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Thank you, @FictiveDream! And thanks to @KPondWriters for giving me the space to write this early in the summer.
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#shortstory #shortstorysunday #amwriting #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub #fiction
Rachel Aydt retweeted
Quick question, America: What exactly triggers the 25th Amendment if not this: a raving fucking lunatic as your president ready to start World War 3?
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For Renee Nicole Good
Killed by I.C.E. on January 7, 2026
by Amanda Gorman
They say she is no more,
That there her absence roars,
Blood-blown like a rose.
Iced wheels flinched & froze.
Now, bare riot of candles,
Dark fury of flowers,
Pure howling of hymns.
If for us she arose,
Somewhere, in the pitched deep of our grief,
Crouches our power,
The howl where we begin,
Straining upon the edge of the crooked crater
Of the worst of what we’ve been.
Change is only possible,
& all the greater,
When the labour
& bitter anger of our neighbors
Is moved by the love
& better angels of our nature.
What they call death & void,
We know is breath & voice;
In the end, gorgeously,
Endures our enormity.
You could believe departed to be the dawn
When the blank night has so long stood.
But our bright-fled angels will never be fully gone,
When they forever are so fiercely Good.
Rachel Aydt retweeted
I’d love if Canada would come over and extract Trump, in handcuffs and a blindfold.
Dear writer friends- I’m leading a new, six-week, 2-hour generative workshop on Wednesday nights, beginning September 3rd. Email me for details if you’re interested: [email protected]
#amwriting
Rachel Aydt retweeted
Trump, dismantling the Department of Education will have your children so smart. By the time they're 19, they will be able to turn on their laptop like Barron
Rachel Aydt retweeted
These are lies coming from Russian media. I completely self-funded my humanitarian trip to Ukraine. There was no funding from USAID and certainly no payment of any kind.
💯 percent false.
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The Trump administration is scrubbing the CDC’s website of documents on reproductive rights issues, sexual health, intimate partner violence, and more.
I'm trying to save them.
You can find the deleted docs at CDCGuidelines.com - I'll be adding more over the weekend.
Bravo, @taminoamir @mitskileaks @BBC6Music !
Could you have known how precious a #Sanctuary release would be today? x
☀️💫👏🏻❤️
Join me for a virtual short story writing workshop this February at Sarah Lawrence @WritingInst ! Deets here: learn.slc.edu/courses/writin…
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To teach #writing to the talented young, I often quote Stephen Dunn’s line: ‘Don’t follow me, I’m lost.’ Lostness—uncomfortable as it is—means you’re inside the mystery that beautty burbles up from.
Psst: Would love writers, friends, lit journals, editors— in other words, folks I used to see more around these parts—to follow me in the bright and shiny blue place. Drop your handle in comments if inclined!
@Rachelnycroo.bsky.social
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OMG! You can hear the emotion in this 77-year-old woman's voice. 🥺😭 Texas is flipping blue, y'all. 🙌🙏💪👏👊🌊🇺🇸
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This will make the platform much more difficult to use for women, who will now have no way to mitigate the surveillance and harassment of hostile, abusive men.
Rachel Aydt retweeted
Voter intimidation is illegal. See links to good resources below, like "If...you’re encountering or witnessing voter intimidation, call the Election Protection Hotline at 866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683)" & the U.S. DoJ voting rights hotline at 1-800-253-3931.
campaignlegal.org/update/vot…
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🗳️ 40,000 self-appointed “fraudulent voter” hunters have already challenged 851,000 voters across the U.S.
Find out if it’s YOU—CHECK YOUR REGISTRATION NOW!!!
Don’t let these vigilante challengers take away your right to vote.
HELP US WARN AMERICA—HIT THE SHARE BUTTON
Rachel Aydt retweeted
Joe Biden has served our country with honor and dignity.
As the first president to ever walk on a picket line with striking workers, he has been the most pro-working class president in modern American history.
Thank you, Mr. President, for all you’ve done.
Rachel Aydt retweeted
Last few weeks were heated because we all understand the stakes and share the same goal. I don’t think Trump and MAGA are ready for how united and energized we’re about to be.
Join me for 5 weeks, 5 points of view! This virtual class begins July 11 at @WritingInst. slc.augusoft.net/index.cfm?m…
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