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This week from Torch & Tinder Press. Follow this thread for what’s new in Signal Dispatch, Torchlight Praxis, and Embers—free to read.
The finale of Balancing Boredom & Busyness is here.
🔥 Part Three: The Value of Going Slow, to Go Fast.
A guest series by Amber Hammargren — now live in Embers.
Read here →
www.torchandtinder.org/p/balancing-...
🔥 Part Three: The Value of Going Slow, to Go Fast.
A guest series by Amber Hammargren — now live in Embers.
Read here →
www.torchandtinder.org/p/balancing-...
October 31, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The finale of Balancing Boredom & Busyness is here.
🔥 Part Three: The Value of Going Slow, to Go Fast.
A guest series by Amber Hammargren — now live in Embers.
Read here →
www.torchandtinder.org/p/balancing-...
🔥 Part Three: The Value of Going Slow, to Go Fast.
A guest series by Amber Hammargren — now live in Embers.
Read here →
www.torchandtinder.org/p/balancing-...
This week from Torch & Tinder Press. Follow this thread for what’s new in Signal Dispatch, Torchlight Praxis, and Embers—free to read.
October 30, 2025 at 12:43 AM
This week from Torch & Tinder Press. Follow this thread for what’s new in Signal Dispatch, Torchlight Praxis, and Embers—free to read.
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"Why do you want to dance?"
"Why do you want to live?"
Victoria Page (Moira Shearer) meets Boris Lermontov (Anton Walbrook) in The Red Shoes (1948)
"Why do you want to live?"
Victoria Page (Moira Shearer) meets Boris Lermontov (Anton Walbrook) in The Red Shoes (1948)
October 26, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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Rough math: 12.3% of Americans (41.7 mil) are about to lose SNAP. Many food banks produce 3 meals per $1, so a November worth of meals for one costs $30. Round it up to $35 for asst. costs & hygiene products. If 13% of us donate $35 each to food banks, we can get everyone through Nov! #EndHunger 🥙💪
October 25, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Rough math: 12.3% of Americans (41.7 mil) are about to lose SNAP. Many food banks produce 3 meals per $1, so a November worth of meals for one costs $30. Round it up to $35 for asst. costs & hygiene products. If 13% of us donate $35 each to food banks, we can get everyone through Nov! #EndHunger 🥙💪
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Jane Austen's 250th birthday is coming up in December and I hope you'll celebrate by taking a turn about the room, acquiring a passion for dead leaves & closet shelves, and taking a fancy to the last person you could ever be prevailed upon to marry.
October 26, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Jane Austen's 250th birthday is coming up in December and I hope you'll celebrate by taking a turn about the room, acquiring a passion for dead leaves & closet shelves, and taking a fancy to the last person you could ever be prevailed upon to marry.
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Do you know anyone who has received notice of benefits stopping because you have flown out of country but are now back? Email me at lisa.ocarroll@theguardian.com. NI parents mistakenly hit in crackdown but there may be others
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
NI parents caught in UK crackdown lose child benefit after travelling via Dublin
Exclusive: new anti-fraud system fails to account for fact many return to country via airport in Irish capital
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Do you know anyone who has received notice of benefits stopping because you have flown out of country but are now back? Email me at lisa.ocarroll@theguardian.com. NI parents mistakenly hit in crackdown but there may be others
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Written Tales, an independent online literary magazine celebrating poetry, short stories, and the writers behind them. Join a passionate community of readers and writers keeping literature alive.
read more: writtentales.substack.com/about
#litmagazine #poetry #fiction #nonfiction
read more: writtentales.substack.com/about
#litmagazine #poetry #fiction #nonfiction
About - Written Tales Magazine
Written Tales Magazine, bringing literature back to the forefront through poetry, short story, and prose. We're a magazine that helps writers become better writers and a place for readers to enjoy creative writing at its finest. Click to read Written Tales Magazine, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
writtentales.substack.com
October 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Written Tales, an independent online literary magazine celebrating poetry, short stories, and the writers behind them. Join a passionate community of readers and writers keeping literature alive.
read more: writtentales.substack.com/about
#litmagazine #poetry #fiction #nonfiction
read more: writtentales.substack.com/about
#litmagazine #poetry #fiction #nonfiction
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Send your work to Variant if, like me, you're submitting poetry this weekend!
