WOW. A lawyer told @miamiherald.com that a Florida Highway Patrol agent told her that they are calling Border Patrol to investigate anyone who "appears Hispanic" that they pull over. That is direct evidence of racial profiling — said over the phone to a lawyer! They aren't even hiding it!

BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.

I spoke to an expert in authoritarianism, who explained to me that things like this are extremely meaningful and they help protect democracy, even if there’s not a straight line between this and actual legislating

Hope to see you in LA! @jennifergilmore.bsky.social #AWP

NOW: Almost 100 people are outside the home of @schumer.senate.gov calling on him to vote NO on cloture and NO on the disastrous Trump-Musk budget

Nominations are now open for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction—and anyone can nominate work for this $25,000 prize! We hope you'll nominate books you love that meet this year's criteria:

I am usually in this camp but I am interested in today’s experiment and what happens if it becomes a regular activity

There’s not one way through this morass but as a prof of vulnerable students (nonbinary, non-American, non-white, non-rich), I can help them recognize their worth. As such: hosting a Queer Lit Panel @ Drew Univ. on 2/19 w talents Isle McElroy, @temim.bsky.social & Meg Fernandes. ALL ARE WELCOME! 🦄

He who violates its laws will never save his country.

How Authors Against Book Bans helped defeat attempted library censorship in Florida.

Even worse incompetence: they accidentally fired, then apparently today un-fired, hundreds of the people who manage America's nuclear weapons.

Wrote a wee valentine for @bombmag.bsky.social Maybe you’ll relate:

‘You Can’t Let This Happen,’ Says Fundraising Email From Sitting U.S. Congressperson

No one in the arts should stand for this. If you’re on an NEA panel this year, it’s time to resign. If you’ve recently been awarded a grant, you should turn it down. And you should do it as publicly as possible.

old enough to remember the North American Trade War of February 1st through 3rd 2025

"That sounds nuts, so yeah, probably me"

The same week he announced that his business plan at Twitter has failed: Elon Musk Is Running the Twitter Playbook on the Federal Government www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

Stopped for now. There's been all kinds of pushback all day, and this judge's halt to their power grab just happened. Do not dismiss either the seriousness of what happened or the impact of the strong reaction by.... www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

In the new Trump presidency, we have got to remain focused. We can’t panic. No matter how many executive orders he signs or statements he issues, our goal is the same: We must fight to create an America based on economic, social & environmental justice. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Trump Administration is launching nothing less than a giant affirmative action program for straight white men, a great many of whom, including Trump and Vance, are utterly unqualified for their positions and would be mocked for their hubris if they were women or Black or gay or.....

We will not forget

The story behind RFK Jr. in Samoa's measles crisis has never been reported. He wasn't there to spread misinformation about vaccines (though he did). He wanted to study a "natural experiment" of unvaccinated kids. “I can’t imagine anything less ethical or more cruel.” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

There’s not one way through this morass but as a prof of vulnerable students (nonbinary, non-American, non-white, non-rich), I can help them recognize their worth. As such: hosting a Queer Lit Panel @ Drew Univ. on 2/19 w talents Isle McElroy, @temim.bsky.social & Meg Fernandes. ALL ARE WELCOME! 🦄

SHARE WIDELY. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights. You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one. (1/3)

I was struck this morning by this story of Pamela Hemphill, who refused a pardon "I pleaded guilty because I was guilty, and accepting a pardon also would serve to contribute to their gaslighting and false narrative…We were wrong that day, we broke the law" Integrity! www.bbc.com/news/article...

Classified ads are on sale for $1/word. Whether you're promoting a chapbook, offering your editorial services, or just sharing a passing thought, we've got space for you. store.mcsweeneys.net/products/bel...

Yup, @jamellebouie.net has this exactly right. What these guys are celebrating/pursuing/yearning for is not masculine energy, it's *adolescent* energy. Drinking Red Bull, crushing Call of Duty, refusing to clean your room. It is indescribably pathetic. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/o...

Such an intimate and important anthology. 💙 Out 5/6/25. @readandbreathe.bsky.social

Planet Fitness locations in Los Angeles are “offering anyone impacted by the fires—first responders and residents—free access to shower, recharge, and relax” No membership is required to take advantage of locker rooms, WiFi, charging stations at any LA County location not impacted by the fires.

hellooooo! i am open for novel manuscript consultations for those with a finished draft as well as book coaching for those who want to finish a draft! as always, sliding scale and payment plans are available. come collab with me, it's a lot of fun. www.marisacrane.org/manuscript-c...

Oh hi just here peddling my 13-year-old's sportswriting venture into which he is pouring his whole self and if you like the Knicks and/or basketball and/or writing and/or kids, maybe you want to subscribe? He's a well of stats + facts and also looks cute while typing! readknicks.substack.com

Hi there. Submissions to our humor site have reopened. Read our guidelines if you haven't already, and then send us your funniest work.

The world's richest man managed to take $190 million away from a *child cancer research center* with his posts yesterday. Funding now stripped in the new bill.

Summer Faculty Spotlight: Courtney Zoffness is the author of the memoir-in-essays SPILT MILK (McSweeney's). She's an Associate Professor of English at Drew University and lives in Brooklyn, New York. Come find us at writingworkshopsingreece.com

Democracy dies in the donations.

Though we sadly can’t host it here (Bluesky polls when??), our 2024 Best Book Cover Contest is happening now! If you have an Instagram, head over to our stories to vote throughout this week. Voting is also taking place on The Bad Place, but don’t worry, we won’t make you go there

📣 Announcing the inaugural Rumpus Prize for Poetry, Fiction, & Creative Nonfiction! Submissions open TODAY to Mar. 2, 2025. Final judges Kaveh Akbar (Poetry), Rachel Khong (Fiction), & Megan Stielstra @meganstielstra.bsky.social (Creative Nonfiction). Learn more ➡ therumpus.net/the-rumpus-p...

Biden has less than two months to accelerate and expand production of the bird flu vaccine for willing farm workers before RFK declares it’s poison.

A thing everyone has forgotten is that Donald Trump basically sprang Roger Stone from prison so he could help with the coup and it was maybe a one day story.

There are still hours to submit your 2024 reviews for consideration for the NBCC Nora Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing. If you are an active member of the NBCC, or an active reviewer who wants to sign up to be eligible, submit!

Funny because true.

A quick open submission period for short story collections and short novels only!! This is also the right place to send any other weird stuff (flash hybrid etc) as long as it generally nests under fiction 🩳🩳🩳

Not me sobbing in CVS over this riveting audio story

Publishing job alert 🚨 Publisher - Orion Magazine www.publishersmarketplace.com/jobs/view.cg...

After nearly nine years at Esquire, I’ve been laid off from my role as Books and Fiction Editor. I’m looking for a new full-time role where I can use my storytelling skills, in the book world or beyond it. If you know of anything, I’m at [email protected]. (🧵1/10)

I am keeper of the post-MFA tumblr (crowdsourced) which has tons of info on post-MFA fellowships, BUT it also has info on residencies—with a whole section of shorter residencies for caregivers! Pass it on! #writers #writingcommunity post-mfa.tumblr.com/residencies

We made a starter pack of our great Shipman Agency clients! Follow writers! Read books! Say hello! go.bsky.app/BXUDe1d

Every year People Magazine picks their "Sexiest Man Alive" and it predicts what the coming year will be like.