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Lydia Kang
@lydiakang.bsky.social
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Professional snacker. Internal med MD. Utterly incapable of staying in one literary lane. (she/her)

📕K-Jane (YA/ Harper Collins, out now!)

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Lydia Kang @lydiakang.bsky.social · Oct 21
Hey Bluesky! It’s my book birthday!

Shameless plug to please buy this book about identity and heritage and K-pop and being a grandchild of Korean immigrants AND falling in love?

Thank you!!! 🙏❤️😊

bookshop.org/p/books/k-ja...
Lydia Kang (Asian woman in black shirt) holding copy of K-Jane novel
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chelseatzukowski.bsky.social
Out now! Survivors of the Stormwall, a collection of The High Republic phase 3 stories and my THR retrospective. Huge for me since it’s the third Star Wars Insider book with my words inside. A pleasure to share pages with @lydiakang.bsky.social @crashwong.bsky.social @arezouamin.bsky.social
July 10, 2026 at 5:28 PM
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swlegacy.bsky.social
❗️Today's pick up!!

Survivors of the Stormwall Phase 3 short fiction by @lydiakang.bsky.social and @crashwong.bsky.social

Always happy to dble dip with this hardback book-beautifully presented some great stories and with new art from Jake Lunt Davies.

Phase3 now complete

#starwars
#highrepublic
July 6, 2026 at 10:29 AM
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gregpak.net
@celestepewter.bsky.social has done a MASSIVE amount of work helping people contact their reps over the years. Please consider kicking her a few bucks in her time of need this Independence Day.

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lydiakang.bsky.social Lydia Kang @lydiakang.bsky.social · Jun 28
Hey friends! Our one and only Celeste Pewter needs help after an already awful year. A new medical issue has made things tougher. Please read through her Go Fund Me for details, share and donate if you can. She’s been fighting for the good of our democracy tirelessly for years. gofund.me/4a6bcb3b5
Donate to A Safe Bridge Through a Medical Crisis, organized by C Pewter
Hi everyone - I’m creating a GoFundMe to help me get through a major job, health and h… C Pewter needs your support for A Safe Bridge Through a Medical Crisis
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July 4, 2026 at 4:10 PM
lydiakang.bsky.social
Hey friends! Our one and only Celeste Pewter needs help after an already awful year. A new medical issue has made things tougher. Please read through her Go Fund Me for details, share and donate if you can. She’s been fighting for the good of our democracy tirelessly for years. gofund.me/4a6bcb3b5
Donate to A Safe Bridge Through a Medical Crisis, organized by C Pewter
Hi everyone - I’m creating a GoFundMe to help me get through a major job, health and h… C Pewter needs your support for A Safe Bridge Through a Medical Crisis
gofund.me
June 28, 2026 at 1:15 AM
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markjacob.bsky.social
The “Streisand effect” Is explained in this installment of my own newsletter. We’ll see it in action with the White House’s effort to hide a rather innocuous Karoline Leavitt photo.
12 helpful terms to understand American chaos
Want to know what ‘agent provocateur’ and ‘Streisand effect’ mean? Read on.
www.stopthepresses.news
March 31, 2026 at 2:48 AM
lydiakang.bsky.social
Nebraska folks, please consider sending an email to support our public libraries! A 10% cut would really hurt our rural libraries. It's a form email--so easy! And editable if you choose!

app.oneclickpolitics.com/campaign-pag...
@nlaofnebraska.bsky.social
Help Fund Nebraska Libraries
The Appropriations Committee is considering budget cuts as part of LB1071 that would have a significant impact on the Nebraska Library Commission. These cuts...
app.oneclickpolitics.com
March 14, 2026 at 8:16 PM
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witchywomin.bsky.social
@lydiakang.bsky.social wrote an amazing book that outlines basically what RFKJr is pushing on us all: Quackery. You should get a copy so you’re prepared for whatever ridiculousness he next pushes. bookshop.org/p/books/quac...
Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
bookshop.org
March 1, 2026 at 8:28 PM
lydiakang.bsky.social
Hey! Cool! 😀
March 3, 2026 at 1:07 AM
lydiakang.bsky.social
Hey hey hey!
cadbanesbounty.bsky.social Rik Villanueva @cadbanesbounty.bsky.social · Feb 4
Survivors of the Stormwall arrives June 30, 2026!

