Kate
@noodlepoetics.bsky.social
Writer. Library lurker. Nervous wreck.
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the discourse on what jobs are acceptable to replace with generative AI reveals a lot about what we think of other people's jobs
January 9, 2026 at 6:48 AM
the discourse on what jobs are acceptable to replace with generative AI reveals a lot about what we think of other people's jobs
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It's 2026, and we're now well into the fifth year of book bans nationwide.
What can you do? There are *many* things you can do.
Here are 60+ small tasks to defend the right to read in your backyard and to help in the efforts nationwide.
No one saves us except us.
bookriot.com/how-to-defen...
What can you do? There are *many* things you can do.
Here are 60+ small tasks to defend the right to read in your backyard and to help in the efforts nationwide.
No one saves us except us.
bookriot.com/how-to-defen...
60+ Small Tasks to Defend the Right to Read: Book Censorship News, January 9, 2026
No one is coming to save us, so we must do it ourselves. Here are 60+ small tasks to help defend the right to read in 2026 and beyond.
bookriot.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:19 PM
It's 2026, and we're now well into the fifth year of book bans nationwide.
What can you do? There are *many* things you can do.
Here are 60+ small tasks to defend the right to read in your backyard and to help in the efforts nationwide.
No one saves us except us.
bookriot.com/how-to-defen...
What can you do? There are *many* things you can do.
Here are 60+ small tasks to defend the right to read in your backyard and to help in the efforts nationwide.
No one saves us except us.
bookriot.com/how-to-defen...
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'This story is fiction; oligarchs cannot make a human city on Mars be anything other than the scammy propagandistic dream of technofascist longtermism. There is no planet B.'
My 2019 short story 'The Song Between Worlds', about the paths of a 1 percenter space tourist & an indigenous worker crossing in a Martian city, is republished in @issuesinst.bsky.social for @imaginationasu.bsky.social's Future Tense series, w/ a brief new intro by me:
The Song Between Worlds
Indrapramit Das takes us to a future Mars full of wealthy space tourists to explore how tourism commodifies culture.
issues.org
August 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
'This story is fiction; oligarchs cannot make a human city on Mars be anything other than the scammy propagandistic dream of technofascist longtermism. There is no planet B.'
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I see the world's Bravest & Most Realistic Liberals have the same problem with 'Abolish ICE' as they did with 'defund the police'
I wonder what slogan they would be comfortable with?
'Tax Credits For ICE Operatives Who Are Assault Free In Designated Protest Zones over a 12 Month Period'?
I wonder what slogan they would be comfortable with?
'Tax Credits For ICE Operatives Who Are Assault Free In Designated Protest Zones over a 12 Month Period'?
January 9, 2026 at 6:05 AM
I see the world's Bravest & Most Realistic Liberals have the same problem with 'Abolish ICE' as they did with 'defund the police'
I wonder what slogan they would be comfortable with?
'Tax Credits For ICE Operatives Who Are Assault Free In Designated Protest Zones over a 12 Month Period'?
I wonder what slogan they would be comfortable with?
'Tax Credits For ICE Operatives Who Are Assault Free In Designated Protest Zones over a 12 Month Period'?
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Eye witness reports are that after shooting Renee Good, ICE fascists prevented medical aid for up to 15 minutes. Crucial minutes that could have saved her life.
Abolish ICE. End Qualified Immunity. Prosecute ICE fascists who murder people.
Abolish ICE. End Qualified Immunity. Prosecute ICE fascists who murder people.
January 8, 2026 at 4:26 AM
Eye witness reports are that after shooting Renee Good, ICE fascists prevented medical aid for up to 15 minutes. Crucial minutes that could have saved her life.
Abolish ICE. End Qualified Immunity. Prosecute ICE fascists who murder people.
Abolish ICE. End Qualified Immunity. Prosecute ICE fascists who murder people.
