Cat Wei
@catwei.bsky.social
poet, writer, dancer
writing in Pleiades, Prairie Schooner, Gulf Coast, The Slowdown podcast | Bread Loaf | Tin House
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writing in Pleiades, Prairie Schooner, Gulf Coast, The Slowdown podcast | Bread Loaf | Tin House
linktr.ee/catwei
Thank you @poetrydaily.bsky.social for featuring my strawberries poem 😌🍓❤️
Today’s Featured Poem:
“Summer Strawberries” by @catwei.bsky.social, from the Fall 2024 Issue of Muzzle Magazine.
Read here:
poems.com/poem/summer-...
“Summer Strawberries” by @catwei.bsky.social, from the Fall 2024 Issue of Muzzle Magazine.
Read here:
poems.com/poem/summer-...
Summer Strawberries
This is the first time we've been together in the garden
—mom, dad, and I—since that one time in high school.
poems.com
March 22, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Thank you @poetrydaily.bsky.social for featuring my strawberries poem 😌🍓❤️
“Democracy cannot be preserved by only discussing how to save it. It can only be secured by policies that guarantee a good life for all.” @isabellamweber.bsky.social for @thenation.com , on lessons from Germany, following a very similar trajectory to the US
The AfD wants to replace the CDU as the far-right people's party, and it is betting that the CDU's commitment to austerity will not solve the economic crisis.
To Defeat the Far Right, We Must Adopt an Anti-Fascist Economic Policy
Opposition to the status quo must not be monopolized by the right-wing extremist visions of parties like Alternative für Deutschland.
www.thenation.com
February 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
“Democracy cannot be preserved by only discussing how to save it. It can only be secured by policies that guarantee a good life for all.” @isabellamweber.bsky.social for @thenation.com , on lessons from Germany, following a very similar trajectory to the US
Reposted by Cat Wei
Tesla stock is down 14% since close of markets last Friday. What happened during that time? One answer: mass protests.
I describe what it was like at one such protest. What I saw fulfills what I describe as neuroscience-based requirements for effective action. samwang.substack.com/p/the-effect...
I describe what it was like at one such protest. What I saw fulfills what I describe as neuroscience-based requirements for effective action. samwang.substack.com/p/the-effect...
The effects of anti-Tesla action
Activists find an effective target for their energy. Also, you're not too late to help.
samwang.substack.com
February 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Tesla stock is down 14% since close of markets last Friday. What happened during that time? One answer: mass protests.
I describe what it was like at one such protest. What I saw fulfills what I describe as neuroscience-based requirements for effective action. samwang.substack.com/p/the-effect...
I describe what it was like at one such protest. What I saw fulfills what I describe as neuroscience-based requirements for effective action. samwang.substack.com/p/the-effect...
Thank you @versedaily.bsky.social for featuring my poem “Ode to America” first published by @glasspoetry.bsky.social - I first wrote it in 2021 and sometimes wondered later if it was too angry. But it’s a diagnosis. Now we have to make things better by moving toward the real dream of a collective.
Today's poem is "Ode to America"
by Cat Wei
from Glass: A Journal of Poetry
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www.versedaily.org/2025/odetoam...
by Cat Wei
from Glass: A Journal of Poetry
All Subscribers got to hear this poet from their inbox!
www.versedaily.org/2025/odetoam...
www.versedaily.org
February 27, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Thank you @versedaily.bsky.social for featuring my poem “Ode to America” first published by @glasspoetry.bsky.social - I first wrote it in 2021 and sometimes wondered later if it was too angry. But it’s a diagnosis. Now we have to make things better by moving toward the real dream of a collective.
Excited to read at KGB Bar Monday Night Poetry on 3/3! 7-9pm. New poems, wtf America poems, pleasure poems, et al.
February 9, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Excited to read at KGB Bar Monday Night Poetry on 3/3! 7-9pm. New poems, wtf America poems, pleasure poems, et al.
If mouse was Hannah Arendt
January 25, 2025 at 7:23 PM
If mouse was Hannah Arendt
Reposted by Cat Wei
“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
January 20, 2025 at 4:45 AM
“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
Be brave, cultivate empathy, stay focused, be proactive, and foster real connections—tips to keep democracy alive / defeat authoritarianism in 2025 from @george-lakoff.com—an amazing read
Tips to keep democracy alive in 2025:
1. Be Brave. Avoid helpless/hopeless talk. Authoritarians want you to feel powerless because it makes their work easier. Courage, faith, and optimism are essential. Fascism feeds on cynicism and pessimism. Starve it.
www.theframelab.org/how-to-thriv...
1. Be Brave. Avoid helpless/hopeless talk. Authoritarians want you to feel powerless because it makes their work easier. Courage, faith, and optimism are essential. Fascism feeds on cynicism and pessimism. Starve it.
www.theframelab.org/how-to-thriv...
2025: Keep democracy alive. FrameLab New Year's resolutions
Advice for defeating the authoritarian threat
www.theframelab.org
January 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Be brave, cultivate empathy, stay focused, be proactive, and foster real connections—tips to keep democracy alive / defeat authoritarianism in 2025 from @george-lakoff.com—an amazing read
One week from inauguration and we are living in the heart of the evil empire. The earth doesn’t need us. We will destroy ourselves or we will destroy this cruel empire. The earth continues either way
January 13, 2025 at 4:35 AM
One week from inauguration and we are living in the heart of the evil empire. The earth doesn’t need us. We will destroy ourselves or we will destroy this cruel empire. The earth continues either way
The most perfect toe beans (this might become a cat account)
November 22, 2024 at 8:07 AM
The most perfect toe beans (this might become a cat account)
Oh no another social media app to lurk on / tell me this is going to be better
November 22, 2024 at 8:01 AM
Oh no another social media app to lurk on / tell me this is going to be better