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carllevesque.bsky.social
@carllevesque.bsky.social
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Writer/Editor day (public policy) and night (yay #fiction!); Johns Hopkins University creative writing M.A. program.
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carllevesque.bsky.social
Fun.
October 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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alicebooks333.bsky.social
Believe in yourself.
Start that book or short story.
Finish your WIP or your book of poems.
Don't give up.

#5amwritersclub #amwriting #writers #writerslife #writing #author #WIP #poetry #wattpad #authors #mystery #mustread #BookWorm #amreading #NaNoWriMo #writingcommunity #writerscommunity
July 9, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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merriam-webster.com
Congratulations to Coco Gauff for winning her first French Open title!

We really LOVE this.
June 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
carllevesque.bsky.social
Thank you, Episcopal Church.
npr.org NPR @npr.org · May 12
The church said it's terminating a decades-long partnership with the federal government to help refugees arriving in the U.S., citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa.
Episcopal Church refuses to resettle white Afrikaners, citing moral opposition
The church said it's terminating a decades-long partnership with the federal government to help refugees arriving in the U.S., citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa.
www.npr.org
May 13, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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elizabethkennen.bsky.social
Sparkling Seashore in Sainte-Maxime 💙 #Scape #watercolor
A little vitamin sea for today's scape. I loved painting this coastal scene, the colorful rocks and waves called to me. #art #landscape #ocean #sea #beach #nature #travel #France

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Watercolor painting of a rocky beach. Large colorful rocks in foreground, ocean waves, ship and hills in the distance. Blue sky with white clouds.
May 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
carllevesque.bsky.social
This stuff hits closer and closer to home, w/ the things we love attacked. Salute to @electricliterature.com for marching on!
May 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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electricliterature.com
Books by women who placed writing, not having children, at the center of their lives. (@nicolelouie.bsky.social)
9 Books About Women Without Children - Electric Literature
In a world that expects all women to become mothers, what happens to those who circumvent motherhood?
buff.ly
May 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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punkrockhistory.bsky.social
Released 43 years ago today
"Know Your Rights", a single by the Clash from their album Combat Rock.

The Clash-Know Your Rights Live !! US Festival 1983

#punk #punks #punkrock #theclash #knowyourrights #history #punkrockhistory #otd
April 23, 2025 at 2:32 AM
carllevesque.bsky.social
bookstore.org - shop online and support independent/local bookstores!
April 24, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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dapherdoos.bsky.social
The indie bookstore around the corner had this sign. So I went inside and bought 2 books from the banned book section. Support local small businesses. Read banned books. Drink your Ovaltine.
Sign reads HEY! You're about to walk by a BOOKSTORE. Are you okay? 2 books, the handmaid tale and the color purple
April 22, 2025 at 10:36 PM
carllevesque.bsky.social
Sad day: After decades and decades of reading, minus some years when I lived elsewhere when there was only print, I just cancelled the now anti-freedom, anti-free speech, anti-press @washingtonpost.com #washingtonpost.
March 3, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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jacquelyngill.bsky.social
Hey, artists, in case you were wondering if your work matters: I'm a scientist working on climate change and biodiversity, and I would not be who I am today without The Lorax, The Secret of NIMH, Watership Down, The Last Unicorn, and The X-Files. I know I'm not alone. Thank you for all you do.
February 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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cwarrentravels.bsky.social
The sunrise over the ocean is a reminder of nature’s incredible power to heal and restore.

#sunrise #thephotohour #scape #seascape #ocean #oceanphotography #art #photography #christopherwarren #stormhour #travel #traveladdicts #weareroamers #nikon #
The sun rise captured with a waterproof housing for my camera. The great big ball of fire left an amazing reflection on the ocean’s surface
February 22, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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cnn.com
Italian police have seized dozens of forged artworks attributed to famous artists such as Picasso and Rembrandt in what authorities have called a "clandestine painting laboratory."
Police raided a forger’s workshop in Rome. They found dozens of pieces, including fake Picassos and Rembrandts | CNN
Italian police have seized dozens of forged artworks attributed to famous artists such as Picasso and Rembrandt in what authorities have called a “clandestine painting laboratory.”
cnn.it
February 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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thegodpodcast.com
Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to take food and medicine from starving children to give yourself even more money.
February 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
carllevesque.bsky.social
Just read this--great. a bit challenging but amazing.

www.goodreads.com/book/show/86...
Visitation
A house on the forested bank of a Brandenburg lake outs…
www.goodreads.com
February 20, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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carolekingofficial.bsky.social
King and Goffin began writing "The Loco-Motion" inspired by the sound of Dee Dee Sharp and brought in Eva to record the demo. The Cookies sang backup on the demo and King herself played piano and sang. Don Kirshner loved Eva’s demo so much that he decided to release the demo. #blackhistorymonth2025
February 15, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.
February 15, 2025 at 3:26 AM
carllevesque.bsky.social
New #CaptainAmerica: “This is the first time in my career that people are going to go see an Anthony Mackie movie." www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen... #BlackHistoryMonth
Anthony Mackie is finally starring in an Anthony Mackie movie
Marvel needs a Captain America. America just might need a hero. After two decades as a sideman, it’s Mackie’s turn.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
carllevesque.bsky.social
Congrats on the book...and the foreword, @stevenbauthor.bsky.social!
stevenbauthor.bsky.social Steven B. Epstein @stevenbauthor.bsky.social · Dec 30
Huge thanks to @tomcostello-nbc.bsky.social for his elegant foreword to DEADLY HEIST: "From the terrifying moments inside the bank to the mesmerizing legal battle, Steve Epstein gives us a front-row seat to the action... A masterful retelling, replete with heart-pounding moments and surprises"
February 9, 2025 at 12:57 PM
carllevesque.bsky.social
Rings familiar, from reviewer Ron Charles, who in younger years saw "recurrent elements of #AnneTyler’s stories as a flaw. But I’ve grown to see...decades-long focus on quirky families and wounded people as no more limiting than the rules for writing a sonnet." www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...
Review | Anne Tyler delivers another delightful exploration of sorrow and joy
“Three Days in June” returns to familiar themes and a familiar setting for fans of Tyler. But that doesn’t make it any less enjoyable.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
carllevesque.bsky.social
Please, everyone, call your members of Congress, and say this...
rbreich.bsky.social Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Feb 5
Folks, this is a five alarm fire.

Congress must stop Trump and Elon's coup.

Call your rep now (202) 224-3121

This isn't just a battle for checks and balances.

It's a battle between democracy and dictatorship.
Stop Elon Musk’s Coup
YouTube video by Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:26 AM
carllevesque.bsky.social
Straight to the point, straight from the city who knows him best...
newyorker.com The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Feb 6
On Tuesday, Donald Trump declared that the two million Palestinians in Gaza should be forced out of the Strip. Even if it isn’t more than a provocation, there will be a price for his madness, David Remnick writes.
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An excerpt from “The Madness of Donald Trump,” by David Remnick, that reads: “The Palestinians, after having suffered tens of thousands of deaths and the destruction of countless homes, schools, mosques, hospitals, and other infrastructure, would, it appears, have nothing to say about any of this and would be sent . . . elsewhere. Egypt. Jordan. Whatever. It hardly seemed to matter to Trump that such a policy represents ethnic cleansing. Morality is of no interest when there is a real-estate deal to be made.”
February 6, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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chariselee.bsky.social
Yes yes yes …about time!!!!
February 4, 2025 at 1:31 AM