Morgan Leigh Davies
@mldavies.bsky.social
Victorian lady invalid, lying in bed surrounded by books. Long covid, ME, other ailments. Bylines in The Sick Times, Electric Lit, Jezebel, etc; cohost of Overinvested pod in absentia; picking away at a novel. she/her https://linktr.ee/morganleighdavies
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Belatedly sharing some of my favorite pieces from last year. I wrote essays, reviews, and conducted interviews, about fiction and all kinds of nonfiction.
This year I plan to do more of the same but hopefully at some new outlets in addition to the places I write regularly. Commission me!
This year I plan to do more of the same but hopefully at some new outlets in addition to the places I write regularly. Commission me!
Just caught up with the ice dancing from earlier today and I am pretty disgusted at NBC’s decision to mention nothing about the multiple scandals surrounding the French team and instead repeat that Cizeron is the first man to win with multiple partners like this is some amazing achievement.
February 12, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Just caught up with the ice dancing from earlier today and I am pretty disgusted at NBC’s decision to mention nothing about the multiple scandals surrounding the French team and instead repeat that Cizeron is the first man to win with multiple partners like this is some amazing achievement.
For the Overinvested patreon, @gavia.bsky.social and I chatted about PLURIBUS: www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-...
Bonus Episode: Pluribus | Overinvested
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February 11, 2026 at 4:43 PM
For the Overinvested patreon, @gavia.bsky.social and I chatted about PLURIBUS: www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-...
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FWIW, newspaper book review sections are part of the mission of journalism. Every year, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry titles tell us something we didn't know before, or advance the craft of verse and prose in new ways. This is the purpose of reviews: to alert us to the shaping of our culture.
February 10, 2026 at 8:47 PM
FWIW, newspaper book review sections are part of the mission of journalism. Every year, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry titles tell us something we didn't know before, or advance the craft of verse and prose in new ways. This is the purpose of reviews: to alert us to the shaping of our culture.
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"The books section of a newspaper plays an altogether different role. It does not cater to aficionados; it seeks new recruits."
A stirring defense from Becca Rothfeld--just laid off from the Washington Post and hired by the New Yorker--of the democratic importance of the newspaper book review, which respects its audience as true readers: people "you hope to change, convince, and surprise" www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...
The End of Books Coverage at the Washington Post
Becca Rothfeld, a former critic at the Washington Post, on the death of the paper’s books section.
www.newyorker.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:17 PM
"The books section of a newspaper plays an altogether different role. It does not cater to aficionados; it seeks new recruits."
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"It is a sign of a fatally limited imagination to assume that we can only ever desire the pittance to which we are currently reconciled." www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...
The End of Books Coverage at the Washington Post
Becca Rothfeld, a former critic at the Washington Post, on the death of the paper’s books section.
www.newyorker.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:40 PM
"It is a sign of a fatally limited imagination to assume that we can only ever desire the pittance to which we are currently reconciled." www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...
As a Massachusetts native I can’t even describe how much this disgusts me. If you live there, call her office now
NEW: Of all the states that voted for Harris over Trump in 2024, there's only one where a Dem governor is overseeing an ICE's 287(g) program:
Massachusetts.
Other blue states have quit, or even outright banned it. My colleague on what's happening: boltsmag.org/massachusett...
Massachusetts.
Other blue states have quit, or even outright banned it. My colleague on what's happening: boltsmag.org/massachusett...
Inside ICE’s Only Contract with a Blue State - Bolts
As part of a 287(g) contract between state officials and ICE, Massachusetts continues to release prisoners into deportation—even as state lawmakers look to ban other forms of ICE collaboration.
boltsmag.org
February 10, 2026 at 6:06 AM
As a Massachusetts native I can’t even describe how much this disgusts me. If you live there, call her office now
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"The Massachusetts Department of Correction... formally partners with ICE to transfer people who have finished their sentences."
Healey's office has also not responded to my calls about this (and why would they) BUT maybe if a lot more of us call and keep calling, they'll get the drift. 617-725-4005
Healey's office has also not responded to my calls about this (and why would they) BUT maybe if a lot more of us call and keep calling, they'll get the drift. 617-725-4005
NEW: Of all the states that voted for Harris over Trump in 2024, there's only one where a Dem governor is overseeing an ICE's 287(g) program:
Massachusetts.