Eleven short stories from @crashwong.bsky.social and @lydiakang.bsky.social originally featured in SW Insider. Illustrated by @jakeld.bsky.social

#HighRepublic #ForLightAndLife
A sleek spaceship Text reads Star Wars:The High Republic: Survivors of the Stormwall Eleven stories by bestselling authors Lydia Kang and Alyssa Wong
February 4, 2026 at 10:43 PM
lydiakang.bsky.social
Spending Bill stalled, woohoo!

Keep calling. Separate DHS funding from the rest of the bills, and call to halt more funding to ICE!

apnews.com/article/sena...
Democrats block government funding package in Senate as negotiations continue to avert a shutdown
Democrats voted to block legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security and several other agencies Thursday as they continued to negotiate with Republicans and the White House on new restrict...
apnews.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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Dr. Lydia Kang's (@lydiakang.bsky.social) marvelous presentation, "Quackery: History Repeats Itself," is now available to watch online. Based on her books, Dr. Kang takes us on a fascinating historical tour of quackery and pseudoscience... (1/2)
January 28, 2026 at 2:51 PM
lydiakang.bsky.social
Are you a bookish person (writer, reader?) who would like to help Minnesota folks hurting because of ICE?

Please check out this great auction, Publishing for Minnesota! It goes live tomorrow, 1/29!

www.32auctions.com/publishingfo...
Publishing for Minnesota
Silent auction 'Publishing for Minnesota' hosted online at 32auctions.
www.32auctions.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:28 PM
lydiakang.bsky.social
Feeling frazzled and need a script to call your reps?
This made it super, super easy.

Do it. Call your reps. The DHS bill is now coupled with many other bills, and they are making it really difficult to defund ICE. Ask for a standalone DHS bill!
Defund ICE and demand accountability!
January 28, 2026 at 6:52 PM
lydiakang.bsky.social
This lecture is now online, for the public!
media.dlib.indiana.edu/media_object...
January 27, 2026 at 9:06 PM
lydiakang.bsky.social
For healthcare providers…what if ICE shows up?

Check with your healthcare organization’s plans. They will have one.

You CANNOT break HIPAA laws. Patient privacy rights rule!

But you also cannot bar ICE from entering public areas of a healthcare facility.

www.aclu.org/documents/im...
Immigration Enforcement Guidance for Health Centers | American Civil Liberties Union
www.aclu.org
January 25, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
Update: In the evidence preservation lawsuit, the current Civil Chief at the Minnesota U.S. Attorney's Office (who appears to be Ana Voss, based on the letter), refused to accept email service of the lawsuit last night and then refused to accept in-person service until Monday.

