Priscilla Long
@priscillalong.bsky.social
I am a poet and writer of creative nonfictions, science, history, and memoir and a longtime independent teacher of writing.
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Priscilla Long
@priscillalong.bsky.social
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Science: Why Bother? - The American Scholar
Let me (a onetime history major) count the whys
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Science: Why Bother? I wrote this column in 2013, and wow is it relevant to right now.
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Good morning BlueSky friends,
With all that is happening maybe you missed this news. Last night 1,571,400 migrating birds passed over King County, Washington. Thought you’d like to know. Birdcast.
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With all that is happening maybe you missed this news. Last night 1,571,400 migrating birds passed over King County, Washington. Thought you’d like to know. Birdcast.
dashboard.birdcast.info/region/US-WA...
King County, Washington - BirdCast Migration Dashboard
Explore nightly migration data in your region
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October 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Good morning BlueSky friends,
With all that is happening maybe you missed this news. Last night 1,571,400 migrating birds passed over King County, Washington. Thought you’d like to know. Birdcast.
dashboard.birdcast.info/region/US-WA...
With all that is happening maybe you missed this news. Last night 1,571,400 migrating birds passed over King County, Washington. Thought you’d like to know. Birdcast.
dashboard.birdcast.info/region/US-WA...
I guess we have all by now read every word of this prescient and amazing speech by Gov. Pritzker but if not, here it is.
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
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Full text of Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker's speech at news conference on reported Trump military plan for Chicago
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker spoke at a news conference Monday afternoon, addressing reports President Trump is planning to send the military to Chicago. Here is the full text of his remarks.
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August 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I guess we have all by now read every word of this prescient and amazing speech by Gov. Pritzker but if not, here it is.
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
Science: Why Bother? I wrote this column in 2013, and wow is it relevant to right now.
theamericanscholar.org/science-why-...
theamericanscholar.org/science-why-...
Science: Why Bother? - The American Scholar
Let me (a onetime history major) count the whys
theamericanscholar.org
August 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Science: Why Bother? I wrote this column in 2013, and wow is it relevant to right now.
theamericanscholar.org/science-why-...
theamericanscholar.org/science-why-...
My favorite quote of the day, from Hopium: Trump is an uniquely dark figure in American history. A felon, an abuser of women (and perhaps children too), a betrayer of our Constitution, an ally and enabler of Putin, an unprecedentedly corrupt… www.hopiumchronicles.com
Hopium Chronicles By Simon Rosenberg | Substack
Expert commentary from a 30-year veteran of US politics. Here at Hopium we work on strategies to defeat MAGA, tell our story more effectively, and ensure freedom and democracy prevail. Expect sharp a...
www.hopiumchronicles.com
July 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
My favorite quote of the day, from Hopium: Trump is an uniquely dark figure in American history. A felon, an abuser of women (and perhaps children too), a betrayer of our Constitution, an ally and enabler of Putin, an unprecedentedly corrupt… www.hopiumchronicles.com
Dear Friends at BlueSky,
I am pleased to report that two of my poems, "Just Because” and “What I Don’t Know” appear in Watershed Review. Take a look if you choose!
watershedreview.com/poetry/prisc...
I am pleased to report that two of my poems, "Just Because” and “What I Don’t Know” appear in Watershed Review. Take a look if you choose!
watershedreview.com/poetry/prisc...
Just Because – Watershed Review
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July 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Dear Friends at BlueSky,
I am pleased to report that two of my poems, "Just Because” and “What I Don’t Know” appear in Watershed Review. Take a look if you choose!
watershedreview.com/poetry/prisc...
I am pleased to report that two of my poems, "Just Because” and “What I Don’t Know” appear in Watershed Review. Take a look if you choose!
watershedreview.com/poetry/prisc...
Reposted by Priscilla Long
It took the Nazis one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours, and 40 minutes to dismantle a constitutional republic.
When the fire starts to burn, every good person better be ready to man a post with a bucket of water if you want to stop it from raging out of control.
When the fire starts to burn, every good person better be ready to man a post with a bucket of water if you want to stop it from raging out of control.
February 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
It took the Nazis one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours, and 40 minutes to dismantle a constitutional republic.
When the fire starts to burn, every good person better be ready to man a post with a bucket of water if you want to stop it from raging out of control.
When the fire starts to burn, every good person better be ready to man a post with a bucket of water if you want to stop it from raging out of control.
Friends on Bluesky:
Today I wrote to Starbucks:
Dear Starbucks,
Shame on you for backing off your so-called commitment to equality and diversity. We need courage at this time, not timid compliance.
I have sipped my last Starbucks coffee.
Sincerely,
Priscilla Long
Today I wrote to Starbucks:
Dear Starbucks,
Shame on you for backing off your so-called commitment to equality and diversity. We need courage at this time, not timid compliance.
I have sipped my last Starbucks coffee.
Sincerely,
Priscilla Long
February 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Friends on Bluesky:
Today I wrote to Starbucks:
Dear Starbucks,
Shame on you for backing off your so-called commitment to equality and diversity. We need courage at this time, not timid compliance.
