his wife who collects hilarious text art about how she chugs wine because you were born.
February 2, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Children need to be exposed to healthy, heteronormative role models like an adult man with a "cave" in the garage lined with pornography and his wife who collects hilarious text art about how she chugs wine because you were born.
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"In St. Paul, at least one-fourth of students from Spanish-speaking homes have missed every day of school since Dec. 12."
8 weeks under siege in Minnesota • Minnesota Reformer
Frank has a hard time explaining to his 8-year-old daughter why they rarely leave their home in the Twin Cities. Why she can’t go to school, and why he can’t work. “The only thing we tell her is that ...
minnesotareformer.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:42 PM
"In St. Paul, at least one-fourth of students from Spanish-speaking homes have missed every day of school since Dec. 12."
Great read that made me nostalgic and grateful for the lost internet of my youth.
When the AI slop summer reading list dropped last year I knew I had to write about making book lists. Thanks to @thebaffler.com for letting me go long with bewildered nostalgia & regret on 20 years of Internet book culture & how we made the slop book list inevitable. thebaffler.com/after-the-fa...
List and Shout | Lydia Kiesling
The labor involved in making lists was as close to the opposite of a transcendent reading experience as a disillusioned culture worker could get.
thebaffler.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Great read that made me nostalgic and grateful for the lost internet of my youth.
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70% of all Harris voters in 2024 and 65% of all self identified Democrats believe Israel has committed genocide
60% of Democrats believe Israel kills children intentionally and whopping 77% overall have a negative view of Israel.
60% of Democrats believe Israel kills children intentionally and whopping 77% overall have a negative view of Israel.
January 17, 2026 at 8:48 PM
70% of all Harris voters in 2024 and 65% of all self identified Democrats believe Israel has committed genocide
60% of Democrats believe Israel kills children intentionally and whopping 77% overall have a negative view of Israel.
60% of Democrats believe Israel kills children intentionally and whopping 77% overall have a negative view of Israel.
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Mapped out, they just went down some of the busiest streets in Echo Park and Silver Lake, grabbing people as they went.
If you go through any of these neighborhoods, as a resident or commuter, you pass by these spots
If you go through any of these neighborhoods, as a resident or commuter, you pass by these spots
From Echo Park Tenants Union, 10 people taken today in Echo Park/Silver Lake. Some were gardners, painters, and workers. All of them my neighbors.
January 10, 2026 at 5:14 AM
Mapped out, they just went down some of the busiest streets in Echo Park and Silver Lake, grabbing people as they went.
If you go through any of these neighborhoods, as a resident or commuter, you pass by these spots
If you go through any of these neighborhoods, as a resident or commuter, you pass by these spots
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Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.
January 8, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.
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"what are we going to do with 20,000 ICE agents if we abolish ice" well to start with I think we should all literally spit on them in public for the rest of their lives
January 7, 2026 at 10:24 PM
"what are we going to do with 20,000 ICE agents if we abolish ice" well to start with I think we should all literally spit on them in public for the rest of their lives
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Now that LA has bankrupted itself for years due to LAPD pay raises + lawsuits, the parking cops have become ubiquitous.
Of course, this means high-density + high minority neighborhoods in the city are double taxed to pay for police that routinely violate their rights & freedom.
Obscene.
Of course, this means high-density + high minority neighborhoods in the city are double taxed to pay for police that routinely violate their rights & freedom.
Obscene.
December 1, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Now that LA has bankrupted itself for years due to LAPD pay raises + lawsuits, the parking cops have become ubiquitous.
Of course, this means high-density + high minority neighborhoods in the city are double taxed to pay for police that routinely violate their rights & freedom.
Obscene.
Of course, this means high-density + high minority neighborhoods in the city are double taxed to pay for police that routinely violate their rights & freedom.
Obscene.
