what Moishe thinks of the essay I’m writing

this morning, mamdani’s team got in touch with me to float a new tax proposal: if your net worth exceeds $5 million and you dress badly, you’ll be hit with a 10% annual levy for “visual pollution.” i would be in charge of deciding if the outfits are bad.

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I took a vacation day to read and write. So far I've done neither 😬

Pope Leo XIV condemns "tyrants" fueling war with billions. His calls for global peace during his Africa trip come amid rising tensions with President Trump. n.pr/3QgbFgX

All credit to my 18yo

The bishops coming to the pope's defense! www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqga...

"Even when they do pay, it falls far short of their fair share—despite the fact that their wealth depends heavily on public investment: government contracts, a highly educated workforce, a rule of law that facilitates business or good infrastructure..."

It's so inspiring that people are still out there making incredible art & literature while the world is such a heartbreak. I'm very proud of our new issue. It's a real beauty & I think you will love every single piece. Thanks so much for reading & supporting our amazing contributors. 💗

Life has been extremely full with aging and ill parents, a child applying for college, and a kitty showing signs of illness. Sandwich generation, indeed. Sending love and light to everyone navigating all the things.

Heartbreaking. Eric Swalwell must be prosecuted and held to account for his crimes. Zero tolerance for sexual predators should be the goal in every branch of our government, in every industry, in every school, and in every community. Thank you to Lonna Drewes for speaking out.

UNENDING TORMENTS

Beautiful poem alert! From @toddedillard.bsky.social

Good morning #5amWritersClub. I'm late but feeling more inspired than I have in a while ✨ Happy Monday, everyone!

Do you live in a Blue State? On Monday, April 13 at 1PM EST AABB National Leader Samira Ahmed & @everylibrary.bsky.social Library Political Director Gwen Camp. will discuss how people who live in blue states can effectively stand up to HR 7661 on Instagram Live

Still time to sign up for my workshop, Rochester area friends!📚💜✍️

Happy Friday Team! Go into the weekend knowing that in the elections on Tuesday the book banners lost. Everywhere. Great work!

If you're in or near Ithaca, join @mansfieldparkour.bsky.social & me to watch 2 teams duke it out in LITERARY SURVIVOR: THE SCRIBE HAS SPOKEN! Thurs, 5/7, 6:30-8pm, Liquid State! For the Spring Writes Literary Festival hosted by the Community Arts Partnership. springwrites.org/events/live-...

David Duchovny played a transgender woman, Denise, on Twin Peaks in 1990 and when greeting Cooper, the show's protagonist, she says, "I prefer Denise, if you don't mind" and Cooper responds with "OK" and her identity is settled within a couple seconds and was a non-issue, 36 years ago.

Ooh, this flash by @sfmontgomery.bsky.social brought me right back to the cruelest days of girlhood ❤️‍🩹

It probably doesn’t matter but I called my Democratic members of Congress. And it probably doesn’t matter but they should push for impeachment. Because morally, it still matters that we try.

I just know Susan Collins is writing the sternest letter of her LIFE

We need good books more than ever! Treat yourself <3

If I can force myself to fill Ted Cruz's voicemail, I promise you that you can leave a message for your equally-heinous senateperson

I loved having this conversation with Jesi and I love her novel! Get on it while it's still fresh 💖

Good morning, time to summon some words

"I wrote everything down on the back of a paystub I found in my glovebox and then she said it was now up to me how to proceed...." @aaronburch.bsky.social's A KIND OF IN-BETWEEN is philosophical & tender & like the diary of a good friend I never got to meet 🦌 autofocusbooks.com/store/p/a-ki...

Amazon reportedly failed to create any new jobs at its HQ2 in Virginia last year, despite millions of state tax incentives. The company has cut 30,000 jobs since last October — while saving $4 billion in taxes under Trump's Big Ugly Bill. Trickle-down economics is a hoax.

I've spent all morning avoiding the essay I'm writing because I can't see how to wrap it up. Every time I think I have the answer, it slips away at the keyboard, like a dream I can still see on waking but can't find words for.

Navigating college financial aid offers is really something. My son created a spreadsheet in about 20 minutes that calculates all the different variables so that we can compare each school's final cost of attendance. He deserves a degree just for that 👨‍🎓

Good morning #5amWritersClub. I've been awake for a half hour and too tired to post. Time to stop scrolling and playing the spelling bee, I guess. Happy writing, everyone!

My son pointed out that "to take care of" something or someone also has contradictory meanings 😱

Passover has always been my favorite holiday. The bread of affliction but make it delicious 😋

I'm wondering about the history of the word "execute." How did it come to mean both "to make or produce" and "to kill"?

I saw Project Hail Mary last night. I don't think I've gotten so immersed in the world of a film in years. I'll be thinking about this one for a while.

I slept through #5amWritersClub and regret nothing

Be so embarrassingly human.

Trying to get birthday kisses 😽😽😽 😂😂

For an essay, I've been revisiting when my son & I wrote a middle-grade fantasy novel together. He'd been diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome & we realized none of the characters in his books sounded or acted quite like him. So we wrote one with an MC that has TS & put his vocal tics in the narrative 💖

Life is too short not to read a book that was written well and by an actual human being.

😡 Only Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented. "Justice Jackson warned of the broader implications for medical care that she said could be “catastrophic” if states cannot regulate some kinds of speech by licensed professionals." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/u...

What a dream! It never gets old to hear about people reading ENDPAPERS. Especially other writers I admire! Thanks for reading and sharing @aaronburch.bsky.social!

There should be a rule that if you're a writer, you get good writing news on your birthday.

Hello #5amWritersClub. Quiet birthday morning. Let's go!

I keep thinking about this. On Rachel Martin's Wild Card podcast, she asked Julio Torres: Has competition done more to help you or hurt you? Torres responded that the kind of joy he's seeking is not a limited resource. I love it!

Good morning #5amWritersClub. It's Monday and I didn't sleep super well, so let's see what happens! Happy writing, everyone.

I love This American Life, but I'm so tired of This American Life VOICE. Why so disaffected, America? Get sad. Get angry. Laugh. Cry!

I've been one "NA" word away from Queen Bee since the morning and it's driving me crazy

Happy Friday! Your assignment for the weekend: Tell a favorite author how much they mean to you. Find 'em on socials, hit up the contact form on their website, email their agent. It's rough out there & these little moments of connection & validation help us keep our heads up. Thank you!

Good morning from Boston University. Pride flags EVERYWHERE