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a small real thing you can do right now. Bree’s squad just sent 200 of these to my stepmom for the anti-ICE ministry at our church. you can chip in for materials and supplies at the links below
Someone who is more organized than me put them on a linktree, with our GFM that covers shipping & supplies. (And when we have too much money in there, we send it to folks in cities who need stuff immediately, like we did today!)
linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
3D Printed Whistle Fundraisers | Linktree
Ways to support people 3D printing and shipping whistles. Each link buys supplies for an individual printer supporting community safety.
linktr.ee
January 7, 2026 at 11:13 PM
a small real thing you can do right now. Bree’s squad just sent 200 of these to my stepmom for the anti-ICE ministry at our church. you can chip in for materials and supplies at the links below
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we’re never returning to “normal “
that world is dead and gone
we create a new one, or we live in hell
that world is dead and gone
we create a new one, or we live in hell
January 8, 2026 at 3:51 AM
we’re never returning to “normal “
that world is dead and gone
we create a new one, or we live in hell
that world is dead and gone
we create a new one, or we live in hell
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…it should break your heart to kill.
January 8, 2026 at 4:02 AM
…it should break your heart to kill.
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BREAKING: ICE killed a Minnesota woman in broad daylight & there must be accountability.
But when I moved to subpoena all records & footage related to this murder, Republicans voted it down.
They've never cared about law & order or keeping our communities safe.
But when I moved to subpoena all records & footage related to this murder, Republicans voted it down.
They've never cared about law & order or keeping our communities safe.
January 8, 2026 at 12:23 AM
BREAKING: ICE killed a Minnesota woman in broad daylight & there must be accountability.
But when I moved to subpoena all records & footage related to this murder, Republicans voted it down.
They've never cared about law & order or keeping our communities safe.
But when I moved to subpoena all records & footage related to this murder, Republicans voted it down.
They've never cared about law & order or keeping our communities safe.
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im sorry i know it sucks but journalists are going to have to be willing to get fired for simply describing what they see happening with their own eyes, you look like fucking morons
"Was the officer struck by the vehicle, as President Trump insists, or did the car pass by or around him?"
If we only had some trusted institution that could adjudicate between competing claims by relying on facts.
If we only had some trusted institution that could adjudicate between competing claims by relying on facts.
January 8, 2026 at 2:53 AM
im sorry i know it sucks but journalists are going to have to be willing to get fired for simply describing what they see happening with their own eyes, you look like fucking morons
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i think it is ok to reiterate that the victim as a us citizen. yes, noncitizens are equally entitled to human rights. but also, it's important to illustrate how ice isn't about immigration at all
January 8, 2026 at 1:41 AM
i think it is ok to reiterate that the victim as a us citizen. yes, noncitizens are equally entitled to human rights. but also, it's important to illustrate how ice isn't about immigration at all
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Today is very bad and we should all be very angry but I am here to remind us that the birthday we are celebrating this year is not for the Constitution but for our rebellion against monarchy. The sincerest form of flattery is imitation.
January 7, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Today is very bad and we should all be very angry but I am here to remind us that the birthday we are celebrating this year is not for the Constitution but for our rebellion against monarchy. The sincerest form of flattery is imitation.
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A country that blows up foreign fishing boats for no reason is one that will shoot its own citizens for no reason.
January 8, 2026 at 4:27 AM
A country that blows up foreign fishing boats for no reason is one that will shoot its own citizens for no reason.
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You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
January 8, 2026 at 12:15 AM
You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
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Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE yesterday, was a published poet
Indeed, she won the 2020 Academy of American Poets Prize for a piece called "On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs"
It's beautiful and you can read it here:
poets.org/2020-on-lear...
The poem's conclusion is haunting me now
Indeed, she won the 2020 Academy of American Poets Prize for a piece called "On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs"
It's beautiful and you can read it here:
poets.org/2020-on-lear...
The poem's conclusion is haunting me now
January 8, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE yesterday, was a published poet
Indeed, she won the 2020 Academy of American Poets Prize for a piece called "On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs"
It's beautiful and you can read it here:
poets.org/2020-on-lear...
The poem's conclusion is haunting me now
Indeed, she won the 2020 Academy of American Poets Prize for a piece called "On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs"
It's beautiful and you can read it here:
poets.org/2020-on-lear...
The poem's conclusion is haunting me now
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Hell yes, shut it all down. Call your representatives and tell them to actually do the only thing they can to halt this madness.
About an hour ago, @axios.com was first to report that some Dems will be pushing their caucus to shut down DHS at minimum over the ICE shooting today
January 8, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Hell yes, shut it all down. Call your representatives and tell them to actually do the only thing they can to halt this madness.
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"Hard times are coming, when we'll be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now, can see through our fear-stricken society and its obsessive technologies to other ways of being, and even imagine real grounds for hope...realists of a larger reality."
