“when she breathes there’s a riot in her lungs” —Jean-Luke Swanepoel @centaurlit.bsky.social centaurlit.com/bumps-by-jea...
Bumps by Jean-Luke Swanepoel | Centaur
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Mr. Bear
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Making the lonely a little more bearable
“when she breathes there’s a riot in her lungs” —Jean-Luke Swanepoel @centaurlit.bsky.social centaurlit.com/bumps-by-jea...
Bumps by Jean-Luke Swanepoel | Centaur
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“Eleanor is sad to note that her new friend, Otto, does not tie his shoes properly.” @megpokrass.bsky.social @centaurlit.bsky.social centaurlit.com/fishing-line...
Fishing Lines by Meg Pokrass | Centaur
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“A cricket lands on Justin’s chest. It calls out by his heart, wings vibrating earnestly.” —Rebecca Klassen @centaurlit.bsky.social centaurlit.com/spaceman-by-...
Spaceman by Rebecca Klassen | Centaur
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“Watch for wet foliage in the road, hairpin turns, speed limit changes, ice on the bridge. Watch for disappointment and scorekeeping.” —Avery Holmes @centaurlit.bsky.social centaurlit.com/dont-lose-wh...
Don’t Lose Why You’re Here by Avery Holmes | Centaur
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“In gratitude, the villagers held an annual yajna in front of the sarpanch’s house, where fire burnt tall and long till rain was satisfied enough to come extinguish it.” —Subhravanu Das @centaurlit.bsky.social centaurlit.com/in-the-villa...
In the Village of Rapunzels by Subhravanu Das | Centaur
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“A bird flying in a stone. An old married pair of dice. A feathered heart.” —Peter Cashorali @centaurlit.bsky.social centaurlit.com/the-museum-b...
The Museum by Peter Cashorali | Centaur
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Over the moon to have a piece in the new issue of @centaurlit.bsky.social !! Thank you, @lynnmundell.bsky.social !! centaurlit.com/i-have-a-pic...
I Have a Picture of My Mother at Fifteen in a Pink Dress, Hands Clasped, Standing Outside a Place Called Mom’s Luncheonette by Georgia Bellas | Centaur
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“And the more I stayed with a garden the more I realized that everything living makes its own clocks, and the billions of tiny clocks all run together like gears. We are living in the midst of intricate timekeeping everywhere.” Gorgeous interview with @eireannmor.bsky.social !
I am really pleased by the care with which @kaseyryoen.bsky.social and @orionmagazine.bsky.social made this interview about flowers, time, walking, writing, etc.: orionmagazine.org/article/maki... (and pleased, gratified, that there are so many images!) thank you
“I did homework amidst the smell of gasoline and chemicals, the constant whirr of machinery and cans of Mountain Dew cracking open with calloused hands.” @gothicquill.bsky.social @republicofletters.bsky.social therepublicofletters.substack.com/p/how-many-w...
How Many Working-Class Writers Have You Read?
On Resurrection and Grind and Courage
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“Because to confront Israel isn’t the sort of strength the liberal class lauds. To put your body on the line against a genocide backed by the west isn’t the sort of courage they applaud.” @natebear1.bsky.social www.donotpanic.news/p/the-libera...
The Liberal Abandonment Of Greta Thunberg
The Swedish activist Greta Thunberg has been detained by Israel and reportedly maltreated by her Israeli captors after she was kidnapped, along with hundreds of other activists, from Gaza’s territoria...
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I’m horrified by Trump’s order to send 300 National Guard troops to Chicago. We’re only nine months into a four year term and already the president is trying to invade an American city. If you’re in the Guard, you can and should refuse these orders.
Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide. As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire. End the genocide. Ceasefire now.
“Our future depends on finding each other, on building something better together, overcoming the lure of passivity and consumption.” @jphillll.bsky.social www.jphilll.com/p/on-social-...
On social media we now trade time for numbness
The casino, slop, and touching grass
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If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people: 1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money 3) We won’t need a lot of troops 4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq 5) We’ll find WMDs 6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators 7) It will be easy 8) It won’t take long All lies.
During the pandemic, the US implemented the most effective social welfare policies in our history -- programs that worked because they were big enough, simple, and universal. And then we withdrew them. This remains imo the central economic-policy story of our times. davisvanguard.org/2025/05/3hou...
“If I keep lilacs close, might the faeries see through this mask? Might they recognize the wild, untamed part in me, loosen my bindings, and set me free?” Kristi Marciano @orionmagazine.bsky.social orionmagazine.org/article/spri...
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Inviting readers into a community of caring for the planet—justly, sustainably, and joyously. orionmagazine.org
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Can someone please explain why journalists have stopped pointing out that the executive branch has no constitutional authority to end these programs?
JUST IN: The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.
A world without Trans people has never existed, and it never will. More than visibility, we need safety 🏳️⚧️
Ozturk is apparently being detained because she wrote an opinion essay. Fulbright is a program of the US Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. They have a duty to speak up for the rights and safety of international students participating in Fulbright exchanges in the US.
friends, please help the quoted post circulate, we need to flood Governor Healey’s office with calls today
MA residents, please join me in calling Governor Healey's office to demand action and a response to these brazen kidnappings carried out by ICE on the streets of our cities. If you'd like a script, we've provided one - full copy in the alt text. Her office's number is 617 725 4005. Flood it!
Her crime was writing an op/ed. Her visa was valid, but she wrote an op/ed
Another student kidnapped and disappeared by masked ICE agents for voicing an opinion.
Federal immigration authorities late Tuesday detained a Tufts PhD student who is a Turkish national, her attorney and community activists said.
“Because when you love something, you plan. Then, from the one in the denim vest and jean jacket: ‘I just thought he would live forever.’” @mossyair.bsky.social @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/rossi/onl...
Only Count In One | matchbook
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“One thing we all share: we begin and, inevitably, we cease.” Lovely artwork by Angela Mihm @astrolabe.ooo www.astrolabe.ooo/mihm-choices...
Choices & Connections - the Game of Life • artwork from Angela Mihm
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“Inside, we found: flakes, ridges, cliffs, dales, meat, oil, smell, sound.” Robin Steve @astrolabe.ooo www.astrolabe.ooo/steve-interl...
interlude • fiction from Robin Steve
one out of season morning, we went out looking for a name. We did not know where names make their lairs, whether they favour rock, dirt, twigs, or wires.
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“The whole sky was filled with squealing and feathers and what my brother called ‘a terrified love.’” Jessica Richardson @astrolabe.ooo www.astrolabe.ooo/richardson-g...
The Day of the Great Release • fiction from Jessica Richardson
Sometimes this terrified love swooped inches from your face, and you wondered if it would peck your eyes out. Who kept these birds? Why did they?
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“On the other hand, raspberries do grow, I suppose, up in the air, to some extent—in comparison, at least, to the Erdbeeren sweetly ripening down there amongst the summer straw.” @l42r.bsky.social @astrolabe.ooo www.astrolabe.ooo/wessel-skybe...
Skyberries • non-fiction from Geoffrey Wessel
If Erd can translate either “Earth” or “ground,” does German also have one single word for English “sky” and “Heaven”?
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