Tamiko Nimura
@tamikonimura.bsky.social
Writer, community journalist, public historian. Memoir A PLACE FOR WHAT WE LOSE coming 4/26. Words in SF Chronicle, Zocalo Public Square, Smithsonian, Discover Nikkei, The Rumpus. 4ever English major. <3: @joshpar.bsky.social Rep: Transatlantic Agency
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Tamiko Nimura
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· Feb 26
Grateful for a starred review from @publisherswkly.bsky.social for A PLACE FOR WHAT WE LOSE!
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“A senior executive at Microsoft said A.I. systems built on the work of others will be seen as ‘an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions’ and possibly the greatest robbery of labor in human history, according to court documents unredacted Thursday in an ongoing Manhattan lawsuit.”
Docs in A.I. copyright suit reveal startling admission by Microsoft exec over ‘astonishing theft’
The admission appeared in a newly unredacted filing in the landmark copyright infringement legal battle playing out between newspapers like the Orlando Sentinel and tech companies Microsoft and OpenAI...
www.orlandosentinel.com
September 17, 2026 at 9:17 PM
“A senior executive at Microsoft said A.I. systems built on the work of others will be seen as ‘an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions’ and possibly the greatest robbery of labor in human history, according to court documents unredacted Thursday in an ongoing Manhattan lawsuit.”
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I almost have one bill sorted! Please repost! For the homies* 🥺
*it’s me. I’m homies 👉👈
*it’s me. I’m homies 👉👈
Between this and my car repair bill, it's going to be a truly woeful week of stress. And that's all before my other bills due next week. But, you know, one freaking problem at a time 😭
Every repost helps! 💙
Trying not to panic, but bills are Stress City these days ...
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Every repost helps! 💙
Trying not to panic, but bills are Stress City these days ...
ko-fi.com/rjcrunden/go...
September 15, 2026 at 7:31 PM
I almost have one bill sorted! Please repost! For the homies* 🥺
*it’s me. I’m homies 👉👈
*it’s me. I’m homies 👉👈
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I’ve always loved the phrase, “living well is the best revenge.” Despite how it sounds, it isn't about spite; it’s about breaking free from a toxic cycle. It means taking all the energy you would have spent fighting back, and using it to build a life of peace and joy instead.
September 16, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Northern California, I’m coming home.
September 15, 2026 at 4:32 AM
Northern California, I’m coming home.
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People think politics is all about navigating sophisticated triangulations and legal mechanisms.
But the hard part is thinking deeply about what you actually want, figuring out what matters to you, and finding a way to talk about it plainly
But the hard part is thinking deeply about what you actually want, figuring out what matters to you, and finding a way to talk about it plainly
September 14, 2026 at 1:42 PM
People think politics is all about navigating sophisticated triangulations and legal mechanisms.
But the hard part is thinking deeply about what you actually want, figuring out what matters to you, and finding a way to talk about it plainly
But the hard part is thinking deeply about what you actually want, figuring out what matters to you, and finding a way to talk about it plainly
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Rather than talking about sports we need Dem candidates to talk about torture in prisons and ICE concentration camps, mass internal displacement, hate crimes, and legislation targeting their basic human and civil rights (eg denying the vote to ppl whose gender doesn’t match their birth certificate)
DHS is torturing transgender people in its gulags www.themarshallproject.org/2026/09/12/i...
ICE Treatment of Transgender Women Reversing Years-Long Practices
Women said they face harassment and lack proper medical care.
www.themarshallproject.org
September 14, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Rather than talking about sports we need Dem candidates to talk about torture in prisons and ICE concentration camps, mass internal displacement, hate crimes, and legislation targeting their basic human and civil rights (eg denying the vote to ppl whose gender doesn’t match their birth certificate)
Thank you for reading and posting! @uwapress.uw.edu
A Place for What We Lose: A Daughter's Return to Tule Lake
@tamikonimura.bsky.social
#booksky#seattlepubliclibrary
This is why I teach my 5th graders about Japanese American incarceration during WWII.
@tamikonimura.bsky.social
#booksky#seattlepubliclibrary
This is why I teach my 5th graders about Japanese American incarceration during WWII.
September 14, 2026 at 4:39 AM
Thank you for reading and posting! @uwapress.uw.edu
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Yo. This is the union calling for a boycott. Here in America people like to say "Well I was already boycotting Starbucks!" No you were not. You were just choosing not to buy their stuff. That is not a boycott. A boycott is an organized, collective activity. "I" don't boycott: we do.
We have power in numbers, and we'll continue to fight for a better Starbucks.
