Nabil was more than a brother. He was a mirror, a twin spirit. We understood each other. 4 out of the 7 of my family are gone now. I’m 42. I don’t know what to do.

Donate to Justice & Support for Nabil Khan’s Family, organized by A Family Friend Nabil Khan was only 45 years old, yet in those years he left an imprint on c… A Family Friend needs your support for Justice & Support for Nabil Khan’s Family

Because we are managing multiple estates/wills now, and because Diya and I live outside the US, the logistical and legal hurdles are immense. We have started a gofundme to help cover the fees, funeral, and preservation of our family home. Any help appreciated, please: gofund.me/e7ce73e63

My brother Nabil has died. As you know, we lost our dad in 2013, brother Qayyum in 2020, and mom just last year. Losing Nabil under suspicious circumstances is a nightmare. An investigation is ongoing. We will share burial service details asap as the official process allows us to move forward.

An extremely cute long haired mini dachshund puppy sleeps on the lap of someone wearing fuzzy Paul frank pajamas. The puppy is brown and tan with dark fur around its ears.

Shh the baby is sleeping

Single-celled organism with no brain is capable of Pavlovian learning A trumpet-shaped, single-celled organism seems able to predict one thing will follow another, hinting that such associative learning emerged long before multicellular nervous systems

There's hope yet for my haters www.newscientist.com/article/2519...

A battered paperback copy of Norman mailers’s “the naked end of the dead” - the cover is torn and increased in multiple places and the spine is split. The pages are brown and weathered.

Found this on the street and had to bring it in for one last read

“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

TAKE A THOUSAND NAKED PICTURES OF YOURSELF NOW. YOU MAY CURRENTLY THINK, "ON I'M TOO SPOOKY OR "NORODY WANTS TO SEE THESE TINY BOOBIES" BUT BEUEVE ME ONE DAY YOU WILL LOOK AT THOSE PICTURES WITH MUCH KINDER EYES AND SAY "DEAR GOD, I WAS A BEAUTIFUL THING! MORA ROSE

With much love RIP Catherine O'Hara.

happy pride month. that’s right. july is pride month too. in fact it’s pride year, bitches. the pride will continue until rights improve.

This is so sweet omg 😭❤️

The bees from My Girl have endorsed Cuomo

How to Think About Empire - Boston Review An interview with Arundhati Roy on censorship, storytelling, and her problem with the term "postcolonialism."

“It is interesting that countries that call themselves democracies—India, Israel, and the United States—are busy running military occupations.”

An interview with Arundhati Roy:

Get ‘em

ICE Releases Gavin Newsom Beheading Video WASHINGTON—Disseminating grainy footage of the California Democrat meeting his disturbing and bloody end, Immigration and Customs Enforcement released a video Tuesday in which Gov. Gavin Newsom is see...

ICE Releases Gavin Newsom Beheading Video

"Someone once said that God offers man the choice between repose and truth: he cannot have both." —Peter Matthiessen, The Snow Leopard

#PromptCombo thank you @rfsmith.bsky.social for excellent hosting last week ❤️

This week I'm looking for poems on #Decay. Is decay inevitable? Can you find the beauty in it? If you get right up close to it - what does it look, smell, feel like?

Replies may be a little delayed as I've a busy week.

Consent isn't consent when you're scared out of your mind, deprived of vital information, or not in a position to realistically survive if you say "no." And "survival" has multiple dimensions beyond physical.

That's not an "excuse," that's reality.

These kids aren't afraid of fake bullets. They've been faced with the threat of real ones since kindergarten.

Oooh tell us about it!

Main character energy is OUT, this summer we’re bringing NPC energy. We’re posted up at the bar dropping lore and suggesting side quests. We’re leaning casually near a locked door and saying “I don’t think you have the key for that” when someone tries the handle. We’re staring at a tree.

📣 We are hiring! Poetry Ireland are seeking a passionate, qualified Librarian to lead the development of the new Seamus Heaney Poetry Library at No. 11 Parnell Square.

ℹ️ Find full information and application details here: www.poetryireland.ie/news/poetry-...

🚨Deadline: Friday 30 May, 5pm #JobFairy

I went to a farm in the Netherlands that cares for dementia patients. Here’s what I learned about a good life - and a good death Alternative living arrangements provide an option from long-term care homes that focuses on providing life with purpose

I went to a farm in the Netherlands that cares for #dementia patients. Here’s what I learned about a good life - and a good death, by Fay Martin www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... via @thestar.com #eldercare

Hanif Abdurraqib just quoted this poem in a theater, and I needed it so bad. He said “the way that I want to love is not fully legible in a world like this one.” www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...

If you are a teacher and assign one of our stories for your students to read, I'm happy to video conference into your class as the editor of After Dinner Conversation magazine to discuss the story and discussion questions with your class!

In Defense of Despair The feeling is most commonly framed as an end point, a level of despondency that cannot be overcome. But it doesn’t have to be so.

This is one of the most profound essays I’ve read in years. You don’t need me to tell you that Hanif Abdurraqib is one of the finest writers of our time, but this essay in particular is a hard-won offering. Please read it and share with people you love.

If taking it to hell is an art form i wanna be da Vinci

"i wouldn't wish ____ on my worst enemy"

not me... i "be" wishing it

A favorite revision trick that almost always brings a dull scene to better life: transform anything the protagonist thinks into something they say aloud and then just write what happens next.