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this conversation is tuition for me as a poet. so generative, so fascinating. gosh. thanks once more to @davidnaimon.bsky.social for guiding conversations with writers & respecting the work.
What does it mean to write under the aura of another poet one admires, to write in celebration of another? What happens to language when you do? Don't miss today's conversation with Laynie Browne
Audio📻: tinhouse.com/podcast/layn...
@omnidawn.bsky.social @tinhouse.bsky.social
Audio📻: tinhouse.com/podcast/layn...
@omnidawn.bsky.social @tinhouse.bsky.social
Laynie Browne : Apprentice to a Breathing Hand - Tin House
What does it mean to write toward or under the aura of another poet one admires, to write in homage, as a celebration of another? What happens to language when it hovers between two writers, between h...
tinhouse.com
August 24, 2025 at 3:05 AM
this conversation is tuition for me as a poet. so generative, so fascinating. gosh. thanks once more to @davidnaimon.bsky.social for guiding conversations with writers & respecting the work.
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It’s all about sending a message. The raid is the message. It’s all about retribution. He is the retribution president. As with troops on our streets, it’s all about normalizing fascism. This is fascism. Fascism is here. Too many Americans are too “busy” to care. But it’s here.
August 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
It’s all about sending a message. The raid is the message. It’s all about retribution. He is the retribution president. As with troops on our streets, it’s all about normalizing fascism. This is fascism. Fascism is here. Too many Americans are too “busy” to care. But it’s here.
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this is a particularly good Backlisted.
New episode of Backlisted! The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington, with Paul March-Russell, Una McCormack and me. @backlisted.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social www.backlisted.fm/episodes/246...
246. The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington — Backlisted
Leonora Carrington's charming and surreal novel The Hearing Trumpet (1976, probably) is the subject of this episode. Joining Una, Andy and Nicky is author and lecturer Dr Paul March-Russell , w...
www.backlisted.fm
August 22, 2025 at 5:21 AM
this is a particularly good Backlisted.
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This also has all the ingredients.
Gutted: How Deeply Trump Has Cut Federal Health Agencies
More than 20,500 workers have left or been pushed out of federal health agencies, a ProPublica analysis found. Staffers say the cuts will leave their agencies less equipped to conduct studies, perform...
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August 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This also has all the ingredients.
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Damn! This is a fine poem (no grim humour intended).
"Could it be, even after death, love expands?"
From @nancyland.bsky.social's book, Inconsolable Objects: bit.ly/inconsolableobjects
#poem #books #writing
From @nancyland.bsky.social's book, Inconsolable Objects: bit.ly/inconsolableobjects
#poem #books #writing
August 16, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Damn! This is a fine poem (no grim humour intended).
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Only thing I really want to say about the And Just Like That finale is that I never, ever want to see that rude, narcissistic, finger-snapping Gen Z Bravo yassss queen stereotype used by anyone again. I want to apologize on behalf of all old gays. Young gays, you deserve better mean jokes about you.
August 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Only thing I really want to say about the And Just Like That finale is that I never, ever want to see that rude, narcissistic, finger-snapping Gen Z Bravo yassss queen stereotype used by anyone again. I want to apologize on behalf of all old gays. Young gays, you deserve better mean jokes about you.
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August 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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15 August 1919 | A Dutch Jewish woman, Susanne Loebel, was born in Amsterdam.
In October 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
In October 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
August 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
15 August 1919 | A Dutch Jewish woman, Susanne Loebel, was born in Amsterdam.
In October 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
In October 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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Quite often people ask me 'how do you keep going,' and I did my best to offer a more personal answer than usual in this little podcast, with some help from George Harrison, Nina Simone, the Five Stairsteps, and Kamasi Washington
strengthandsolidarity.substack.com/p/the-coda-4...
strengthandsolidarity.substack.com/p/the-coda-4...
The Coda #46: It’s gonna be all right
Bill McKibben on songs that make a difference
strengthandsolidarity.substack.com
August 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Quite often people ask me 'how do you keep going,' and I did my best to offer a more personal answer than usual in this little podcast, with some help from George Harrison, Nina Simone, the Five Stairsteps, and Kamasi Washington
strengthandsolidarity.substack.com/p/the-coda-4...
strengthandsolidarity.substack.com/p/the-coda-4...
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14 August 1928 | French Jewish girl, Micheline Fajgenbaum, was born in Paris.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from Pithiviers on 7 August 1942. She did not survive.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from Pithiviers on 7 August 1942. She did not survive.
August 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
14 August 1928 | French Jewish girl, Micheline Fajgenbaum, was born in Paris.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from Pithiviers on 7 August 1942. She did not survive.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from Pithiviers on 7 August 1942. She did not survive.
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12 August 1941 | A French Jewish girl, Annie Nakache, was born in Constantine (Algeria). She lived in Toulouse. A daughter of a swimmer Alfred Nakache.
In January 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz with her parents. She was murdered in a gas chamber with her mother Paule.
In January 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz with her parents. She was murdered in a gas chamber with her mother Paule.
August 12, 2025 at 5:00 AM
12 August 1941 | A French Jewish girl, Annie Nakache, was born in Constantine (Algeria). She lived in Toulouse. A daughter of a swimmer Alfred Nakache.
In January 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz with her parents. She was murdered in a gas chamber with her mother Paule.
In January 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz with her parents. She was murdered in a gas chamber with her mother Paule.
