Susan Antolin
@susanantolin.bsky.social
Poet. Editor. Mother. Artichoke Season (2009), The Years That Went Missing (2020). Editor: Acorn (acornhaiku.com). Co-editor: The San Francisco Haiku Anthology: Volume Two (2024). Publisher: Spare Poems Press. MFA student at NYU creative writing. she/her
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Acorn, Issue #55, Fall 2025
deeply grateful to Susan
deeply grateful to Susan
November 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Acorn, Issue #55, Fall 2025
deeply grateful to Susan
deeply grateful to Susan
Okay, I’m sold! I have to do this trip!
Three Wayfarers in Japan — a blog post and pics about our recent trip following in the footsteps of haiku poet Basho, who walked the same route in 1689.
www.makinostudios.com/blog/2025/11...
www.makinostudios.com/blog/2025/11...
Three wayfarers in Japan — Makino Studios
Konnichiwa! I’m back from a wonderful 18 days in Japan with my husband Paul and son Gabriel. On this, my fifth trip there, we toured Tokyo boulevards, mountain trails, rice paddies, rural villages and...
www.makinostudios.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Okay, I’m sold! I have to do this trip!
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😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
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The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
October 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
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It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part
October 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part
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California, this November 4th, the whole country is counting on you.
Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide.
So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.
Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide.
So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.
October 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
California, this November 4th, the whole country is counting on you.
Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide.
So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.
Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide.
So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.
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"When we stand up, we don't stand alone." -Senator Cory Booker.
Stand up with millions on October 18th to say enough is enough. Find your closest event at nokings.org.
Sign up for Walnut Creek at the link on our website.
#nokings #indivisible #stopthecuts #mayday #trumpshutdown #yeson50
Stand up with millions on October 18th to say enough is enough. Find your closest event at nokings.org.
Sign up for Walnut Creek at the link on our website.
#nokings #indivisible #stopthecuts #mayday #trumpshutdown #yeson50
October 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
"When we stand up, we don't stand alone." -Senator Cory Booker.
Stand up with millions on October 18th to say enough is enough. Find your closest event at nokings.org.
Sign up for Walnut Creek at the link on our website.
#nokings #indivisible #stopthecuts #mayday #trumpshutdown #yeson50
Stand up with millions on October 18th to say enough is enough. Find your closest event at nokings.org.
Sign up for Walnut Creek at the link on our website.
#nokings #indivisible #stopthecuts #mayday #trumpshutdown #yeson50
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You can never appease a tyrant.
September 18, 2025 at 5:10 AM
You can never appease a tyrant.
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Every major talent that works for ABC and Disney should refuse to show up for work until Jimmy Kimmel is reinstated.
Marvel movies need to shutdown. Ditto the sitcoms.
Collective boycott.
Corporations love money more than anything,& this will harm them and force them to do the right thing.
Marvel movies need to shutdown. Ditto the sitcoms.
Collective boycott.
Corporations love money more than anything,& this will harm them and force them to do the right thing.
September 17, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Every major talent that works for ABC and Disney should refuse to show up for work until Jimmy Kimmel is reinstated.
Marvel movies need to shutdown. Ditto the sitcoms.
Collective boycott.
Corporations love money more than anything,& this will harm them and force them to do the right thing.
Marvel movies need to shutdown. Ditto the sitcoms.
Collective boycott.
Corporations love money more than anything,& this will harm them and force them to do the right thing.
Take a minute to read this poem by Lo Naylor. Powerful and heartbreaking.
September 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Take a minute to read this poem by Lo Naylor. Powerful and heartbreaking.
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Wow! France gifted her to us, and now they’ve captured what so many Americans are feeling on Independence Day. The values the Statue of Liberty stood for are no more.
📌 A stunning mural of the Statue of Liberty covering her face was unveiled in Roubaix, France, on July 3, 2025.
📌 A stunning mural of the Statue of Liberty covering her face was unveiled in Roubaix, France, on July 3, 2025.
July 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Wow! France gifted her to us, and now they’ve captured what so many Americans are feeling on Independence Day. The values the Statue of Liberty stood for are no more.
📌 A stunning mural of the Statue of Liberty covering her face was unveiled in Roubaix, France, on July 3, 2025.
📌 A stunning mural of the Statue of Liberty covering her face was unveiled in Roubaix, France, on July 3, 2025.
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We will use their horrific agenda to turn voters against them by the millions in the midterms. And yes, there will be midterms. Don’t even think about voicing defeatism and doing their work for them.
July 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
We will use their horrific agenda to turn voters against them by the millions in the midterms. And yes, there will be midterms. Don’t even think about voicing defeatism and doing their work for them.
