Vicki Winslow
@vwinslow.bsky.social
Quaker writer living in rural North Carolina. Fiction, random thoughts, occasional country songs, and needle-felted critters at https://vickiwinslow.substack.com/. No DMs.
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Don't look away. It is happening here
Inside Trump’s ICE Concentration Camps
“This system is designed to punish, not protect”
open.substack.com
February 18, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Don't look away. It is happening here
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I think sometimes folks on the left forget that the most successful progressive leader in American history was a Baptist minister who used Christian faith to argue for racial and economic justice.
Don’t buy into right wing framing that they have a lock on faith.
Don’t buy into right wing framing that they have a lock on faith.
February 18, 2026 at 4:47 PM
I think sometimes folks on the left forget that the most successful progressive leader in American history was a Baptist minister who used Christian faith to argue for racial and economic justice.
Don’t buy into right wing framing that they have a lock on faith.
Don’t buy into right wing framing that they have a lock on faith.
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"Remember, you don’t have to carry the whole world. You just have to carry what is yours to do. You can care about everything and then take care of the thing that you are led to care for."
Quakers and Finding Your Center in Turbulent Times 🌊 Peterson Toscano explores how to maintain inner stability during social upheaval. Insights from Adrian Glamorgan and Kat Griffith, plus a look at the biology of fear. www.friendsjournal.org/podcast/quak...
February 18, 2026 at 12:28 AM
"Remember, you don’t have to carry the whole world. You just have to carry what is yours to do. You can care about everything and then take care of the thing that you are led to care for."
"To say what you want to say, you must create another language and nourish it for years with what you have loved, with what you have lost, with what you will never find again." - George Seferis
February 17, 2026 at 10:57 PM
"To say what you want to say, you must create another language and nourish it for years with what you have loved, with what you have lost, with what you will never find again." - George Seferis
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A rare passport fair is coming to Durham, just after REAL ID changes. NC Central University will host a two-day passport fair on March 9–10. No appointment is needed. Passport fairs cut down on some wait times for residents. (Via Anna Roman) www.newsobserver.com/news/local/a... #ncpol
A rare passport fair is coming to Durham, just after REAL ID changes
Appointments are not required.
www.newsobserver.com
February 17, 2026 at 10:33 PM
A rare passport fair is coming to Durham, just after REAL ID changes. NC Central University will host a two-day passport fair on March 9–10. No appointment is needed. Passport fairs cut down on some wait times for residents. (Via Anna Roman) www.newsobserver.com/news/local/a... #ncpol
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I haven’t shared too much poetry recently - I’ve learned that I’m not someone who writes very much during crisis, amidst grief. but I have a new one, one of my only new ones, in @aaww-nyc.bsky.social’s gorgeous new folio edited by Megan Pinto and Kiran Bath 🩷
aaww.org/then-the-lak...
aaww.org/then-the-lak...
Then the Lake Shifts
the peaks of this memory sharpen
aaww.org
February 17, 2026 at 1:37 PM
I haven’t shared too much poetry recently - I’ve learned that I’m not someone who writes very much during crisis, amidst grief. but I have a new one, one of my only new ones, in @aaww-nyc.bsky.social’s gorgeous new folio edited by Megan Pinto and Kiran Bath 🩷
aaww.org/then-the-lak...
aaww.org/then-the-lak...
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Superb piece.
“Writing means many different things to me but one thing it is not: writing is not the transcription of thoughts already consciously present in my mind. Writing is a magical and mysterious process that makes it possible to think differently.”
“Writing means many different things to me but one thing it is not: writing is not the transcription of thoughts already consciously present in my mind. Writing is a magical and mysterious process that makes it possible to think differently.”
Precisely. The subject of one of my favorite pieces by Lynn Hunt, which I love teaching
February 17, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Superb piece.
“Writing means many different things to me but one thing it is not: writing is not the transcription of thoughts already consciously present in my mind. Writing is a magical and mysterious process that makes it possible to think differently.”
“Writing means many different things to me but one thing it is not: writing is not the transcription of thoughts already consciously present in my mind. Writing is a magical and mysterious process that makes it possible to think differently.”
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Installation artist Chiharu Shiota’s creative work revolves around the powerful nature of threads #WomensArt
February 17, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Installation artist Chiharu Shiota’s creative work revolves around the powerful nature of threads #WomensArt
Meditation garden at the Greensboro Arboretum.
February 16, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Meditation garden at the Greensboro Arboretum.
The "Dolly Lama." 🩷
The angel of abundance, the Dolly Lama of literacy, the distributor of almost a third of a billion books for kids.
