Kelly Caldwell
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Writer; dean of faculty @GothamWriters. she/her I live in NYC but still say gapers' block.
pinned post!
#NationalShutdown
#IceOutBlackout
Tomorrow, my employer
@gothamwriters.bsky.social
, will not accept new enrollments in solidarity with the ICE Out Blackout. I'll be participating individually, as well.
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Jonathan Larsen
about 9 hours ago
The data also tell us that “data” is plural.
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Y'all, this is just so wonderfully weird.
therazormag.com/articles/the...
#amreading
#fiction
#respite
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The Coffee Maker Who Stole Your Girl - The Razor — Literary Magazine — Gotham Writers Workshop
The coffee maker who stole your girl makes coffee every weekday morning at six thirty on the dot. Seven thirty on weekends and days off. It’s reliable, which you aren’t. You’re trying, you say. Tryin...
https://therazormag.com/articles/the-coffee-maker-who-stole-your-girl/
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It's easy to say that the perfect is the enemy of the good, but harder to practice, if perfectionism is how you work. My brilliant colleagues from
@gothamwriters.bsky.social
have some alternate suggestions for how to get past it.
open.substack.com/pub/gothamwr...
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Gotham Writers
2 days ago
Exciting news! We are now on Substack. Every month, our very own Stuart Pennebaker will answer your writing-related questions. Check out our first post and give us a follow if you like:
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Jonathan Larsen
3 days ago
Can someone play spot the senator better than I can? I think I recognize three... any help?
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Lincoln Michel
3 days ago
I should probably write a little article about this. But we gotta build and expand our own networks. No billionaire's paper is going to save us.
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#WritingCommunity
, spread the word!
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Employee-owned newspapers and outlets NOW. I truly believe it's the only sustainable option moving forward. Because it's the one that relies the least on the whims of billionaires.
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4 days ago
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Lizz Winstead she/her
4 days ago
I have a lot of knowledge of the FACE Act working with
@abortionfront.bsky.social
so I wrote this piece for @msnow explaining how this law, originally passed in response to violence against abortion clinics, is now being used to silence reporters and punish Trump’s perceived enemies. It’s outrageous
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Opinion | Pam Bondi is using the FACE Act against Don Lemon for a reason — and it’s not public safety
Lizz Winstead: The Justice Department is weaponizing against journalists a Clinton-era law meant to protect abortion clinics.
https://www.ms.now/opinion/face-act-don-lemon-arrest-minneapolis-abortion-clinic
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Hippocampus Magazine & Books
4 days ago
Explore the Archives! Since 2011, Hippocampus Magazine has published more than 140 issues full of essays, articles, and more. Like a good rerun, there's lots to enjoy again or enjoy for the first time. Browse all back issues here:
https://hippocampusmagazine.com/past-issues-archive/
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"Perhaps no one ever told you that we are all beloved of the earth, that she asks only that we love her in return." The Letters from
#Minnesota
in
@literaryhub.bsky.social
are flat-out beautiful, y'all. Be sure to check them out when you need to fill your tank.
lithub.com/letter-from-...
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Letter From Minnesota: Our Work is to We Protect What We Love
For thousands of years before ICE made the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building the home base for their sweeping immigration roundup, this place has been known to the Dakota people as Bdote, where…
https://lithub.com/letter-from-minnesota-our-work-is-to-we-protect-what-we-love/
4 days ago
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Kim Kelly
4 days ago
journalists are workers who deserve to be paid fairly for our labor and I think that far too few consumers of media recognize or even care about this fact
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THIS! 🙌 There was one three-hour seminar on freelancing in my MS-J program, (which I missed because I was out reporting), and nine months after graduating, I got dumped into freelancing.
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Rachel Holliday Smith
4 days ago
so Heated Rivalry-pilled, I had to find the local angle about it 🏒🌈 New York’s queer hockey club is seeing a LOT more interest these days! (and so are leagues like it around the country.) new story from me:
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Join the Club: ‘Heated Rivalry’ is Making Queer Hockey New York’s Hottest Sport
The Pride Hockey Alliance has been bringing “hot queer friends” together for years before the buzziest show on ice.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/04/heated-rivalry-queer-hockey-pride/
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More excellent reporting from
@propublica.org
: Two of the ICE officers who shot Alex
#Pretti
are named Raymundo Gutierrez and Jesus Ochoa.
www.propublica.org/article/alex...
