Nicole Chung

Nicole Chung

@nicolechung.bsky.social

author of A LIVING REMEDY (a New York Times Notable Book) and the national bestseller ALL YOU CAN EVER KNOW • words in NYT Magazine, Time, Esquire, Washington Post &c. • linktr.ee/nicolesjchung • loyaltybookstores.com/nicolechung

50,651 Followers 1,803 Following 2,783 Posts Joined Apr 2023
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This is VERY BAD

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ICE agents reveal daily arrest quotas and surveillance app in rare court testimony Under oath, officers said they were told to make eight arrests a day and given special tech to help choose ‘targets’

When a federal judge (finally) put ICE officers under oath, they admitted that they are given daily detention quotas and rely heavily on a Palantir-supplied AI tool to select targets, without warrants and without enough evidence to obtain one. They simply go into neighborhoods and round people up.

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1 day ago

I reviewed Lio Min’s debut Beating Heart Baby, a queer YA romance set in perhaps the most intense high school marching band in Los Angeles.

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3 hours ago

I mean it’s a white couch, we needed something between her and it. Also Peggy likes her comforts!

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oh she definitely understands that I’d be lost without her

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certainly none that Peggy remembers

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she understands her place in this family (the emotional center)

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Peggy always makes sure Peggy has a good day

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golden retriever stretched out on a white couch, using a brown footrest as a headrest

it makes me so happy to give Peggy the life she deserves

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BTS ‘Arirang’ Trailer: Who Were The ‘Seven Koreans At Howard’? When BTS released the animated trailer for their fifth studio album Arirang on Thursday, the K-pop septet drew on an obscure moment in Korean-American history.

taking a moment to appreciate how it was an HBCU that took in those 7 Korean men when the white universities wouldn’t

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21 hours ago

Jesus. Fucking. Christ. This kid wants to get out of detention in time for his school spelling bee. What the fuck are we doing.

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it changed over to huge snowflakes, what is this mess!!

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Human Rights Watch says that Israel has been illegally using white phosphorus in Lebanon The Israeli military illegally used white phosphorus munitions over homes in the southern Lebanese town Yohmor on ​March 3, posing a threat to civilians, Human Rights Watch said in a ‌report on Monday.

Human Rights Watch says that Israel has been illegally using white phosphorus in Lebanon reut.rs/4dbIDsa

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traumatic flashbacks to my parents bringing me to 'charismatic Mass' as a child, like just give me a centuries-old Marian hymn please

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send it ALL back

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it was 85 degrees w/ a tornado watch yesterday, and now it's wintry-mixing?

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Cities in Vermont and Maine are experiencing some of the same tactics that ICE has been using across Minnesota since December, and facing lots of resistance.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Pentagon tells Congress the first week of the Iran war cost the US $11.3 billion, an AP source says.

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Don't miss your chance to hear Chanda talk about her amazing new book this spring! If you can't make it to an in-person event (or even if you can), you should come to our virtual event on May 6!

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Yesterday I filmed several baby birds walking across a street directly at my camera and asked Bluesky to suggest music

Several dozen folks did

Some even dubbed music over the original clip.

I haven't been able to get this out of my head.

So I give you

A Bluesky exclusive:

Reservoir Ducks

🐣 🪶

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Missouri Man Wanted DNA Test to Prove Innocence. Then he was Executed. A man on death row wanted DNA on evidence in his case tested. He was executed before the court made a ruling.

The death penalty is a national shame and a scourge.

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DHS detains US citizen from Evanston at O'Hare, releases her in Wisconsin after nearly 2 days The woman's family said federal agents told them that she was not in custody despite her phone location previously showing her at the Broadview facility.

“At some point, the family said, they lost Naqvi's location that was being shared from her phone. Relatives said federal agents continued to tell them that Naqvi was not in custody, despite her location previously showing her at the Broadview Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility.”

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1 week ago

I am sending you all my very best <3 please let us know how we can support you and your family!

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you’re two of my favorites! hearts on sleeves forever

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The mother is an asylum seeker. Her 7-year-old is deaf and didn’t have his hearing aids when he was detained.

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I am a pacifist but I volunteer

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yeah, I just don’t hate myself that much

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yeah, also caught some crybaby complaints about sanctuary cities and blue states that have made it illegal for local law enforcement to cooperate with ICE, while hoping against hope that a single one of these questioners would stop fawning over her long enough to read the news alerts

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so I watched for two minutes before a cop asked her, my hand to god, “are you religious? because you have the answers to all my prayers” and I had to close the window and go vomit

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lmk when the plane lands

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