Other blue states have quit, or even outright banned it. My colleague on what's happening: boltsmag.org/massachusett...
Massachusetts.
Other blue states have quit, or even outright banned it. My colleague on what's happening: boltsmag.org/massachusett...
Inside ICE’s Only Contract with a Blue State - Bolts
As part of a 287(g) contract between state officials and ICE, Massachusetts continues to release prisoners into deportation—even as state lawmakers look to ban other forms of ICE collaboration.
boltsmag.org
February 10, 2026 at 5:35 AM
"The Massachusetts Department of Correction... formally partners with ICE to transfer people who have finished their sentences."
Healey's office has also not responded to my calls about this (and why would they) BUT maybe if a lot more of us call and keep calling, they'll get the drift. 617-725-4005
Healey's office has also not responded to my calls about this (and why would they) BUT maybe if a lot more of us call and keep calling, they'll get the drift. 617-725-4005
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I really wish that non-maskers and covid is overers would take a look at the language here and ask yourself, does it really seem all that extreme to take extra precautions before an event you’ve trained your whole life for? And if not, what is reason for such charged language?
February 10, 2026 at 1:16 AM
I really wish that non-maskers and covid is overers would take a look at the language here and ask yourself, does it really seem all that extreme to take extra precautions before an event you’ve trained your whole life for? And if not, what is reason for such charged language?
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If the days of masking are behind you, the days of getting long covid or other complications are lit up like Las Vegas neon in front of you.
For most people, the pandemic days of masking are behind us. In certain corners of the Winter Olympics, though, things still look a lot like they did in Covid times. Some athletes are taking extreme measures to stay healthy. n.pr/4akK70l
Olympic Covid restrictions are gone, but some athletes still self-quarantining
For most people, the pandemic days of masking are behind us. In certain corners of the Winter Olympics, though, things still look a lot like they did in Covid times. Some athletes are taking extreme measures to stay healthy.
n.pr
February 10, 2026 at 12:43 AM
If the days of masking are behind you, the days of getting long covid or other complications are lit up like Las Vegas neon in front of you.
Now this is a bold directorial vision I could get behind
My 2 most pressing questions about Emerald Fennell's "Wuthering Heights" (other than why, just why, and more why)
1. Why do all of Margot Robbie's costumes look like they were stolen from Miss Piggy's wardrobe?
2. Does this mean the world is finally ready for The Muppet's Wuthering Heights?!
1. Why do all of Margot Robbie's costumes look like they were stolen from Miss Piggy's wardrobe?
2. Does this mean the world is finally ready for The Muppet's Wuthering Heights?!
miss piggy is wearing a green dress and gloves
ALT: miss piggy is wearing a green dress and gloves
media.tenor.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Now this is a bold directorial vision I could get behind
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Almost half a billion people w/ Long Covid around the world w/ around half of them meeting criteria for ME. I’m sure it’s fine that only 33 doctors in the UK have learned anything about managing the life-threatening severe end of this horrific disease. It’s totally not going to get anyone killed /s
Out of over half a million healthcare providers in the UK, thirty-three have viewed the module on managing severe ME that was touted as the solution to the ME crisis. This leads to people like Savannah currently being detained and tortured in NHS hospitals
5/n
Today, I received their answer. This is the data table they sent me, of the number of people who have completed each of the 3 modules up to 20 January 2026:
Today, I received their answer. This is the data table they sent me, of the number of people who have completed each of the 3 modules up to 20 January 2026:
February 10, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Almost half a billion people w/ Long Covid around the world w/ around half of them meeting criteria for ME. I’m sure it’s fine that only 33 doctors in the UK have learned anything about managing the life-threatening severe end of this horrific disease. It’s totally not going to get anyone killed /s
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... and if you like the idea of *reading* book reviews at @flaminghydra.com, now is a good time to subscribe! The more subscribers we have, the more writers we can invite to join the collective.
Hello, looks like independent publishers should beef up our books coverage.
