Ray
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MFA from FAU. Meridian (Glass Lyre, ‘16), New Ruin (Ghost City, ‘20). Verse found in Rust+Moth, HOOT, Moist, Tiny Wren Lit, Voicemail Poems. Forthcoming in Petrichor.
Duval County voted 6-1 last night to revise their policy and allow them to appoint community members (instead of parents of impacted students) to the book review committee. Articles are not online yet, but First Coast News shared this to their Instagram: www.instagram.com/reel/DbqOSEe...
First Coast News on Instagram: "The Duval County School Board voted to change policies for the Material Review Committee, allowing each board member to appoint a community member for the committee. Cl...
7 likes, 1 comments - firstcoastnews on August 5, 2026: "The Duval County School Board voted to change policies for the Material Review Committee, allowing each board member to appoint a community mem...
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Pakistan precinct suspends all 78 officers and staff over alleged rape at police station
Pakistan precinct suspends all 78 officers and staff over alleged rape at police station
Lahore police official says all personnel were responsible for preventing and reporting any wrongdoing at station
theguardian.com
My assault not being charged in the indictment (time barred) means I do not have access to victim compensation for therapy etc. I am asking friends to support me by sharing my Help Hope Live. Thanks for support. helphopelive.org/campaign/159... www.paypal.com/paypalme/kar... Venmo: KARRIE-HIGGINS-2
Donate to Midwest/West Catastrophic Illness Fund in honor of Karrie Higgins
Help Karrie Higgins's friends and family raise money for medical expenses associated with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome Catastrophic Illness. Donate today.
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So now the next step is to find out what Capital One's months-long anti-money laundering review by professionals with decades of law enforcement experience discovered about Trump's 300+ accounts...
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 23h agoPhang: "Capital One said, 'We don't want the business anymore of the 45th president of the United States, his businesses, his failed sons, and his revocable trust.' So you can imagine -- I am just hypothesizing... but it suggests whatever Capital One uncovered was pretty bad. Makes you wonder..."
Two alumni from the Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan have come forward with previously unreported abuse allegations against Jeffrey Epstein while he was a benefactor of the school.
Michigan Arts School Alumni Allege Abuse by Jeffrey Epstein
The previously unreported claims are part of an investigation into a history of sexual misconduct and assault at Interlochen Center for the Arts.
hyperallergic.com
#Scam Alert! We're very disappointed to learn (via dozens of alerts) that someone is impersonating our editors (most especially, Sarah Haak). Please note that Acre Books is open for prose subs via our queue, but NOT soliciting #manuscripts privately. For guidelines, visit acre-books.com/submissions/
Read it here if you haven't yet. Today is the very best day of all days to read it for the first time. short-stories.co/@raybradbury...
There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury
The voice-clock sang, breakfast was ejected, but no doors slammed. The garage chimed and lifted its door to reveal the waiting car. The house sat alone in a city of rubble and…
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Adam Rawnsley@arawnsley.bsky.social · yesterdayToday, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.
No country that arrested librarians and booksellers was on the right side of history. But that's what's happening in Arkansas. And this is where your whole country is headed with H.R 7661 and S 4925. Via @everylibrary.bsky.social action.everylibrary.org/arkansasact372
Arresting Librarians AND Booksellers in the United States
History has shown that arresting librarians and booksellers has never led to greater freedom or liberty.
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I share a birthday with Percy Shelley, Robert Hayden, and Barack Obama.
Blood sugar was 131 when I got up. Had green curry pork and white rice at a Thai place last night.
Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."
Who else, historically, made it difficult for people to pursue arts, religion, music, philosophy, education? Authoritarian regimes, in their various forms. Every. Single. One.
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d agoPresident Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v
@ucs.org senior scientist Dr. Carly Phillips said fights over who will pay for climate damages could have been avoided if the fossil fuel industry had been honest in decades past with the public and politicians about the dangers of burning fossil fuels.
Republicans Are Trying to Give Big Oil Immunity for Causing Climate Chaos
A new report further links fossil fuel emissions to extreme weather events. States are trying to make polluters pay.
truthout.org
Creator of test at the heart of rogue AI hacks warns ‘there have likely been more’ www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...
Creator of test at the heart of rogue AI hacks warns ‘there have likely been more’
Dawn Song, who helped create the cybersecurity evaluation entangled in the recent OpenAI and Anthropic rogue-agent incidents, says the disclosed cases probably aren’t the only ones.
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History has shown that arresting librarians and booksellers has never led to greater freedom or liberty. Yet here we are...
Arresting Librarians AND Booksellers in the United States
History has shown that arresting librarians and booksellers has never led to greater freedom or liberty.
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Libraries pay millions to rent ebooks they never own. So maybe it's no surprise Penguin Random House is sponsoring arguments against stronger library ebook rights. www.libraryjournal.com/story/news/m...
Moving Beyond the Publisher Playbook: Why State-Level Contract Law is Essential to the Future of Digital Library Rights
The era of mere “firefighting” and polite, incremental negotiation is over. The library sector is asking for relief from ebook pricing schemes that consume tremendous amounts of public dollars while p...
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More than 2 out of every 3 book challenges ended in removal in 2025. According to the ALA, 66% of challenged books were ultimately banned, the highest rate since tracking began in 1990. When review becomes removal, students lose access to diverse ideas. #FreedomToRead
At least five Mohamed Al Fayed abuse survivors confirmed as human-trafficking victims
At least five Mohamed Al Fayed abuse survivors confirmed as human-trafficking victims
Decision comes after group of survivors claimed ex-Harrods owner’s associates must have helped facilitate his crimes At least five victims of the former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed have been confirmed by the Home Office as victims of human trafficking. A group of survivors of abuse by the deceased businessman had called for the Metropolitan police to make trafficking the main focus of its investigation, arguing that Fayed could not have committed his offences without a steady stream of women sent to him by associates. Continue reading...
theguardian.com
2nd chapbook turned 10 last month. Cora Bresciano said ”It’s about everything, isn’t it?” Jeanne Genis cried after the 1st 3rd of “Presence.” Michael Madonick read it in one sitting at dinner back when it was still a MS. And William Bradley wrote this shortly before he died:
