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Open Letter from Communications Leaders Defending Press Freedom Communicators call for the end of federal prosecution of journalists covering Minnesota protests and the protection of First Amendment rights.

Communications leaders don't usually make public statements. But too much is at stake to stay quiet when journalism is under attack.

That's why I am a co-signer here: www.commsforjournalists.org

#PressFreedom #FirstAmendment

B rder-C ossi g as Tr th I don’t remember much about crossing the

Today's Feature:

"B rder-C ossi g as Tr th" by José Felipe Ozuna from Afternoon Visitor, issue 12.3

Read here:
poems.com/poem/b-rder-...

I mean, it was an overt part of his persona, wasn't it?

So I guess I mean to say: the culture celebrated that behavior, and in so doing perpetuated it. But not "the culture" - specific men did this, through their actions and their writing

As a boy, growing up reading SF in the 80s, I read accounts in anthologies by Harlan Ellison etc that made it clear the male authors at conventions were mostly interested in women to hit on them. Now I realize those accounts were trying to teach me how to be a man, or an Important Male Author

Thank you!!

I want to read your poem! And congratulations on publication.

But there's a ghastly, graphic drawing of a suicide in that zine as you flip through it - disturbing enough to me that I stopped looking when I hit it & didn't find your poem

As a Dylan with aspirations of super-ness I admit I took this one to heart

Photo of a bag of candy, partially obscured by a container in front of it. The words LIFES HARD are visible on the bag.

Life's hard candy

We'll increasingly recognize the limitations of AI in 2026. I wrote a post about it -- and included an AI prompt you can use to make you a better writer.
dylan.tweney.com/never-let-ai...

I just wrote 'The magic of magazines', a very personal reflection on my career in magazines, and also a link to a magazine I helped a client create this year! dylan.tweney.com/the-magic-of...

Lovely! I've never heard that term before. Your explanation makes sense!

I am here for Calibri and em dashes all day and I don't care who knows it

Calibri font becomes the latest DEI target as Rubio orders return to Times New Roman Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered diplomatic correspondence to stop using the Calibri font and return to the more traditional Times New Roman.

Out: weak DEI fonts
In: strong, imperial fonts

🙄

apnews.com/article/rubi...

Great, now I want a Coat Bath in my house

colour wheel what the hummingbird tastes

(haiga - click through to view)

-Marianne Paul
https://tinywords.com/2025/11/28/49128/

Thank you!

One crisp autumn day, on a whim, I sent some haiku to a few friends via SMS. It started a journey that changed my life.

This fall, we celebrated the 25th anniversary of @tinywords.com. Here's more about that story and a haiku workshop I'm leading soon:

dylan.tweney.com/haiku-change...

How much of today's politics and culture is organized around what straight men won't do because it's gay? Being passed on the freeway is gay. Driving a Prius is gay. When you shake hands, if your hand is underneath the other guy's, you're probably gay.

How long until people realize most AI content is basically crap and stop relying on it?

Not really. I've learned a lot from working on @tinywords.com with Kathe Palka and Peter Newton. But I'm hoping to join a local group in the new year.

How about you?

Sorry to miss that conference - I'm glad you're sharing from it! I went to Haiku North America in September - my very first haiku conference despite working in the form for 25 years. I look forward to attending more haiku gatherings in the future!

Terrific interview - thank you for sharing it here!

Hi Cyrus!

every day
more like a crone
the carved pumpkin

 

-Patricia J. Machmiller
https://tinywords.com/2025/10/29/44003/

I just wrote 'Collaboration and photography', about a collaboration I was lucky to be able to do this summer with a photographer friend, JP Manninen: dylan.tweney.com/collaboratio...

high surf
before the hurricane . . .
plovers huddle in the dunes

-Hannah Mahoney
https://tinywords.com/2025/10/21/43936/

“I’m tired of Google mansplaining to me,” one of my friends said recently.

In fact, we can barely open an email, a document, or a search engine without some overeager AI interrupting us with its faux-solicitous recommendations.

dylan.tweney.com/its-clippys-...

sleepless
above this heat
the night sky

-martin gottlieb cohen
https://tinywords.com/2025/10/02/43842/

There's hope for our future