popular anti-fascism as taxpayer revolt...might have some legs

i have been thinking a lot about how the entire concept of “the deal” is antithetical to transparency, fair play and rule of law, as larry notes. the deal is necessarily nonstandard, ad hoc and dependent on the whims of the dealmaker

This is a great account of how the Weimar Republic’s last central bank president resigned. #Luther #Schacht www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

I’m sorry but I really have to stand up for myself and independent media here. Everyone is crediting Ken Delanian for the Maxwell sex offender waiver story, but I was hours ahead of him. Hours. Independent media is important.

Proust says memory is of two kinds. There is the daily struggle to recall where we put our reading glasses and there is a deeper gust of longing that comes from the bottom of the heart involuntarily, At sudden times, For surprise reasons. -Anne Carson #everynightapoem #fragment

if you want to have a nice and relaxing sunday, do not watch the new Hulu documentary on Hurricane Katrina. if you want to shake with rage and anger over the total failure of this nation's government and media establishment, watch the Hulu documentary on Katrina (this is a recommendation)

2 Chainz sampled Tom Lehrer's The Old Dope Peddler 60 years after it had been recorded. Lehrer's response to the license request: "As sole copyright owner of 'The Old Dope Peddler', I grant you motherfuckers permission to do this. Please give my regards to Mr. Chainz, or may I call him 2?" RIP TOM

After a long silence (full of confusion and overwhelm on my end, and inability to do ANY subs or reading pitches) an art gallery has reached out for a featured reader gig. Never give up.

So, as I suspected, the police response to the shootings of Democratic elected officials in Minnesota was actually a complete disaster www.startribune.com/new-details-...

A lot of people need to hear this

Wow. The 50 Constitutions project "aims to make state constitutions more accessible by providing a central repository of searchable constitutional text and an array of supplemental resources and research tools." Via the essential @legalhistoryblog.bsky.social 50constitutions.org/pages/about

A different way of practicing politics is possible - where we vigorously fight for what’s right while inviting people into our coalition, rather than pushing them away.

Mental health conditions, like suicides & overdoses, are the leading underlying causes of maternal deaths in the US. Antidepressants save women's lives—& they're safe. So why is RFKJr's FDA hell-bent on undermining their use among pregnant & postpartum moms? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Finally, a retirement plan I can afford

Oh no. Tom Lehrer gone. At his great age, it’s not a tragedy, I know, but it just does feel bad not having his genius in the world.

If you loved an author’s book, tell them! They will completely ignore it because they’re fixated forever on the anonymous person who once gave them two stars on goodreads but it’s probably good for your karma

The tragic thing is that tens of millions of Americans could be spared immeasurable pain, suffering, and despair if only there were a literal handful of Republicans with a working soul.

Note I will keep you anonymous in my article. 🌍🧪

This is the piece about the impacts of wildfire smoke on Manatoulin Island I read out loud at that solarpunk event in LA during AWP. Lots of people came up to me afterward to talk about it—now you can read it for free!

People forget salaries are a “cost”.

(More on Chenoweth's fascinating--and compelling--research):

"Weakened" Edition. The folks at NPR.org genuinely buy in to the current order. Any would-be journalist with an iota of integrity has shunned that organization. They've be described as "Nice Polite Republicans" for decades.

The wild part about this is that afaict federal funding is a pretty small fraction of NPR member stations and by extension outright negligible to NPR itself. For example individual donations are ca 5x more of their budgets. www.npr.org/about-npr/17...

We are in the 5 out of 6 doctors smoke chesterfields period of Gen AI-technology and we’re not going to make it out without a lot of death and destruction.

Pretty sure I interrupted each and every press conference I ever went to.

Sometimes I see people online who start to psych themselves out because they are uncertain... just want to affirm that yesterday was terrible for the regime. LOL

but what of course emerged even in the accurate ones is that a summary done without intention is not the same as reading with intention, and a summary without a framework for what you're interested in and why is not the same as a summary based on curiosity and that a summary even if useful is not /2

"The bedsheets prickle with evidence; women are on trial because men went mad. Purple-threaded petals still gather on their unmarked graves." Delighted to see my poem, 'Henbane', in the latest issue of @variantlit.bsky.social 🌺 variantlit.com/henbane/

Good morning to those USA military personnel who are looking to file as a conscientious objector. You don't have to obey unlawful orders, and in fact you must not. There's a website for you. I hear the phone line is pretty tied up right now, because you are not alone.

Some girls are more deciduous than others. Some awakenings more past-icular. Happy to have a new sonnet - one I originally drafted in French and migrated to English - in the wonderful @stonecirclereview.bsky.social. Thank you, @leepottspoet.bsky.social!

Our military deserves better than this empty charade. Yikes. The tank squeaking over silence is incredible.

We’re proud to announce, today’s turnout has already surpassed the Hands Off protest! Over 5.5m people and counting across the U.S. Get out there, be seen, and be counted. This is history in the making. Take plenty of photos and videos and post them publicly. Let the world see what’s happening.

Forests are being pushed to the brink of collapse, potentially sending ripple effects across the globe ⚠️ Find out why and what we can still do: tyndall.ac.uk/news/report-... 🌳

The magic of an Irish rainforest 🌍

Liberal stronghold, Waco, TX

This man is my hero because he’s a member of the United States Air Force and is standing by his #Oath to the #Constitution! I’m hoping that since he has taken the lead others will follow because this is what a true American Soldier looks like! Remember your Oath to the Constitution

Hmmm 🤔

The Democratic leaders in Biden's White House had the chance to slow or stop the Twitter purchase; they could have gone on the public attack against Murdoch and Fox; they could have gotten a reformer in at FCC. They did none of these. They didn't care about media. It was a massive error.

This is a very basic, foundational point about Trump: American democracy cannot survive with oligarch billionaires having this amount of control over our information space and media outlets. Fox, Twitter, NY Post, WSJ, DC Examiner, CNN: they poison American minds.

Not at no kings bec super sick. Def missing out

Not at no kings bec super sick

Look, it’s quite simple: if your coalition does not very prominently include Ladies Of A Certain Age Who Organize Things At Their Church then you don’t have a winning coalition, you have a sparkling book club See also: Librarians

This is heartbreaking. (via someone at the St. Paul rally)

🧪Good News! A key committee in the House of Representatives rejected the administration’s plan to make deep cuts to research programs at the USDA; the leader of the Senate’s appropriations panel called the 40% cut to the NIH’$47 billion budget “disturbing.” www.science.org/content/arti...

Modern alliterative verse: Not a contradiction in terms. This one's "Flying in Concrete" by @lanceschaubert.bsky.social . #alliterative #poetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #alliterativeverse alliteration.net/poetry/flyin...

I deleted my Uber, Postmates, and DoorDash accounts. Which is fine—I’ve been taking the bus and metro this year (my kid and I qualify for 30 free rides per month), and picking up to-go orders or cooking at home. These apps are killing us. Let’s kill them back. www.foxbusiness.com/politics/gig...

Salt Lake City We fight back. A 104 year old woman fighting back. Police officers respectfully watching the protest (one of whom told me if he weren’t there on duty, he’d have been there protesting). We’ll continue to fight for our country and for our fellow humans.