Rust & Moth
@rustandmoth.bsky.social
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· Nov 12
We just deactivated our Twitter account and wow, that's a weight lifted!
Musk is a problem and he has been for a long time. We've been shifting our weight to Bluesky for a while, but we're no longer content to lurk on the other site anymore. (1/4)
Musk is a problem and he has been for a long time. We've been shifting our weight to Bluesky for a while, but we're no longer content to lurk on the other site anymore. (1/4)
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Stop paying for or using Spotify until the ICE recruitment ads stop: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
December 31, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Stop paying for or using Spotify until the ICE recruitment ads stop: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
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this seems specifically designed to break mail-in voting (where deadlines are defined by postmark)
As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.
USPS Announces Changes to the Postmark Date System
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has adopted a final rule (FR Doc.
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December 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
this seems specifically designed to break mail-in voting (where deadlines are defined by postmark)
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America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
December 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
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The combination of federal funding cuts and rising prices is making it difficult for many food pantries to meet rising needs. Please consider supporting your local food pantry during this busy holiday season.
Find Your Local Food Bank and Holiday Food Boxes | Feeding America
Find the Feeding America member food bank nearest you. Over 200 member food banks can connect you with free food, food pantries, soup kitchens, and holiday food boxes in your community.
www.feedingamerica.org
December 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The combination of federal funding cuts and rising prices is making it difficult for many food pantries to meet rising needs. Please consider supporting your local food pantry during this busy holiday season.
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All of this, but especially back to the AI debate too.
As a writer, I can feel in my gut when something works and clicks, but that's because I've spent thousands of hours practicing and getting it wrong.
I've seen how my work does/doesn't resonate. When you're generating... how do you learn?
As a writer, I can feel in my gut when something works and clicks, but that's because I've spent thousands of hours practicing and getting it wrong.
I've seen how my work does/doesn't resonate. When you're generating... how do you learn?
The act of writing is *thinking*. If you do not allow yourself to think thoughts that feel wrong, you will never get a feel for what feels *right*.
December 24, 2025 at 4:08 AM
All of this, but especially back to the AI debate too.
As a writer, I can feel in my gut when something works and clicks, but that's because I've spent thousands of hours practicing and getting it wrong.
I've seen how my work does/doesn't resonate. When you're generating... how do you learn?
As a writer, I can feel in my gut when something works and clicks, but that's because I've spent thousands of hours practicing and getting it wrong.
I've seen how my work does/doesn't resonate. When you're generating... how do you learn?
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“He raped me.”
“Donald J Trump had raped her along with Jeffrey Epstein.”
“She was found with her head ‘blown off’… there was no way it was a suicide.”
Now we’re starting to see why Trump was hiding the Epstein files, and it probably gets much worse.
“Donald J Trump had raped her along with Jeffrey Epstein.”
“She was found with her head ‘blown off’… there was no way it was a suicide.”
Now we’re starting to see why Trump was hiding the Epstein files, and it probably gets much worse.
December 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
“He raped me.”
“Donald J Trump had raped her along with Jeffrey Epstein.”
“She was found with her head ‘blown off’… there was no way it was a suicide.”
Now we’re starting to see why Trump was hiding the Epstein files, and it probably gets much worse.
“Donald J Trump had raped her along with Jeffrey Epstein.”
“She was found with her head ‘blown off’… there was no way it was a suicide.”
Now we’re starting to see why Trump was hiding the Epstein files, and it probably gets much worse.
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The regime has announced two proposed rules intended to make it extremely difficult (if not impossible) for trans youth to receive the healthcare they need.
We expect robust legal challenges to these hate-filled proposals and are actively engaged with organizations on the frontlines of this fight.
We expect robust legal challenges to these hate-filled proposals and are actively engaged with organizations on the frontlines of this fight.
December 23, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The regime has announced two proposed rules intended to make it extremely difficult (if not impossible) for trans youth to receive the healthcare they need.
We expect robust legal challenges to these hate-filled proposals and are actively engaged with organizations on the frontlines of this fight.
We expect robust legal challenges to these hate-filled proposals and are actively engaged with organizations on the frontlines of this fight.
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The American people have had enough of this two-tiered justice system where the ultrarich never face consequences.
Ask your GOP Members of Congress what they will do to uphold the law they voted for, ensure the release of all the Epstein files, and give Epstein's survivors the justice they deserve.
Ask your GOP Members of Congress what they will do to uphold the law they voted for, ensure the release of all the Epstein files, and give Epstein's survivors the justice they deserve.
The Epstein cover-up continues. Let's keep up the pressure on Republicans until ALL the files are released.
Trump, his GOP enablers, and the Pam Bondi-led DOJ still think that – if they stall long enough – voters will forget about Jeffrey Epstein's crimes and the role Donald Trump, and some Republican megad...
act.indivisible.org
December 23, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The American people have had enough of this two-tiered justice system where the ultrarich never face consequences.
