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So grateful to be in the DC City Paper today with these writers.

Julie K. Brown at the Miami Herald is still doing the heavy lifting on keeping the story alive. www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

Friends: Katie & I are teaching this online class as a fundraiser for the wonderful Alice James Books, which has published so many beloved poets. Join us to chat about poems & poets & you can also speak to the one and only Carey Salerno about editing, publishing: www.alicejamesbooks.org/masterclass

I have some news for this guy...

Decided I should probably give away most of my remaining plants. I still have American groundnut Purple-headed sneezeweed Obedient plant Columbine (tiny tho) Upland and NY ironweed Culver's root Golden alexanders Helmet flower Blue-eyed grass Blue-stemmed goldenrod Tall aneome Smooth beardtongue...

For the 1st time in US history SCOTUS has more rulings on its shadow docket -- unsigned and with no opinions -- than it has cases where it has heard oral arguments and issued signed rulings. IOW they are hiding their deliberations while stealing our democracy. www.propublica.org/article/supr...

When Republicans know what they want is unpopular, they lie. They deceive. They blow smoke up everyone’s ass It’s what they do. Half a century covering America’s reddest state taught me that

Republicans, they're not like us.

Yes, yes, the renewed accusations that the president is a serial rapist and was an active participant in Epstein's pedophilia and sex trafficking would seem alarming, but it doesn't involve the Cheesecake Factory so ...

excuse me ‘obama’ but our nation’s proudest and most toothless yokels think of the cheesecake factory as a sort of high end golden corral which fyi means a lot in their culture. i know this because a lot of them used to janitor for my young republicans meetings at yale

Most of our presidents were rapists or abusers of some sort. We should probably sit with that in a more meaningful way than we do.

Reuters: US APPEALS COURT DENIES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S REQUEST TO STOP CALIFORNIA FROM COUNTING MAIL BALLOTS FROM ALLEGED NONCITIZENS

“covert surveillance inside houses of worship… “interrogations of churches’ staff… “ICE agents hauled off a nun who was wearing her habit and walking down the sidewalk en route to Sunday Mass… “suing a Catholic diocese in New Mexico to seize 14 acres of their land…” www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

It's really damning. The accusations are numerous and well-supported. But I was really struck by the descriptions of Trump's behavior -- the name dropping, strong-arming, and attempts to buy off silence. His gross rivalry with Epstein. It's all so familiar. It's shit he's been doing his entire life.

‘The Fear’ by Tara Bergin #Winner @forwardprizes.bsky.social #poetry @stingingfly.bsky.social @carcanet.bsky.social

Just speaking for myself but I was completely fine not knowing what Matt Yglesias thought about basically anything

Bats have long been associated with the spirit of Halloween, and no bat is more on theme than vibrant orange-and-black painted wooly bats. 🦇🎃 Yet the truly scary thing about them is how quickly their populations are declining — primarily due to being killed so their bodies can be used for decor. 🧵

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This is such bullshit. If the issue actually was that other kids can't get the ball, you can work with the literal three year old on passing, a very useful skill or soccer players. If you can't do that, what are you doing teaching soccer. But I'm betting they can do that. They just didn't.

Where are the wessels? youtu.be/MdSJFrhb-HM?...

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

“My Catholic Latina opponent wants to impose Sharia Law” is a hilariously desperate closing message. thehill.com/homenews/617...

the DOJ is basically acting as if the president’s delusions are true

Hey Gemini what is my kid's name and what does she look like, I'm at her school play and I can't figure out which one it is

I'd love to have another five+ people register and join us for this (you know me, setting goals). Please RT and sign up if you're interested. We're meeting tomorrow! luma.com/h8fb00s9

What spirit medium did they channel to actually do the writing here.

This review of a livestock auction is stamped on my brain

An original! He means so much to my family, I’m grateful for his long life and wish nothing but peace for his family and to the fandom.

Legends and Lattes Author Travis Baldree Returns with Four Bastards and a Baby — See the Cover! (Exclusive)

I went into the wayback machine to junior high for one of these... I take my bad poems seriously! Thanks to Aaron and Dave for always making poetry fun and reminding us not to take ourselves so seriously.

So much this. Trying to explain this to people who don't experience this is a pain in the ass.

Lula winning is great for the planet, great for Brazil, and great for people who aren't revanchist assholes everywhere in the world, but let's not forget that it's also going to make some of the worst people on Earth extremely sad and mad. We should enjoy that, as a little treat.

it is my deepest and most fervent wish that the tech oligarchs suffer consequences for openly allying with fascism the world over maybe we can extradite zuck in 2029

Don't think about a return to Status quo pre Trump. Those days are gone. Works towards transformative change!

Amreeka’s next

Wicker is delightful, it’s also deep and funny. It’s what a fable should be! Glad Hollywood didn’t fuck it up.

I'm going to start this thread on the presidential count in Brazil—so people who are interesting can follow along. With 3% of vote counted, Lula up 51.3 to 48.7 (that's a lead of 103K). Pattern in 2022 & in R1 was Lula down big at 1st, then closing gap, but that's shaken up by today's 2-hour delay.

Remembering John Peel today, much loved, much missed. Here’s a treasured snap, taken in his hotel room when I spoke to him for the student paper in the early 80s.

BREAKING: BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia's strongman leader Aleksandar Vucic has conceded defeat to a student-led movement in a seismic political shift.

Like many others I assumed this was funny hyperbole -- "call in the national guard!" type of thing -- but no it's a description of events.

'We need to start treating women like they matter' www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...

It’s always the fucking men

a green new deal president and they redecorate the white house like rainforest cafe