It's almost here! Join us for #smallpublishersfair25: 66 UK and international publishers, a special exhibition, and readings & talks. Friday 24 & Saturday 25 October (11am-7pm) FREE, all welcome Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL (Holborn tube) Further details: smallpublishersfair.co.uk

ABC News pulled the satellite imagery of the White House comparing Sept. 26 to today. abcnews.go.com/Politics/new...

“You simply cannot learn and know at the same time, and this is a frustration all artists must bear.” -- Mary Ruefle

NDA reform: Victims and witnesses will no longer be ‘gagged' to stop them speaking out news.sky.com/story/nda-re...

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. There once was a great worm that was like a serpent called the Ustutli (oostootlee) or "foot snake" because

200+ Chicago-area clergy — Protestants, Catholics, and evangelicals — have signed a letter decrying ICE's efforts and voicing a willingness to put their "bodies on the line" for migrants. The titled the letter: “Jesus is Being Tear Gassed at Broadview" religionnews.com/2025/10/21/a...

lol, lmao even www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...

The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.

Mike Johnson has given the house a very very very very very very very very very long vacation because he’s worried about the Epstein files

We have to set up extensive systems of mutual aid. This needs to get done, not only to mitigate the damage this regime has already done and will continue to do but to support the collective action necessary to bring them to their knees.

Thou shalt not support a man who bulldozes the White House to build himself a golden ballroom whilst the government is shut down because he doesn’t want the financial records tying him to Jeffrey Epstein to come out.

This made me smile! And I’ve always believed #WilliamBlake was a visionary! londonist.com/london/featu...

In some ways, the regime half-assedly tearing off part of the White House without regard for construction protocols might have more of an impact on the offline folks than the past ten months.

I'm not a West Wing obsessed lib or anything but the more I see pictures of this the more fucked up I think it is. It's like he cut off one of the hands of the Lincoln memorial with an angle grinder so he could add a big gun to it.

So happy to have my #poem ‘To Put the Words In Place’ shortlisted by @bridportprize.bsky.social & many many congratulations to the commended & winning #poets & #writers.

Calling all young poets: free writing workshop alert! To help inspire your entries to the Layered Landscapes workshop with @nationaltrust, we're running a free online writing workshop on Saturday 8 November. Head to bit.ly/YPN-workshop to book your free space.

Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.

A #Stitching friend has this #badge on her bag & I haven’t laughed so hard in ages! #NoThoughts #OnlyPotato

DC J6: 1.500 arrests DC No Kings: zero Tell me again which side is violent?

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

Our #openmic on Zoom is back on the evening of Sunday 26th October. Book now to roadtest your #poems in arguably the most friendly online open mic! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/black-boug...

I counted up the number of ways (platforms, accounts, apps) that people in my professional and personal lives plus healthcare systems and kid’s school are contacting me and uhh. This is objectively impossible.

"One of the most striking examples of news media solidarity we've seen this year." — @brianstelter.bsky.social I'd say THE most striking. It's not only the solidarity among those who have covered the Pentagon, but their vow to continue the work amid a mood of despair. www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/m...

100%!! Dress as ridiculous, as possible, find the weird joy - Show everyone that we are #PEACEFULLY protesting for our rights, saying #NoKings, and standing against this fascist regime! #Resist #2025Protests #StandTogether

I will cut adrift—I will sit on pavements and drink coffee—I will dream; I will take my mind out of its iron cage and let it swim—this fine October. - Virginia Woolf #Womensart

You usually have to be signed up to our newsletter to read it. However, this week is too important, and I wanted to share it more broadly. preview.mailerlite.io/preview/5022...

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking? Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

#Love & #Gratitude to @richardnskinner.bsky.social #poet & #editor of #14Magazine for including my poem ‘I Didn’t Think You Meant It’ in series 2, Issue 6

Here's a short story by László Krasznahorkai that you can read for free thanks to @yalereview.bsky.social - An Angel Passed Above US, translated by John Batki yalereview.org/article/kras...

Couldn’t be happier that the Nobel has gone to Laszlo Krasznahorkai. Back in 2012 I tried to astroturf a movement claiming him as the Next Big Thjng but it didn’t take off because he’s too difficult www.theguardian.com/books/2012/j...

The Poems of Seamus Heaney review – collected works reveal his colossal achievement

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

Painting created by Mavis Oultram c.1968, in the art therapy studio at Netherne hospital in Surrey where she was compelled to live. This is one of six surviving works by her, all of which feature motifs of spirals & eyes. No biographical information is currently known to us

Just love the #poetry & teaching of #poet @janeburn.bsky.social You will too!

Asking people to pay for goods would kill the shoplifting industry ...

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

We are thrilled to be able to reveal this year's T.S. Eliot Prize shortlist! Our judges have chosen ten books "of great range, suggestiveness and power; from Entebbe to Manitoba... there is something here for everyone." Find out more now: tseliot.com/prize/news/

I've been thinking about this ever since I read it... and I think there's some deep truth to this. COVID as well broke our connection with reality, but decades of pretending the climate wasn't shifting laid the foundation for delusion-as-cope at large.

Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”

When news organizations decide to engage in advocacy, they’re actually very good at it, said @trevortimm.bsky.social at @columbiajournalism.bsky.social, urging media outlets to speak out on 200+ journalists killed in Gaza. “The mass killing of journalists … seems like a great place to start.”

A #poem to read on #NationalPoetryDay #LoveAfterLove by #DerekWalcott

Love like a Poet! Happy National Poetry Day!

And just a huge wave of love & appreciation to the amazing #poet & #editor Jane Commane of @ninearchespress.bsky.social on #NationalPoetryDay

And on #NationalPoetryDay I just want to share the amazing #poetry & work and teaching of @richardnskinner.bsky.social

This is a really interesting thread (with some very interesting replies too). Always worth remembering that what we see may not be the full picture. Of course, if we want better media & politics, we have to reward those who are doing them better.

Sending love to #poet @sophieherx.bsky.social on #NationalPoetryDay She is a poet & artist who inspires me daily!!!

If you are following the story of The Pentagon's new policy, nicknamed, "you must check with us before you dream of doing any journalism," you may enjoy this update from @status.news