D. A. Powell

Making the last Halloweenie cards of the season.

Russia is trying to repossess Alaska and the Trump administration is helping them do it.

Robin, a female juvenile penguin, is the only Humboldt penguin to hatch at the zoo this year. She hatched July 7 to first-time parents Sofi and Klaus.

You ever butt dial but with your finnger

Germany has confirmed it will take part in the first Coalition of the Willing military exercises, which will be held in Poland, Romania and the Black Sea next month. The manoeuvres will test operational readiness for a multinational force to secure a potential peace deal between Ukraine and Russia.

Halloween 3 months of nurturing my pumpkins and on the day of harvest I give them to my kids to carve.

OBAMA: "Trump is focused on enriching himself & his family/friends. A Venezuelan billionaire wanted a pardon, so he paid a Trump lawyers $50 million — and lo & behold! The pardon falls out of the sky... We’ve never seen a president straight-up grifting on your dime like this."

Classic horror this weekend

It’s the witching season, and witches are busy.

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Election ritual: every piece of mail I get endorsing Scott Wiener, I meticulously cut the word Wiener out and paste it over his face. Then it goes into recycling bin.

Buttigieg: “The only thing they’ve drained in DC is the reflecting pool”

If you can hear me there, if this reaches you, forgive us, we did not know who we were. --Jorie Graham, "Demonstration" (from Killing Spree, 2026)

🎨 #LawrenHarris, Canadian landscape painter and a founding member of the influential Group of Seven, was #BOTD 23 October 1885. #Art #Painting

🚨“Had poultry been infected, the playbook would have been clear: The strain is so virulent that if a single chicken tests positive, the US govt requires farmers to kill the whole flock to protect other farms as well as public health...But there are no federal rules for how to deal with sick mink.”🚨

How is there still "fur trade" in the US. Do people really still wear mink pelts?

The Blue Afternoon

When you both reach into the drawer and grab the plastic wrap at the same time is that sarandippity.

Tickets are going fast for this Friday 23 October Litquake poetry event featuring Phillip B Williams, D M Spratley, Stephanie Horvath, Fatima Asghar and D A Powell. See you there? litquake2026.sched.com/event/2V2vX/...

We should have more ideas

Elon Musk’s xAI has claimed Memphis as its “home.” The people who have made their lives there have spent the past year suing his company.

I was having such a disgruntled afternoon at Logan airport waiting for my delayed flight to finally board. A kid in a wheelchair saw my expression, raised his hand to me and said "Hi five?" We hi-fived. Instantly felt better about the world. Thanks, kid. 🫸🫷🙏

A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion after the company was found to have misled users about its privacy practices in a case related to the Cambridge Analytica scandal. https://cnn.it/47DKzpx

On National Archive Day, here are five of Playboy's best Playboy Interviews from figures like Martin Luther King Jr. to Dolly Parton.

A two sided Picasso

⚡NATO to bolster Black Sea presence with patrol aircraft, drones after attacks on commercial ships. kyivindependent.com/nato-to-bols...

A priest has been killed by a falling crucifix at a church in Ecuador as he performed a mass that was being live streamed online. Read more: https://cnn.it/3U9nBTX

What's your favorite movie featuring a plaster of Paris bagel and cream cheese paperweight. I'll go first..

since California ballots are now out: prop 40 is the billionaire tax, and you should vote yes to stick it to them but both props 41 and 42 are designed to retroactively cancel the billionaire tax because they’re afraid they can’t beat it at the ballot box yes on 40, no on 41 and 42

If we tax Elon Musk and his fellow billionaires appropriately, every child in America can have healthcare, education, and a well funded social safety net instead of some racist billionaire’s pathetic pr stunt

Bribing children to stay unregulated

The open submission period for Boa's 26th annual A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize remains open now through November 30th. The winning manuscript will be published by Boa Editions in Spring 2028 and the winner will receive a $1,000 prize! For more information, visit boaeditions.org.

New rubber duck

Find some growing moss and follow it

The United States is delaying the delivery of Patriot interceptor missiles already paid for under a NATO-coordinated weapons purchasing initiative, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with Bloomberg on Oct. 18.

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Hands on the wheel? Is that what they call it when they are taking our taxes and using them to crash the economy and to conceal crimes against children? Their hands are everywhere they shouldn't be and the car is out of control.

A show about vampire spies whose cover is "we are happily married gay skaters." 🤔

Homemade Halloweenie cards. Count Cockula series.

We are looking for a Marketing Manager to join our US team! Please send a full cover letter and resumé to verso@versobooks.com with the subject line Marketing Manager position by October 31, 2026. www.versobooks.com/pages/job-op...

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Give it up for San Francisco, y’all! 🔥🔥🔥

"At a time when the Russians have carried out such a massive attack on our energy sector, a decision was unfortunately made in America to completely disregard the Lindsey Graham Act, which was supposed to impose truly effective pressure on Russia to bring this war to an end," Zelensky said.

The radical anti-human views of those controlling the AI industry should alarm us all, @sanders.senate.gov argues: “Humanity must not allow a handful of multibillionaires to recklessly attempt to replace us.” theatln.tc/tbEACSdH 🎨: Adam Maida / The Atlantic

"The fact that nobody in Washington wants to own up to helping Russia kill Ukrainians shows how politically toxic this decision was," American journalist and commentator Michael Weiss told the Kyiv Independent.

⚡️Zelensky thanks EU's 'real leaders' for their continued support as bloc confirms new sanctions package on the way.

Heist movie but instead of jewels, groceries.

Thank you to everyone who stood with me over the years. It’s been a scary journey but I have always been grounded in my work and ability to provide exemplary service to my constituents. Trump and his administration have been after me since I arrived in Congress.

I am thinking of The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and how they might be celebrating.