I have sipped my last Starbucks coffee.
Sincerely,
Priscilla Long
Today I wrote to Starbucks:
Dear Starbucks,
Shame on you for backing off your so-called commitment to equality and diversity. We need courage at this time, not timid compliance.
I have sipped my last Starbucks coffee.
Sincerely,
Priscilla Long
A note of hope. A friend in my own Washington State informs me that in District 2—Western Snohomish Cy (No. of Seattle) to the Canadian border—Congressman’s Rick Larsen’s town hall, which typically draws 30 to 50 people, drew 13,000 people. Not a typo, 13,000.
February 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
A note of hope. A friend in my own Washington State informs me that in District 2—Western Snohomish Cy (No. of Seattle) to the Canadian border—Congressman’s Rick Larsen’s town hall, which typically draws 30 to 50 people, drew 13,000 people. Not a typo, 13,000.
Dear friend on Bluesky, I am pleased to report that my poem “Another Shooting Across Town” appears today in Common Ground Review: www.cgreview.org/magazine/ano...
Another Shooting across Town - Common Ground Review
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February 15, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Dear friend on Bluesky, I am pleased to report that my poem “Another Shooting Across Town” appears today in Common Ground Review: www.cgreview.org/magazine/ano...
I want to report to my Bluesky friends a personal landmark. I have just composed my 1,000th poem. Some finished, some published, some need work. But there you are. A deep bow to the muses.
February 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I want to report to my Bluesky friends a personal landmark. I have just composed my 1,000th poem. Some finished, some published, some need work. But there you are. A deep bow to the muses.
From Robert Reich: Attempted coup.
"Elon Musk vowed yesterday to unilaterally cancel hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of government grants after he and his goons gained access to the Treasury Department’s vast payments system over the weekend."
robertreich.substack.com/p/how-the-mu...
"Elon Musk vowed yesterday to unilaterally cancel hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of government grants after he and his goons gained access to the Treasury Department’s vast payments system over the weekend."
robertreich.substack.com/p/how-the-mu...
How the Muskrat is messing with your social security, your religion, and everything else
He and his goons must be stopped
robertreich.substack.com
February 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
From Robert Reich: Attempted coup.
"Elon Musk vowed yesterday to unilaterally cancel hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of government grants after he and his goons gained access to the Treasury Department’s vast payments system over the weekend."
robertreich.substack.com/p/how-the-mu...
"Elon Musk vowed yesterday to unilaterally cancel hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of government grants after he and his goons gained access to the Treasury Department’s vast payments system over the weekend."
robertreich.substack.com/p/how-the-mu...
My favorite quote of today, (Robert Reich):
Americans don’t abide aristocracy. We were founded in revolt against unaccountable power and wealth. We will not tolerate this barefaced takeover.
The backlash, when it comes, will be stunning.
robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-fir...
Americans don’t abide aristocracy. We were founded in revolt against unaccountable power and wealth. We will not tolerate this barefaced takeover.
The backlash, when it comes, will be stunning.
robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-fir...
Trump's first week: The Real Story
Let it be known
robertreich.substack.com
January 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
My favorite quote of today, (Robert Reich):
Americans don’t abide aristocracy. We were founded in revolt against unaccountable power and wealth. We will not tolerate this barefaced takeover.
The backlash, when it comes, will be stunning.
robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-fir...
Americans don’t abide aristocracy. We were founded in revolt against unaccountable power and wealth. We will not tolerate this barefaced takeover.
The backlash, when it comes, will be stunning.
robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-fir...
What we all know, but, hey, worth repeating:
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."
14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."
14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution
January 23, 2025 at 12:50 AM
What we all know, but, hey, worth repeating:
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."
14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."
14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution
Hi everybody, I here share my resolve to do one small thing per day for democracy, respect, decency, and the rule of law. I am a writer—my job is to write (poems, etc.). So small. Not to take over my life or mental health. Today a small contribution to Abigail Spanberger, for VA governor.
January 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Hi everybody, I here share my resolve to do one small thing per day for democracy, respect, decency, and the rule of law. I am a writer—my job is to write (poems, etc.). So small. Not to take over my life or mental health. Today a small contribution to Abigail Spanberger, for VA governor.
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Trump's Day One executive orders:
-Ended recognition of birthright citizenship
-Withdrew from WHO and Paris Climate Accord
-Rescinded Biden's EO to lower Rx costs
-Pardoned Jan 6 rioters
-Renamed the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America
So much for helping working families.
-Ended recognition of birthright citizenship
-Withdrew from WHO and Paris Climate Accord
-Rescinded Biden's EO to lower Rx costs
-Pardoned Jan 6 rioters
-Renamed the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America
So much for helping working families.
January 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Trump's Day One executive orders:
-Ended recognition of birthright citizenship
-Withdrew from WHO and Paris Climate Accord
-Rescinded Biden's EO to lower Rx costs
-Pardoned Jan 6 rioters
-Renamed the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America
So much for helping working families.
