Senegal has first conviction under law toughening punishment for homosexual acts A court in a Dakar suburb sentenced a 24-year-old laborer to six years in prison and fined him $3,300 for 'acts against nature and public indecency' after his arrest.

www.latimes.com/world-nation...

Progress for LGBTQ folks in Hungary likely won't come from the Tisza party. They'll be less overtly persecuted as they were under Orban but the new governing party is not exactly progressive on LGBTQ rights. What they will do is enable liberal institutions to once again protect human rights.

Opposition leader Péter Magyar at a rally.

Orbán's electoral crushing is a far greater achievement than most people outside Hungary realise.

He systemically consolidated power for 16 years, fixed the electoral map, abused govt power for political purposes & censored media.

The hurdles that Hungarians overcame for this moment were immense.

Hungary election live: Viktor Orbán concedes defeat in Hungarian election after 16 years in power Long-serving prime minister beaten by opposition after early results showed clear lead

Orban concedes defeat. The support of Trump, Vance, Putin, Lavrov, Weidel, Milei, Le Pen, Fico, Babis and many others could not overcome Hungarian anger at a stagnant, corrupt regime

www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

one immediate dramatic consequence of the Hungarian result:

Magyar has promised to repair relations with the EU and unblock a €90bn EU loan for Ukraine

Thinking of my Hungarian friends today. They deserve so much better than that petty, corrupt mess Orbán has turned their country into.

"I am deeply sorry" Boston University’s president apologized and paused the removal of LGBTQ+ Pride flags following campus backlash that included protests and a petition with more than 2,000 signatures #NOH8

The cover of The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) by Rabih Alameddine. It is a pale turquoise color with Arabic floral patterns, a cracked and chipped tea cup, and a thin red ribbon.

I just finished this magnificent book by @rabihalameddine.bsky.social. I laughed, I cried, I thought often of my own mom.

Orbán's Hungary drove a top university campus into exile. JD Vance said it should be a model for the U.S. “The closest conservatives have ever gotten to successfully dealing with the left-wing domination of universities is Viktor Orbán’s approach in Hungary,” Vance said in 2024.

"Orbán's Hungary drove a top university campus into exile. JD Vance said it should be a model for the U.S." www.nbcnews.com/world/europe...

All Daughters Are Awesome Everywhere - Nebraska Press Winner of the Barbara DiBernard Prize in Fiction Fantastical, sensual, and as beguilingly strange as they are insightful and real, the stories of All Daughte...

I haven't promoted my work in a while, so here goes: Latest book is a collection of stories, some queer, some not, all were fun to write, All Daughters Are Awesome Everywhere. Get it straight from the UNPress or from wherever fine books are sold. My book is fine!

JOB ALERT: Two 4.5 year postdoctoral positions to work on my Wellcome-funded project 'Conserving Global Health: Biodiversity Protection and the Prehistory of Planetary Health'. Please share widely!

CLOSING DATE: 23 April (the date on Jobs.ac.uk is apparently incorrect)

While the FSB withheld the man’s name, local and independent media earlier identified him as Alexander Andreyev.

Just saw over on Instagram that @firestorm.coop, a really awesome worker-owned radical bookstore and mutual aid hub in Asheville, NC, is struggling financially and needs support to stay open.

I highly recommend buying books from them, and becoming a sustainer on Patreon if you can!

Over 200,000 people could lose MassHealth under coming federal changes, report says - The Boston Globe Massachusetts stands to lose a larger proportion of its Medicaid rolls than any other state.

Donald Trump did this:

Fiction: Ebooks, Print, & Special Editions | T Thorn Coyle The official Fiction: Ebooks, Print, & Special Editions collection for T Thorn Coyle. Shop products like: The Steel Clan Saga: Post Apocalyptic Romantic Fantasy Ebooks, The Witches of Portland Contemp...

Since it's Trans Day of Visibility, I'll remind you that I'm a non-binary author who writes several series that feature trans, nonbinary, and queer characters!

My books are available on all retailers, upon request at the library, or directly from me:

thorncoylebooks.com/collections/...

#booksky

SCOTUS dropping this on trans visibility day oof

If you don’t have a trans person in your current orbit it may be difficult to fully understand what is happening to them. There are extremely good reasons to help trans people if you can right now, in whatever way possible. Today is a day of visibility in a time where being visible is dangerous.

