My husband was detained by ICE today Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away I have had zero contact or updates since #SOS @duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

What an inspiring way to kick off #scbwiSummer25! #SCBWITranslation

Check out my latest translation: “The New Neighbor” by Arnoldo Gálvez Suárez in @southernreview.bsky.social, about a neighborhood watch group that goes to shocking lengths to keep the riffraff out. Order: bit.ly/4jFFcdY Read 1st pages: bit.ly/44cZrL5

“We know what fascism looks like. Fascism didn’t start with gas chambers. Fascism started with attacking marginalized groups.”

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SEIU MA State Council Denounces Detention of Tufts Graduate Student & SEIU 509 member Rumeysa Ozturk. Read more here: www.seiu509.org/seiu-massachusetts-state-council-denounces-detention-of-tufts-graduate-student-and-seiu-509-member-rumeysa-ozturk/

Work or study in a university? Worried about cuts, closures or redundancy threats? Feeling anxious, angry, or uncertain what to do? From calming to resisting here are over 50 suggestions you can try - alone or with friends. Please share widely. #AcademicSky theresearchcompanion.com/supporting-i...

Hunter Schafer announced in an 8+ min video that her new passport misgenders her, presumably because of Trump's announcement that the US govt only recognize gender as assigned at birth. she (rightly) connects it to fascist history, like Nazis burning the Institute of Sexology in 1933 @teenvogue.com

Little free libraries have something for everyone 🐾 #littlefreelibrary

THE RESIST LIST IS HERE. Proud my team just started this @resistlist.bsky.social, which will list actions that happened and that are slated to happen.

‘An exhilarated hatred now parades as freedom, while the freedoms for which many of us have struggled for decades are distorted and trammeled as morally repressive “wokeism”.’ —Judith Butler in the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Highlights from my first in-person @scbwi.bsky.social conference, #SCBWINY25: socializing with fellow translators, creative labs with @debbieohi.com and @susanbartoletti.bsky.social, and finally meeting @averyudagawa.bsky.social IRL! 🎉

Because it's always worth repeating - if you've enjoyed a book, tell your friends about it, shout about it (reviewing and ratings help as well). Word of mouth is more significant than you think, especially for indie/small press authors, whose sales are often low to begin with.

Your random reminder that translation is the writing one and interpretation is the speaking one. They're different skills. Not everyone who can do one can (or wants to) do the other.

When was the last time you read a children's book? What was the last book you read that was from another country? Well, September is the perfect time to try both together! Join us for #WorldKidLitMonth: pick a country and travel there by book Resources and ideas here worldkidlit.org

✨I love these illustrator notes✨#scbwisummer24

Great #kidlit translator social at #scbwisummer24 tinyurl.com/4tssrytf

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