October 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Send your work to Variant if, like me, you're submitting poetry this weekend!
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Hey are you busy today? (Don't worry, this isn't a creepy vague text received on a Sunday morning, just a reminder that we're open in all categories!)
variantlit.com/submit/
variantlit.com/submit/
October 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Hey are you busy today? (Don't worry, this isn't a creepy vague text received on a Sunday morning, just a reminder that we're open in all categories!)
variantlit.com/submit/
variantlit.com/submit/
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Normally, we dig into major stories with big consequences. But this week, we’re turning to the small stuff.
A mysterious midnight phone call, a missing film, and a doppelganger.
Listen:
A mysterious midnight phone call, a missing film, and a doppelganger.
Listen:
Reveal’s smallest, most personal investigations yet
Serious investigations into deeply Unserious questions. Hear the first in our occasional series of “inconsequential investigations.”
revealnews.org
October 26, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Normally, we dig into major stories with big consequences. But this week, we’re turning to the small stuff.
A mysterious midnight phone call, a missing film, and a doppelganger.
Listen:
A mysterious midnight phone call, a missing film, and a doppelganger.
Listen:
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Reminder: LGBTQ+ Poets resident/citizens UK /RoI, 6 days to Submit arachnepress.submittable.com/submit
Supporters/Allies! help by joining our crowdfunders www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/uproar-poe... we need to raise a lot, anthologies are expensive, especially ones as good as Up//Roar is going to be.
Supporters/Allies! help by joining our crowdfunders www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/uproar-poe... we need to raise a lot, anthologies are expensive, especially ones as good as Up//Roar is going to be.
October 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Reminder: LGBTQ+ Poets resident/citizens UK /RoI, 6 days to Submit arachnepress.submittable.com/submit
Supporters/Allies! help by joining our crowdfunders www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/uproar-poe... we need to raise a lot, anthologies are expensive, especially ones as good as Up//Roar is going to be.
Supporters/Allies! help by joining our crowdfunders www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/uproar-poe... we need to raise a lot, anthologies are expensive, especially ones as good as Up//Roar is going to be.
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An independent media is vital for democracy. Access to information enables all people to make decisions and hold the powerful to account.
A world without journalism is a world without truth.
cpj.org/donate
#JournalismMatters
A world without journalism is a world without truth.
cpj.org/donate
#JournalismMatters
October 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM
An independent media is vital for democracy. Access to information enables all people to make decisions and hold the powerful to account.
A world without journalism is a world without truth.
cpj.org/donate
#JournalismMatters
A world without journalism is a world without truth.
cpj.org/donate
#JournalismMatters
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Written as a love story to our streets and neighborhoods; to the collective fabric of community which defies the logic of capital. Back the kickstarter here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/wrk...
October 27, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Written as a love story to our streets and neighborhoods; to the collective fabric of community which defies the logic of capital. Back the kickstarter here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/wrk...
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The 2024 election triggered an identity crisis for Democrats. One of the party’s first big tests since Trump’s win is happening in New York City.
After 2024, can Democrats put themselves back together?
The 2024 election triggered an identity crisis for Democrats. One of the party’s first big tests since Trump’s win is happening in New York City.
revealnews.org
October 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The 2024 election triggered an identity crisis for Democrats. One of the party’s first big tests since Trump’s win is happening in New York City.
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The H-2A visa program has failed to protect migrant farmworkers from wage theft, forced labor, violence and death.
Here’s what experts, lawyers and advocates think would make the program safer.
By @maxblau.bsky.social
Here’s what experts, lawyers and advocates think would make the program safer.
