I had to review a piece of work for plagiarism and it was given a crazy high score by the tech we are forced to use. When I looked it was all direct quotes with appropriate citations. Like, yes, this passage has appeared before, it is a quote from a canonical literary text. What a waste of time.

“Use AI to brainstorm but not to write.” “Use AI to help you outline but not to write.” These are commonly proposed as “ethical” ways for undergrad students to use AI, but I’m sorry, brainstorming & outlining are just as integral to writing as the actual construction of sentences.

Huh. Well how about that.

Albert Pinto@70sbachchan.bsky.social · 6mo ago

now thats an anecdote with a punch, from Gillian Tett www.ft.com/content/c0ae...

Thank you, @louisepoetical.bsky.social! It was such a nourishing and gorgeous evening of poetry.

Hello again, poetry world! Pleased to be reading a few poems and this lovely event. Thank you so much to @louisepoetical.bsky.social for the invitation! Come along and share in some healing words. ❤️‍🩹🌍🌌

I won this year’s Keats-Shelley Poetry Prize for my poem ‘Night Canoe on Lake Sandoval’! Thank you Deryn one of the judges & for these pics of the prize ceremony

Deryn Rees-Jones@notjustdancing.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Congratulations to @pascalepetit.bsky.social winner of this year’s Keats-Shelley Poetry Prize for her poem ‘Night Canoe on Lake Sandoval’ keats-shelley.org/prizes/keats... #keats #poetry #shelley #KSMA

The Love of Writing Online Writing workshop Join us for and afternoon of enjoyable writing activities to spark ideas, thought, and inspiration. Creativity is the greatest gifts of being human! Sunday 10 May, 2-4pm (UK time). Only £25. Booking details: www.writingforwellbeing.co.uk/therapy-and-...

Sheffield, this evening (you can also be among the first to pick up advance copies of Fay Musselwhite's new collection, which will be on early sale at the event)

Longbarrow Press@longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 6mo ago

📢TONIGHT: Triple Online Launch with #poetry from these glorious new books by @jennywcreative.bsky.social @betarish.bsky.social & @kymdeyn.bsky.social Tue 21 April, 7pm BST - pay what you can 📹Receive a recording in case you can't join us live Sign up by 6pm www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/triple-onl...

Hello again, poetry world! Pleased to be reading a few poems and this lovely event. Thank you so much to @louisepoetical.bsky.social for the invitation! Come along and share in some healing words. ❤️‍🩹🌍🌌

We've had 225 bookings (!!) in just days of announcing Natalie Diaz's Annual Reading -- make sure reserve your place now and join us on 17 February!

The Bristol Poetry Institute@bristolpoetry.bsky.social · 10mo ago

We're excited to announce this years BPI Annual Reading will be delivered by Natalie Diaz, 6.30pm 17 February. Free, but booking essential: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bpi-annual....

When public media disappears, so do the stories that bring us together. With federal funding eliminated, millions may lose their last trusted source of news and connection. If that matters to you, now’s the time to act. Donate: n.pr/458sOhq

Patriarchy perpetuates it to maintain its power and women's powerlessness, but as bell hooks points out (from my book The Mother of All Questions) men pay a price too: 3/3

But the statistics demonstrate this is the most pervasive violence on earth, that it has an economic impact (hospitalization and missed work costs alone!), and that it has racial dimensions, including with the MMIW (missing and murdered Indigenous women) pandemic. 2/3

"In the US, there’s a rape every 68 seconds, a woman is beaten by an intimate partner every nine seconds.... Globally a woman or girl is murdered by her partner or family member every 10 minutes."

"One of the reasons the epidemic of violence against women is so unacknowledged is because cases like these are talked about individually, and often treated as though they are shocking aberrations rather than part of a pervasive pattern that operates at all levels of society."

The problem is far bigger than Jeffrey Epstein | Rebecca Solnit

Treating the scandal as an aberration misunderstands the global epidemic of violence against women

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Incredibly generous to have free access to poetry. Thank you for sharing!

Alan Parry He/Him@alanparrywriter.co.uk · last yr.

If you want to do the @sealeychallenge.bsky.social but are struggling for funds - this is one way forward. Years and years of Ghost City's Summer Series avail for free. These guys are my absolute favourite press. They do it right! ghostcitypress.com/summer-serie...

