try to concentrate
away pollen headache the
cat sleeps on my legs
#haiku

Rain for the next hour.

War crimes. Killing people to make money.

Which one?

To the point where I need to tell some he is not leaving that White place if you cannot stop using Amazon and meta services, period.

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Now that the US president has issued a genocidal threat to a sovereign nation amidst an undeclared illegal war, why not dive into this rich archive of anti-fascist writing, courtesy of the Yale Review? yalereview.org/fall-of-free...

The pleasure of seeing the barista reading your old friend’s book.

Thanks for this.

HOMOCATS Kansas print benefit

New riso print for a ACLU benefit to help our transgender community. 😻🏳️‍⚧️

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Stopped reading at the lowest murders since 1900 part.

Shush by Tori Amos on Apple Music

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As we head into #nokings day, new Tori Amos from her forthcoming protest album.

Haiku in aquamarine ink I believe reads: the pre-weekend run / half of my body sore tight / the daffodil droop. Written on the light green pad from The International Society of Haiku Poets, with the order of “sore” and “tight” initially reversed.

#haiku
#theInternationalSocietyofHaikuPoets

Seven Stories Press compiles "Hands Off Iran" reading list "Hands Off Iran" reading list will deepen your knowledge of socio-historical, geopolitical, and cultural relations between the US and Iran.

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[photo of daniel radcliffe] "Transgender women are women. Any statement to the contrary erases the identity and dignity of transgender people & goes against all advice given by professional health care associations who have far more expertise on this subject matter than either [JK Rowling) or I" ~Daniel Radcliffe [photo of emma watson] "Trans people are who they say they are and deserve to live their lives without being constantly questioned or told they aren't who they say they are." ~Emma Watson [photo of rupert grint] "I firmly stand with the trans community. Trans women are women. Trans men are men. We should all be entitled to live with love and without judgment." ~Rupert Grint

'but harry potter was such a huge part of my childhood'

reminder: the only reason jk rowling is doing a harry potter tv remake is bcos she wants a version she can flog that doesn't involve the original cast.

A deployment.

Cover of first edition of Branwell, a novel of the Brontë brother, showing their parsonage home all small and in sepia.

Doing a classroom visit today for a book now over twenty years old. That feels like nice. #brontes #branwell #wutheringheights

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For people who are concerned about having their devices seized at US airports starting Monday when ICE "assists" the TSA, EFF has this guide: www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

Tom Homan confirms ICE to be at airports starting Monday The border czar said he is discussing plans to deploy immigration agents to airports around the nation as the partial government shutdown continues.

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Listening to them shooting Paradise season 3 outside my Greenpoint window.

Relation to the patient: friend of the family. I understand that to be the extended queer family.

Thank you for constantly being there for Ukraine, Sean. We truly appreciate you coming here to offer your support once again — and on such an important day for you at that.

Your actor’s talent can be matched only by your character’s integrity.

Reminder to not walk around NYC without ID, having just seen cops in subway hassling some poor soul.

“She might have also added to her fear of dying in a cornfield her great fear that she would die as a girl.”

The Chris Kraus introduction to the Barnes & Noble Classics edition of Willa Cather’s O Pioneers (library) is excellent.

Rehearsing being spontaneous for the reading.

Quick warning about a new scam targeting writers that we've suddenly had about 20 authors reach out about in the last few days: book club requests! A fake book club reaches out saying how much they want to feature your book. They frequently ask for a full PDF and some cash. Be safe out there.

Pictured is my much used Spanish volume of Jelinek’s poems, a contents page, and a folder for “Die Süße Sprache.”

Compiling notes for my translation.

Kurt Cobain stands in front of a theater marquee in Times Square, NYC, 1993, with Jenny Holzer text work that reads "MEN DON'T PROTECT YOU ANYMORE"

I regrettably missed Kurt Cobain's birthday yesterday but am still going to use the opportunity to post one of the all time great photos of him: in Times Square in 1993 with Jenny Holzer theater marquee

Surely all this is not without meaning.