By @maxblau.bsky.social
Employers Have Exploited and Abused H-2A Farmworkers for Years. It Doesn’t Have to Be That Way.
The seasonal visa program has failed to protect migrant farmworkers from wage theft, forced labor, violence and death. Experts, lawyers and advocates say there are ways to reduce and even stop the har...
www.propublica.org
October 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The H-2A visa program has failed to protect migrant farmworkers from wage theft, forced labor, violence and death.
Here’s what experts, lawyers and advocates think would make the program safer.
By @maxblau.bsky.social
Here’s what experts, lawyers and advocates think would make the program safer.
By @maxblau.bsky.social
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Submissions close at the end of the week (31st October)!
📣🏳️⚧️ Call for Papers
We are inviting papers for our special issue, “Feminist Responses to the Regression of Trans Rights: Strategies, Alliances, Hope.” The issue will be dedicated to trans-inclusive feminist legal analysis that addresses attacks on trans rights & lives.
Details below. Please share.
We are inviting papers for our special issue, “Feminist Responses to the Regression of Trans Rights: Strategies, Alliances, Hope.” The issue will be dedicated to trans-inclusive feminist legal analysis that addresses attacks on trans rights & lives.
Details below. Please share.
October 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Submissions close at the end of the week (31st October)!
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Join us tonight. I’ll be interviewing Jeanne Theoharis about her important new book King of the North.
Why has Dr. King’s deep and important work in northern cities from early in the Civil Rights Movement been erased from the narrative about his work?
www.zinnedproject.org/news/king-of...
Why has Dr. King’s deep and important work in northern cities from early in the Civil Rights Movement been erased from the narrative about his work?
www.zinnedproject.org/news/king-of...
King of the North
Historian Jeanne Theoharis returns to discuss her book, King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life of Struggle Outside the South in conversation with Sherrilyn Ifill. This session is part of the...
www.zinnedproject.org
October 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Join us tonight. I’ll be interviewing Jeanne Theoharis about her important new book King of the North.
Why has Dr. King’s deep and important work in northern cities from early in the Civil Rights Movement been erased from the narrative about his work?
www.zinnedproject.org/news/king-of...
Why has Dr. King’s deep and important work in northern cities from early in the Civil Rights Movement been erased from the narrative about his work?
www.zinnedproject.org/news/king-of...
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"For the first time in a King biography, Coretta Scott King’s active partnership in the struggle is made clear. King of the North is a revelation." — Barbara Smith, co-founder, Combahee River Collective
Join us for class later today. #FreedomSchool #TeachIn
www.zinnedproject.org/news/king-of...
Join us for class later today. #FreedomSchool #TeachIn
www.zinnedproject.org/news/king-of...
King of the North
Historian Jeanne Theoharis returns to discuss her book, King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life of Struggle Outside the South in conversation with Sherrilyn Ifill. This session is part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.
www.zinnedproject.org
October 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
"For the first time in a King biography, Coretta Scott King’s active partnership in the struggle is made clear. King of the North is a revelation." — Barbara Smith, co-founder, Combahee River Collective
Join us for class later today. #FreedomSchool #TeachIn
www.zinnedproject.org/news/king-of...
Join us for class later today. #FreedomSchool #TeachIn
www.zinnedproject.org/news/king-of...
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Make sure your voice is heard. Check your state’s voter registration deadline and make sure you're registered. Then tell your friends and family to do the same. Make a plan to vote at vote.gov
Register to vote in your state | Vote.gov
Find the information you need to make registration and voting easy. Official voter registration website of the United States government.
vote.gov
October 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Make sure your voice is heard. Check your state’s voter registration deadline and make sure you're registered. Then tell your friends and family to do the same. Make a plan to vote at vote.gov
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#tdih 1994 U.S. DOJ announced prison population topped 1 million for 1st time in U.S. history. Now, US has 4.2% of global pop w/20%+ of world’s prison pop.
Make people in prison & system of mass incarceration visible in curriculum. @prisonpolicy.org ⬇️ 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/pr...
