Where are the judges reinstating the jobs of govt employees fired because Laura Loomer or Chris Rufo went after them. They people who destroyed govt must have their reputations protected, even as they ruined the careers and lives of people who served govt. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-era-of...

In "Thinking Through Shakespeare" from @princetonupress.bsky.social, scholar David Womersley suggests that Shakespeare's plays offer a way of exploring some of the deepest questions about human life. Listen to the "Shakespeare Unlimited" podcast: www.folger.edu/podcasts/sha...

Do you teach high school English? Try our FREE iambic pentameter lesson plan. Includes printable worksheets, complete instructions, and printable sonnet puzzles. The worksheets use normal, contemporary English, by the way. www.bicycle-comics.com/pages/poetry...

not sure why everyone thinks this is such a big problem when an obvious solution exists

#NIH is a fundamentally important institution in science, a democratic institution accountable to the people and the scientific community. That’s a big reason why autocrats and oligarchs are now trying to consolidate their power over it. We must revert that. That’s what this article is about:

So far, former employees of 25 different federal departments, agencies, and commissions have submitted resignation letters for our upcoming anthology. www.bicycle-comics.com/pages/resign...

Over 150,000 federal workers resigned in 2025. Some did not go quietly. Our next book will spotlight some of the principled civil servants who said, "Count me out," who walked away rather than follow policies that violated their oaths to the Constitution. www.bicycle-comics.com/pages/resign...

Our next book will catalog and celebrate the best-written federal resignation letters of 2025. If you know someone who wrote a funny, poignant, or pointed resignation letter last year, please ask them to reach out! www.bicycle-comics.com/pages/resign...

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We have received 22 letters from our online submission portal, plus another 16 that we have solicited through direct outreach. Getting there, folks! Once we get to 80 letters, we will likely close submissions. www.bicycle-comics.com/pages/resign...

You need to get your diacritical marks sorted out, gang. #pokémon #pokemon

For the folks in the back: 📣 Poetry slam is not a genre, not a style of writing. Poetry slam is a selection mechanism, a bar game, a way of giving the audience a vote. That a certain vocal cadence tends to emerge in poetry slams is a result of that approach resonating with the audience. 📣 Jesus.

You know what’s better than free two-day shipping? Knowing you’re the reason your local bookstore still exists.

In interviews with PEN America, authors who have experienced book bans called it a creativity killer. While many said they refuse to self-censor, they still find themselves second-guessing their choices and bracing for backlash. Read the full story at: pen.org/book-bans-ki...

Over 150,000 federal workers resigned in 2025. Some did not go quietly. If you left your US government job last year, there might be a place for you in our upcoming book. www.bicycle-comics.com/pages/resign...

“I wish I still knew how to find joy in the pure thrill of the ten minutes before your favorite cartoon comes on, the rush against time, the body so suddenly delayed, cumbersome yet present, the embodiment of coiled anticipation.” —Ocean Vuong

nobody talks about how exhausting it must be to be immortal. to watch humans discover fire. invent money. invent God. invent VC funding. same mistake, different font. #bluesky #thinkingoutloud

Did you leave your federal government job last year? There might be a place for you in our next book. Come see what we're working on: www.bicycle-comics.com/pages/resign...

We have no grand metaphors, just an insistence to say where we come from without shame. The plain and direct language is the emotional core of the piece He acknowledges facing your past is difficult and that the bravest thing is not reinvention, but recognition. #poetry #poemoftheday

massive media mergers —> censorship

Former federal employees: If you left your job during the DOGE cuts and DRP chaos of 2025, we'd like to hear your story. There might be a place for you in our next book. www.bicycle-comics.com/pages/resign...

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Richard Leon's opinion ruling against Whiskey Pete Hegseth in Mark Kelly's lawsuit is a 14-exclamation point opinion. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Yo, YO somebody put this up for a flash fiction Pushcart?

This one, right here. 👇

The unsavory neighbor #coal policy

Illustration by Morris Meredith Williams from The Scottish Fairy Book by Elizabeth W. Grierson, Philadelphia, 1910. #booksky #artsky

I stumbled out of my bedroom to discover that I shared this tiny, squalid apartment with a person named Thad who claimed to be a part-time barista and a full-time experimental sound artist. He offered me a sip from his can of Red Bull and played some of his latest sound art for me.

I did something even better

1. Immediately yes 2. I would quit my job #booksky

Did they make you resign in 2025? Come be in our next book! We are collecting the best federal resignation letters of the past year into an anthology. If you left US government service for any reason, please check our website for ways you can get involved! www.bicycle-comics.com/pages/resign...

We are focused on the resignation part of the SSA story (hiya, Chuck Borges!), but that is only a small portion of a MUCH LARGER story of the ongoing shenanigans over at the Social Security Agency. Give this thread a look, okay?

‘Stories of the Stones’ will be published eight weeks from today! #BookSky

"The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a comfort, since it is equivalent to abolishing the catastrophe." –Iris Murdoch

The Pushcart Prize editors congratulate Sarah Green for the poem "Tinder" from Pleiades featured in PPL (2026 edition), now at your local bookstore, Bookshop or W.W. Norton Co.

“When one wants to be profoundly oneself, which is the case in a poem, one puts oneself on a plane that is at least partly incommunicable to others.”–Yves Bonnefoy

Help your students to read and understand Shakespeare! We are biased, but we have the best set of worksheets and lesson plans for teaching iambic pentameter to high school students. We offer a free version and an $8 version, both awesome. www.bicycle-comics.com/pages/poetry...

Very fond of this Mr Hyde by Grickle, look at that lovely Mr Hyde face

It was really nice of Ricky Martin to show up on television and remind the world that he's still hotter than the rest of us. 🇵🇷

Amherst Week Ahead 02.09.26 Happy Monday, Amherst! Here's your look at the week ahead in town government and community life. It's a busy one — fourteen civic meetings span the full workweek and many community events offer something for everyone from book lovers to coffee drinkers to fans of the…

We're accepting submissions for our upcoming book of federal resignation letters: www.bicycle-comics.com/pages/resign... Here's a sampling of what we've received so far…

The Five Moods

What limits AI is the same thing that inspires real artists: failure. Everyone starts off trying to copy the things they love, and their distinctiveness begins where that imitation falls short.

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I have incarcerated comrades & loved ones who are enduring the daily torture of US prisons. They also continue to make art. They often don't have the proper supplies and yet they make it knowing that it will never make it out to anyone else. But they continue to make art nonetheless. Keep making art

Also we have grown men running media organizations who think it's okay to resign with a "No Subject" email? #Savethepost

production of The Muppet Show should not be dependent on petty vulgarities like “ratings” or “revenue.” it should be preserved as a vital function of american culture. it should have a taxpayer-funded budget rivaling the CIA