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'I would make my home
in the trunk of a birch tree'
-Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social
🎨Jeanna Bauck
#BookWormSat
in the trunk of a birch tree'
-Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social
🎨Jeanna Bauck
#BookWormSat
August 9, 2025 at 8:14 AM
'I would make my home
in the trunk of a birch tree'
-Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social
🎨Jeanna Bauck
#BookWormSat
in the trunk of a birch tree'
-Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social
🎨Jeanna Bauck
#BookWormSat
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1/3 My hot wash of yesterday:
August 6, 2025 at 8:11 PM
1/3 My hot wash of yesterday:
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Deciding billionaires must be eliminated for the climate is one of my favorite things about Ministry for the Future. Wrote this one myself (but not the execrable title). www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Billionaires are out of touch and much too powerful. The planet is in trouble | Rebecca Solnit
The 1% aren’t just the biggest climate wreckers, they also greatly influence how the world responds to the crisis, says Guardian US columnist Rebecca Solnit
www.theguardian.com
July 29, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Deciding billionaires must be eliminated for the climate is one of my favorite things about Ministry for the Future. Wrote this one myself (but not the execrable title). www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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There is no difference between this moment and all the others we see in the rearview mirror of history and look back upon in disgust.
Our complacency is the same.
Our apathy is the same.
Our silence is the same.
Our culpability is the same.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-ice-at...
Our complacency is the same.
Our apathy is the same.
Our silence is the same.
Our culpability is the same.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-ice-at...
The I.C.E. Atrocities Should Be the Final Straw for Decent Human Beings.
This should be the final straw for us, America.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
July 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
There is no difference between this moment and all the others we see in the rearview mirror of history and look back upon in disgust.
Our complacency is the same.
Our apathy is the same.
Our silence is the same.
Our culpability is the same.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-ice-at...
Our complacency is the same.
Our apathy is the same.
Our silence is the same.
Our culpability is the same.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-ice-at...
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“The UN and the ICC Are Under Attack From Trump and Netanyahu”
Three key news stories/scandals you may have missed and what it all means.
Your #mustread of the day from Zeteo.
Three key news stories/scandals you may have missed and what it all means.
Your #mustread of the day from Zeteo.
The UN and the ICC Are Under Attack From Trump and Netanyahu
Israel and the US are conducting the most systematic assault on international accountability mechanisms in UN history.
zeteo.com
July 18, 2025 at 1:37 AM
“The UN and the ICC Are Under Attack From Trump and Netanyahu”
Three key news stories/scandals you may have missed and what it all means.
Your #mustread of the day from Zeteo.
Three key news stories/scandals you may have missed and what it all means.
Your #mustread of the day from Zeteo.
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There will effectively be no OCR, no ALJ, no avenue to legally compel your local district to comply with either ADA or IDEA.
If they don't wanna, they just won't. And even if they want to, the federal money is going to disappear, so the already overtaxed public education system will cut services.
If they don't wanna, they just won't. And even if they want to, the federal money is going to disappear, so the already overtaxed public education system will cut services.
July 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
There will effectively be no OCR, no ALJ, no avenue to legally compel your local district to comply with either ADA or IDEA.
If they don't wanna, they just won't. And even if they want to, the federal money is going to disappear, so the already overtaxed public education system will cut services.
If they don't wanna, they just won't. And even if they want to, the federal money is going to disappear, so the already overtaxed public education system will cut services.
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The Trump administration is dismantling our public education system and defunding programs that support students with special needs.
@edmarkey.bsky.social and I are fighting back.
@edmarkey.bsky.social and I are fighting back.
Amid Trump cuts, Senators Warren, Markey call on Congress to fully fund special education - The Boston Globe
The Democrats said it was beyond time for Congress to make good on its 1975 funding pledge.
www.bostonglobe.com
July 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The Trump administration is dismantling our public education system and defunding programs that support students with special needs.
@edmarkey.bsky.social and I are fighting back.
@edmarkey.bsky.social and I are fighting back.
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Good night, lovely people and lovely dogs.
I hope that you have a really wonderful weekend.
I hope that you have a really wonderful weekend.
July 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Good night, lovely people and lovely dogs.
I hope that you have a really wonderful weekend.
I hope that you have a really wonderful weekend.
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#5albums50s60s4 #albumoftheday Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left (1969) A warm bath of a record. Astonishing musicianship. Intimate, and revealing, it should have resulted in fame & fortune but was ignored by the public. How might his life have panned out if it sold well? Best track - River Man
July 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
#5albums50s60s4 #albumoftheday Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left (1969) A warm bath of a record. Astonishing musicianship. Intimate, and revealing, it should have resulted in fame & fortune but was ignored by the public. How might his life have panned out if it sold well? Best track - River Man
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Disability in LIS Journal Seeking Peer Reviewers!
Volunteer form, contact information, and links to related content are available here:
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Volunteer form, contact information, and links to related content are available here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
July 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Disability in LIS Journal Seeking Peer Reviewers!
Volunteer form, contact information, and links to related content are available here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Volunteer form, contact information, and links to related content are available here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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A new book about Argentina’s disappeared shows how difficult it can be to reckon with atrocities of the past. Julia M. Klein on lessons from a nation caught between "the drive to forget and the obligation to remember":
How to Recover From State Terror
A new book about Argentina’s disappeared shows how difficult it can be to reckon with atrocities of the past.
bit.ly
July 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
A new book about Argentina’s disappeared shows how difficult it can be to reckon with atrocities of the past. Julia M. Klein on lessons from a nation caught between "the drive to forget and the obligation to remember":
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With ICE's *enormous* new budget and its ability to hire *many* more agents, the United States is about to enter an era of brutal domestic terrorism that we've never seen before.
July 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM
With ICE's *enormous* new budget and its ability to hire *many* more agents, the United States is about to enter an era of brutal domestic terrorism that we've never seen before.
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I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.