Devious.

Letting Go of the Home That Held My Life How grief, love, and starting over reshaped my identity

"Sometimes we act as if we are only witnesses to the world. But we are not. We help create it. ...the capacity we have for love is the capacity we have for grief...both are beautiful, and both will bring us home."
— Ladi Loera
#grief #loss #love #letgo #moveon #medium

a lot of great advice along the lines of "write anything don't worry if bad." and that's right.

but because i'm contrarian, an alternative. don't write. let it build pressure. let it bother you and drive you insane. when it spills out it'll be a relief or compulsion more than something to fear.*

Who You Are (Is Someone Who Will Not Give Up) Learnings from being a person

I'm working on a new creative project, based on this text I finished today. It's paywalled on Ⓜ️ #Medium. I'm hoping to record some audio.

Podcast: How the FBI Extracted Deleted Signal Messages How a phone's notification database can store messages deleted elsewhere; the continued data center pushback; and Marathon, Marathon, Marathon.

"We start this week with Joseph’s story on the inherent friction between secure chat apps like Signal and the phone they’re running on. Incoming message content can be stored in a phone’s internal notification database."

Trump has straight up lied about the Strait of Hormuz being open half a dozen times at this point. the fact that media outlets are still reporting each alleged reopening as if it can be trusted is a dereliction of their journalistic duty

I Don’t Give Two Ribits Over How Many Gametes Two out of three frogs agree: It is just not relevaribint

🏳️‍⚧️It is just not relevaribint

I am WAKED UP in the middle of the night and I just picked this up!!

Two girls in their bedroom look out at a giant snake. Illustration and cover designed by Never Angeline North, who is also the author of Black Hole Science Is Filled with a Apologies. A poetry (??) collection of varied genres, styles and flavors, encompassing work from the last ten plus years.

"Anyone interested in (re)turning to the spiritual + awestruck in the poetic but sick of conventional approaches to spiritual poetics needs to read this one, stat." What a lovely review of Never's BLACK HOLE SCIENCE 🌠🌠, thank you @cavar.bsky.social !!

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Do you live near a data center?

Do you know anyone who lives near a data center?

I want to talk to you!

jael@heatmp.news

Hugh from the Armando Iannucci Show

“Of course in the old days Bluesky was only on for three hours a day. We used to get dressed up in our Sunday best to log on to it. Then when it shut down again we’d all stand up and sing the national anthem”

HuffPost headline: Pete Hegseth Quoted A Bible Verse. Turns Out It Was A Rip-Off Of 'Pulp Fiction.'

Which line? Wrong answers only

Coaching for Writers Want to troubleshoot a sticky project? Level up your work or learn to tell stories in a new medium? Bring joy back to your writing practice, push past a block, or come back from burnout? Establish …

Are you a writer looking to learn a new medium, recover from burnout, or bring joy back to your work?

I have a handful of current openings for coaching clients - if you're interested, shoot me an email at jay(dot)edidin(at)gmail(dot)com with the subject line COACHING QUERY!

CNN headline: There are two real-life 'Shining' hotels — choose carefully. The photo is of the Stanley Hotel in bisexual lighting. (blue sky, pink lit-up building facade)

There are two real-life 'Shining' hotels.

One is the vice president of the United States talking about public policy.

The other is the pope talking about theology.

Choose carefully.

COMIC CREATORS IN NEED ⋆ HERO INITIATIVE The Hero Initiative creates a financial safety net for comic creators in need who need medical aid, financial support, and an avenue back into paying work.

I'm an artist myself, but I'm lucky enough to have insurance in my day job, a lot aren't, especially with the gig economy. Heroes Initiative helps comic creators in need. I donate every year and my company matches it. www.heroinitiative.org

Trump's original commutation order on Inauguration Day named 14 people. Later, Thomas Caldwell was pardoned, leaving 13. Today's action would erase the convictions of 12, omitting only Jeremy Bertino, who pleaded guilty in 2022. I wonder if there'll eventually be an action on behalf of Bertino too?

