Most of the cruel, racist stereotypes now being propagated about Muslims and immigrants were originally crafted as antisemitic attacks on Jews. The language and sources are in some cases exactly the same. Prejudice against any minority endangers all minorities. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I am still not shopping at Target, I still have not forgotten the Epstein files, I still care about the planet and I still reject book banning!

This president’s voters chose him to protect and dignify women’s sports They never minded his record of locker room talk Here is how he chooses to congratulate a women’s sports team To be this misogynistic, you really have to try To be this incompetent, you really have to be misogynistic

Almost everything we argue about is a substitute for the thing we should be arguing about: the immense wealth & power of an oligarchic class, which captures governments, ruins lives and wrecks the living planet. This class redirects our rage at scapegoats. To resist its lies is to resist its power.

"The researchers found a positive association between feeling bothered by the news article and expressing disbelief in the allegations. Participants who experienced higher levels of mental discomfort were more likely to claim the accusations were fabricated. ... www.psypost.org/cognitive-di...

“I’m always blown away by how many really talented people trust me to represent their work for a month or to use this space for their art." www.citybeat.com/arts/visual-...

I don't know why this is so hard for some people to grasp. If we extend our use of fossil gas, rather than going all-out for grid batteries, heat pumps and induction hobs, we extend our dependence on *foreign* sources of gas, regardless of whether we also use the UK's last remaining reserves. 🧵

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There's a deep connection between science and poetry, says award-winning poet Jim Johnstone. Hear more about his latest collection, The King of Terrors, and his role as an editor and critic on this week's podcast. buff.ly/d0DYxT9 💙 📚 #booktok #bookstgram #books #poetry

marcescence Another 7x7 poem (seven lines, seven syllables per line.) This one inspired by endings—of seasons, of eras. Marcescence Sometimes we hold on too hard; cling to what should be released— old, winter-worn, transparent from time and weather, rattled, beaten, tattered— it's hard to let the…

There's a simple means of telling whether someone can be trusted: when they get something wrong, do they admit it? A consistent feature of Trump and the Maga crowd, of Farage, Truss, Johnson, Le Pen, Weidel and their counterparts around the world is that they do not admit to getting things wrong.

“There Will Come Soft Rains (War Time)” by Sara Teasdale (1884 – 1933) poets.org/poem/there-w... #TodaysPoem #NationalPoetryMonth #Spring #poem #poetry

Ohio Democrat who voted against ending U.S. involvement now calls for Iran war to end ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/04/06/o...

Octavia E. Butler, 1998:

The AI data center boom is the next environmental crisis and it’s already starting jerseyvindicator.org/2026/03/15/t...

Bernie Sanders on Lebanon #ethniccleansing #landgrab #warcrimes #Netanyahuisawarcriminal

Main Topic: Where Flowers and Leaves Are Emerging Early After Record-Warm March via @washingtonpost.com On The Extreme Temperature Diary FRI 4/03/2026 At: guyonclimate.com + #climate #weather +rec temp reports @michaelemann.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com @bhensonweather.bsky.social

What will happen to the 82 USFS experimental forests around the country? Many sites have decades-long experiments that are tracking how forests are changed by timber harvesting practices and climate change. As I say here, “you can't just pick up an experimental forest site and move it to SLC.”

How a little bit of Economic commonsense could help make our planet a better place.

William Hawkins (American Artist, born 1962)

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Crowds formed outside Cincinnati City Hall to listen to speakers and march through the streets at the "No Kings" protest this Saturday: https://bit.ly/4tfpv1p

#NoKings #Cincinnati —HUGE crowd!

#nokings #cincinnati huge crowd for No Kings protest today! Great country-loving, democracy-supporting energy!

Great crowd in Cincinnati today. Hope the local media covered it. #No Kings

#nokings3 Cincinnati City Hall

On empire and war and Mary Oliver. Mary Oliver, more well-known for her awe-filled devotion to noticing the natural world, was clearly not unaware of the perils of our consumerist, dominating culture.

ALABAMA: 61-year-old Renea Gamble will soon face trial for dressing up as a “dick-tator.” You may remember that Renea (“Fairhope’s Penis Lady”) was arrested at a No Kings protest in October over her costume. If you’re near Fairhope, organizers are asking you to support Renea next month.

Peace and other imaginings On finding peace through writing, community and imagining.

How the screams echo in our hearts… It is hard to find peace during war.

Rise and Fall On Rising, and Falling.

Elusive, alive, worth envisioning. Peace. (Somedays it's hard to find).

Getting back into posting from my sketchbook... follow along if you like.

“The necklace of hours the window wears” when a poem reminds you why you write poetry

Climate Meditation & Writing Workshop In May, 2025, the first session of Climate Meditation & Writing Workshop was held at Studio Kroner in downtown Cincinnati. It was part of All Else Pales 2, a month-long, multi-disciplinary exhibition exploring climate change, sustainability, and environmental…

America feels like a country on the brink of an authoritarian takeover | Francine Prose

One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

Dug this up for anyone who needs it. If you get the chance, please read about Frank Marble from Caltech, and take inspiration from him. This is a man who openly defied the FBI during McCarthyism, even knowing it could kill his scientific career.

Never has a President wagged a dog harder than Trump and MAGA now. To distract from Epstein, the explosion of health and homeowners insurance costs, and the tariffs that are decimating small businesses, Trump is plunging this country into a war and using our soldiers as pawns.

I'm boosting myself to say this: You're going to see people On Here tell you calling electeds doesn't matter. That's not true. Some are bots. Some are people who like being contrary to be edgy. But calling moves the needle, especially against a blatantly illegal act by Trump and Co. ACT.

“This morning I was writing—the words were just flowing and doing their thing—then I had a zoom meeting and the words died. They are gone. Such is the writing life with its daily graves.” -- Alina Stefanescu

Lame duck or...insane duck? Discuss.

The public deserves to know the extent of Epstein’s abuse and to hold accountable anybody—regardless of political affiliation—who enabled it. Add your name to the petition to demand the Department of Justice and White House publicly release the files. sign.moveon.org/petitions/ep...

The NFL must act NOW to stop ICE from targeting the Super Bowl LX where Bad Bunny will be performing at the halftime show before it’s too late. #SBLX #AppleMusicHalftime sign.moveon.org/petitions/su...

Reading Wendell Berry, from 1977. He saw all this coming.