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author of SHIT CASSANDRA SAW // stories in One Story, Guernica, Tin House, Smokelong, and elsewhere // corgis, baking, knitting, swearing // she/her gwenekirby.com

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Disability accommodations are a rare thing that actually trickles down. You like curb cutouts? Auto-opening doors? Jar openers? Ramps? Hand rails? YOUโ€™RE WELCOME

Even as an abled person you use disability accommodations every single day.

Supporting accommodations actually helps everyone.

07.03.2026 00:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 908 ๐Ÿ” 303 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14 ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

Booke, booke,
Reade a booke,
Reade anothir booke,
Reade a large amounte of bookes -
Bookes are freakinge awesome

05.03.2026 16:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 423 ๐Ÿ” 87 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11 ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

A man asked me last night what publishing needs to do for literary fiction to begin appealing to men again. I said, as nicely as I could, that, with over 2,000 books published every Tuesday, of which many would appeal to men, itโ€™s not a publishing problem, itโ€™s a men problem.

04.03.2026 16:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 3512 ๐Ÿ” 588 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 111 ๐Ÿ“Œ 107

DOJ's recent 6th Circuit filing misspelled:

Voters as โ€œVotorsโ€
Emergency as "Emeregency"
United States as "United Staes"

And, it included a non-party in the caption.

These are the people who want access to your sensitive voting records and who my team fights in court every day.

02.03.2026 16:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 23104 ๐Ÿ” 7505 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1023 ๐Ÿ“Œ 436

this isn't really the huge font headline you want to see when you're launching a war of choice that you can't explain to your allies in congress

02.03.2026 02:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 1229 ๐Ÿ” 289 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22 ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

Today, US & Israeli forces bombed the Gandhi Childrenโ€™s Hospital in Iranโ€™s capital of Tehran.

Nurses supposedly risked their lives carrying newborns to safety from the rubble.

Iโ€™m having trouble finding more reporting about this, but here is at least a blurb from Reuters:

01.03.2026 22:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 781 ๐Ÿ” 441 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22 ๐Ÿ“Œ 50
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How to register to vote and check your registration status For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote โ€” online, in person or by mail โ€” in every U.S. state and territory.

For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote โ€” online, in person or by mail โ€” in every U.S. state and territory.

01.03.2026 19:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 2325 ๐Ÿ” 1585 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 40 ๐Ÿ“Œ 104
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www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

01.03.2026 14:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 6160 ๐Ÿ” 2260 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 332 ๐Ÿ“Œ 112
I was born in an Iranian prison. My parents were held in their jails. My uncles lie in their mass graves.
Nothing you can tell me about the crimes of the Iranian regime that I haven't lived in blood and bone.
That doesn't mean I want my people bombed, maimed, killed, their homes in ruins.
If your vision of liberation comes only through the destruction of innocent lives, then it's not freedom you're after.
Sahar Delijani, Iranian author

I was born in an Iranian prison. My parents were held in their jails. My uncles lie in their mass graves. Nothing you can tell me about the crimes of the Iranian regime that I haven't lived in blood and bone. That doesn't mean I want my people bombed, maimed, killed, their homes in ruins. If your vision of liberation comes only through the destruction of innocent lives, then it's not freedom you're after. Sahar Delijani, Iranian author

I am pro Iranian people. I stand with them against their own governmentโ€™s repression AND against the imperial violence in the form of bombs dropped from the sky from Israel & the US who have already killed hundreds.

I support neither imperialism or dictatorship.

Sahar Delijani said it best:

01.03.2026 13:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 10129 ๐Ÿ” 3594 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 43 ๐Ÿ“Œ 56
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A children's hospital is renamed for Dolly Parton and hopes to transform pediatric care in Tennessee Dolly Partonโ€™s name might inspire full-throated sing-a-longs to her working womanโ€™s anthem โ€œ9 to 5,โ€ or evoke memories of thrilling days spent at her Dollywood theme park.

โ€œDolly Parton Childrenโ€™s Hospital did not share how much Parton donated as part of the naming announcement. But Matt Schaefer, its president and CEO, said her support would ensure โ€˜every child who walks through our doors receives the treatment they deserve.โ€™โ€

GOD BLESS DOLLY PARTON

01.03.2026 02:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 13757 ๐Ÿ” 3022 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 223 ๐Ÿ“Œ 301

Sup chat this is Slouching Towards Bethlehem with your boy The Rough Beast, and it looks like todayโ€™s stream could be a big one, as some of you mightโ€™ve already seen there are rumors going around social media that the hour has come round at last, so weโ€™re gonna get right into it

28.02.2026 23:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 2362 ๐Ÿ” 645 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 36 ๐Ÿ“Œ 24
OCASIO-CORTEZ STATEMENT ON
TRUMP'S COMBAT OPERATIONS IN IRAN
"The American people are once again dragged into a war they did not want by a president who does not care about the long-term consequences of his actions. This war is unlawful. It is unnecessary. And it will be catastrophic.