If you're into the idea of joining the @flaminghydra.com collective and writing a book review each month (800-2000 word range), please send us your ideas and some clips to hello@flamingydra.com
If you're into the idea of joining the @flaminghydra.com collective and writing a book review each month (800-2000 word range), please send us your ideas and some clips to hello@flamingydra.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:03 PM
... and if you like the idea of *reading* book reviews at @flaminghydra.com, now is a good time to subscribe! The more subscribers we have, the more writers we can invite to join the collective.
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If you wanna know who ran this playbook before, look to the Nazis. The Nazis blamed crime and German economic malaise on Jewish people and decided they should enslave the Jews and eventually mass murder them. It’s the same world view.
February 9, 2026 at 12:50 PM
If you wanna know who ran this playbook before, look to the Nazis. The Nazis blamed crime and German economic malaise on Jewish people and decided they should enslave the Jews and eventually mass murder them. It’s the same world view.
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This is precisely right. The GOP and Fox News have spent the last decade telling people there are giant networks of brown skinned immigrant invaders murdering their neighbors and politicians are letting them get away with it for votes. Now in power the numbers ain’t there so they make it up.
So the entire reason they're trying to deport ANYONE/EVERYONE
is because they've set quotas.
These quotas are based on the lies they've told, that there are 'millions' of undocumented people ('illegal aliens')...you know the ones the DNC bring in on magic busses to steal votes.
So yeah.
is because they've set quotas.
These quotas are based on the lies they've told, that there are 'millions' of undocumented people ('illegal aliens')...you know the ones the DNC bring in on magic busses to steal votes.
So yeah.
The government says the people being deported are violent criminals, and they treat them inhumanely. But mostly they are subjecting ordinary people to extraordinary punishments.
February 9, 2026 at 12:48 PM
This is precisely right. The GOP and Fox News have spent the last decade telling people there are giant networks of brown skinned immigrant invaders murdering their neighbors and politicians are letting them get away with it for votes. Now in power the numbers ain’t there so they make it up.
Literally making me sick
February 9, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Literally making me sick
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6/ “When I arrived every night I cried and now I don’t sleep well, I felt that being here was my fault and I only wanted to be on vacation like a normal family.”
9-year-old Maria Antonia Guerra Montoya, detained on her way to Disney World, spent 113+ days at Dilley.
9-year-old Maria Antonia Guerra Montoya, detained on her way to Disney World, spent 113+ days at Dilley.
![Page 2 of a child’s handwritten letter, written in pencil in Spanish. Translation: “They don’t give me my diet I am vegetarian, I don’t eat well, there is no good education and I miss my best friend julieta and my grandmother and my school I already want to get to my house. Me in dilei [Dilley] am not happy please get me out of here to colombia.” Below the text is a drawing of the girl and her mother in the government-issued gray sweatsuits of the detention center.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:k4jt6heuiamymgi46yeuxtpt/bafkreihpnudavq27nzelfb2kd3fjjthco7haqmhvx4zryksfbfruoxkm74@jpeg)
February 9, 2026 at 12:38 PM
6/ “When I arrived every night I cried and now I don’t sleep well, I felt that being here was my fault and I only wanted to be on vacation like a normal family.”
9-year-old Maria Antonia Guerra Montoya, detained on her way to Disney World, spent 113+ days at Dilley.
9-year-old Maria Antonia Guerra Montoya, detained on her way to Disney World, spent 113+ days at Dilley.
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4/ “Mi Familia,” by 5-year-old Luisanney Toloza from Venezuela, who had recently crossed the U.S.-Mexico border
February 9, 2026 at 12:30 PM
4/ “Mi Familia,” by 5-year-old Luisanney Toloza from Venezuela, who had recently crossed the U.S.-Mexico border
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3/ “I have never been separated from my siblings and its honestly sad because they are little and they need their mom and sister.”
From 14-year-old Ariana V.V, whose U.S.-citizen siblings are 2 and 5 years old. Detained for 45+ days
From 14-year-old Ariana V.V, whose U.S.-citizen siblings are 2 and 5 years old. Detained for 45+ days
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
3/ “I have never been separated from my siblings and its honestly sad because they are little and they need their mom and sister.”
From 14-year-old Ariana V.V, whose U.S.-citizen siblings are 2 and 5 years old. Detained for 45+ days
From 14-year-old Ariana V.V, whose U.S.-citizen siblings are 2 and 5 years old. Detained for 45+ days
Okay things I'm learning from the WUTHERING HEIGHTS reviews.