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Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
https://www.propublica.org/article/alex-pretti-shooting-cbp-agents-identified-jesus-ochoa-raymundo-gutierrez
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If your work is getting rejected, come out from under your weighted blanket, and meet people. Plus more advice from agents, editors, and authors who've been there, including Sue Shapiro, Dan López, and Melissa Petro.
blogs.gothamwriters.com/2026/01/20/p...
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Pitch Perfect | Gotham Writers Blog
Maybe you took advantage of the quiet days around the New Year to finally compose your pitch. Maybe you’ve been pitching something of yours for production or publication or recognition, and now that p...
https://blogs.gothamwriters.com/2026/01/20/pitch-perfect/
6 days ago
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Mueller, She Wrote
10 days ago
NEW: In solidarity with the January 30th ICE OUT ECONOMIC BLACKOUT,
@dailybeanspod.com
will air tomorrow WITH NO ADS. We've successfully negotiated with all our brands to cancel them. Subscribe for free here:
the-daily-beans.simplecast.com
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Sara Nović
10 days ago
My two cents about tomorrow's strike/shutdown: Anything worth doing well is worth doing poorly--that is, if you can't fully strike everything, don't use that as an excuse to strike nothing.
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#NationalShutdown
#IceOutBlackout
Tomorrow, my employer
@gothamwriters.bsky.social
, will not accept new enrollments in solidarity with the ICE Out Blackout. I'll be participating individually, as well.
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#nationalshutdown
I will be participating as an individual as well.
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Whoa. "This listing is not merely symbolic. It carries very concrete legal consequences: assets are frozen, and any financial or material support becomes a criminal offence."
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
#Iran
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EU designates Iran’s revolutionary guard as terrorist organisation – Europe live
The EU has just designated Iran’s revolutionary guard as terrorist organisation, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas confirmed.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jan/29/denmark-us-greenland-ukraine-russia-germany-friedrich-merz-poland-europe-latest-news?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-697b81a58f087bf53ab0bda8#block-697b81a58f087bf53ab0bda8
10 days ago
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Works of Genius
11 days ago
This article was helpful:
www.welcometohellworld.com/you-dont-nee...
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You don’t have to do any of that
You don’t need to get married like a rich person
https://www.welcometohellworld.com/you-dont-need-to-get-married-like-a-rich-person/
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Wait, there's a FLEET headed to
#Iran
?! FFS
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Threat of US-Iran war escalates as Trump warns time running out for deal
US president says armada heading towards Iran is ‘prepared to fulfil its missions with violence if necessary’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/28/trump-threat-us-iran-war-armada-nuclear-programme
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blaise allysen kearsley
11 days ago
New from Emma Logan at How I Learned. 🖤
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Mothers Don’t Get the Luxury of Unraveling
The bamboozling logic of postpartum's point of view
https://open.substack.com/pub/howilearned/p/mothers-dont-get-the-luxury-of-unraveling?r=1fgx9&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay
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Senator Ron Wyden
12 days ago
I am. But there are three things at play here regarding ICE collecting private data. Quick rundown on the issue, why you should be paying attention, and what I'm doing about it:
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When your story or pitch just isn't landing, your next best step might not be put it aside or double down. It might be: Come out from under your weighted blanket & join something. So say
@profsue123.bsky.social
,
@melissapetro.bsky.social
& others!
blogs.gothamwriters.com/2026/01/20/p...
#writing
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Pitch Perfect | Gotham Writers Blog
Maybe you took advantage of the quiet days around the New Year to finally compose your pitch. Maybe you’ve been pitching something of yours for production or publication or recognition, and now that p...
https://blogs.gothamwriters.com/2026/01/20/pitch-perfect/
12 days ago
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A network of medical providers in
#Iran
have methodically tracked people murdered by the regime during the protests this month, and they estimate the number of dead may be 30K.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Disappeared bodies, mass burials and ‘30,000 dead’: what is the truth of Iran’s death toll?
