The need for zoos to stock exhibits is often in conflict with conservation, as not all zoo animals are bred in captivity.

Go ahead and tell me our 4yo didn't finger paint a diver in a submersible suit! (And someone please kill off AI art.)

Best of the Net Rankings for prose. Near the top: @therumpus.bsky.social, @splitlipthemag.bsky.social, @passagesnorth.bsky.social

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Moving to Massachusetts has filled a library of small miracles, this one a 2,000-pager left last week by someone at our town transfer station (the dump).

“If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.”

I’m thrilled to have an essay up at @pinchjournal.bsky.social. It’s an exploration of war and identity that details an attempt to understand my grandfather, who carried an impenetrable silence (save for the occasional outrageous line).
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