Amanda Lundquist

This comes out tomorrow!! I can't wait for everyone to finally be able to meet Lina and Relicario (and his donkey) in English. Many thanks to @literaryhub.bsky.social for the space!

Oh goody!

"GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE"

Opinion | Unmarked Vans. Secret Lists. Public Denunciations. America’s Police State Has Arrived. Those of us who’ve seen secret police in action can’t shake a feeling of dreadful familiarity.

In which I try to call things what they are. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...

Some Americans Have Already Been Caught in Trump’s Immigration Dragnet. More Will Be. Federal immigration authorities have a history of wrongfully detaining U.S. citizens. Advocates warn that the Trump administration’s immigration policies mean that more citizens will get caught up in ...

More Americans Will Be Caught Up in Trump Immigration Raids

www.propublica.org/article/more...

Democrats, and not even just those from New York, used the hearing to grill the mayor over the (likely) dropping of his federal charges over a quid pro quo with the Trump administration, which he steadfastly refused to talk about.

hellgatenyc.com/mayor-adams-...

Organ Transplant System ‘in Chaos’ as Waiting Lists Are Ignored The sickest patients are supposed to get priority for lifesaving transplants. But more and more, they are being skipped over.

A nightmare.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

🔬🧪🧬 @sadbumblebee.buzz and I are collecting stories from scientists whose research funding has been halted by the Trump admin. Feel free to share this form with anyone who has been impacted and as always you can reach me on signal at caitlingilbert.24

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Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared. ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.

“The rate of sepsis shot up more than 50% for women hospitalized when they lost their pregnancies in the second trimester, ProPublica found.”

Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared. www.propublica.org/article/texa...

Entire government agencies are being reshaped, career experts are leaving and power is shifting — often behind closed doors.

ProPublica is investigating.

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What year do you think this was shot?

The Chronochrome color process on display in this 1913 short. The film itself was black and white with color projected via filters. Unlike rival natural color films and processes, Chronochrome captured the full spectrum, including pure yellow and true blue.

Soylent Green.

“We’ve Been Essentially Muzzled”: Department of Education Halts Thousands of Civil Rights Investigations Under Trump Since Inauguration Day, the Office for Civil Rights has only opened about 20 investigations focused on Trump’s priorities, placing more than 10,000 student complaints related to disability access and ...

NEW: Under the Trump administration, the Office for Civil Rights has shifted its focus to removing gender-neutral bathrooms, banning transgender athletes from women’s sports and prioritizing complaints alleging discrimination against white students.

Kennedy Center staff describe climate of fear as events drop from calendar Issa Rae became the first major artist to publicly cancel an upcoming show at the center after President Donald Trump took over its board and leadership.

Now that Trump has fired the Kennedy Center leadership and installed a bunch of cronies who made him the new chair, the theater is canceling programs with even a hint of LGBTQ themes and scrubbing them from its website. Dark stuff. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

Stowe Story Labs is Pleased to Announce the Participants for our 2025 Winter/ Spring Session of the Feature Campus Screenwriting Program — Stowe Story Labs Stowe Story Labs Feature Campus presents an opportunity to write a new feature film screenplay while developing screenwriting skills and a process to create story. We look forward to working with the...

Delighted to participate in the Stowe Story Labs feature campus 🤍

#stowestorylabs
@filmfatalesorg.bsky.social
#womeninfilm
#queerfilm

The Nature of Our Power: A Conversation with political scientist Erica Chenoweth By Rebecca Solnit • 8 Feb 2025 View in browser "The best study on the subject in my opinion suggests that in the long term, institutions really can’t save us; that civil society and mass mobilization are a more potent check on a backsliding democracy in the long term than relying on institutional checks and balances alone." That's what political scientist Erica Chenoweth told me when I asked them if we could have a conversation (by email, below in full) about the current constitutional crisis/coup attempt and what we can do about it. Chenoweth is a hugely influential scholar of nonviolent social change, best known for their empirical research that not only documents what makes civil resistance work but demonstrates that it works, often extremely effectively. They direct the Nonviolent Action Lab, which studies how people have built movements and developed strategies to resist authoritarianism successfully and documents how nonviolence can be effective. There's no one I wanted to hear from more in this constitutional crisis, and I'm grateful I can share their insights with all of you.

