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)
New #poetry from Kate Reider Collins: "Elegy as a Letter to My Dead".
Elegy as a Letter to My Dead | Rust & Moth
Who is to say there isn’t a Post Office in the Afterlife where Spirits hang out, those who left things unsaid, piles of mail stacking up. Envelopes from the Living addressed to the Dead, envelopes from...
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November 18, 2025 at 9:38 AM
New #poetry from Kate Reider Collins: "Elegy as a Letter to My Dead".
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The regime targeted Rep. McIver for conducting legislative oversight at an ICE facility in her district (or doing her job).
We hoped the courts would recognize this for the political persecution it is and dismiss the charges. Unfortunately, a federal judge ruled that the case could go to trial.
We hoped the courts would recognize this for the political persecution it is and dismiss the charges. Unfortunately, a federal judge ruled that the case could go to trial.
Judge denies N.J. Rep. McIver’s request to dismiss Trump administration charges
A judge said U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver failed to show her prosecution was selective and vindictive.
www.nj.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:11 AM
The regime targeted Rep. McIver for conducting legislative oversight at an ICE facility in her district (or doing her job).
We hoped the courts would recognize this for the political persecution it is and dismiss the charges. Unfortunately, a federal judge ruled that the case could go to trial.
We hoped the courts would recognize this for the political persecution it is and dismiss the charges. Unfortunately, a federal judge ruled that the case could go to trial.
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Republicans are getting worried about the upcoming special election in #TN07, where @aftynbehn.bsky.social has all of the momentum.
Early voting is underway, and you can help send this progressive champion (and former Indivisible organizer) to Congress: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
Early voting is underway, and you can help send this progressive champion (and former Indivisible organizer) to Congress: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
Democrats inject "Epstein files" into special election that's scaring GOP
"The Epstein files are locked away. Matt Van Epps will keep them that way," a new ad says.
www.axios.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Republicans are getting worried about the upcoming special election in #TN07, where @aftynbehn.bsky.social has all of the momentum.
Early voting is underway, and you can help send this progressive champion (and former Indivisible organizer) to Congress: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
Early voting is underway, and you can help send this progressive champion (and former Indivisible organizer) to Congress: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
New #poetry from Kacey Martin: "Axis".
Axis | Rust & Moth
They called it the Black Plague. Cheap casket wine, Pepsi Max, & forgotten distillery remnants. I remember the turning—unsure if it was I or the world that had slipped its axis (it was both). A body...
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November 15, 2025 at 9:38 AM
New #poetry from Kacey Martin: "Axis".
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We were as real and as pale as the ash.
November 14, 2025 at 11:51 PM
We were as real and as pale as the ash.
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A real loss. Rest in power, Alice Wong.
November 15, 2025 at 6:16 AM
A real loss. Rest in power, Alice Wong.
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Aftyn Behn — a social worker, state representative, and former Indivisible organizer — is running in a special election to flip #TN07.
If you want to elect a Democratic leader that we can count on to fight, please make some calls to help @aftynbehn.bsky.social GOTV: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
If you want to elect a Democratic leader that we can count on to fight, please make some calls to help @aftynbehn.bsky.social GOTV: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
November 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Aftyn Behn — a social worker, state representative, and former Indivisible organizer — is running in a special election to flip #TN07.
If you want to elect a Democratic leader that we can count on to fight, please make some calls to help @aftynbehn.bsky.social GOTV: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
If you want to elect a Democratic leader that we can count on to fight, please make some calls to help @aftynbehn.bsky.social GOTV: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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Beautiful!
November 14, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Beautiful!
New #poetry from Christy Prahl: "Loose".
Loose | Rust & Moth
That year we lost seven teeth between us. One swallowed down my sister ’s throat as she slept. Surviving meant an extra quarter under her pillow and I ached for that overnight visit, the shiny money,...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:38 AM
New #poetry from Christy Prahl: "Loose".
New #poetry from DS Maolalai: "Kilbarrack".
Kilbarrack | Rust & Moth
from the edge between footpath and roadpath, weeds rise in a row of salutes. in one driveway a car sinks to cement on flat tires with the folded-up manner of a cat gone compact on a windowsill. I walk...
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November 13, 2025 at 9:38 AM
New #poetry from DS Maolalai: "Kilbarrack".
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the only thing democrats should be saying today is “the entire republican party is engaged in a coverup of the most notorious child sex trafficking ring in world history”
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
the only thing democrats should be saying today is “the entire republican party is engaged in a coverup of the most notorious child sex trafficking ring in world history”
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Spotify is running ads to help ICE recruit more agents to infringe our rights and terrorize our communities. We’re calling on users to stop paying for or using the app until Spotify stops streaming fascism: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti...
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Spotify is running ads to help ICE recruit more agents to infringe our rights and terrorize our communities. We’re calling on users to stop paying for or using the app until Spotify stops streaming fascism: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti...
