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Anna Leahy
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· Jan 20
Today, January 20, 2025, I return to Bluesky. I want to find hope in community to offset today’s sadness. Who should I follow?
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The government’s social media storytelling doesn’t always match what’s happening in the across the city and suburbs. The diverging sources of information are creating “parallel universes,” professor Nick Cull says.
Watch how government ‘propaganda’ techniques portray Chicago as a city at war with the feds
The government’s social media storytelling doesn’t always match what’s happening in the across the city and suburbs. The diverging sources of information are creating “parallel universes," Professor Nick Cull says.
n.pr
November 6, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The government’s social media storytelling doesn’t always match what’s happening in the across the city and suburbs. The diverging sources of information are creating “parallel universes,” professor Nick Cull says.
Might this be the dream home you are ready to imagine? Showings started this week! #homeforsale #dreamhome design-eyes-photography.aryeo.com/sites/24539-...
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November 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Might this be the dream home you are ready to imagine? Showings started this week! #homeforsale #dreamhome design-eyes-photography.aryeo.com/sites/24539-...
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My new Genre Grapevine dives into the book club scams targeting authors. These scams now include creating fake Discord communities filled with AI slop and chatbots. Artificial intelligence circles every level of this scam like water down the toilet.
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Genre Grapevine: Book Club Scams Are a Warning of Emerging AI Super-Scams | Jason Sanford's Genre Grapevine
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September 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
My new Genre Grapevine dives into the book club scams targeting authors. These scams now include creating fake Discord communities filled with AI slop and chatbots. Artificial intelligence circles every level of this scam like water down the toilet.
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This story shouldn’t get lost in the rush of health policy news this week:
Hospitals get dinged for reporting too many infections. In some cases, the solution is not to test
Via @tarabannow.bsky.social
www.statnews.com/2025/09/22/h...
Hospitals get dinged for reporting too many infections. In some cases, the solution is not to test
Via @tarabannow.bsky.social
www.statnews.com/2025/09/22/h...
Hospitals get dinged for reporting too many infections. In some cases, the solution is not to test
A STAT Investigation: To avoid fines for reporting excessive hospital-acquired infections, some facilities are discouraging testing.
www.statnews.com
September 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
This story shouldn’t get lost in the rush of health policy news this week:
Hospitals get dinged for reporting too many infections. In some cases, the solution is not to test
Via @tarabannow.bsky.social
www.statnews.com/2025/09/22/h...
Hospitals get dinged for reporting too many infections. In some cases, the solution is not to test
Via @tarabannow.bsky.social
www.statnews.com/2025/09/22/h...
This news puts all of us at risk, especially the immunocompromised. RFKjr misunderstands the science of mRNA. Research into mRNA vaccines includes application for C. diff, norovirus, cystic fibrosis, cancer, and more. Dumb and mean. #cancerresearch #healthcare #wellness
The Trump administration cancelled about $500 million for research into mRNA vaccines. The move slows progress in using the technology to prevent a future pandemic or treat disease, experts say.
Public health experts dismayed by RFK Jr.'s defunding of mRNA vaccine research
The Trump administration cancelled about $500 million for research into mRNA vaccines. The move slows progress in using the technology to prevent a future pandemic or treat disease, experts say.
n.pr
August 6, 2025 at 8:25 PM
This news puts all of us at risk, especially the immunocompromised. RFKjr misunderstands the science of mRNA. Research into mRNA vaccines includes application for C. diff, norovirus, cystic fibrosis, cancer, and more. Dumb and mean. #cancerresearch #healthcare #wellness
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Our chapbook open reading period is open through September 30!
We’re seeking poetry (20–40 pgs) or prose (20–50 pgs) from writers of all backgrounds—especially those from marginalized communities.
🔗Submit here: www.smallharborpublishing.com/chapbook-ope...
#poetry #prose #indiepublishing
We’re seeking poetry (20–40 pgs) or prose (20–50 pgs) from writers of all backgrounds—especially those from marginalized communities.
