eileen elizabeth 🦋

@eileendotnet.bsky.social

poet & professor about town • writing about death & nature • cofounder of Boshemia Magazine and StoryBloom • carrying the bones: rituals for a dying world (2026) 🕊️ boshemiamagazine.com

Israel kills 5 journalists of Al Jazeera and the New York Times decides to publish a piece explaining why Israel doesn’t like Al Jazeera and how AJ is controversial.

Many thanks to those making good things still in this ugly phase of civilization: good books, enjoyable crime shows, lemon tarts, an interesting exhibit about an historic fashion designer, another about a filmmaker, the flowers planted in various gardens, the roses, the lilies, the tall verbena.

FYI Wikipedia is a pretty legit encyclopedia now. I’m not saying you take every entry at face value, but they are sourced and edited, unlike most of the internet these days. It’s often a solid overview and a starter pack of primary sources

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Washington is full of rule-following valedictorians who were inspired by the West Wing and did Model UN and moot court and studied their heroes and who believe in using government to help people. That's nice, but you need to learn how to swing on the illiterate bullies who steal lunch money.

Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"