Wonderful! Prize for the best poem on the interweb today🏆

@mreid.bsky.social Can I invite you to submit here, and/or let others know about this opportunity? Thanks! moritherapy.wixsite.com/murielsjourn...

Swiss official says country may have to accept US tariffs as permanent reut.rs/40ovO6g

#MorningVibe “The only thing that’s ever changed the world before are these movements of nonviolent protests ... and it will work again,” ~ @annelamott.bsky.social Find a peaceful rally at nokings.org. Like digital? Go to DemCast.com.

After months of relentless rapid response in Minneapolis, members of Defend the 612 had a moment to breathe and reflect on the lessons they’ve learned, the grief they carry, and the citywide fellowship they hope will endure. The crisis is not over, and I’m grateful they made time to speak with me.

"In Chicago, of 92 people arrested for assaulting or impeding officers last fall, 74 cases have resulted in no charges; in 13 cases, charges were filed and dismissed; and five charged cases were still pending. . . there have been no convictions. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

‘We want to rebuild trust’: fired CDC workers form group to combat Trump’s war on science

A reminder of how to read a poem properly

This 53 year old man who lived in my neighborhood w/no criminal record & who had been in the US for 30 years, was detained and thrown into a cold cell for days, caught pneumonia and COVID there and deported. He finally died. I am so angry. www.kptv.com/2026/02/21/n...

“You're thinking of the $175 billion in tariff money all wrong. As if I had the money back in a safe. The money's not here. Your money's in the White House ballroom, the renaming of the Department of Defense, the $10 billion transfer to the Board of Peace, and a hundred other unauthorized actions.”

Just a reminder as we look forward to this weekend... We're going to win. There's a ton of hard work ahead of us & a lot more really bad days, but we've won before, with less resources & more capable foes. So we will win again. Every reader of every age will have access to the books they need.

Kurt Vonnegut stop being so applicable to all time periods of American life, you can’t do that Kurt Vonnegut, your insights are too evergreen Kurt Vonnegut

In an extraordinary and illegal move, Trump says he's transferring 10 billion dollars from the US government to his "Board of Peace," which he chairs and can therefore use the funds as he wishes. #bullshit #8647now

Dayum. Just heard a minister say, as perhaps only Black ministers can, “We will fight until hell freezes over, and then we will fight on the ice.” I’m stealing that!!

You are almost certainly not aware of the full extent of what the government is doing in Minneapolis, and what it portends for all of us if they succeed. lnk.thebulwark.com/46kVMuT

* End fact-checking on social media * Stop deplatforming those who promote dangerous misinformation Of the two major parties, only one takes these positions Can journalism stand as neutral before them? www.status.news/p/left-to-th... From @status.news [no paywall on weekends]

Is there a word for the opposite of 'decimate', ie to remove 90% of something? That's what Beryl Bainbridge did with her novels. In this 1977 interview with Mavis Nicholson, she observes that all her books are the same length - "158 pages" - and "to get that I write anything up to 1,500 pages".

Robert Reich turns himself in to Kristi Noem in this excellent letter: #ICEOut www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I don't have a spiritual bone in my body but am so on board with Pope Leo XIV. Leo knows: human beings have brains, souls, and consciences (whether or not they pay attention to them).

my teaching philosophy comes from the fact that i got expelled from high school *twice* and then went through the navy and graduated from ucla with honors. success is not linear. give your kids some grace.

Tetramorph. Nicolaus de Lyra, Postilla litteralis in Biblia, Paris 14th century. BnF, Latin 461 fol. 135r. #medieval #medievalart

Think of how bad things must be for a Supreme Court Justice to feel he has to explain why it's a good idea to have laws enacted by legislators instead of decreed by wannabe dictators

Happy Black History Month sounds oxymoronic, but if you follow Martin Luther King’s gaze and words of wisdom, it will take you there. I spent the month building up layers on this large canvas in a meditation on his courage, devotion and determination to Overcome 🙌🙏🙌

#EcoSpace dailygalaxy.com/2026/02/japa...

I am sick and tired of these white supremacist dick heads and their tiny dicked insecure bullshit about everything

Who does this guy think he is? FCC chairman Brendan Carr has turned station programmer, announcing a Pledge America Campaign urging broadcasters to air “patriotic, pro-America programming” to mark the U.S. 250th anniversary. [Via Variety]

Your Cherokee words for today. The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.

“It’s about time to have Christians standing up for what Jesus said,” including welcoming immigrants,” he said. “People being pushed into unmarked vans by masked men isn’t it,” added his wife... www.chicagocatholic.com/web/chicago-...

Snailfight and an indifferent rabbit. book of hours, Flanders 14th century. Walters Art Museum, W.90, fol. 39r. #medieval #medievalart

Sleeping angel with pet #lion. ‘The Rutland Psalter’, England ca. 1260. British Library, Add 62925, fol. 53v. #medieval #medievalart

"More than 3,000 people attended the Mass and walked in the procession. "Families affected by immigration enforcement were among the first to receive ashes from Cupich, in a highly symbolic reversal of the marking and tracking many say defines their daily lives." www.ncronline.org/news/god-doe...

We are delighted to share that we have been selected as one of the finalists for the British Book Awards Small Press of the Year (Island of Ireland)! Honoured to be chosen alongside a number of excellent Irish publishers.

They locked up a Colombian child coming to go to Disney World with her family. What the hell are we doing? And why in the world would anyone come here for the World Cup/Olympics? www.miaminewtimes.com/news/immigra...

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Wow, watch Jenny Mitchell GO! "You have no home. You're lost."

I'm delighted that the fantastic Cromwell Community Hub in #Battersea has been named as one of London's new Community Spaces The @london.gov.uk and National Lottery Funding have invested £1.8 million into Community Spaces that will bring Londoners together, help them access services and support

2/20/1805 — b. Angelina Grimké Weld, American teacher, #womensrights pioneer, abolitionist, author. Wrote #abolitionist pamphlet "An Appeal to the Christian Women of the South," many destroyed by Southern postmasters. Early wmn to address a state legislature #womenshistory #PolSky #EduSky #BHM #BOTD

For #BlackHistoryMonth today my focus is: Septima Poinsette Clark. You might not know her name, but you’ve felt her impact if you’ve ever heard “education is power” and actually believed it. scmuseum.org/learn/deeper...

I wrote about some of them here. But there are so many other lawyers and businesses who stepped up. They all should be celebrated today. Not the Supreme Court. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

In terms of the brother of a living king, I think (despite the heroically dysfunctional Georgians who came close) it was George, Duke of Clarence, sent to the Tower by Edward IV in the 1470s.

It's also worth noting that the primary driver of Trump's tanking numbers is the deep unpopularity of two central pillars of right wing populism, tariffs and immigration restrictionism. The story we were told about 2024 was that it revealed a durable right wing populist turn. It's not materializing.

he was shot multiple times & killed no investigation - barely even reported and it should be a given to assume DHS/ICE is Lying www.newsweek.com/ice-agent-fa...

Want to send a little thank you and a prayer up for the Reverend Jesse Jackson. Seeing him speak at the First AME Church in South Central the Sunday after the LA riots began, was an out of body experience. He about raised the roof in there and let the healing begin. 🙌🙏🙌 Rev Jackson Testified

#BlackHistoryMonth2026 19/28 𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒕 𝑻𝒖𝒃𝒎𝒂𝒏 (1822-1913) was a US abolitionist and social activist. After escaping slavery, Tubman made ~13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including her family & friends, using the network of safe houses/allies known as the Underground Railroad.