Ridiculous behavior.
Our office represents Plaintiff Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension in this case. I write to provide an update on our efforts to notify and serve Defendants and to request that the Court consider them sufficient to comply with its direction that Plaintiffs serve Defendants by 9 a.m. this morning: • Yesterday at 7:27 p.m. our office sent an email to the Civil Chief at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota informing her that we would be filing a suit, seeking a temporary restraining order (TRO) relating to preservation of evidence, and asked her to confirm receipt and advise who will be handling the suit as soon as possible. • Yesterday at 9:10 p.m. (immediately after the case was filed) our office emailed courtesy copies of our filings (with the exception of the word count certificate and hearing notice, which were provided at 9:44 p.m.) to the Civil Chief, again asking that she confirm receipt and advise who will be handling the case. • The Civil Chief responded to our first email at 9:34 p.m. last night. At 11:00 p.m. she informed us that she would look for coverage for the case but would not accept service by email • At 11:11 p.m. our office emailed the Civil Chief a copy of the TRO entered by the Court. Shortly thereafter we asked if, given her office's refusal to accept service by email, if we could effect personal service in the morning before 9 a.m. The Civil Chief responded that the office would not be open to accept service until Monday. • At 7:39 a.m. this morning, our office emailed courtesy copies of the pleadings and TRO to the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division at the U.S. Department of Justice, to the Office of General Counsel at the Department of Homeland Security, and to the Office of Chief Counsel at U.S. Customs and Border Protection. We intend to formally serve Defendants tomorrow, January 26, 2026, consistent with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(i) and to personally serve the Summons, Complaint, and TRO papers when the U.S. Attorney's Office reopens. The actions we have already taken comply with Rule 65(b)(1)'s requirement that we attempt to provide "written or oral notice to the adverse party." We request that the Court consider these efforts sufficient to comply with its Order that we serve Defendants by 9 a.m. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Respectfully, s/ Joseph Richie JOSEPH RICHIE Special Counsel PETER J. FARRELL Deputy Solicitor General Attorneys for Plaintiff Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension CC: Clare Diegel, Esq. Ana Voss, Esq.
January 25, 2026 at 6:24 PM
lydiakang.bsky.social
Like many of you, I’m in shock and boiling with fury but also feeling helpless.

Repost the truth on social media, if that’s all the energy you have.

If you have dollars so spare, help our Minnesota families and friends.

www.standwithminnesota.com
Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:34 PM
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andycraig.bsky.social
Saying there must be trials isn't just an emotive aspiration.

Congress can:
- Create a new court (complying w/ 6A jury vicinage)
- Give it jurisdiction over defined category of crimes
- Also create dedicated prosecutors for the same
- Strip SCOTUS of appellate jurisdiction

It can be done.
January 25, 2026 at 7:28 AM
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seaplaysrpg.bsky.social
minneapolis was my home for years. sending endless solidarity and support to my neighbors, colleagues, and loved ones there right now. we protect each other. abolish ice until nothing is left.

support any way you can at standwithminnesota.org and join me in donating to pow wow grounds & mim today!
Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
standwithminnesota.org
January 25, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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gregpak.net
If you're in New York, please take two minutes right now to call Governor Hochul and tell her to support and sign New York 4 All, which would prevent state and local agencies from collaborating with ICE.

518-474-8390.

This is important.
January 24, 2026 at 8:09 PM
lydiakang.bsky.social
RFK doesn't understand or stand by germ theory and gets the out-dated miasma theory wrong.

Of course.

He is so entrenched in his own myths, it's mind-boggling.

arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
RFK Jr. rejects cornerstone of health science: Germ theory
In his 2021 book vilifying Anthony Fauci, RFK Jr. lays out support for an alternate theory.
arstechnica.com
December 21, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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😊
desertvol.bsky.social Doug Brooks @desertvol.bsky.social · Dec 21
I earned a $15 credit on Audible so now I have more @lydiakang.bsky.social goodness.
December 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
lydiakang.bsky.social
Just finished watching The Beast in Me, and I think that Claire Danes's chin deserves an Emmy.
December 20, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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adamchristopher.me
I was listening to Joe Hill on the @ukpageone.bsky.social podcast today, and the way he described simply reading as an act of rebellion really struck me. I was thinking how vital it is we fight for our art going forward (creation = rebellion) and that doing something NEW for yourself is the same.
adamchristopher.me Adam Christopher @adamchristopher.me · Dec 17
Playing catchup as I thought I had an extra day before my last Japanese lesson of the year, but わたしはまいにちにほんごをはなします。

(I mean that is true, not just what the textbook exercise tells me to write out, but - hot damn is this good for me. Start learn a new language in 2026, your brain will love it!)
adamchristopher.me Adam Christopher @adamchristopher.me · Dec 17
I should do my Japanese homework, I say!

One hour later I have done one page and my brain hurts, but goddamit, わたしのともだちはにほんにいきます！
December 17, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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petersagal.bsky.social
As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.

www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
How Rob Reiner became anti-Prop. 8 kingpin
Rob Reiner reflects on the critical role he played in getting California's gay marriage ban overturned.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM