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IT'S JUST THAT I'M NOT REALLY INTO POLITICS by Hanif Abdurragib violence begets more / violence / or so l've been told / but all of this country's skyscrapers / are still standing / despite the blood / that builds a boat underneath the tongue / after speaking its name / violence begets / more photo opportunities / at the feet of a burning / temple / I show up to the resistance / and someone hands me a rose / the color of surrender / violence begets thirst / a new thing in need / of clean water / once / towards the black / and spotted sky / I raised a fist / inside of a glove / sewn in a country / torn apart by our bombs / I purchased the gloves in a store / after midnight / from a cashier who wore a picture / of her daughter on her chest / and looked as though she might have been crying / before I arrived / violence begets a hunger for warmth / at all costs / I sit in a running car / and count all of the things / yet to be swallowed / by the horned ghosts of empire / If you make your own prison / you can find your own map / to freedom / the smoke from all our engines / is beckoning the sun / close / the oceans are rising / to the height of a child / sitting on a mother's shoulders / pointing to the horizon with a single / trembling / finger

My students know Hanif Abdurraqib. They refer to him as “our man Hanif” and “Uncle Hanif.” On Super Bowl Sunday, “IT’S JUST THAT I’M NOT REALLY INTO POLITICS” is THE poem to remind us that every single thing is political, especially when it’s uncomfortable.

28 poems for #BlackHistoryMonth day 8

Nothing has changed here.

So you might ask - how will we know when things have changed? For me it’s all the kids back in school.

Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.

"Okay, now is the time when I need you to really listen."

That was my thought. I attend school committee meetings in my town semi-regularly and I've thought about running but it just doesn't seem at all feasible until I retire. Which won't be until I'm 62, at the earliest. I hope I'll have a few good years left to give my community, at that point.

sabrina carpenter singing islands in the stream w the muppets has healed me in ways i did not know i needed

I'm a teacher and I've had experience working with burned-out colleagues (as well as being the burned-out colleague) and The Pitt is portraying that experience so well. The working relationship between Robby and Dana rings so true to me.

I've seen some discourse about how it seems like everyone in the elite circles knew about Epstein. I'm reminded of the piece of information about the Tuskegee Syphillis Study that I end classes with: Congress had hearings about the study and re-confirmed funding Every. Year. For. Forty. Years.

That mug is gorgeous! And the sentiment is perfectly timed.

Was driving my kids to school and the first thing on the radio was reporting about Trump's video depicting the Obamas as apes and I think many people still don't fully appreciate what it means to have to raise Black children in a country where the president is so brazenly and consistently racist

again we do not really do a good job of explaining how wealthy people like Jeff Bezos are

his net worth is $253.2 billion.
so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire
and then do it again tomorrow
and again the day after that
and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months

I'm a registered Democrat in Rhode Island and I want to #AbolishICE and Border Patrol and the Department of Homeland Security. Try again with "Migration is a fundamental human right" as the organizing principle. @whitehouse.senate.gov @reed.senate.gov @magaziner.house.gov

Maybe I need to give rewatching it a try. I’ve been pretty down on it the last several years because I think it lulled people into a false sense of “everything will work out” but maybe I need to get in touch with my idealism and let myself get emotional about politics?

Dreaming of going to Newport Folk this summer for the first time ever!

Thank you!

Thank you!

Quote post a photo of you in your favorite dress (if you feel like it)

Haven’t worn it out yet, but it was worth buying just because

There is always more to learn. Grateful to everyone who works hard getting the truth out.

A collage of four book covers: Swordheart by T. Kingfisher; The People’s Project: Poems, Essays, and Art for Looking Forward by Saeed Jones and Maggie Smith; Actress of a Certain Age: My Twenty-Year Trail to Overnight Success by Jeff Hiller; The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman by Niko Stratis. All wonderful books I recommend unreservedly.

Books I Read in January 2026: When last month started, I was in a real reading slump and these four books brought me out of it. Honesty, wisdom, adventure, humor, romance, LIFE. Pick one and let it take you on a journey.

Migration is a human right.

“There’s no single answer that will solve all our future problems. There’s no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers—at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.”

― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay

I would love to hear you and @notalawyer.bsky.social talk about West Wing. Maybe a one-off episode titled "If TV Shows Could Kill?"

I just bought a 5 pack! I'm keeping Chaos Bisexual for myself and giving the other four away :)

Generally not a fan of Bible verses in government documents but I gotta say, those two verses are pretty fucking apt.

Thanks! I’m still very proud of it.

I still remember Whitehouse telling us all to “chill” when he wouldn’t publicly say that he wasn’t going to vote for RFK, Jr. Called his office four separate times about that one. #NoChill

Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:

1. Women and Men: Biology of the Sexes
2. Cults and Conversions
3. Psychohistory of the American Presidency
4. Constitutional Law: Civil Liberties
5. Tennis

❤️

If you’re living in frozen conditions right now, post the most summery picture in your photo library (if you feel like it).

Sometimes I wonder if we're real to them. Like they've been in the Senate so long that everyone else is just a faceless blur.

a woman in a feathered dress says " im off to get ready " Alt: The incomparable Catherine O'Hara as Moira Rose Schitt says "I'm off to get ready." She is wearing a stunning ensemble featuring beads and feathers.

When I heard the news, this was how I pictured her 😢