Christopher Ankney
@christopherankney.bsky.social
Husband and father. Tenured community college professor. 1st gen college grad. MFA. 1st book: Hearsay (WWPH). Celiac, anxiety, depression. Editor: Connections Literary Magazine. Forthcoming in Iron Horse and Pleiades.
www.ChristopherAnkney.com
www.ChristopherAnkney.com
The ending poem in one of my manuscripts is out as the opening poem in the Fall issue of The MacGuffin, and I’m very honored. “What does hope look like?”
August 15, 2025 at 12:54 AM
The ending poem in one of my manuscripts is out as the opening poem in the Fall issue of The MacGuffin, and I’m very honored. “What does hope look like?”
apnews.com/article/trum... says he's placing Washington police under federal control and activating the National Guard
Trump is promising new steps to tackle homelessness and crime in Washington
President Donald Trump is promising new steps to tackle homelessness and crime in Washington. That's leading the city’s Democratic mayor to voice concerns about the potential use of the National Guard to patrol the streets in the nation’s capital.
apnews.com
August 12, 2025 at 12:59 AM
apnews.com/article/trum... says he's placing Washington police under federal control and activating the National Guard
Dear ChatGPT: Can I control but not govern my children?
August 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Dear ChatGPT: Can I control but not govern my children?
Can’t you just feel all the winning American is doing?
August 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Can’t you just feel all the winning American is doing?
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When Superman comes out next week just remember that once again the public will be captivated by the story of an illegal alien destroying an evil billionaire's attempt to control the planet
July 6, 2025 at 12:47 AM
When Superman comes out next week just remember that once again the public will be captivated by the story of an illegal alien destroying an evil billionaire's attempt to control the planet
Home from a wonderful trip with just the wife to find my latest elegy in @pleiadesmag.bsky.social amongst many other fine pieces. I’ve posted two other poets whose work me on first read. #poetry #litmag
June 2, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Home from a wonderful trip with just the wife to find my latest elegy in @pleiadesmag.bsky.social amongst many other fine pieces. I’ve posted two other poets whose work me on first read. #poetry #litmag
Ask Your Senators to Support Funding for Celiac Disease Research www.congressweb.com/CDF/17?frame...
Ask Your Senators to Support Funding for Celiac Disease Research
We have an important opportunity for our advocates to reach out to their U.S. Senate offices today to encourage action to support federal funding for celiac disease research. Please join us in our eff...
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May 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Ask Your Senators to Support Funding for Celiac Disease Research www.congressweb.com/CDF/17?frame...
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Pete Buttigieg is a master of deft communication, breaking down misunderstood ideas into accurate but easily digestible protein bars for the masses.
In short, I want @petebuttigieg.bsky.social to explain the end of Lost to me.
In short, I want @petebuttigieg.bsky.social to explain the end of Lost to me.
May 8, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Pete Buttigieg is a master of deft communication, breaking down misunderstood ideas into accurate but easily digestible protein bars for the masses.
In short, I want @petebuttigieg.bsky.social to explain the end of Lost to me.
In short, I want @petebuttigieg.bsky.social to explain the end of Lost to me.
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From “Self-Elegies” by Martha Silano 💔
May 7, 2025 at 7:39 PM
From “Self-Elegies” by Martha Silano 💔
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As a father & native Ohioan, Tamir Rice’s murder at the hands of police is, for me, our contemporary symbol for the ills of US culture. I’m honored and happy to finally share this poem, part of @ironhorselitrev Unlawful Acts (26.2). Please buy&read this magazine & support the amazing list of writers
March 31, 2025 at 8:24 PM
As a father & native Ohioan, Tamir Rice’s murder at the hands of police is, for me, our contemporary symbol for the ills of US culture. I’m honored and happy to finally share this poem, part of @ironhorselitrev Unlawful Acts (26.2). Please buy&read this magazine & support the amazing list of writers
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yep, no one has figured out yet that the only way to actually get attention on the issues that matter is to use our existing addictions to shift focus in that direction
i mean, i have, but i'm not head of the Department of Education, so i can't contract our celebrities
i mean, i have, but i'm not head of the Department of Education, so i can't contract our celebrities
The 2023 biodiversity COP (COP15) received little media attention compared to climate COP27, and generated little public attention compared to Taylor Swift
Genuinely weird how little interest there is in maintaining life on Earth
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Genuinely weird how little interest there is in maintaining life on Earth
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
March 31, 2025 at 10:50 AM
yep, no one has figured out yet that the only way to actually get attention on the issues that matter is to use our existing addictions to shift focus in that direction
i mean, i have, but i'm not head of the Department of Education, so i can't contract our celebrities
i mean, i have, but i'm not head of the Department of Education, so i can't contract our celebrities
Five years ago today, I wrote my second (and still favorite) pandemic poem after reading of stories of mass death. It was originally published in the online UK’s Panorama: The Journal of Travel, Place, and Nature (panoramajournal.org)
March 28, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Five years ago today, I wrote my second (and still favorite) pandemic poem after reading of stories of mass death. It was originally published in the online UK’s Panorama: The Journal of Travel, Place, and Nature (panoramajournal.org)
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🔑 under-discussed point — why they were on signal:
March 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
🔑 under-discussed point — why they were on signal:
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Imagine being in Moscow and reading highly classified messages over a commercial app that US forces are about to strike Yemen. Even without an authorized person in this chat, that alone rises all red flags.