-Ended recognition of birthright citizenship
-Withdrew from WHO and Paris Climate Accord
-Rescinded Biden's EO to lower Rx costs
-Pardoned Jan 6 rioters
-Renamed the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America
So much for helping working families.
Simon Rosenberg on the felonious bigot’s election: "A rapist, fraudster, traitor and 34 times felon ….The relentless normalization of his extremism, madness and ugliness, the legacy media’s complicit in reporting on the race not the stakes, was a collective failure of enormous consequence."
January 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Simon Rosenberg on the felonious bigot’s election: "A rapist, fraudster, traitor and 34 times felon ….The relentless normalization of his extremism, madness and ugliness, the legacy media’s complicit in reporting on the race not the stakes, was a collective failure of enormous consequence."
Simon Rosenberg’s words on our new president are still apt:
"A rapist, fraudster, traitor and 34 times felon ….The relentless normalization of his extremism, madness and ugliness, the legacy media’s complicit in reporting on the race not the stakes, was a collective failure of enormous consequence.
"A rapist, fraudster, traitor and 34 times felon ….The relentless normalization of his extremism, madness and ugliness, the legacy media’s complicit in reporting on the race not the stakes, was a collective failure of enormous consequence.
January 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Simon Rosenberg’s words on our new president are still apt:
"A rapist, fraudster, traitor and 34 times felon ….The relentless normalization of his extremism, madness and ugliness, the legacy media’s complicit in reporting on the race not the stakes, was a collective failure of enormous consequence.
"A rapist, fraudster, traitor and 34 times felon ….The relentless normalization of his extremism, madness and ugliness, the legacy media’s complicit in reporting on the race not the stakes, was a collective failure of enormous consequence.
Hello BlueSky friends, Here is a question. Bluesky is a great alternative so far to the Putin-leaning oligarch Musk's misinformation machine. So far so good. But I would also like to leave the Oligarchic sycophant Zuckerberg’s outlet for misinformation. Alternatives? Thanks for thoughts.
January 16, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Hello BlueSky friends, Here is a question. Bluesky is a great alternative so far to the Putin-leaning oligarch Musk's misinformation machine. So far so good. But I would also like to leave the Oligarchic sycophant Zuckerberg’s outlet for misinformation. Alternatives? Thanks for thoughts.
Thanks to Senator Patty Murray: ""It takes no imagination to see how dangerous it would be to confirm RFK Jr. as Health Secretary, and it takes mountains of
willful ignorance to ignore it."
willful ignorance to ignore it."
January 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Thanks to Senator Patty Murray: ""It takes no imagination to see how dangerous it would be to confirm RFK Jr. as Health Secretary, and it takes mountains of
willful ignorance to ignore it."
willful ignorance to ignore it."
My small idea this AM, gotten from Hopium, I think. I will stop calling trump the T word, or, etc. and instead use accurate descriptors every time. Here’s one I got from Simon Rosenberg (Hopium or his quote);
Trump= rapist, fraudster, traitor & felon, diminished, delusional, and disgusting.
Trump= rapist, fraudster, traitor & felon, diminished, delusional, and disgusting.
December 17, 2024 at 6:47 PM
My small idea this AM, gotten from Hopium, I think. I will stop calling trump the T word, or, etc. and instead use accurate descriptors every time. Here’s one I got from Simon Rosenberg (Hopium or his quote);
Trump= rapist, fraudster, traitor & felon, diminished, delusional, and disgusting.
Trump= rapist, fraudster, traitor & felon, diminished, delusional, and disgusting.
My favorite book in many years. Amazing. I am new to this and can’t figure out how to post in the book group. Help!
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November 29, 2024 at 1:14 PM
My favorite book in many years. Amazing. I am new to this and can’t figure out how to post in the book group. Help!
images-us.bookshop.org/ingram/97808...
images-us.bookshop.org/ingram/97808...
Robert Reich: "As a nation, we are rich enough to provide all workers paid family leave, give all of our children a first-class education, give all our people access to health care and affordable homes, and enable all our families to care for their elderly."
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Giving Thanks
Gratitude even in darkening times
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November 29, 2024 at 1:05 PM
Robert Reich: "As a nation, we are rich enough to provide all workers paid family leave, give all of our children a first-class education, give all our people access to health care and affordable homes, and enable all our families to care for their elderly."
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
Hi everybody! I have found Simon Rosenberg’s conversations to be useful. Check it out if you choose.
www.hopiumchronicles.com
www.hopiumchronicles.com
Hopium Chronicles By Simon Rosenberg | Substack
Expert commentary from a 30-year veteran of US politics. Here at Hopium we work on strategies to defeat MAGA, tell our story more effectively, and ensure freedom and democracy prevail. Expect sharp a...
www.hopiumchronicles.com
November 21, 2024 at 5:12 AM
Hi everybody! I have found Simon Rosenberg’s conversations to be useful. Check it out if you choose.
www.hopiumchronicles.com
www.hopiumchronicles.com
#poetrycommunity Hi everybody. I am here.
November 16, 2024 at 2:55 PM
#poetrycommunity Hi everybody. I am here.