Jeff O'Handley
@jeffo20.bsky.social
Author of semi-literary fiction, environmental educator, big Bruins fan. jeffohandley.com. Author of Powerless, available here and there. https://www.amazon.com/Powerless-Jeff-OHandley/dp/1735725323.
We open tomorrow! (Please, please do read the guidelines before submitting. I'm going to be doing a lot of the initial sub reading, and I can tell you now that my patience for LLM-extruded "fiction," biblical parables and conservative dog-whistles is already at its limit)
Nefarious Bat Press@nefariousbatpress.bsky.social · last mo.📣 We're opening to QUEER CRIME NOVEL SUBMISSIONS in August! 📣 Details in screenshots - and the🧵 below:
Sad, but true. Even when you acknowledge the inequity that has always existed here.
🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁@teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 6d agoFrance calls out the U.S. at a UN meeting: “The US used to be a beacon of human rights. Not anymore. Today, it stands alongside North Korea, Nicaragua, Mali and Russia. Isolated. And the world no longer listens to it.” U.S. representatives stormed out of the meeting. Well said France! 👏🏼🇫🇷👏🏼
The Trump DOJ sued a Republican official this year. They probably wish they hadn't picked this one. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/four-losse...
Join local Indivisibles next Saturday July 25 @ 1 pm in Oneonta next to Foothills Center. Come for some brief remarks, a remembrance of people murdered by ICE violence, followed by a march to demand ICE OUT OF OUR COMMUNITIES and HANDS OFF OUR VOTES!
A master class in what to do when your submissions manager/tracker lists a hate-filled journal. We'll done! open.substack.com/pub/pratiksh...
The Myth of Neutral Spaces
On the cowardice of being neutral in 2026
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The cashier in Stewart's told me I looked like David Crosby. Not seeing it, myself. Wish I could sing like him
@reprileyny.bsky.social As a resident in NY19, I ask that you vote 'no' on the NDAA, specifically due to Section 219. We should not be binding our defense industry so tightly to another nation. Also, renaming the DoD is pointless and wasteful. Thank you
Maybe it's time someone started investigating Geo Group, @schumer.senate.gov @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @schiff.senate.gov @reprileyny.bsky.social
Andy Fleming@slackbastard.bsky.social · 3w ago'Police said they stopped a man in his vehicle not far from the scene. They seized his car and gun and identified him as Brandon Booth, 42, an employee for Geo Group.' The Geo AUS subsidiary runs Junee, Parklea, Fulham & Ravenhall prisons in NSW, QLD & VIC. 🥳💰 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Those of you in the path of wildfire smoke, be safe. This is the view outside my office today. The air looks like when you blow cigarette smoke through a tissue.
5calls.org/issue/todd-b... 📞Call your Senators to oppose Todd Blanche for Attorney General. #Pinks
Oppose Todd Blanche for Attorney General ⭑ 5 Calls
Trump has nominated his former personal criminal defense attorney, Todd Blanche, to serve as Attorney General of the United States. Blanche, who …
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Another life list needlessly.
Luca Migo@victinibcn.bsky.social · 3w agoThe victim of yesterday’s tragic ICE shooting in Biddeford, Maine, is 26-yo Joan Sebastián Guerrero. Armed with a work permit and SSN, the Colombian father was on his way to work when killed. Sen. Angus King confirmed Guerrero wasn't even the target of the warrant. www.newsweek.com/who-is-joan-...
"Lindsey Graham lived his life as a pilot fish, a parasitic sucker fish hovering about larger predators. He was a sidekick and the hollowest of hollow men." open.substack.com/pub/stevesch...
Lindsey knew better. He chose worse.
Lindsey Graham was a lonely and unprincipled man who betrayed his country for power and his decency for attention.
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I'm going to have to add "Weird Doctor Office Art" to my collection of "Weird Hotel Art."
Trump inserting himself where he's not wanted is a bit of a recurring problem for him. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026... (For non-paywalled access, archive.ph/Xhhec)
Important reading from Human Rights Watch @hrw.org Dying in Detention www.hrw.org/report/2026/...
Dying in Detention
The 73-page report, “Dying in Detention: Rising Deaths in an Expanding US Immigration Detention System,” documents the increasing number of deaths in ICE custody through expert statistical and medical...
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July 1, 2026 "The presidency is not a license to steal from the American people. The government of the United States doesn’t exist to make Donald Trump rich." -- Sen. Chris Murphy @reprileyny.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
July 1, 2026
Today President Donald J.
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True patriot.
Maureen Berzanski 🧷🇺🇦🇺🇸🏳️🌈🟧🌊 🐾@moberzan.bsky.social · last mo.Today, our friend Jay USAF Major Jason Watson read his oath to the Constitution and demanded that Congress do its job to IMPEACH this President and cabinet. He was arrested on the Capitol steps. #DOOR @defendersofourrepublic.org @removalcoalition.bsky.social @citizensimpeachment.com
