From this moment forward (and before, but clearly now):
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
From this moment forward (and before, but clearly now):
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
In the midst of all the chaos, a moment of Zen. dianesilver.substack.com/p/friday-zen...
03.10.2025 15:55 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0ttps://dianesilver.substack.com/p/the-act-of-writing-can-teach-us-the
27.05.2025 15:39 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Art has a special role to play in this moment. It can tell a story far more effectively than someone like me. Artists, please do your thing!
23.05.2025 00:01 β π 1849 π 497 π¬ 32 π 16Time to have fun today. Here's my review of Pat Murphy's new novel
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βEmployees are requested to please notifyβ the EPA or the Office of Personnel Management βof any other agency office, sub-unit, personnel position description, contract, or program focusing exclusively on DEI.β
Nobody used the tip line.
Every Friday I try to remind myself of all the beauty in our world. Hereβs todayβs Friday Zen.
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Honestly, I know of no such blatant case of political imprisonment & infringement of political speech in the USA in modern times. Maybe there are going back decades, but this was deeply shameful, from the moment masked men unjustly kidnapped her, stuffed her into a van, & locked her up.
09.05.2025 18:35 β π 698 π 148 π¬ 7 π 2Rev. Barber, surrounded by police, praying in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.
Rev. Barber, surrounded by police, praying in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.
BREAKING: Police just surrounded Rev. William Barber, prominent activist and pastor, as he and others prayed in the U.S. Capitol Rontunda.
Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them.
I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.
I first met Donika Kelly when we were both students in a class on sonnets, and then I met her poetry. Wow
15.04.2025 15:25 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This
04.04.2025 16:05 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Excellent question.
02.04.2025 19:27 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0May all senators with a conscience follow Cory Booker's example and hold the floor of the U.S. Senate by speaking the truth
01.04.2025 23:20 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"
01.04.2025 19:41 β π 74872 π 15561 π¬ 1373 π 1797Just discovered my short story "God Only Knows," which appeared in the November 2024 issue of @chmmagazine.bsky.social, is now available for you to read free online. Enjoy! cosmichorrormonthly.com/fiction/god-...
21.02.2025 02:15 β π 15 π 7 π¬ 0 π 0i just cannot get over how much the administrationβs response to the crash shows a profound disrespect for the lives of the people they are supposed to serve
31.01.2025 03:15 β π 86908 π 10705 π¬ 2095 π 403Instead of fretting or doomscrolling, spend Monday (9 am Pacific, noon eastern) with @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social and friends @lizogbu.bsky.social @akayawind.bsky.social @charliejane.bsky.social Anand Giridharadas and @billmckibben.bsky.social
19.01.2025 20:21 β π 19 π 9 π¬ 1 π 0Current mood: respect for everyone choosing to give official government events on Monday a pass.
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βHitler, Stalin and potentially Trump leave behind them death and destruction. It is comforting to remember that there are others who illuminate our world for a while and leave it richer and finer.β
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