Octavia Butler was SO prescient. Scarily so.

Maggie Wiggin@maggie162.bsky.social · 2mo ago

My god, Octavia Butler, just miss ONCE

This applies to all types of writing, not just poetry. I wish I could teach my students the value of revising their work. That it is more than simply polishing a piece or a chore to be tackled.

𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟@markantonyowen.com · 3mo ago

I went to read a different post in @adamcairnspoet.bsky.social's Substack this morning, after @victoriaspires.bsky.social said it made her want to revisit everything she's written. That post was indeed a thought-provoking read. But THIS one, sitting half a scroll below it, is what made me subscribe.

Jim Crow 2.0

Nick Anderson - political cartoonist@andertoon.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Raising the Flag Follow my work and writing on Substack: nickanderson.substack.com

Lets talk about fraud…

Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)@hcrichardson.bsky.social · 3mo ago

May 14, 2026

Jim Crow: I’m baaaack!

We have seen the rise, now are we watching the fall of the American empire?

Chief Justice John Roberts will go down in history as one of the worst, if not THE worst, chief justices. His legacy will be dismantling democracy and enabling the US to become a dictatorship.

An historian’s perspective on how we got to where we are.

Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)@hcrichardson.bsky.social · 4mo ago

April 15, 2026

Well, one of Putin’s lackeys has been voted out of office. Who’s next?

I wrote and posted this to Instagram a couple of days ago and it became my most-read poem ever. I’m honored I get to feel big feelings alongside you all. I’m posting it here too and want to use this space more consistently. Hello friends ❤️

So what did this war in Iran accomplish, exactly? Anyone?

Is it TACO Tuesday?

The great and powerful Oz has spoken.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Right on time to manipulate the markets, along with a threat to commit war crimes and terrorize civilians and noncombatants.

No Kings Wichita, KS!

This is what Trump Derangement Syndrome looks like: abcnews.com/Politics/tru...

Some Trump supporters in Memphis say higher gas prices worth it for Iran war

They praised his Memphis public safety initiative, which he was in town to tout.

abcnews.com

And so here we are. Not so great.

Timothy Snyder@timothysnyder.bsky.social · 5mo ago

1/2. He took the greatest military force in history, lost a war to a middle power in a week, begged the world to save him, & demanded the media lie about this & everything else. I try, but at a simple human level I do not see how anyone mistakes this man’s almost supernatural weakness for strength.

Hmmm, Polythene Pam Bondi seems to think the DOJ is there to serve the Mad King and not the American people. What a performance though!

Welp, I don’t see a Nobel peace prize in the Mad King’s future.

So US oil companies will be running Venezuela?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7mo ago

FOX & FRIENDS: What do you see as the future of Venezuela's oil industry? TRUMP: Well I see that we're gonna be very strongly involved in it. That's all. What can I say. We have the greatest oil companies in the world.

On Aug 26 1920 the 19th amendment became law and granted women the right to vote. In this political climate, in which the party in power has implied women should not have this right, it is essential to stay informed and engaged in the political process to protect our rights youtu.be/Kj1UQuJjrXI?...

The Nineteenth Amendment | Journey to American Democracy

YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

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Trend data since Trump 1.0. Always take credit when the numbers are good. If you don't like the numbers, declare them rigged and fake. Then find someone who will cook the books and give you the numbers that match your fantasy. Rinse and repeat.

Hmmm. So what does a POTUS do when the economy is in the toilet, inflation is rising, the public doesn't like your assault on immigrants with the American Gestapo, you are covering up your complicity in a sex trafficking scandal, to name a few? Create a crisis and then pretend to solve it.

His qualifications don’t matter, as long as he cooks the books to support the false narrative of a “booming” economy. It’s going to be ugly when reality catches up with the MAGA fantasy world. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump nominates Heritage Foundation economist as labor statistics chief

EJ Antoni, longtime critic of Bureau of Labor Statistics, nominated to replace Erika McEntarfer, who Trump fired

theguardian.com

It looks like this SCOTUS is doing its best to legalize and legitimize Trump's dictatorship.

Our elected representatives won’t meet with us, so I'm attending Maxwell Alejandro Frost for Congress's event, “Wichita Kansas Town Hall with Senator Chris Murphy, Congressman Maxwell Frost, a www.mobilize.us/frostforcong...

Wichita Kansas Town Hall with Senator Chris Murphy, Congressman Maxwell Frost, and Leading Kansas · Maxwell Alejandro Frost for Congress

Join U.S. Senator Chris Murphy and Florida Congressman Maxwell Frost for a WICHITA TOWN HALL on Sunday, June 29 from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM at: WSU Metroplex - Lowe Auditorium 5015 E. 29th Street N., Wi...

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I have read them all. While not instruction manuals, they are instructive.

tamrakat@tamrakat.bsky.social · last yr.

Image of library book display labeled: “It's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual.” Books on display: • On Tyranny • Twenty Lessons From The 21st Century • 1984 • A Handmaids Tale • Diary of Anne Frank • Parable of The Sower • Fahrenheit 451 • Animal Farm • Brave New World ~TAiLS of a Bookworm

Curious as to why the same people who complained about inflation and a perceived terrible economy under Biden are totally fine and on board with Trumpflation and a tanking economy? Anyone?

‪What is the confederacy of dunces up to today? Just more of the same: chaos, cruelty, lawlessness, and gross incompetence.