L. Michel-Cassidy

A family member who says they cannot work/cannot answer emails because of long Covid, while at the same time denying Covid ever existed and questioning whether they are safe around me, as I am shedding vaccine cells (or some such). Discuss using Thanksgiving banter only.

Thanks to the editors of the New Orleans Review for choosing this romp of a poem:

www.neworleansreview.org/feint-burrow/

Haven’t seen this in a while—a couple didn’t want me to get into the jacuzzi with them because of my tattoos (neither the tattoos nor I are even vaguely threatening).

Not just publicly funded, it’s run by the city of Chicago

Wondering why Midway Airport, a publicly funded business is sponsoring and loudly and repeatedly advertising their onsite Christian worship services.

Yeah, it’s been a week. Onwards and upwards, indeed.

And a massive waste of money.

Greetings from a dive bar in Berlin, where I am getting snippets of news back home. US friends (and strangers) PLEASE update me?!

Trump Budget Eliminates Funding for Crucial Global Vaccination Programs

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: pathogens don’t care who you voted for or what color your passport is. This cruelty hurts us all.

fun fact three fighter jets is roughly equivalent to the NEA’s 2024 budget

Please let this be a parody.

Dear Monday,
Slow your roll.

@natflashfictionday.bsky.social Happy to report my story, “Golden State” has been swooped into the flood. California, baby!

You can find the @prisonerlitproj.bsky.social's evolving Wish List on our website here. It's a perfect time to contribute.

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And just like that—It’s a relief to have a dairy allergy

Did not have “thrilled to be allergic to dairy” on my The Current Regime bingo card.

I work with someone who is very free and loose with exclamation points in their emails. It used to bug me, but at this moment, any little positive gesture is welcome!!!

Never let the voters forget that this administration petitioned the supreme court for permission NOT to rescue a man they mistakenly sent to a foreign elimination camp.

What an idiot. The uptick is because all the girls and women who went ignored are now getting proper diagnosis. Also, high numbers of adults who should have been, are finally getting diagnosed. This clown acting like autism is something one catches is ablist and destructive.

(Ugh. *its.)

If only there was actual news going on right now, say, a person in power tanking their country’s economy while somehow simultaneously decimating it’s citizens’ civil rights.

I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.

So sorry about your dog…sounds like you did the right thing.

I have long been fascinated with the idea of the Dells, whereas I know what marriage is. Eagerly awaiting your report.

Who can blame them?

Heads up, Floridians!

This has real Indian boarding school vibes.

That’s some real Willa Cather-esque weather you’ve got going, Taos.

this is how it's done, folks 👏

Screenshot of Tupelo Press’ statement reading, “For 25 years, Tupelo Press has been devoted to widening the audience for contemporary poetry and literary prose by emerging and established writers of diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds, including, especially, women and writers of color, the LGBTQ, immigrant, and Native American communities. We aim to develop wider audiences for, and deeper understanding of, innovative, multi-cultural writing by essential participants in this conversation. If our position means no more NEA grants for Tupelo Press, so be it. To act otherwise would be immoral.”

Tupelo Press’ response to new NEA restrictions is inspiring and should serve as an industry standard. @tupelopress.bsky.social