me to elected dems

Gift 🔗 to the story

And credit it to @staceywescott.bsky.social for the @chicagotribune.com

Squirrel in tree

(complimentary)

Seems like a good way to isadora duncan yourself

Ok so in case yall missed the memo like I did. David Lehman, series editor of Best American Poetry is a Zionist ass. Literally feel embarrassed that I wound up in this situation. I was literally the only person of color in a room of 50+ people. It was terrifying. #poetry #bestamericanpoetry

Thesis statement

Trying to think of other revolutionary products that consumers repeatedly had to be tricked into paying for rather than ones that consumers loved and demanded

new books, book news: @eireannmor.bsky.social’s PATTERN-BOOK Molly Young’s PRIVACY

Time to rename the New York Liberty the Brooklynettes so that the Philly WNBA team can be the Liberty Belles

Apparently we only have one branch of government??

I have two grudges, one from 2014 and one from 2024. Will I ever let them go

What’s blooming right now: borage, cosmos, zinnia, foxglove beardtongue, potato, tomato

same

If you’ve ever donated to Wikimedia, let them know they’ll lose your support if they continue down this ruinous path

This was a common trope used against Japanese Americans during World War II, and led to dozens of cartoons like this (by an artist you may have heard of)

It’s brain awareness month

Happy Pride, Logan Square

applying for jobs again

Unfortunately, BOA is among those nonprofits whose NEA grant was rescinded over the weekend. We will still press on to publish new books, but now is the time to purchase a book or make a donation to support our mission. The NEA was our single largest funder.  We are so grateful for your support.

tfw you love to lose: White Sox Bernie Warren Wendy Davis Khaleesi

How long until we start watering plants with gatorade

Pascal's Wager for this moment: Envisioning the possibility of breaking through to the other side and into a better world seems almost crazy now. But if that vision fails the outcome will be the same. So why not take this longshot bet, in your mind and heart, on the bare possibility.

I can’t believe @durbin.senate.gov is using what’s likely his last term to do dastardly shit like this. What a legacy.

Imagine supporting a party that stands for something. Imagine not having to vainly plead for your party to NOT do things that the opposition wants. It’d be amazing. bsky.app/profile/sahi...

Yo @durbin.senate.gov, no one is picking up your Senate phone and you don’t even have a voicemail. Vote no on cloture and the spending bill or I will do whatever it takes to make sure the next Senator from Illinois has basic constituent services set up during business hours.

Mahmoud Khalil should be at home with his pregnant wife. Instead, he's been illegally abducted & had his constitutional right to free speech & due process stripped. We're demanding his immediate release and we cannot allow this abuse of power to go unchecked. #FreeMahmoudKhalil

lol

an empire, a political party, a faith, a monument

Just weeks after a catastrophic mid-air at DCA, Musk has fired hundreds of people tasked with keeping the air traffic control system and critical airport infrastructure running. Literally the opposite of what Republicans were demanding in response. But now they’re silent. bsky.app/profile/alex...

The flying public should be extremely wary and frightened of this. There should be outcry from every single airline, every pilot, and flight attendant union, and every industry trade group. But there is none because they’re scared and have no idea wtf is going to happen.

Langston Hughes

go birds

the only thing i hate-read is my own drafts

and if you can't protest: 5calls.org

What if there were a coup, the US government fell to a drug-addled oligarch who seized control of our money, secrets, and levers of power, and Corporate media did not report on it?

This is breathtakingly stupid and morally bankrupt. We’re marching to destruction with no organized opposition.

As if this is any better? You’re saying people on your staff are accepting luxury gifts “on behalf of the city” and you didn’t even know about it??

(complimentary)

i can see how you would come to this conclusion if your job didn't require you to ever be correct

there was poverty—it had a tongue—in cooling ash, in marl, and coming loam, thirst in the few strands of hay slipping between a pitchfork's wide tines, in the reptile and the first birds, poverty aloof and no mystery like God its maker —Thomas Lux

Every family and child deserves to feel safe and secure in the place they call home. Every resident of Illinois should know their rights. I intend to protect those rights and ensure our state laws are followed.

NEW: Israel has repeatedly crossed the Biden administration’s human rights red lines. But the U.S. continued to send weapons. Exclusive records and interviews reveal what happened inside the State Department.

‘Patriarchy puts women in a sceptical scenario, making the distinction between the men you can and can’t trust difficult to draw.’ Sophie Smith on the Pelicot case: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

From @chinesesue.bsky.social's book, Conversations Among Stones: bookshop.org/a/862/978196... #poem #poetry #willielin #books #writing

Writing tip: After you finish, go back & cut all the adverbs. Then all the adjectives. Then all the other words. Eat the paper. Now you're free.