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Hey, artists, in case you were wondering if your work matters: I'm a scientist working on climate change and biodiversity, and I would not be who I am today without The Lorax, The Secret of NIMH, Watership Down, The Last Unicorn, and The X-Files. I know I'm not alone. Thank you for all you do.

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Received this reply from WaPo re: Opinion page coup. #billionairebubble

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AWP’s loudest off-site event is set. Readings with Maudlin House. Live music from Movie Club. The Redwood, LA. March 29. Doors at 5:30. Show 6-8 PM. Come for the words. Stay for the noise...🔥

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“Personal liberties and free markets” = “Tax breaks for billionaires and slave labor”. But that’s just my opinion #WaPo #Bezos #DemocracyDies…

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I animated this flyer by @kosmovinyl This is what he had to say about it. "If enough people join in this time, then it’s very likely that more will join in next time, and there will be a next time…" KV

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Republicans just voted to cut programs Americans rely on most to give a massive handout to their billionaire friends who need it least.

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Twenty-one members of the United State DOGE Service have resigned, they said in an anonymous letter, citing DOGE's ongoing work dramatically reshaping the federal government.

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February 24, 2025

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Final edits for Big Man poems approved! Can’t wait to share this collection of poems in memory of my father w/ you all. Out w/ Chestnut Review (March 2025) @chestnutreview.bsky.social

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Old but relevant! Donald Trump was cultivated as a Russian asset over 40 years and proved so willing to parrot anti-western propaganda that there were celebrations in Moscow, a former KGB spy has told the Guardian. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021...

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And now I’m obsessed w the Nelken Line youtube.com/watch?v=MZI4...

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This dance protest at the Kennedy Center 🔥🔥🔥 Performers protest Trump leadership at Kennedy Center with dance www.npr.org/2025/02/18/n...

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With a measles outbreak growing in West Texas, and cases popping up across the country, experts say vaccination is your best protection. And it's not just for kids. Some adults may need a booster.

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This insomnia series from Erin Murphy is 🔥🔥🔥

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Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.

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The new Rattle.com has launched! We're still working out some of the bugs, but it's mostly ready. The professionally developed site is so much faster and more functional than the hodgepodge I'd put together myself over the last 20 years. Stop by and give it a shake!

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When FAA employees are telling us it’s not safe to fly, we should probably listen.

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Mitch McConnell announced that he will not run for reëlection next year. In 2020, @janemayer.bsky.social wrote about the political self-interest that has driven his career—and its consequences.

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Making shadow puppets @ the Palm Springs art museum

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Just a few days away, y'all! The free submit day for our Open Issue is THIS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15! We will take up to 25 free submissions in both categories. Until then, submit here: http://ironhorse.submittable.com

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The future of the Department of Education—and of the students with disabilities who depend on it—will likely hinge on the world views of Donald Trump and Elon Musk, two billionaires who abhor what they perceive as weakness and waste, Jessica Winter writes.

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Putting RFK Jr. in charge of the nation’s public health is a huge mistake. When dangerous diseases resurface and people can’t access lifesaving vaccines, all Americans will suffer — and RFK Jr.’s family could keep getting richer thanks to his serious conflicts of interest.

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Now’s a good time to make sure you have a will & testament. Also, if you haven’t already: get vaccinated. We’re entering 🐍 oil territory.

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“Palestinians do not need President Trump to talk about Gaza as if it were an empty hotel room that needs redesigning,” Mosab Abu Toha writes. “What we need is for the rest of the world to hear about Gaza’s basic, immediate necessities.”

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Gasped & leapt out of my car to take this pic last night. A magic cloud punctuated by Venus

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“A work of art is useless as a flower is useless. A flower blossoms for its own joy. We gain a moment of joy by looking at it.” ⁠Oscar Wilde tapping me on the shoulder lately (also, fun: scroll thru your photos until you find your last pic of a flower… (Nov 17, 2024)

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Pulled this teeny edition of Sonnets from the Portuguese off my shelf today & discovered notes from my 20s 💗 #poetry #lovepoems

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We are melting phone lines. GOP senator Lisa Murkowski admits call volume to Congress is 40 times above normal. The Senate will vote on Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination this week, and we could also see votes on Robert Kennedy Jr. & Kash Patel. Keep calling your senators: www.nixthenoms.com?source=bluesky

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'His gaze, so weary from the parade / of bars, no longer holds anything.' The Panther by Rainer Maria Rilke

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Reading is the new sewing

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This poem, how so many of us are feeling right now… @rattlepoetry.bsky.social www.rattle.com/two-hour-del...

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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Applications close NEXT SUNDAY for our Residential Adult Writers Workshop. Gambier is simply beautiful in the summer, and we hope you'll join us. PLUS, we are positively beaming about this faculty. Have a look: kenyonreview.org/event/summer...

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On dads & food & love… beautiful essay

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poets.org/poem/epitaph...

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Great read

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Wallace Stevens & that peignoir like an earworm this morning … “Complacencies of the peignoir, and late Coffee and oranges in a sunny chair, And the green freedom of a cockatoo Upon a rug mingle to dissipate The holy hush of ancient sacrifice. She dreams a little…” poets.org/poem/sunday-...

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Thinking about this Jameson Fitzpatrick poem today “I Woke Up” www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...

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Transgender minors and advocacy groups representing LGBTQ individuals and health-care providers sued to block President Donald Trump’s executive order attempting to end federal support for providers of gender transition care for people under the age of 19.

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