Now THAT's a headline. "The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents" fortune.com/2026/02/21/l...

These are all adult cops escalating into violence against teenagers. Many of the students are now being held by the cops who assaulted them.

JD Vance personally invited Pope Leo to the U.S. 250th celebration on the 4th of July. Today the Vatican announced Leo will be spending the day with migrants instead.

Turn phone sideways Siri U www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

"You Shall Not Speak" by Jorie Graham - a new poem from Jorie Graham is always a good thing - seems she has left Blue Sky, though

Really honored to be interviewed by a journalist I have listened to every morning for YEARS...Michel Martin is amazing and I'm thrilled to be with her talking about The Price of Mercy on @camanpour.bsky.social ! youtu.be/l7WsrU-uhRc?...

Listen. It's terrifying. www.instagram.com/reel/DUe6fWr...

Where is it we are heading. So fast. But is this fast. I must speak what is in my heart. I don’t know if there’s anything left now in my heart. It is so dry. I must scour it with words. ‘You Shall Not Speak’, a poem by @joriegraham.bsky.social. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Turn phone sideways Siri U www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

I don't watch TV. I listen. I just heard Emily Galvin Almanza for the first time, and she nailed it. That's how people should speak in the media. No vocal fry, no um and uh. Clear, concise, to the point. @lastwordmsnow.bsky.social @galvinalmanza.bsky.social #MSNow

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Far beyond just saving riders money, free buses deliver a cascade of benefits, from easing traffic to promoting public safety,” Emily Galvin Almanza writes. “And it doesn’t have to be costly — in fact, it can come out just about even.”

TONIGHT: @galvinalmanza.bsky.social talks to @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social on The #LastWord at 10pm ET.

This review of The Price Of Mercy also made my day. It means so much to me that the work is resonating with people!

‘Military service is one of the strongest predictors for becoming a mass shooter in the US.’ @lalehkhalili.bsky.social on the symbiosis of drugs and war. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Where is it we are heading. So fast. But is this fast. I must speak what is in my heart. I don’t know if there’s anything left now in my heart. It is so dry. I must scour it with words. ‘You Shall Not Speak’, a poem by Jorie Graham. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

I must open my soul – I feel it’s still around me here – but where – I just had it – it might be years – maybe it’s days – I feel I had it just minutes ago – words must tell me where to look ‘You Shall Not Speak’, a poem by @joriegraham.bsky.social. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

“The prime minister was watching a disaster movie / when we found him. We are the / media we cried. Run.” Read “The Eloquence,” a poem by Jorie Graham.

“The prime minister was watching a disaster movie / when we found him. We are the / media we cried. Run.” Read “The Eloquence,” a poem by Jorie Graham.

Just watch this x.com/rshereme/sta...

‘It’s understandable that the dead should be angry or vengeful: after all, they have suffered a terrible calamity.’ @mikejay.bsky.social on vampires, revenants and the vengeful dead. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Once they rivered everywhere – meanders – currents – you must let me speak words – do not bark at me – my sounds come slowly – no they are not answers – they are cries – how long have you been human ‘You Shall Not Speak’, a poem by @joriegraham.bsky.social. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

‘The visual world of the Tudor period is also largely vanished, swept away in those “great alterations”, or for more mundane reasons: eaten by mice; burned in accidental fires; discarded due to wear or changes in fashion.’ Kate Heard on Tudor art. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

‘Soldiers at Fort Bragg and another special forces base, Fort Campbell, are more likely to die of drug overdoses than the average US citizen. Dependency on narcotics isn’t the only after-effect of war.’ @lalehkhalili.bsky.social on the symbiosis of drugs and war. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

This is such a great issue @lrb.co.uk !

Thank you @lrb.co.uk !

Thank you for this sanity @galvinalmanza.bsky.social @nytimes.com @nytopinion.nytimes.com This Is the Real Reason to Make Bus Rides Free www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/o...

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/o...

The comments are interesting as well. @galvinalmanza.bsky.social 's book The Price of Mercy is out this week. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/o...

“Far beyond just saving riders money, free buses deliver a cascade of benefits, from easing traffic to promoting public safety,” Emily Galvin Almanza writes. “And it doesn’t have to be costly — in fact, it can come out just about even.”

Jorie Graham:

So damn sane! Thank you! Pass it on! @galvinalmanza.bsky.social @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social This Is the Real Reason to Make Bus Rides Free www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/o...

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/o...

Thank you for this sanity @galvinalmanza.bsky.social @nytimes.com @nytopinion.nytimes.com This Is the Real Reason to Make Bus Rides Free www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/o...

Thank you @lrb.co.uk !

So damn sane! Thank you! Pass it on! @galvinalmanza.bsky.social @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social This Is the Real Reason to Make Bus Rides Free www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/o...

ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...

There's a WORLD of great resistance songs out there. It's thrilling that another generation will hear them--perhaps for the first time. This one is astounding in its piercing simplicity.

THEY DID IT. EVERY SENATE DEMOCRAT just voted on an amendment to DEFUND ICE (rescind the BBB slush fund that keeps ICE open during a shutdown.) This amendment failed, but it shows broad support! KEEP CALLING and make it a demand to vote for the DHS funding bill!!

IT’S ABOUT TIME…👇 Philadelphia introduced legislation to limit ICE. Agents can't be masked, must show ID, and can only operate on warrants signed by a judge. If they attack bystanders, they will be arrested. 💪 Do this NATION WIDE. 😎✨

This! Thank u @cindynichols.bsky.social

The Rot Goes Deeper Than ICE www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/o...