🔗Submit here: www.smallharborpublishing.com/chapbook-ope...
#poetry #prose #indiepublishing
July 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Our chapbook open reading period is open through September 30!
We’re seeking poetry (20–40 pgs) or prose (20–50 pgs) from writers of all backgrounds—especially those from marginalized communities.
🔗Submit here: www.smallharborpublishing.com/chapbook-ope...
#poetry #prose #indiepublishing
We’re seeking poetry (20–40 pgs) or prose (20–50 pgs) from writers of all backgrounds—especially those from marginalized communities.
🔗Submit here: www.smallharborpublishing.com/chapbook-ope...
#poetry #prose #indiepublishing
Every House Dem should donate a day’s salary to a sexual assault prevention and support organization in their district today! @aoc.bsky.social @replindasanchez.bsky.social @schakowsky.house.gov
a bald man with a beard is saying day off
ALT: a bald man with a beard is saying day off
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July 22, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Every House Dem should donate a day’s salary to a sexual assault prevention and support organization in their district today! @aoc.bsky.social @replindasanchez.bsky.social @schakowsky.house.gov
Free three-part webinar for Creative Writing faculty and grad students about AI on August 13. Submit a question when you register. #AI #CreativeWriting #MFA #WritingLife #HigherEd #Teaching
July 22, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Free three-part webinar for Creative Writing faculty and grad students about AI on August 13. Submit a question when you register. #AI #CreativeWriting #MFA #WritingLife #HigherEd #Teaching
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APHA and other leading health and medical organizations filed a lawsuit against HHS/Secretary Kennedy for unlawful changes to vaccine policy. We refuse to stand by while America’s public health safeguards are torn apart. www.apha.org/news-and-med...
July 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
APHA and other leading health and medical organizations filed a lawsuit against HHS/Secretary Kennedy for unlawful changes to vaccine policy. We refuse to stand by while America’s public health safeguards are torn apart. www.apha.org/news-and-med...
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This is footage from today in MacArthur Park.
Minutes before, there were more than 20 kids playing — then, the MILITARY comes through.
The SECOND I heard about this, I went to the park to speak to the person in charge to tell them it needed to end NOW.
Absolutely outrageous.
Minutes before, there were more than 20 kids playing — then, the MILITARY comes through.
The SECOND I heard about this, I went to the park to speak to the person in charge to tell them it needed to end NOW.
Absolutely outrageous.
July 7, 2025 at 9:10 PM
This is footage from today in MacArthur Park.
Minutes before, there were more than 20 kids playing — then, the MILITARY comes through.
The SECOND I heard about this, I went to the park to speak to the person in charge to tell them it needed to end NOW.
Absolutely outrageous.
Minutes before, there were more than 20 kids playing — then, the MILITARY comes through.
The SECOND I heard about this, I went to the park to speak to the person in charge to tell them it needed to end NOW.
Absolutely outrageous.
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I've made a new list on @bookshop.org of books that explore nature / walking / the outdoors by disabled, neurodivergent and chronically ill writers - Nature Beyond Cure - aka our own narratives are messy and complex. Do share! #BookSky #DisabledWriters
uk.bookshop.org/lists/nature...?
uk.bookshop.org/lists/nature...?
Nature Beyond Cure: Disabled Perspectives
Books that explore nature and living with disability and illness from disability perspectives. No magical cures here!
uk.bookshop.org
July 6, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I've made a new list on @bookshop.org of books that explore nature / walking / the outdoors by disabled, neurodivergent and chronically ill writers - Nature Beyond Cure - aka our own narratives are messy and complex. Do share! #BookSky #DisabledWriters
uk.bookshop.org/lists/nature...?
uk.bookshop.org/lists/nature...?
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🎉 Small Harbor Publishing nonprofit is 5 years old!
Help us celebrate five fierce, inclusive years of publishing at Small Harbor Publishing by donating $5 to our $555 anniversary fundraiser!
💛 Give what you can and share widely:
secure.givelively.org/donate/small...
