Mina Li (she/her)
@codenameminali.bsky.social
Taiwanese-American SFF writer. Fierce with a touch of Midwestern niceness. Profile pic by Lisa Sterle. Opinions are mine.
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Good morning to everyone but especially to Lady Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, whose judgement against Rudy Giuliani for defaming them and turning their lives upside down cannot be pardoned away by the president
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Good morning to everyone but especially to Lady Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, whose judgement against Rudy Giuliani for defaming them and turning their lives upside down cannot be pardoned away by the president
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we are going to win
NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts
A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:18 AM
we are going to win
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If there's a silver lining to last night, maybe it makes more people look around for someone to Do Something, realize no one's gonna, and maybe they'll start Doing Something themselves.
November 11, 2025 at 2:37 AM
If there's a silver lining to last night, maybe it makes more people look around for someone to Do Something, realize no one's gonna, and maybe they'll start Doing Something themselves.
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This afternoon, more developments are expected on both tracks:
* At SCOTUS, DOJ is ordered by Justice Jackson to file any supplemental brief supporting its stay request by 4 p.m.
* At the Massachusetts District Court, Judge Talwani ordered a remote hearing for 3:30 p.m.
* At SCOTUS, DOJ is ordered by Justice Jackson to file any supplemental brief supporting its stay request by 4 p.m.
* At the Massachusetts District Court, Judge Talwani ordered a remote hearing for 3:30 p.m.
November 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
This afternoon, more developments are expected on both tracks:
* At SCOTUS, DOJ is ordered by Justice Jackson to file any supplemental brief supporting its stay request by 4 p.m.
* At the Massachusetts District Court, Judge Talwani ordered a remote hearing for 3:30 p.m.
* At SCOTUS, DOJ is ordered by Justice Jackson to file any supplemental brief supporting its stay request by 4 p.m.
* At the Massachusetts District Court, Judge Talwani ordered a remote hearing for 3:30 p.m.
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OK, where are we on the SNAP benefits cases?
Two things happened this morning:
* DOJ told SCOTUS they're still fighting to stop full November SNAP benefit payments, via their stay request at SCOTUS
* District court judge in Mass. stayed USDA's 11/8 memo ordering states to "undo" full payments
Two things happened this morning:
* DOJ told SCOTUS they're still fighting to stop full November SNAP benefit payments, via their stay request at SCOTUS
* District court judge in Mass. stayed USDA's 11/8 memo ordering states to "undo" full payments
![Judge Indira Talwani: ELECTRONIC ORDER: granting in part Plaintiffs' Further Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and Emergency Virtual Hearing Request [
80
]. Good cause shown, the USDA Memorandum issued on Saturday, November
8, 2025, directing that "ItJo the extent States sent full SNAP payment files for November 2025," they "must immediately undo any steps taken to issue full SNAP benefits for November 2025" and shall "advise the appropriate FNS Regional Office representative of steps taken to correct any actions taken that do not comply with this memorandum[,l" see Attachment to Defendants' Third Notice to Court 4 [ 79 4 is STAYED pending further court order. The clerk shall reset the hearing scheduled for November 13, 2025, to a remote hearing today at 3:30 p.m.(SEC) (Entered:
11/10/2025)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreif6tnsoqzmk6snokm2m64ne264idl5paz4wwle4phmab2aftkto4y@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
OK, where are we on the SNAP benefits cases?
Two things happened this morning:
* DOJ told SCOTUS they're still fighting to stop full November SNAP benefit payments, via their stay request at SCOTUS
* District court judge in Mass. stayed USDA's 11/8 memo ordering states to "undo" full payments
Two things happened this morning:
* DOJ told SCOTUS they're still fighting to stop full November SNAP benefit payments, via their stay request at SCOTUS
* District court judge in Mass. stayed USDA's 11/8 memo ordering states to "undo" full payments
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🚨 ATTN Writers, Book Club Scams
For new writers: Money should always flow TOWARDS the writer. NEVER pay for promo.
I've been getting roughly one of these emails a week for the last month. I contacted the real club to give them the heads-up (who confirmed the obvious scam) so I feel I can share
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For new writers: Money should always flow TOWARDS the writer. NEVER pay for promo.
I've been getting roughly one of these emails a week for the last month. I contacted the real club to give them the heads-up (who confirmed the obvious scam) so I feel I can share
1/3
November 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
🚨 ATTN Writers, Book Club Scams
For new writers: Money should always flow TOWARDS the writer. NEVER pay for promo.
