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Mary Rokonadravu
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Fiction, CNF. Upcoming Civitella Ranieri Fellow. Hon. Fellow in Writing, Uni. Iowa (IWP). Words in Granta & collections by Penguin Random House (Vintage), Uni. London Press. 2022, 2015 Commonwealth Short Story Prize (Pacific). Writing in Suva, FIJI.
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In recent years, experts have worried over an online crisis of “misinformation,” @cwarzel.bsky.social and Mike Caulfield write. But that term doesn’t begin to describe what’s really happening.
The Internet Is Worse Than a Brainwashing Machine
A rationale is always just a scroll or a click away.
www.theatlantic.com
January 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Officers used racist slurs to describe Black people, bragged about use of force, during the protests in 2020 in response to the murder of George Floyd at hands of police officers, used slurs against Mr. Floyd & mocked public outrage against racism in law enforcement.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/05/u...
California Police Department Agrees to Reforms After Federal Inquiry (Gift Article)
The Antioch Police Department was under investigation by the Justice Department after racist text messages between its officers were released in 2023.
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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it’s good to be so clear for once

Eileen Myles
January 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Last night was a dark one for me. Walking away from all of it, I lay down in the woods and sank into real despair. The sky broke open in the worst thunderstorm I've ever known. Somewhere in that storm I found this poem. It saved my life.
January 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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I hope these words find you as the new year begins.
January 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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for you, for 2025
January 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Best time to think, meditate, write, walk, run, swim.
“Because getting up early is a challenge, you might assume that one cost of doing so would be feeling less happy,” writes @arthurcbrooks.bsky.social. “The research says the opposite.” theatln.tc/NC7OXEYC
January 3, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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Britain has a social care crisis. Here’s how Labour plans to fix it | Wes Streeting
Britain has a social care crisis. Here’s how Labour plans to fix it | Wes Streeting
Our National Care Service will meet the urgent needs of our generation – just as the NHS did when it was created in 1948 * Wes Streeting is secretary of state for health and social care Three sentences in Labour’s 1945 manifesto contained a simple…
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2025 at 12:21 AM
More Republicans say public opinion should play an important role guiding science policy (55% vs. 44%). Democrats lean in the opposite direction: 59% say public opinion should not guide policy on scientific issues, while 40% say it should.

www.pewresearch.org/science/2024...
Public Trust in Scientists and Views on Their Role in Policymaking
Americans’ trust in scientists is slightly higher than it was last year, but remains lower than before the COVID-19 pandemic.
www.pewresearch.org
January 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Overall, 48% Americans say public opinion should play an important role guiding policy decisions about scientific issues; 51% say public opinion should not play an important role because scientific issues are too complex for the average person to understand.

www.pewresearch.org/science/2024...
Public Trust in Scientists and Views on Their Role in Policymaking
Americans’ trust in scientists is slightly higher than it was last year, but remains lower than before the COVID-19 pandemic.
www.pewresearch.org
January 3, 2025 at 1:56 AM
76% of Americans express a great deal or fair amount of confidence in scientists to act in the public’s best interests.

Communication is seen as an area of relative weakness for scientists.

www.pewresearch.org/science/2024...
Public Trust in Scientists and Views on Their Role in Policymaking
Americans’ trust in scientists is slightly higher than it was last year, but remains lower than before the COVID-19 pandemic.
www.pewresearch.org
January 3, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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‘A cup is an open mouth / You kiss each day’

Three poems by Huang Fan, translated by Margaret Ross.

granta.com/huang_fan_th...
New Year’s By the Sea, Spinning Top and Cup | Huang Fan | Granta
‘A cup is an open mouth / You kiss each day’ Three poems by Huang Fan, translated by Margaret Ross.
granta.com
January 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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If, like me, you want independent publishers like Sarabande defining the next thirty years of literature, I invite you to give generously in support of our mission (hint: it's not to be the first publisher on Mars). To the future, friends! 🥂

www.sarabandebooks.org/donate
What I do know is which of the two of us has spent every moment of the last thirty years building a better future for authors. I know which of us understands that a diverse, thriving field of independent curators-not monopolization-is the best way to cultivate literature. ✨✨
DID YOU KNOW Sarabande and Amaz*n are birthday twins?? 👀While we were celebrating 30 years of Sarabande in 2024, another book-world powerhouse hit the 30-year milestone, too.
Maybe you've heard of them.
Is Amaz*n our evil twin? Who's to say?
December 30, 2024 at 7:18 PM
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Someone shared this with me, and I think it's beautiful. That's what I wish for everyone I love and appreciate in this New Year 2025, that your life is filled with an abundance of real luxuries. ❤️
January 1, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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I know that there's a lot of tech industry folks on this here website, and I would just like to remind all of you that the world actually functioned before the computer.
January 2, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Here’s the deal: Make reading your hobby this year. It’ll expand your mind, grow your perspective, and if you grab a library card, you’ll be supporting authors too (yes, in places like the UK, AU, NZ, and Canada, libraries pay authors!). Reading isn’t just fun—it’s a win for everyone.
January 2, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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Little ghost! 👻 Photo from my collection, 1964.
January 2, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Hi, I’m God.

Bluesky is now over 26 MILLION users.

Congrats, Bluesky!
January 2, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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"Our libraries and bookstores are critical spaces for learning, exploration, and connection. By striking down these provisions, the court has safeguarded the right of every Arkansan to access ideas and information without fear of censorship or prosecution."
Arkansas can't jail librarians for giving kids 'harmful' books
Portions of an Arkansas law that would have subjected librarians to criminal charges for letting kids check out books deemed "harmful to minors" were
reason.com
January 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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The death of the middle-class professional spells danger for Labour | Gaby Hinsliff
The death of the middle-class professional spells danger for Labour | Gaby Hinsliff
Graduate pay is falling – and an aggrieved generation could join white-collar workers in supporting Reform UK What does it mean to have a middle-class, white-collar professional job? It used to feel like a promise, a guarantee of a life that might not…
www.theguardian.com
January 2, 2025 at 6:57 PM
"Space is getting crowded. Last year, the European Space Agency estimated that there were more than 14,000 tons of material in low Earth orbit. And more of these objects are falling back down to Earth, without breaking up on re-entry as they are expected to."
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/w...
A Half-Ton Piece of Space Junk Falls Onto a Village in Kenya (Gift Article)
No one was hurt by the object, believed to be part of a launch rocket. Experts say the frequency of such incidents is increasing as the amount of debris in orbit around the Earth increases dramaticall...
www.nytimes.com
January 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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And now, I will take you
to one of the bookstores in Kyiv.

I want you to see how beautiful
Kyiv is.
December 27, 2024 at 4:52 PM
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"Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil."

Thomas Mann
December 28, 2024 at 1:33 PM
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