Ever relevant, this poem by Mary Oliver, especially today.

"We all have the chance to find peace through something more collective." @jenbowen.bsky.social's interview with @kristincollier.bsky.social on her new book "What Debt Demands” (@grandcentralpub.bsky.social) is out now. chireviewofbooks.com/2025/11/19/w...

"A hopeful exploration of what it means to care for one another...honest, entertaining, heart-wrenching, and dripping with empathy." @angieraney.bsky.social's review of “The Book of Kin” by Jennifer Eli Bowen (@milkweededitions.bsky.social) is out now. chireviewofbooks.com/2025/10/28/c...

Next Tues, MFA alum @kristincollier.bsky.social launches her NF debut What Debt Demands: Family, Betrayal, & Precarity in a Broken System--with assists from authors Zeke Caligiuri (current MFA student), @sunyungshin.bsky.social @mkdordiggsy.bsky.social and @jenbowen.bsky.social!

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

A nation's memory is not a political weapon... beautiful, stirring piece open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

MN: Come write with me November 5-6th in Grand Marais! My class still has a few spots left. We're going to read, write, revise, share (optional) and leave with direction, inspiration, and renewed passion for the work--yours and this whole literary endeavor. grandmaraisartcolony.org/event/crafti...

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

Dude spent 135 years at the turtle strip club before he was ready to settle down

I don’t got a TikTok and I sure never intended for that video to be out, honestly didn’t even know it was recorded, but glad the words are out there. www.tiktok.com/@baxterforhe...

Are you going to the #HandsOff Rally at the MN State Capitol next Saturday, April 5, 12pm? Do you have questions about: where to park, public transit, accessibility needs, will there be port-a-potties? We've got answers! Please check out our FAQ page here: indivisibletwincities.org/hands-off-ra...

Legacy media is sleepwalking us into fascism.

US-Coup gewinnt an Fahrt Europa bebt, während eine neue Weltordnung entsteht. Was nicht auf der Titelseite der New York Times steht Carole Cadwalladr

Tesla's stock is ridiculously overvalued, and even a modest consumer boycott could tank the company, which accounts for the majority of Elon Musk's wealth. The divestment movement weakened apartheid South Africa. Let's do that again. slate.com/business/202...

The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it. snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...

Quick guide to remaining sane for the next four years youtube.com/shorts/HsoGM...

Marisa Kabas broke the biggest story of Trump’s second term last night, beating NYT and WaPo to the scoop. If you’re wondering whether independent media has what it takes to hold Trump to account, the answer is yes.