Evalyn Lee

Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.

Police Chief Brian O’Hara has delivered a blunt message to his department: If an officer witnesses ICE agents using illegal force and fails to step in, they will be fired. 👏 👏 👏

One thing about the Biden admin. is that, two or three levels down, there were tons of smart, focused, pro-social people doing great things that never rose to the level of a headline.

Conversely, an enormous amount of the damage Trumpies are doing never makes the news.

I am posting a #poem I wrote to thank @CarolineBirdUK.bsky.social because her #poetry & #teaching give me such joy and hope! #Gratitude to Caroline for all her insights about “Poetry That Tender Machine.’

Robin illustration on cream background with notes.

Morning.
Robin, Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, 1596–1610.

Photo of a Christmas Tree made from books. Lights are lit.

Landscape photo of the room in Bassetlaw Museum. A book Christmas Tree stands between the piano and the fireplace.

We built a book Christmas Tree in Bassetlaw Museum to celebrate the launch of The Year of Reading. It'll remain in situ throughout the month and then in December, schools will receive book donations! ❤️ #kidlituk

While living at Netherne hospital, George Buday created illustrations for books, cards, pamphlets & programmes & his woodcuts appeared in a 1976 BBC Omnibus about Hungarian poetry.
Art therapist Edward Adamson gained permission for Buday to have his carving tools & studio space in which to use them

happy bday to one of my faves Austrian writer Rainer Maria Rilke, b.1875.
"Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves".
"Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer"

Thank you for sharing your story!

Incredible story. Second post in the thread is alt text. #histmed

💃 I'm so very proud of this! Thank you Dave, and congratulations to my marvellous fellow nominees 🥳

When a poem becomes a prayer.

Siegfried Sassoon (1934)

If Admiral Bradley didn’t realize before that these cowards were setting him up to take the fall, he knows it now. Time to hire a good lawyer.

Kids Can Press company logo and logo and image of Franklin character with statement text,”Franklin the Turtle is a beloved Canadian icon who has inspired generations of children and stands for kindness, empathy, and inclusivity. We strongly condemn any denigrating, violent, or unauthorized use of Franklin’s name or image, which directly contradicts these values.”

ICE raids are cruel, inhumane, and do nothing to serve public safety.

My responsibility is to be the mayor to each and every person that calls this city their home. That includes millions of immigrants— of which I am one.

Trump Boat Bombings Suddenly on Shakier Ground as Damning Info Emerges Will Republicans give us a real investigation into Trump’s bombings, now that we just learned horrific new details about them? Or are they seriously going to fall on their swords for Pete Hegseth?

News --> The commander who oversaw Pete Hegseth's alleged killing of two boat bombing survivors is now likely to come in and face questions from the House Armed Services Committee, ranking Dem Adam Smith tells me.

In this piece, I try to make sense of this horror:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...

Happy bday Samuel Langhorne Clemens, b1835, Florida, MO

“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”

“Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.”

What a poem. Thank you!!!

Sunday night poem

More than 220 judges have now rejected the Trump admin’s mass detention policy The number has skyrocketed in recent weeks and includes at least 20 judges appointed by Trump himself.

More than 220 judges have now rejected the Trump admin’s mass detention policy

- led to a tidal wave of emergency lawsuits after ICE’s targets were arrested at workplaces, courthouses or check-ins with immigration officers. Many have lived in the U.S. for years .

www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

Why didn’t Trump order flags to be flown at half staff for National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom like he did for Charlie Kirk? 🤔

“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”

The vibe shift today is, I think, due to the fact that New Yorkers were on the offensive instead of the defensive.

Usually with protests, demonstrators have to defend the space, defend their right to march, etc. They get beat up and pushed around and antagonized into chaos and trauma.
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"Years and years ago, there was a production of The Tempest, out of doors, at an Oxford college on a lawn, which was the stage, and the lawn went back towards the lake in the grounds of the college, and the play began in natural light. But as it developed, and as it became time for Ariel to say his farewell to the world of The Tempest, the evening had started to close in and there was some artificial lighting coming on. And as Ariel uttered his last speech, he turned and he ran across the grass, and he got to the edge of the lake and he just kept running across the top of the water — the producer having thoughtfully provided a kind of walkway an inch beneath the water. And you could see and you could hear the plish, plash as he ran away from you across the top of the lake, until the gloom enveloped him and he disappeared from your view. And as he did so, from the further shore, a firework rocket was ignited, and it went whoosh into the air, and high up there it burst into lots of sparks, and all the sparks went out, and he had gone. "When you look up the stage directions, it says, 'Exit Ariel.”

A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:

ICE still FROZEN at Centre St & Howard in lower Manhattan right now as calls continue circulating for people to join.

NYPD arriving with barricades.

The Book of Job: Pl. 15, Behold now Behemoth which I made with thee

The Book of Job: Pl. 15, Behold now Behemoth which I made with thee https://clevelandart.org/art/1963.303.16

The picture shows six needles of different sizes. They were made of bone resemble their modern descendants with an eye at one end and a tapered end.

Things used in everyday life are the real archaeological treasures! These sewing #needles were made from animal bone some 15,000 years ago. Some designs simply don't need to be improved, because form and functions were perfectly matched from the start. Form follows function! 🧵1/2

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Government to ban asylum seekers from using taxis The ban is set to come in February and any exemptions will have to be signed off by the Home Office.

So how exactly are they meant to get to them? Many are placed in areas without accessible transport links. They can't afford to pay for journeys themselves because of how little support they get.
Yet again Labour choosing to pander to Reform than think of consequences.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Right folks, let's get this over the line 😀

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

Text reads: "Electric Lit's Best Poetry Collections of 2025." Three books below: WILDNESS BEFORE SOMETHING SUBLIME by LEILA CHATTI, THE NEW ECONOMY by GABRIELLE CALVOCORESSI, and I DO KNOW SOME THINGS by RICHARD SIKEN.

Electric Lit named three Copper Canyon Press collections Best Poetry in 2025: WILDNESS BEFORE SOMETHING SUBLIME by LEILA CHATTI, THE NEW ECONOMY by GABRIELLE CALVOCORESSI, and I DO KNOW SOME THINGS by RICHARD SIKEN.

Check out the full list from Electric Lit at https://bit.ly/3XDVgUd.