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As a professor of English, allow me to try, humbly and with the proper respect, to offer an appropriate response to the President’s address: Fuck you, you fucked-up fuck, and fuck all the fuckers who willingly fuck with you, especially. You can all fuck all the way off, and then fuck off some more.

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I am furious at their cowardice when they expect ordinary people—workers, students, elderly people, children—to be brave.

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Get in, we’re making zines! 🦄✨✨

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I have a new show up in the TINIEST gallery in Chicago. Go see it anytime at 1619 Summerdale Ave. Want to stitch your own series? I dropped the patterns bundle this morning! 7 patterns $10 www.badasscrossstitch.com/buyart/p/sur...

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I believe we deserve political leaders with the capacity for object permanence

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I have some sympathy for them. The Trump people are scary. But if you take an oath to protect the Constitution, you had better step up and do that. Otherwise resign. There are plenty of lucrative jobs available to former electeds. Go take one of those and hand power to someone with integrity.

submitted 5 days ago • 23 comments

Busy Sunday? @jessicacuello.bsky.social is teaching a class about persona poetry and we'd love for you to join us. Find details and registration info at the link. thenotebookscollective.com/event/writin...

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How’s this WSJ take aging

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chat, is it good when literally every cabinet secretary provides completely different guidance to each of their agencies as they try to respond to an addled billionaire destroying the government??

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Ursula le Guin, on the accusation that fantasy is an escape from reality

submitted 9 days ago • 54 comments

Death is not the only outcome that matters when it comes to infectious disease. In the TX measles outbreak, 16 people have been hospitalized so far, which can be traumatizing for kids and financially destructive for their parents. Measles can also cause a variety of adverse outcomes such as…

submitted 8 days ago • 21 comments

everyone on BlueSky recently

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elder millennial here and it's getting harder and harder to ignore that so much of my life's trajectory has been decided by really shitty politics espoused by really shitty people

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Gregg is a former Marine and Forest Service ranger. He's saved the lives of hikers dangling off a cliff or going through cardiac arrest, and he's bravely fought forest fires to save small rural towns. 100% of his salary is paid by WA state. Elon fired him. Share his story.

submitted 10 days ago • 579 comments

To me, a Nazi salute means, "I want to murder your family." There can be no irony about it: It puts deep anger and hatred in my heart to see it done and I will never forgive anyone who justifies or minimizes it.

submitted 10 days ago • 249 comments

I'll add one more note before I mute notifications on this post: Please bring up talking points like these, like what others have added, in your conversations with others. I often encounter someone for whom it's the first time they've heard this. Our tax dollars matter in more ways than money.

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DON’T MEMORY HOLE ELON MUSK’S NAZI SALUTE It’s been 4 weeks and 1 day since Elon Musk loudly vocalized his support for Nazi ideology Everything that has happened since has happened with the guidance of an open Nazi This should be repeated in articles, regularly

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Figure out what organizing means to you and do it. If you’re not sure how to think about that question, here’s a book to start with, not because it has all the answers but because it will help you think about your answers: www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1922-l...

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I use sticky notes on my monitor to track to-dos, but they are forever falling off and needing to be restuck. The note I found on my desk this morning, waiting for its weekly reattachment, reads, "our ancestors lost just as much, and more, for longer, yet we endure." Thrive to spite them, y'all. 💜

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I learned that former Boston Poet Laureate Danielle Legros Georges has passed after a long struggle with cancer. I have had the distinct pleasure of working with her and performing with her many times over the years. This is a tremendous loss for the poetry community.

submitted 20 days ago • 2 comments

Lizzy should be on stage

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

Ok give me [spins wheel] Orlando Bloom and [throws dart] Drew Barrymore promoting a [rolls dice] luxury cruise line

submitted 23 days ago • 54 comments

The “chop” is racist

submitted 23 days ago • 19 comments

RIP, Tom Robbins. 🖤

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Why You Should Watch Severance: 1) near future boring-ass scifi dystopia 2) alcoholic adam scott 3) the work is mysterious, and important 4) questions about identity and self worth 5) an old guy falls in love with Christopher Walken 6) there's office goats??? 7) you can listen to defiant jazz

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In promoting the poetry book of my late wife @saaramyrene.bsky.social, published a few days after her death by @umasspress.bsky.social, I've struggled to get reviews of the book in the world. If you review #poetry or know someone who does and are interested, let me know, and I'll get you a copy

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

Some good news for these days... Check out @notebookscltv.bsky.social upcoming events and classes... mailchi.mp/661b4f9a4ce4...

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"Let them not say: we did not see it. We saw." by Jane Hirshfield #poetry #poem #poetrycommunity

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You heard ‘em - time to use the Senate phone lines as therapy

submitted 27 days ago • 12 comments

Because the world is shit, here's one of my favorite buttons. She has long since disappeared and I miss her.

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

I need Americans to hate this administration the way Kendrick hates Drake so they can actually stand a chance of surviving

submitted 29 days ago • 182 comments

Protest at the Treasury in DC Tuesday 5PM. Pass it on.

submitted 30 days ago • 33 comments

"The message should be clear ... We will not cooperate with the fascist, anti-trans agenda. We will protect trans children. We will not live inside a fascist fantasy or impose it upon others. We will defy, resist and refuse. We will defend each other."

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

Like … is not one democratic lawmaker willing to go enter a building and demand illegal activity stop? Even if they get arrested? Especially if they get arrested?

submitted 31 days ago • 18 comments

Usually I can at least come up with a lame joke but all I can say is Senate Democrats need to Stop. Playing. Along.

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That's a wrap on our January 2025 #solsticemfares! Here’s a look at our students now embarking on their semester-long independent study. Safe travels and happy writing to all!

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@trishelliott.bsky.social hello!

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American liberalism summed up is that a certain amount of punishment and suffering is just the cost of doing business but when it comes for us…

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Tonight’s reading. Wow. Thanks for this, @leahumansky.bsky.social

submitted 37 days ago • 1 comment

i can see how you would come to this conclusion if your job didn't require you to ever be correct

submitted 38 days ago • 462 comments

TURN THIS UP

submitted 38 days ago • 21 comments