StuWatson

Three years ago, my dad said that all fish are the same shape. Out of spite, I decided to draw all 478 families of bony fish listed in Nelson 2016. There's still some stuff I need to edit and some fish I want to redraw but, after 985 days, I finished my big dumb fish project last night.

Top health care companies in the Fortune 500: United Health: #3 CVS Health: #6 Cigna: #14 One way they did it? By buying up every part of the health care system—and squeezing you dry. You shouldn't have to worry about going broke when you get sick. Let's break up Big Medicine.

Tired of scrolling while you're ... log rolling, on the porcelain broadcaster? I have Bukowski, Gluck and T.S. Eliot beside my lavatory. Try me. "There's a surprise around every turn of page," says OregonPoet Laureate Ellen Waterston. Available here. thepoetrybox.com/bookstore/de...

Happy to have poem "Cocktail Hour" up at Dear Booze. dearbooze.com/cocktales/f/...

Nice poem by someone I've never met and don't owe money. Just read it. effyliterary.art/2026/06/03/r...

More like this rattle.com/next-time-by... gathered in "Death is the Dismount" out now from Poetry Box. thepoetrybox.com/bookstore/de...

new poetry live today at Spillwords ... spillwords.com/sensible-at-...

After July 4, this may be the second greatest day in U.S. history (or mine, anyway). Release date for "Death is the Dismount" poetry from The Poetry Box. Get yours now -- they're going fast. thepoetrybox.com/bookstore/de...

I have thoroughly enjoyed the World Cup. I have loved cheering for the US team. Then that fucker intervened. Yes, the red card was excessive, but I would rather lose because of it than win because Imbecile called FIFA. The joy is gone. Now we’re the bad guys. He destroys everything.

Check out Pause for Paws, site devoted to writing about our best non-human friends. pawspoetry.wixsite.com/my-site

First time I've ever had any writing (poetry) of mine translated into Chinese, so whichever language you prefer, you can read three poems about our companion friends here ... pawspoetry.wixsite.com/my-site/issu...

Why Don't People Like Poetry? What Poetry Do They Like? open.substack.com/pub/newverse...

great story. posted poem in comments. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/02/s...

What if we just ignored him? Who? Oh, you know. He deserves a role in "What We Do in the Shadows." A buddy for Colin. Energy vampire, supreme. Just sucking the life out every room. Ignore him. Poof! He's already a ghost.

Poets ... poetize? Is that even a word? "Write" seems insufficient, but I'm not sure why. A grocery list requires writing, and it provides more sustenance (ultimately) than a meal of poetry, although time with poetry sustains in ineffable ways. But what of time with other poets? Pursuing that.

The Believer believermagazine.substack.com?r=616l&utm_c... Been a fan for years, although content swings from intriguing to ... optional. Worth a revisit on the 'stack.

This is hilarious. Also, completely enraging.

Elizabeth Warren: "I am a hard no on a supplemental. This is not a war the American people want us to engage in. This is not a war that makes us safer ... No. No more money. The only thing Congress has the power to do is to stop actions like this through the power of the purse."

"Equally puzzling was the sound. Sometimes loud. Sometimes soft, like spring breeze." Deftly mixing the unreal, surreal, & very real, incredible new #fiction from @windblastedpappy.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/stua... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

Listen/watch my interview w/ @beckyltuch.bsky.social. We talked all things Stanchion, from what I like in a pitch email to what I hope to find in the writing being submitted & a bit of the history behind my magazine and the community that grew up around it. litmagnews.substack.com/p/i-love-new...

Great interview. Jeff's doing a great solo thing (yes, he published me, but it's still true). Talk about passion projects. Check out his mag, buy it, or his books. He clearly cares.

Coelacanth citronreview.com/2024/12/31/c...

Keep in mind that this serial liar also promised a hundred times during the campaign that he would be able to end the war “in 24 hours” with “one phone call” to Putin because he has “a great relationship” with him, “knows just what to say to him,” & “it won’t even be that hard.”

What he said: 💯 🎯

Woo-hoo! New fiction up and out at Does It Have Pockets? Thanks to Camille Griep and team for the huge hug. If you read the story -- www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/stua... -- you'll understand that a huge hug takes up a lot of space and weighs a lot, even if you can't see it. 😜

“Of all the special things we choose to do for our planet, let one of them to be of service to animals” ― Paul Oxton

It was a decade ago, and not many people read it all -- 2 hours -- but it delivered the goods on the huge con being perpetrated on American consumers by the collusion of health insurance companies and medical care organizations. time.com/198/bitter-p...

Today, the White House Press Secretary told the country that this ridiculous damn ballroom is “the president’s main priority”…not reopening the government, not lowering the cost of groceries, not lowering the cost of housing, not lowering the cost of healthcare….building a ballroom

this is very satisfying to watch.

Mike Johnson refuses to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva — because her vote could force the House to release the Epstein Files. The GOP is doing everything they can to keep Trump's Epstein cover-up going. In 1998, Republicans gladly used Monica Lewinsky's words to attack Bill Clinton.

Silver Door / thoughtful, well-written defense of substack self-publishing one's poetry. Test your best against the world at no (or little) cost, before investing huge life energy in chasing a print product. silverdoor.substack.com?r=616l&utm_c...

A little magical realism about the as-yet-unimagined refugees of climate change, in The Wave, online arm of the Kelp Journal. www.kelpjournal.com/post/fiction...

Shapiro: Today he’s trying to sanction voices on the left. That means tomorrow he could sanction someone because of what they look like, who they love, or how they pray. We need more speech, not less

The keys to winning now 1 Large support outcry 2 Truth He caves to big demonstrations! He's desperate to be liked & gives up easily whith a big swell of support, including former supporters Truth should always be the best weapon against his lies Spread Truth www.propublica.org/article/ayma...

Upton Sinclair - BOTD 💙📚 #LiteratureSky

Good shift this morning at the local food bank. Amazing people, good cheer, triaging a harvest-season bombardment of apples, pears, plums, grapes and more. Thank you, grower-donors. If you're sick of the greed upstairs, do this. It works.

Canceled my HULU sub last night. Trump is using power of government to violate the First Amendment. But did we expect any less from the insurrectionist/pedophile in Chief? #BoycottDisneyABC

IT'S OFFICIAL: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York State, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and New York City have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative. The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.

Swalwell: There’s going to be a Democratic majority in just over a year. To the FCC chairperson and anyone in involved in these dirty deals: get a lawyer and save your records because you’re going to be in this room answering questions

Yes, release the Epstein files!!!

Yep 💙

Our federal oversight work has protected *$4.4 billion dollars* in federal funds coming into Oregon so far. These dollars go to education programs, public health grants, transportation infrastructure, and more that Oregonians rely on every day. Read more: www.doj.state.or.us/oregon-depar...

Tell the Smithsonian: Reject demands to whitewash history act.indivisible.org/sign/smithso...

Every day, the felon in chief and his goons chip another chunk from the American dream. Inspiration (thanks Paul Krugman for the link). youtu.be/6NXnxTNIWkc?...

United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero - Two years ago, we invited all 100 senators to work in the fields. Only two of them accepted: Alex Padilla and Cory Booker.