"Unlock the power of data-driven success" Leave me alone please.

"Unlock more insights, go further with Ultimate." Make it stop.

"Unlock alumni benefits." Nah, all set.

"Unlock AI power" No. Keep it locked.

Really wish writers would just stop using "unlock" in their corporate copy. I get that it's a benefit-driven verb, but we don't need it EVERYWHERE.

No Deal: U.S.-Iran peace talks in Islamabad collapse The United States and Iran failed to reach an agreement after a day of highly anticipated face-to-face peace talks, Washington's lead negotiator Vice President J.D. Vance announced on Sunday.

Here's your Art of the Deal. It's almost as though having virtually any experience in diplomacy would help these talks. Instead we get this white supremacist, bootlicking class traitor. www.npr.org/2026/04/12/n...

Finally caved and watched Love Story, & yes, painfully historically inaccurate & clearly written for protagonist-antagonist character development. & they did Daryl Hannah dirty! www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/o...

Friends! I know the world is burning. But, just for a moment, you can celebrate with me: This is the cover of my book of poems. Can't thank Alex Wolfe enough for this crisp attention to graphic design. And feeling very eager to hold this spine in my hands!

Whoa! Thank you!! 🙏🙏

heyhey my book, retrovirology, has a due date! It will be birthed from my loins (and from the loins of the printer) on September 15, 2026 through @upittpress.bsky.social DM me if you want to 1. read together, 2. talk about queer docupoetics, 3. need an ARC, or 4. just nerd out about poetry #booksky

Hot-take: Go with Subfolio, not Submittable if you're an editor, managing editor, & lit-mag starter that doesn't want to overpay. I've used it as both a submitter & an editor: better functionality, user friendly, cheaper--overall better experience.

National Poetry Month Day 16: D. A. Powell - The Rumpus Celebrate National Poetry Month with new poems daily, featuring a variety of voices and perspectives in contemporary poetry.

A Palm Sunday poem

therumpus.net/2022/04/16/n...

"Protests don't do anything," said the person who has never been to a protest.

Also: this soundtrack! 27 years later it's all these beautiful 90s songs against pure camp.

rewatching Cruel Intentions & remember feeling pure fear at this storyline as a 13 year old; now I can't stop laughing

I don't think people fully appreciate how apocalyptic things are for US science. I haven't had any new funding since 2024, but I'm still ok since typical grants are for three years. This means next year I will be completely out of funding and will have to fire everyone in the lab. It's not great.

I never actually cared about the men's U.S. hockey team tbh

Bhanu Kapil

We must protect Connor Storrie from that demon at all costs.

Made a list of first book contests for folx with a poetry collection forthcoming this year. If anyone wants it, feel free to DM me

make 'what are you reading?' a normal question... akin to 'how are you?'

"post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or alice in chains"

Fugees The Score

IF Suppose we are a fragment? A perfect night of immediacy in vital places. Up here I am the disguised flower you are where it came from. To allow the hidden. So slowly. My body. And wouldn’t you begin to make friends with it? I can wait.

Kathleen Fraser

Late to this party--love when a narrator's voice can carry the plot and keep the pages turning. Having worked with so many kids from this level of poverty, I'll attest to the broken system laid out here. This book is a masterpiece.

nothing says christmas like a shitty hallmark movie with a dead parent and a family business on the brink of ruin

I actually never cared about nicki minaj tbh

so refreshing to be on vacation and to finally reply to personal emails i should have replied to days ago

if you don't want a book for the holidays, maybe don't be friends with me?

I never actually cared about liam neeson tbh