Jane Rosenberg LaForge
@elrosenberglaforge.bsky.social
Poet, novelist, book reviewer, former adjunct professor, former journalist, blah blah blah blah blah
I am afraid I am becoming a non-human. When asked to prove I'm not a computer by one of those "captcha" programs--like checking all the pictures that have street lights, or motorcycles, or stop signs--I can barely see what is what. One day, my results will come back "not human."
February 18, 2026 at 9:54 PM
I am afraid I am becoming a non-human. When asked to prove I'm not a computer by one of those "captcha" programs--like checking all the pictures that have street lights, or motorcycles, or stop signs--I can barely see what is what. One day, my results will come back "not human."
"Another troubling example of corporate capitulation in the face of this administration's broader campaign to #censor and control #speech." #CBS #Colbert #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #FreePress #CapitulationBroadcastingSystem www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/b...
Colbert Says CBS Pulled Senate Candidate Interview
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February 17, 2026 at 8:24 PM
"Another troubling example of corporate capitulation in the face of this administration's broader campaign to #censor and control #speech." #CBS #Colbert #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #FreePress #CapitulationBroadcastingSystem www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/b...
The next #reading for #book of #poetry #poems, "The Exhaust of Dreams Adulterated," will be next week, Feb. 25, Green Pavilion Restaurant. 7 pm, 4307 18th Avenue, Brooklyn, just off the F train. Thanks to host/curator Evie Ivy. More info on venue: www.greenpavilionnyc.com
Hope to see you there
Hope to see you there
Green Pavilion Restaurant
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February 17, 2026 at 6:43 PM
The next #reading for #book of #poetry #poems, "The Exhaust of Dreams Adulterated," will be next week, Feb. 25, Green Pavilion Restaurant. 7 pm, 4307 18th Avenue, Brooklyn, just off the F train. Thanks to host/curator Evie Ivy. More info on venue: www.greenpavilionnyc.com
Hope to see you there
Hope to see you there
@umassamherst.bsky.social has been ordered by Hampshire Superior Court judge to reinstate #student it had suspended for organizing pro-Palestinian #protest at career fair. #University likely violated his #FirstAmendment rights, judge says. www.bostonherald.com/2026/02/16/u...
UMass Amherst likely violated suspended student’s First Amendment rights, Massachusetts judge rules
UMass Amherst likely violated suspended student’s First Amendment rights, Massachusetts judge rules: ‘A huge victory for student free speech’
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February 17, 2026 at 4:27 PM
@umassamherst.bsky.social has been ordered by Hampshire Superior Court judge to reinstate #student it had suspended for organizing pro-Palestinian #protest at career fair. #University likely violated his #FirstAmendment rights, judge says. www.bostonherald.com/2026/02/16/u...
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New report: On February 19, 2026, CPJ will release a special report documenting the conditions Palestinian journalists report experiencing while in Israeli detention. The report draws on in-depth interviews from 59 Palestinian journalists released since October 7, 2023. cpj.org/2026/02/cpj-...
CPJ to release report documenting Palestinian journalists’ claims of torture in Israeli prisons - Committee to Protect Journalists
New York, February 17, 2026 — On Thursday, February 19, 2026, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) will release a special report documenting the conditions Palestinian journalists report experie...
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February 17, 2026 at 3:47 PM
New report: On February 19, 2026, CPJ will release a special report documenting the conditions Palestinian journalists report experiencing while in Israeli detention. The report draws on in-depth interviews from 59 Palestinian journalists released since October 7, 2023. cpj.org/2026/02/cpj-...
My #cat looks very presidential today, don't you think? #PresidentsDay
February 16, 2026 at 6:02 PM
My #cat looks very presidential today, don't you think? #PresidentsDay
If you missed my #poetry reading on Feb. 12 (I read from my newest #book of #poems, THE EXHAUST OF DREAMS ADULTERATED from Broadstone Books), you can catch a video of it here; thanks to Malaika King Albrecht for including me in her monthly book celebration! www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwIw...
Book Celebration with Jane R & Open Mic with Redheaded Stepchildosenberg LaForge
YouTube video by malaika888
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February 15, 2026 at 6:58 PM
If you missed my #poetry reading on Feb. 12 (I read from my newest #book of #poems, THE EXHAUST OF DREAMS ADULTERATED from Broadstone Books), you can catch a video of it here; thanks to Malaika King Albrecht for including me in her monthly book celebration! www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwIw...
"You can't shrink your way to relevance," Jeff Bezos told @polgreen.bsky.social but he apparently changed his mind. #journalism @washingtonpost.com www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/o...
Opinion | I Trusted Jeff Bezos. The Joke’s on Me.
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February 15, 2026 at 6:43 PM
"You can't shrink your way to relevance," Jeff Bezos told @polgreen.bsky.social but he apparently changed his mind. #journalism @washingtonpost.com www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/o...
#DHS asks tech companies for info on those who post criticisms of #ICE on social media. People have a #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #FreePress right to do this, right? Maybe #Google #Meta / #Facebook #Discord #Reddit & our own government have forgotten. Yeah? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
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February 14, 2026 at 12:38 AM
#DHS asks tech companies for info on those who post criticisms of #ICE on social media. People have a #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #FreePress right to do this, right? Maybe #Google #Meta / #Facebook #Discord #Reddit & our own government have forgotten. Yeah? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
#Art installation -- recreation of a Botanica store w/messages criticizing #ICE and #DHS -- shut down at the #University of North Texas. #Artist heard about it through #students on social media. #FirstAmendment #censorship #highereducation www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/a...
