What is in the water in Kentucky that generates so many good poets and writers?

republican president pushing for regime change in an oil-rich country... where have I seen this before?

#venezuela

This one - Afro-Bossa

Getting raptured on bi visibility day

Patricia Smith did a 3 poem set at the Brooklyn Book Festival today that tore my face off.

End lines that made me audibly gasp. Also best dressed.

Kimmel: The assassin was MAGA

MAGA: Not possible, he didn't like hatred, racism or sexism – couldn't be us

This!

Federal judges have done their best to push back, but Democratic representatives in Congress and elsewhere have not. Where is the action? Where is the utilization of the few checks and balances that do exist? Look who's not acting and ask why.

No lies spotted.

In the nonprofit space, this has been especially disheartening. I hope leaders take note.

Tea

Conservative Man Proudly Frightened Of Everything theonion.com/conserv...

If we coordinated to all bang pots and pans at our windows every day at 7 p.m. in praise of healthcare workers, we can coordinate to all scream NO MORE #ICE every day at 7 p.m. for the sake of our immigrant neighbors, yeah?

"downwardly mobile elites" - make it make sense

A horrifying statement published today by the Editorial Committee of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency.

"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die"

Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:

The cycle I've been on for a decade now, since the 2016 primaries

So many Islamophobes on @bsky.app I thought I had logged into X. What's up with that?

Being a supertaster is actually a core component of my identity

As Jews, we must be able to identify genocide when we see it. It's happened to us and it could again. This is why I'm so concerned that many do not see Israel's actions as genocidal. If the roles were reversed and we were in #Gaza now, you wouldn't call it genocide? If that's the case, we're doomed.

Nerdy sidenote but I didn't realize @theactionnetwork.bsky.social was this big in the UK! I'm American and work with organizers here and I constantly recommend it for powerful tools at a fair price. Because these are movements, not businesses. I'm happy to see it.

New political party in the UK! Seems like the time is now in the US... Obviously it's been decades too long of supporting the Democratic Party, time for something else for any of these politicians who claim to have integrity, now or never, not that I believe in politicians, but still💥

Every human should see wild monkeys at least once.

For the same reason I think every dog should get to see wolves in the wild (safely) at least once in their life. An opportunity to put two and two together.

Tbh it's kind of gaslighting if we don't show them wolves. They deserve to know the truth.

This is a holocaust.

As a Jew, I can't tell the difference between Israelis and Nazis at this point.

As an American with free speech, I shouldn't be afraid to say this. But I am.

I speak on behalf of OUR shared ancestors. Listen to us. Listen to scholars, peacemakers, and the rest of the world.

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social #EricAdams #ZohranMamdani #AndrewCuomo #BradLander

The footage of #ICE at immigration courts in #NYC jumping people IN PLAIN CLOTHES and kidnapping them is chilling. WE NEED TO ALLOW VIRTUAL HEARINGS. These places are unconscionable traps now.

I am scared, as a citizen, for myself. Who is next? #NYCMayor This is not a sanctuary city. It can be.

I too was blown away by how timely Descent of Alette is right now. The tyrant is capitalism and the billionaire class!

This series has been so rewarding and comforting, especially this episode, which I'm saving. 🙏🏻