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I’m all for this…
“Fight fire with fire.”
Republicans talk shit about blue states all the time, but it’s all talk. Let’s see what they have to say when they’re desperate for blue states’ tax dollars just to keep their states afloat.
“Fight fire with fire.”
Republicans talk shit about blue states all the time, but it’s all talk. Let’s see what they have to say when they’re desperate for blue states’ tax dollars just to keep their states afloat.
July 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I’m all for this…
“Fight fire with fire.”
Republicans talk shit about blue states all the time, but it’s all talk. Let’s see what they have to say when they’re desperate for blue states’ tax dollars just to keep their states afloat.
“Fight fire with fire.”
Republicans talk shit about blue states all the time, but it’s all talk. Let’s see what they have to say when they’re desperate for blue states’ tax dollars just to keep their states afloat.
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Mike Johnson just said if you are for reducing the deficit, this bill is for you.
The bill adds 3-4 trillion dollars to the deficit.
They just lie.
The bill adds 3-4 trillion dollars to the deficit.
They just lie.
July 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Mike Johnson just said if you are for reducing the deficit, this bill is for you.
The bill adds 3-4 trillion dollars to the deficit.
They just lie.
The bill adds 3-4 trillion dollars to the deficit.
They just lie.
Take a moment to read this account of abuse at CECOT. So many are still there, still suffering inhumane conditions. We must not forget them.
NEW: Read Mr Abrego's account of unthinkable torture inside CECOT prison in El Salvador. My latest: content warning: www.muellershewrote.com/p/mr-abregos...
Mr. Abrego's Account of Torture at CECOT in El Salvador
Mr. Abrego has filed an amended complaint asking the court to declare the government's actions unlawful and to order his release. He describes his torture in El Salvador in the complaint.
www.muellershewrote.com
July 3, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Take a moment to read this account of abuse at CECOT. So many are still there, still suffering inhumane conditions. We must not forget them.
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1) it was always fascism and fascism was the right word to use
2) they are building concentration camps and concentration camps are the right words to use
3) they are banning books and book bans is a fine way to describe the myriad ways they are banning them
2) they are building concentration camps and concentration camps are the right words to use
3) they are banning books and book bans is a fine way to describe the myriad ways they are banning them
July 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
1) it was always fascism and fascism was the right word to use
2) they are building concentration camps and concentration camps are the right words to use
3) they are banning books and book bans is a fine way to describe the myriad ways they are banning them
2) they are building concentration camps and concentration camps are the right words to use
3) they are banning books and book bans is a fine way to describe the myriad ways they are banning them
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These days are dark and getting darker. But time stops for no man. Not even Trump. There will be an after to all of this. Find strength in each other. Keep going.
Goodnight 💚
Goodnight 💚
July 2, 2025 at 3:22 AM
These days are dark and getting darker. But time stops for no man. Not even Trump. There will be an after to all of this. Find strength in each other. Keep going.
Goodnight 💚
Goodnight 💚
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Where is he? If we stop asking, stop demanding his return, we are complicit in his disappearance.
Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government.
No one has heard from you in 109 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo or video of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
No one has heard from you in 109 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo or video of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
July 2, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Where is he? If we stop asking, stop demanding his return, we are complicit in his disappearance.
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If you think ICE is bad now, just wait till they hire 10,000 more agents and open more concentration camps.
June 30, 2025 at 10:57 PM
If you think ICE is bad now, just wait till they hire 10,000 more agents and open more concentration camps.
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We are choosing to live like this. We can easily change our communities if we take it seriously.
Former Gun Company Executive Explains Roots of America’s Gun Violence Epidemic
Ryan Busse once worked for a major gun-maker. He now warns about the danger of growing radicalization in the industry.
www.propublica.org
June 30, 2025 at 1:18 AM
We are choosing to live like this. We can easily change our communities if we take it seriously.
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no one cares that this is illegal but it is illegal and seems like something that might trip the court’s “major questions” doctrine
Per @npr.org, the Department of Homeland Security, in partnership with the White House U.S. DOGE Service, has built a searchable national citizenship register with data from the Social Security Administration & immigration records— without public notice & comment.
Infrastructure for a police state.
Infrastructure for a police state.
The Trump administration is building a national citizenship data system
The Department of Homeland Security, with help from DOGE, has rolled out a tool that purports to be able to check the citizenship status of almost all Americans.
www.npr.org
June 29, 2025 at 11:36 PM
no one cares that this is illegal but it is illegal and seems like something that might trip the court’s “major questions” doctrine
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If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
June 28, 2025 at 10:07 PM
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.