it is a sign of a failed society that Mr Beast was ever allowed to exist

You know you’re winning when you post “We are NOT the Gestapo!”

Why is the comparison wrong? What about ICE or how ICE operates demonstrates that it’s wrong?

Every book published in the United States is sent to the Library of Congress. Also, if you are under 16 you cannot use the reading room or order books.

Reminds me of this eternal Ted Chiang banger-

I'm doing a fully online poetry workshop for the first time in three years, starting in June.

just so we’re all clear: the reason they keep using dolls as their example is because they’re trying to frame caring about material stuff as feminine and thus inherently shameful

This constant use of "little girls dolls" as a placeholder for all of world trade, is doing a lot of really weird work here...

Unlikely I would ask for help if I was about to pass out on the street. Finding someone to help me get shampoo? No.

the nea just canceled grants ALREADY AWARDED for presses/mags that, according to the letter, do not “reflect the nation's rich artistic heritage and creativity as prioritized by the President.” support small presses. support literary mags. we have to find ways to keep literature alive.

Silent Hill is spring movie, it just is.

Deeply weird that goons expect the people they're arresting to treat them with nothing but deference, but I guess when all you've tasted is boot you start to doubt anyone else less eager to partake.

Young people SHOULD “have it easier” than you did. I’m sorry you got the strap up hill both ways and paid your debts with pounds of flesh, but the reason we work for progress is to make growing up and growing old gentler, easier, kinder, freer. Struggle isn’t necessary in a healthy society.

I am seeing too many recipes calling for cottage cheese...why is cottage cheese back? My mom ate that shit in the 80s bc Weight Watchers told her to.

Emily Gould interviews critic Sophie Gilbert about her new book ‘Girl on Girl,’ and why pop culture in the 2000s was so gross.

RFK Jr wants us to believe that chronic illness is a moral failing. That people should “try harder” to be healthy. He doesn’t want us to realize that poverty, food insecurity, lack of universal healthcare, poor public health and other government failures cause more disease than lifestyle ever will.

I know this has been said to death, but if you want people to have more kids, you need to give them social services and support. Paid leave for both parents for at least three months. Screening for postpartum depression. Visiting nurses or doulas for aftercare. 1/2

You're telling me Bella Ramsey gonna spend this season looking for that boring ass bitch? No thanks, bye.

Editor creates an AI executive who is "an expert at building and scaling digital media companies." Decides within minutes that the AI is "one of the most knowledgeable and energetic colleagues" he's ever had. Asks the AI to create a headshot of itself. It does. He sexually harasses it immediately.

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The Pope literally used one of his last moments on Earth to scold JD Vance for his unchristian policies towards migrants and refugees. This lapsed catholic appreciates that more than I can verbalize. The people running our country are evil.

If your Rep or Senator isn't capable of doing Van Hollen-style stuff — for cowardice reasons, or because they're infirm, or they're belatedly sucking up to a dying Trump movement, or really any other reason — you should primary them. It's gonna take a lot more stuff like this. All hands on deck.

Stevie Nicks announced she’s working on a new album, and a chill just went down the spines of certain men she knows: ‘They’re autobiographical, real stories where I’m not pulling any punches for probably the first time in my life.’

I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

RFK Jr. says there are no autistic poets, so we interviewed one. Hear from Elizabeth McClellan, @popelizbet.bsky.social, an award-winning poet, attorney, and legal educator based in Memphis, Tennessee.

I can’t help but think something has gone wrong in your life if you’re spending your morning off work holding a sign that says “Large Gametes”.

I wrote some stuff about faux feminism, consumer capitalism, Katy Perry, and Blue Origin www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...

"To put it bluntly, the most powerful people in the world are preparing for the end of the world, an end they themselves are frenetically accelerating."

Love finding my books at The Strand because it meant somebody needed to sell them for two bucks 🥰

At the point in my life when I get genuinely excited to tell people how Angela Lansbury saved her daughter from the Manson cult.

talked to someone at one of the top italian tailoring firms. they plan on moving manufacturing to the US. said that generations of italian tailoring skill and culture can probably be transported to boise, idaho. expect flawless transition by monday.

THE COCONUT MILK IS OFF 😳

Coming this September. Edited by @raforall.bsky.social for @sagapressbooks.bsky.social. The biggest names in horror—Brian Keene, Stephen Graham Jones, Josh Malerman, Rachel Harrison—and, somehow, yours truly. Put this one on your radar.

Nostalgia for some imagined future has become just as pernicious as nostalgia for some imagined past.

If in 2025 you’re still doing sneering ‘heh, look at these cringe wine mom protestors’ type shtick I can’t think of any reason anyone should listen to you

Yes, it's not the most important thing, but I DO NOT want to drink shit American wine 😭

12 Angry Men still gets it after all these years.

One thing that is clear from these headlines is that the big news orgs don't have a vocabulary or strategy for how to report to readers when the President claims to do something he not only lacks authority to do but even the power to do. That's a very basic, foundational thing.

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Yes. That’s usually when a poem appears.

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@yourfriendjesse.bsky.social Stopped by the store today! Thanks again for carrying my book. Left you a note. The kids (and me) took off with a massive haul. Hope you're well.

Happy National Poetry Day! I love poets, we are really insufferable maniacs. Please buy my book ANIMAL from White Stag, please support indie presses and all the poets in your life 🖤 whitestagpublishing.com/poetry-books...

So much interesting stuff going on about power, vulnerability, performance in this season of The White Lotus...that scene with Sam Rockwell was so good.

My message for Kristen Gillibrand and @schumer.senate.gov today 💩

If Chuck Schumer enjoys a single day in NYC for the rest of his life without being told to go fuck himself at least once, then NYC will have utterly failed as a society.

If voicemails are full, you can also email these staffers in Schumer's office: mike_lynch [at] schumer [dot] senate [dot] gov meghan_taira [at] schumer [dot] senate [dot] gov

New Yorkers: BOTH of our senators are on this list complying with the Trump administration. Schumer: (202) 224-6542 Gillibrand: (202) 224-4451