Jill McCabe Johnson

Poetry & Jazz | Island Verse Literar Come see local poets share their work alongside live instrumental accompaniment, where rhythm and language move together in real time.

Looking forward to reading #poetry at the Island Verse Literary Collective's Poetry & Jazz show this Friday...

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'“I’m a neurosurgeon,” a man’s voice says when I finally decide to pull over and answer the unknown number that’s been calling, calling, calling while I’m driving and lost in a rainstorm.'

A beautiful flash essay from @gailfolkins.bsky.social and featured in Short Reads literary magazine.

Okay, as I've been thinking about this for a while, and because I've seen a lot of frankly appalling stuff dressed up as 'requirements', here is how I would do it, as someone who has RSD and who knows only too well that some people do not like you turning up in their Inbox assuming fairness.

Dow will willingly, permanently damage our health and environment for short-term profits. This horror must be prevented.

It’s a gift. Thank you for sharing that lovely piece.

BLM Announces Plan to Fell Oregon's Last Great Forests One billion board feet per year... 30 days to make your voice heard.

You only have a short time to comment. They are trying to destroy our forests to enrich a few logging company executives and the politicians they’ve paid off.
Leave your comment here:

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Holy cow. How do you do that? That is sooooo beautiful!

Let looking east across an alpine lake to a hillside covered mostly in evergreen trees and with a young Douglas fir in the foreground.

From today’s hike…

Please keep us posted. I’m so worried for you and your family. 💙💙💙

Innocent children bombed. The elderly helpless in their homes. Loved ones heartsick and grieving.

What are we doing?

I’m so sorry, Majda. My heart is with you and your mother (and the cats, of course).

This has to end.

And some days multiple new horrors.

Please don’t call it the “Israel-Iran” war (which is how Bluesky moderators have characterized it as a trending topic).

@politico.com reported Wednesday the US might have Israel attack first to give the US cover for starting a new war.

This whole thread by @paleofuture.bsky.social is worth a read.

Our friends are open for submissions! Fourth Genre's Steinberg Memorial Essay Prize and Multimedia Essay Contest are both now open! Submissions are due by April 15. Head to fourthgenre.org for more info

📸 by @fourthgenre
#AssayJournal #Nonfiction #FriendsOfAssay #Contest

I don’t believe that was the point of the post. Letting people know about “Starlight Tours” validates that arresting and dumping people ou in the cold a known practice and it supports the idea that the U.S. agents may have done this intentionally.

As long as we don’t sexualize or objectify people, whether real or computer generated, especially if the AI depictions look like kids.

GOOD NEWS! A UNIVERSAL sarbecovirus vaccine candidate has OFFICIALLY started clinical trials. GBP511 is the FIRST vaccine to reach human testing that is intended to protect against MULTIPLE strains of SARS-CoV-2 as well as other related coronaviruses with the potential to spark dangerous outbreaks.

They know how to spot kind people!

Everything written by @stevekuusisto.bsky.social is 🔥!!!

If you have the means, please donate to the Trans Continental Pipeline right now. They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate and they are overwhelmed with requests. Colorado borders Kansas, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out.

tcpipeline.org

Kudos on the acceptances!

Friendly reminder I got laid off recently & want the bookstore to be my main job alongside Amanda. Spent the last week brainstorming how to make it happen.

Some cool things you could do to help:
-Buy books at @eveninghouse.bsky.social, in-person or online
-buy Boxcutters or Feast
-hype either

🍻🙏🫡

Thank goodness! Thanks for all you did to find someone to reach out and for all you do to help others. 💙💙💙

This is temporary and better days are ahead. Your surviving this can be a bright beacon of help for others when they hit bottom, too. Love and joy are waiting for you! 💖

Seriously worried for @sadlydefunct.bsky.social rn. If anyone knows her in person, please check on her right away.

Ms. Nomer, we love you. If you’re feeling hopeless, please call or text 988. It’s confidential and free.

988lifeline.org

The glass ceiling many of us have experienced firsthand, too.

Conversations Between Friends: Laura Stanfill and Wendy Fox - CRAFT Laura Stanfill is the founder of Forest Avenue Press, a small press based in Portland, Oregon. With her leadership, the press has acquired and published books recognized by major awards like the…

ICYMI, @wendyjfox.bsky.social recently had the chance to interview @laurastanfill.bsky.social, founder of @forestavenuepress.bsky.social, on CRAFT! buff.ly/U8YgmPV

Imagine a Door by Laura Stanfill: buff.ly/JA8nco3
Preorder The Last Supper by Wendy J. Fox: buff.ly/aAJuDIF
@susanschulman.bsky.social

You can always shortcut that by prefacing each statement with, “Well, actually…”

"The rumors of (Jorie's Bluesky) demise are greatly exaggerated."

a goat with balloons and party horns around its neck says happy birthday . ALT: a goat with balloons and party horns around its neck says happy birthday .

And many happy returns!