In the summer of 1975, the history of basketball changed—at a pickup game on this court in Terre Haute, Indiana. If you want to learn more, check out my new book HEARTLAND, available today wherever th... TikTok video by Keith O’Brien

In the summer of 1975, the history of basketball changed—at a pickup game on this court in Terre Haute, Indiana. If you want to learn more, check out my new book HEARTLAND, available today wherever they sell books. 🏀📚🙌 #marchmadness
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8bWHwba/

Russia Designates ‘Mr. Nobody Against Putin’ Co-Director ‘Foreign Agent’ - The Moscow Times Russia’s Justice Ministry on Friday designated Pavel Talankin, the co-director of “Mr.

The designation comes days after Pavel Talankin’s film won best documentary at the 2026 Academy Awards.

Librarians are an “awesome bulwark against tyranny”

Right-wing radicals in this district not only wanted to ban books, they wanted to track patrons’ personal data. A librarian is resisting

@alyssaur.bsky.social 🧵

Tracy Kidder, Pulitzer-winning author who turned unlikely subjects into bestsellers, dies aged 80 Writer looked to topics such as computer engineering and life in a nursing home to produce richly researched books

When I was embarking on my first book of narrative non-fiction, I wrote
a proposal for publishers that cited three examples of the form that I thought beautiful and flawless. Two were "Soul of A New Machine" and "Among School Children." Tracy Kidder was a gentle, graceful master of the form.

Pavel Talankin Was a ‘Nobody Against Putin.’ Now He Has an Oscar. - The Moscow Times Pavel Talankin has said “Mr.

A Russian court has banned the Oscar-winning documentary "Mr. Nobody Against Putin" inside the country.

In an interview with MT, co-director Pavel Talankin said he believes discussions around the film are already changing Russian society.

New movies in Memphis, 8/27: Here's something unprecedented: Docs will occupy 3 of the 4 screens at the Ridgeway - These include the Oscar-winner MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN; MARC BY SOFIA (Sofia Coppola looks at designer Marc Jacobs); and THE AI DOC (Artificial Intelligence). 1/3

"Other presidents have been partisan; other presidents have exhibited vile behavior. But Trump alone has publicly exulted in the death of an American."

Image of a nest against a black book cover. Rare Good: Essays on Art, Autism, and Astonishment by Steve Edwards

Thrilled to share that my new collection—Rare Good: Essays on Art, Autism, and Astonishment—is available for pre-order! It’s a book about belonging & becoming & finding our way together. I hope you will read it. ❤️

www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...

How Putin Indoctrinates Russia’s Young Oscar-winning documentary shows how his propaganda works in the classroom.

"Mr. Nobody Against Putin" is a compelling indictment of both Putin’s war in Ukraine and the society that enables it. And it’s a warning that, even if Putin were to die tomorrow, the mess in Russia would hardly be over.

Slaughterhouse Rules Sara Lippmann Michigan Quarterly Review

it is a truth universally acknowledged that if you take your summer campers to a kosher chicken plant, they will write it into a story 40 years later sites.lsa.umich.edu/mqr/

Book Launch: "Loosestrife for Porcupines" by D M Gordon YouTube video by ForbesLibrary

This Wed, March 25, I'm breathing life into new #poems at a #booklaunch in my beloved #library, live-streaming! 6 pm, Massachusetts time, and on YouTube for later. Join me #Bluesky for sloths, serene capybaras and grumpy oysters, numinous spiders and human dilemmas. www.youtube.com/live/pM4Tnvo...

The Rumpus - El Alboroto El Alboroto es una nueva sección en español que forma parte de The Rumpus. La revista busca publicar voces innovadoras y textos que quizás no encajan en publicaciones más tradicionales. Nos interesa e...

One of our new initiatives at The Rumpus is a Spanish language section, El Alboroto, where we publish original Spanish prose and poetry. If you write in Spanish or know people who do, please send them here to read our guidelines and submit their work. therumpus.submittable.com/submit/35215...

A quote from Charlotte’s book

I was quoted in Charlotte Markey’s new book “The Body Image Book for Girls” (2nd edition)! I love this quote and am glad it made the final cut :)