Support us by BOYCOTTING STARBUCKS until the company finalizes fair union contracts with workers!
boycottstarbucks.net
Support us by BOYCOTTING STARBUCKS until the company finalizes fair union contracts with workers!
boycottstarbucks.net
BOYCOTT STARBUCKS
Starbucks is the biggest violator of U.S. labor law in modern history. Join the movement - Boycott Starbucks!
boycottstarbucks.net
September 13, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Yo. This is the union calling for a boycott. Here in America people like to say "Well I was already boycotting Starbucks!" No you were not. You were just choosing not to buy their stuff. That is not a boycott. A boycott is an organized, collective activity. "I" don't boycott: we do.
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Ben’s work and his #ScholarSunday threads are one of the best things you can find her. I hope his account will be reinstated soon. In the meantime check all this goodies inside, including my own @satevepost.bsky.social column on dress codes.
Ben's account has unfortunately been temporarily suspended for tagging all the wonder scholars in #ScholarSunday this week, so please make sure to subscribe to the newsletter to get it in your inbox every week!
If you find value in Scholar Sunday, please share it with people who don't know it yet!
If you find value in Scholar Sunday, please share it with people who don't know it yet!
#ScholarSunday Thread 293 (9/13/26) – Black and White and Read All Over
Here it is, my 293rd #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, please share as widely as possible, &...
blackwhiteandread.com
September 13, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Ben’s work and his #ScholarSunday threads are one of the best things you can find her. I hope his account will be reinstated soon. In the meantime check all this goodies inside, including my own @satevepost.bsky.social column on dress codes.
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Details from Snopes:
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September 10, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Details from Snopes:
www.snopes.com/fact-check/v...
www.snopes.com/fact-check/v...
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🚨 BEWARE of VoteSafe.org 🚨
While it bills itself as a “safe” way to register to vote, it is actually a digital surveillance machine created by Elon Musk’s super PAC.
While it bills itself as a “safe” way to register to vote, it is actually a digital surveillance machine created by Elon Musk’s super PAC.
September 10, 2026 at 1:02 PM
🚨 BEWARE of VoteSafe.org 🚨
While it bills itself as a “safe” way to register to vote, it is actually a digital surveillance machine created by Elon Musk’s super PAC.
While it bills itself as a “safe” way to register to vote, it is actually a digital surveillance machine created by Elon Musk’s super PAC.
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The USPS Board Of Governors has the power to protect vote-by-mail, but they are not doing their job Join @usmailnotforsale.bsky.social & tell them to Deliver Our Ballots: actionnetwork.org/letters/deli...
Deliver Our Ballots - Tell Postal Service Leadership We Demand to Vote-by-Mail
The USPS Board of Governors has power the protect vote-by-mail, but they are not doing their job. Will you send them a message?
actionnetwork.org
September 9, 2026 at 6:27 PM
The USPS Board Of Governors has the power to protect vote-by-mail, but they are not doing their job Join @usmailnotforsale.bsky.social & tell them to Deliver Our Ballots: actionnetwork.org/letters/deli...
Wonderful nuanced thinking about grief and icons and organizing here as always from @mskellymhayes.bsky.social . Thank you.
Something has really bothered me about the Gloria Steinem discourse—something that's not really about Gloria Steinem. So, I wrote about it.
Grief Is Not a Verdict: This Is Not Really an Essay About Gloria Steinem
We grieve the worlds we’ve known and what it felt like to live in them.
organizingmythoughts.org
September 9, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Wonderful nuanced thinking about grief and icons and organizing here as always from @mskellymhayes.bsky.social . Thank you.
Tonight at 7PM EST I talk w my dear friend Lisa Factora-Borchers about my memoir! first virtual event! Still time to register. Https://bit.ly/TamikoNimura
September 9, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Tonight at 7PM EST I talk w my dear friend Lisa Factora-Borchers about my memoir! first virtual event! Still time to register. Https://bit.ly/TamikoNimura
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ICYMI - 'The Incarcerated' with Tamiko Nimura ( @tamikonimura.bsky.social ) familyhistoriespodcast.com/2026/06/09/s... #USHistory #WWII #MilitaryHistory
S11EP06 - 'The Incarcerated' with Tamiko Nimura - The Family Histories Podcast
Host Andrew meets author Tamiko Nimura and hears about her Japanese grandparents and family who were incarcerated in US concentration camps in WW2.
familyhistoriespodcast.com
September 9, 2026 at 7:27 AM
ICYMI - 'The Incarcerated' with Tamiko Nimura ( @tamikonimura.bsky.social ) familyhistoriespodcast.com/2026/06/09/s... #USHistory #WWII #MilitaryHistory
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#OTD in 1944, the WRA reports that 30,000 Japanese Americans have indefinitely left the incarceration camps and 400 leave each week. Approximately 60,000 Japanese Americans still remain in the main camps, 18,500 are at Tule Lake, and 5,000 are participating in seasonal work.