I've been getting roughly one of these emails a week for the last month. I contacted the real club to give them the heads-up (who confirmed the obvious scam) so I feel I can share
1/3
For new writers: Money should always flow TOWARDS the writer. NEVER pay for promo.
I've been getting roughly one of these emails a week for the last month. I contacted the real club to give them the heads-up (who confirmed the obvious scam) so I feel I can share
1/3
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The reality TV president has, as Reuters notes, "formed a powerful alliance" with social media influencers.
It's an ouroboros of grift; Libs of TikTok, for example, charges 250k for "unspecified communications and social media 'consulting.'”
Cruelty is rewarded.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
It's an ouroboros of grift; Libs of TikTok, for example, charges 250k for "unspecified communications and social media 'consulting.'”
Cruelty is rewarded.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
In Trump 2.0, MAGA-aligned influencers and media emerge as the new mainstream
How right‑wing influencers and Trump officials work in lockstep — targeting perceived adversaries, amplifying false claims and reshaping US media.
www.reuters.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The reality TV president has, as Reuters notes, "formed a powerful alliance" with social media influencers.
It's an ouroboros of grift; Libs of TikTok, for example, charges 250k for "unspecified communications and social media 'consulting.'”
Cruelty is rewarded.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
It's an ouroboros of grift; Libs of TikTok, for example, charges 250k for "unspecified communications and social media 'consulting.'”
Cruelty is rewarded.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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I love how some of the responses to the calling churches for baby formula TikTok lady is people saying with a straight face, 'well, you have to be careful because grifters'.
You think grifters ask for a single small can of baby formula?
You think Jesus would ask for proof of poverty?
You think grifters ask for a single small can of baby formula?
You think Jesus would ask for proof of poverty?
November 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I love how some of the responses to the calling churches for baby formula TikTok lady is people saying with a straight face, 'well, you have to be careful because grifters'.
You think grifters ask for a single small can of baby formula?
You think Jesus would ask for proof of poverty?
You think grifters ask for a single small can of baby formula?
You think Jesus would ask for proof of poverty?
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Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
might need to go to the optician this week, since the right arm of my glasses is hurting, and I'm not sure why (congestion? pressure due to weather changes?)
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
might need to go to the optician this week, since the right arm of my glasses is hurting, and I'm not sure why (congestion? pressure due to weather changes?)
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When the current administration cuts the budget to CDC’s HIV prevention unit, freezes deployment of outbreak response experts, & slashes harm-reduction programs; they are not abstractly “reducing cost”.
They are letting diseases spread.
Maine is giving us a wake-up call. Who is going to listen?
They are letting diseases spread.
Maine is giving us a wake-up call. Who is going to listen?
Maine sought federal help amid its largest HIV outbreak in state history. It’s still waiting
After initially approving Penobscot County's request for CDC aid, the agency put it on hold. Meanwhile, the virus spreads.
www.statnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
When the current administration cuts the budget to CDC’s HIV prevention unit, freezes deployment of outbreak response experts, & slashes harm-reduction programs; they are not abstractly “reducing cost”.
They are letting diseases spread.
Maine is giving us a wake-up call. Who is going to listen?
They are letting diseases spread.
Maine is giving us a wake-up call. Who is going to listen?
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"I’m a Japanese American with strong ties to my family in Japan and the existential threat of nuclear weapons is not lost on me, as my family has been directly impacted,” Amber Fellows, a Ypsilanti Township councilmember who led the charge in opposition to the data center, told 404 Media.
A Small Town Is Fighting a $1.2 Billion AI Datacenter for America's Nuclear Weapon Scientists
Ypsilanti, Michigan has officially decided to fight against the construction of a 'high-performance computing facility' that would service a nuclear weapons laboratory 1,500 miles away.
www.404media.co
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"I’m a Japanese American with strong ties to my family in Japan and the existential threat of nuclear weapons is not lost on me, as my family has been directly impacted,” Amber Fellows, a Ypsilanti Township councilmember who led the charge in opposition to the data center, told 404 Media.
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Is YA science fiction finally on its way back? Will vampires ever stop being in style?? Can these kids finally break the curse??? @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social highlights 13 of the most exciting young adult science fiction, fantasy, and horror books coming out this November and December!