Help us celebrate five fierce, inclusive years of publishing at Small Harbor Publishing by donating $5 to our $555 anniversary fundraiser!
💛 Give what you can and share widely:
secure.givelively.org/donate/small...
July 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
🎉 Small Harbor Publishing nonprofit is 5 years old!
Help us celebrate five fierce, inclusive years of publishing at Small Harbor Publishing by donating $5 to our $555 anniversary fundraiser!
💛 Give what you can and share widely:
secure.givelively.org/donate/small...
Help us celebrate five fierce, inclusive years of publishing at Small Harbor Publishing by donating $5 to our $555 anniversary fundraiser!
💛 Give what you can and share widely:
secure.givelively.org/donate/small...
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With spending cuts poised to hit medical providers, Medicaid recipients and Affordable Care Act enrollees, here's how the bill will affect health care access for millions in the U.S.
5 ways Trump's megabill will limit health care access
With spending cuts poised to hit medical providers, Medicaid recipients and Affordable Care Act enrollees, here's how the bill will affect health care access for millions in the U.S.
n.pr
July 6, 2025 at 12:08 AM
With spending cuts poised to hit medical providers, Medicaid recipients and Affordable Care Act enrollees, here's how the bill will affect health care access for millions in the U.S.
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🎉 Small Harbor Publishing is 5 years old! 🎉
Help us celebrate five fierce, inclusive years of publishing at Small Harbor Publishing by donating to our $555 anniversary fundraiser!
💛 Give what you can and share widely:
secure.givelively.org/donate/small...
Help us celebrate five fierce, inclusive years of publishing at Small Harbor Publishing by donating to our $555 anniversary fundraiser!
💛 Give what you can and share widely:
secure.givelively.org/donate/small...
July 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🎉 Small Harbor Publishing is 5 years old! 🎉
Help us celebrate five fierce, inclusive years of publishing at Small Harbor Publishing by donating to our $555 anniversary fundraiser!
💛 Give what you can and share widely:
secure.givelively.org/donate/small...
Help us celebrate five fierce, inclusive years of publishing at Small Harbor Publishing by donating to our $555 anniversary fundraiser!
💛 Give what you can and share widely:
secure.givelively.org/donate/small...
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July is Small Harbor Publishing’s 5 year anniversary of publishing books. To celebrate, each month, (or maybe twice in a month!), a SHP author will facilitate a workshop of his/her/their design. Our first workshop will be “Hopperaerobics!” facilitated by Sarah Freligh on July 27
June 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM
July is Small Harbor Publishing’s 5 year anniversary of publishing books. To celebrate, each month, (or maybe twice in a month!), a SHP author will facilitate a workshop of his/her/their design. Our first workshop will be “Hopperaerobics!” facilitated by Sarah Freligh on July 27
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Yesterday we released our cosmic treasure chest...and now it's yours to explore! With ✨~10 million galaxies✨ in the image, there's plenty to find.
Pan, zoom, and hunt for gems in this treasure chest using Skyviewer - and be sure to share your favorites with us! 🔭🧪
➡️ skyviewer.app/explorer
Pan, zoom, and hunt for gems in this treasure chest using Skyviewer - and be sure to share your favorites with us! 🔭🧪
➡️ skyviewer.app/explorer
June 24, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Yesterday we released our cosmic treasure chest...and now it's yours to explore! With ✨~10 million galaxies✨ in the image, there's plenty to find.
Pan, zoom, and hunt for gems in this treasure chest using Skyviewer - and be sure to share your favorites with us! 🔭🧪
➡️ skyviewer.app/explorer
Pan, zoom, and hunt for gems in this treasure chest using Skyviewer - and be sure to share your favorites with us! 🔭🧪
➡️ skyviewer.app/explorer
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Meant to mention this last week, but if you have a young person in your life who’s into history or graphic novels or just good books, buy them George Takei’s “They Called Us Enemy.” My oldest couldn’t put it down.
June 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Meant to mention this last week, but if you have a young person in your life who’s into history or graphic novels or just good books, buy them George Takei’s “They Called Us Enemy.” My oldest couldn’t put it down.
