Israel destroyed all of the town of Al-Khiam in southern Lebanon within a month.

NOW: B52 bombers are literally in the air on their way to Iran and hundreds of thousands of Iranians are in the streets waving flags and surrounding bridges & power plants.

Difficult to imagine this has any precedent in modern warfare.

(🎥 Al Jazeera)

It feels like Spring sprang up overnight. The trees lining my driveway finally have new leaves, which were definitely not there yesterday when I walked to check my mailbox.

I wanted to share this before Women’s History Month is over ✨ give these awesome writers a follow and share to help introduce them to new readers!

If you’re a horror author and don’t see your name on the list, reply to this to be added 🫶🏽

Randi Pink on the YA Black Renaissance Author Randi Pink reflects on Walter Dean Myers’s 2014 op-ed calling out the dearth of racial diversity in children’s literature, and its role in sparking what she describes as YA’s Black Renaissance.

www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Chart showing Average Daily ICE Arrests by Criminal Record, 7-Day Rolling Average, October 1, 2024 to March 5, 2026. The data shows that arrests of people with any prior conviction or any pending charge fluctuated between 300-400 a day from June 2025 to March 2026, never spiking much below or above that. By March, arrests of that group had fallen from 380 a day in June 2025 to around 300 a day in March 2025 Arrests of people with any pending charge have fluctuated between 250 and 375 a day. In June 2025 it was around 300 a day. As of March 2026, it is also around 300 a day. By contrast, arrests of people with no criminal record spiked to nearly 600 a day during the Los Angeles operation, and have consistently been above 350. Arrests of this group were above 500 a day from the start of Operation Midway Blitz in September through January. As of March 5, they had fallen to just over 400 a day.

The data we are getting out of ICE now conclusively destroys their "worst of the worst" narrative. Since the Los Angeles raids began in June last year, there has been a massive expansion of ICE arrests against people with no criminal record, while arrests of others remained flat.

At this point I’m just begging our most evil guys to be a little less heavy handed about it like we get it damn leave something to the imagination

#DVPit 2026 a bluesky pitch event for creators from marginalized communities Wednesday, September 30th 2026 on bluesky follow us for more: @dvpit.bsky.social or go to dvpit.carrd.co for more info

#DVpit is returning in 2026 on Bluesky!

A bluesky pitch event for creators from marginalized communities to pitch their unagented projects to agents and editors!

#DVpit will be on Bluesky on Wednesday, September 30, 2026!

go to dvpit.carrd.co for more info and stay tuned for more announcements!

Fuck this and everyone who helped get things to this point. Trans rights are human rights—full stop.

*stares in the War on Drugs and segregation.*

Are you an organizational whiz with great attention to detail and an interest in the world of publishing? This is an in-person job opportunity based in San Diego.

Memorandum & ORDER – #241 in D.V.D. v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security (D. Mass., 1:25-cv-10676) – CourtListener.com Judge Brian E. Murphy: ORDER entered. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER on Defendants' Motion to Dismiss and Plaintiffs' Motion for Partial Summary Judgment. The April 18, 2025 preliminary injunction, Dkt. 64, is ...

A major win!! A federal judge in Boston has ruled that the Trump administration’s policy of summarily deporting immigrants to third countries (countries other than their nation of origin) is unlawful.

To any Democrat who ever said about any issue, "Maybe if we agree with Republicans just this far, they'll stop there," remember that you were wrong, it was obvious at the time, and you really should never believe that again about any issue, ever.

literally no reason to do this other than to expose and harm swers

Jailed for “Standing Up”: DHS Assault Victim Aliya Rahman Arrested at State of the Union Address We speak with Minneapolis resident Aliya Rahman, who attended Tuesday’s State of the Union address as a guest of Congressmember Ilhan Omar. Rahman was removed from the chamber Tuesday and spent severa...

Rahman has been telling her story, she testified in Congress, and has been featured by various news programs. It is only for this reason that she was arrested.

The Sargent at Arms told her that it was because she was "standing up silently."

www.democracynow.org/2026/2/25/al...

“it’s less move fast and break things and more move fast and make broken things, because who cares, dipshits will pay for it” sums up the AI disruption itself, as well as the slop it creates. 😔

Black and dark blue graphic titled “2026 Walter Award Winners & Honorees”. At the bottom of the graphic, there are two medallions side by side: one silver and one gold. They both say “The Walter: The Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature, presented by We Need Diverse Books”. There are blue and gold details around the border of the graphic to emphasize the literary award.

We’re thrilled to announce that the We Need Diverse Books Walter Awards Committee has selected the Winners and Honorees for the eleventh annual Walter Dean Myers Awards!

🏆 The #WalterAwards consist of two categories: Younger​ ​Readers​ (ages 9-13​) and Teen​ ​(​ages​ ​13-18​).​

The conservative former Dem member of congress who led the Dem's House election effort in 2020 when we lost 13 seats has some new funder-friendly ideas about how to win.

This whistle fights fascists I print whistles now. You can too.

So this article just dropped.

www.theverge.com/policy/87495...

Unbanned Book Network — We Need Diverse Books An innovative, new initiative that combats the sharp rise in book bans by filling classroom shelves with diverse titles that have been challenged in the U.S.

Are you an educator in a community that has been hit hard by book bans? We Need Diverse @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social is establishing the Unbanned Book Network. Educators have until February 13 to apply. 20 sites will be selected to receive free books, author visits, & other resources

So ICE is forging people’s signatures to say that they agreed to be deported and then holding them hostage if their lawyers appeal their cases

www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our Second Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 26, 2026. 🎉🎉🎉

Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying.

Learn more: manuscriptwishlist.com/2025/01/the-...

My actual job description is activist and here’s what I tell people in despair all the time: do not underestimate how much harm you can prevent by being just a little bit annoying.

jesus christ. burn everything down.

Our modern world has become a fear factory running at full capacity. Every time we unlock our phones, we're opening a Pandora's box of catastrophes, controversies, and crises — each one algorithmically curated to seize our attention by the throat.

*looks directly at camera*

New York City and Illinois join WHO network after Trump pulls US out of global health body Illinois governor pledges to put ‘science, preparedness and people’ first by participating in global response network, following similar move by California

New York City and Illinois join WHO network after Trump pulls US out of global health body

Kelly Rowland and Cliff ‘Method Man’ Smith hope their new movie opens the door for more Black rom-coms | CNN As someone who came to fame as a member of the legendary Wu-Tang Clan rap group, it might seem jarring to see Cliff “Method Man” Smith singing in the new romantic comedy “Relationship Goals.”

www.cnn.com/2026/02/04/e...

worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead