Swati Avasthi (SWA-thee)
@swatiavasthi.bsky.social
Author of Split and Chasing Shadows. (Knopf BFYR). Adj Professor at Hamline University’s MFA in writing for children and YA. Obsessed with all things bunny on bluesky.
Northern lights show in the twin
cities tonight
cities tonight
November 12, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Northern lights show in the twin
cities tonight
cities tonight
Does anyone know why IL governor JB Pritzer isn’t running in 2028?
November 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Does anyone know why IL governor JB Pritzer isn’t running in 2028?
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I called Ossoff about this yday, but I may call again today tbh. He's worried about reelection but he has to know that if he screws this up he's gonna lose us.
(If your senator is one of the few listed here, please call!)
(If your senator is one of the few listed here, please call!)
Readers in Arizona, Michigan, & Georgia!
Your senators have been getting a LOT of dedicated pressure to end the shutdown, without fixing healthcare.
If you have a minute, go ahead & give them a call!
Their job is to respond to constituents & they're mostly hearing from GOP voters rn.
Your senators have been getting a LOT of dedicated pressure to end the shutdown, without fixing healthcare.
If you have a minute, go ahead & give them a call!
Their job is to respond to constituents & they're mostly hearing from GOP voters rn.
November 6, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I called Ossoff about this yday, but I may call again today tbh. He's worried about reelection but he has to know that if he screws this up he's gonna lose us.
(If your senator is one of the few listed here, please call!)
(If your senator is one of the few listed here, please call!)
It’s the economy, stupid.
Zohran Mamdani ran on freezing the rent in NYC.
Abigail Spanberger ran on supporting fired federal workers and lowering the cost of living in VA.
Mikie Sherrill ran on lowering utility bills in NJ.
Ensuring people can afford to live a decent life is the path forward.
Abigail Spanberger ran on supporting fired federal workers and lowering the cost of living in VA.
Mikie Sherrill ran on lowering utility bills in NJ.
Ensuring people can afford to live a decent life is the path forward.
November 5, 2025 at 10:55 PM
It’s the economy, stupid.
The fact that fateh didn’t win the Minneapolis Mayoral race might indicate that even the bluest cities in the Midwest still aren’t going to vote democratic socialist. Sigh.
The only disheartening result of this cycle.
The only disheartening result of this cycle.
November 5, 2025 at 10:53 PM
The fact that fateh didn’t win the Minneapolis Mayoral race might indicate that even the bluest cities in the Midwest still aren’t going to vote democratic socialist. Sigh.
The only disheartening result of this cycle.
The only disheartening result of this cycle.
“Let them eat half a cake”
Trump said he’d be “the jobs president.” Turns out he meant job cuts. Nearly a million Americans out of work, and he’s bragging about marble bathrooms and his gilded ballroom.
November 5, 2025 at 3:24 AM
“Let them eat half a cake”
CNN and MSNBC are projecting Mamdani. I’m not even in NYC and am excited
November 5, 2025 at 2:40 AM
CNN and MSNBC are projecting Mamdani. I’m not even in NYC and am excited
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November 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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It’s a federal crime for anyone, including government officials, to intimidate or threaten someone in order to interfere with their right to vote.
Know your rights when you head to the polls.
Know your rights when you head to the polls.
Federal Agents at the Polls
The freedom to vote is the very foundation of our democracy. Voting is how we secure our civil rights and liberties and help shape our country, state, and town. Every eligible citizen has the right to cast a ballot freely, fairly, and accessibly - without fear of deception or intimidation.
www.aclu.org
November 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
It’s a federal crime for anyone, including government officials, to intimidate or threaten someone in order to interfere with their right to vote.
Know your rights when you head to the polls.
Know your rights when you head to the polls.
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MAGA hat girl posing in front of the “Nazi Propaganda” museum exhibit is the most accidentally honest photo of the year.
November 2, 2025 at 5:47 PM
MAGA hat girl posing in front of the “Nazi Propaganda” museum exhibit is the most accidentally honest photo of the year.
What movie do you consider perfect?
November 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
What movie do you consider perfect?
Bunnicula!
October 31, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Bunnicula!
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“The coalition announced on Tuesday the creation of the Literary Arts Fund, which will distribute ‘at least’ $50 million through grants to various nonprofit organizations across the country over the next five years.”
A new fund will route millions to the literary arts
A coalition of charitable foundations are creating the Literary Arts Fund, which will distribute at least $50 million to various organizations over 5 years.
www.npr.org
October 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM
“The coalition announced on Tuesday the creation of the Literary Arts Fund, which will distribute ‘at least’ $50 million through grants to various nonprofit organizations across the country over the next five years.”
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A timeline cleanse. Two hummingbirds taking shelter from the rain inside a rose.
Good night Bluesky.🥰
Good night Bluesky.🥰
October 30, 2025 at 6:30 AM
A timeline cleanse. Two hummingbirds taking shelter from the rain inside a rose.
Good night Bluesky.🥰
Good night Bluesky.🥰
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Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) declaring he won't call the House of Representatives into session until JANUARY at the earliest, means this isn't a shut-down.
This is a #RepublicanCOUP.
This is a #RepublicanCOUP.
October 30, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) declaring he won't call the House of Representatives into session until JANUARY at the earliest, means this isn't a shut-down.
This is a #RepublicanCOUP.
