J. L. Yocum

Poem out today in Moonday Mag Issue #11 I’m thrilled to be included in the cadre of wonderful writers and artists featured in today’s issue of 𝙈𝙤𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙈𝙖𝙜, Issue #11, titled “Family Reunion.” Issues are available in print for $19.99 from MagCloud... (jlyocum.com/2026/07/01/p...)

"I think that all of our bodily autonomy is tied together.”

Peninsule by František Kupka, 1930 https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137601

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Nam June Paik, Untitled, 1993 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136359

When I say "Power to the workers" I mean 𝙖𝙡𝙡 workers. www.nbcnews.com/sports/footb...

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“I have been younger in October / Than in all the months of spring”

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'The hero of our story' Inktober day twenty-one #Inktober2026 #hero

The world would be a better place without fuzzy search.

Rain by Marc Chagall, 1911 https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137727

The Swimmer in the Econo-mist (painting 2) by James Rosenquist, 1997 https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137863

Isa Genzken, Rot-gelb-schwarzes Doppelellipsoid 'Zwilling' (Red-Yellow-Black Double Ellipsoid "Twin"), 1982 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137374

The Autumn Shower, from "Sharing an Umbrella: A Set of Three (Aigasa sanpukutsui)", Okumura Masanobu, 1743–1753 Place: Japan Medium: Color woodblock print; left sheet of hosoban triptych, benizuri-e https://www.artic.edu/artworks/19499

Gabriel Kohn, Acrotere, 1960 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136635

Trasitoen Espiral https://botfrens.com/collections/69/contents/20020

The Grand Tier

Miroslav Sutej, Bombardment of the Optic Nerve, II, 1963 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135340

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Just finished rating all of the submissions assigned to me, and turned them into the editors at 𝙌𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝙒𝙚𝙨𝙩. Now I feel vaguely empty.

I'll take whatever good news happens my way, these days. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/u... (Free article/no paywall)

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Holy heaping hounddogs, we need this kind of enforcement here: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/w... (Looking to you, please @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social / @mayor.nyc.gov — can we implement something like this on our city's trains, with the fines going to benefit the MTA's budget?)

Black Lines by Vasily Kandinsky, 1913 https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137402

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Military families warn Congress in dire terms: Attacking our trans kids is costing you troops www.advocate.com/pol... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

David Hammons, Untitled (Night Train), 1989 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137495

Kansas’ new ID laws are forcing trans people out of their homes. Some are choosing to stay and fight xtramagazine.com/pow... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

Sea = Dancer by Gino Severini, 1914 https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137429

Loren MacIver, Tree, 1945 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136016

Hello from the United States Post Office! Good luck ever mailing anything, because… 𝗪𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗔𝘁 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸™

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Nero by Agostino Bonalumi, 1966 https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137196