VijayaSun
@vijayasun.bsky.social
Poet Laureate of Medford, MA (2023-25); community college educator; self-taught digital artist; musician; reader, thinker, humanist; lover of this planet.
I am an idealistic pessimist and a realistic optimist (most of the time)
youtube.com/@VijayaSun1
I am an idealistic pessimist and a realistic optimist (most of the time)
youtube.com/@VijayaSun1
Charles Coe died today. He was my friend, a great poet, a raconteur, gracious host, didgeridoo-player, and gourmet. I read this morning that he'd died of a heart attack. He's just had prostate cancer surgery a few weeks ago.
Our world is sadder without you in it. May the next one bring you peace.
Our world is sadder without you in it. May the next one bring you peace.
November 23, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Charles Coe died today. He was my friend, a great poet, a raconteur, gracious host, didgeridoo-player, and gourmet. I read this morning that he'd died of a heart attack. He's just had prostate cancer surgery a few weeks ago.
Our world is sadder without you in it. May the next one bring you peace.
Our world is sadder without you in it. May the next one bring you peace.
I seem to have forgotten about BlueSky entirely!
Sorry!
Too many things to think about, and this platform actually seems less secure to me - more public.
Sorry!
Too many things to think about, and this platform actually seems less secure to me - more public.
June 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I seem to have forgotten about BlueSky entirely!
Sorry!
Too many things to think about, and this platform actually seems less secure to me - more public.
Sorry!
Too many things to think about, and this platform actually seems less secure to me - more public.
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Government workers sue Trump and Rubio over ‘catastrophic’ USAid cuts
Government workers sue Trump and Rubio over ‘catastrophic’ USAid cuts
Lawsuit seeks order blocking ‘unconstitutional and illegal actions’ that have created ‘global humanitarian crisis’
The largest US government workers’ union and an association of foreign service workers sued the Trump administration on Thursday in an…
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Government workers sue Trump and Rubio over ‘catastrophic’ USAid cuts
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The real scam: making you fear the “the other” while the rich rob you blind. I wish every American understood this.
February 6, 2025 at 2:58 AM
The real scam: making you fear the “the other” while the rich rob you blind. I wish every American understood this.
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Heartbreaking.
January 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Heartbreaking.
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Attorney General Andrea Campbell filed her first lawsuit against the Trump administration, co-leading more than a dozen other attorneys general in suing President Trump over his executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship. trib.al/QA9XYPG
January 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Attorney General Andrea Campbell filed her first lawsuit against the Trump administration, co-leading more than a dozen other attorneys general in suing President Trump over his executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship. trib.al/QA9XYPG
The great Jules Feiffer has died. If there were ever a time to revisit his work, it's now.
January 21, 2025 at 6:32 PM
RIP to the great Jules Feiffer, whom I of course first encountered in the pages of The Phantom Tollbooth before rediscovering him as an editorial cartoonist as an adult.
He may not have loved his work on The Phantom Tollbooth, but the rest of us sure did.
www.huffpost.com/entry/the-ph...
He may not have loved his work on The Phantom Tollbooth, but the rest of us sure did.
www.huffpost.com/entry/the-ph...
Jules Feiffer Never Loved His Illustrations For 'The Phantom Tollbooth'
Jules Feiffer Never Loved His Illustrations For 'The Phantom Tollbooth'
www.huffpost.com
January 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Woke to the sad news we've lost Jules Feiffer just a few days before his 96th birthday. I can think of no better way to honor his passing than by sharing this cartoon from half a century ago which described a different president, who I thought back then was the worst we'd ever see. I was wrong. RIP
January 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Woke to the sad news we've lost Jules Feiffer just a few days before his 96th birthday. I can think of no better way to honor his passing than by sharing this cartoon from half a century ago which described a different president, who I thought back then was the worst we'd ever see. I was wrong. RIP
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The great Jules Feiffer, cartoonist, playwright, social observer, and screenwriter of Carnal Knowledge, has passed away at 95. He died three days before the start of Trump II, with the same impeccable sense of the moment that characterized his work for decades. RIP.
January 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The great Jules Feiffer, cartoonist, playwright, social observer, and screenwriter of Carnal Knowledge, has passed away at 95. He died three days before the start of Trump II, with the same impeccable sense of the moment that characterized his work for decades. RIP.
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Never. Forget.
New footage of Capitol riot released by Jan 6 committee
YouTube video by The Independent
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January 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Never. Forget.
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This morning we had our The Way We Get Through This Is Together conversation, an architect and five writers, talked about kindness, generosity, hope, community, storytelling, and it was everything I hoped for. If you want to watch, here it is.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf_y...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf_y...
www.youtube.com
January 20, 2025 at 10:53 PM
This morning we had our The Way We Get Through This Is Together conversation, an architect and five writers, talked about kindness, generosity, hope, community, storytelling, and it was everything I hoped for. If you want to watch, here it is.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf_y...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf_y...
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LA ARSON SUSPECT:
Officials: “During the investigation, the suspect admitted to starting the fire because he liked the smell of burning leaves.”
Officials: “During the investigation, the suspect admitted to starting the fire because he liked the smell of burning leaves.”
L.A. arson suspect tells officers he ‘liked the smell of burning leaves’
Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell provided details Wednesday on two arson suspects arrested not far from the current fire zone. Officers responded to the first incident around 5:15 p.m. Tuesda…
ktla.com
January 16, 2025 at 12:10 AM
LA ARSON SUSPECT:
Officials: “During the investigation, the suspect admitted to starting the fire because he liked the smell of burning leaves.”
Officials: “During the investigation, the suspect admitted to starting the fire because he liked the smell of burning leaves.”
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Sorry to hear about David Lynch. I worked beside him (same studio) while he was making BLUE VELVET. He answered my questions about his work with grace and honesty. I especially enjoyed his deeply existential comic strip, The Angriest Dog in the World.”
January 16, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Sorry to hear about David Lynch. I worked beside him (same studio) while he was making BLUE VELVET. He answered my questions about his work with grace and honesty. I especially enjoyed his deeply existential comic strip, The Angriest Dog in the World.”
I'm still a little slow in posting much here.
Happy New Year, all!
May we find community and peace.
May we find good people.
May we make the world a better place every day.
May we not let our fear and dislike of those who fear and dislike us get the better of us.
Happy New Year, all!
May we find community and peace.
May we find good people.
May we make the world a better place every day.
May we not let our fear and dislike of those who fear and dislike us get the better of us.
January 11, 2025 at 5:09 AM
I'm still a little slow in posting much here.
Happy New Year, all!
May we find community and peace.
May we find good people.
May we make the world a better place every day.
May we not let our fear and dislike of those who fear and dislike us get the better of us.
Happy New Year, all!
May we find community and peace.
May we find good people.
May we make the world a better place every day.
May we not let our fear and dislike of those who fear and dislike us get the better of us.
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⚡️BREAKING: Syrian rebels announce fall of Assad regime.
"The tyrant Bashar al-Assad has fled. We declare the city of Damascus free from the tyrant Bashar al-Assad," rebel leaders claimed on Dec. 8.
"The tyrant Bashar al-Assad has fled. We declare the city of Damascus free from the tyrant Bashar al-Assad," rebel leaders claimed on Dec. 8.
BREAKING: Syrian rebels announce fall of Assad regime
"The tyrant Bashar al-Assad has fled. We declare the city of Damascus free from the tyrant Bashar al-Assad," rebel leaders claimed on Dec. 8.
kyivindependent.com
December 8, 2024 at 3:40 AM
⚡️BREAKING: Syrian rebels announce fall of Assad regime.
"The tyrant Bashar al-Assad has fled. We declare the city of Damascus free from the tyrant Bashar al-Assad," rebel leaders claimed on Dec. 8.
"The tyrant Bashar al-Assad has fled. We declare the city of Damascus free from the tyrant Bashar al-Assad," rebel leaders claimed on Dec. 8.
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South Korea arrests ex-defence minister after failed martial law attempt – reports
South Korea arrests ex-defence minister after failed martial law attempt – reports
Kim Yong-hyun, who resigned earlier this week, is seen as central to President Yoon Suk Yeol’s brief martial law declaration
South Korean prosecutors have arrested ex-defence minister Kim Yong-hyun over his alleged role in President Yoon Suk Yeol’s…
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2024 at 4:24 AM
South Korea arrests ex-defence minister after failed martial law attempt – reports
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“Don’t feed the trolls” also extends to bad opinion pieces in papers of record.
They run them bc people react to them the most.
If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.
It’s not easy and takes constant practice!
They run them bc people react to them the most.
If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.
It’s not easy and takes constant practice!
December 2, 2024 at 6:19 PM
“Don’t feed the trolls” also extends to bad opinion pieces in papers of record.
They run them bc people react to them the most.
If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.
It’s not easy and takes constant practice!
They run them bc people react to them the most.
If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.
It’s not easy and takes constant practice!
My room is juddering under the weight of books, but there are some I'll probably never read. So, why is it so hard to part with them?
I think I'm fortifying myself against looming ignorance.
I think: What if all other sources of stories, poems, wisdom, and knowledge are cut off?
I'll have my books!
I think I'm fortifying myself against looming ignorance.
I think: What if all other sources of stories, poems, wisdom, and knowledge are cut off?
I'll have my books!
November 17, 2024 at 9:24 PM
My room is juddering under the weight of books, but there are some I'll probably never read. So, why is it so hard to part with them?
I think I'm fortifying myself against looming ignorance.
I think: What if all other sources of stories, poems, wisdom, and knowledge are cut off?
I'll have my books!
I think I'm fortifying myself against looming ignorance.
I think: What if all other sources of stories, poems, wisdom, and knowledge are cut off?
I'll have my books!
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I was surprised yesterday that @laurahelmuth.bsky.social left SciAm, but didn’t know the context til today, and…Either SciAm fired her or fascists bullied her out. Both of these I find upsetting.
Are we not allowed to have feelings about fascists (which they ARE)?
www.npr.org/2024/11/15/n...
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Are we not allowed to have feelings about fascists (which they ARE)?
www.npr.org/2024/11/15/n...
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Scientific American editor resigns after comments about Trump supporters went viral
Laura Helmuth announced her resignation from the long-running magazine after her statements on election night regarding Trump sparked outrage among conservatives.
www.npr.org
November 16, 2024 at 3:45 AM
I was surprised yesterday that @laurahelmuth.bsky.social left SciAm, but didn’t know the context til today, and…Either SciAm fired her or fascists bullied her out. Both of these I find upsetting.
Are we not allowed to have feelings about fascists (which they ARE)?
www.npr.org/2024/11/15/n...
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Are we not allowed to have feelings about fascists (which they ARE)?
www.npr.org/2024/11/15/n...
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