previous winners of FIFI Peace Prize ?

🤪 Plot twist: FIFA just invented a “Peace Prize” and handed it to Donald Trump at the World Cup draw.

The man under fire for lethal boat strikes and threats toward Venezuela is now their poster boy for peace.

Satire is officially out of a job.

can anyone suggest a summer writing session that includes a course in YA fantasy fiction? preferably a workshop taught by a published YA writer and/or a YA editor.
thank you for helpful suggestions!

#Hamlet
Drawing by my father
Carl Köhler (1919-2006)

advanced fiction workshop, Rutgers/New Brunswick
fall 2025. quite a gathering of talent(s)!

(missing two writers in the photo.)

yes, never forget. MTG harassing young survivors of the Parkland shooting was genuinely shocking, as bad as her longtime cult leader T***p.

Yep. That’s what I took from this. Not willing to take accountability means she hasn’t changed an ounce.

She chased after a school shooting survivor screaming that it was a hoax. She dished it out- now she can STFU & take it.

Time is running out for you to purchase your 101% All-Human-Hair Toupee styled by Zanche--"One Size Fits All Heads."
Christmas discount special--$1,100.99.
perfect gift for "the man who has everything except hair."

@joycecaroloates.bsky.social

we don't really see the ending of "Hamlet" since the personal drama intervenes as our final image.
however, the ending we do see is a thrilling vindication of art-transforming-life & transcending the (tragic) personal life depicted in Jessie Buckley's remarkable performance--raw, utterly convincing

"Hamnet" springs to life once we leave the forest for London with the production of "Hamlet" in which a boy-actor playing the tragic hero mesmerizes his audience; if not totally believable, the boy-actor is totally adorable with bleached blond curls & TikTok- influencer charisma.

writing plays so unique & powerful they endure for centuries? this wife has neither a clue nor curiosity for life beyond childbearing & caring but when she finally sees what sweet WIll is up to, staring open-mouthed at the stage, we know she will forgive him.

one must suspend disbelief that this sentimental fable has any probable relationship to the brilliantly literary mind that created Shakespeare's plays; WIll here is a fumbling sort of dreamboat husband scolded by his wife for being so often away in London doing whatever it is he is doing...

remarkable child actors in alternative-reality vision of William Shakespeare's life as a young married husband in "Hamnet." strong performance by Jessie Buckley & Vermeer-like interiors beautifully photographed. even the plague, striking one child but sparing the other, is poetically rendered.

He was amazing—and he loved cats! I found this: He dedicated his solo album Mr. Bad Guy to his cats and all cat lovers. His song "Delilah" was also a tribute to his favorite cat, whom he affectionately called his "little princess"

"The only cure for hunchback is death." (Krushchev)

bsky.app/profile/isth...

Now do every Trumpublican taking bribes and insider trading. What Menendez did is no different than Trump’s Rolex from the Swiss and airplane from UAE.

Now lets compare: Menendez went to jail & has been prohibited from holding office for accepting a gold bar. Trump accepted a jumbo jet. The Swiss gave him a kilo gold bar & a Rolex- Who knows how many Trump properties are being built & given to him for quid pro quo. Yet we have complete SILENCE
👇👇👇

Tr*mp started his career in the public eye by pretending to fire people from fake jobs. Now he’s worked his way up to being in charge of an administration that has murdered* at least 86 people. What do you think is next?

*It’s not a war crime, since we’re not at war. It’s just murder.

Mark Kelly: "They are not silencing me. I'm still speaking out. I still am going to do my job every single day regardless of whether this president wants to kill me, hang me, execute me, or shut me up. I'm not gonna shut up."

this is the New Literary Project. I have little to do with it but would guess probably not self-published work-- millions of pages unedited & much of it, one might suppose, AI-generated. but small presses are certainly included & small-press writers have won these awards.

I agree. It's breathtaking in its brilliance.

Well, this is exciting @andrewrihn.bsky.social !

yes-- so curious! yet, vast crowds were enthralled by this at the famous Live Aid concert.
no matter what Freddy Mercury sang, his voice & stage presence were so special one was naturally enthralled.

maddening repetition though if you know the backstory of the song it is a bit more tolerable.

heartbreaking to learn of the death of Mark Mirsky, longtime editor of Fiction Magazine, much-beloved professor at City College, friend to many writers & poets. a genuinely kind man, a true mensch, witty & erudite in conversation as well as in his remarkable prose. we will miss Mark terribly....

a cartoon of two men standing next to each other with the caption and now the winner of the first annual montgomery burns award for ALT: a cartoon of two men standing next to each other with the caption and now the winner of the first annual montgomery burns award for

The Simpsons already did this.

Sam Bates, known as SMUG, Australian-born, realistic street #artist. This one is in Glasgow.

In the comments, I've included different views of this piece, as well as some other pieces of this hyper-realistic street artist.

#StreetArt #WallMural #murals #UrbanArt #art