Jennifer Ruth Jackson
@jenruthjackson.bsky.social
I'm a disabled poet and short story writer. I make greeting cards, beaded jewelry, and bad digital art. Domestic Bodies, my debut poetry collection, came out in 2023 from Querencia Press. https://linktr.ee/jenniferruthjackson
I've heard it's gotten worse... Hong Kong booksellers arrested for allegedly selling seditious books www.npr.org/2026/07/15/g...
Hong Kong booksellers arrested for allegedly selling seditious books
Hong Kong was once known for its freedom of publication, but political changes have created a challenging environment for independent bookstores.
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Your periodic reminder that Heavy Feather Review keeps a (fairly) updated list of submission opportunities: heavyfeatherreview.org/calls #SubOp
Where to Submit
Presses | Chapbooks | Journals + Anthologies | Fellowships + Other Opportunities Last updated August 2, 2026 If you are an editor or publisher and would like your journal, press, or literary organi…
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"They" are paying means WE are paying. So we are being forced to pay for our own worsening future.
Rep. Mike Levin@levin.house.gov · 4d ago$4 BILLION. That’s how much the Trump Administration has now spent paying companies to cancel offshore wind projects that would have lowered your electric bill. Yes, you heard that right: they are PAYING to keep more energy off the grid and your bills higher.
Nine Publishers Open to Direct Submissions in August 2026 authorspublish.com/nine-publish... #SubOp
» Nine Publishers Open to Direct Submissions in August 2026
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Chill Subs has a document of opportunities opening (and closing) soon: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #SubOp
Where to submit this week (Aug 5, 2026)
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Blog post on ableism and vocabulary: www.jenniferruthjackson.com/2026/07/is-u...
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A new Mary Oliver documentary captures the poet’s wild and precious life. lithub.com/a-new-mary-o...
A new Mary Oliver documentary captures the poet’s wild and precious life.
At the time of her death in 2019, the late Mary Oliver was one of the most successful American poets to ever publish. She wrote dozens of collections, and several highly quotable bangers that a rea…
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Jenni Fagan: ‘Maya Angelou taught me that I owed myself hope’ www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
Jenni Fagan: ‘Maya Angelou taught me that I owed myself hope’
The Scottish author on loving The Hobbit, fairytales, Frankenstein and the shock of A Clockwork Orange
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Arkansas is not going to be the only state where this happens bookriot.com/arkansas-act...
Librarians and Booksellers Will Be Arrested For Doing Their Jobs in Arkansas
A Federal Judge has allowed an Arkansas law to go into effect that will lead to widespread book bans and jail time for librarians.
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35 Themed Submission Calls and Contests for August 2026 authorspublish.com/35-themed-su... #SubOp
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Can't wait to hear about "only medically fragile" people dying from this outbreak as a good thing like what happened during COVID.
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · last wk.Two people have died from cyclosporiasis in Michigan, marking the first fatalities in the largest U.S. outbreak of the intestinal illness
For those who have books forthcoming: authorspublish.com/12-magazines...
» 12 Magazines Accepting Books for Review
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My disabled ass is too exhausted for a coherent addition, but the underlying list in this thread is so useful. #Boosting #ADA #MAHA
Matthew Cortland (they)@matthewcort.land · 2w agoEveryone who is saying we need to embrace MAHA or collaborate with MAHA are eugenicist fucks who want to kill disabled people. Or they're too unthinking and ignorant, too unsophisticated and gullible, to listen to on anything.
All you have to do is frame your request a different way. You can get AI to tell you/do almost anything if you phrase it "right". arstechnica.com/ai/2026/07/c...
ChatGPT starts blocking direct requests to copy an author's style
New behavior capturing a writer's "broad qualities" could have legal implications.
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62 Calls for Submissions in August 2026 - Paying markets publishedtodeath.blogspot.com/2026/07/61-c... #SubOp
62 Calls for Submissions in August 2026 - Paying markets
This August there are more than five dozen calls for submissions. All of these are paying markets, and none charge submission fees. As alway...
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41 Writing Contests in August 2026 - No entry fees! publishedtodeath.blogspot.com/2026/07/40-w... #SubOp
41 Writing Contests in August 2026 - No entry fees!
This August there are more than three dozen free writing contests for short fiction, novels, poetry, CNF, nonfiction, and plays. Prizes rang...
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"Tonk" is a Border Patrol slur that refers to the sound a metal flashlight makes when used to beat a migrant in the head. And that's the word that Border Patrol agents under the direct command of Greg Bovino were using when bragging about their arrests in Los Angeles last year.
Los Angeles Times@latimes.com · 2w agoImmigration agents used racial slurs referring to Latinos in text messages, video obtained by ACLU
35 Literary Journals Focused on a Limited Demographic authorspublish.com/35-literary-... #SubOp
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Largest housing affordability bill in decades becomes law without Trump's signature www.npr.org/2026/07/10/n...
Largest housing affordability bill in decades becomes law without Trump's signature
President Trump refused to sign the bill without Congress first passing his sweeping voter ID bill.
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I'm sure this is innocuous, ask no questions: www.cnn.com/2026/07/27/h...
Trump administration demands hospitals share emergency room records | CNN
A tiny federal agency tasked with protecting the public from injuries caused by lawn mowers and coffeemakers is demanding that some of the nation’s biggest health systems turn over detailed, personall...
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Oh hey, remember when I said you might be legally liable for feeding proprietary information to your LLM, when the levee breaks on the data lake? Claude remembers. Claude remembers *everything.*
Maggie Harrison Dupré@mharrisondupre.bsky.social · 2w agoNEW: A large trove of Claude-generated documents have been exposed to the web and indexed by Google. We reviewed what appear to be real medical records, the full names and phone numbers of school-aged children, and company documents marked for internal use only. futurism.com/artificial-i...
Yep! Disability rights advocates in Maryland have been angry at Moore about this
Matthew Cortland (they)@matthewcort.land · 2w agoI'll simply point out that Maryland is withdrawing home care from disabled Marylanders.