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Predictable but still amazing to watch people who spent literally years accusing every librarian, teacher, and trans person they could find of sexually grooming children suddenly throw themselves in with "actually it's ephebophilia"
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Predictable but still amazing to watch people who spent literally years accusing every librarian, teacher, and trans person they could find of sexually grooming children suddenly throw themselves in with "actually it's ephebophilia"
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finally found the difference between truth and beauty
November 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
finally found the difference between truth and beauty
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THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
Arianna Sofia Veraza and her parents were driving to Sam's Club for milk, eggs and diapers yesterday when they heard helicopters and horns blaring yesterday. They had turned around to leave when a federal agent pepper-sprayed them through a car window.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
Pepper-sprayed Berwyn family rattled after getting caught up in federal blitz
Southwest Side politicians condemned Saturday’s pepper spraying and the federal sweep of Little Village as “state-sponsored terrorism” at a news conference Sunday.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
Once heard a rumor that Ohtani was secretly Korean, the most Korean rumor I’ve ever heard.
October 18, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Once heard a rumor that Ohtani was secretly Korean, the most Korean rumor I’ve ever heard.
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“The question of who gets to live as long as they should isn’t moral but systemic.
We often say that death is the great unifier as it’s the one thing that we all have in common. But sometimes, I look around and wonder if even the after-life is segregated.”
We often say that death is the great unifier as it’s the one thing that we all have in common. But sometimes, I look around and wonder if even the after-life is segregated.”
Diane Keaton, Miss Major, D'Angelo...
Who gets to live a "long" life in America?
open.substack.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM
“The question of who gets to live as long as they should isn’t moral but systemic.
We often say that death is the great unifier as it’s the one thing that we all have in common. But sometimes, I look around and wonder if even the after-life is segregated.”
We often say that death is the great unifier as it’s the one thing that we all have in common. But sometimes, I look around and wonder if even the after-life is segregated.”
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Turns out your assumptions about what republican group chats are like is correct www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Turns out your assumptions about what republican group chats are like is correct www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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I doubt any of these people willingly open a Bible. Two brain cells and one parable would make them feel the heat of hell.
Apropos of nothing, Sec. Kristi Noem is currently praying over Burgerville with Portland ICE officials.
October 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I doubt any of these people willingly open a Bible. Two brain cells and one parable would make them feel the heat of hell.
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Bondi refuses to answer questions about allegations Trump's border czar Tom Homan took $50K in cash in exchange for his promise to funnel government contracts to "businessmen" who turned out to be FBI agents in 2024. After Bondi became AG, the investigation was terminated.
October 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Bondi refuses to answer questions about allegations Trump's border czar Tom Homan took $50K in cash in exchange for his promise to funnel government contracts to "businessmen" who turned out to be FBI agents in 2024. After Bondi became AG, the investigation was terminated.
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Got my contributor copy of Best American Mystery and Suspense 2025 edited by @stephcha.bsky.social & @donwinslow.bsky.social featuring my story "A Box Full of Soul". A dream come true to see it included among so many other great stories.
@marinerbooks.bsky.social
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October 1, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Got my contributor copy of Best American Mystery and Suspense 2025 edited by @stephcha.bsky.social & @donwinslow.bsky.social featuring my story "A Box Full of Soul". A dream come true to see it included among so many other great stories.
@marinerbooks.bsky.social
@marinerbooks.bsky.social
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Honored to remind you that my story BAD MAN DOWN pubbed by The Yard: Crime Blog has made it into BAMS 2025 edited by @stephcha.bsky.social & @donwinslow.bsky.social from
@marinerbooks.bsky.social
Preorder your copy today: bit.ly/4drzg5P
@marinerbooks.bsky.social
Preorder your copy today: bit.ly/4drzg5P
September 30, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Honored to remind you that my story BAD MAN DOWN pubbed by The Yard: Crime Blog has made it into BAMS 2025 edited by @stephcha.bsky.social & @donwinslow.bsky.social from
@marinerbooks.bsky.social
Preorder your copy today: bit.ly/4drzg5P
@marinerbooks.bsky.social
Preorder your copy today: bit.ly/4drzg5P
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My story "A Box Full of Soul" will be in the Best American Mystery & Suspense 2025 edited by @stephcha.bsky.social and @donwinslow.bsky.social this October. Better preorder now!!
September 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM
My story "A Box Full of Soul" will be in the Best American Mystery & Suspense 2025 edited by @stephcha.bsky.social and @donwinslow.bsky.social this October. Better preorder now!!