Evalyn Lee

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

We are thrilled to be able to reveal this year's T.S. Eliot Prize shortlist!
Our judges have chosen ten books "of great range, suggestiveness and power; from Entebbe to Manitoba... there is something here for everyone."

Find out more now: tseliot.com/prize/news/

I've been thinking about this ever since I read it... and I think there's some deep truth to this. COVID as well broke our connection with reality, but decades of pretending the climate wasn't shifting laid the foundation for delusion-as-cope at large.

Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”

When news organizations decide to engage in advocacy, they’re actually very good at it, said @trevortimm.bsky.social at @columbiajournalism.bsky.social, urging media outlets to speak out on 200+ journalists killed in Gaza.

“The mass killing of journalists … seems like a great place to start.”

A #poem to read on #NationalPoetryDay #LoveAfterLove by #DerekWalcott

Love like a Poet! Happy National Poetry Day!

And just a huge wave of love & appreciation to the amazing #poet & #editor Jane Commane of @ninearchespress.bsky.social on #NationalPoetryDay

And on #NationalPoetryDay I just want to share the amazing #poetry & work and teaching of @richardnskinner.bsky.social

And if you haven’t read #VelkomToInklandt do!!!

This is a really interesting thread (with some very interesting replies too). Always worth remembering that what we see may not be the full picture. Of course, if we want better media & politics, we have to reward those who are doing them better.

Sending love to #poet @sophieherx.bsky.social on #NationalPoetryDay She is a poet & artist who inspires me daily!!!

If you are following the story of The Pentagon's new policy, nicknamed, "you must check with us before you dream of doing any journalism," you may enjoy this update from @status.news

Happy National Poetry Day! I am so grateful to all the poets who write, teach & make the world a more joyous place! Sending love to #poets the world over & sharing #PoetryThatTenderMachine a #poem inspired by the amazing @carolinebirduk.bsky.social

Why I gave the world wide web away for free | Tim Berners-Lee My vision was based on sharing, not exploitation – and here’s why it’s still worth fighting for

Why I gave the world wide web away for free
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

The London Magazine Short Story Prize 2025 - The London Magazine The London Magazine Short Story Prize 2025 is now open for submissions. We are looking for unpublished short fiction, no longer than 4000 words.

We have extended the deadline for our Short Story Prize by two weeks to give any last minute writers a chance to submit.

Entries close midnight on Sunday October 12th.

Further details and link to submit here: thelondonmagazine.org/short-story-...

"You have to believe in your stuff—every day has to be the new day on which the new poem may be it."

John Berryman

What do you do when your media org is captured? You start your own.

Introducing....The Nerve!!! @thenerve-news.bsky.social

We're all-female, journalist-owned & launching next week.

Please help us build a truly independent, progressive new media!👊👊👊

Former Observer big-hitters launch new title with redundancy payouts Five former Observer journalists including Carole Cadwalladr have launched their own culture publication using their redundancy money.

Coming soon…

pressgazette.co.uk/news/former-...

'Humanity's fate cannot be left to an algorithm': UN chief on threat of military AI.

"Humans must always retain authority over life-and-death decisions," says UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, arguing that AI systems cannot be allowed to run free in the military field

‘The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions hidden by the answers.’ #JamesBaldwin #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #journalismisnotacrime #keepwriting

It's publication day for our three brilliant September titles: @poetclare.bsky.social's Lives of the Female Poets, @jesstraynor.bsky.social's New Arcana, and @emiliejelinek.bsky.social's The Sky Around My Father, winner of the @mslexia.bsky.social Women's Poetry Pamphlet Competition 2024.

Ernie Pyle and Captain Waskow In December 1943 war correspondent Ernie Pyle , columnist for the Scripps-Howard newspaper syndicate, returned to the safety of the rear lin...

“He always looked after us. He’d go to bat for us every time.”
A GI describing his commanding officer, Captain Henry T. Waskow, born on this day in 1918. Killed in action in Italy. Captured forever in print by Ernie Pyle.
rayboomhower.blogspot.com/2019/07/erni...

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

Praise me or shut up! – Trump’s threats to silence opponents break US first amendment A press free to criticise its government and leaders is essential to any democracy – in America it is crumbling before our eyes

Praise me or shut up! – Trump’s threats to silence opponents break US first amendment

A press free to criticise its government and leaders is essential to any democracy – in America it is crumbling before our eyes

By Granville Williams

@yorkshirebylines.co.uk

BBC and news agencies launch film calling on Israel to allow foreign journalists into Gaza Israel does not allow foreign journalists into Gaza independently, citing security grounds.

The BBC and three international news agencies have released a short film calling on Israel to allow foreign journalists into Gaza.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Thank you @mariabustillos.com for this beautiful write up on @flaminghydra.com about our opening last week. It was wonderful to catch up in person - thank you for your support and enthusiasm as always.

Obama photographer Pete Souza posted this pic of Obama on that UN escalator… www.instagram.com/p/DO9GFjUEZi...

No dragon can resist the fascination of riddling talk and of wasting time trying to understand it.

 ~J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

Join us this #BookologyThursday as we explore our theme:

🐉Dragons and Treasures of the World🐉

in literature, art, legends, and folklore.

This is the perfect combination of these fascist assholes pretending to fix a problem that doesn’t exist by shaking down a business, leaning on anti scientific bullshit, propping up a fake solution that earns them profits, and not even beginning to care how it hurts anyone.