Amanda B Wrecknwyth
@litchampymatt.bsky.social
Word nerd geek into culture and kindness. Producer for
Literary Death Match.
Past BoD at Foglifter Press Founding BoD at Lit Camp
Literary Death Match.
Past BoD at Foglifter Press Founding BoD at Lit Camp
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Thank you, Speaker Emerita Pelosi, for your decades of service that defined a generation of politics and for doing something truly rare in Washington: making room for the next one.
November 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Thank you, Speaker Emerita Pelosi, for your decades of service that defined a generation of politics and for doing something truly rare in Washington: making room for the next one.
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Prop 50 is about deciding that Donald Trump is going to be accountable to the democracy—to each one of us.
Polls close in just over 5 hours! Find your polling place: www.sos.ca.gov/elections/po...
Polls close in just over 5 hours! Find your polling place: www.sos.ca.gov/elections/po...
November 4, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Prop 50 is about deciding that Donald Trump is going to be accountable to the democracy—to each one of us.
Polls close in just over 5 hours! Find your polling place: www.sos.ca.gov/elections/po...
Polls close in just over 5 hours! Find your polling place: www.sos.ca.gov/elections/po...
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@audiosand.bsky.social and another colleague realized they are dressing as Diane Keaton to mourn her, aka “Keatoning.”
October 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
@audiosand.bsky.social and another colleague realized they are dressing as Diane Keaton to mourn her, aka “Keatoning.”
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#OnThisDay in 1998, American college student Matthew Shepherd died five days after he was beaten and tortured by two men, then tied to a post and left to die near Laramie, Wyoming. He was murdered because he was gay. He was 21 years old.
Photo credit: Gina Van Hoof.
#OTD #MatthewShepherd
Photo credit: Gina Van Hoof.
#OTD #MatthewShepherd
October 12, 2025 at 10:18 AM
#OnThisDay in 1998, American college student Matthew Shepherd died five days after he was beaten and tortured by two men, then tied to a post and left to die near Laramie, Wyoming. He was murdered because he was gay. He was 21 years old.
Photo credit: Gina Van Hoof.
#OTD #MatthewShepherd
Photo credit: Gina Van Hoof.
#OTD #MatthewShepherd
Still waiting for a solution that protects family owned, small businesses in the Castro.
As a long-time Castro resident and neighbor I’ve patronized our small businesses over the past 15 years, and both Castro Coffee and Castro Nail Salon are anchors in our community.
September 29, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Still waiting for a solution that protects family owned, small businesses in the Castro.
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Litquake Festival 2025 schedule + ticketing are now LIVE! 🥳
www.litquake.org/2025-schedule
www.litquake.org/2025-schedule
September 10, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Litquake Festival 2025 schedule + ticketing are now LIVE! 🥳
www.litquake.org/2025-schedule
www.litquake.org/2025-schedule
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I thought this was a joke, but I just watched a video of Mike Johnson saying this, omg. This country is wearing me out.
BREAKING: Speaker of the House announces Trump was an FBI informant tasked with taking down Epstein.
September 5, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I thought this was a joke, but I just watched a video of Mike Johnson saying this, omg. This country is wearing me out.
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First Bernie Sanders. Then the CDC directors.
Now, more than 1,000 current and former HHS staffers are demanding he step down.
Now, more than 1,000 current and former HHS staffers are demanding he step down.
RFK Jr.’s enemies list just got a lot longer
First Bernie Sanders. Then CDC directors. Now, more than 1,000 current and former HHS staffers are demanding he step down.
www.motherjones.com
September 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
First Bernie Sanders. Then the CDC directors.
Now, more than 1,000 current and former HHS staffers are demanding he step down.
Now, more than 1,000 current and former HHS staffers are demanding he step down.
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RFK Jr. is to us what an asteroid was to the dinosaurs.
September 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
RFK Jr. is to us what an asteroid was to the dinosaurs.
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I know Ted Cruz isn’t trying to talk shit about someone else’s weight.
September 3, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I know Ted Cruz isn’t trying to talk shit about someone else’s weight.
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Netflix co-founder and Democratic megadonor Reed Hastings has given $2 million to help California redraw its House maps in the latest indication of the campaign’s outsize stakes.
Netflix co-founder drops $2 million into Gavin Newsom's redistricting campaign
Reed Hastings is a longtime Democratic donor and Newsom ally.
www.politico.com
August 31, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Netflix co-founder and Democratic megadonor Reed Hastings has given $2 million to help California redraw its House maps in the latest indication of the campaign’s outsize stakes.
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Writing two books at once is so fun. Highly recommend.
August 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Writing two books at once is so fun. Highly recommend.