Ask your GOP Members of Congress what they will do to uphold the law they voted for, ensure the release of all the Epstein files, and give Epstein's survivors the justice they deserve.
Ask your GOP Members of Congress what they will do to uphold the law they voted for, ensure the release of all the Epstein files, and give Epstein's survivors the justice they deserve.
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Immigrant activist Jeanette Vizguerra released from ICE custody after 9 months
Immigrant activist Jeanette Vizguerra released from ICE custody after 9 months
Vizguerra, who has been publicly critical of the Trump administration, was given a bond hearing on a federal judge’s orders
coloradosun.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Immigrant activist Jeanette Vizguerra released from ICE custody after 9 months
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The area around Brown University -- which is also where I grew up and now live -- is quaint and picturesque. A postcard version of a New England college town.
But I never thought "this can't happen here." Because there is nowhere in the U.S. where this can't happen.
But I never thought "this can't happen here." Because there is nowhere in the U.S. where this can't happen.
December 14, 2025 at 4:01 AM
The area around Brown University -- which is also where I grew up and now live -- is quaint and picturesque. A postcard version of a New England college town.
But I never thought "this can't happen here." Because there is nowhere in the U.S. where this can't happen.
But I never thought "this can't happen here." Because there is nowhere in the U.S. where this can't happen.
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“… I remember reaching only in time for the sky
skipping with house swifts, the sun setting.”
and thirty six yellow moons, sleeping
@vismai.bsky.social in @rustandmoth.bsky.social rustandmoth.com/work/december/
skipping with house swifts, the sun setting.”
and thirty six yellow moons, sleeping
@vismai.bsky.social in @rustandmoth.bsky.social rustandmoth.com/work/december/
December | Rust & Moth
—the mint green birthday cake we passed in slo-mo on the lap of a man on a park bench under the shade of a Jacaranda tree in full purple bloom. It must have been winter, the window pane cold against …...
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December 9, 2025 at 2:20 AM
“… I remember reaching only in time for the sky
skipping with house swifts, the sun setting.”
and thirty six yellow moons, sleeping
@vismai.bsky.social in @rustandmoth.bsky.social rustandmoth.com/work/december/
skipping with house swifts, the sun setting.”
and thirty six yellow moons, sleeping
@vismai.bsky.social in @rustandmoth.bsky.social rustandmoth.com/work/december/
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A fun look back on the year hits different when it’s paired with propaganda for Trump’s deportation machine.
Fortunately, it’s easy to share your favorite music without doing free promotion for a corporation that recruits for ICE. What songs, albums, or artists helped you keep going in 2025?
Fortunately, it’s easy to share your favorite music without doing free promotion for a corporation that recruits for ICE. What songs, albums, or artists helped you keep going in 2025?
December 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A fun look back on the year hits different when it’s paired with propaganda for Trump’s deportation machine.
Fortunately, it’s easy to share your favorite music without doing free promotion for a corporation that recruits for ICE. What songs, albums, or artists helped you keep going in 2025?
Fortunately, it’s easy to share your favorite music without doing free promotion for a corporation that recruits for ICE. What songs, albums, or artists helped you keep going in 2025?
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We were fortunate enough to print one of the poems in this collection two winters ago. Congratulations Carolyn!
rustandmoth.com/work/history...
rustandmoth.com/work/history...
December 2, 2025 at 6:52 PM
We were fortunate enough to print one of the poems in this collection two winters ago. Congratulations Carolyn!
rustandmoth.com/work/history...
rustandmoth.com/work/history...
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TODAY IS THE DAY!
GET OUT AND VOTE. Polls are open 7 AM - 7 PM
WE GOT THIS!!!!!!
GET OUT AND VOTE. Polls are open 7 AM - 7 PM
WE GOT THIS!!!!!!
December 2, 2025 at 11:59 AM
TODAY IS THE DAY!
GET OUT AND VOTE. Polls are open 7 AM - 7 PM
WE GOT THIS!!!!!!
GET OUT AND VOTE. Polls are open 7 AM - 7 PM
WE GOT THIS!!!!!!
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"Still, he’d have loved me at my most disgusting."
This work reads like a deeply personal recounting, ripe with details demanding to be taken as history. Fascinatingly sincere imagery.
As somebody who has struggled with suicidal thoughts, this tender presentation of that vulnerability hits deep.
This work reads like a deeply personal recounting, ripe with details demanding to be taken as history. Fascinatingly sincere imagery.
As somebody who has struggled with suicidal thoughts, this tender presentation of that vulnerability hits deep.
New #poetry from Cora Schipa: "The Love of Someone Who Wants to Die".