Ursula K. Le Guin
Ursula K. Le Guin
January 7, 2026 at 9:34 AM
"Hard times are coming, when we'll be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now, can see through our fear-stricken society and its obsessive technologies to other ways of being, and even imagine real grounds for hope...realists of a larger reality."
Ursula K. Le Guin
Ursula K. Le Guin
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The destruction doesn't make for a photo-op like tearing down the East Wing of the White House or bulldozing the Rose Garden, but it's every bit as bad. Generations of American children learned to spell and count, learned the Preamble to the Constitution, from watching shows produced by the CPB.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations
Corporation For Public Broadcasting Is Dissolved After 58 Years Of Service
www.huffpost.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:04 PM
The destruction doesn't make for a photo-op like tearing down the East Wing of the White House or bulldozing the Rose Garden, but it's every bit as bad. Generations of American children learned to spell and count, learned the Preamble to the Constitution, from watching shows produced by the CPB.
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Reminder for everyone operating at situationally-diminished capacity.
January 3, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Reminder for everyone operating at situationally-diminished capacity.
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*2026
living through 2025 and having to wake up, go to work, handle responsibilities etc feels like this
January 3, 2026 at 4:12 PM
*2026
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We are a rogue state, run by a dictator, and the international community should treat us as such including all appropriate economic and diplomatic sanctions
January 3, 2026 at 3:36 PM
We are a rogue state, run by a dictator, and the international community should treat us as such including all appropriate economic and diplomatic sanctions
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This man has been president agin for one year and teh first thing he did was make a list of enemies that looked like me
the left said “identity didn’t matter”
At the center said we have to be civil and the right said WAR
the left said “identity didn’t matter”
At the center said we have to be civil and the right said WAR
January 3, 2026 at 4:02 PM
This man has been president agin for one year and teh first thing he did was make a list of enemies that looked like me
the left said “identity didn’t matter”
At the center said we have to be civil and the right said WAR
the left said “identity didn’t matter”
At the center said we have to be civil and the right said WAR
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He will die. In one ear, a woman whose body has been contorted to meet his expectations, with injections, plastic, and fad diets, will whisper how beloved he is. And in the other, an exhausted nurse will remind him, at hour zero, people will dance in the streets when he's dead.
January 3, 2026 at 1:08 PM
He will die. In one ear, a woman whose body has been contorted to meet his expectations, with injections, plastic, and fad diets, will whisper how beloved he is. And in the other, an exhausted nurse will remind him, at hour zero, people will dance in the streets when he's dead.
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Call your reps + please read the thread. Do it now, please.
Script.
Script.
![A Canva-mocked up call script re: calling electeds Trump Administration's actions in Venezuela
YOU: Hi, my name is [NAME]. I’m calling from [ZIP CODE].
YOU: I’m calling [MOC] to demand they condemn the U.S.’s actions in Venezuela tonight. The Trump administration has carried out an illegal attack and capture of Maduro that is a clear violation of international sovereignty and will impact relationships will alienate international allies, and [ELECTED] must speak out about this.
YOU: I am also calling on [MOC] to:
1. Speak plainly about this to their constituents. They can acknowledge the Maduro regime’s abuses AND recognize this as an unlawful extraterritorial detention,
2. Demand a legal written justification from the Administration,
3. Hold IMMEDIATE House/Senate Foreign Affairs hearings on the the decision-making, legality, and diplomatic risks of the Maduro operation,
4. Demand an immediate classified briefing for the Gang of Eight.
YOU: What happened tonight will have ramifications across the world in the days, weeks and months to come, and we need answers and action taken.
YOU: [OPTIONAL COMMENTS - DEMAND A RESPONSE]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vdabazxnghujbebpi2ektqgi/bafkreiekz6akttflsgwcc74eyuq6m6e2lrbgxzouhdmvi5lds4qm6x4fou@jpeg)
January 3, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Call your reps + please read the thread. Do it now, please.
Script.
Script.
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All. Please be aware - the US has attacked Venezuela.
U.S. launches military strikes on Venezuela, Trump says Maduro captured and flown out of the country
Soon after the U.S. carried out military strikes inside Venezuela, President Trump said the nation's President Nicolás Maduro had been captured and flown out.
www.cbsnews.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:41 AM
All. Please be aware - the US has attacked Venezuela.