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Recent work in Tar River Poetry.

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Many thanks to the folks at Eclectica for including two of my poems in the January/February issue—Halloween and folk songs get some attention here. www.eclectica.org/v29n1/welsch...

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Yeah he’s so afraid of black he’s putting the global economy in the red.

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

We simply had to intentionally destroy the world’s strongest economy while dismantling our scientific and educational infrastructure to ensure that a team with a trans girl would never finish second place in the Mountain West volleyball standings again

submitted 27 days ago • 156 comments

Musk is rapidly pushing forward the privatization of space and satellite operations that have long been managed by the NOAA. DOGE has acquired confidential data from NOAA’s competitors—an alarming development that has further cemented SpaceX’s dominance in the space and satellite industry.

submitted 33 days ago • 132 comments

We were told not to share this publicly, but last year was record-breaking—America’s national parks saw over 331 million visits.

submitted 37 days ago • 611 comments

I think the red-hat Murka-pocket-square bozos revealed with recent actions that there ARE no state secrets. Bunch of asshats.

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

👇🏽”That’s not efficiency, it’s cruelty and chaos” @ossoff.bsky.social is really good at this

submitted 37 days ago • 248 comments

Roses are red Violets are blue

submitted 41 days ago • 2582 comments

"Her manicured hands filled with noise and want. She saw him, glitterless, small in the gold chair he made for himself. A throne as yellow as piss." LOVE this poem "Barbie Eats Trump During Baltimore Pride Fest" by @chrissystegmanpoet.bsky.social in @okaydonkey.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/okay...

submitted 41 days ago • 1 comment

So if you went #CUPRAP2025 and you do the NYT word puzzles, without giving anything away, today’s Strands is apropos.

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.

submitted 46 days ago • 1350 comments

That feeling when you have to get a late check out, and rush back to the room, to make sure your necessary presence in the meeting is achieved. And you say four words.

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments

The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.

submitted 47 days ago • 3631 comments

once again I have to invoke the specter of Ronald Wilson Reagan, who is in Hell now. under Reagan, the term "government spending" was effectively demonized. fuck you, Reaganite ghouls! spending money, on its people and their needs, is the function of government! public works are good! say so!

submitted 52 days ago • 180 comments

Crockett: Let me ask each of the mayors… Have any of you been made aware of any immigrant that has had 34 felony convictions that has still been able to roam in your cities? I know that my Republican colleagues would never want anybody with 34 felony convictions roaming around

submitted 56 days ago • 339 comments

Great way to spend a Sunday morning.

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

trickle down economics trickle down economic trickle down economi trickle down econom trickle down econo trickle down econ trickle down eco trickle down ec trickle down e trickle down trickle dow trickle do trickle d trickle trickl trick

submitted 52 days ago • 24 comments

In Loretto today for this year’s Writers Conference of Northern Appalachia. Have enjoyed the time to think about what the writing from this region reveals about our shared heritage. #WCoNA2025

submitted 53 days ago • 0 comments

His rockets blow up. His car company is blowing up. His social network has blown apart. He is tearing down democracy. Some genius. Another SpaceX test flight ends in flames, with debris grounding planes www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

submitted 54 days ago • 63 comments

never give one inch of ground on Reagan, a monster for whose grave even the most fetid piss is too good

submitted 56 days ago • 47 comments

Very pro-life of these assholes. apple.news/A-ulUSs4hQV-...

submitted 56 days ago • 0 comments

To my fellow Allegheny County residents, thank you for your leadership.

submitted 58 days ago • 0 comments

There has been a lot of chatter today about Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump, some regarding this moment when White House correspondent Brian Glenn asked if the Ukrainian president plans to wear a suit. I want to address idea in this thread. 🧵

submitted 60 days ago • 491 comments

Forever relevant in the age of social media. Thank you, Wendy Cope.

submitted 77 days ago • 47 comments

Today, a reporter from the Russian state news agency TASS gained unauthorized access to the Oval Office. How does one gain unauthorized access to the Oval Office? Meanwhile, AP and Reuters were blocked.

submitted 61 days ago • 480 comments

Isn't it interesting how a #poem can grow more topical in ways you don't expect? Events of the last month or so have changed my reading of this piece, published today at The Big Windows Review. thebigwindowsreview.com/2025/02/28/g...

submitted 61 days ago • 0 comments

Dear Jeff Bezos, 🖕 Signed, People who value a free press

submitted 63 days ago • 322 comments

Government efficiency is when every federal agency has to send a daily emergency email to its workers telling them to ignore another daily email from a different department trying to fire them without knowing what their jobs are.

submitted 65 days ago • 133 comments

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submitted 65 days ago • 536 comments

WYOMING: “Thank you, Madam chairman.” “I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.” “Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”

submitted 67 days ago • 1477 comments

The good folks at The Louisville Review published this a few years ago. I was hoping it would be an historical artifact. Guess not.

submitted 67 days ago • 0 comments

Many thanks to the good folks at New Square for publishing my poem "Evergreen Smoke Break!" Thanks to their poetry editor, @pinktypewriter.bsky.social ! #BookSky

submitted 68 days ago • 0 comments

These people are so. Fucking. Dumb.

submitted 70 days ago • 1 comment

While I chose to push past 20, I will stop at 30. This was fun and it's been fun to see others' picks. 30/ Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky 📚💙 #BookChallenge

submitted 71 days ago • 1 comment

We? WE????!???? No. The assholes are pushing us into one. Seriously, @nytimes.com

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

Past President's Days: no federal services today out of respect for past leaders of the U.S. This President's Day: no federal services today as harbinger of dystopian failed state being created by assholes.

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

Because why stop at 20? 29/ Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky 📚💙 #BookChallenge

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

This is what oligarchy looks like.

submitted 73 days ago • 1038 comments

Don’t buy stuff on February 28. Money’s the only thing these dicks understand. #resist

submitted 73 days ago • 2774 comments

Because why stop at 20? 28/ Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky 📚💙 #BookChallenge

submitted 73 days ago • 0 comments