Nick Allison

I guess this should be pretty simple and self-evident, but I’ve noticed over the years that the quality of my mental health is directly tied to the intensity of my physical effort and the consistency of my meditation practice. thetruthabouttigers.com/2025/11/11/w...

#poetry #ptsd #mentalhealth

Ahead of Veterans Day, I was honored to welcome a flight of veterans and their families as they arrived in DC.

The Costs of War: A Mother’s View In 2004, my mom wrote about what war costs—not just for those who fight, but for those who wait, worry, and live with the aftermath. Twenty years later, I’m sharing her words again, along with my r…

In 2004, my mom wrote about what war costs—not just for those who fight, but for those who wait, worry, and live with the aftermath. Twenty years later, I’m sharing her words again, along with my reflections as a veteran, son, and father.

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All before 8:30am :

✔️ Dropped kiddo off in carpool (on time today! 😅)

✔️ Took kittens to sterilization appointment

✔️ Arrived at coffee shop to edit the Chaos Section Poetry Project volume 2 that @nickallison80.bsky.social put together and to work on the intro! 🥳

@chaossectionpoetry.bsky.social

Thank you, Rachel. You're the best!

Maybe, just maybe, working-class people struggling to buy food and pay bills know a little more about prices than a billionaire autocrat who’s never seen a grocery aisle in his life. Gaslighting people not to believe what they see with their own eyes isn’t economic policy, you petulant man-child.

@sethandrews.com being rational and making sense, as usual.

Garage jam with my bad-ass 12 year old drummer. I’m sure my neighbors really appreciate the slightly off time Social Distortion and Pixies covers!

Day 2 of the @texasbookfest.bsky.social. Come down, check out the vendors, grab some good street food, say hi to Sarah at Lioness Books, and if you spot me wandering around, I’ve got a few free copies of “Record of Dissent: Poems of Protest in an Authoritarian Age” to give away. #texasbookfest

😆 Have you read “Hidden Life of Trees” by Peter Wohlleben? So good!

Day one of @texasbookfest.bsky.social is, well, in the books. Looking forward to day two!

At the #TexasBookFestival? Swing by and see Sarah at #LionessBooks, Austin’s fiercest indie bookshop on wheels, parked at the corner of 9th and Congress today. She’s built something special and was kind enough to carry Record of Dissent.

Thanks, Theo! Glad you appreciate the bio! 😆

Thanks to the best editor ever, @noahmichelson.bsky.social

#Austin friends: at the #TexasBookFestival. One of the best weekends in this city for anyone who loves words and ideas. No TCS Press booth this year, but if you see a guy wandering around in a Vets Against Trump shirt, Wilco cap, and blue backpack, say hi! I’ve got free copies of Record of Dissent.

Thanks so much for reading and reaching out! Glad you got an addition to the vocabulary out of it. Cheers!

Thank you so much, Robt. I really appreciate that!

Hegseth Is Purging Military Leaders With Little Explanation

Hegseth has purged more than two dozen top generals and admirals, in many cases counter to the advice of senior military leaders who fought alongside the officers in combat
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Like every project at TCS, this book of protest poetry is available to download or read for free online. Also a paperback version available.

Veterans Against Trump - Red White Blue by cat-cat-creations Veterans Against Trump. Not Kings nor Tyrants.

Thanks for your service! Here you go: www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/7710...

No contradiction… I think in this instance we likely possess sufficient information to arrive at the well reasoned conclusion that we align philosophically on these ideas!

This is what oligarchy looks like:

If you're Elon Musk, the richest man alive, Tesla gives you a $1 trillion pay package & Trump gives you a huge tax break.

If you're a poor kid on SNAP, Trump appeals a court decision that would have prevented you from going hungry.

Obscene.

Thanks, Hap. I appreciate you.

Thank you so much!

A few folks have asked where I got the Veterans Against Trump t-shirt from the @huffpost.com essay: www.teepublic.com/user/cat-cat...

Thank you! I really appreciate it

No problem, brother. This is the one I have but there are lots of other options out their on teepublic and elsewhere

www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/7710...

Thank you! I really appreciate you taking the time to read and your kind words.