🗃 #skystorians
🗃 #skystorians
September 9, 2026 at 1:02 AM
#OTD in 1944, the WRA reports that 30,000 Japanese Americans have indefinitely left the incarceration camps and 400 leave each week. Approximately 60,000 Japanese Americans still remain in the main camps, 18,500 are at Tule Lake, and 5,000 are participating in seasonal work.
🗃 #skystorians
🗃 #skystorians
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🚨BREAKING: In a win for voters, the U.S. Supreme Court has denied a right-wing group’s request to force Michigan to place a proposed constitutional amendment requiring proof of citizenship to vote on the November 2026 ballot. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Supreme Court denies right-wing group’s bid to force Michigan proof-of-citizenship measure on November ballot
The denial, issued by Justice Brett Brett Kavanaugh, likely means the measure is dead.
www.democracydocket.com
September 4, 2026 at 12:18 AM
🚨BREAKING: In a win for voters, the U.S. Supreme Court has denied a right-wing group’s request to force Michigan to place a proposed constitutional amendment requiring proof of citizenship to vote on the November 2026 ballot. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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I hope this inspires more advocacy around the country. We made noise, we presented the data, we spoke at city hall, we testified before the PEP. We were heard! It’s not perfect but it’s a big step in the right direction. Thank you for listening @mayor.nyc.gov
AI is not inevitable. resistance works!
Mamdani issues AI moratorium in NYC schools
Kids "need to wrestle with tough problems on their own,” New York's mayor said Wednesday.
www.motherjones.com
September 2, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I hope this inspires more advocacy around the country. We made noise, we presented the data, we spoke at city hall, we testified before the PEP. We were heard! It’s not perfect but it’s a big step in the right direction. Thank you for listening @mayor.nyc.gov
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A 76-year-old green card holder with stage 4 cancer was arrested at his citizenship application interview and has been held by ICE for two months.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
August 31, 2026 at 3:27 PM
A 76-year-old green card holder with stage 4 cancer was arrested at his citizenship application interview and has been held by ICE for two months.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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If Clyburn backs it, it’s mainstream. LFG.
Rep. James Clyburn says he supports expanding the Supreme Court: "13 is a pretty good number. A baker's dozen would be a good number to have on the Court."
August 30, 2026 at 4:31 PM
If Clyburn backs it, it’s mainstream. LFG.
Join me and my dear friend Lisa Factora-Borchers for a virtual launch of A PLACE FOR WHAT WE LOSE. 9/9, 7PM EST. Https://bit.ly/TamikoNimura
August 28, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Join me and my dear friend Lisa Factora-Borchers for a virtual launch of A PLACE FOR WHAT WE LOSE. 9/9, 7PM EST. Https://bit.ly/TamikoNimura
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Indispensable from @stevevladeck.bsky.social
"Even with tonight’s [Supreme Court] stay, section 3 [of the Executive Order on mail-in ballots] remains blocked; the USPS Final Rule remains frozen."
"Even with tonight’s [Supreme Court] stay, section 3 [of the Executive Order on mail-in ballots] remains blocked; the USPS Final Rule remains frozen."
I wrote this too quickly, but here’s my very brief explainer for “One First” on why this afternoon’s #SCOTUS ruling is problematic, but not (yet) an existential threat to mail-in voting in the midterms:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/246-making...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/246-making...
246. Making Sense of the Mail-in Ballots Ruling
The Supreme Court’s grant of a stay in one of the mail-in ballot cases is deeply wrong, but it’s also not the main event over whether Trump’s patently unlawful executive order can take effect.
www.stevevladeck.com
August 25, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Indispensable from @stevevladeck.bsky.social
"Even with tonight’s [Supreme Court] stay, section 3 [of the Executive Order on mail-in ballots] remains blocked; the USPS Final Rule remains frozen."
"Even with tonight’s [Supreme Court] stay, section 3 [of the Executive Order on mail-in ballots] remains blocked; the USPS Final Rule remains frozen."
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This part...
"The GOP is losing and their only hope is to make Dems fight each other."
"The GOP is losing and their only hope is to make Dems fight each other."
August 24, 2026 at 9:48 PM
This part...
"The GOP is losing and their only hope is to make Dems fight each other."
"The GOP is losing and their only hope is to make Dems fight each other."
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I loved this book. It's formally inventive and emotionally thoughtful and I think May-lee is brilliant. Goodreads it or pre-order it: bookshop.org/p/books/my-h...
August 24, 2026 at 5:11 PM
I loved this book. It's formally inventive and emotionally thoughtful and I think May-lee is brilliant. Goodreads it or pre-order it: bookshop.org/p/books/my-h...