Fun fact: If you go to surj.org/category/pas... you can watch their past webinars like the one linked in my earlier post.

I'm attending Swing Left's event, “Canvass for Prop 50 in West LA / Culver City / Mid City!” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/swingleft/ev...

I'm attending Showing Up for Racial Justice's event, “Solidarity & Rapid Response: a 2-part training on showing up for immigrant communities” - sign up now www.mobilize.us/surj/event/8...

I'm attending Showing Up for Racial Justice's event, ““Calling in, not out: a skill for white people to organize our own” with Loretta Ross” - sign up now www.mobilize.us/surj/event/8...

Don't be jealous, but I never watched Grey's Anatomy or any version of The L Word. Which means I've now got 422 hours of TV to look forward to. That's 17.5 days or just over a month of hermitizing, if I sleep.

Just now seeing this. I'm so grateful! Thank you! And I'm super honored being in company with the marvelous & lovely @livesinpages.bsky.social.

I feel so nourished by this essay. Gorgeous, @maureenlangloss.bsky.social.

NEW: It's time to #FundLibraries. As we fight for the long-term future of federal funding for libraries in Congress & in the courts, it's critical that our elected officials CONTINUE to provide annual funding. Take action, tell your House Rep to fund libraries in FY26: bit.ly/FundLibraries26House

Stop the cuts! Hands off Culver City this Saturday April 19th. #HandsOff #March #Protest #Resist #protesta #HandsOff2025 #Indivisible #LosAngeles #California #CulverCity #CityHall

Hands Off Protest Boston! April 5, 2025 Boston Common

legit this system is AMAZING, different author friends of mine who've struggled for years to maintain a daily writing routine now text each other all excited to report once they've finished "The Haylie" for the day

I wish Mom had lived to see this heartening act of love by @corybooker.com. I haven't cried much since she died—she's out of pain, after all. But the thought of her missing this brings tears. Imagining how she would be inspired by Sen. Booker's dedication makes me ache with missing her. #resist

Thank you, Senator Cory Booker! #Resist

"We the people are powerful. We are strong!" - Senator Cory Booker 11:29 a.m. PT, 20 hours in

#HandsOff #March #Protest #GoodTrouble #CoryBooker #Resist #April5th #protesta #inmigracion #redada #marcha #marche

Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt. Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.

@benloory.bsky.social thanks for boosting that question!

Friends, Any recommendations for U.S. newspapers whose subscription fees don't support fascism? Enjoying sources like The Guardian, but want a domestic perspective, too. Would like to support actual journalism.

For the first time since 2013, I'm off Duotrope. Doing all I can to pay off this veterinarian debt. There's a support group for this, right?

A perfect story for this sad Saturday in the US.

No one's blaming Democrats for causing this crisis, but yes, many of them are failing to meet this moment. One Democratic senator could bring the chamber to a halt. House Dems can go to fed agencies being gutted by Musk with cameras in tow. Governors can push back. State AGs can bring lawsuits.

On May 10, 1933, Nazis burned the library of The Institute for Sexual Science. The Institute was founded by Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld. Its community clinic pioneered healthcare for queer, trans, & intersex people. The Institute was targeted & attacked as part of a Nazi government censorship program.

It feels worth emphasizing that these websites being taken down aren’t some federal worker’s hobby, or an agency’s side project. They exist as matters of policy, some directly mandated in law, some through government contracts. Taking them down is fundamentally illegitimate and autocratic.

Join or start a chapter of Indivisible.org. Read their guide. Get involved. Get loud.

I read that interview with @amyklobuchar.com in the NYT. She's using an outdated playbook. She's trying to play by the rules with craven people who are breaking laws & ignoring the Constitution. She & all Dems need to step up their game & take much more dramatic action. WAKE UP & DO SOMETHING!

The Trump administration is scrubbing the CDC’s website of documents on reproductive rights issues, sexual health, intimate partner violence, and more. I'm trying to save them. You can find the deleted docs at cdcguidelines.com - I'll be adding more over the weekend.

Second, resistance doesn't have to be a dramatic act. It can be a small act, like losing a sheet of paper, taking your time processing something, not serving someone in a restaurant. Small acts taken by thousands have big effects.

RAIN!

Thank you for making this beautiful poster that matches everything Sangodare and I wear every day 💜 www.countrycounterculture.com/product-page... You can also sign up for our accountability space to get weekly emails and prompts here: sangodare.podia.com/100-days-sup...

Medicine from and with a divine being.💜💜💜💜💜 www.youtube.com/live/0zNn81o...

I love being on masthead at @splitlipthemag.bsky.social dive into this amazing issue splitlipthemag.com

I would like to thank Christine Byl for inspiring the poem & for her incredible memoir, DIRT WORK. I hope you will buy her book, as well as this beautiful issue of Harvard Review! I have written a little blog post about both my poems if you are interested: www.maureenlangloss.com/every-cut-ha...

This @amystuber.com story is the best story I’ve read in a while. Working my way through this collection slowly, savoring a story here, a story there, and it’s all pretty great; this story alone is worth picking it up.

"These whip-smart, funny, tender, and lyrically inventive #poems both pay homage to and critique horror, unwilling to overlook the genre’s entanglement in ongoing moral panics surrounding transness." @tagreathouse.bsky.social on @cdeskilson.bsky.social's forthcoming SCREAM / QUEEN. 📚🎉🏳️‍🌈👑

I'd like to create an "Authors of Small/Indie Press Books 2024-2025" starter pack. Is that you? If so, please reply here. Also, if you don't mind reposting this for visibility, I'd appreciate it! #writingcommunity #indiebooks #indieauthors #booksky

I'm probably 100% behind the times on this, but has Submittable stopped sending emails?

11.) if you don't have a legal background, try to find someone who can go over a contract with you. It's hard to afford lawyers, but other publishers or more seasoned writers might be able to offer advice.

Editing services on sale for anything booked & paid for by 12/31. It’s a good gift idea for writers in your life & you’d be helping someone struggling. OR, if you want to donate a couple bucks to my Venmo, that’s fine too. I don’t have the option of pride anymore. @Beth-Gilstrap-2.

I love a good starter pack!

Down ticket races really matter when it comes to domestic issues especially

Issues have been shipped out! Thanks so much for the support, lovelies! We have exactly 14 copies left, and once they’re gone? They’re gone! Order a copy today, get it shipped out this week! Each issue is $10, shipping included! 🌹 DM to place an order.

I channeled my post-election sad/anxious energy into a giant holiday Gift Guide for writers and readers! Maybe there's something here you want www.maureenlangloss.com/maureens-gia...

I honestly don’t think Americans understand how much their day to day lives depend on federal civil servants and now is the time for professional commentators to write op-eds explaining

Happy to join you all here after fleeing the uninhabitable Planet X, but if anyone has a direct line to the Bluesky accessibility team, I'd love to offer some feedback on how they could greatly improve the user experience for screen reader users.

I like the butterfly at the top here.

@livesinpages.bsky.social CHRIS!

The actual size and shape of a book holds an abstract weight for me. The graphic templates that incorporate a book’s cover graphics, but don’t match the rough page count feel really off. Not quite deceptive, but misleading. Can anyone relate?