1. Linton is played by a person of color??? (Shazad Latif.) This woman could not understand the book less if she tried oh my god.
2. From Peter Bradshaw's review: ?????!!! www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...
1. Linton is played by a person of color??? (Shazad Latif.) This woman could not understand the book less if she tried oh my god.
2. From Peter Bradshaw's review: ?????!!! www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...
February 9, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Okay things I'm learning from the WUTHERING HEIGHTS reviews.
1. Linton is played by a person of color??? (Shazad Latif.) This woman could not understand the book less if she tried oh my god.
2. From Peter Bradshaw's review: ?????!!! www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...
1. Linton is played by a person of color??? (Shazad Latif.) This woman could not understand the book less if she tried oh my god.
2. From Peter Bradshaw's review: ?????!!! www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...
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ICE sacked some tiny Idaho town and deported ~4 percent of the population at a stroke, it's liable to collapse the local economy www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
A Raid in a Small Town Brings Trump’s Deportations to Deep-Red Idaho
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:54 PM
ICE sacked some tiny Idaho town and deported ~4 percent of the population at a stroke, it's liable to collapse the local economy www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
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He says "Seguimos aquí" after listing Puerto Rico last in the roll call of countries
"We're still here"
A refrain from the residency last summer and an expression of defiance in the face of so many challenges
"We're still here"
A refrain from the residency last summer and an expression of defiance in the face of so many challenges
February 9, 2026 at 4:32 AM
He says "Seguimos aquí" after listing Puerto Rico last in the roll call of countries
"We're still here"
A refrain from the residency last summer and an expression of defiance in the face of so many challenges
"We're still here"
A refrain from the residency last summer and an expression of defiance in the face of so many challenges
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Next is "El Apagón" (the blackout) which I could write a whole thread about on its own
The song and its video (a mini documentary) are about a lot of things, including the problems with Puerto Rico's electrical grid, which have gotten worse since Hurricane Maria
The song and its video (a mini documentary) are about a lot of things, including the problems with Puerto Rico's electrical grid, which have gotten worse since Hurricane Maria
February 9, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Next is "El Apagón" (the blackout) which I could write a whole thread about on its own
The song and its video (a mini documentary) are about a lot of things, including the problems with Puerto Rico's electrical grid, which have gotten worse since Hurricane Maria
The song and its video (a mini documentary) are about a lot of things, including the problems with Puerto Rico's electrical grid, which have gotten worse since Hurricane Maria
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Peep the LIGHT BLUE Puerto Rican flag in the window
The flag with the light blue triangle represents the Puerto Rican independence movement
For many years it was illegal to display on the island
(Lots more light blue flags forthcoming in this performance)
The flag with the light blue triangle represents the Puerto Rican independence movement
For many years it was illegal to display on the island
(Lots more light blue flags forthcoming in this performance)
February 9, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Peep the LIGHT BLUE Puerto Rican flag in the window
The flag with the light blue triangle represents the Puerto Rican independence movement
For many years it was illegal to display on the island
(Lots more light blue flags forthcoming in this performance)
The flag with the light blue triangle represents the Puerto Rican independence movement
For many years it was illegal to display on the island
(Lots more light blue flags forthcoming in this performance)
incredible incredible thread
I cannot emphasize enough that what he's singing here, obscured by beeps, is "If your boyfriend doesn't eat your ass, he'd better fuck off"
February 9, 2026 at 4:32 AM
incredible incredible thread
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Not for nothing, these are the things that white supremely., capitalism, and the venture-capitalist industrial complex want to take from us.
Don’t let them. Take a humanities course. Support the arts. And if you’re a STEM person? Fight for your colleagues.
Don’t let them. Take a humanities course. Support the arts. And if you’re a STEM person? Fight for your colleagues.
February 9, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Not for nothing, these are the things that white supremely., capitalism, and the venture-capitalist industrial complex want to take from us.
Don’t let them. Take a humanities course. Support the arts. And if you’re a STEM person? Fight for your colleagues.
Don’t let them. Take a humanities course. Support the arts. And if you’re a STEM person? Fight for your colleagues.