Rosemary Joyce

—Marge Piercy, “For the young who want to”

The real writer is one
who really writes. Talent
is an invention like phlogiston
after the fact of fire.
Work is its own cure. You have to
like it better than being loved.

is that every artist lacks
a license to hang on the wall
like your optician, your vet
proving you may be a clumsy sadist
whose fillings fall into the stew
but you’re certified a dentist.

The reason people want M.F.A.’s,
take workshops with fancy names
when all you can really
learn is a few techniques,
typing instructions and some-
body else’s mannerisms

Genius is what they know you
had after the third volume
of remarkable poems. Earlier
they accuse you of withdrawing,
ask why you don’t have a baby,
call you a bum.

Work is what you have done
after the play is produced
and the audience claps.
Before that friends keep asking
when you are planning to go
out and get a job.

Talent is what they say
you have after the novel
is published and favorably
reviewed. Beforehand what
you have is a tedious
delusion, a hobby like knitting.

She claims a Wall Street Journal investigation - reported, edited, reviewed for libel, cleared for Page One placement - is "tabloid garbage." I competed against fine @wsj.com reporters for decades. Its editorial stances made me (and many of THEM) crazy. But they don't produce tabloid garbage.

So that’s a yes.

In the United States District Court for the District of Columbia J.G.G. et al., Case No. 1:25-cv-00766-JEB Plaintiffs; LIYANARA SANCHEZ, as next friend on behalf of FRENGEL REYES MOTA, et al., Petitioners-Plaintiffs, V. DONALD J. TRUMP, in his officia sapacity as President of the Unite Respondents-Defendants. NOTICE OF APPEAL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that all Respondents-Defendants appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from the following judgments of this Court and all orders merging therewith: • Memorandum Opinion and Order of February 12, 2026 (ECF 247). Respectfully submitted, Brett A. Shumate Assistant Attorney General Yaakov M. Roth Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Drew C. Ensigr Deputy Assistant Attorney Genera August Flentje Special Counsel for Immigration Case 1:25-cv-00766-JEB Document 254 Filed 03/04/26 Page 2 of 3 s/Tiberius T. Davis Tiberius T. Davis Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General Civil Division U.S. Department of Justice

NEWS: DOJ is appealing Judge Boasberg’s February order that the people deported to CECOT under the claimed authority of the Alien Enemies Act receive the due process they have been illegally denied since March 15, 2025. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

and if you say this they get huffy about it, like you're supposed to accept them lying to you as part of the gig bsky.app/profile/mjsd...

I agree, quite apart from the merits of the case. Alito could only defend the Supreme Court's authority to intervene by grievously misrepresenting the facts. The reality is that there's no plausible argument SCOTUS had the power to do what it did. Why didn't that matter to six justices?

Voters completely ignoring Trump's actual agenda: Lower prices plz

Trump: Best I can do is fascism, ethnic cleansing, persecution of lgbt people, and a more wars run by fox news hosts who think war crimes and tv ready abs mean you don't have to worry about logistics bsky.app/profile/carl...

Raskin: Based on what you know today, were Renee Good and Alex Pretti domestic terrorists?

Noem: What happened was an absolute tragedy.

Raskin: Were they domestic terrorists?

Noem: My condolences to their families

Raskin: You lied about them.

Republican Primary Latest results from just now >95% of votes in Republican Primary race called Republican Primary Candidate Votes Percent Pct. Chart showing percent Don Huffines 1,174,599 +57.4% 57.4% Kelly Hancock* incumbent 483,666 +23.6% 23.6 Christi Craddick 308,245 +15.1% 15.1 Michael Berlanga 79,594 +3.9% 3.9 Total reported 2,046,104 *Incumbent

Here's an amazing shot/chaser with a month in between.

You remember of course TX Dem Taylor Rehmet flipping that deep-red seat in Fort Worth.

Well, it became vacant b/c Greg Abbott named Sen. Kelly Hancock as state comptroller.

Hancock just got crushed in the primary for a full term last night.

RASKIN: Is it lawful for federal agents to shoot and kill a person for engaging in peaceful protest?

NOEM: No

RASKIN: Is it lawful for agents to shoot someone just for driving away from them?

NOEM: No


RASKIN: Well, I'm glad you got the law right

Grammarly's presentation of something they call Expert Review, including my name (plus Stephen King's, plus Mary Norris's), though to be sure I've never been contacted by Grammarly, much less compensated.

What in the absolute fuck is this.

This is what weak and insecure people think confidence looks like: buffoonish bluster and swagger, like a 12-year-old bully. It doesn‘t inspire trust or security. It inspires grave concern for the lives of the people serving our nation whose fate is in the hands of these overcompensating oafs.

I was wrong and it actually *was* a coincidence?

Appreciate @davidnir.com for the correction.

The "median voter" theory of Democratic renewal really needs to have an account for what must be done about right wing propaganda's impact on that median voter. Via @brianbeutler.bsky.social:

www.offmessage.net/p/jasmine-cr...

LIEU: Did Liam Ramos commit a crime?

NOEM: He did not commit a crime. His father abandoned him

LIEU: I believe you're not telling the truth. School officials said there were people saying they could take care of Liam, and a federal judge rejected your claims

I doubt it's a coincidence that this happened the day after Rep. Gonzales was forced into a runoff in his primary.

The House GOP leadership must have realized he can't be saved from this scandal* and it's better to replace him now than have him get beaten in the fall.

Raskin tears Kristi Noem a new one: "Apparently when your blankie was left on one of the govt jets and not transported to the new one, your special govt employee, Corey Lewandowski, chivalrously stepped forward to fight the pilot -- mid air!"

NANCY MACE: What is a woman? Have you learned that lesson?

WALZ: I'm the governor of Minnesota. I'm not here to be a prop for your obsession.

Walz to Nancy Mace: "Minnesota ranks at the top. Where do South Carolina children rank on healthiness? I'm not here to be your prop."

YouTube video by Ana Marie Cox TX DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY RAT****ING #news #texas #senate

Day 3 of A-Take-a-Day.* I have an important message about the results of the Texas Democratic senate primary: STOP TALKING ABOUT IT.

The GOP wants infighting. Let them be the sideshow, and get one step closer to turning Texas blue.

*And refusing to pay the woman tax.

youtube.com/shorts/LldEj...

WALZ: What a 'stop payment' meant by what the administration did last week is 400,000 children without healthcare

COMER: We believe that's your fault

WALZ: Our Medicaid error rate is lower than your state

Travel Advisory: Qatar March 3, 2026 - U.S. Embassy in Qatar

"You're on your own, babe" from the US government for citizens stuck in Qatar (and other places in the region):
"Americans who wish to depart should take advantage of commercial transportation options.
"Have a plan to depart in an emergency that does not depend on U.S. government help."

We have always been at war with Eastasia.

One of the many reasons I despise this man is his smugness about his choice of religions.