"Just this week, Iran and the United States were negotiating key measures that could have staved off war. The President walked away from these discussions and chose war instead.President Trump flippantly acknowledged the possibility of American casualties, stating "that often happens in war.'

"Mr. President: this was not an inevitability. This is a deliberate choice of aggression when diplomacy and security were within reach. Stop lying to the American people.

"Violence begets violence. We learned this lesson in Iraq. We learned this lesson in Afghanistan. And we are about to learn it again in Iran. Bombs have yet to create enduring democracies in the region and this will be no different.

"In moments of war, our Constitution is unambiguous: Congress authorizes war. The President does not. I will do my part to uphold our Constitution by voting YES on Representatives Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie's War Powers Resolution. Every member of Congress must join us in rejecting this aimless war.

OCASIO-CORTEZ STATEMENT ON TRUMP'S COMBAT OPERATIONS IN IRAN "The American people are once again dragged into a war they did not want by a president who does not care about the long-term consequences of his actions. This war is unlawful. It is unnecessary. And it will be catastrophic. "Just this week, Iran and the United States were negotiating key measures that could have staved off war. The President walked away from these discussions and chose war instead.President Trump flippantly acknowledged the possibility of American casualties, stating "that often happens in war.' "Mr. President: this was not an inevitability. This is a deliberate choice of aggression when diplomacy and security were within reach. Stop lying to the American people. "Violence begets violence. We learned this lesson in Iraq. We learned this lesson in Afghanistan. And we are about to learn it again in Iran. Bombs have yet to create enduring democracies in the region and this will be no different. "In moments of war, our Constitution is unambiguous: Congress authorizes war. The President does not. I will do my part to uphold our Constitution by voting YES on Representatives Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie's War Powers Resolution. Every member of Congress must join us in rejecting this aimless war.

My statement on President Trumpโ€™s combat operations in Iranโฌ‡๏ธ

28.02.2026 16:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 11107 ๐Ÿ” 3320 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 367 ๐Ÿ“Œ 244
Statement from Rep. Ilhan Omar on Trumpโ€™s Illegal War on Iran

โ€œPresident Trump is unilaterally dragging this nation into an illegal and unjustified war with Iran without congressional authorization, without a clear objective, and without any imminent threat to the United States. This is a reckless abuse of power that puts both innocent civilians and American lives on the line for a conflict the American people do not want. 

โ€œAs someone who has survived the horrors of war, I know that bombs do not build peace or create stability. Military strikes will not make us safer; they will inflame tensions and push the region further into chaos. When we abandon diplomacy, we choose destruction.

Statement from Rep. Ilhan Omar on Trumpโ€™s Illegal War on Iran โ€œPresident Trump is unilaterally dragging this nation into an illegal and unjustified war with Iran without congressional authorization, without a clear objective, and without any imminent threat to the United States. This is a reckless abuse of power that puts both innocent civilians and American lives on the line for a conflict the American people do not want. โ€œAs someone who has survived the horrors of war, I know that bombs do not build peace or create stability. Military strikes will not make us safer; they will inflame tensions and push the region further into chaos. When we abandon diplomacy, we choose destruction.

โ€œWe know who will bear the cost of this decision: innocent civilians caught in the crossfire and our young service members sent into harmโ€™s way. This is the devastating human toll of another regime-change war. Already, children and families are paying with their lives. There is no moral or strategic justification for this bloodshed.

โ€œThe American people are exhausted by endless wars built on false promises and paid for with American and foreign lives. Congress must reassert its constitutional authority. We must vote immediately on the War Powers resolution authored by Reps. Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie. This unlawful operation must end immediately."

โ€œWe know who will bear the cost of this decision: innocent civilians caught in the crossfire and our young service members sent into harmโ€™s way. This is the devastating human toll of another regime-change war. Already, children and families are paying with their lives. There is no moral or strategic justification for this bloodshed. โ€œThe American people are exhausted by endless wars built on false promises and paid for with American and foreign lives. Congress must reassert its constitutional authority. We must vote immediately on the War Powers resolution authored by Reps. Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie. This unlawful operation must end immediately."

28.02.2026 15:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 1263 ๐Ÿ” 398 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 28 ๐Ÿ“Œ 14

Hereโ€™s the thing: a President openly contemptuous of Congress & willing, unilaterally, to recklessly and illegally commit the US to wars of aggression is an existential threat to the Republic, *regardless* of whether he can ultimately explain his acts to Congress.

The demand must be impeachment.

28.02.2026 15:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 1813 ๐Ÿ” 394 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 47 ๐Ÿ“Œ 11

things every single republican president of your lifetime has done

- started a war in the middle east
- completely destroyed the economy

28.02.2026 14:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 26263 ๐Ÿ” 8885 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 289 ๐Ÿ“Œ 334
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BREAKING โ€” 51 Iranian children are dead after a strike hits Minab girls elementary school in Iran.

