What is everyone complaining about? 😆 Trump Assures Struggling Nation He Has Plenty Of Money — theonion.com/trump-assure...

Reposting this because the crimes against humanity by this fascist regime are mounting up on the daily! If you agree like many others, please repost as well!

Thank you to Santa Fe Writers Project for including THE FOLKTALE COLLECTOR'S DAUGHTER in this year's awards longlist! bsky.app/profile/sfwp...

In Syria, the National Commission for Missing Persons has been gathering evidence of enforced disappearances under ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad, but has yet to offer families any clues on the estimated 150,000 people who vanished in his notorious prisons reut.rs/4iGDlWl

Pete Hegseth Invokes ‘Fog Of War’ After Pissing In Break Room Refrigerator — theonion.com/pete-hegseth...

It seems mine has as well! :)

And here is this month's--about family history and the tragic story of my great-uncle, swept up in Stalin's purges. caradiaconoff678990.substack.com/p/family-sto...

I think I forgot to post here when I uploaded last month's Substack entry--my Substack all about loneliness. Last month's was about haiku: caradiaconoff678990.substack.com/p/practicing...

To any fellow literary writers who may see this--I'm looking for suggestions for book publicists. I've had a book of stories accepted for publication by a small press. I can afford to hire a publicist of my own and want to make the best choice possible.

#teslatakedown I canceled my T-Mobile contract today and switched carriers. Any T-Mobile customer who opposes Trump should do the same. actionnetwork.org/forms/hang-u...

Johnson has the smallest majority in ever. If we think lil’ MAGA Mike Johnson is panicking now just you wait till @aftynbehn.bsky.social flips her US House seat blue on 12/2/25. Follow, amplify, donate, volunteer for her. TN 07 voters check registration, make a voting plan and vote!

YES--PA will retain their Democratic judges, it looks like by a 61-39 vote. So glad they held the line and by so much. We can and will fight back when democracy and our basic rights are on the line. Thank you PA.

Spotify is running recruitment ads for ICE, the federal agency behind mass deportation and surveillance of immigrant communities. Cancel your Spotify subscription. #DontStreamFascism app.sosha.ai/s/4FdYfkD9

Here is help: The Trevor Project US LGBTQ: (866) 488-7386 US Suicide Prevention Lifeline: (800) 273-8255 LGBT US Hotline: (888) 843-4564 Trans Lifeline: (877) 565-8860 US Runaway Safeline: (800-786-2929) US Domestic Violence Hotline: (800) 799-7233 PLEASE REPOST, THANKS!!!

Please!! Let’s find this beautiful girl a forever home. Please repost this. It costs nothing to help save a life. #AdoptDontShop

Come on guys- this 1 post has low reposts! I know I have more than 1 out for get but I need her reposted like crazy!

I just happened to stumble across this and thought it was apropos. www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9F4...

This needs no further comment! Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis — theonion.com/israel-agree...

Especially if you're connected with Bellevue College or live in the Bellevue area or have ever benefited from a parent education program...please peruse this! c.org/mqCFZRqZCj

In honor of National Coming Out Day, I’m coming out to show my support for the trans community. It goes without saying they need it now more than ever. (Thanks @translifeline for the graphic!)

If you're not already postcarding, please consider joining @tovoters.bsky.social to take part in an important judicial retention campaign in PA--encouraging voters to vote to retain Dem judges in this off-year election. Repub's are trying to mess w/the courts there. Email: [email protected]

While Trump is distracted and screeching for revenge, this is what's continuing to go on! www.cnn.com/2025/09/19/e...

Pass it on.

T-Mobile customers, please take note, and sign the pledge to switch carriers if you haven't already. actionnetwork.org/forms/hang-u...

A voice of clarity. I think this article gets at all of it and doesn't yell or belittle.

Okay, I'm beginning to see what people mean about the whitewashing of Charlie Kirk in the news. 🤮 Also, it's gross that the censorship has begun--reporters and commentators being fired for asking questions about gun policies and for pointing out the victim said a lot of hateful things.

I think J-L Cauvin has good insights here about why this time is especially scary. There seems no doubt Trump will weaponize the tragedy. And, again, I think it's the very fact that CK wasn't a public official that will make that especially effective. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRAw...

I'll be attending No Kings not in Seattle but in red-maybe-turning-purple Lewis County - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

I almost forgot to announce a new entry in my Substack. Stronger than the previous one in my opinion! caradiaconoff678990.substack.com/p/graffiti-i...

A quote from an FB acquaintance gets at why the killing of C Kirk feels different. It's precisely *because* he's not an elected official: "So he was, in essence, assassinated for doing debates and being a vocal trumpist. And that's why today's event feels rather uniquely and irreversibly ominous."

Even aside from basic, gushy sentimental recoiling at murder, here is another excellent reason why assassins of right-wing figures do the rest of us no favors at all.

This is at once alarming and comforting: the "soft secession" of the blue states cmarmitage.substack.com/p/its-time-f...

Advice about giving to candidates --and not believing the lie that we won't have midterm elections! www.facebook.com/share/1Er8hG...

This is old, because I'm so behind in my New Yorker reading, but I like it for how it unpacks the comparison between us and Hungary. One takeaway: autocratic takeovers are reversible. We have to try. Is It Happening Here? www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

An update on the Haitian immigrants in Springfield, OH. They haven't suffered raids, but they're leaving pre-emptively, and the region has already started to suffer. Looking forward to getting everyone who wants to destroy the country, out of the government www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/u...

The second part

I think this is a smart antidote to anger and shunning, when it comes to Maga. Try to understand and to be part of the solution --that's how we end the movement.

Nice pair

IMO, this one won the prize among sandwich-related witticisms

This is a good model for how to respond to the bullsh*t lithub.com/on-the-futur...

I'm obviously not an academic expert on it. But I don't think despair is warranted and don't think it's a good idea. Don't give the bastards what they want. Protect anyone you know who needs it. Keep protesting. There are protests going on everywhere. Heather Cox R says small ones count. She knows.

My latest Substack entry. Ha, seems silly that the thumbnail is my studio portrait. Still getting the hang of Substack! Do give it a read; 'tisn't too long. open.substack.com/pub/caradiac...

Tell Trump hands off the National Archives thehill.com/opinion/whit...

It's so dumb, but it made me laugh. Dumb hits the spot sometimes. Satan is especially funny

He (pretty obviously) didn't write this, but I'm just finding it kind of funny and so am spreading it in case it makes anyone else crack a smile as relief from the true ongoing nightmare of real news

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Dispatches from a Lonely Hunter open.substack.com/pub/caradiac...