Ashraf Shaikh: "Communities don’t need poetry. They need policy. Wildlife doesn’t need abstraction. It needs security." Stumbled upon this piece quite by accident and I'm simultaneously in awe of the impassioned argument and dying inside because my own writing has so often missed the mark.
Wherein I take up an ill-advised project in tropical gardening because of various personal sadnesses 🌿
Another job posting from Iowa State U's MFA Program in Creative Writing & Environment, this time for an assoc. or full teaching professor: isu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/IowaStateJob...
I just created a series of seven deep-dive videos about AI, which I've posted to youtube and now here. 😊
Targeted to laypeople, they explore how LLMs work, what they can do, and what impacts they have on learning, well-being, disinformation, the workplace, the economy, and the environment.
"These are my kind of people: | no tears—just ,| steam from a kettle | that never quite boils."
A lot of people coming from higher castes claim to be caste-blind.
Even in the sciences, the range of experiences of those navigating a career in STEM is a testament to how deep-rooted caste is even among those who claim to have given up the practice. (Published Oct. 2021)
et tu, libby?!
libby users, you can give them feedback on their new fuckery of an ai policy by pressing the bottom-center button in the app & scrolling down
Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google.
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
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My favourite blog post is up!! Queer Middle Grade Books Coming out in 2026 (So Far)!
lainahastoomuchsparetime.wordpress.com/2026/01/09/q...
My alma mater, the MFA Program Creative Writing & Environment at Iowa State University, is hiring an assistant professor, tenure-track. If you're a writer who blends your creative work with place, nature, ecology, environment, etc, apply: isu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/IowaStateJob...
Did you know you needed a climate change poem today? You need one every day, a prayer and foghorn. Read @lindszd.bsky.social's beautiful work: "Love is a simple object navigating | blurry physics, an ark baring its hull | to flood, remaining afloat." From www.ronslate.com/given-after-...
Could I ask, is this submission call open to hybrid work (I'm thinking a mix of prose and comics essays)?
omgosh, thank you!
Oh my goodness, what is this comic book called? Who is it by? Combines two of my faves (spiders and comics) in one and I have to know!
Who knew I needed to see Paleolithic rock art. Thread below, come for the shade, stay for the delicately carved sculptures >>
Every time I find an interview with Trudy Cooper in the wild I rejoice. Platinum Grit and Oglaf are way more niche than they deserve to be. Also, how is this thing that I love that someone created 16+ years old?
The word does not exist but it feels like it should be coined for this purpose: outrospective.
What a gift it is to have this essay published on this hopeful day! Thank you so much, @jacqdoyle.bsky.social , for helping to bring this piece into the world.
What a gorgeous piece, as always!
Love this infographic. Spot on!
Still timely now :'( Love the cognitive time lag thing. I thought I'd seen all I needed to see about zombies and I'm happy to be shown otherwise
Is this a post-March 2020 piece? It has that feeling. The surprise I felt reading this turn: "I keep thinking about how she didn’t live long enough for me to not kill her..."
Arthropod Photo of the Week: October 22, 2025
Jagged ambush bug
Phymata sp.
Hemiptera: Reduviidae
By Tom Astle (@tjalamont.bsky.social), Montana, USA
#arthropodPOTW
Best of the Net 2025 Nonfiction and Poetry nominations (@geetha-iyer.bsky.social, @rogerthatmack.bsky.social)
Do reach out if you have questions on any of the above! End 🧵
If creative nonfiction is not your jam, ISLE also accepts fiction, poetry, and scholarly articles. Check out their submission criteria as well. And follow @asle-us.bsky.social for more on the study of literature and the environment.
The general instructions page will be updated to reflect the details above, and the submissions portal and other details can be found here: academic.oup.com/isle/pages/G...
We do not accept simultaneous submissions but we guarantee a fast response (within one month) so your work is not held up indefinitely. Please limit your submissions to once a year. At this time, ISLE is a non-paying journal run by an all-volunteer staff.
We do not accept work that is composed with LLMs (AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or Midjourney). Current LLMs are labor- and carbon-exploitative to a degree that cannot justify their ethical use in a journal that focuses on literature and the environment...