The line between sloppiness and malice is quite thin. Absolutely mind blowing.
The line between sloppiness and malice is quite thin. Absolutely mind blowing.
March 26, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Imagine being in Moscow and reading highly classified messages over a commercial app that US forces are about to strike Yemen. Even without an authorized person in this chat, that alone rises all red flags.
The line between sloppiness and malice is quite thin. Absolutely mind blowing.
The line between sloppiness and malice is quite thin. Absolutely mind blowing.
The first pandemic poem I wrote. Sharing for the five year anniversary of quarantine.
March 23, 2025 at 3:30 AM
The first pandemic poem I wrote. Sharing for the five year anniversary of quarantine.
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it's almost like, and bear with me on this, public opinion might move on these issues if there was a whole network of politicians, pundits, and aligned media doing everything in their power to highlight the abuses and unpopular aspects of the deportation regime instead of triangulating on it
WaPo: "Trump’s migrant roundups have a crucial ally: Public opinion"
Paragraph 5: "White House has said some of the deportees did not have criminal records and have not been charged with any crimes"
Poll headline is based on: 57% say people who haven't broken laws in U.S. should NOT be deported
Paragraph 5: "White House has said some of the deportees did not have criminal records and have not been charged with any crimes"
Poll headline is based on: 57% say people who haven't broken laws in U.S. should NOT be deported
March 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
it's almost like, and bear with me on this, public opinion might move on these issues if there was a whole network of politicians, pundits, and aligned media doing everything in their power to highlight the abuses and unpopular aspects of the deportation regime instead of triangulating on it
〽️ Go Blue 〽️
March 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
〽️ Go Blue 〽️
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Murphy: "If we continue to observe norms, if we continue to engage in business as usual, this democracy could be gone. I don't think we have a year to save American democracy. I think the way the president is acting ... puts out democracy at immediate risk."
March 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Murphy: "If we continue to observe norms, if we continue to engage in business as usual, this democracy could be gone. I don't think we have a year to save American democracy. I think the way the president is acting ... puts out democracy at immediate risk."
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Trump and Musk are basically trying to deskill America:
1) kill all white-collar jobs and replace them with AI
2) kill universities
3) use tariffs to turn the U.S. into an economic island manufacturing, oil and ag hub
4) empty the cities
5) push men into manual labor & women back into the kitchen
1) kill all white-collar jobs and replace them with AI
2) kill universities
3) use tariffs to turn the U.S. into an economic island manufacturing, oil and ag hub
4) empty the cities
5) push men into manual labor & women back into the kitchen
March 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Trump and Musk are basically trying to deskill America:
1) kill all white-collar jobs and replace them with AI
2) kill universities
3) use tariffs to turn the U.S. into an economic island manufacturing, oil and ag hub
4) empty the cities
5) push men into manual labor & women back into the kitchen
1) kill all white-collar jobs and replace them with AI
2) kill universities
3) use tariffs to turn the U.S. into an economic island manufacturing, oil and ag hub
4) empty the cities
5) push men into manual labor & women back into the kitchen
Perhaps my favorite poem I wrote for Hearsay (2014), originally chosen by Claudia Emerson for The Louisville Review:
March 15, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Perhaps my favorite poem I wrote for Hearsay (2014), originally chosen by Claudia Emerson for The Louisville Review:
Reposted by Christopher Ankney
this one always gets me for some reason
This is the closest I have to a New Year's Eve poem. It appeared in Afterfeather, a wonderful anthology published in 2022 by Black Bough Poetry and edited by @brionycollins.bsky.social (www.blackboughpoetry.com/afterfeather...)
I wish that everyone has a fantastic 2024!
I wish that everyone has a fantastic 2024!
March 15, 2025 at 3:53 AM
this one always gets me for some reason
My 1st-sem comp students started 3rd essay before spring break. They have to write ethical argument essays, focusing on why a human rights violation they chose to study all semester is a violation. Now, each day I integrate common logical fallacies relative to how socially discuss world conflicts.
March 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
My 1st-sem comp students started 3rd essay before spring break. They have to write ethical argument essays, focusing on why a human rights violation they chose to study all semester is a violation. Now, each day I integrate common logical fallacies relative to how socially discuss world conflicts.
The Venn diagram for people
who fall for the Nigerian Prince
email scam and those supporting
the illegal South African immigrant
looking through their private data
on Federal servers
is one circle. ⭕️
who fall for the Nigerian Prince
email scam and those supporting
the illegal South African immigrant
looking through their private data
on Federal servers
is one circle. ⭕️
March 14, 2025 at 10:56 AM
The Venn diagram for people
who fall for the Nigerian Prince
email scam and those supporting
the illegal South African immigrant
looking through their private data
on Federal servers
is one circle. ⭕️
who fall for the Nigerian Prince
email scam and those supporting
the illegal South African immigrant
looking through their private data
on Federal servers
is one circle. ⭕️
Migratory blue sky.
March 12, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Migratory blue sky.