Israel kills 5 journalists of Al Jazeera and the New York Times decides to publish a piece explaining why Israel doesn’t like Al Jazeera and how AJ is controversial.

north coast summer 🐚🪼🗒️🌊

Many thanks to those making good things still in this ugly phase of civilization: good books, enjoyable crime shows, lemon tarts, an interesting exhibit about an historic fashion designer, another about a filmmaker, the flowers planted in various gardens, the roses, the lilies, the tall verbena.

Prince Regent of Flavortown….

What does your writing voice sound like? Not your “style,” but your pulse, your breath, your echo? 🌬️ In this workshop, we’ll explore the poetics of sound, pause, and rhythm to write “voice note” poems. DM me or email to join! 📝July 20 / 4 pm Pacific 💻On Zoom | $25 #writingworkshop #storybloom

the end of the cabin era!

artist’s way summer : week one

You have been visited by the smiling Stock Dove. It grants you great wisdom and fortune. 📷 Justin Sneddon

"hot commie summer" I expect themed cocktails within three days.

bridesmaid for a farm wedding 💐

FYI Wikipedia is a pretty legit encyclopedia now. I’m not saying you take every entry at face value, but they are sourced and edited, unlike most of the internet these days. It’s often a solid overview and a starter pack of primary sources

People who do not respect trans and nonbinary persons certainly do not deserve trees nor flowers.

an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law

Excellent work by new NYT headline writer Werner Herzog

still a couple spots left in my next memoir workshop for sackett street writers but it WILL fill up, the last one certainly did! join us: sackettworkshop.com/writing/2025...

this weeks shot day brought to you by Ethel Cain

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

lately 🥤

The internet is so annoying because you’ll really hear about this gay gay gay gay gay piece of media and the gay is just like — two characters share a 4 second glance.

learning mandolin and classical Greek to keep alive during the crumbling empire

Washington is full of rule-following valedictorians who were inspired by the West Wing and did Model UN and moot court and studied their heroes and who believe in using government to help people. That's nice, but you need to learn how to swing on the illiterate bullies who steal lunch money.

deleted every social off my phone except for this one trying to be more like Mary these days

announcing: Dream Logic 🌴🔮 Explore unsettling images, subconscious driven writing, and other Lynchian storytelling techniques in our upcoming writing workshop. Message to join!

Throwing sand in the gears of terrible machinery is also resisting.

So gay and annoying how “We accept the love we think we deserve” continues to be a core truth at the center of life

If she can do it, we can all do it.

Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"

Today and in the coming days, remember

Gather round children, memaw wants to tell you all the social technologies I’ve already outlived.

Erin In The Morning is hiring! Earlier this month, I made the decision to hire my first full time writer. I'm currently considering candidates. That said, if you or anyone in your network has experience writing and covering LGBTQ+ legislation, science, and more, please send in your resume!

[willem dafoe unprompted] now, this cookie monster. [toothy smile] what a creature, what a lust. it consumes him. [crosses legs] he’s really a tragic figure.

what’s your favorite instance of haptic nostalgia—the poignant memory of the physicality of an obsolete thing—like dialing a rotary phone, shifting gears in a manual transmission, opening a soda can with a pull ring?

last chance to join our workshop tomorrow! Jen is teaching neo expressionism. message to join 📝

Shakespeare and Company, by Bonnie Elliott. www.theguardian.com/books/galler...

These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer. These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP. You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇 www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...

How much assistance have the billionaires pledged to disaster relief.

disgusted to find out an AI app is using the same name, Story Bloom, as our writing school & salon Jen & I founded in 2023. Jen’s & my Storybloom will continue to offer our community writing classes, without any affiliation to this nonsense #storybloom

this weekend! workshop on neo expressionism in writing. think: nosferatu, baby girl, etc. message to join! 📝

It's cold and the turkeys would like to come in please

Don't be jealous of me just because I'm reading The Hunchback of Notre Dame on the Nintendo 3DS please.

last call to join us! ✨

beach day 🌦️💙

First writing workshop of 2025 this weekend! ✨ Explore themes of letting go and renewal, inspired by Naomi Shihab Nye’s poem “Burning the Old Year.” Engage in writing exercises to help sift through your own “burning,” deciding what to release and what to carry into 2025 ♥️

this year ground me into a fine shimmering dust but I’m still here !!

64 degrees in Appalachia on NYE, cash out that 401k babes

In the meantime, I want to thank @sadqueer4life.bsky.social and @eileendotnet.bsky.social and the rest of the Storybloom online community for creating a space for weird and meaningful work to happen in, and for welcoming me into that space.

New workshop piece from last night's class with @sadqueer4life.bsky.social & @eileendotnet.bsky.social!