something else I want to note is that this crowd has been heckling moderate Dem electeds for bad votes and timid stances, and Mikie Sherrill's response was to leave while Andy Kim stayed all day and got pepper sprayed for his trouble

Additional reading on the killing of Shiochi James Okamoto and other incarcerated Japanese Americans encyclopedia.densho.org/Homicide_in_...

It is with deep sorrow and profound love that we announce the passing of Sonny Rollins. The Saxophone Colossus died this afternoon at his home in Woodstock, NY at the age of 95. 1/2

Again, please share. In every aspect of American history you will run smack dab into the critical contributions of Black people. It’s not Black history. It’s American history. Trying to erase it is a fool’s errand. We live it every day. time.com/5836444/blac...

Gratitude to @rebekahdenn.bsky.social and Jenny Buchanan (photographer) for this beautiful story about A PLACE FOR WHAT WE LOSE at @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social Pacific NW Sunday magazine! www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-m...

"...one of the most important things parents of children with disabilities can do is to think twice and ask for consent before sharing personal information, stories, or photographs about their child." 1) hard agree 2) honestly think in many cases it's better to simply not share at all

never forget that really exceptional journalism saves fucking lives

just want to emphasize that there are confirmed photos of this, including one of israeli soldiers stripping a woman in front of all the other aid flotilla activists.

The numbers are brutal for Trump, and he’s taking Republicans down with him. Only 13% think Trump’s policies are making the economy better right now. That’s basically the ride-or-die cult at this point. 65 percent say he’s making it worse. REMEMBER: “I alone can fix it”? #TrumpsGroceryCrisis

Ummmm, with a 15 year gap from start to finish…as a fairy tale. :)

Hey so if you're in the USA, the FCC is floating the idea of making shows put a warning up if they include or discuss trans people and trans lives. A short paragraph saying this is messed up would help a lot! You gpt less than a week. Submit your comment by May 22: www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings...

I knew we had to talk about mental health impact of the administration's ongoing attack on immigrants. We do that. What I didn't expect was Cristina Jimínez, a MacArthur fellow and expert, to be so positive about what Minnesotans taught the country about how to come together. Hell of an episode.

Thanks for sharing about A PLACE FOR WHAT WE LOSE! Much appreciated.

Loved writing about the structure of A Place for What We Lose and it’s now in @literaryhub.bsky.social! lithub.com/to-tell-a-st...

Finally made the decision to leave X. My priority's always been the promoting of comic creators, publishers, and comic conventions. I've dragged my feet on calling it quits over there b/c most publishers are still active & there are a number of creators (esp. newer or international). But it's time.

Belated thanks here to @katieleeellison.bsky.social for this interview in @thestranger.com!

I am here and in such great company! Thank you, @awpwriter.org! C: @uwapress.uw.edu, @transatlanticagcy.bsky.social

PDX, help me celebrate a near-childhood dream coming true: I’m reading @powells.bsky.social! 5/21, 7pm, talking with ED Hanako Wakatsuki-Chong of the Japanese American Museum of Oregon.

I have done almost no publicity for my own work in a bit on account of *recalls the past few months* BUT I’m gonna pick it back up because they’re pretty good comics, and I hope more people enjoy them!

Because we treat people who have gotten rich as requiring intelligence and skill even when the data is really clear that amassing significant wealth is based heavily in luck.

Wrote an article for Truthout about how the recent SCOTUS decision and how it and this administration has sought to impose Jim Crow through "colorblind" means smh

Thanks to @thestranger.com and Katie Lee Ellison for the interview! www.thestranger.com/books/this-i...

@scottkurashige.bsky.social Who else from Seattle is on BlueSky? 🌺Congrats @tamikonimura.bsky.social !

Tonight in Seattle! With @denshoproject.bsky.social , Shawn Wong, mam’s books at Seattle Public Library!

Happy to be in @electricliterature.com and have the chance to shout out mentor texts for A PLACE FOR WHAT WE LOSE!

1. ICE has not paid for detainee medical care for 7 MONTHS The termination of payments to providers has coincided with a MASSIVE SPIKE in detainee deaths. This is a health crisis and a moral crisis. Follow along for details. 🧵

I listened to Kelly's conversation with Rebecca Solnit and I recommend it. I was particularly struck with what Solnit says here: truthout.org/audio/hope-i...