Testimony from medics, morgue and graveyard staff reveals huge state effort to conceal systematic killing of protesters
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jan/27/iran-protests-death-toll-disappeared-bodies-mass-burials-30000-dead
12 days ago
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The Xenophobia is bad, and a distant second is the fact that Ivy League college students aren't reading the articles, they're only skimming the headlines.
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13 days ago
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I'm sure Jessica Valenti will dig into this this week, but while y'all are calling senators, you might also ask them to vote against two anti-reproductive rights bills that the House passed last week while no one was looking. One would use *social security money* to fund anti-abortion centers.
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Worker's Justice Project
13 days ago
Today’s reminder: Deliveristas braved the NYC storm to deliver essentials! ❄️ Support Us: 1️⃣ Order local 2️⃣ Be patient 3️⃣ Tip generously 4️⃣ Meet at the door 5️⃣ Leave a good rating 6️⃣ Donate:
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Mina Kimes
15 days ago
A nurse. A researcher. A helper.
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Mueller, She Wrote
15 days ago
To those blaming Walz for not mobilizing the Guard, he did that six days ago. I have to say it's disturbing to see people angry at Walz instead of the government agents that just executed a man. As though we should all be experts about what to do when a secret police force invades an American city.
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Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly....
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15 days ago
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑
16 days ago
NYC standing in solidarity with MN.
@handsoffnyc.bsky.social
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First the Musicology Ducknapping, and now the Bovino Bitch Fund going viral. I feel like Bluesky has finally arrived.
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18 days ago
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Meg Reid 🦦
19 days ago
just trying something...strange short literary novel boom could falter without wider adoption, hub city press chief meg reid warns
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Andrew Feeney
19 days ago
Where were you when
@musicologyduck.bsky.social
was kidnapped?
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"I want my choices to rank in the <0.1 range of share of readers playing, and I want my skill rating to be in the 90th percentile." I guess it's my
#Wordle
version of I want to eat all the cake and also be a size 0.
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By the way, the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota gets a 4-star (out of a possible four stars) from Charity Navigator. Give with confidence!
www.charitynavigator.org/ein/410909036
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19 days ago
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@dorismatsui.bsky.social
@caitymapled5.bsky.social
@ericguerra916.bsky.social
@cm-talamantes.bsky.social
@thecityofsac.bsky.social
Does anyone know whether this assault is under investigation by the Sacramento Police Department?
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19 days ago
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Brian Vargecko
20 days ago
The president always, uniformly, does what’s best for Russia.
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"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly....
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Martha Crawford
21 days ago
Listen: because I am hearing this a lot from folks who are in caregiving roles with disabled, sick, dying folks, elders, or children in their care: You are not unable to do anything or unable to take action. Care work IS justice work
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli
24 days ago
I'm dying this is the funniest thing I've seen THE LOCAL NEWS do in years.
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Taco Bell Quarterly
23 days ago
I've stared into the futility of writing my entire life. I mean yes, the robots are breaking my heart but so did my creative writing degree
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Tressie McMillan Cottom
23 days ago
If you’re the wife? Get at me. We train 4x a week. And we can plot 6.
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My stirred-up brain actually slowed down while I read this latest from
@mauricenow.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/mauricec...
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You Need to Slow Down and Pay Attention
The Flagship Newsletter
https://open.substack.com/pub/mauricecarlosruffin/p/you-need-to-slow-down-and-pay-attention?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
23 days ago
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To paraphrase Jimmy Carter: If you want to broker peace, you forge a connection with even the most detestable dictators, because they're the ones who determine the future of a society.
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24 days ago
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Tananarive Due - The Reformatory
24 days ago
A single mother in our Lifewriting family is in need of housing. Here's her fundraiser:
ko-fi.com/onematrix/go...
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Support CaCo
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"#Iran’s rulers use torture to silence dissent and instill fear...but the Iranian people will never give up fighting for their rights and freedoms." —
@nasrin-2.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#iranprotests
#amwriting
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I know the terrible cost of speaking out in Iran – and I beg the world to stand with those speaking out now | Nasrin Parvaz
Survivors of the regime like me are reliving our nightmares as brave Iranians fight for their freedom. They say they have nothing to lose but their chains, says women’s rights activist and torture sur...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/15/iran-protests-survivors-regime-freedom
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