I won’t review this book out of principle, but it doesn’t mean you shouldn’t!

Jan. 12-18 at THE FIVE-TWO #Crime #Poetry weekly, "Knock Knock" by @richienarvaez.bsky.social Text: poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/2026/01/rich... YouTube reading: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqFT... Submit your work: poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/p/guidelines...

🚨 NEW VIDEO 👇🏽This puts an end to all the lies. Horrific. They were having a calm exchange seconds before he murdered Renee Good, and she was barely moving and clearly avoiding him. Stop the lies.

Are people receiving a lot of weird publishing opportunity scams?

I don't know who needs to hear this, but cops are not allowed to shoot people just because you didn't do what they said. That is called murder when they do that. Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.

Never forget.

love this detail about merch request: In one email a Monsanto scientist asked if the “team of people” at Monsanto who worked on the paper “could receive Roundup polo shirts as a token of appreciation for a job well done.” #☠️ #🤘🏽#🌱

“‘If a fire occurs in the cabin ... don’t check on the immigrants. Just make sure that you and the guards and the people that work for the government get off," one flight attendant was told. “It was as if the detainees’ lives were worthless,’” said another. Our #3 most-read story of 2025:

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

Some legit stuff in here. The big one is the list of functional alternatives to the american-centric ecosystem, that even I, a typical american, have begun to explore, starting with Proton This is a very helpful list for me and other americans to explore. The US system is getting tiresome

Amazon owns Goodreads, so yes your choice in reading tracker is political. Choose Pagebound instead, we’re 🌱 indie & self-funded 🧃 anti-AI & ad-free 🧙‍♀️ built by 2 women #booksky

“This Moment Is Our Proof”: Poet Cornelius Eady Reads a Poem at Mamdani's Inauguration | AC1G youtu.be/vTjdjw6a-is?...

Say that ish again cuz obviously folk wasn’t listening. Rod Serling had bars for the ages. #twilightzonemarathon

Walking in 2026...

BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani is officially mayor of New York City

Looking forward to 2026?

At midnight today, it will have been 2016 for the past decade.

I can’t believe how stupid everything is

How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The Inequality in Hollywood is SHAMEFUL.

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

We need to otherize weird right wing billionaires like the smear campaigns they fund against minorities do. Musk leads a baby breeding cult and Thiel wants to suck up the blood of young people. They’re fucking weird and more people need to know.

We are excited to have this out! Please consider submitting and sharing the call! 💕

Not sure what happened, but Georgetown’s philosophy department isn’t admitting students this year and are now refunding folks who applied. (The deadline for apps was Dec 15th.)

Up early making Cuban boliche with Puerto Rican sofrito/recaito and Uruguayan chorizo. #Latine

The CBS 60 Minutes Doc confirms what we knew: The U.S. is currently using our tax dollars to imprison brown people with no criminal record in torture camps overseas. It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...

This is one of the reasons I find universities’ uncritical embrace of gAI so troubling. We’re inviting the wolf into our midst, they seek permanent customers in terms of enthralled staff, faculty and students incapable of working without LLMs at least, and worst, they seek complete dominance.

Thrilled to see Crime Ink: Iconic on the Los Angeles Blade’s list of Best Books to Give This Holiday Season. This anthology is close to my heart, and I’m grateful for these incredible contributors and their stellar work. 🎄❤️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

Sharing this one I wrote last December for this time of year with a belly full of rage that hasn’t left yet. Enjoy!

Thinking of 2026— "There Will Come Soft Rains" Sara Teasdale poets.org/poem/there-w...

those who predicted authoritarianism were both dismissed, & deeply misunderstood, by the media my latest for @newrepublic.com newrepublic.com/article/2042...

Would really love to get to 25 reviews by Christmas. That’s only eight reviews and I KNOW there are eight of you out there who have read this excellent anthology. Give these 15 authors a wonderful gift and post that review on Amazon. Happy holidays!

Just spent three hours completing online training for the college. Ask me about hazardous materials! Ask me about FERPA! Quick before it all fades away by next year. #adjunctlife

A report published in a CDC journal reaffirms the effectiveness of COVID vaccines at preventing severe disease in children

The handmade, human qualities of your work are more valuable than they've ever been. Don't doubt that for a second.

“American Canto,” one of the most hyped political books of the year, flopped in bookstores.

Know your rights. Protect your neighbors. New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.

First Coast Thriller Series by Armand Rosamilia 6-book Audiobook crime thriller series amzn.to/4hKSsO5

Check it. @roblopresti.bsky.social called “The Skies Are Red” by @richienarvaez.bsky.social the best story he’s read this week. Check out his thoughts, and then grab On Fire and Under Water to read Richie’s story and the other 14 excellent entries.

LOVE IS CRUEL by the incredible Hilary Davidson, out now www.amazon.com/dp/B0G567WRGC

‘We may be deporting the wrong people’: New poll shows doubts about immigration crackdown

An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.

Excited to announce my new story "Learn How to Dance the Salsa!" now up at THE ACENTOS REVIEW A salsero remembers the crazy Christmas night his passion for dancing began. #puertoricanheritagemonth acentosreview.squarespace.com/richie-narvaez

Very saddened to learn that the great Hal Sirowitz passed away recently. He was a fantastic poet, a great asinine poet who attended several asinine poetry readings and contributed to asinine poetry anthologies. A sweet person, a guiding spirit. This is a loss. blreview.org/blog/remembe...

Music From 100 Years Ago: Music from Mexico @fuquahaiku.bsky.social Great stuff bfuqua.libsyn.com/songs-of-mex...

If you got to shop, shop local, small. Use cash.

Been feeling too dependent on my phone for a long while now. Will use #blackout #boycott Nov. 25-Dec. 2 to see how long I can wean myself off social media and this brick of a drug pusher.

Mass Blackout 25Nov-Dec02 2025 Protest the authoritarian takeover of the USA