Afaa M. Weaver

‘I need to do everything now’: the Ukrainian combat medic-turned playwright Since Alina Sarnatska’s first play premiered a year ago, she has documented wartime Ukraine with unflinching frankness

“I hate theatre,” she said. “OK, by now I have seen some interesting things. But it’s not something to do in my free time.” Her writing god is, in fact, the novelist Stephen King. “If you write a good story, it will work on the stage,” she said.

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#birds A pushme-pullyou mourning dove.

China’s most infamous ghost town is now training ground for driverless trucks The empty boulevards that once symbolized the mainland’s property bust now serve as testing grounds for hundreds of autonomous vehicles.

New from @kinlinglo.bsky.social: A look at how the ghost town that once symbolized China’s property bust became an ideal place to train self-driving vehicles.

Pikachu (thiccachu) pokemon dragging bag it cash thru Halloween New Yorker mag

How somethings haven't changed from 1999

September 17, 2025 (Wednesday) This evening, John Koblin, Michael M.

An excellent overview of the establishment of the U.S. Constitution.

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Arthur Sze Will Be the Next U.S. Poet Laureate

Congratulations Arthur!!! 😊❤️
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Harvard’s Mixed Victory A resounding win for the university in court still leaves the Trump Administration with plenty of ways to force schools into submission.

A lower-court judge has sided with Harvard in its lawsuit against the Trump Administration, concluding that the Administration “used antisemitism as a smokescreen for a targeted, ideologically-motivated assault on this country’s premier universities.”

YouTube video by Global Insight Hub The End of 500 Years of Western Power and the Rise of Multipolarity｜Jeffrey Sachs

The overview I’ve had for sometime:
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Immense and Inclined to Pulse There is a webby and / exalted state of

“Immense and Inclined to Pulse”
a poem by Kay Ryan

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Kay Ryan
photo by Kay Ryan
Academy of American Poets

Crisis in Sudan: What is happening and how to help | The IRC Sudan is the biggest humanitarian crisis ever recorded. Here’s what you need to know about the crisis in Sudan and what you can do to help.

“Sudan now represents the largest and fastest displacement crisis in the world. It is also the largest humanitarian crisis ever recorded.”

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YouTube video by The Highwaymen - Topic Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)

Resistance comes in many forms ❤️

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Lola Ridge Born in Dublin on December 12, 1873, Lola Ridge grew up in mining towns in New Zealand and Australia.

“Born in Dublin on December 12, 1873, Lola Ridge grew up in mining towns in New Zealand and Australia.
Ridge first received critical attention in 1918 when her long poem “The Ghetto” was published in The New Republic.”

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From “IV. The Stone” [The morning came like primroses] The morning came like primroses

From ‘Four the Stone” by Lola Ridge

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YouTube video by Global Insight Hub Yanis Varoufakis & Jeffrey Sachs: The Self-Destruction of the West

Yanis Varoufakis in Conversation with Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University.

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Billboard on a clear day with the message "Hey, Mike Johnson: Stop Hiding. Release All The Epstein Files." Features images of Jeffrey Epstein and two other individuals.

Republicans want us to forget Trump’s Epstein cover-up. We won’t. We’re demanding ALL the Epstein files be released—and putting billboards in GOP districts to keep the pressure on. Please pitch in if you can: secure.actblue.com/d...

Ro-terese (@rosannecornett)

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Life in the Shadow of the American Dream Voices of Americans

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Truth Matters (@politicsusa46) Take a moment to listen to Washington state Governor Bob Ferguson who responds to threats to both himself as a democratically elected leader official of the Washington state and his colleagues for car...

Washington State pushes back in a big way.

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Why Trump will fail The iron law of grovelers and those to whom they grovel

Clarity and a difficult hope 😔

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In memoriam: R. Rajaraman, scholar and citizen-scientist who informed public debate about nuclear weapons in South Asia and beyond R. Rajaraman, a distinguished Indian theoretical physicist, prominent nuclear weapon policy scholar, and advocate for nuclear disarmament died at age 86 in New Delhi on July 12, after a long illness.

R. Rajaraman, a distinguished Indian theoretical physicist, prominent nuclear weapon policy scholar, and advocate for nuclear disarmament, died at age 86 in New Delhi on July 12, after a long illness.

ICE Held an NYC Child Incommunicado at Secret Hotels, Then Deported Him ICE arrested a New York high school student at a regular check-in, then whisked him to private hotels and isolated him until he was deported.

Read Debbie Nathan's full article on ICE detaining and deporting children in New York:

ICE Held an NYC Child Incommunicado at Secret Hotels, Then Deported Him ICE arrested a New York high school student at a regular check-in, then whisked him to private hotels and isolated him until he was deported.

“We couldn’t even look out the window,” the New York City high school student said of his isolation while detained in a hotel.

White House Announces Comprehensive Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions

White House Announces Comprehensive Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions
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Donald Trump, his henchmen, and his collaborators in police and sheriffs’ departments are making authoritarian police practices national. Marine training is “designed to maximize force to accomplish its mission” and never deployed in force within the U.S..

That is, until Trump.
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How the world is reacting to Israel’s plan to take over Gaza City Israel’s Gaza escalation sparks global outcry with leaders warning of devastating humanitarian consequences.

May God have mercy on the U.S.

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Thomas Sayers Ellis, Poet of ‘Percussive Prosody,’ Dies at 61

Be at peace, TSE. ❤️

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Pope condemns ‘barbarity’ of Israel’s war in Gaza After pontiff calls for peace, Gaza’s health ministry says 73 Palestinians waiting for aid have been killed

Only peace brings lasting peace ❤️

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Opinion | My Problem With Superman

My Problem With Superman
by Junot Diaz
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Texas flooding kills more than 90 people as 5 million remain under flood watch – latest updates Donald Trump will travel to Texas later this week as Texas senator Ted Cruz defends response to flooding

Prayers 🙏🏾
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