The Love of Someone Who Wants to Die | Rust & Moth
I’ve been thinking about scent and memory and my second love, a wisp of boy, rail-thin, sinewy with muscle, veins strung under milk-pale skin and not much taller than me, who left rooms thick with amber...
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December 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
"Still, he’d have loved me at my most disgusting."
This work reads like a deeply personal recounting, ripe with details demanding to be taken as history. Fascinatingly sincere imagery.
As somebody who has struggled with suicidal thoughts, this tender presentation of that vulnerability hits deep.
This work reads like a deeply personal recounting, ripe with details demanding to be taken as history. Fascinatingly sincere imagery.
As somebody who has struggled with suicidal thoughts, this tender presentation of that vulnerability hits deep.
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A bit late sharing this poem published in @rustandmoth.bsky.social 's autumn issue. (was I waiting for December?🤔)
Grateful it’s out in the world. Big thanks to the editors 💙
rustandmoth.com/work/december/
Grateful it’s out in the world. Big thanks to the editors 💙
rustandmoth.com/work/december/
December 2, 2025 at 9:24 AM
A bit late sharing this poem published in @rustandmoth.bsky.social 's autumn issue. (was I waiting for December?🤔)
Grateful it’s out in the world. Big thanks to the editors 💙
rustandmoth.com/work/december/
Grateful it’s out in the world. Big thanks to the editors 💙
rustandmoth.com/work/december/
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One of my very favorite publications to read. Absolutely worth your time to read some back issues and consider submitting.
Rust & Moth is now accepting poems for our Spring 2026 issue! We read until the solstice hits (Dec 21st).
rustandmoth.com/submissions/
rustandmoth.com/submissions/
Submissions – Rust & Moth
A Journal Of Poetry And The Arts
rustandmoth.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:11 PM
One of my very favorite publications to read. Absolutely worth your time to read some back issues and consider submitting.
Rust & Moth is now accepting poems for our Spring 2026 issue! We read until the solstice hits (Dec 21st).
rustandmoth.com/submissions/
rustandmoth.com/submissions/
Submissions – Rust & Moth
A Journal Of Poetry And The Arts
rustandmoth.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Rust & Moth is now accepting poems for our Spring 2026 issue! We read until the solstice hits (Dec 21st).
rustandmoth.com/submissions/
rustandmoth.com/submissions/
New #poetry from Cora Schipa: "The Love of Someone Who Wants to Die".
The Love of Someone Who Wants to Die | Rust & Moth
I’ve been thinking about scent and memory and my second love, a wisp of boy, rail-thin, sinewy with muscle, veins strung under milk-pale skin and not much taller than me, who left rooms thick with amber...
rustandmoth.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:38 AM
New #poetry from Cora Schipa: "The Love of Someone Who Wants to Die".
New #poetry from Courtney Ruttenbur Bulsiewicz: "Why she makes bread".
Why she makes bread | Rust & Moth
The ease and openness in measuring teaspoons and half cups, the science of sugar in yeast, taupe milk water, rising into foam, stirring hard with hand carved red wooden spoons that fold and push. The...
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November 28, 2025 at 9:38 AM
New #poetry from Courtney Ruttenbur Bulsiewicz: "Why she makes bread".
New #poetry from Mary Grace Mangano: "Blood Work".
Blood Work | Rust & Moth
She tries distracting me, the nurse, Don’t look, And flicks the vein inside my elbow crease. The needle slides in, mostly without pain, And blood that coils in a plastic chain Is like the fears I’m...
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November 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
New #poetry from Mary Grace Mangano: "Blood Work".
New #poetry from Mary Grace Mangano: "Round Valley".
Round Valley | Rust & Moth
Round Valley Reservoir Hunterdon County, New Jersey 1960. Garden State. Two dams and then a flood. Fears the water would run out. “Go west or go without.” Sixteen houses. Fifty farms, demolished,...
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November 27, 2025 at 9:38 AM
New #poetry from Mary Grace Mangano: "Round Valley".
New #poetry from Edith Krone: "at work, the new guy asks".
at work, the new guy asks | Rust & Moth
you prefer she, right? i want to say that it is not really a preference, it just is. my life is not made up of preferences but if it was, i would simply prefer to not be here. i would … Read More
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November 26, 2025 at 9:38 AM
New #poetry from Edith Krone: "at work, the new guy asks".
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Election Day is a week away and @aftynbehn.bsky.social has all the momentum. No matter where you live, you can help us flip a deep-red district and shrink Mike Johnson’s tiny majority: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
The Tennessee race that suddenly has Trump world nervous
Democrat Aftyn Behn is putting up a fight.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Election Day is a week away and @aftynbehn.bsky.social has all the momentum. No matter where you live, you can help us flip a deep-red district and shrink Mike Johnson’s tiny majority: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...