Linda Henry
@lindahenry.bsky.social
She/her; writer chasing ghosts via historical fiction; author of a delightful children’s book called The Cookie Garden; matriarch of me.
We know. We know. We know. You can’t be redacted. You won’t be saved by a Sharpie.
Rise In Power, Rest In Peace
I invite the girls who never returned, their lives snuffed out as evidence.
lindahenry.substack.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:27 PM
We know. We know. We know. You can’t be redacted. You won’t be saved by a Sharpie.
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this is the sickest shit ive ever seen
January 16, 2026 at 9:38 PM
this is the sickest shit ive ever seen
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I know it's unhealthy, but I love everything about the pure humanity of this moment.
This is the Foreign Minister of Denmark and the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Greenland sharing a cigarette after meeting JD Vance
January 14, 2026 at 11:27 PM
I know it's unhealthy, but I love everything about the pure humanity of this moment.
Please set aside 17 minutes to listen to watch and listen. I learned a lot.
Taken by ICE & Detained | Breaking the News Plus
YouTube video by KARE 11
youtu.be
January 15, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Please set aside 17 minutes to listen to watch and listen. I learned a lot.
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Shouldn't it be a bigger story that the immigration cops are seizing and imprisoning people who CANNOT POSSIBLY BE IMMIGRANTS
Oglala Sioux Tribe demands the release of Lakota men detained by ICE www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Oglala Sioux Tribe demands the release of Lakota men detained by ICE
The Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota has demanded the Department of Homeland Security release tribally enrolled citizens held by ICE, according to a statement released by the tribe.
www.mprnews.org
January 14, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Shouldn't it be a bigger story that the immigration cops are seizing and imprisoning people who CANNOT POSSIBLY BE IMMIGRANTS
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NOEM: “We can’t trust the government anymore.”
BASH: “You are the government.”
NOEM: “Yes, that’s what I’m saying.”🤔
The only honest thing @KristiNoem said today
BASH: “You are the government.”
NOEM: “Yes, that’s what I’m saying.”🤔
The only honest thing @KristiNoem said today
January 11, 2026 at 10:04 PM
NOEM: “We can’t trust the government anymore.”
BASH: “You are the government.”
NOEM: “Yes, that’s what I’m saying.”🤔
The only honest thing @KristiNoem said today
BASH: “You are the government.”
NOEM: “Yes, that’s what I’m saying.”🤔
The only honest thing @KristiNoem said today
27 years ago, my son declared an overcast sky a wazzy day. My niece ended a dinner prayer with “eggman.” So many wazzy days since then, so many prayers sent up to eggman.
January 7, 2026 at 1:00 AM
27 years ago, my son declared an overcast sky a wazzy day. My niece ended a dinner prayer with “eggman.” So many wazzy days since then, so many prayers sent up to eggman.
Happy new year from my little town!
January 1, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Happy new year from my little town!
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Reminds me of Leif Engel’s book title: I Cheerfully Refuse
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Reminds me of Leif Engel’s book title: I Cheerfully Refuse
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This is what's so aggravating to me.
December 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
This is what's so aggravating to me.
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The Oreo-sized baby turtle represents a turning point in Rockalina's recovery: Spending time with her own kind. n.pr/4s86Vsm
For 50 years, Rockalina the turtle lived on a kitchen floor. Now she has a new friend
The Oreo-sized baby turtle represents a turning point in Rockalina's recovery: Spending time with her own kind.
n.pr
December 12, 2025 at 10:40 AM
The Oreo-sized baby turtle represents a turning point in Rockalina's recovery: Spending time with her own kind. n.pr/4s86Vsm
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I asked Trump's former OMB director Mick Mulvaney to acknowledge it's a lie that undocumented immigrants get ACA subsidies (they don't), and he ended the interview.
"Would you agree that not a single dime of ACA subsidies goes toward undocumented immigrants?"
"I'm not gonna do this anymore."
"Would you agree that not a single dime of ACA subsidies goes toward undocumented immigrants?"
"I'm not gonna do this anymore."
October 1, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I asked Trump's former OMB director Mick Mulvaney to acknowledge it's a lie that undocumented immigrants get ACA subsidies (they don't), and he ended the interview.
"Would you agree that not a single dime of ACA subsidies goes toward undocumented immigrants?"
"I'm not gonna do this anymore."
"Would you agree that not a single dime of ACA subsidies goes toward undocumented immigrants?"
"I'm not gonna do this anymore."
I would have used an en dash here. Am I wrong? Also #taxtherich. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/opinion/france-bayrou-macron-government.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
September 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I would have used an en dash here. Am I wrong? Also #taxtherich. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/opinion/france-bayrou-macron-government.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Just now coming to terms with how things might have turned out if I’d been voted most diligent in high school. So close.
September 8, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Just now coming to terms with how things might have turned out if I’d been voted most diligent in high school. So close.
Found among the archives of old photographs, this might be my great grandaunt Kitty Drake Older. She and her husband took a trip to NJ in 1935. This Substack post is written from her perspective, an ode to the people who went before me and left behind clues that might have disappeared otherwise.
Among the artifacts
Aunt Kitty, Autumn 1935
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August 31, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Found among the archives of old photographs, this might be my great grandaunt Kitty Drake Older. She and her husband took a trip to NJ in 1935. This Substack post is written from her perspective, an ode to the people who went before me and left behind clues that might have disappeared otherwise.
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August 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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I have a best word I learned today and a worst word. Best word came from the NYT Spelling Bee, the pangram “enjambment,” meaning “poetic technique of continuing to next line without pause.” The worst word was in a sell sheet for work: “under-optimization.” I deleted the entire en dash interjection.
August 7, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I have a best word I learned today and a worst word. Best word came from the NYT Spelling Bee, the pangram “enjambment,” meaning “poetic technique of continuing to next line without pause.” The worst word was in a sell sheet for work: “under-optimization.” I deleted the entire en dash interjection.
This is the only monarchy I want to live in. Right in my own backyard.
July 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
This is the only monarchy I want to live in. Right in my own backyard.
@cynthiaekren.bsky.social and I are planning a writing retreat this weekend and neither of us are food preppers. Such a delight to map out simple meals and restaurant excursions rather than agonize over shopping and menus.
July 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
@cynthiaekren.bsky.social and I are planning a writing retreat this weekend and neither of us are food preppers. Such a delight to map out simple meals and restaurant excursions rather than agonize over shopping and menus.
Bee’s on the bee balm.
July 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Bee’s on the bee balm.
A pied-à-terre for the fairies in the flower garden, with furnishings rescued from the detritus destined for the local “I’ll take anything” second-hand store.
June 21, 2025 at 1:40 AM
A pied-à-terre for the fairies in the flower garden, with furnishings rescued from the detritus destined for the local “I’ll take anything” second-hand store.
Me and my son at the No Kings Rally in St. Paul today. I am so proud to be his mom. He is such a good man. No idea where he picked up the swears.
June 15, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Me and my son at the No Kings Rally in St. Paul today. I am so proud to be his mom. He is such a good man. No idea where he picked up the swears.
I love these women and it’s been too long since we got together to shoot the breeze, by which I mean got together to lay out how we would solve the world’s problems. @cynthiaekren.bsky.social @sparkyart.bsky.social
June 7, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I love these women and it’s been too long since we got together to shoot the breeze, by which I mean got together to lay out how we would solve the world’s problems. @cynthiaekren.bsky.social @sparkyart.bsky.social