This is a #RepublicanCOUP.
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Kelly !!!!!! @kellylink.bsky.social
![often processing them in a torrent. You look at something horrible on Twitter or somewhere else, but it's surrounded by other kinds of information, and so you don't have the space to have the intensity of feeling that we should have when something horrifying or traumatic happens. [highlighted by me] Supernatural horror is a technique for restoring the right kind of emotion to the horrifying things that people do or that are done to people. You're reestablishing that a terrifying thing is, in fact, terrifying. That a horrible thing is horrifying. That trauma has actual weight. You're giving space for the person reading to have the actual emotional response that is appropriate to the thing that just happened. [end highlight]
CMM: That speaks to me as a person who intellectualizes her feelings and often is very bad at experiencing them. It's a defense mechanism, obviously, a way of keeping yourself safe. Analyze it or put it in a framework, and it's not going to be as scary.
I've had therapists tell me, "Sometimes, you have to just experience a feeling; you have to let it run through you." So that makes a lot of](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rwr4qlpo3yvnqyvr4hrtmzkd/bafkreigq2ve7hvdpm7yok4asu7vd3riwdefajq6u4gw3vnatngpdkpw4km@jpeg)
October 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Kelly !!!!!! @kellylink.bsky.social
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Nothing says “public service” like a room full of people congratulating themselves for taking food away.
October 29, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Nothing says “public service” like a room full of people congratulating themselves for taking food away.
I’m so proud of the cities I’ve lived in. Both Chicago and Portland are being true to their character
Chicagoans continue to run out of their homes to confront ICE, guard schools and churches, buy out street vendors so they can stay home, and grocery-shop for vulnerable families.
The people are what makes us a sanctuary city. Whenever I start to despair, I try to remember that
The people are what makes us a sanctuary city. Whenever I start to despair, I try to remember that
October 30, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I’m so proud of the cities I’ve lived in. Both Chicago and Portland are being true to their character
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Pennsylvania has an important Supreme Court race coming up on Tuesday, November 4. If you live in the Keystone State, or know someone who does, vote YES to retain three justices who will protect your fundamental rights and freedoms.
October 29, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Pennsylvania has an important Supreme Court race coming up on Tuesday, November 4. If you live in the Keystone State, or know someone who does, vote YES to retain three justices who will protect your fundamental rights and freedoms.
SNAP benefits are being suspended.
So I just donated to Second Harvest. If you’re in MN, I recommend them.
www.2harvest.org
So I just donated to Second Harvest. If you’re in MN, I recommend them.
www.2harvest.org
Second Harvest Heartland | Local Minnesota, Wisconsin food bank | 2harvest.org
There is more than enough food for everyone. As one of the nation’s largest hunger relief agencies, it’s our job to make sure healthy, nutritious food gets to the households who need it. Every day, we...
www.2harvest.org
October 29, 2025 at 8:17 PM
SNAP benefits are being suspended.
So I just donated to Second Harvest. If you’re in MN, I recommend them.
www.2harvest.org
So I just donated to Second Harvest. If you’re in MN, I recommend them.
www.2harvest.org
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Why has my favorite month, October, flown by? August was 87 days long. Pause it, Mother Nature, please.
a cartoon of a boy and a girl sitting under a tree with the words `` my favorite time of year ''
ALT: a cartoon of a boy and a girl sitting under a tree with the words `` my favorite time of year ''
media.tenor.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Why has my favorite month, October, flown by? August was 87 days long. Pause it, Mother Nature, please.
This
Most writers never stop facing rejection: from agents, from markets/publishers, from readers, from awards, from residencies, from festivals, and so on. It's hard.
That's why it's so important to find joy in the actual act of creation; it's the only part of the process you have any control over.
That's why it's so important to find joy in the actual act of creation; it's the only part of the process you have any control over.
October 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This
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first book banners told us it was just about what was in schools
then they came for books in the public libraries
then they started getting book stores for carrying certain stock
now I'm hearing about little free libraries being shut down
also a reminder that Utah still has a book destruction law.
then they came for books in the public libraries
then they started getting book stores for carrying certain stock
now I'm hearing about little free libraries being shut down
also a reminder that Utah still has a book destruction law.
October 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
first book banners told us it was just about what was in schools
then they came for books in the public libraries
then they started getting book stores for carrying certain stock
now I'm hearing about little free libraries being shut down
also a reminder that Utah still has a book destruction law.
then they came for books in the public libraries
then they started getting book stores for carrying certain stock
now I'm hearing about little free libraries being shut down
also a reminder that Utah still has a book destruction law.
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If you're in Minnesota or western Wisconsin, you can donate to Second Harvest Heartland. One dollar buys three meals. Our neighbors are going to need help. I donated, I hope you will, too, if you are able. www.2harvest.org
Second Harvest Heartland | Local Minnesota, Wisconsin food bank | 2harvest.org
There is more than enough food for everyone. As one of the nation’s largest hunger relief agencies, it’s our job to make sure healthy, nutritious food gets to the households who need it. Every day, we...
www.2harvest.org
October 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
If you're in Minnesota or western Wisconsin, you can donate to Second Harvest Heartland. One dollar buys three meals. Our neighbors are going to need help. I donated, I hope you will, too, if you are able. www.2harvest.org
Definition of biting off more than you can chew
October 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Definition of biting off more than you can chew