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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

One of my favorite short first-person profiles is Didion's "Comrade Laski," a portrait of a young American Maoist. I wanted to share it with a student, so I googled, and found this on a Marxist site: strict Laski was expelled for gambling away the party's funds in Vegas! libcom.org/article/putt...

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Putting it all on Red - The Michael Laski Story

A tale of gambling, violence and betrayal in 60s America. Starring a romantic rebel hounded by his inner demons.

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

“There has to be an unknown world out there. There have to be unknown woods that are beyond our grasp. Creatures we haven’t yet met.” Lisa Wells and Lydia Millet on writing.

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Nonfiction as a Choice: An Interview with Lydia Millet

On the writer's new memoir 'We Loved It All' and storytelling without the artifice of filters

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Rattle Poetry @rattlepoetry.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

It sounds simple. Just say what happened. Say how it was. But euphemisms abound with violence, as with love. —Lisa Wells

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The Accounting by Lisa Wells - Rattle: Poetry

It sounds simple. Just say what happened. Say how it was. But euphemisms abound with violence, as with love.

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Here’s something: if blue whales emitted their song out of the water, the effect would be so loud, it would cause immediate hearing loss in humans. Alexis Pauline Gumbs, for Orion’s issue THE DEEP DIVE, writes on voices (both human and whale), listening, and frequency.

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Blue Whale Radio

What was I really reaching for—a sound, or a feeling?

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Stephen Sparks @ssparks.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

No, I'd rather you didn't summarize it for me.

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TLDR Jack @tldrjack.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

I suspect this might be the best photo I ever take

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Poetry Daily @poetrydaily.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Today's Feature: Our Readers on Poems from Poetry Daily including "Burning Down the Waffle House" by Danny Caine from @barrelhouse.bsky.social, 25 Read here: poems.com/poem/burning...

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Burning Down the Waffle House

where is the line between a good tip and a messiah complex?

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Spectrum Culture @spectrumculture.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

WE RECOMMEND: Jesca Hoop: Long Wave Home "The poetry of Jesca Hoop’s difficult-to-define Long Wave Home, and its secretive, almost arcane atmosphere, is in its beautiful simplicity."

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Jesca Hoop: Long Wave Home - Spectrum Culture

The poetry of Jesca Hoop’s difficult-to-define Long Wave Home, and its secretive, almost arcane atmosphere, is in its beautiful simplicity.

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Snacks @snacks59.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

My kind of Bakery.

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

National Poetry Month is upon us! Our staff pulled together a list of can't-miss new poetry collections to celebrate. Read and be changed. ✨ orionmagazine.org/article/12-n...

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Leslie Molson @ladymolson.com · 19/04/2026

Whatever you do,

A large white waterfowl with orange feet stands in front of a door. On the door is a cardboard sign secured with tape that reads, "DO NOT LET THE DUCK IN."

Adding insult to injury, I think the duck might be a goose.

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Poetry Daily @poetrydaily.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Today's Feature: "13." by @lisawellswriter.bsky.social from The Fire Passage published by Four Way Books Read here: poems.com/poem/13-wells/

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13.

In life, I was rigid. I had a treatment plan.

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Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

The subpoena passed 24-19. Bondi is coming in to Oversight. We can hold the Epstein class accountable if we are willing to cross the aisle and build a coalition of accountability.

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Letters of Note @lettersofnote.com · 12/02/2026

Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Writers of all genres: Rob Schlegel is running a generative workshop to help you learn how you make your choices as a writer—and befriend a local tree to research it across time! Apply here: orionmagazine.org/event-worksh...

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 11/02/2026

Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground

photo of Pam Bondi testifying in the foreground as a group of 7 women and 1 men raise their hands

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE: "I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."

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D. A. Powell @dapowell.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Whenever Trump cuts funding for something, notice how nothing goes back in your pocket...but something always winds up in his.

