Diane Josefowicz
@dianejosefowicz.bsky.social
novelist, historian, amateur hoofer | www.dianejosefowicz.com | THE GREAT HOUSES OF PILL HILL is just out from @sohopress
Very salty about the ppl who are using AI & then get mad at *me* for not being able to turn their bloated robot drivel into publishable prose
Fucking ghouls. Arts education only for the most privileged. Also guarantees even more disinvestment from humanities programs by administrators.
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d agoPresident Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v
“embodies that very MIT spirit of bold, slightly madcap creativity and play” - said about the MIT Press bookstore, but I would co-sign the general principle
A previous study also linked abortion bans to higher rates of suicide for women between the ages of 20 and 34.
New Study: Abortion Bans May Be Increasing Suicidal Thoughts Among Teen Girls
A previous study also linked abortion bans to higher rates of suicide for women between the ages of 20 and 34.
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Will injectable acetaminophen now become too expensive to be used for post-op patients or those who need pain control but are NPO? Good luck as you wait in pain for your next dose of Dilaudid.
Tyler King@tyleraking.com · last wk.I dunno but it should probably be a bigger deal that the White House announced it wants to slap a 100% tariff on drug imports at the same time it is eliminating Medicare drug subsidies. And we’re talking about critical life-saving drugs like insulin, blood thinners, antibiotics, and heart meds.
“Without immigrants, you will not have nurses,” said @nynurses.bsky.social president Nancy Hagans, who is also a Haitian immigrant. “You will not have licensed practical nurses. You will not have certified nursing assistants. You will not have homecare workers.” www.labornotes.org/blogs/2026/0...
‘Give Me a Chance to Survive’: Workers, Employers Dread Deportations’ Effect on Health Care
“They killed my cousin,” said the Brooklyn man, a Haitian immigrant in his forties, explaining why he came to the United States four years ago. He asked to remain anonymous for obvious reasons. The si...
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April Fools Joke: 'It's Fine' Meme
ALT: April Fools Joke: 'It's Fine' Meme
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Gabe Ortíz@tusk81.bsky.social · last wk.This entirely self-inflicted crisis will be particularly felt in Florida, which is home to about half of the nation’s 350,000 Haitian #TPS holders. Roughly 35,000 of these community members work as nurses or home health aides👇🏽
We found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban. Here’s how we did our analysis. (Published Feb. 2025)
Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did
Since Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and anal...
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This essay made me homesick for Boston (there truly is a first time for everything)
The Rumpus@therumpus.net · 2w ago"Your timing was always uncanny, like at the moment I was ready to cede myself to a life I knew would make me miserable, there you were." From "Love's Language," a new essay by Iana Seerung. Read the full piece now at buff.ly/IlAXuw3
Just do it, they said
Amy Diehl, Ph.D.@amydiehl.bsky.social · 2w agoHeather Hender worked as an engineer for Nike from 2015-2020. A jury found that Nike discriminated against her by paying her less than male peers and promoting her more slowly. The jury awarded her $19K in economic damages (the max) & $15M in punitive damages. www.oregonlive.com/business/202...
We had hoped to be able to gift our stalwart old sailboat to a new custodian who might voyage further with her, but organising the necessary paperwork has proven to be...a challenge. So we are offering her for sale, 'as is where is', at a significant discount. www.apolloduck.com/boat.phtml?i...
BREAKING: France has banned social media for children under 15, per CTV
I loved this unsettling, slippery novel and appreciate Necessary Foction and @dianejosefowicz.bsky.social giving me space to write about it. David Lynch fans, this book is for you.
Necessary Fiction@necessaryfiction.com · 2w agoBODY DOUBLE by Hanna Johansson, tr Kira Josefsson (@catapultbooks.bsky.social). Reviewed by @bookbent.bsky.social. necessaryfiction.com/reviews/body...
The Adroit Journal is seeking translations of poetry and prose. Submit your work here: adroit.submittable.com/submit/32187... The magazine has a special need for prose translations at the moment. $100 per accepted submission.
The Adroit Journal - Translations
Please submit up to three prose pieces OR up to six poems in one document via our Submittable page (adroit.submittable.com). Prose submissions may be up to 6,000 words per entry of between 1-3 pieces...
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Warnock: "The SAVE Act is about saving Donald Trump's power. It's not about saving our democracy. It is a voter suppression bill, pure and simple."
Ahead of Trump’s speech tonight, re-upping a piece I wrote in 2024 unpacking the myth of noncitizen voting, using the Heritage Foundation’s own data to show how extraordinarily rare it has proven to be over decades. www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/myths-a...
Unpacking Myths About Noncitizen Voting — How Heritage Foundation’s Own Data Proves It’s Not a Problem - American Immigration Council
A close examination of the evidence put forward by critics shows just how extraordinarily rare noncitizen voting truly is.
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Fair is foul, and foul is fair, Hover through the fog and filthy air.
meanwhile a hundred of us in an information session meanwhile the whisper of the air conditioner meanwhile I remember when there was no fire season, and I'm not that old
In the recent heat domes, wind and solar saved the day. Trump’s attacks on wind and solar aren’t for you, they’re for his big corrupt fossil fuel donors.
Clean energy helped the grid avoid heat-wave catastrophe
Last week's high temperatures pushed the U.S. grid to its limits, and showcased how new wind and solar additions are essential to keeping the lights on.
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BREAKING: The Writers Guild of America has filed a lawsuit to block the Warner Bros-Paramount merger. This comes shortly after 12 states filed to block this $81 billion merger as well.
If you'll be in Middletown, CT near Wesleyan on Friday, I'd love to see you at this roundtable discussion about making it all work ... somehow!