Texas University Closes Exhibition With Anti-ICE Artwork
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February 14, 2026 at 12:32 AM
#Art installation -- recreation of a Botanica store w/messages criticizing #ICE and #DHS -- shut down at the #University of North Texas. #Artist heard about it through #students on social media. #FirstAmendment #censorship #highereducation www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/a...
Just thinkin' about #fascism and its sex scandals today. No reason. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%B6...
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February 13, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Just thinkin' about #fascism and its sex scandals today. No reason. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%B6...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blomber...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_P...
www.contexttravel.com/stories/arti...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blomber...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_P...
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#TONIGHT! #FREE #FANTASTIC virtual #POETRY reading on Zoom with open mic! 7 pm EST. I'll be reading from my new book of #poems, "The Exhaust of Dreams Adulterated." You can buy it here: www.broadstonebooks.com/shop/p/the-e... and the details for the reading are here: www.facebook.com/events/35257...
THE EXHAUST OF DREAMS ADULTERATED, poetry by Jane Rosenberg LaForge — Broadstone Books
Publication Date: October 15, 2025 Paperback, xx pages ISBN: 978-1-966677-20-8 In her fifth full-length poetry collection Jane Rosenberg LaForge declares “I realize in context / I have given up on...
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February 12, 2026 at 5:58 PM
#TONIGHT! #FREE #FANTASTIC virtual #POETRY reading on Zoom with open mic! 7 pm EST. I'll be reading from my new book of #poems, "The Exhaust of Dreams Adulterated." You can buy it here: www.broadstonebooks.com/shop/p/the-e... and the details for the reading are here: www.facebook.com/events/35257...
You gotta "align with President Donald Trump’s vision for America" if you want a grant to help children #read, add a science lab, or digitize historical material, w/the help of a government agency Trump tried to shut down last year. Is it #fascism yet? www.propublica.org/article/inst...
Grant Guidelines for Libraries and Museums Take “Chilling” Political Turn Under Trump
Former Institute of Museum and Library Services leaders from both political parties expressed concern that the new funding guidelines could encourage a more constrained or distorted view of American h...
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February 10, 2026 at 9:55 PM
You gotta "align with President Donald Trump’s vision for America" if you want a grant to help children #read, add a science lab, or digitize historical material, w/the help of a government agency Trump tried to shut down last year. Is it #fascism yet? www.propublica.org/article/inst...
#Bibliotherapy: sign me up. www.bbc.com/future/artic...
'It opened up something in me': Why people are turning to bibliotherapy
"Bibliotherapy" has been soaring in popularity as a means of improving people's wellbeing. But getting it right depends on the book, and the person.
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February 10, 2026 at 7:12 PM
#Bibliotherapy: sign me up. www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Is the #SuperBowl over yet? Is it safe (a relative term) to discuss something else?
February 9, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Is the #SuperBowl over yet? Is it safe (a relative term) to discuss something else?
Guess I should have told this story earlier. Once someone was giving me a huge scoop about mob infiltration into the local carting business (it was a long time ago) and told me to wear "shorter skirts" when I said I wasn't sure I could get that story. #journalism
February 8, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Guess I should have told this story earlier. Once someone was giving me a huge scoop about mob infiltration into the local carting business (it was a long time ago) and told me to wear "shorter skirts" when I said I wasn't sure I could get that story. #journalism
CEO and #publisher @washingtonpost.com Will Lewis is out. Gone. (I heard it on the BBC World Service.) Like we used to say in college, "so long, chief." thehill.com/homenews/med...
thehill.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:07 AM
CEO and #publisher @washingtonpost.com Will Lewis is out. Gone. (I heard it on the BBC World Service.) Like we used to say in college, "so long, chief." thehill.com/homenews/med...
February 7, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Seven principles of #journalism once practiced by @washingtonpost.com and an elegy for all that's lost, from Carlos Lozada: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/o...
Opinion | An Elegy for My Washington Post
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February 7, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Seven principles of #journalism once practiced by @washingtonpost.com and an elegy for all that's lost, from Carlos Lozada: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/o...
Goodbye to all that; and mass market #paperback #books too: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/b... #publishing
So Long to Cheap Books You Could Fit in Your Pocket
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February 6, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Goodbye to all that; and mass market #paperback #books too: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/b... #publishing
Don't really know what to say since so much has already been said, plus this isn't the first time I've said this. But at this point it's all we've got left. constitutioncenter.org/the-constitu...
The 25th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution
SECTION. 1. In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.
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February 6, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Don't really know what to say since so much has already been said, plus this isn't the first time I've said this. But at this point it's all we've got left. constitutioncenter.org/the-constitu...
1 week from today, 2/12, I'll be reading #poems #poetry in a virtual event thanks to Red Headed Stepchild magazine & Malaika King Albrecht. 7 pm EST, includes open mic, details here: www.facebook.com/events/35257... including link to Zoom meeting.
Book Celebration with Jane Rosenberg LaFor & Open Mic with Redheaded Stepchildosenberg LaForge
Event by Malaika King Albrecht on Thursday, February 12 2026
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February 5, 2026 at 10:07 PM
1 week from today, 2/12, I'll be reading #poems #poetry in a virtual event thanks to Red Headed Stepchild magazine & Malaika King Albrecht. 7 pm EST, includes open mic, details here: www.facebook.com/events/35257... including link to Zoom meeting.
Reposted by Jane Rosenberg LaForge
If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
February 5, 2026 at 12:16 AM
If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Reposted by Jane Rosenberg LaForge