ID: save the date graphic blue with black text. A photo of Sara in the top left corner and the book cover for mother tongue in the bottom right. Text: 5 May US on sale day- pick up a copy of Mother Tongue at vour favorite bookstore. or order from A Novel Idea in Philly for a signed copy 7 May Philadelphia launch party: 7PM Old Pine Community Center Conversation with D/Annie Liontas in ASL and English with interpreters. books by Head House. 10 June Brooklyn, NY- 7PM Books are Magic in ASL anc English with interpreters. 11 June: UK on sale Dav- Out from Little. Brown UK. Grab a copy at vour favorite bookstore. 20 June Chester Co, PA - Part of PrideFest with Reads and Company in Phoenixville, PA http://sara-novic.com for more. less

Hi all 👋🏼 Mother Tongue season is upon us. Please save the date(s) and be on the look out for registration inks for the Philly and Brooklyn events in the next couple days!

there is no safety in monopolies for marginalized people. every new partner these companies attract (be it a library system, a chain store, indie shop, or small press) makes them only stronger. you don't end a monopoly (or protect a minority) by giving in.

Porter Square Books is proud to be a signer of this statement

Hi , I came across Books Title on vocal media while exploring recent releases in your genre, and the way you [insert specific detail writing style, theme, or concept] genuinely stood out. I run a private, reader-focused community where members actively look for new books and authors to discover. From time to time, I introduce select authors whose work feels like a strong match for our readers. Just to clarify upfront this isn’t a paid promotion or service. I wanted to reach out first to see if you will be open to hearing how it works and deciding if it’s something you will find valuable. If not, no worries at all I won’t follow up. If you are open, I will keep it brief. Best regards, Nancy Presley.

Hi , We came across Email Outreach on inbox while exploring actual communications we need to read, but the way you [insert specific detail writing style, theme, or concept] genuinely stood out as something different. We run a public, human-focused magazine where members pay to read real things real people write. From time to time, someone emails us about partnership opportunities that feel like a strong match for our readers. Just to clarify upfront this isn’t one of them. Best regards, Magazine.

#writers and #editors and #publishers, how's your Sunday inbox going?

Don't fall for any scams. Just to clarify upfront, this was one of them. I said no thanks.

Fighting for Trans Rights & Living, Loving and Dancing as Queer People Prism & Pen Weekly Digest, 5 April 2026

#Queer lives filled with #love center #LGBTQ storytelling this week in Prism & Pen. Two #transgender women in love travel the U.S. in an RV named Pearl. A #gay nomad seeks adventure and balance. A #trans woman in South Dakota feels empathy for Bryon Noem. And much more!

medium.com/prismnpen/fi...

So, let me run this back: this is a tool designed within a context of whiteness, trained on datasets that are organized along the epistemic structures of whiteness, and whose outputs are treated as correct so long as they align with whiteness.

And you want to question if it is white?

They spent decades telling kids not to have sex or get pregnant and now that that's happening they're furious about it

This book is so much fun. Thank you for the guided tour of the labyrinth.

After all these decades of arguing,
It all comes down to the same damn thing.
People want to go home.
They want
To have the fabric of history include
Them too, in warp and weft.

- Lisa Suhair Majaj, Do You See Them?

Heaven Looks Like Us: Palestinian Poetry Ed. George Abraham, Noor Hindi.

Flash and dale

Hawkmen

Looking through a folder of Alex Raymond clippings I received as a gift from a teacher a long time ago, and damn it must’ve been mind blowing to be 10 years old in 1935 and open up a Sunday newspaper and see a whole page of this.

After a lot of waiting around I was able to get a customer service rep to tell me that my daughter's Kindle (registered in 2013) is going to be cut off (we need a term for this, because it's not quite bricked, but it's sure not just "we won't provide security updates anymore")

🙏 Appreciate this. 🏳️‍⚧️MA voter.

🚨 United States of America v. Galvin Learn more.

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court DISMISSES DOJ lawsuit to obtain Massachusetts' unredacted voter file. A victory for our clients the New England NAACP and the MA Alliance for Retired Americans and the Commonwealth.

My firm is now 4-0 in these cases against DOJ. www.democracydocket.com/cases/massac...

you do not have to hand it to tucker carlson or marjorie taylor greene or alex jones or megyn kelly. they're all rats who see trump as a sinking ship and they're getting ready to jump in preparation for their next act. you do not have to fall for it.