Jen Palmares Meadows

Are we living in a golden age of stupidity? From brain-rotting videos to AI creep, every technological advance seems to make it harder to work, remember, think and function independently …

“large parts of the internet are information deserts, in which the only available brain food is junk.”

Grayscale geometric design with glyphs that almost look like words. The "words" "kinship" and "adjoining" can be made out, but not many others.

ANMLY #41 is here! We’re thrilled to share new translations, fiction, a double issue of poetry, CNF, with a folio on autistic protest poetry!

>>> anmly.org/ap41 And we're open for new work until February 1
>>> anmly.submittable.com

Special education staff decimated after Trump administration shutdown firings: Sources The nation’s special education services have been significantly damaged after Fridays’s mass layoffs within the Department of Education, sources told ABC News.

For shame, USA. We must do better! Our children deserve better.

“The agency enforces the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the law creating a free and appropriate education for children with disabilities, and funds special education services to the tune of around $15 billion.”

Terrifying. Nightmare on my Street.

Horrific.

Sing it!

Asking people if they took Tylenol when they were pregnant is not helpful. It is perpetuating a stigma against autistics.

If you are thinking about asking friends or relatives if they took Tylenol when they were pregnant, STOP. No one has to justify their TYLENOL use, and you are not helping.

Lovely!

This is so interesting to me and can be applied in so many ways. How is our moral health impacted when we ignore injustice around us, when we don’t speak out or speak up for others?

Yan Yan is my favorite!

lol. Read the flavor aloud to my 11yo and his one word reply: No.

Yellowshirt Elegy, by Meghan Phillips — Barrelhouse Down in engineering you can’t even see the stars. Dad was so proud when I was reassigned— the heart of the ship, the heart of the ship,

Happy Star Trek Day! forever grateful to @barrelhouse.bsky.social for taking a chance on my sad-jeans Star Trek poem all those years ago www.barrelhousemag.com/online-lit/y...

Queen of Spades, 1909, by Margaret Macdonald, one of the defining artists of Art Nouveau and the Glasgow School #WomensArt

White and blue text: "Know Your Rights when interacting with federal agents, local law enforcement, or military troops: If you get stopped, ask if you’re free to go. If they say yes, walk or drive away. If you’re questioned, you can say, “I want to remain silent.” In some cases, you may be required to provide your name, address, immigration status, and/or ID. If an official asks to search you or your belongings, you have the right to say no, but do not obstruct access. They may have authority to conduct the search anyway. If they begin searching you or your vehicle, say clearly: “I do not consent to a search.” You do not have to unlock your phone or give government officials your password without a warrant. For additional security, turn off biometric identification such as Face ID. If law enforcement officers arrest you, you have a right to ask why. Otherwise, say you wish to remain silent and ask for a lawyer immediately. Don't sign, say, or agree to anything without a lawyer present. If you believe your rights have been violated, when you can, write down everything you remember, get contact information for witnesses, and take photographs of any injuries." Light blue ACLU logo. Blue arrow pointing to the right. Black background.

White and blue text: "Know Your Rights when witnessing federal agents, local law enforcement, or military activity in public: You have the right to talk about and publicize truthful information that you obtain lawfully, including about what law enforcement officers are doing and where they are doing it. You have the right to tell people their legal rights. If you are a lawyer, make clear you are not giving legal advice. You have the right to photograph or film anything in plain view, including federal buildings and law enforcement. These officials can’t confiscate or demand to view your photographs or video without a warrant, nor can they delete data under any circumstances. However, they may order you to move a reasonable distance away. If you think a command is unlawful, it’s safest to follow the order, document the interaction, and challenge it later. You can ask for officers’ names and badge numbers, as well as who to call if there are follow-up questions." Light blue ACLU logo. Black background.

No matter what uniform they wear, federal agents and military troops on our streets are bound by the Constitution.

For more information, go to aclu.org/deployment_kyr.

I enjoyed your story!

All the Friends I Could Have Made are Having Fun Without Me by Mackenzie McGee Alexis throws a big party and everyone’s invited. She lives a half-hour drive from her childhood home, the one with the big bay window and the basement where we had sleepovers every other weekend f…

"I'll walk through the front door and everyone will cheer, like I'm a fan favorite in a sitcom."

"All the Friends I Could Have Made are Having Fun Without Me" by @mackenziemcgee.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD. 📝

Lies I Told the Day You Turned Five by Rachel Beachy A bird flew into the window and you asked if it was asleep. When I played the video of Dolly Parton singing “Happy Birthday,” you thought she had recorded it just for you. You asked if I put the same…

another "5" list, today from Rachel Beachy, that kinda sneaks up on you and then just knocks you out

"After you wished for a horse for the backyard, I said maybe next year.

You asked if I had fun at Chuck E. Cheese."

https://www.havehashad.com/25jix

“Thank GOD the National Guard is here while I EAT MY PIZZA,” shouts a woman at Red Light on 14th in DC as yet another trio of guardsmen walk by.

Sisyphus’s Inbox “And I saw Sisyphus in agonizing torment, drafting a reply to Kayleigh’s ten urgent UX questions. He hit ‘send,’ and immediately received an autore...

“With great cunning, Persephone seduced Sisyphus into trying Zeus’s Thunderbolt, a hot new app that promised to mass-unsubscribe him from spam newsletters. But it was a trick, and Zeus’s Thunderbolt instead flooded him with scores of emails hawking meme coins.”
—Hyginus, Fabulae, via Alex Baia

Lost/Found Submissions! Looking to home your out-of-print book? Try us at Lost/Found, a new imprint at Split/Lip Press. Rolling submissions begin on 9/3!

Big news for authors with out-of-print prose books looking for a new home:

We're opening up submissions to our Lost/Found imprint on 9/3! We were so happy to rehome Brooke Shaffner's COUNTRY OF UNDER last year + now we're ready to rehome more.

Full details forthcoming, but the pertinent ones are:

I hate getting a new phone and transferring info, uploading new apps and logging in to everything. It’s the worst. I don’t get people who really enjoy new devices. I just want my phone to work and stay working.

Congratulations Grace!!!

Photo of armed customs and border patrol agents and cars on the plaza in front of the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo.

We are outraged and deeply distressed that armed federal agents came onto our campus—making arrests on the very ground where, in 1942, Japanese American families were forced to board buses bound for concentration camps. It was a deliberate act of provocation and intimidation.

Make a Zine! You! Yes, you!

We couldn't agree more, Imogen

GENDERTRASH From Hell Pre-orders close at the end of August 😱

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Let's Bring Back Pieing Politicians Since 2007, Jezebel has been the Internet's most treasured source for everything celebrities, sex, and politics...with teeth.

Bring back pieing politicians. Sandwiching also works.

For when you are working with students or sending your kids off to school.