The study found that children enrolled in Parton’s Imagination Library “were 5 times more likely to be interested in reading, 11 times more likely to be interested in books, and 15 times more likely to join in during shared reading, compared to children who aren't enrolled.”
February 16, 2026 at 6:39 PM
The "Dolly Lama." 🩷
Drink your Ales or Sasparillas,
Stick your nose in my Amaryllis,
Kick up your Heels—then Toe the Line—
And Be a Proper Valentine.
Stick your nose in my Amaryllis,
Kick up your Heels—then Toe the Line—
And Be a Proper Valentine.
February 14, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Drink your Ales or Sasparillas,
Stick your nose in my Amaryllis,
Kick up your Heels—then Toe the Line—
And Be a Proper Valentine.
Stick your nose in my Amaryllis,
Kick up your Heels—then Toe the Line—
And Be a Proper Valentine.
Vinegar Valentines: The early days of trolling. www.smithsonianmag.com/history/feel...
Feeling More Hate Than Love This Valentine's Day? Send Snarky 'Vinegar Valentines' to Your Enemies Like the Victorians Did
These oft-anonymous messages took aim at pretentious poets, unhelpful salespeople, suffragists and secessionists alike
www.smithsonianmag.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Vinegar Valentines: The early days of trolling. www.smithsonianmag.com/history/feel...
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The German name for the primrose, Schlüsselblume, means “key flower,” said to be inspired by a Flemish legend. According to the tale, these flowers were placed upon the earth to “unlock” spring, ushering in a vibrant procession of blossoms and bright sunshine. #folklore #nature
February 11, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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Trump should force someone to give their Grammy to Kid Rock.
February 9, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Trump should force someone to give their Grammy to Kid Rock.
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NEW Bubble & Squeak: Queer horror writer @ryanlasala.bsky.social & his book, The Dead of Summer. PLUS: A message from the evil spirit who possesses Donald Trump & a Sound Slice from Richmond, VA. Hear it open.spotify.com/episode/7mAJ... or watch it on YouTube! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yaom...
February 9, 2026 at 1:59 PM
NEW Bubble & Squeak: Queer horror writer @ryanlasala.bsky.social & his book, The Dead of Summer. PLUS: A message from the evil spirit who possesses Donald Trump & a Sound Slice from Richmond, VA. Hear it open.spotify.com/episode/7mAJ... or watch it on YouTube! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yaom...
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Classic rewind —>
[watching the Olympics, mouth full of chicken tenders]
FASTER, YOU PIECE OF SHIT
FASTER, YOU PIECE OF SHIT
February 8, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Classic rewind —>
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Georgia O’Keeffe, Light Coming on the Plains, III, 1917 #WomensArt
February 7, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Georgia O’Keeffe, Light Coming on the Plains, III, 1917 #WomensArt
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I've covered NARA for 20+ years, and admire the dedicated civil servants who work there.
Not only is this not "highly likely" to be the person alleged (whose name is common), but a trusted source tells me they know the NARA person accused here, and that they cannot imagine it's the same one. 🧵
Not only is this not "highly likely" to be the person alleged (whose name is common), but a trusted source tells me they know the NARA person accused here, and that they cannot imagine it's the same one. 🧵
February 6, 2026 at 11:37 PM
I've covered NARA for 20+ years, and admire the dedicated civil servants who work there.
Not only is this not "highly likely" to be the person alleged (whose name is common), but a trusted source tells me they know the NARA person accused here, and that they cannot imagine it's the same one. 🧵
Not only is this not "highly likely" to be the person alleged (whose name is common), but a trusted source tells me they know the NARA person accused here, and that they cannot imagine it's the same one. 🧵
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(as Saint Augustine saith)
February 6, 2026 at 11:40 PM
(as Saint Augustine saith)
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[extremely single voice] valentine's day was just invented to sell greeting cards anyway. a cash grab by Big Chocolate Strawberry 😤
February 6, 2026 at 10:23 PM
[extremely single voice] valentine's day was just invented to sell greeting cards anyway. a cash grab by Big Chocolate Strawberry 😤
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another year of us not running a super bowl ad
February 6, 2026 at 7:42 PM
another year of us not running a super bowl ad
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BECOME UNGOVERNABLE
February 5, 2026 at 1:27 PM
BECOME UNGOVERNABLE
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I love that Walt Whitman had this cardboard butterfly as something he kept as a treasured possession with his journals.
February 5, 2026 at 1:06 AM
I love that Walt Whitman had this cardboard butterfly as something he kept as a treasured possession with his journals.
