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Sue Landers
@slanders.bsky.social
Poet, pedestrian.
My book WHAT TO CARRY INTO THE FUTURE (Roof, 2025) emerged from riding every NYC subway end-to-end. A love letter to the city, it charts joy amidst catastrophe.
suelanders.com (she/her)
Pinned
I will not let my outrage fatigue me.
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I simply refuse to accept that police ever have to look like this. this is just pure cosplay. it should be illegal for cops to be dressed like soldiers going to war.
November 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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How do so many democrats still not understand that the ACA *was* the compromise.
November 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Did ChatGPT tell the Democratic Party to kill itself??
November 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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🚨 We’re hearing that Senate Democrats are on the verge of caving to Trump in another “Schumer Surrender.”

That means your Democratic senators need to hear from you right now.

Call: indivisible.org/resource/cal...

Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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NYCers: now is the time to push your council members to commit to funding our libraries. The system is only asking for a measly .5% of the city's budget! And think of all the good the library does with that tiny sliver

actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
City Council, we demand half a percent of the overall city budget for libraries!
In response to the NYC FY2026 Budget, adopted this June, the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, and the Queens Public Library released a joint statement thanking City Leaders for in...
actionnetwork.org
November 6, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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just want to remind everyone again that zohran is the one cis candidate i am aware of that had his platform on trans rights written by trans people. i think that matters
estibass.com esti @estibass.com · Jun 25
Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
November 5, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
June 25, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Well actually guys for Cuomo.
November 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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I want nothing on earth as much as I want a record-breaking, unequivocal, absolutely seismic win to prove to the Democrats that unambiguously championing trans people with your out-loud voice is as strategically effective as it is morally right
November 4, 2025 at 7:59 AM
“In the same way that the federal government has been weaponized against immigrants, the New York City government should be weaponized against the federal government’s presence in the city.” -Hamilton Nolan with ideas and predictions on how to defend New Yorkers against ICE.
October 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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I can't really explain fully why this is the thing of all things that got my jaw on the floor but I guess it's such a literal symbol and also such a jaw dropping amount of money while small businesses are struggling to survive the tariffs

Such a visible "go fuck yourself"
Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
wapo.st
October 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Being middle aged at #NoKings NYC means explaining the Guardian Angels to youngins and frogs to seniors.
October 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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i imagine there’s about to be an influx of MAGA chuds spewing their bullshit but i really can’t stress enough that if we don’t give them oxygen, they’ll get bored and leave. block early and often.
i know the desire to fight with these sick freaks is strong but resist the urge and just block. it’s better for your brain.
October 17, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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We believe that in the wealthiest city in the wealthiest nation in the history of the world, working people deserve a dignified life.

And to the billionaires who think this movement is an existential threat to their corruption of our democracy: you're right.
October 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Now this is what I expect from my elected leaders. I’m looking at you @schumer.senate.gov, @repyvetteclarke.bsky.social and Kirsten Gillibrand.
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
October 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Thanks to @ginabird.bsky.social for reviewing WHAT TO CARRY INTO THE FUTURE in @barrelhouse.bsky.social—ngl, it feels pretty special to be read alongside Jenny Odell, whose book was so instrumental in my burnout recovery and writing process. www.barrelhousemag.com/blog/myers-w...
Gina Myers Reviews Susan Landers — Barrelhouse
In a time of ongoing grief from multiple, ongoing crises, what if we paused instead of pushing through our days?
www.barrelhousemag.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.
"Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early morning, high-powered federal immigration raid led to the arrests of dozens of their neighbors at their South Shore apartment building."
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Thank you to my @newyorkstateag.bsky.social for defending trans rights!
On Friday 18 blue state attorneys general BLASTED the Federal Trade Commission, telling it to back off trans youth healthcare and warning of an insidious attempt to reshape the regulation of medicine in the US.

And nobody covered it.

www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
State AGs Defend Trans Americans in Stunning Rebuke to Trump’s FTC — Assigned
Eighteen state Attorneys General unite to stand up in defense of trans Americans, in opposition to a Federal Trade Commission investigation into trans healthcare.
www.assignedmedia.org
October 1, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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1. There's a lot of confusion about this out there. Let me make it easier:

There are two ways to keep the government open: The full FY26 appropriations bill for the entire year, and a continuing resolution to keep it open for a few months at current levels.

Both are part of negotiations right now.
September 29, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I called Gillibrand and Schumer’s offices about not accepting any budget “deal” that strips away gender affirming care. I got through to both offices easily, which suggests that they are not getting enough calls. Here’s a great script.
A script you can use if you’re not good at speaking on the spot.
September 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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hey, cis people. we need you to call every single elected official you've got, now.
September 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
“They are looking to spend more money than I would even tax them.” 🔥🔥🔥
Exclusive: Zohran Mamdani reacts to Eric Adams dropping out of the New York mayoral race. "I think it's very much the same race," he says, criticizing attempts by President Trump and other outsiders to affect the election.
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/9/28/zohran_mamdani_eric_adams_nyc_mayoral
September 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
It’s a good time to let your reps, neighbors, friends, and family know that trans rights are human rights and must be defended.
I looked into the group and the guy pushing the FBI to create a new designation of “transgender ideology–inspired violence and extremism”—itself a political project, meant to conflate the fact of trans people’s existence with extremism.
The Right​’s Baseless​ Project to ​Link Trans People​ With Extremism
A campaign for the FBI to adopt a new designation of “transgender ideology–inspired violence and extremism” is less about law enforcement than politics.
newrepublic.com
September 25, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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i have to say, as a trans journalist who has covered the "trans debate" for about a decade now, there is no daylight between how the trump administration and conservatives lie about tylenol and autism and how they've lied about youth trans care.
September 23, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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hi, cis folks!

trans people need your help! the FY26 budget gets a vote by 9/30. GOP wants a ban on funds for ALL health services that provide trans care for ANY AGE. they're trying for other bans, too.

we need you to call senators like chuck who don't get it: reps.fyi

info & script in the🧵⬇️
September 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM