Majda Gama
@majda.bsky.social
Debut poetry book “In the House of Modern Upbringing for Girls” Wandering Aengus Book Award (April 2025). Two Sylvia’s chapbook prize winner for The Call of Paradise (‘23). Graybeal-Gowen prize. ‘24 Gregory Djanikian Scholar. https://www.majdagama.com
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Starting now at twitch.tv/djjakerudh, it’s a 5+ hour music video spotlight on Duran Duran.
Expect hits, deep cuts, b-sides, side projects, solo material, influences, second wave British invasion peers and much more.
There’s no fee to better the virtual “Arena”
Expect hits, deep cuts, b-sides, side projects, solo material, influences, second wave British invasion peers and much more.
There’s no fee to better the virtual “Arena”
February 14, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Starting now at twitch.tv/djjakerudh, it’s a 5+ hour music video spotlight on Duran Duran.
Expect hits, deep cuts, b-sides, side projects, solo material, influences, second wave British invasion peers and much more.
There’s no fee to better the virtual “Arena”
Expect hits, deep cuts, b-sides, side projects, solo material, influences, second wave British invasion peers and much more.
There’s no fee to better the virtual “Arena”
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this is reagan/bush erasure
DONALD TRUMP HAS MADE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY THE PRO-POLLUTION PARTY!
Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu
February 12, 2026 at 9:34 PM
this is reagan/bush erasure
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February 14, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Come work with us!
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If Democrats need a generically handsome white man in a suit, Andy Beshear is right there and has been pretty consistent in his values. You can say a lot about him — nepo baby, untested on the national scene, Dockers dork — but he is pretty adamantly himself, and decent.
The public values authenticity in public figures above almost everything else.
The fact that Newsom was a standard center-left politician and is now shifting to the right will alienate him from both his old constituency and his new one.
Have Democrats really not learned their lesson on this?
The fact that Newsom was a standard center-left politician and is now shifting to the right will alienate him from both his old constituency and his new one.
Have Democrats really not learned their lesson on this?
A major reason that Gavin Newsom will not be the Democratic nominee is that it's very clear that he read the same stuff we all did last year about swing voters not liking orthodox social liberals and is "pivoting" on certain issues to try and pretend that he didn't have an entire career being one
February 14, 2026 at 12:43 AM
If Democrats need a generically handsome white man in a suit, Andy Beshear is right there and has been pretty consistent in his values. You can say a lot about him — nepo baby, untested on the national scene, Dockers dork — but he is pretty adamantly himself, and decent.
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Need some good news today? An incredible win for wildlife.
6 genetic California mountain lion populations are now protected under the state’s Endangered Species Act
YEARS of work from colleagues @urbanwildlands.bsky.social and the Mountain Lion Foundation: it may mean more wildlife crossings too
6 genetic California mountain lion populations are now protected under the state’s Endangered Species Act
YEARS of work from colleagues @urbanwildlands.bsky.social and the Mountain Lion Foundation: it may mean more wildlife crossings too
Huge win for California mountain lions: Today they were granted protection under the state #EndangeredSpeciesAct 🙌🐾
Now, six populations within Southern #California and the Central Coast will receive much-needed protections under the Act.
More info on this win for the wild ➡️ bit.ly/4tzC4FI
Now, six populations within Southern #California and the Central Coast will receive much-needed protections under the Act.
More info on this win for the wild ➡️ bit.ly/4tzC4FI
February 13, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Need some good news today? An incredible win for wildlife.
6 genetic California mountain lion populations are now protected under the state’s Endangered Species Act
YEARS of work from colleagues @urbanwildlands.bsky.social and the Mountain Lion Foundation: it may mean more wildlife crossings too
6 genetic California mountain lion populations are now protected under the state’s Endangered Species Act
YEARS of work from colleagues @urbanwildlands.bsky.social and the Mountain Lion Foundation: it may mean more wildlife crossings too
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These people are worse Valentines gifts than gas station flowers. patreon.com/BrianMcFadden
February 12, 2026 at 6:39 PM
These people are worse Valentines gifts than gas station flowers. patreon.com/BrianMcFadden
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Roses are white
Violets are white
Santa is white
America is white
Happy Valentine's Day from the Trump administration.
Violets are white
Santa is white
America is white
Happy Valentine's Day from the Trump administration.
February 13, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Roses are white
Violets are white
Santa is white
America is white
Happy Valentine's Day from the Trump administration.
Violets are white
Santa is white
America is white
Happy Valentine's Day from the Trump administration.
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The other day Manchester United’s co-owner Jim Ratcliffe said the UK had been "colonised by immigrants"….today there’s this billboard outside of Old Trafford 🔥….way to go Manchester 💪!
February 13, 2026 at 9:33 PM
The other day Manchester United’s co-owner Jim Ratcliffe said the UK had been "colonised by immigrants"….today there’s this billboard outside of Old Trafford 🔥….way to go Manchester 💪!
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A judge has declared a mistrial in the felony prosecution against Stanford students who were arrested in connection with their pro-Palestinian activism. Now would be a great time for Stanford to do what it should have done long ago: tell the DA to drop the charges. apnews.com/article/stan...
Jury deadlocked in the trial of Stanford students charged after pro-Palestinian protests in 2024
A judge has declared a mistrial in the trial of five current and former Stanford University students charged after pro-Palestinian protests in 2024.
apnews.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:35 PM
A judge has declared a mistrial in the felony prosecution against Stanford students who were arrested in connection with their pro-Palestinian activism. Now would be a great time for Stanford to do what it should have done long ago: tell the DA to drop the charges. apnews.com/article/stan...
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"you're gonna get in trouble for that"
*stone-faced*
"okay"
goddamn son
*stone-faced*
"okay"
goddamn son
February 13, 2026 at 10:55 PM
"you're gonna get in trouble for that"
*stone-faced*
"okay"
goddamn son
*stone-faced*
"okay"
goddamn son
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Only a few times a year, I take on a small group of writers to learn and improve the craft of writing short stories for three months. Applications for my April-June cohort are open through March 5. Learn more and apply to join the cohort here: maryrobinettekowal.com/short-story-...
February 13, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Only a few times a year, I take on a small group of writers to learn and improve the craft of writing short stories for three months. Applications for my April-June cohort are open through March 5. Learn more and apply to join the cohort here: maryrobinettekowal.com/short-story-...
Skatequest!
The ice skating rink Ilia Malinin grew up skating at, that he still skates ar, was my roller rink in the 80’s.
February 13, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Skatequest!
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Trump is the president. His Republican Party controls both the House and Senate, not to mention the Supreme Court. Yet he claims all elections are crooked and must be fixed. Could someone please ask him about this?
Trump: “The Democrats refuse to vote for Voter I.D., or Citizenship. The reason is very simple — They want to continue to cheat in Elections. This was not what our Founders desired … There will be Voter I.D. for the Midterm Elections, whether approved by Congress or not!“
February 13, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Trump is the president. His Republican Party controls both the House and Senate, not to mention the Supreme Court. Yet he claims all elections are crooked and must be fixed. Could someone please ask him about this?
The ice skating rink Ilia Malinin grew up skating at, that he still skates ar, was my roller rink in the 80’s.
February 13, 2026 at 9:53 PM
The ice skating rink Ilia Malinin grew up skating at, that he still skates ar, was my roller rink in the 80’s.
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It takes a lot to get New Yorkers to stand outdoors in subfreezing temperatures, but the Trump administration’s attacks on the Stonewall National Monument mobilized a crowd to Christopher Park as activists hoisted a large Pride flag to the flagpole.
Defying Trump’s Orders, NYC Re-Raises Pride Flag at Stonewall
Activists and officials returned the rainbow flag to Christopher Park after it was removed at the federal administration’s directive.
hyperallergic.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:37 PM
It takes a lot to get New Yorkers to stand outdoors in subfreezing temperatures, but the Trump administration’s attacks on the Stonewall National Monument mobilized a crowd to Christopher Park as activists hoisted a large Pride flag to the flagpole.
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That last line about her age and "limited value" - I don't think I'm wrong in understanding that as far-right incel/manosphere language.
"'She is dead,'" Officer Auderer told Officer Solan, before bursting out laughing.
"'No, it’s a regular person,' Officer Auderer said, adding: 'Yeah, just write a check — $11,000. She was 26, anyway. She had limited value.'"
"'No, it’s a regular person,' Officer Auderer said, adding: 'Yeah, just write a check — $11,000. She was 26, anyway. She had limited value.'"
Seattle to Pay $29 Million to Family of Woman Fatally Struck by Police S.U.V.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:21 PM
That last line about her age and "limited value" - I don't think I'm wrong in understanding that as far-right incel/manosphere language.
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Government Shocks Nation With Good Decision
Ireland’s basic income for the arts scheme becomes permanent
When piloted, initiative that provided €325 a week to eligible artists recouped more than its net cost, study shows
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Government Shocks Nation With Good Decision
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The big story out of the DHS funding vote is that Republicans don’t want to rein in ICE in any significant way.
Their hard lines were around things like allowing ICE to target children at school and people seeking medical care.
Their hard lines were around things like allowing ICE to target children at school and people seeking medical care.
Senate Democrats block DHS funding over immigration tactics
Though Department of Homeland Security almost certain to shutter at midnight Friday, ICE to be largely unaffected
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:47 PM
The big story out of the DHS funding vote is that Republicans don’t want to rein in ICE in any significant way.
