This book will always have a place on my shelf. It was a privilege to talk to the poet and get a peek “backstage.”

Chicago Review of Books@chicagorevbooks.bsky.social · last wk.

"There’s also this element of valentines that I think is common to sonnets: the forms do very well, simultaneously, with the quotidian and the big stuff." @meginj.bsky.social's interview with John Reed on "Year of Valentines" (Spuyten Duyvil) is out now. chireviewofbooks.com/2026/07/28/j...

U.S. taxpayers spend about $2 billion every year on Medicaid for Amazon and Walmart employees, subsidizing the companies that refuse to adequately pay hundreds of thousands of workers, or give them healthcare. /1

Taxpayers spend about $2 billion annually on Medicaid for Amazon and Walmart employees

American taxpayers are spending billions every year providing Medicaid benefits to hundreds of thousands of employees of Amazon and Walmart, a new analysis by Popular Information reveals.

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swiss bob ride, seaside heights, new jersey, 1978

New book review up at the Chicago Review of Books!

Chicago Review of Books@chicagorevbooks.bsky.social · last mo.

"Posits the global disorientation of the COVID-19 pandemic as a flux state." @meginj.bsky.social's review of “Ghost-Eye” by Amitav Ghosh (@fsgbooks.bsky.social) is out now. chireviewofbooks.com/2026/07/02/n...

RIP Marjane Satrapi (1969-2026)

Grand Central Terminal, New York. Incline from subway to suburban concourse. Unidentified photographer, 1910

My review of this charming, smart, chatty novel. @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social has also just reissued Lemann's Lives of the Saints. So glad her work is gettting new life - it was new to me and I'm eager to dig into other titles.

Chicago Review of Books@chicagorevbooks.bsky.social · 4mo ago

"The novel is stealthily profound." @meginj.bsky.social's review of “The Oyster Diaries” by Nancy Lemann (@nyrb-imprints.bsky.social) is out now. chireviewofbooks.com/2026/04/16/h...

ICE Reports 16th Detained Death of 2026 at Winn Correctional Center in Louisiana Alejandro Cabrera Clemente, a 49-year-old man from Mexico, died on April 11 at a private prison in rural Louisiana. The pace of one death every 6 days continues to hold. austinkocher.substack.com/p/ice-report...

ICE Reports 16th Detained Death of 2026 at Winn Correctional Center in Louisiana

Alejandro Cabrera Clemente, a 49-year-old man from Mexico, died on April 11 at a private prison in rural Louisiana. The pace of one death every 6 days continues to hold.

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NEW: i took a look at legislation @sanders.senate.gov is intro'ing today to impose a data center moratorium “until legislation is enacted that safeguards the public from the dangers of AI" it's a major line in the sand for progressives looking to tie data center opposition w AI safety

New Bernie Sanders AI Safety Bill Would Halt Data Center Construction

The US senator said on Tuesday that a moratorium would give lawmakers time to "ensure that AI is safe." Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will introduce a similar bill in the House in the weeks ahead.

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A DOGE staffer assigned to the National Endowment for the Humanities to flag grants for "DEI" tries to explain what "DEI" is. This deposition is part of a lawsuit by the @acls1919.bsky.social, @historians.org and @modernlanguage.bsky.social.

“In the face of the Brian De Palma–level horror film that was 23-year-old me trying to ‘work the phones’ came a single, solitary respite: Michael Silverblatt.” www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...

You’ve Done It Again, Michael | Jynne Dilling

Even as the pace of work life quickened exponentially across the next two decades, email inboxes overflowing, media outlets proliferating and then contracting, websites and newsletters dominating and ...

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My favorite image of Edward Gorey, an underrated fashion plate

Come for the deep Moira lore, stay for the analysis of men’s gender solidarity…

Moira Donegan@moiradonegan.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I’m never going to talk about my lawsuit ever again, so if you want the gossip, here’s your chance: @adriandaub.bsky.social and I talked about the Epstein files as a document of Me Too backlash on @inbedwiththeright.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

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U.N. secretary general says global body is at risk of fiscal collapse

The United States owes nearly $2.2 billion in overdue and current assessments for the regular U.N. operating budget.

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If you’re asking for places to donate or aids to support in Minnesota, this website is a really good compilation of mutual aids, rent aid, food/supply donation and more! 👇

ashley fairbanks@ziibiing.com · 7mo ago

crazy that the website that I randomly decided to put together at 10AM yesterday has had over 25k unique visitors in 24 hours. please keep sharing with your networks.

$98 billion in planned AI data center development was derailed in a single quarter last year by community organizing and pushback, more than all disruptions tracked since 2023. www.datacenterwatch.org/q22025

Data Center Watch Report Q2 2025 UPDATE — Data Center Watch

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Mamdani: Where else can you hear the sound of the steel pan, savor the smell of sancocho, and pay $9 for coffee on the same block? Where else could a Muslim kid like me grow up eating bagels and lox every Sunday?

Probably the most amazing personality quiz you will ever take. It is very funny and attuned to the present. Donate any amount to take it. The book recommendations I got as a result also look stellar (and I have not heard of any of them!). Last day is today!

n+1@nplusonemag.com · 8mo ago

Today is Giving Tuesday—and the final day of Bookmatch! If you haven’t taken the quiz yet, now’s your last chance to support n+1 and get some reading recommendations while you’re at it. secure.givelively.org/donate/n1-fo...

the usual reminder that periodicities: a journal of poetry and poetics is open to submissions of previously unpublished poetry-related reviews, interviews, essays and translations; yes, please! periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2020/03/subm...

Psst... spread the news! We're having a flash sale on all D&Q books on Monday December 1st! drawnandquarterly.com/books

Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work. Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

Some good news: Brazil's fight against deforestation is paying climate dividends.

Brazil records biggest annual fall in emissions in 15 years, notably thanks to fight against deforestation

The gross emissions of Latin America's biggest country fell by 16.7% year-on-year, according to Brazil's Climate Observatory, a network of environmental NGOs.

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THIS IS VERY EXCITING! HUGE THANKS TO THE LAW STUDENTS OF VANUATU, JULIAN AGUON, BLUE OCEAN LAW, AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO WORKED ON IT.

Greenpeace EU@greenpeace.eu · last yr.

Huge news from the International Court of Justice in the Hague – the start of a new era of climate accountability The court confirms that states are obliged to act on the climate crisis, and that the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is fundamental for all other human rights

Our Fall 2025 catalog (w/ @dorothyproject.bsky.social, @archipelagobooks.bsky.social & @nottinghilleds.bsky.social) can be viewed from our website. Have a look and tells us what think looks good. cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/07...

From now until May 30, snag 1-year print subscriptions to AGNI + @newenglandreview.bsky.social‬ + @pshares.bsky.social‬ at a 20% discount! buff.ly/rZ615Vw

Happy to be a finalist at the ever excellent @burnsidereview.bsky.social, and congratulations to Jack Bauer!

Burnside Review@burnsidereview.bsky.social · last yr.

We are pleased to announce that @anandalima.bsky.social has selected Jake Bauer’s manuscript The Universe Thinks about Anger Management as the winner of the 2024 Burnside Review Press Book Award. Look for it in 2026! #poetry #poet #poetrycommunity #smallpress #writer #writingcommunity #bookaward

We at the Review mourn the loss of Alice Notley (1945-2025). In celebration of her life and work, we’ve unlocked her Art of Poetry interview, along with her poems, from our archive. buff.ly/qiSx3j8

The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters. www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...

Josh Marshall@joshtpm.bsky.social · last yr.

BREAKING: FDA says covid boosters now only for those over 65 or with preconditions. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...