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This month and every month we celebrate Pride! 🌈🏳️🌈
Celebrate with us and support our authors!
🔗Get this book: www.smallharborpublishing.com/chapbooks/th...
#pridemonth #indiepublishing #lgbtqbooks #poetry
Celebrate with us and support our authors!
🔗Get this book: www.smallharborpublishing.com/chapbooks/th...
#pridemonth #indiepublishing #lgbtqbooks #poetry
June 22, 2025 at 1:24 PM
This month and every month we celebrate Pride! 🌈🏳️🌈
Celebrate with us and support our authors!
🔗Get this book: www.smallharborpublishing.com/chapbooks/th...
#pridemonth #indiepublishing #lgbtqbooks #poetry
Celebrate with us and support our authors!
🔗Get this book: www.smallharborpublishing.com/chapbooks/th...
#pridemonth #indiepublishing #lgbtqbooks #poetry
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Join us tomorrow evening for a release reading! Poetry and prose. Facebook event is: www.facebook.com/share/15z4qk...
June 17, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Join us tomorrow evening for a release reading! Poetry and prose. Facebook event is: www.facebook.com/share/15z4qk...
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#BREAKING: A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration’s cancelling of federal health grants over their connections to “gender ideology” and “diversity, equity, and inclusion” was unlawful and void.
thehill.com
June 16, 2025 at 10:16 PM
#BREAKING: A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration’s cancelling of federal health grants over their connections to “gender ideology” and “diversity, equity, and inclusion” was unlawful and void.
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Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
June 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
Hilary Swank gave a terrific commencement speech at Chapman U last night. Give it a liste (about 40 mins into the ceremony). m.youtube.com/watch?v=9NRN...
Chapman University Commencement Ceremony 2025 with Hilary Swank
YouTube video by Chapman University
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May 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Hilary Swank gave a terrific commencement speech at Chapman U last night. Give it a liste (about 40 mins into the ceremony). m.youtube.com/watch?v=9NRN...
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Trump administration is terminating $2.7 billion in research funding to Harvard:
Work on breast cancer, impact of nutrition on fertility, antibiotic resistance and hundreds of other topics all dead
“It feels like the academic equivalent of nuclear war"
www.wbur.org/news/2025/05...
Work on breast cancer, impact of nutrition on fertility, antibiotic resistance and hundreds of other topics all dead
“It feels like the academic equivalent of nuclear war"
www.wbur.org/news/2025/05...
Feds yank funds from Harvard breast cancer, fertility, antibiotics research
The Trump administration is following through on threats to terminate $2.7 billion dollars in federal grants and other funding at Harvard University, punishment for alleged antisemitism on campus. One...
www.wbur.org
May 17, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Trump administration is terminating $2.7 billion in research funding to Harvard:
Work on breast cancer, impact of nutrition on fertility, antibiotic resistance and hundreds of other topics all dead
“It feels like the academic equivalent of nuclear war"
www.wbur.org/news/2025/05...
Work on breast cancer, impact of nutrition on fertility, antibiotic resistance and hundreds of other topics all dead
“It feels like the academic equivalent of nuclear war"
www.wbur.org/news/2025/05...
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In response to Trump's executive orders, RAINN, the nation's largest anti-sexual-violence organization, has barred its crisis hotline staff from sharing resources specific to LGBTQ people, immigrants and other marginalized groups.
Top Sexual Assault Hotline Drops Resources After Trump Orders
www.nytimes.com
May 16, 2025 at 4:13 AM
😢
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Hot off the presses, this week's "Memoir Monday" personal essay curation...
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Eleven Great Personal Essays to Dig Into this Week...
Plus: Workshops by Rae Pagliarulo, Rosie Schapp and Dianne Jacob; and a call for submissions for our collaboration with Literary Liberation.
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May 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Hot off the presses, this week's "Memoir Monday" personal essay curation...
memoirland.substack.com/p/eleven-gre...
memoirland.substack.com/p/eleven-gre...