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Michelle Blankenship
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Blankenship Public Relations; The Bronx; amateur genealogist; Ohio, West Virginia, South Dakota, Kentucky; Czech language student; lapsed musician; lover of books.
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Thank you @shelf-awareness.com for the wonderful starred review for @rlmaizes.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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the thing that strikes me about this — again, besides it being false — is the venom and disrespect for the people who come here to work and build better lives. they aren’t “servants.”
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JD Vance: "Democrats' idea was the way you get more prosperity is that you import more and more low wage servants."
November 14, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Honored to find The Trouble of Color among so many remarkable books! Thank you TIME! time.com/collections/...
'The Trouble of Color' Is on the 100 Must-Read Books of 2025
Here's why it made the list
time.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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For those asking for background - I was in Sudan twice this year and wrote about it
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November 2, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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literaryhub.bsky.social
“George Dunn sat in his cubicle at Peapod Press, a space small enough that if he stretched his long arms, he could nearly touch the fabric walls on either side.” Read from R.L. Maizes’ new novel, A Complete Fiction.
A Complete Fiction
George Dunn sat in his cubicle at Peapod Press, a space small enough that if he stretched his long arms, he could nearly touch the fabric walls on either side. His pole-vault legs had never fit pro…
buff.ly
October 31, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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markjacob.bsky.social
Hardly any American will ever get into that ballroom.
But every American needs health care.
Trump is cutting health care while building a party room for his oligarch pals.
October 23, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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npr.org
For a century, the BBC has broadcast the weather report for the seas around the UK. "The Shipping Forecast" has informed and lulled generations who tune in to hear it.
Opinion: 'The Shipping Forecast' reminds us of the power of the human voice
For a century, the BBC has broadcast the weather report for the seas around the UK. "The Shipping Forecast" has informed and lulled generations who tune in to hear it.
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October 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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merrymacsanctuary.bsky.social
It's a shame that more people don't have the opportunity to see turkeys up close. Their feathers aren't just brown, they contain patterns and gorgeous iridescent rainbows! Here are close-ups of our sweet boy Emory's plumage.
Photo of blackish brown turkey feathers showing an iridescent glowing orange in the sunlight. Blackish turkey feather with green and orange iridescent highlights. Close up photo of a turkey's feathers. Some are dark brown and off-white striped, and some are brown/black with a green and orange iridescent sheen.
October 5, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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medievalists.bsky.social
From “no man’s land” to “red-letter day” — 20 phrases we still use that began in the Middle Ages www.medievalists.net/2025/09/20-p... #Medieval #History #Language
20 Phrases that Originated in the Middle Ages - Medievalists.net
Discover 20 common phrases with roots in the Middle Ages, from “no man’s land” to “red-letter day,” and explore their fascinating medieval origins.
www.medievalists.net
September 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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ufw.bsky.social
"Mateo" is a tomato dumper in the Gilroy CA area. His job is to take the buckets of tomatoes from the pickers and dump them into the trailer. This is a prime job as he is paid by the day vs hourly and he earns $158/day. #WeFeedYou
September 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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euronews.com
The Stolen Art Campaign by Shadows Project aims to correct misattributed Ukrainian artists in museums. Over 500,000 people and museums like the Louvre, Tate, and MoMA support this initiative.
“We’re here to take it back” - activists seek to combat erasure of Ukrainian artists in museums
The Stolen Art Campaign by Shadows Project aims to correct misattributed Ukrainian artists in museums. Over 500,000 people and museums like the Louvre, Tate, and MoMA support this initiative.
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September 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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jillhasday.bsky.social
Want to know more about D.C.'s suit challenging Trump's authority to take over the D.C. Police Department? I spoke with ‪@reuters.com‬.