Make people in prison & system of mass incarceration visible in curriculum. @prisonpolicy.org ⬇️ 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/pr...
Oct. 27, 1994: U.S. Prison Population Exceeds One Million
The U.S. Justice Department announced that the prison population topped one million for the first time in U.S. history.
www.zinnedproject.org
October 27, 2025 at 12:35 PM
#tdih 1994 U.S. DOJ announced prison population topped 1 million for 1st time in U.S. history. Now, US has 4.2% of global pop w/20%+ of world’s prison pop.
Make people in prison & system of mass incarceration visible in curriculum. @prisonpolicy.org ⬇️ 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/pr...
Make people in prison & system of mass incarceration visible in curriculum. @prisonpolicy.org ⬇️ 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/pr...
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🎃 This Halloween, families are getting tricked by Trump’s economy:
Candy prices are up 11%
Tootsie Rolls are up 34%
Hershey’s packs are up 22%
Trump promised to make life cheaper. Instead, he’s haunted Americans with higher prices. (via @groundwork.bsky.social and @tcfdotorg.bsky.social)
Candy prices are up 11%
Tootsie Rolls are up 34%
Hershey’s packs are up 22%
Trump promised to make life cheaper. Instead, he’s haunted Americans with higher prices. (via @groundwork.bsky.social and @tcfdotorg.bsky.social)
Why Halloween candy is getting more expensive and less chocolate-y | CNN Business
Even the joy of Halloween will cost more this year, with less chocolate than in years past.
www.cnn.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
🎃 This Halloween, families are getting tricked by Trump’s economy:
Candy prices are up 11%
Tootsie Rolls are up 34%
Hershey’s packs are up 22%
Trump promised to make life cheaper. Instead, he’s haunted Americans with higher prices. (via @groundwork.bsky.social and @tcfdotorg.bsky.social)
Candy prices are up 11%
Tootsie Rolls are up 34%
Hershey’s packs are up 22%
Trump promised to make life cheaper. Instead, he’s haunted Americans with higher prices. (via @groundwork.bsky.social and @tcfdotorg.bsky.social)
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The federal government is fast-tracking the hire of 10,000 ICE agents — but a past rush to hire 5,000 Border Patrol officers led to more corruption and bribery tied to trafficking and smuggling operations, notes @margyoh.bsky.social. Read @hcrichardson.bsky.social’s latest:
October 23, 2025
Julia Ainsley and Didi Martinez of NBC News reported today that Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s rush to get new recruits onto the street has meant they have pushed into their training program mo...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The federal government is fast-tracking the hire of 10,000 ICE agents — but a past rush to hire 5,000 Border Patrol officers led to more corruption and bribery tied to trafficking and smuggling operations, notes @margyoh.bsky.social. Read @hcrichardson.bsky.social’s latest:
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As Hurricane Melissa heads for devastating impact on Jamaica, the mainstream press is silent on climate crisis while this admin. is making it much worse. 💔
Time to offer direct support for those in the eye of the storm, & teach about climate justice to reduce threat in future.
Free resources ⬇️
Time to offer direct support for those in the eye of the storm, & teach about climate justice to reduce threat in future.
Free resources ⬇️
Teach Climate Justice Campaign
Teaching climate justice has never been more urgent. We offer free downloadable classroom lessons, book and film recommendations, workshops for educators, and a sample school board climate justice res...
www.zinnedproject.org
October 27, 2025 at 6:11 PM
As Hurricane Melissa heads for devastating impact on Jamaica, the mainstream press is silent on climate crisis while this admin. is making it much worse. 💔
Time to offer direct support for those in the eye of the storm, & teach about climate justice to reduce threat in future.
Free resources ⬇️
Time to offer direct support for those in the eye of the storm, & teach about climate justice to reduce threat in future.
Free resources ⬇️
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ALL Haymarket EBooks are 80% off through November 7th ✊🏾✊🏿✊🏽
October 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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