murder as distraction from murder. depravity as distraction from depravity.

If anyone thought Vance was sent to make peace... no he was sent to try to negotiate a more convincing justification for genocide.

So the Trump administration’s two goals in peace talks with Iran are:

1. A commitment by Iran not to develop a nuke (This was part of the Obama deal that Trump canceled)

2. Opening the Strait of Hormuz. (Was open before war.)

Great. so, we bombed them so that we could arrive at the point where things are back where they were except a lot of people, including 100s of children, are dead. The utter sickness of war. And it won't last.

100%. And the general population too. A deadening of the heart - been a long time coming and now it is here.

The fact that poets are still emerging from this fiery pit of a world is a miracle. An astounding miracle that we who teach poetry are so privileged to witness.

is it just me, or did some people take the whole feminist killjoy thing a little too literally? (speaking as a feminist killjoy)

These people are fascists and they say they are.

Remember: It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities.

Correction: they love the racism, the inhumanity and the law breaking. But they love their low gas prices more (some of them).

thanks! great!

kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life

A child.

I wish I could go to this conference.

“The peace of empires issued from war rests on war. It does not restore to the alienated beings their lost identity.” - Levinas

03.03.26 Why are we in Iran?

open.substack.com/pub/judithle...

U.S. Military Death Toll Rises to 6

Maybe the MAGAs will care about this (since they don't seem to really care about the more than 100 other precious lives already lost) www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/w...

When Bombs Fall — Parapraxis Saying Yes to Life poupeh Missaghi

To read something profound and deeply relevant that is not just starting at the news in horror - and to be reminded of the power of writing and of reading (which they cannot kill): www.parapraxismagazine.com/articles/whe...

Every teacher fighting against AI and the dehumanization of knowledge right now—meanwhile, the government using AI to murder people at long distance.

These things are not unrelated.

This is all I can say as well. Already children are killed.

The peace president.

02.27.26 Gaza, briefly

Thank you to Judith Levine for taking note and not turning away.
open.substack.com/pub/judithle...

"everyone has to get back to the office because the important thing about business is human interaction" is dying, but "white collar jobs will be replaced by AI agents within 18 months" cannot yet be born; in this interregnum a variety of morbid symptoms appear.

While we brace for airstrikes on Iran, Trump is busy filling his own pockets and bankrupting the nation.

ICE is killing American citizens in the streets and he is openly plotting to steal the midterms.

It will be another crime scene covered by the fog of war

spitting on them should be a national pastime

perhaps! But I don't think you can entirely discount that it makes a difference when the victim is a white man, especially a white man w/ a gun. Still, I'm glad it seems to be having an effect and enraged that anyone has been killed.

These are 80-90s year olds at my step father's assisted living place. Organized themselves in the snow.

The Minnesota civil resistance campaign has been remarkably successful:

- The GOP governor candidate dropped out
- Numerous DOJ officials resigned
- GOP members of Congress are speaking out; business feels pressure
- Noem has been relieved of operational responsibility

The campaign is winning.

Black man killed by ICE, Keith Porter, no one talks about it. Latino men, such as Silverio Villegas González, killed by ICE: silence. White woman killed, outrage only on left. White man killed, Republicans start to crumble. I'm glad they are crumbling. But that's what it takes.

Then there's the 40% of republicans reporting feeling "happy" about Trump and the 20% reporting feeling "enthusiasm and pride." Plenty of people are awesome. But those people suck.