www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Washington sues to stop federal takeover of police department
The U.S. capital Washington sued Donald Trump on Friday over his attempted takeover of the city's police force, escalating a power struggle between the U.S. president and the city's leadership.
www.reuters.com
August 15, 2025 at 8:32 PM
iammblankenship.bsky.social
I Teach Creative Writing. This Is What A.I. Is Doing to Students. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/o...
Opinion | I Teach Creative Writing. This Is What A.I. Is Doing to Students.
www.nytimes.com
August 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Q&A with Andrew Brininstool about his new book, HIGH DESERT BLOOD.
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July 31, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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‘1984’ Hasn’t Changed, but America Has www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/o...
Opinion | ‘1984’ Hasn’t Changed, but America Has
www.nytimes.com
July 28, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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Q&A with Jonathan Lackman and Zachary J. Pinson about their new graphic novel, THE WOMAN WITH FIFTY FACES.
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July 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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anamariecox.bsky.social
We are heading for a pivot-to-video-style crash in the journalism industry if everyone keeps using Substack as their exit strategy from traditional media, bc Substack refuses to recognize that it IS a publisher. archive.is/2025.06.19-0...
Regardless, one of the hallmarks of startups is that companies inevitably reflect the manner in which they are financed. And while Substack looks like a writing platform—and God love ’em for being one—Hamish & Co. would prefer Substack to be valued like a tech company. The problem there is that they don’t actually have a truly differentiated technology, but rather a publishing product that Google, Microsoft, or Meta could challenge in a heartbeat. (As Eric noted, “Substack decided its fate when it joined us poor souls in the media business, and has had its valuation held down as a consequence.”) Axios, the original popular email media company, seemed to grasp the possibility of monetizing the format when it sprung up its HQ business—a professional software tool for corporate clients. But Substack was the first to arrive in the consumer space. And while industry insiders tend to associate the platform with their enterprising friends and former colleagues who have built durable businesses, the truth is that the vast majority of the content on Substack is boring, amateurish, or batshit crazy—armchair financial analysts, second-grade teachers from Iowa, aspiring home cooks, MAGA freaks, etcetera. Meanwhile, the stars of the ecosystem who take in the bulk of the subscription revenue could all very easily go elsewhere at any time, or simply use a rival publishing platform. Oliver Darcy is building out his shingle, for instance, on Beehiiv. To maintain its current roster of talent, of course, Substack will need to invest in editors, marketing, design, legal support, research, etcetera—you know, the provincial tools of the media trade. One wonders whether those expense items are listed out in the pitch. Anyway, all this would be fine if Substack hadn’t raised so much money. Instead, Hamish & Co. are now looking at a situation where, after this raise, they’ll have pulled in at least $150 million with $45 million in annual revenue—an outcome that lowers their position in the waterfall, dilutes their equity, and potentially disincentivizes them from the real payday that founders, beneath the pablum, launch businesses to achieve. Who are the buyers for the business at that price? Substack may be telling Newcomer that investors are interested in the company’s app, which features a Twitter-like short-burst product, but $50 million to $100 million would represent the largest capital infusion in a text-based startup media company since The Messenger. That’s counterintuitive, to say the least.
June 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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mongabay.com
Once on the brink of local extinction, jaguar numbers across the Brazil-Argentina Iguaçu-Iguazú border have more than doubled since 2010 thanks to coordinated conservation efforts.

The cross-border collaboration between groups in both countries has been crucial to restoring jaguar populations.
Jaguar recovery unites Brazil and Argentina in conservation effort
The dark rosettes dotting the golden-brown fur of the jaguar are no longer a rare sight in Brazil’s Iguaçu National Park. In 2010, the protected area’s population of jaguars (Panthera onca) was on…
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June 17, 2025 at 1:17 AM
iammblankenship.bsky.social
The Book Nearly Died With Him in the Amazon. But the Story Endured. #HowtoSavetheAmazon #DomPhillips #protectjournalists @chelseagreenbooks.bsky.social @rizzolibooks.bsky.social
A Murdered Journalist’s Unfinished Book About the Amazon Gets Completed and Published
Killed in the rainforest he hoped to help save, the journalist Dom Phillips left behind an unfinished manuscript. Those who knew him carried it forward.
www.nytimes.com
June 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Every major Dem politician needs to realize that, in this environment, they can schedule a "speech to the nation," like Newsom did, and get tons of media coverage.

Just do it.
June 11, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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(🚨) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: TRUMP DECLARES L.A. RESIDENTS TO BE IN “REBELLION AGAINST THE AUTHORITY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES”

This declaration may well be a prelude to martial law. He’s illegally federalized the Guard in California and this looks very like the pretext he was waiting for.
Department of Defense Security for the Protection of Department of Homeland Security Functions
MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE                THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
www.whitehouse.gov
June 8, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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“Tasted a little tear gas— tasted like fascism”
June 8, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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And Housing for All is an impressively comprehensive examination of homelessness in America by Maria Foscarinis, who has worked in homelessness advocacy for decades.
Making the case for housing as a human right
And Housing for All is an impressively comprehensive examination of homelessness in America by Maria Foscarinis, who has worked in homelessness advocacy for decades.
n.pr
June 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
iammblankenship.bsky.social
“The Nation” Endorses Zohran Mamdani and Brad Lander in the New York City Democratic Primary
New Yorkers deserve better than Andrew Cuomo.
www.thenation.com
May 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Here’s a 2025 summer reading list with real books, no AI. Check out picks from @michaelschaub.bsky.social for road trip reading.

*gift link*

www.ocregister.com/2025/05/20/1...
​12 new books to send restless readers on a summer road trip
Start your summer road trip with a curated list of far-reaching fiction and nonfiction.
www.ocregister.com
May 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM