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The Monarch #butterfly embarks on one of nature's most incredible journeys, migrating up to 3,000 miles from #Canada to central #Mexico. These tiny travelers, with wings of vibrant orange, navigate the vast distances using the sun and Earth’s magnetic fields, defying the odds

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Trump asks Supreme Court to allow deportations under Alien Enemies Act The American Civil Liberties Union and Democracy Forward sued the Trump administration over its use of the wartime law to quickly deport people, which they say violates due process.

The American Civil Liberties Union and Democracy Forward sued the Trump administration over its use of the wartime law to quickly deport people, which they say violates due process.

What basic rights do people have if ICE stops them? A lawyer explains A Turkish student living and studying lawfully in the U.S. was arrested by federal immigration officers. An lawyer explained to NPR some of the basic rights people have in such a situation.

A Turkish student living and studying lawfully in the U.S. was arrested by federal immigration officers. A lawyer explained to NPR some of the basic rights people have in such a situation.

The alarm bells are getting louder.

Three prominent Yale professors depart for Canadian university, citing Trump fears History department power couple Timothy Snyder and Marci Shore and philosophy professor Jason Stanley will begin teaching at the University of Toronto’s renowned Munk School in fall 2025.

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Unsolicited writing advice, no.111: There are two kinds of writer; the one who throws their whole energy and personality into BEING a writer, and the one who puts energy into WRITING. Both are a kind of performance. Only one produces results.

Dear autocorrect: I am always writing hell I am never writing he’ll l—thank you

Every ducking time!

The Thickness of Being | Los Angeles Review of Books Jorie Graham and Forrest Gander discuss each other’s recent work.

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‘Sesame Street’ Faces Uncertain Future Amid Funding Cuts and Layoffs Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind “Sesame Street,” is confronting what executives have described as a “perfect storm” of problems.

They're going to kill Sesame Street. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/b...

I think if someone invented the sestina today they would be murdered

They want to keep it quiet, so you know what to do.

Time-honored activist tradition of having your talking points ready for when the cameras approach as you get arrested. Thanks Frankie!

Their silencing must be our speaking. Words to encourage in our homes, institutions, and neighborhoods.

Source: NYT

I am getting physically I’ll watching the GOP gleefully applauding this orange sack of lies, racism, transphobia, and dangerous nationalism.

#ThisIsNotNormal

Check out this beautiful poem in Rust & Moth by @writtenbyallison.bsky.social

I think of the importance for the poet of finding a place in which to cultivate reverie, a state which I link to revelations.

Bianca Stone

Bookshop.org enters the e-book arena, giving indie stores a new way to compete with Amazon "Everything Amazon can do, we want to do as well or better," says CEO Andy Hunter on boosting indie sales digitally.

This is VERY good news. Love bookshop.org and all the stuff they do!

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I came out at regular high school in 1996 and it was brutal.

The horror show continues.

How Carob Traumatized a Generation For children raised in the seventies natural-foods movement, the pinnacle of dietary suffering, worse even than sprout sandwiches, was the chocolate substitute that never could.

From 2018: For children raised in the 70s natural-foods movement, the pinnacle of dietary suffering, worse even than sprout sandwiches, was carob—the chocolate substitute that never could.

The best poetry books of 2025 so far Our Poetry Book of the Month reviews include two invigorating releases by Diane Seuss and a dark, posthumous collection by Tove Ditlevsen

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Jorie Graham · Poem: ‘The Falling’

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Charities reeling from USAid freeze warn of ‘life or death’ effects Abrupt order has done ‘serious damage’, say experts, with supply chains halted, HIV clinics struggling to source drugs and refugee camps facing loss of vital services

The cruelty is what they enjoy—it’s the point—it’s the nature of this coup. Cruelty.Hatred of all but the white & the few…Not a trace of empathy,& no instinct towards,no human grasp of, justice.It’s monstrous.It will not last.They will overreach.We will wake up.

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Trump's 'stop-work' order for PEPFAR cuts off anti-HIV drugs for patients As a result of the new administration's actions, health centers funded by PEPFAR, the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, are closing their doors and no longer dispersing medication.

As a result of the new administration's actions, health centers funded by PEPFAR, the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, are closing their doors and no longer dispersing medication.

Unsolicited writing advice, no. #766: Writing is a community. Participate in it if you can. Engage with other writers. Lift them up, and they’ll do the same. Try to go it alone, or treat other writers as rivals, and you’re more likely to sink than swim.

YouTube video by Off_JaWaggon Did Roseanne & a white Canadian rapper just kill satire?

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The January 6 pardons are turning out great.