"Each of Trump's proposed appointments is a surprise. It is comforting to think that he is simply a vengeful old man, lashing out. This is unlikely. He and Musk and Putin have been talking for years. The whole idea of his campaign was that this time he had a plan" snyder.substack.com/p/decapitati...

The timely memory of these lines from Arthur Smith’s poem “Here”: “I have no thoughts, and I long for / Nothing, other / Than being party to the light, / Which has come a long way to be here, / If only for a moment, / Married to shadows.” What poem shook you today?

Do yourself a favor and watch this tonight instead of whatever Netflix thriller or reality show. This is true drama and the illumination of the real.

Suddenly I have over 100 followers? Are you all real or bots? Or both? How can I tell?

June Jordan (& moving to bluesky) mood today.

Nearly 400 books removed from school libraries in one Tennessee county. Based on my skim of the list, most of them appear to be books by women, authors of color, &/or LGBTQ+ authors. www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithint...