Anne K Yoder
@annekyoder.bsky.social
author of The Enhancers; part-time pill pusher; jack of all trades at Meekling Press
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Brown University’s widget shows that the energy costs of the Iran war have just passed $1,000 per household iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
Heads up for this fantastic-sounding Stein event featuring our own @lanalin.bsky.social reading from THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF H. LAN THAO LAM! This Wednesday, October 14 at noon CST. www.eventbrite.com/e/compositio...
Composition as Celebration: An Inventory of Gertrude Stein
Eventbrite - Harry Ransom Center presents Composition as Celebration: An Inventory of Gertrude Stein - Wednesday, October 14, 2026 - Find event and ticket information.
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Yeah, this is a big time impeachment abuse of power.
Michael Froomkin@mfroomkin.bsky.social · last wk.Relative got a $500 check from US Treasury and a shocking letter full of lies signed by Trump and ending with "May God bless you". Basically a pre-electoral bribe. News reports say they're sending almost a million of these. Full text in alt below. (I told him to cash it quick before it bounces.)
![Dear [name],
For years, the Biden Administration overcharged you to fund the operation of HealthCare.gov. That money belongs to hard-working Americans, not the Government, and now, I am returning it to you!
With this Historic Action, my Administration is taking the surplus funds that accumulated from the Obamacare ''Premium Tax" and issuing a one-time $500 REFUND to Americans who use the HealthCare.gov platform to purchase their health insurance, but who do not receive Taxpayer Subsidies to help pay for their Coverage. You have paid into this flawed System, and now you are finally getting something back.
Healthcare Dollars should benefit Patients, not Insurance Companies or Government Bureaucrats. Since returning to office, I have fought to lower Healthcare Costs, increase Accountability, and Put Patients First. Through TrumpRx, we are delivering massive discounts on Household Prescription Drugs, and my Most-Favored-Nation Pricing Agreements have already saved Americans more than 1 Billion Dollars on much-needed Medications. We also secured an unprecedented 50 Billion Dollar investment to transform Rural Healthcare, expanded access to Health Saving Accounts for millions of people on Obamacare, and restored Pnce Transparency, all while roofing out the Waste, Fraud, and abuse across our Healthcare System.
I am proud to return your money to you, and I will never stop fighting to put the American People FIRST, restore Affordability, protect your hard-earned money, and lower the Cost of Healthcare.
May God bless you, and may He continue to bless the United States of America!
Sincerely,
[signed]
DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nnffk6m46cmabw3e6cxo2fhj/bafkreidnkmkq4exjng37i7mvp4oqyjftbfleykhwke4k22lsnpntgmxpla)
The amount of money the administration is promising in order to buy votes is significantly less than the amount of money it is taking away in programs and services. And it's OUR money!
Reuters Legal@legal.reuters.com · last wk.The US Energy Department will announce $150 million in new funding for power lines in Alaska on Monday as Vice President JD Vance visits the state, where Republicans are fighting to hold a critical Senate seat in the November midterm elections.
I was raped at a frat party. It’s a shockingly common experience and preventative interventions in college are way too late.
The Nation Magazine@thenation.com · last wk.In the aftermath of the Cornell rape case, @espiers.bsky.social reflects on her own experiences with sexual assault, and how our current models of consent-based sex education may not be enough.
Reading the article, he doesn't just mean democracy is bad. He keeps saying, basically, that the rule of law should only be applied to commoners.
Gil Durán@gilduran.com · last wk.“Democracy has been hailed as, like, the holy grail for the last couple hundred years, but democracies are inefficient,” said the crypto billionaire. “If you get a benevolent dictator, it’s actually extremely efficient." Hmm, where have I heard this before? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/b...
The NY Times uses words like “fierce,” “steely,” “nimble” and “homegrown star of the Trump White House” to describe Karoline Leavitt, who just got a Fox News gig. Not a single mention of her relentless lying to the American public. Reporter Michael M. Grynbaum and his editors suck.
Karoline Leavitt, Trump’s ‘Machine Gun,’ Has a New Gig at Fox News (Gift Article)
A fierce and nimble speaker, Ms. Leavitt is the second of Mr. Trump’s former press secretaries to join the cable news network.
nytimes.com
If you have $100 million to spend on ads saying you shouldn’t be taxed you’re not being taxed enough Google cofounder Sergey Brin has spent $102 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses fortune.com/article/how-...
Google co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses | Fortune
The state’s ultrawealthy, including Larry Page and Peter Thiel, have similarly donated to efforts opposing the wealth tax.
fortune.com
Please spread the word far & wide: applications to the Litowitz MFA+MA are now open: it's a two-year fully-funded program (ie, you don't pay for it) w/ health benefits & a $47k/year stipend. I'm reading fiction applications. Deadline is 12/1/26 english.northwestern.edu/graduate/adm...
THE LITOWITZ CREATIVE WRITING GRADUATE PROGRAM: Department of English - Northwestern University
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Chicago: This Saturday at the Whistler. Launch party for ERRAND WEATHER, the new B-Side Editions book. Doors at 6pm, free admission, 21+ Readings from Deborah Shapiro, @parkeryoung.bsky.social , and Nathan Dragon
Ahead of tonight's book launch, I wrote a long post about how this particular (and particularly) weird story took shape, what and where it borrowed from, and what it taught me about narrative: substack.com/home/post/p-...
Short-Story Source Tags & Codes: Mechanical Servants LLC
On how a weird story took shape, what and where it borrowed from, and what it taught me about narrative
substack.com
"RKF took money earmarked to provide health care for Black infants and spent it on his personal security detail" is a ludicrous headline. Comic book villainy.
Exclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office
The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.
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Pop quiz! What do we call it when the government and ruling party are indistinguishable from one another--the government is the party and the party is the government?
Adam Keiper@adamkeiper.com · 3w agoWhat the actual fuck. Trump apparently used U.S. government money to air this gross propaganda ad on Fox News tonight. This version he posted on Truth Social a couple of weeks ago; when it aired on Fox News tonight it said "Paid for by the U.S. Government" underneath.
Social sucks now. What if we just stopped? dansinker.com/posts/2026-0...
What If We Just Stopped? | dansinker.com
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This is about one thing and one thing alone. Steering our research dollars for cancer, heart disease, and new infectious diseases to Trump’s political allies and friends.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 3w agoBreaking News: Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would help cement President Trump’s ability to control billions of dollars in scientific grants funded by the National Institutes of Health.
‘I’m at the Triumphal Arch / I’m at the Military Complex / I’m at the combination Triumphal Arch and Military Complex.’
Nick Kodama 🌳👻@nickkodama.bsky.social · 3w agolol what
ICE agents, still being violent and doing illegal shit, as usual. Vile.
unraveled@unraveledpress.com · 3w agoToday at the Broadview ICE facility outside Chicago: Dozens of ICE agents violently confronted protesters, deploying chemical irritants on the crowd. Multiple people were injured. No arrests were observed.
By moving to the “center,” Democrats have failed to fight the forces that led us to Donald Trump: widening inequality, economic insecurity, and the unchecked political power of corporations and the rich. Political centrism is nonsense. There is no middle ground between democracy and oligarchy.