I just resigned from NASA. It breaks my heart to leave, but I’ve become convinced the best path forward is to do the best science I can, and that can’t be here anymore. I’m still in love with the promise of those four magic letters. Ad astra per aspera, and remember: Earth is the only good planet.

You really need to watch this whole clip. It's amazing.

Our database paints a detailed financial picture for President Donald Trump and hundreds of his political appointees, some of whom have ties to the industries they regulate. The disclosures include their recent employers, assets and debts.

SCOOP — Body camera footage obtained as a result of my lawsuit against the DC Metropolitan PD confirms DOGE and the Trump administration openly admitted they were entering private property when they raided the building on March 17, 2025. That didn't stop MPD from breaking down the doors. My report:

on this team and gonna keep saying: behind the extremely thin veneer of concern and responsibility of anti-Bluesky takes is the desperate attempt to portray something that is obviously their problem as though it were our problem. nice try. go with God, have a blessed day

To those of you who have read and enjoyed any of my three books, the reason they wound up in your hands is that in 2004, Ann Godoff, the editing and publishing giant who founded Penguin Press, took a chance on me. She died yesterday at 76. I owe her more than I can say. She changed my life. >

FCC Chairman Carr is “thinking”of removing the Equal Time rule exception for TV talk shows (but not right-wing talk radio), so CBS wouldn’t let Stephen Colbert air this interview with Texas senate candidate James Talarico. Let’s Streisand Effect the hell out of it on YT. youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...

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Virginia State Senator Louise Lucas is just a delight on every level

👀 Apparently, Ross Douthat invited Seth Harp to debate him on Douthat's "Interesting Times" NYT podcast. Harp says that the episode was recorded, Douthat got crushed, and RD/NYT decided not to publish it. What? x.com/sethharpesq/...

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In Minneapolis and many other communities across the country, we're seeing people come together to peacefully protest and support their neighbors. If you're looking to get involved, here are some ways to help:

One thing I found deeply moving about resistance in the Twin Cities was the universalism of loving your neighbor, the philosophy driving the opposition to the ICE/BP invasion. I couldn't help but notice the contrast with the blood and soil-ism of Miller and Vance. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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#FrontPage comparison NYT editors are entrusted by their readers to prioritize what’s important. Their editorial decisions such as layout of the #FrontPage contribute to public memory. Democracywashing Minnesota under siege by Federal agents and #Minneapolis community mobilizing in frigid temps 👇

What's making me really livid right now is thinking back to the years of commentary lecturing us that the rise of MAGA was rooted in a sense of righteous victimization by overbearing liberal elites, and sneering at those who insisted that it was fundamentally about domination and sadism all along.

Stop what you’re doing and read this whistleblower report. ICE has been training its agents that they don’t need a judicial warrant to break down your door - a blatant violation of the 4th Amendment. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Social movement scholar here. ICE is a MUCH stronger electoral enemy than DT since ICE is a material force in communities for two reasons: 1.) It forces a confrontation with the secret police and returns to convo about surveillance, extrajudicial murder, and police funding + immigration.

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We won't shy away from showing the horrors of CECOT. Watch @timmiller.bsky.social's conversation with Andry on the abuse he faced there: lnk.thebulwark.com/3Y3Y9xI

It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.

I hereby nominate myself for the FIFA Prize in Literature. Please send congratulations and / or cash directly. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ARTEBTION TO THIS MATTER.

I’m glad Zarna Garg and her daughter did this podcast because it exposes their Trump-leaning views. It also reveals how deeply colonial conditioning persists among many Indians. 1/2

In South Minneapolis, Minnesota, nearly two dozen neighbors confronted and surrounded ICE goons after rapid-response alerts were issued. The goons were questioning an East African man when the situation escalated, and they eventually left the area without making any arrests.

wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics

Every novel is a game the reader and the writer agree to play together, but some novels require more agreement than others. INVISIBLE CITIES really asks you to buy in. How to describe it? I could tell you, I suppose, that it's a dreamy travelogue of invented cities—

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An 18yo US citizen, surrounded by eight masked, armed agents of the state, taken into custody, not read his rights, not offered a chance to contact a lawyer, proof of citizenship ignored, handcuffed so tightly he later required medical attention. Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.

NYT isn’t worth reading because they are in the bag for Trump

The New York Times' story about Trump calling for the execution of members of Congress ran on Page 16 today, with an itty-bitty promo on the front about halfway down the page. No wonder Trump thinks he can get away with anything.

Day 14: Heavy. Weight, bulk, heft are important aspects of the materiality of ancient objects, and hard to convey visually or through text. This Red Polished bowl is surprisingly heavy in the hand, like a full mug of tea, and it rests centred and self-contained despite its rounded base. #Museum30

🏺 Look at this gorgeous Iron Age jug from Cyprus whose spout is formed by another jug held by a tiny woman! #Matriarcha

You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants. We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua. www.propublica.org/article/chic...

I’m delighted to be included in the “Best Spiritual Literature” anthology. Thank you to editor @luke-hankins.bsky.social and to The Inflectionist Review, who first published the poem. “Inversions.” is from “Deś,” forthcoming from @tupelopress.bsky.social … My cup overflows. 🙏🏽

Another Robert Bly miniature. Really feeling the presence of his old friend James Wright in this one.

Democrats "have a pretty good model: find candidates suited to their constituencies and focus on cost of living issues and opposition to Donald Trump’s autocracy. Full stop. It’s not more complicated than that. That’s your opposition message." talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-few...

“It’s unwieldy and unruly, and that’s part of its charm — but you know, we totally understand that that’s what people hate about it, as well.” Sophia Nguyen talked to Ilya Gridneff and Helen DeWitt about their co-written novel, or "albatross." www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...

A sneak peek at the cover of next week’s issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s historic win. #NewYorkerCovers https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM

Random list of my favorite Italian poets in no particular order. Just because. You are welcome. Eugenio Montale Salvatore Quasimodo Cristina Campo Antonia Pozzi Pier Paolo Pasolini Maria Luisa Spaziani Andrea Zanzotto Alda Merini

Weds Nov 12 in Washington DC - SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND HATE, the tour, hits Union Stage. All tickets come w/a hardcover copy of the book. Come join us as we film a book tour, with standup, in a rock club. tickets - UnionStagePresents.Com

I admit to being a 1-person PR spox for #JayWright but I'm glad to see his *Transfigurations* (aka Collected Poems Pt 1) is finally out now in the UK. Though he's 1 of the greatest living poets in the English language/greatest living Black poets this didn't happen until he'd reached 91 years of age!

The name of the bow is life, but its work is death. Who will hide from the fire that does not set? – Heraclitus

Every now and then you come across a passage somewhere that so fully articulates something you've been trying to think about and express to friends for awhile. It's what people mean when they write, here, *this.* Amit Chaudhuri writing in @newstatesman1913.bsky.social on Jon Fosse:

🙏🏽Thank you @tupelopress.bsky.social for offering “deś” such a beautiful home. And congratulations to Alison Granucci, Valerie Martínez, @mdsnediker.bsky.social and Mathew Weitman!

What happened to all the art, furniture and priceless historical treasures that were in the East Wing? Did Trump just give it away to his buddies? Is it at Mar-a-Lago? Did Jared and Ivana just help themselves to it? No one knows