Helpful to recall that as governor, Kristi Noem was banned from nearly 20% of her own state by its Indigenous nations because of the racist things she said.

He's not just unfit to be president, he's unfit to be a human being. He’s unfit to be a carbon based life form. He’s a waste of cytoplasm.

“Possibilities in sleeves of limitation.” A poem by Juliet Patterson.

Ancient Egyptian sick notes and invoices go on show in Cambridge www.bbc.com/news/article...

I am genuinely excited about this project and you should be, too.

@thrivingautistic.bsky.social has a Directory for neurodivergent neuroaffirming practitioners. I have just updated my listing. Categories include: Therapists Education Advisors Advocacy Coaching Mentoring Peer Support Work and many more! neurodivergentpractitioners.org/listing/hele...

Strong statement today from UC's Academic Senate:

When asked for a comment on Secretary Kristi Noem being denied access to a bathroom at a police station, this KEY EYEWITNESS had this to say⬇️ DOGS KNOW!

Winning the shutdown means wielding power. Newsom gets it. Democrats should stop rescuing Trump’s Medicaid cuts and ACA sabotage. Trade relief only for structural checks on executive abuse. Make him own the damage.

The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session. Want to know why? Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out. Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.

Brian Turner that I picked up from the recycling center for $Free.50

Another early poem by Cole Swensen. Can't get this one out of my head.

“The Trump administration’s refusal to mandate reporting of AI’s environmental impact means that we have scant idea about what AI is really doing to the planet.” — @ashdawson.bsky.social

I’m on the ground at a prayer vigil near the Broadview ICE facility outside Chicago.

NEW: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to an aid program.

You DON’T have a $60 billion military budget without the EMOTIONS being affected. Allen Ginsberg, “Back to the Wall” essay

SCOOP — Pennsylvania prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices against voter fraud. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parents' PA address for years. From @jsweetli.bsky.social, @slate.com + me:

so the US government just forced a tech company to delete an app it doesn’t like, which is totally normal stuff www.404media.co/iceblock-own...

“Again she shows me the world.” A poem by Ben Doyle.

Sanders: I am not a great fan of the affordable care act. I believe in medicare for all. I think that health care is a human right, but I will be damned if I'm going to see people in Vermont and around this country see a doubling in their premiums.

John Roberts has led the Supreme Court for 20 years now. In that time, his Republican-appointed majority has transformed America, with many of its most destructive opinions written by Roberts himself @pemalevy.bsky.social looks at the Roberts court at 20—and the shadowy forces that built it.

Jeffries: In that Oval Office meeting, which lasted over an hour, the amount of time spent talking about health insurance for undocumented immigrants was less than 10 seconds. You know why? Because they know it’s a lie. They didn’t even bother to bring it up—because the cameras weren’t rolling.

Although nearly 40 Global Sumud Flotilla boats have been intercepted by the Israeli navy, journalist Emily Wilder is still aboard the Conscience, headed to Gaza.

📢 The #InternetArchive is celebrating an extraordinary milestone: 1 trillion web pages preserved by the #WaybackMachine. 🎉 Join us! 📆 Weds, Oct 22 🎟️ IN-PERSON: 5–10 PM PT (SF) ⤵️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1626438133... 💻 ONLINE: 7–8 PM PT ⤵️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1626431011... #Wayback1T

Paul Thomas Anderson uses Thomas Pynchon to distill his own sprawling, passionate momentum to its core in One Battle After Another. We look at PTA's adaptation style:

This regime can’t stand to be laughed at. They can’t stand to be the butt of a joke because the moment we’re able to laugh at them, their fragile ego begins to crumble. @nowthisimpact.bsky.social

This poem.

Paper, pen and sticker lovers unite. A Japanese-inspired stationery fest takes over Union Station

Shutdown

Timeline cleanse! (Because we need these now more than ever??)

So exciting to see the first submissions rolling in! We’d love to see yours, and your kids’ too! #EduSky #TeacherSky #Skybrarians #ParentingSky

"Trump wanted this shutdown. This isn’t speculation — it’s strategy... Russ Vought, has openly embraced using a shutdown to permanently fire tens if not hundreds of thousands of public servants". Read @joetrippi.bsky.social on why this shutdown is different: www.lincolnsquare.media/p/no-dollars...

I will continue to do my little word work.

SHUTDOWN STAKES: Democrats want to renew ACA Marketplace tax credits to keep health insurance costs from skyrocketing for 24 million Americans. Trump & Republicans refuse to negotiate because “iLlEgaL iMmigRaNts.” Who’s gonna tell them the truth? www.cnbc.com/2025/06/10/g...

Think about ways to expand what's good and improve on the good.

My story projected onto the Fremantle Port Authority building at Fremantle Harbour as part of the inaugural Totally Lit Festival. So proud! Loved seeing all the micros projected into beautiful Walyalup for this gorgeous celebration of storytelling

In the spirit of National Poetry Day, Jon Stone has contributed a writing resource for the National Poetry Competition on the theme of 'Play', in which he explores past prizewinning poems 'The Crab Man' by Eliot North and 'Don't Put your Daughter into Space, Mrs. Kirk' by Valerie Laws.

I’ve heard good arguments for both hope being a discipline and hope being a privilege, and I’m sort of swayed by each for different reasons. What I am certain of is that we shouldn’t shame people who despair, or equate hopelessness with weakness.

Let me be clear: this will impact ALL of us. It’s bigger than just Medicaid & Medicare. We will all pay the price.

Halloween season is officially here! This month is not only the time for the little kiddies to get their favorite confectionery treats — but it’s also a chance for us to catch up on our favorite scary movies! We all have a favorite scary flick.

really enjoying all the people trying to explain the bible to the pope today

Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.

What a time to be paying taxes.

Here’s some Alex Russell Flint art to make your Wednesday a little better.

Idaho’s State Bird