Most Anticipated Young Adult SFF/H for November & December 2025 - Reactor
Check out 13 of the best YA titles publishing this season
reactormag.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Is YA science fiction finally on its way back? Will vampires ever stop being in style?? Can these kids finally break the curse??? @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social highlights 13 of the most exciting young adult science fiction, fantasy, and horror books coming out this November and December!
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Fifty years ago, I was a third-grader in Orland Park. My family took a weekend trip to northern Wisconsin, including a visit to the shores of Lake Superior. Then a big storm hit. We got snowed in and missed a day of school. The same storm wrecked the Edmund Fitzgerald.
November 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Fifty years ago, I was a third-grader in Orland Park. My family took a weekend trip to northern Wisconsin, including a visit to the shores of Lake Superior. Then a big storm hit. We got snowed in and missed a day of school. The same storm wrecked the Edmund Fitzgerald.
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no bread, only circuses
Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
November 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
no bread, only circuses
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The Long List Anthology is out inboth ebook and print! All the stories that were nominated for the Hugo, in one place. You can get it at the usual places, but if print is your bag I recommend @bookshop.org :
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The Long List Anthology Volume 9: More Stories from the Hugo Award Nomination List
More Stories from the Hugo Award Nomination List
bookshop.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The Long List Anthology is out inboth ebook and print! All the stories that were nominated for the Hugo, in one place. You can get it at the usual places, but if print is your bag I recommend @bookshop.org :
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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And, earlier:
I truly don’t know how you look at the past week and THEN decide THIS is an appropriate — let alone the right — response.
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 10, 2025 at 4:12 AM
And, earlier:
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If you missed it earlier, I had shared my thoughts in this thread here:
Yeah, I'm sorry, but you do not keep the government shut for more than a month and then NOT get a deal on the main item you have been messaging on without completely shifting the blame dynamic.
Major concession from Democrats here is enhanced ACA funds aren’t extended. Preserving them was Dems’ central demand in this fight. They secured a promise of a vote (which Thune has been offering for weeks), but that could still fail. Even if it passes, Johnson has made no promise of a House vote.
November 10, 2025 at 4:11 AM
If you missed it earlier, I had shared my thoughts in this thread here:
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This is not a deal — it's an empty promise.
Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.
Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.
Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown
Democrats are coalescing around a bipartisan agreement to fund the government.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 AM
This is not a deal — it's an empty promise.
Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.
Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.
Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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We deserve so much more.
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 AM
We deserve so much more.
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One good thing: seeing so many abled folks angry on behalf of disabled and chronically ill people. Not just angry for themselves. Specifically speaking out for us.
If we care about each other, we can win.
If we care about each other, we can win.
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 AM
One good thing: seeing so many abled folks angry on behalf of disabled and chronically ill people. Not just angry for themselves. Specifically speaking out for us.
If we care about each other, we can win.
If we care about each other, we can win.
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A leader would not have lost eight colleagues tonight. This happened because you let it happen or because you’ve totally lost control of the caucus in one of the most important moments since you’ve been Democratic leader. Either way, it’s on you. You need to step down. We need someone who can lead.
Democrats have been fighting for months to address America's healthcare crisis
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 AM
A leader would not have lost eight colleagues tonight. This happened because you let it happen or because you’ve totally lost control of the caucus in one of the most important moments since you’ve been Democratic leader. Either way, it’s on you. You need to step down. We need someone who can lead.
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Dems have spent the past two months saying they're fighting to address the crisis of spiking healthcare costs and now they're caving for a deal that does nothing to address healthcare costs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
November 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Dems have spent the past two months saying they're fighting to address the crisis of spiking healthcare costs and now they're caving for a deal that does nothing to address healthcare costs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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yes senator they're roasting you on Bluesky, sir
yes full roast sir, the communists, the wine moms, Bill Kristol, they're all roasting you, sir
no, sir, I haven't seen him in Waiting for Godot, but he's roasting you, too, sir
yes full roast sir, the communists, the wine moms, Bill Kristol, they're all roasting you, sir
no, sir, I haven't seen him in Waiting for Godot, but he's roasting you, too, sir
November 10, 2025 at 12:34 AM
yes senator they're roasting you on Bluesky, sir
yes full roast sir, the communists, the wine moms, Bill Kristol, they're all roasting you, sir
no, sir, I haven't seen him in Waiting for Godot, but he's roasting you, too, sir
yes full roast sir, the communists, the wine moms, Bill Kristol, they're all roasting you, sir
no, sir, I haven't seen him in Waiting for Godot, but he's roasting you, too, sir