Researchers warn of severe long-term damage to the brain after Covid following new study
January study of essential workers (with blood samples before & after COVID infection) found those with long-term neurological symptoms had higher phosphorylated tau—a protein linked to early brain degeneration
Thank you to editor Alex S. Johnson of The Smol Bear Review for publishing my new #poem, "In Palm Springs," and reprinting two others of mine in honor of recently deceased #poet and #humanrights advocate Larry Jaffe. alexsjohnson.substack.com/p/three-poem... #poetry
May Day (May 1) 2026: No work, no school, no shopping. Marches and rallies planned. Will you participate? www.bayresistance.org/events/oakla...
Include Netanyahu & Putin in the dominoes that will fall too!
#maddow
Yes branches falling all over in our back yard, and the cats are freaked out.
A portrait of Criselda Vasquez’s mother and father holding cleaning supplies and standing in front of a red van.
Criselda Vasquez’s evocative and loving portrait of her parents captures their dignity and pride so beautifully in “New American Gothic” (2017).
Her father was taken by ICE on March 31st.
Please help her and her family bring him home by sharing: www.gofundme.com/f/27wnkd-hel...
Another person has died in ICE custody. Tuan Van Bui, 55, died on April 1. ICE waited until the holiday weekend to say anything.
At least 15 people have died in ICE custody this year.
US Dept of War is being run by maniacs with zero active military command.
Witkoff, Kushner, Hegseth & Rubio with no knowledge of nuclear weapons helped tRUMP send American troops into a WAR which is not backed by the majority of Americans & many countries have refused to support tRUMP’s WAR.
It's Passover tonight, and we care for the stranger in a strange land because we were slaves in Egypt. This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...
![embern - Can someone build a database that cross-references the faces of ICE agents with dating apps so that they never get laid again [ pic of four law enforcement officers wearing tactical vests labeled with "POLICE ICE" and "ERO" (Enforcement and Removal Operations). They are standing in a bright, modern airport lobby near a gate or baggage claim area. The officers are looking toward the camera; one has a mustache and glasses, while another wears thick-rimmed glasses and a black polo shirt under his gear.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lxm3v43kiuo4gdun45a4zivh/bafkreiewgwnutdbafclct327e7gfvbtqrxmfwlagnsga34zcdoyeadp4ee)
embern - Can someone build a database that cross-references the faces of ICE agents with dating apps so that they never get laid again [ pic of four law enforcement officers wearing tactical vests labeled with "POLICE ICE" and "ERO" (Enforcement and Removal Operations). They are standing in a bright, modern airport lobby near a gate or baggage claim area. The officers are looking toward the camera; one has a mustache and glasses, while another wears thick-rimmed glasses and a black polo shirt under his gear.]
Technology finally being used for good
I was at Atlanta airport two weeks ago.
Never been there before.
I will never go there again
It was an overwhelming experience and now it’s an overwhelming experience with brownshirts…
We don’t need armed ICE wandering around in Jackboots drinking their lemonades…
American taxpayers don't want any more of our money to go to ICE's cruel and inhumane agenda—and we don’t want agents creating chaos at our airports. sign.moveon.org/petitions/no...
Polymarket now allows you to bet on the day the first airline passenger is shot by an ICE agent.
Imagine being a TSA agent not getting paid and then Donald Trump sends in his ICE clowns like they are working a register at McDonald’s.
Are the ICE agents going to wear TSA uniforms in their new airport jobs or are they going full camo and tactical gear?
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
This Zoom workshop with writing prompts for eating poems facilitated by my friend, SF Bay Area Poet Norma Smith, looks like so much fun. I'm going to drop in on 4/5. For questions and to register, email normasmithwriter@sonic.net .
Wow: DHS officers taking out Q-tips and swabbing inside the cheeks of people they’re arrested to have their DNA on file?! www.npr.org/2026/03/18/n...
Signed and shared.
Wed., March 25, 2026, 7 PM. Reading from Women in a Golden State: California Poets at 60 & Beyond. Mara Teitel Sheade, Carol Dorf, Nancy L. Meyer, Renée M. Schell, & Jan Steckel read. Banter Bookshop, 3768 Capitol Ave. Ste. F, Fremont, CA, USA. #poetry #poets #literaryevent
Text SIGN PMIKMN to 50409 #resistbot resist.bot/petitions/PM...
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS OAKLAND” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
Thank you, done!
Beautifully written essay. Made me put one of her novels on my wishlist, thanks.