Their hard lines were around things like allowing ICE to target children at school and people seeking medical care.
Their hard lines were around things like allowing ICE to target children at school and people seeking medical care.
I always read janan
Fragmentary and bold, "Don’t Look Away" by janan alexandra accumulates an unflinching image with deft, cutting lines. Find it in our latest issue at the link:
kenyonreview.org/piece/dont-l...
kenyonreview.org/piece/dont-l...
February 13, 2026 at 9:04 PM
I always read janan
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The Missouri Review is accepting entries of fiction, poetry, & essays engaging in evocative ways with health, wellness, & medicine. $1k & publication awarded/genre. $15 early bird fee. Deadline: March 15.
#writers #litmag #writingcontest
#writers #litmag #writingcontest
The Missouri Review's 6th Annual Perkoff Prize Invites Entries
Enter The Missouri Review’s 6th Annual Perkoff Prize by March 15. Winners in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction receive $1,000 and publication in the Winter 2026 issue.
www.newpages.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:00 PM
The Missouri Review is accepting entries of fiction, poetry, & essays engaging in evocative ways with health, wellness, & medicine. $1k & publication awarded/genre. $15 early bird fee. Deadline: March 15.
#writers #litmag #writingcontest
#writers #litmag #writingcontest
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related to the view among the professional commentariat that only students at ivys and boutique liberal arts colleges actually matter
This elitist view that only rich/Ivy/private school kids should study/have access the liberal arts is so deeply ingrained in so many highly educated Democrats’ views (including tons who majored in the lib arts themselves) that they don’t even realize they hold it, let alone how ugly & elitist it is
(3) But the Democrat view is also bad: while it's fine for people at Princeton and Harvard to study Latin and Sanskrit, public higher education is about job training and $ ROI. There is no room for the idea that curiosity-driven inquiry is a good that should be supported by the public.
February 13, 2026 at 8:03 PM
related to the view among the professional commentariat that only students at ivys and boutique liberal arts colleges actually matter
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So excited to be a part of this!
Join us for our very first in-person reading!
Featuring @andrewbertaina.bsky.social
@avitusbcarle.bsky.social
Laura Cronk
Theodore Heil
@rachel-kowalsky.bsky.social
@amymarques.bsky.social
Devan Murphy
@caitlinohalloran.bsky.social
Featuring @andrewbertaina.bsky.social
@avitusbcarle.bsky.social
Laura Cronk
Theodore Heil
@rachel-kowalsky.bsky.social
@amymarques.bsky.social
Devan Murphy
@caitlinohalloran.bsky.social
February 13, 2026 at 8:12 PM
So excited to be a part of this!
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Another devastating story from a family of asylum seekers, in this case from Russia, trapped inside an American for-profit concentration camp
These stories are so similar to the ones from the Japanese internment camps in WWII -- now recognized as one of the great shames in our nation's history
These stories are so similar to the ones from the Japanese internment camps in WWII -- now recognized as one of the great shames in our nation's history
I interviewed a family of Russian asylum seekers who’ve been held more than four months at the Dilley detention center in Texas.
As we spoke over Zoom this week, their daughter Kamilla was one day shy of turning 12. I asked her what she wanted for her birthday.
She replied: “To get out of here.”
As we spoke over Zoom this week, their daughter Kamilla was one day shy of turning 12. I asked her what she wanted for her birthday.
She replied: “To get out of here.”
'Even in Russia, they don't treat children like this': A family's nightmare in ICE detention
A Russian couple and their children sought asylum in the U.S. In a Texas detention center, they say they endured worms in the food and hourslong waits for medicine.
www.nbcnews.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Another devastating story from a family of asylum seekers, in this case from Russia, trapped inside an American for-profit concentration camp
These stories are so similar to the ones from the Japanese internment camps in WWII -- now recognized as one of the great shames in our nation's history
These stories are so similar to the ones from the Japanese internment camps in WWII -- now recognized as one of the great shames in our nation's history
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🧪🏺 Update - authors have new paper showing how useless gen- #AI is for archaeological illustration.
All 400 images were multiply inaccurate (physically, socially, technologically, environmentally), even with improved prompts.
JUST USE HUMAN EXPERTS & ARTISTS
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
All 400 images were multiply inaccurate (physically, socially, technologically, environmentally), even with improved prompts.
JUST USE HUMAN EXPERTS & ARTISTS
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
February 13, 2026 at 6:09 PM
🧪🏺 Update - authors have new paper showing how useless gen- #AI is for archaeological illustration.
All 400 images were multiply inaccurate (physically, socially, technologically, environmentally), even with improved prompts.
JUST USE HUMAN EXPERTS & ARTISTS
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
All 400 images were multiply inaccurate (physically, socially, technologically, environmentally), even with improved prompts.
JUST USE HUMAN EXPERTS & ARTISTS
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...