Morningpages 3/21/25

biggest cheers in the crowd thus far was bernie saying that netenyahu’s murderous regime must not get another nickel from the us

Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

Morningpages 3/15/25

The final tally to advance the CR is 62-38.

The Democrats who voted for cloture, giving Donald Trump everything he wants:

Cortez Masto (NV)
Durbin (IL)
Fetterman (PA)
Gillibrand (NY)
Hassan (NH)
Peters (MI)
Schatz (HI)
Schumer (NY)
Shaheen (NH)

That’s 7. I’ll do better tomorrow.

👑 James

👀👀👀 NPR sucks for this and other things and I too am witnessing precapitulation in my own life / work — hbu? — but also — this is what Ari Shapiro looks like?? 🪭

A pizza.

My cousin Richard at Artichoke Music tonight in Portland adjusting his ankle bells.

And b) having this small amount followers compared to the oppressive real life social world of Instagram makes me feel like acting wildly.

I feel like I should do that here but a) there’s no way it’s possible for me to do something ten times in a row right now without at least one of those things being unhinged.

And it worked.

In 2010 when I was trying to get into Twitter, my student Chris gave me the assignment to tweet 10 times a day for a certain short period of time.

Well hello WuTang LAN 😍 I’m WiFi hip hop beats to study/relax to

Reply-all emails really having their moment in the sun lately.

Image is a tweet from bluecheck user Inevitablewest and a reply from bluecheck user Nljigakulive. Original tweet reads: "Chinese national who organises pro-Palestine rallies at UCLA, Liu Lijun, has just had her visa revoked. The Trump admin isn't playing about." Reply reads: "Lmao this is the biggest win for the CCP since they won the civil war. America just showed the world it's not a real democracy and everything it preaches to other countries about protecting freedoms is bullshit."

For full alt text, follow pastebin link in next post. Partial text: Amy E. Greer, attorney for Mahmoud Khalil provided the following update this evening: First, importantly, today I spoke to Mahmoud and he is healthy and his spirits are undaunted by his predicament. He also greatly appreciates, and, typically for him, is moved by the extraordinarily broad and steadfast support he has received from a variety of communities that understand what is at stake. He is in ICE custody in Louisiana, and arrangements have been made for local attorneys to visit him today and tomorrow. The remarks by government officials, including the President, on social media only confirm the purpose – and illegality – of Mahmoud's detention. He was chosen as an example to stifle entirely lawful dissent in violation of the First Amendment. While tomorrow or thereafter the government may cite the law or process, that toothpaste is out of the tube and irreversibly so. The government’s objective is as transparent as it is unlawful, and our role as Mahmoud’s lawyers is to ensure it does not prevail. Today Mahmoud's legal team, which includes Kyle Barron, CLEAR, the Center for Constitutional Rights, the American Civil Liberties Union, and Amy Greer filed a motion to compel in federal court in the Southern District of New York, as part of the habeas corpus petition filed on his behalf over the weekend, seeking an order requiring the government to return to New York for any immigration proceedings.

UPDATE on Mahmoud Khalil from his lawyers and his wife: "Today I spoke to Mahmoud and he is healthy and his spirits are undaunted by his predicament." (Legal team now includes ACLU, CCR.)

Protest outside the NYC ICE office now demanding the release of Mahmoud Khalil
#FreeMahmoudKhalil

Morningpages 3/4/25 I FORGOT EXACTLY WHAT YOUR QUESTION WAS BUT I HOPE THIS ANSWERS

3/4/25: I watch/My corner as someone else watches/The street where they live, & the vacant/Lot getting misted into bog by the mesh /Of the rain/Some people say/there’s something/ We should be doing right now./ Others seem unencumbered./ Many don’t speak./I like to believe/I can be born any moment

WE HESITATE The days to come are a watershed. You have to improve your portrait of God To make it plain. It is on the list, You and your bodies are on the line. The new past now unfurls like a great somber hope Above the treeline, like a giant’s hand Placed tentatively on the hurrying clouds. The basins come to be full and complex But it is not enough. Concern and embarrassment Grow rank. Once they have come home there is no cursing. Fires disturb the evening. No one can hear the story. Or sometimes people just forget Like a child. It took me months To get that discipline banned, and what is the use, To ban that? You remain a sane, yet sophisticated, person: Rooted in twilight, dreaming, a piece of traffic.

You have to improve your portrait of God

John Ashbery

Morningpages 3/3/25 A RESPONSE MAY WAFT BACK

Morningpages 3/3/25

Jules Tillinghast on Substack Morningpages 3/1/25, ABOVE ALL ELSE Reading 20th century history /It feels like there were so many truths to process / Now I open my mouth to explain and all / Goes empty, the FedEx and Amazon trucks...

Morningpages 3/1/25, ABOVE ALL ELSE

Reading 20th century history / It feels like there were so many truths to process / Now I open my mouth to explain and all / Goes empty, the FedEx and Amazon trucks continue / My pointer finger, weighing only an ounce or two / But you have to answer

Morningpages 3/1/25 THE NEW ROOTS AND THE AGELESS / PICTURES

Morningpages 3/1/25

The poem I visualise my death by Pat Ingoldsby I will go down to the waters edge in Malahide, Because it is time. Da will be there in the boat. He will smile. 'You're coming over' he will say. He knows. 'Yes I am. It's lovely to see you.' 'Come on' he will say, 'Ta is waiting'. A smile of joy will warm me. He will not need to help me over the side. Everything will be easy. Da will pull on the oats And away we will go Crossing over To the island Forever Getting there.

Rest in peace Pat Ingoldsby, a true Dublin character. May your crossing be easy.