"The best study on the subject in my opinion suggests that in the long term, institutions really can’t save us; that civil society and mass mobilization are a more potent check on a backsliding democracy in the long term..." meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io/the-nature-o...

Re-evaluating the Guerrilla Girls for Today’s Politics A mini-retrospective of the feminist collective raises the question: What can be learned from this work that applies to today, and is this an effective method of making change?

What can be learned from the Guerrilla Girls that can be applied to the present? And is this work an effective method of making change?

Opinion | The assault on DEI? It’s aimed at resegregation. The GOP leaders attacking inclusion programs want to go back to an era when White men ran everything

My latest.

As journalists and writers, we have a duty to use language that is accurate and describes our current reality.

I’m no longer going to talk about DEI/Anti-DEI.

Let’s be clear. We are facing racial purges and re-segregation.

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Help @nicolefoy.bsky.social and our other immigration reporters investigate 👇👇

Elon Musk is committing a lot of felonies. He belongs in jail, and so do his criminal associates. He may not comprehend that. And if and when he does it may make him more reckless. No assumptions about where we go from here.

An Exhibition of Non-Existent Books It’s clear that this exhibition was put together by a bunch of absolute nerds — and that’s a compliment of the highest order.

Critics often talk about the “worldbuilding” potential of art, but a collection of books that don’t belong to the real world (at least not in the traditional sense) at one of North America’s oldest bibliographic societies might bring this idea closest to reality.

Any #newyorkers have thoughts on #BusRapidTransit? New to the discussion and curious.

🚨TRUMP IS TRYING TO BAN HEALTHCARE FOR TRANS KIDS🚨

NYU Langone is one of the few hospitals in the country that's begun withholding life-saving healthcare for trans kids. Join us for an emergency rally tomorrow. Demand NYU Langone reverse this decision! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
actionnetwork.org/events/prote...

All it took was a couple of days for #nyulangone to forfeit the health and well being of children. They have now set a precedent for the rest of the nation’s hospitals. Absolute cowardice, right out of the gate.

#protecttranskids

Vera Rubin Was a Pioneering Female Astronomer. Her Federal Bio Now Doesn’t Mention Efforts to Diversify Science. The edits to the webpage offer a glimpse into how far the Trump administration will go in refusing to acknowledge today’s inequalities as it purges federal initiatives promoting diversity, equity and ...

“Similar revisions are taking shape across the country as companies have reversed their DEI policies and the Trump administration has placed employees working on DEI initiatives on leave.”

#dei #science #censorship #feminism

www.propublica.org/article/vera...

To Pay for Trump Tax Cuts, House GOP Floats Plan to Slash Benefits for the Poor and Working Class A menu of options being circulated by congressional Republicans also includes new tax cuts for corporations and the ultrawealthy.

House GOP members are figuring out which of Trump's promised tax cuts to propose into law and how to pay for them. Among their targets: slashing benefits for single mothers and the poor who rely on government health care.

By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & @justinelliott.bsky.social

I fear Trump included 18-year-olds as a test to see if the courts will uphold restrictions on transgender adults’ health care. If so, he may try to expand these restrictions to all age groups. Targeting minors may be a tactical, temporary move.

"ICE directives come and go. The Constitution is here to stay."

As ICE ramps up immigration raids under Trump, @amytorres.bsky.social of @njaij.bsky.social explains why it's important to know your rights.

www.democracynow.org/2025/1/28/ic...

At #Sundance or know someone who is? #HeightenedScrutiny screens in-person this week across several venues. Learn more: https://buff.ly/3WA1jZx

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