If you were born between 1970-1990 you may not have full MMR protection, even if you had parents who took you for all your jabs. The NHS will give you a free booster. With cases surging, this is a great way to protect yourself & your community. I’m getting mine tomorrow www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...

MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine

Find out about the MMR vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella, including who should have it, when it's given and possible side effects.

nhs.uk

Prof Cath Noakes@cathnoakes.bsky.social · last yr.

While infection control and cleaning is always a good thing, it’s not going to cut it for measles. Measles is airborne and highly contagious. The best approach is vaccination, and local infection control should focus on ventilation and air cleaning www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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Alyssa Harad@alyssaharad.bsky.social · last yr.

Love how Delta is always on the frontier of enshittification.

'This anthology gives us the world' Thanks to @amandaearl.bsky.social for this wonderful in-depth review of @rachaelboast.bsky.social's new anthology Versus Versus. Distributed in North America via @consortiumbooks.bsky.social from 22 July. amandaearl.substack.com/p/versus-ver...

Versus Versus 100 Poems by Deaf, Disabled & Neurodivergent Poets

Edited by Rachael Boast (Bloodaxe Books, 2025)

amandaearl.substack.com

Join us at MacDowell NYC for a conversation with four remarkable Native artists, directors and curators. Wednesday, July 16 • 6:30PM www.macdowell.org/events/2025-...

Poison specialist here! Vegetable oils are not poisonous. The Health Secretary - who has no background in health or science - is either lying, or stupid, or both. You can take this as seriously as you would your creepy uncle who talks about chemtrails.

NPR@npr.org · last yr.

Health Secretary RFK Jr. has said vegetable oils, like canola and soybean, are "poisoning Americans." But many researchers say the evidence isn't there. So, what does the science say about seed oils?

Just saw this call for a remote science illustration intern by the Xerces Society. Maybe of interest of someone? Applications due July 14. #SciArt recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/J...

The Xerces Society - Science Illustration Intern

  JOB TITLE:  Science Illustration InternLOCATION:  Remote position. Candidates must have a personal office location suitable for work purposes, with broadband internet access, and...

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They are eugenicists who believe if you get sick it’s your fault, and wearables will provide them with “data” for the conclusion they’ve already reached. That’s it.

The US wants a wearable for all. Experts say it won’t fix the health crisis

The Secretary of Health Services wants every American to use a wearable device in the next four years. Experts say it's a great move, but not a cure-all.

digitaltrends.com

A LOT of people don't actually know what the Constitution says. So I'm proud to support @weholdtruths.bsky.social's campaign to educate Americans about our principles and rights in easy-to-understand language. Read, sign, and share to help spread these truths. www.weholdtruths.com #weholdtruths

We Hold These Truths

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It was my honor to work with distinguished lawyer colleagues on this statement of commitment to the principles that must undergird American democracy. It appears today as full page ad in the @nytimes.com & in papers around the country. Learn more at @weholdthesetruths.bsky.social

I look at this photo of Jupiter and think, yes, beauty still exists.

Literally cannot count how many times we have said this. We even had a whole war over it! Look at the Civil Rights Movement! I wrote about white backlash politics at 16 because it was that obvious. It’s willful denial of white supremacy that allows white folks to think that this came from nowhere.

Danny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter)@deecherrywriter.bsky.social · last yr.

This how I know black folk and white folk live in different realities. Because I coulda told you in my teens that some people in this country have so much hate in their hearts that they’d burn this country to the ground just to be rulers over ashes, if it meant people they don’t like get hurt more.

We'd love to read your experimental poetry and lyrical essays which engage with our BIOPHILIA theme. You have till 2nd July to send us your very best work! Each contributor to the magazine receives 20 euros. Read about the theme and guidelines here: www.wingedmoon.com/submit #writingcommunity

Submit | The Winged Moon

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Anteroom (formerly The Winged Moon)@anteroompoetry.bsky.social · last yr.

here at the moons wings we are surprised that we have received very few works writing on the climate emergency or experimental nature writing in our submissions and we’d love that, daring and weird poetry and essays that alter our perspectives. We close on 2 July!!

Sorry. Your feelings can be wrong. If you feel that Iranian-Americans are out to get you or trying to establish a caliphate, your feelings are racist junk mail. And taking those feelings as facts is how we got neocons and MAGA.