Targeting civilian infrastructure is a war crime.

BREAKING: An investigation found that the Department of Defense has sent out outdated statements about the number of troops wounded or killed in Iran, appearing to engage in a “casualty cover-up." trib.al/0BdA1lY

Bruce Springsteen performs “Streets of Minneapolis”

Pep talk

3,267 No Kings protests planned today. 95% of Americans live within 1 mile of a protest. Likely to be the largest concurrent protest in American history. We’re going to beat these fascists.

Travelers in the U.S. have been flooding us with messages concerned about ICE at airports, questioning or mistaking other agencies for ICE. Here is a quick guide. 🧵 By @eltragon.bsky.social

California: Stay safe and support your community by reporting any potential abuse by Donald Trump's federal agents ⬇️

It is being reported on the ground in Cuba that everyone on a ventilator at this hospital died overnight. As a Cuban, I'm devastated.

you wanna radicalize everyone in the admirals club? ok bet.

A blockade that causes a national power grid to collapse would be a crime against humanity. www.cnn.com/2026/03/16/a...

34 years ago my first book came out and changed my life — today is PUB DAY for the reissue, with a new afterword! Thank you, little book, and thank you @fsgbooks.bsky.social

“So one thing a good protest song can do it to take that rage we’re all feeling and give it a voice—a voice external to us, singing from a place outside ourselves, from a place where we can put some of the anger so it doesn’t entirely consume us.”

While dropping off his kids, federal agents detained an Afghan refugee who served alongside U.S. special forces. He died less than 24 hours later. This is the 43rd death in ICE custody since Trump retook office. We need accountability and justice for all those who’ve died under their watch.

The full performance of “I Lied To You” from ‘SINNERS’ at the 98th Oscars. #Sinners #Oscars2026

I love this book. Might have to reread it in honour of its tenth birthday.

If we made the green energy transition this war would be unthinkable and these authoritarians wouldn’t be in power — not in the US, not in Iran, not in Saudi Arabia, not in Russia. Hydrocarbons are killing our freedom and just plain killing us.

The is the federal government telling news stations to provide favorable coverage of the war or their licenses will be pulled. A truly extraordinary moment. We aren't on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. Act like it.

“ ‘Curtis is definitely a murderer,’ he said. ‘No question about it.’ ” From “Curtis” by Patrick Cottrell in our new Spring issue.

The bland obsequiousness of AI has really become a hallmark of its style and the easiest tell for me. Far more so than any em dash use or whatever, it's just the ubiquitous adjectives about how great the subject matter is, like one of Trump's cabinet members giving him a summary.

Thrilled to announce we have a new editor heading our way, to replace the wonderful Dredhëza: Ben Oldfield, currently at the Wylie Agency, will be joining us at the end of this month. We're so excited to see how he helps shape the list: www.thebookseller.com/news/daunt-b...

An excellent listen!! ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social joined @mookse.bsky.social & @bibliopaul.bsky.social to talk about my favorite type of book, unclassifiable ones. What are your favorite books that blend genres? open.spotify.com/episode/6Uwh...

I ❤️ Daunt so much, what they publish and who they are as readers and as people. It's as good as it gets! Feel lucky beyond measure to get to publish books with them myself.

Congratulations to Laura Vazquez and Alex Niemi! THE ENDLESS WEEK makes the @usrofc.bsky.social prize shortlist alongside these excellent other books & writers/translators & presses.

Every Amina Cain book is an event for me.

I wrote another novel & I'm so very happy to be working with Milo Walls at @fsgbooks.bsky.social on it, to be publishing again with @marigoldatkey.bsky.social at @dauntbookspub.bsky.social & with Michael Heyward at @textpublishing.bsky.social. Thank you Mel Flashman! Thank you Devon Mazzone!

Hey, @lataco.bsky.social is raising money to launch an investigative news unit; their current priorities involve looking into "less lethal" weapons used on protesters and more thorough documentation of ICE kidnapping. Chip in here: givebutter.com/la-taco-inve...

Look at her face as Raskin goes on. She knows what she's done. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ztgu...

if ICE is taking your photograph, seems like one of the best things you can do in the moment is tuck your chin and look down. maybe that's intuitive but the tech does seem to be really weak at that angle, fwiw.

This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.

🌱 Another shade in the garden.

🌱 Laelia anceps - weird LA winter.

Fatima Bhutto is on the @theguardian.com's podcast with @nosheeniqbal.bsky.social, on surviving an abusive relationship while in the public eye. We publish her memoir THE HOUR OF THE WOLF on 26 Feb: www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...

In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is 2 or 3 days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis. snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...

In the south side of Minneapolis, community members have started setting up filter blockades- which are make shift roundabouts. The intent is to slow down the erratic ICE driving behavior among other things. Full report to come on @statuscoupnews.bsky.social

This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here. (clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)

STRIKE! tomorrow! STRIKE!

National Strike.

What he said

Today, Rep. Castro and I visited precious Liam and his father, Adrian, at the Dilley Detention Center. My heart absolutely breaks for Liam, his family, and every person being wrongfully detained.

We have to do something; we have to do it en masse, together; it's time. Please share. nationalshutdown.org

Rep. Jamie Raskin says a nationwide general strike may be needed to stop Trump’s authoritarian crackdown, praising Minnesotans’ mass demonstrations and general strike as “the direction we may need to go” nationally.

Years ago I helped found a reading series in Los Angeles dedicated to strange, experimental, & half-finished essay writing. Tonight, as part of Betalevel's final week, that series ends. Join us for readings by @amarnath.bsky.social, @cadaverformosus.bsky.social, David Eng, & myself. It'll be great.

1/27 Confirmed Border Patrol raids targeting Compton, Lynwood, Watts and surrounding areas. 1 community watch member brutally detained by CBP and Sheriffs are assisting Federal Agents by interfering with community members and escorting agent vehicles.

We have to do something; we have to do it en masse, together; it's time. Please share. nationalshutdown.org

Minneapolis friend: "I am safe but I am not okay... the reality is so much worse here at ground zero and so much more violently cruel and morally repugnant than what is being reported via the media just due to the sheer scale of ICE flooding the zone. This is so so so much worse than 2020...

Fuck ICE every single day. Taking folks who are the best of this city and the best of every city.

I'll be reading at this tonight, my reading dedicated to Alex Pretti. betalevel.com/2026/01/25/b...

So which politician is calling for the dismantling of the probably illegal database that ice & this government is collecting biometric data of protesters?