If ever there was a time not to normalize Trump’s authoritarian fever dreams, this is it. This should be impeachable. ‘War ravaged’ Portland? He’s insane - & insanely power hungry. The script is set - call an imaginary group a terror group and then send in the troops.

A joy of getting older is a deepening appreciation for simple watches and nice umbrellas

It’s not a poetry bit, I’ve been real into plums lately. A truly under-appreciated fruit.

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Hell yea, brother

Looking at RFK's recent moves, including an attack on the hepatitis B vaccine and on painkillers for pregnant women. The common theme: That all children's health problems are due to "bad" mothers. This isn't about making kids healthy. It's misogyny. www.salon.com/2025/09/22/r...

Critics not liking Ocean Vuong’s latest novel is fine (maybe less weird vitriol?), but his poetry is so dear to me that I will forever ride for Team Vuong and no one can stop me.

a plum from the icebox is pretty good, the poets are right, you really gotta try these!

Holy hell, more like this:

The absence of Tim Gunn is very loud in this contentious season of Runway.

The D&D group doesn’t have figures specific to the campaign, but we make do.

This new Dijon record is exactly what I needed

This fits pretty squarely in the classic definition of assault in that it a) is unlawfully directed at constitutionally protected activity and (b) causes the victim to reasonably fear imminent physically harmful contact

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard’s Assistant

i think they're handing this medal out to dipshits *because* it's gone to people like rosa parks and MLK

Fuck You, Make Me really needs to move to become the centerpiece of resistance to this stupid timeline.

My artist of 2025 so far has to be Erika de Casier. Cannot get enough.

We need this kind of fire right now! You should run for office!

DC statehood is now an imperative. No more dicking around. Next Dem majority, get it done immediately.

Poetry has always been important to me, but it’s becoming more vital in my life as we see more tech ceo losers diminish how miraculous the human brain is. I need the art, wonder, mess and makings of humans now more than ever.

why do we collectively refuse to perceive how this is just gAI companies, who have gambled billions in their tech, trying to create generations of customers who cannot think, read or function without their tech. They want children locked in for the rest of their lives, a monstrous exploitation.

Dipping my toes back into blogging

BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.

Gonna try blogging again if that's something you like awetheater.substack.com

My Threads mentions are full of ostensible liberals telling me I’m missing the “nuance” when it comes to trans kids playing sports. It’s not a matter of discrimination, they say. Trans folks are such a small percentage of the population, it’s a losing issue, they say. To which I say:

Commenting “grown man btw” beneath all of my own social posts

Every time I find a new country artist I like they’re from Kentucky. Something special in the bluegrass state.

The only wealthy capitalist that’s ever charmed me is Mr. Fischoeder

"Imagine if Biden or Obama" yes but this is real, everything about this is grossly inappropriate, just like Trump's failure to appoint a special prosecutor acceptable to Democrats. Trump is so plainly guilty the *entire White House and DOJ* is trying to save him.

I can annoy my wife all on my own

Players have been complaining about officiating all season, not just Clark, but to know that people like Sean would have to actually care about the W as a league instead of foaming at the mouth for old wealthy men to have more control over women.

Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.

Instead of asking how much rain your neighbor got, you buy burnt coffee at the rural gas station and ask the farmers in a booth, “y’all get any moisture last night?” And I think that’s beautiful.

My poet take is that small talk about weather is neither boring or pointless.

Ai may be able to one day mimic the sound of the squirrels playing chase atop my roof but they cannot capture the whimsy of it

Corn sweat in the field, Corenswet in the box office, Korn sweat in the pit. Poetry is everywhere.

It’s been really demoralizing to see huge outlets fail time and time again, but Wired and keeps stepping up to the challenge. I’d also recommend giving @404media.co your support. Two vital outlets in these times.

Copilot is recommending conversion therapy, but sure we can mitigate the ethical concerns of GenAI by just learning to write good prompts, that makes sense

I spent the start of the year replaying all of the Donkey Kong Country games. DK is my favorite silly Nintendo guy. Bananza is perfect. It was made for me specifically.

hell yeah @williamfleitch.bsky.social

Funding cuts to PBS and NPR, attempts to stop the Wall Street Journal from publishing, Colbert canceled. Do not take a free press for granted. We need to fight for it.

AI boosters, 2024: "AI will replace the need for most creative work within five years." AI boosters, 2025: "AI will no longer call itself Hitler."

Deeply saddened by the passing of Andrea Gibson. Poetry and the world has lost a giant. "When a human dies, the soul searches the universe for something blushing, something shaking in the cold, something that scars, sweeps the universe for patience worn thin, the last nerve fighting for its life"

Andrea Gibson #poetry

"Kansas is flyover country, there's nothing there." No, Kansas is my elderly next door neighbor, turning her porch light on when I forget to leave mine on, so I can see my way home. It's her planting flowers in secret in my yard and telling me the tiger lilies will be here soon. It's abundance.

In the race to develop artificial intelligence, tech giants are building data centers that guzzle up water, creating problems for those living nearby. https://trib.al/t6uceuq

May the drought howl us awake. May we rush into the street to do the work of opening each other’s eyes. May our good hearts forever be too loud to let the neighbors sleep. -Andrea Gibson #poetry

The Supreme Court's disdain for Congress, the statutory design of agencies, and the public services they provide to millions truly astounds. Destroying a 50-year-old Cabinet-level department may be the biggest violation of the Take Care Clause in U.S. history—and six justices simply ... don't care.

It’s absolutely impossible to think this is the result of good faith legal analysis, especially when they refuse to provide any reasons!