Laurie Dickinson

Journalist. jonathanlarsen.substack.com

Retired University of Wisconsin - River Falls chemistry professor. First Vice Chair, Pierce County (WI) Board of Supervisors. Pissed off pragmatic progressive. Views represented are my own.

I’m all for dogs, democracy, choral music and dragon boating. Not particularly in that order.

"No darkness lasts forever. And even there, there are stars." Ursula K. Le Guin, The Farthest Shore

Confused, needy, and I probably have a headache.

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Ex NY Times, now author of Substack Paul Krugman. Nobel laureate and, according to Donald Trump, "Deranged BUM"

Journalist, storyteller, and lifelong reader A Texan by birth and by choice

I farm for post/reply likes, not followers. I vet followers. Heavy on blocking. If you have fewer than 10 posts and hundreds of followers, I will block you. And I also frequently report toxic replies to moderation.

Author Emeritus of The Sparrow, Children of God, A Thread of Grace, Dreamers of the Day, Doc, Epitaph, and The Women of the Copper Country. Infuriated that I've been fighting the same political battles since 1968, dammit.

Author of Lessons in Magic and Disaster (Tor Books, 2025), about a woman who teaches her mother how to do magic — and uncovers a queer scandal hidden in a 300 year old book. SFF book critic @WashingtonPost.com. Co-host @ouropinions.bsky.social.

journalist…what I am thinking when I am not on mic…formerly NPR…now CNN. My podcast is called The Assignment!

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