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Literary Arts @literary-arts.org · 09/02/2026

We are thrilled to announce the 2026 #OregonBookAward finalists! Join us in congratulating these incredible authors. Winners will be announced at the Oregon Book Awards Ceremony, hosted by Kimberly King Parsons on April 20. 🌟 📚 Learn more: lit-arts.org/oba_2026 #pdx #pdxwriters #bookawards

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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

New PSA by the courageous Epstein survivors. This is must watch:

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West Seattle Bike Blob @westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Fucking surreal that people dressed like this and carrying assault rifles are permitted to kidnap people off our streets

ICE agent wearing skull mask that is usually associated with the neo Nazi atomwaffen group

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.

Jeffrey Epstein emailing Peter Thiel: Finding things on their way to collapse was much easier than finding the next bargain. ... Return to tribalism. Counter to globalization. Amazing new alliances.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/01/2026

Klobuchar: "Somehow 50,000 peaceful protesters in 10 below weather were able to march without any problems, and then the next day half a dozen ICE and CBP agents couldn't handle a guy with a cell phone taking video of them and shot him. I think it's pretty obvious what's going on here."

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Will Stanier @flatstanley.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

The phone lines of both my Senators were busy, which is good reason to keep calling. 5calls.org has a helpful app for various topics and scripts. 5calls.org/issue/dhs-bu...

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Defund ICE (UPDATED 1/22) - SENATE VOTE THIS WEEK ⭑ 5 Calls

Updates January 22, 2026: By a 220-207 vote, the House has passed H.R. 7147, the standalone DHS appropriations bill. Republican Rep. Massie (KY) voted …

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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

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Ashley Kuckelman @ashleyvotesblue.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

💯 Every. Fucking. Word.

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Thinking of 5-yr-old Liam Ramos, "worst of the worst" according to ICE. Thinking of all we know about such brutal campaigns in Nazi Germany, Rwanda, Jim Crow South, when humanity is inverted such that children are not only not innocent but represent, in the mind of the fascist, the greatest threat.

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Sleestak @sleestak.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

These are the icy mountains of Pluto. It took 9 years to get these magnificent images… and 4.8 billion kilometers.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/01/2026

Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Remember: The real freeloaders in this country are the rich — not the poor or immigrants or any other group of people vilified as scapegoats. The richest 1% evade $163 billion in taxes every year. The United States literally has yacht and private jet tax deductions. Hello?

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.

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Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

AOC: “I understand that VP Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, & I do not — That is a fundamental difference between VP Vance & I — I do not believe the American people should be assassinated in the street”

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D. A. Powell @dapowell.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Five years ago Donald Trump and his followers broke the law in an attempt to keep him in power. He is the same lawless fuck he was then, and his plan is the same: he is bent on destroying our institutions and enriching himself and all those he corrupts.

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Eric Schmeltzer @ericschmeltzer.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

This is how you do it. No preamble to swear to God you don't like Maduro.

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

We don’t need to use the grotesque term “double-tap.” It’s from movies. It pretends to be knowing but it’s witless. It pretends to be tough but it’s squeamish. It’s euphemism for murder, a means of turning the dead into rhetoric. That’s why fascists like it: murderous abstraction.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

This is who she was. Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best. Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...

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D. A. Powell @dapowell.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Sensible zombies start the day with a brain muffin

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god

The Pope tweets: "The poor are not there by chance or by blind and cruel fate. Nor, for most of them, is poverty a choice. Yet, there are those who still presume to make this claim, thus revealing their own blindness and cruelty. #DilexiTe"

Someone replies: "I was so hopeful I could be a Catholic again after the disaster that Francis was, guess we just get Francis 2.0 now and I am heartbroken. How do I stay a Catholic now...I don't want to lose faith but I am. You belong to someone else, not God."

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National Book Critics Circle @bookcritics.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

NBCC member Valerie Duff-Strautmann reviewed Lisa Wells’ "The Fire Passage" for On the Seawall:

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ronslate.bsky.social @ronslate.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

"In her wish for phoenix-like resurrection, she always admits a profound uncertainty, yet the underlying song is her compass": Valerie Duff-Strautmann on THE FIRE PASSAGE, poems by Lisa Wells @fourwaybooks.bsky.social via ON THE SEAWALL bit.ly/4gmEXUd

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Thanks, Martha Park! This line-up makes sense to me.

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