28.02.2026 12:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 3121 ๐Ÿ” 2019 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 161 ๐Ÿ“Œ 741

โ€œHow many of these gentle people have I helped to kill just by paying my taxes?" June Jordan, 1984

28.02.2026 14:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 2340 ๐Ÿ” 910 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14 ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

Secretary Hegseth announced this afternoon that DOD will cease ALL graduate study by military personnel at universities including MIT, all the Ivies, Stanford, etc because such schools teach "the enemy's wicked ideology" to officers.

thehill.com/policy/defen...

27.02.2026 21:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 2496 ๐Ÿ” 1038 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 433 ๐Ÿ“Œ 771

It was such a pleasure to read your story!!!

25.02.2026 15:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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With protesters calling for an eviction moratorium at Minneapolis City Hall this morning (to quote the banners): โ€œWe fought ICE to keep our neighbors hereโ€; โ€œnow weโ€™re fighting to keep โ€˜em in their homes.โ€

24.02.2026 19:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 971 ๐Ÿ” 318 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9 ๐Ÿ“Œ 17
Alysa Liu with her gold medal

Alysa Liu with her gold medal

"I love struggling actually. It makes me feel alive." -Alysa Liu

Get out there and start falling on your ass!

24.02.2026 13:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 673 ๐Ÿ” 99 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 14
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Former ICE instructor testifies that agents were trained to discard constitutional rights The instructor, who is an attorney, is telling a forum sponsored by Congressional Democrats that the procedures in entering homes are not taught appropriately.

Something every person in Minnesota knows:

ICE agents are incompetent, unqualified, and highly undertrained. www.startribune.com/ice-fourth-a...

24.02.2026 01:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 36 ๐Ÿ” 16 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Married women who took their partnersโ€™ names โ€” around 69 million of them โ€” will be especially impacted by a citizenship requirement. Their current names donโ€™t match the names on their birth certificateโ€“and only about half of women have a valid passport. In practice, it will be far more complicated for these women to โ€˜proveโ€™ their citizenship. The surest optionโ€“a passport or a paper trail reconciling their married name with the name on their birth certificateโ€“requires significant investments of time and money.

Married women who took their partnersโ€™ names โ€” around 69 million of them โ€” will be especially impacted by a citizenship requirement. Their current names donโ€™t match the names on their birth certificateโ€“and only about half of women have a valid passport. In practice, it will be far more complicated for these women to โ€˜proveโ€™ their citizenship. The surest optionโ€“a passport or a paper trail reconciling their married name with the name on their birth certificateโ€“requires significant investments of time and money.

The SAVE Act requires citizenship ID to vote. It may be that some Republicans truly believe that lots of non-citizens are voting, but that is just not the reality.
So who will the law impact? People without ID docs and people whose ID docs are not current - which is mostly women.

23.02.2026 14:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 372 ๐Ÿ” 111 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

The Brits woke up today and chose justice.

19.02.2026 16:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 3194 ๐Ÿ” 815 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 131 ๐Ÿ“Œ 43

I canโ€™t believe you lefty Luddites hate tech so much that you embrace mRNA vaccines, heat pumps, electric bikes, hybrid work, renewable power (and awesome advancements in storage), space telescopes, and hot/cold running water but reject the planet destroying plagiarism enrich the worst people bots!

18.02.2026 13:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 10987 ๐Ÿ” 2798 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 148 ๐Ÿ“Œ 95
Why Everyone's Talking About Stephen Colbert, CBS, The FCC And James Talarico
Why Everyone's Talking About Stephen Colbert, CBS, The FCC And James Talarico YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

If you have been following the clumsy โ€” no, pathetic โ€” attempt by CBS lawyers to collaborate with the FCC in reviving the pointless "equal time" rule, using Stephen Colbert and his show as their playground... then watch him explain it from his POV.

Fascinating. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQIl...

18.02.2026 17:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 720 ๐Ÿ” 271 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 29 ๐Ÿ“Œ 12

YES. I've been begging for this. They are running illegal detention facilities in office buildings. Municipalities shut down businesses all the time for health code or zoning violations far less severe than ICE's. Pressure your cities!

17.02.2026 18:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 537 ๐Ÿ” 232 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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This is crazy. The government โ€” or fear of the government โ€” is editing a CBS comedy show. Via @brianstelter.bsky.social

"Yesterday, Stephen Colbert taped a 'Late Show' interview with James Talarico, a candidate in the Democratic Senate primary in Texas, but then CBS lawyers intervened."

17.02.2026 18:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 1285 ๐Ÿ” 457 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 60 ๐Ÿ“Œ 25
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Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?

16.02.2026 18:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 14384 ๐Ÿ” 2816 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 579 ๐Ÿ“Œ 730

You must learn to hate the aristocracy as much as it hates you.

16.02.2026 18:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 422 ๐Ÿ” 149 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2