"Sometimes I swear I can hear the form of a poem if I listen carefully," @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social shares in episode 1500 of The Slowdown. Read "You believed only a girl born of a dandelion can be ferocious" by @purvipoets.bsky.social and our full episode transcript: bit.ly/4vLJ8jH

Internment, and some hard lessons for the proponents of mass deportation

We’ve been on the phone with multiple agencies/orgs. They’ve been completely cut off from federal money. We’re talking housing, homeless services, public safety, etc. I’m calling a press conference today to explain how this could have drastic local impacts to our constituents.

Hospitals, clinics and medical schools that provide gender-affirming care to transgender youth are at risk of losing federal funding, according to a new executive order signed by Trump on Tuesday.

If you’re a federal employee, you should know this is a lie. Congress hasn’t appropriated these monies and so it’s literally not there to be spent. Also, federal agencies are limited by law to a max $25K payout in the case of restructuring.

The chaos is by design, and the intent is to overwhelm. We have to stay focused.

This is the photo I always lead with when I teach about her [context in the alt text]

Dreaming of peace today & in this new year. Re-read this amazing prize-winning story, "Tree of Life," by Sahar Mustafah. Dreaming of more life, more life.

"Genocide is a crime. It is a legal framework. It is unfolding in Gaza. And yet, the inertia of legal academia, especially in the United States, has been chilling." Read the piece that the Harvard Law Review pulled as it was nearing publication: www.thenation.com/article/arch...