Hey litmags -- what services do y'all use/like for mailing lists? We've been using Mailchimp for a long time but we can't absorb their price increases anymore.
November 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Hey litmags -- what services do y'all use/like for mailing lists? We've been using Mailchimp for a long time but we can't absorb their price increases anymore.
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In a message obtained by Congress, the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein wrote that Trump spent hours at his house with one of Epstein’s victims
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
In a message obtained by Congress, the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein wrote that Trump spent hours at his house with one of Epstein’s victims
New #poetry from HT Reynolds: "I Never Said".
I Never Said | Rust & Moth
she should remove the wicked, warmest part of herself for the spider silk she wraps around her mourning son & holds like a balloon string. I never said she should become his disease, a festering boil...
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November 12, 2025 at 9:38 AM
New #poetry from HT Reynolds: "I Never Said".
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Your emptying, my emptiness, not the same.
November 12, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Your emptying, my emptiness, not the same.
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For the first time all year, Democrats were riding high and the regime was on the ropes.
If Senate leadership’s goal was to demobilize and depress rank-and-file Democrats, they could not have played their cards better.
This is why we’ve launched the largest primary program that we’ve ever run.
If Senate leadership’s goal was to demobilize and depress rank-and-file Democrats, they could not have played their cards better.
This is why we’ve launched the largest primary program that we’ve ever run.
Democratic leaders have failed us again. It's time to get new leaders.
After yet another capitulation by Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats, it's clear we need new leadership capable of mounting a serious opposition to Trump's authoritarian regime. We're launching our la...
www.indivisible2026.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
For the first time all year, Democrats were riding high and the regime was on the ropes.
If Senate leadership’s goal was to demobilize and depress rank-and-file Democrats, they could not have played their cards better.
This is why we’ve launched the largest primary program that we’ve ever run.
If Senate leadership’s goal was to demobilize and depress rank-and-file Democrats, they could not have played their cards better.
This is why we’ve launched the largest primary program that we’ve ever run.
New #poetry from Alisha Goldblatt: "First Smoke".
First Smoke | Rust & Moth
It was an early spring party, when gypsy moth caterpillars dangled between the fingers of the trees. We were as real and as pale as the ash. Heft like a pencil scratching, throaty coughs and bravado,...
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November 11, 2025 at 9:38 AM
New #poetry from Alisha Goldblatt: "First Smoke".
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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🚨 We’re hearing that Senate Democrats are on the verge of caving to Trump in another “Schumer Surrender.”
That means your Democratic senators need to hear from you right now.
Call: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...
That means your Democratic senators need to hear from you right now.
Call: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
🚨 We’re hearing that Senate Democrats are on the verge of caving to Trump in another “Schumer Surrender.”
That means your Democratic senators need to hear from you right now.
Call: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...
That means your Democratic senators need to hear from you right now.
Call: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...
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On Tuesday, we helped score massive wins for our democracy — but we’re not done yet! There’s still one more election to win this year and it’s in Tennessee.
@aftynbehn.bsky.social, a state representative and former Indivisible group leader, is running in a special election to flip #TN07.
@aftynbehn.bsky.social, a state representative and former Indivisible group leader, is running in a special election to flip #TN07.
November 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
On Tuesday, we helped score massive wins for our democracy — but we’re not done yet! There’s still one more election to win this year and it’s in Tennessee.
@aftynbehn.bsky.social, a state representative and former Indivisible group leader, is running in a special election to flip #TN07.
@aftynbehn.bsky.social, a state representative and former Indivisible group leader, is running in a special election to flip #TN07.
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A wonderful poem about my birthday
New #poetry from Lindsay Kellar-Madsen: "Winter solstice".
Winter solstice | Rust & Moth
No, I will not yield my darksome teeth into the candlewick hours. We burn the whole yard in our living room, while desiccation skitters through the front door. Rowan. Holly. Hawthorn. A coven bleeds into...
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November 8, 2025 at 12:39 PM
A wonderful poem about my birthday
New #poetry from Lindsay Kellar-Madsen: "Winter solstice".
Winter solstice | Rust & Moth
No, I will not yield my darksome teeth into the candlewick hours. We burn the whole yard in our living room, while desiccation skitters through the front door. Rowan. Holly. Hawthorn. A coven bleeds into...
rustandmoth.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:38 AM
New #poetry from Lindsay Kellar-Madsen: "Winter solstice".
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Whew. This one builds.
November 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Whew. This one builds.
New #poetry from Suzanne Langlois: "Estranged".
Estranged | Rust & Moth
There’s only one ghost in this story, and the story is complicated by the fact that she’s still alive, despite trying really hard not to be. She wears a hospital gown carelessly left open in the back....
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November 7, 2025 at 9:38 AM
New #poetry from Suzanne Langlois: "Estranged".