RFK Jr. and I Share an Unusual Condition. How He Has Reacted to Having It Is Horrifying to Me. The disorder is incurable.

I have a similar voice disorder to RFK Jr and I have feelings about it. So I wrote an essay, naturally

slate.com/technology/2...

Happy Publication Day to BODY WEATHER
@lodrinkswater.bsky.social
#booksky #chronicillness #newbooks

"Recommend this haunting, heartbreaking, yet still hopeful title to readers who like to feel everything they read."
—Library Journal

Ancient Humans Mastered Fire. Now, Burning Fossil Fuels and Blazing Landscapes Threaten to ‘Undo the World’ Intensifying wildfires across the continent are spewing air pollution, putting human health at risk, particularly Americans living with chronic illnesses

Sneak peak of "Body Weather" is out today in @smithsonianmag.bsky.social! You get an adapted excerpt from the last part of the book: www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...

Why these Angelenos are flocking to an 8-hour immersive dining and literary experience In an era of 'anti-intellectualism,' a popular L.A. reading series called Grain of Salt is redefining the book club by pairing queer literature with immersive four-course meals.

www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Special Saturday Triad: What I Saw at the Battle of Minneapolis The national media has moved on. Minnesota is still under siege.

www.thebulwark.com/p/what-i-saw...

The secretive, destructive work of an ICE attorney: ‘My job is to do what I’m told’ ICE lawyers in New York City earn more than $100,000 a year, enjoy generous benefits and post about rich social lives. Their work is vital to Trump’s deportation agenda

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Minnesota school district transforms to support students amid heightened enforcement Fridley Public Schools is providing virtual learning, groceries, and rental assistance amid Operation Metro Surge. But it’s nothing like COVID.

"...the school district has become... the first line of defense: a logistical support system, a crisis response team, and for many families, a rare point of stability."

Mind-blowing what educators are doing on top of education, AND excelling at it

www.chalkbeat.org/2026/02/18/o...

Grant Application - Creative Capital Learn more about the Creative Capital Award application, including deadlines, application requirements, and eligibility.

creative-capital.org/creative-cap...

Happy Pub Day !!!
to THIS AIN'T OUR FIRST RODEO
#Booksky #YALit #romance

Letter From Minnesota: “A Prayer Must Be More Than Asking” I would like to speak here briefly about car bombs, because I have seen one once, and I never want to see one again. A car, when detonated, becomes a scorched knot of metal, jagged with the last of…

Read Kawai Strong Washburn's Letter From Minnesota: “A Prayer Must Be More Than Asking” via @literaryhub.bsky.social:

What’s With That Voice People Use When Reciting Poetry?

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/a...

Young Minnesota Playwrights 2026: Mentorship Video YouTube video by Park Square Theatre

for young MN playwrights:
youtu.be/p2U37e2ViDw

Industry Auction to Support Minnesota, Immigrants buff.ly/V1dQfDD

Awful to even try to catalogue the harm being done here in MN.

Educational harms, students out school? At least months.

Economic harms, from empty, half-functioning businesses? At least years.

Civic and psychic harms, from shattering the basic sense of safety? Decades.

Stolen neighbors? Forever.

How Minnesota musicians are responding in real time to federal shootings After two fatal encounters with federal agents in Minnesota, musicians began responding almost immediately with songs that helped them process shock, connect with their communities and turn private gr...

that would be awesome. and also:
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio.

Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.

Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.

It’s really difficult & disorienting but the feds hit LA extremely hard today. There were kidnappings all over & reported cluster raids in Chinatown, East LA, Ktown. This list shows to 1130 AM but they haven’t stopped all day

Just because the media attention stopped doesn’t mean the abductions have

A finalist.
#prairie #nonfiction

The Art of an Anti-ICE Protest Local artists are using their mediums as a way to connect with—and support—their communities as ICE focuses on Minnesota.

the artists are at it and I'm here for it
can we have a local show please
there's so much more beyond this article, too

@mplsart.com #museums @artsmia.bsky.social
mspmag.com/arts-and-cul...

so many ways for us to eat ourselves alive in 2026

lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2026/01/newl...

Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio) YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

Land of Hope and Dreams YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

Tonight, Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band opened their Land of Hope & Dreams Tour. Bruce launched this run of shows with three statements about the situation in the United States, with comments preceding his songs Land of Hope and Dreams, House of a Thousand Guitars and My City of Ruins.

ICE Unloads Immigration officers speak out: “Fuck this.”

www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-unloads

How to Apply to the New America Fellows Program Learn about applying to New America’s Fellows Program, which invests in thinkers who generate big, bold ideas about the most pressing issues of our day.

www.newamerica.org/fellows/abou...

Thank you for reaching out.
It’s truly meaningful to hear from you.
You see the headlines ask how it’s going?
All I can say is, You are living here too.
The tectonic plates have shrugged; the wave unleashed.
(MSP isn’t an epicenter; at best it is a seismometer)
YOU ARE LIVING HERE TOO.

Religion note: those who have been protesting DHS/ICE in the streets — those Sec. Hegseth labels “lunatics” here — have included hundreds of clergy *just this week.* religionnews.com/2026/01/23/i...

Jokes about paid protestors have me thinking about the juxtaposition of 2 burgeoning networks of our time: the BBB/ICE budget/prison industrial complex and the decentralized/unpaid labor/social capital network rising in response. It's quite a duality.

Twin Cities singers, musicians come together to perform at ICE sites Community groups Brass Solidarity and Singing Resistance have created large, peaceful singalongs amid this week’s chaos.

www.startribune.com/minnesota-ic...

The Minneapolis Siege Is Even Worse Than the Videos Show Social-media mainstay Will Stancil has been following ICE around the city. This is what he has seen.

nymag.com/intelligence...

Poorly Researched Men’s Fiction I had a whole gaggle of 100-point bucks in my sights, sleeping peacefully on their feet, like cows. The way they were lined up, I could take down t...

Poorly Researched Men's Fiction www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/poo...