This is the lesson of 2025

@theoatmeal.bsky.social absolutely nailing the sadness in AI art and dissecting the myth of “talent” in art/artist discourse. Art is "emotional nutrition" and "consuming AI art is like eating Styrofoam." theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

This. I decided a few years ago that a lot of art produced by absurdly rich ppl doesn’t do it for me anymore. I’m not saying it’s all bad. I’m saying I’m not attached to or invested in it. I don’t care what their commentary is because it’s so divorced from my everyday life. Rax says it better here

Yes! Her formula that worked so well 15 years ago falls totally flat today, given her wealth & celebrity. How is it possible to empathize with her bullshit?

"There just isn’t enough time. There’s only what we manage to make of it—what we build, what we protect, what we remember to carry to the car. The gas mask. The snacks. The question we forgot to ask. The name of the person taken." My latest.

the body showed symptoms of sinking with all its treasures unrifled

listen. when dolly parton’s sister says it’s time for us all to be prayer warriors for dolly. you fucking pray for dolly

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social campaign videos are one of the only bright lights for me right now. Never thought I'd be thankful for something like this.

How about supporting these amazing poets & buying this anthology of their astonishing poetry wherever u get books?Imagine what they tell us of the human spirit that they put pen to paper under bombardment,displacement, loss of beloveds—being made to live in tents as they are set on fire or starved.

The 2025 winners of the Robert and Adele Schiff Awards are: Robert Sorrell Bynum (fiction) for "Like a Star" @jessicacuello.bsky.social (literary nonfiction) for "Your Life for Another" A. D. Lauren-Abunassar (poetry) for "Three Bombardments" See our site for more! Link in first comment.

The conversation between Klein and Coates showed me that a lot of people who screech about “infighting” on the left aren’t aware of the fact that marginalized people have been forced to learn how to regulate their emotions during conflict, and so, are better able to hear what’s actually being said.

from hell’s heart I stab at thee; for hate’s sake I spit my last breath at thee

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Trying to remember that good things are out there.

“I’m all for unifying. I’m all for bridging gaps. But not at the expense of my neighbor’s humanity.” - Ta-Nehisi Coates

and emptied. And now, how will I ever fix this mess? This tentacled blue. The sun broke through the east windows and the hue, violet. Ventricle blue. Look at all the words I didn’t write. Not even my hands, splayed wide, not both of them, could hide this stain. —Jennifer Martelli 💙

We're all dunking on this post, but we really need to ask ourselves if we would do any better in his position. Would any of us do better? Would we? Yes. Yes, we would. We would *all* do better than this. My GOD

I kind of think pissing off every imaginable constituency in America in the course of a single week isn't the BEST way to launch your Big Bad Fascist Final Boss Crackdown but what do I know

It is with great sadness that we mourn the loss of Jenn Martelli. She was a wonderful poet, colleague, collaborator, and friend to all. Her light will be dearly missed.

I have never found a portrayal of Christ more relatable.

"Everyone is a little autistic." No. Autism is a perfectly normal part of human diversity, but it isn't a quirk of character; it's a lifelong pattern of social, sensory, and behavioural differences that shape how a person experiences and interacts with the world.

Happening tonight! Register here: applygrad.lasell.edu/register/?id...

Help support my local library! We do so much - like book festivals and author readings and summer concerts. And of course, the great big book sale October 3-5... #maynard

I have taken the Tylenol that was in the medicine cabinet and which they think probably is the reason you like trains forgive me but that’s bullshit you got autism from your dad

eighteen word poem for #smallpoemsunday

Lmfao love how our entire world is being destroyed by the biggest cry baby clowns in history.

BREAKING: Students at Boston University have taken over the student union in solidarity with Gaza. Read their demands in the thread

ICE killed a father of three in Franklin Park a few days ago. They are snatching people at gas stations, at bus stops, and from their homes and cars, leaving screaming, panicked children in their wake. It is a nightmare, and when ICE has amassed 10,000 new agents, it could be the new normal.

"I just want to say, go birds, fuck ICE and free Palestine," "Hacks" star Hannah Einbinder at the #Emmys

That's Chris van "I actually flew to CECOT and demanded the release of my constituent when it wasn't clear if I'd ever be coming back from El Salvador myself you fucking chump" Hollen to you, Hakeem. Maybe just stick to your book tours if you don't have anything to contribute.

Some feelings, some classes & events, and some more feelings. Read on!

I don't like doing this. It feels fucked up to constantly point out the negative dimensions of someone who just died in a horrific, worrying way. But I would like the media to tell basic truths about this person and his impact on public life rather than resorting to euphemism and outright lies!

Our September In Conversation features @taylorbyas.bsky.social & @jasonbcrawford.bsky.social! Click through to snag your (free) ticket and to learn more about these remarkable, brilliant poets. thenotebookscollective.com/event/in-con...

We're finishing ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY with a double accomplishment 🎉 Contributors @taylorbyas.bsky.social and @jasonbcrawford.bsky.social will be discussing friendship and poetry with @notebookscltv.bsky.social Sept. 16th! 🙌 Get your free tickets to this virtual event here: buff.ly/tAs68NP

On Sept. 18 at 7pm ET, our assistant director Quintin Collins, faculty member Iain Haley Pollock, and alum @bennysummerhill.bsky.social will read via Zoom for the Words Like Blades series. Get more details here:

The evil that men do lives after them

Behold, the best 9/11 humor of all time: The Onion's TV listings (my favorite row is MTV)

“At the Federal ICE Field Office in Burlington, hundreds of people from throughout #Massachusetts gather on the sidewalk, protesting ICE’s immigration enforcement activities.” #AbolishICE

Whenever there's a particular act of violence that is trending on Bluesky, the gunshots from my neighborhood gun range become that much more ominous

Three high schoolers, who likely didn't make a career out of enabling and encouraging fascism, were shot in Colorado today.

one thing I have learned from the last six months is that a WHOLE lot of people do not understand that leadership is also about shaping public perception and laying the groundwork for future efforts even if you have no *legislative* power for the moment

More than anything else, the whole world runs on the disregarded suffering of children.

James Tate

It’s not. about. crime. For the love of God stop accepting the narrative frame that these people are choosing as they send hostile military forces into sovereign states against the wishes of citizens. Call this what it is. The President is threatening to overthrow the state of Maryland.

"Let me start off by saying that I’m sorry I exist, too." (via @mcsweeneys.net)

The people united will never indict each other www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

I don’t trust anyone who isn’t mad

The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.

RIP Graham Greene. Every time he popped up on screen when I was a kid, my mom would excitedly point him out for being an actual Native on the screen. Able to be deadly serious and infinitely hilarious (even in smaller roles like Last of Us), he ate up the screen. Nʌki’wah brother.