open.substack.com/pub/ursulapf... Here is the 4th excerpt from "50 Years Later: The Way I Saw It" by Regine Faust, my Berlin grandmother. These excerpts work as standalones, but it’s best to scroll back and begin at the beginning, "A Small Circle of Art School Friends." Thanks for reading!

Kitzbühel, 1943

Today It's You, Tomorrow It Will Be Me

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Mandatory ID registration for every app developer? This is a dream for censors and a nightmare for privacy. Protect the open web and open mobile. @keepandroidopen.bsky.social keepandroidopen.org

The Canadian Museum for Human Rights is set to launch its groundbreaking exhibit on the Nakba, but is facing relentless attacks from the pro-Israel lobby. Join us in emailing Minister Miller to encourage him to reject these efforts to silence Palestinian histories. www.cjpme.org/support_nakb...

Luxembourg will not renew Israel Bonds for sale in Europe. Ireland, the current host country, and other EU states, must do the same and say no to Israel bonds since the proceeds could contribute to Israel’s genocide and other atrocity crimes against Palestinians.

Thought for the day: It never ceases to amaze me how today's techbros' vision of the future they want defaults to fully automated leopard-face-chomping neo-feudalism rather than fully automated luxury gay space communism.

You might be wondering how you can support an author when you're short of time, money, energy, etc. But honestly, making your own post about a book helps us! The more people who are talking about a book? Well, that's how buzz begins. You can do that on whatever sites you use.

From now until July 31st, we are open for submissions for the Broad Ripple Review Prize in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Each winner will receive $200 and publication. It is FREE to submit. All submissions to our regular reading period are considered as well as any current pending submissions.

I reviewed this lovely hybrid fiction/nonfiction book for Herizons back in 2021. It's great to see it receiving renewed attention as water issues including water use by data centres become more worrisome.

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In case you missed it, here is my interview on #writing, #water, and A Diary in the Age of Water on Temz Review #onwriting #author #interview www.thetemzreview.com/timpf-muntea...

I'll be at the Word On The Street festival in Toronto September 26-27th, 2026! The Word On The Street Toronto – Canada's Largest Literary Festival share.google/vxXcEHacZpoK... #Poetry #SelfPublished #CanadianPoet #ApocalypseGriefManual #WhatThePoetsAreDoing

Here are a few places you can donate to NW Ontario wildfire relief. Please share widely: yoursunsetcountry.ca/where-to-don...

UPDATE: Where to donate and support wildfire evacuees - Your Sunset Country

A number of organizations across Thunder Bay are collecting donations of clothing, toiletries, food, toys and other essential supplies to support evacuees

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SCOOP: I obtained the itinerary and other documents relating to Edmonton police Chief Warren Driechel’s February 2026 Israel trip. @mbueckert.bsky.social of @cjpme.org says it’s “much worse than any of us expected.” open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...

SCOOP: Edmonton police chief visited illegal West Bank settlements during Israel trip

Warren Driechel also met with members from an undercover unit that less than three months earlier executed two unarmed men in Jenin after they had surrendered.

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Home now from a visit to Europe to see family and friends. #RothkoAFirenze a highlight especially the pairings at San Marco, where Rothko responds to the Fra Angelico frescoes, five hundred years later. In spite of everything we can also still be transported by art.

If this isn't about Willy and a gang of pissed off orcas sinking billionaire yachts, I don't want it.

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 4w ago

“Free Willy” reboot in the works at Warner Bros

Let's get some clear numbers on the Bruce rebuild. Some environmentalists are pro-nuclear because it's a step away from fossil fuels. However, the waste disposal problem is still with us. Here, OCAA focuses on cost. Nuclear is losing credibility now that the price of wind and solar is dropping.

Ontario Clean Air Alliance@oncleanair.bsky.social · 4w ago

The Ontario gov't says the Bruce nuclear rebuild is ahead of schedule and under budget. But where are the numbers? Minister Lecce: release the project's true cost and electricity price #onpoli #EnergyPolicy @Sflecce www.cleanairalliance.org/bruce-nuclea...

I have a digital library copy of HERE WHERE WE LIVE I'm looking forward to reading--but here is a chance to snag a brand new hardcover! What a thoughtful idea to make these available.

Molly Crabapple@mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 4w ago

I got a bunch more donations, so if you’re too broke to afford new hardcover books and dying to read HERE WHERE WE LIVE IS OUR COUNTRY send me a DM with your name and address

Go become a Jewish Currents member so you can see me and Simone Zimmerman talk about HERE WHERE WE LIVE IS OUR COUNTRY in this exclusive book club event (membership comes with a copy of the book) jewishcurrents.org/event/jewish...

Between now and October (our 20th anniversary issue), we're running a subscription drive and dedicating all new revenue toward improving pay for our staff, writers, artists, and contractors. Details on how to subscribe can be found here: clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

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Black Locust from yesterday's walk. I was in Toronto recently looking after my dad and was amazed by the varieties of magnolia in the Republic of Rathnellly. Spring is a bit later here and the truth is I prefer wild trees in bloom to fancy magnolia cultivars, pretty as they are.

I lost my taste for space opera years ago but here is a gorgeous novella that brings it back! Canadian author Rebecca Campbell won the inaugural Ursula K. Leguin Award for Arboreality, and the Sunburst for short fiction the last time I served on the jury. clarkesworldmagazine.com/campbell_06_...

The Floating Republic by Rebecca Campbell

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Hey Toronto friends, I will be reading at the wonderful Draft on Thursday night at 7 pm. It's a group reading at @eastendartsto.bsky.social and I have some luminous company. Looking forward to seeing you!

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Kristallnacht

2nd Excerpt from Fifty Years Later: The Way I Saw It by Regine Faust

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Interior at Night Christiane Pflug 1964-1965

My dad speaking in Arabic to Muhammad, his PSW. The little he learned when we lived in Tunis sixty-five years ago he didn't forget.

3 days left in our fundraiser! We've hit our first stretch goal and are excited to share our plans once it's wrapped up, but: still rewards left! Still cool possibilities to make real, with your help! Shares appreciated!

Ancillary Review of Books: Year 7!

Questioning power, imagining possibility: ARB provides thoughtful criticism of speculative fiction. Help us pay our writers and staff!

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Jeff Bezos paid $10 million to attend this year’s rich scumbag costume ball. And lo, Amazon workers said: absolutely fucking not.

Bless The Amazon Workers Who Crashed Bezos’ Met Gala

Good job, heroes!

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Greta Thunberg "We demand the immediate release of Thiago Ávila and Saif AbuKeshek from Global Sumud Flotilla"

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There are two ongoing events happening at The Seaboard Review of Books: the first is a 20% discount for a 12-month subscription, and the other is a #giveaway of a 5-book bundle of great fiction! Visit www.theseaboardreview.ca to learn more.

In anticipation of the anniversary of the Nakba this year, I’ll be posting my family’s Nakba story, like I did last year, with the hashtag #TellYourNakbaStory If your family has a story, I want to encourage you to post it this year, on May 15. Please repost so others can join in.