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Went whale watching off of PTown today instead of watching the Orioles game. A+, no notes, would watch whales instead of the Orioles lose again.
August 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Went whale watching off of PTown today instead of watching the Orioles game. A+, no notes, would watch whales instead of the Orioles lose again.
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Sometimes when you see a professional troll talking nonsense, it can be… elucidating to look up their book sales.
August 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Sometimes when you see a professional troll talking nonsense, it can be… elucidating to look up their book sales.
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"Childish? Yes. But the point isn’t that this is the answer. The point is that Newsom is systematically pushing every button on the console and trying to see if any of them work." How about more folks than Newsom doing this?
A Modest Proposal: Send Blue State National Guardsmen to D.C.
Make Trump take the mask off.
www.thebulwark.com
August 19, 2025 at 8:00 AM
"Childish? Yes. But the point isn’t that this is the answer. The point is that Newsom is systematically pushing every button on the console and trying to see if any of them work." How about more folks than Newsom doing this?
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Man fleeing Home Depot immigration raid is hit and killed by a car on the 210 Freeway
Man fleeing Home Depot immigration raid is hit and killed by a car on the 210 Freeway
A man fleeing on foot from an immigration raid at a Monrovia Home Depot ran onto the 210 Freeway, where he struck by a vehicle, officials said.
www.latimes.com
August 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Man fleeing Home Depot immigration raid is hit and killed by a car on the 210 Freeway
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I’ve had my complaints with Newsom over the years, but he’s handling this moment exactly right.
And Ted Cruz is throwing an absolute fit about California redistricting. 🤣🤣🤣
And Ted Cruz is throwing an absolute fit about California redistricting. 🤣🤣🤣
August 14, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I’ve had my complaints with Newsom over the years, but he’s handling this moment exactly right.
And Ted Cruz is throwing an absolute fit about California redistricting. 🤣🤣🤣
And Ted Cruz is throwing an absolute fit about California redistricting. 🤣🤣🤣
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Loving ‘Gloves-Off Gavin’… 👊🏻
August 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Loving ‘Gloves-Off Gavin’… 👊🏻
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Cuomo seems hellbent on running the worst campaign possible. It’s textbook “what not to do,” and yet! Fascinating.
August 9, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Cuomo seems hellbent on running the worst campaign possible. It’s textbook “what not to do,” and yet! Fascinating.
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I did this tonight for my work in progress, choosing texts for students who were doing this exercise, and my husband kept asking "Why are you laughing so much," which I was because the choices were dramatically perfect.
I love @alexanderchee.bsky.social's Bibliomancy assignment — such a great way to encourage exploration of the library, to help students appreciate the value of curiosity and magic of serendipity. I cld see this being ⭐ for first-year composition classes.
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August 10, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I did this tonight for my work in progress, choosing texts for students who were doing this exercise, and my husband kept asking "Why are you laughing so much," which I was because the choices were dramatically perfect.
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"And if the word integration means anything, this is what it means: that we, with love, shall force our brothers to see themselves as they are, to cease fleeing from reality and begin to change it."
Happy birthday James.
Happy birthday James.
Book excerpt: "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
To celebrate the centenary of the writer, poet and civil rights activist, read his stirring essay "My Dungeon Shook," written as a letter to his young nephew, in which he encapsulates the ironies of r...
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August 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
"And if the word integration means anything, this is what it means: that we, with love, shall force our brothers to see themselves as they are, to cease fleeing from reality and begin to change it."
Happy birthday James.
Happy birthday James.
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We are losing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which has helped educate, inform, and entertain millions of Americans.
Instead, we’re getting a vulgar new gold ballroom, which none of us will ever see.
Instead, we’re getting a vulgar new gold ballroom, which none of us will ever see.
August 1, 2025 at 6:18 PM
We are losing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which has helped educate, inform, and entertain millions of Americans.
Instead, we’re getting a vulgar new gold ballroom, which none of us will ever see.
Instead, we’re getting a vulgar new gold ballroom, which none of us will ever see.
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Our state faces serious challenges, and Californians know that everything from healthcare to housing is way too expensive. Donald Trump is doing everything in his power to make things even harder.
July 30, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Our state faces serious challenges, and Californians know that everything from healthcare to housing is way too expensive. Donald Trump is doing everything in his power to make things even harder.
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You cannot govern California without understanding it, and that means years of listening and learning here in our state. I loved touring the new Valley Natural Beverages milk processing plant in Bakersfield.
July 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
You cannot govern California without understanding it, and that means years of listening and learning here in our state. I loved touring the new Valley Natural Beverages milk processing plant in Bakersfield.