“Nimura weaves her father’s words together with her own reflections to explore her family’s experiences in the Tule Lake War Relocation Center. In doing so, she engages with those traumatic histories as acts of love, resilience and reckoning.“ Thanks to Shin Yu Pai for this review at UW Magazine!

My go-tos are to sit quietly near them for easy access to hugs, bring food (especially something comforting or sweet) and clean or do laundry if they'll let me. Let them talk and follow their lead on how *they* process death. Rinse and repeat.

We're joined by the brilliant; - John Mathues ( @jkmfamilyhistory.bsky.social ) - Janet Few ( @janetfew.bsky.social ) - Ulysses Swanson ( @ulsw.bsky.social ) - Eliza Karpińska - Andrew Redfern ( @andrewredfern.bsky.social ) - Tamiko Nimura ( @tamikonimura.bsky.social ) - Olwen Moseley

Now available, A PLACE FOR WHAT WE LOSE by @tamikonimura.bsky.social is a deeply affecting memoir of reckoning with a father's death and the Japanese American incarceration—a "gut-wrenching work of intergenerational dialogue" (Publishers Weekly). Learn more: uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...

So grateful for this review of A PLACE FOR WHAT WE LOSE @discovernikkei.bsky.social!

We, the employees at Hachette Book Group, are proud to announce that we are unionizing with Washington-Baltimore NewsGuild-CWA Local 32035, of the AFL-CIO, in order to ensure better benefits, protections, and rights for workers as well as increased equity, transparency, and agency in the workplace.

If you are interested, @markhamillofficial.bsky.social , my friend @heykellyjensen.bsky.social has been tracking book bans in the US for years. Also you could help us fight HR 7661.

The gifts my book keeps giving me already: community and beauty and clarity. And snacks! Here is memoirist and poet Jane Wong on our meal at Chebogz in Seattle, and my book (A PLACE FOR WHAT WE LOSE) www.chum.news/dining-writi...

Honored to share that a piece I helped edit for @longlead.com won a Webby! We were honored to share the WWII incarceration stories of great individuals such as Kyoko Nancy Oda, George Takei, and Mia Yamamoto.

This means that HHS can no longer initiate investigations of gender clinics for trans youth based on the Kennedy declaration or try to terminate federal funding through Medicaid and Medicare. This is an unequivocal win for the 22 states that brought this suit to protect access.

Breaking: HHS’s ban on gender-affirming care is struck down. Rarely have I read a ruling this sharply worded. “This case is one of a long list of examples of how a leader’s wanton disregard for the rule of law causes very real harm to very real people.” www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

Healthcare is a right. You shouldn’t have to earn it. It shouldn’t be dependent on employment or economic status. It shouldn’t be something you have to fight for. It shouldn’t be something that leaves you in debt for life. Universal healthcare saves lives.

"... all for nothing more than co-signing an op-ed advocating for Palestinian rights" A national disgrace.

My latest. I’ve been watching the media coverage of the murders of Dr. Cerina Fairfax and Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer. One way media can fight back against male violence: If you kill your wife, you don’t get to be called a “husband” any more. You’re her killer. open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...

Thanks to MUTHA magazine editor for mentioning A PLACE FOR WHAT WE LOSE in this roundup! My memoir is forthcoming soon from @uwapress.uw.edu 4/28/26.

1. In a landmark ruling, the Montana Supreme Court has declared that the constitution, one of the most progressive in the nation, entirely protects transgender people. The ruling is even insulated from SCOTUS decisions, due to how state constitutions work. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Thanks to editor J.T. Hill for inviting me to write about my research process for A PLACE FOR WHAT WE LOSE, now out with an excerpt from the book at the AWP Writer’s Chronicle! writerschronicle.awpwriter.org

BREAKING: A record-high 40 senators just voted to block weapons to Israel, up from 27 last July. There is much more work to be done, but today was yet another statement that the movement for Palestinian rights is growing in the halls of power.

40 points in just over a year

Let it be known that Katherine Johnson was the reason for the first astronauts in space. And now Vanessa Wyche, head of the Johnson Space Center and NASA's highest ranking civil servant, is the responsible for the longest manned space flight in history

The detained immigrant has now entered the fifth day of his hunger strike. He continues to face serious retaliations.

It was great to talk to Noel Gasca about the One Book One Coast program and my book for @kuow.org. www.kuow.org/stories/a-ne...

TODAY ONLY: get 1 month of COYOTE for a mere $4!!! www.coyotemedia.org/local-news-day