Steve Mark
@stevesdropper.bsky.social
Proud community college professor, ravenous reader, Little Free Librarian, poetry proponent, passionate progressive, yogi, certified yoga and meditation teacher, doting dog dad, happy husband 🏳️🌈
I needed these wise words for these very troubled and troubling times today. 🙏
Roshi Joan Halifax@joanhalifax.bsky.social · 3mo agoI cannot promise that the world will be repaired. I have watched too much go unrepaired to say that honestly, and at eighty-four I will not see how most of it turns out. What I can promise, because I have watched it in others and been carried by it
When you see the story about how the world now has its first trillionaire, and when you see the story about how laboratories in Congo have run out of supplies to test for Ebola, it is important to understand that in many ways these are the same story.
Via The San Marcos Writing Project, this beauty by Danielle Coffyn #poetry #poems #pride #pridemonth 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
The president didn't bother to make the case for war in a marathon State of the Union address and then he fucked off to his sweaty gilded country club so he could literally phone in an unconstitutional war. Every single Democrat needs to be screaming about this at full volume.
Bill Kristol@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 8mo agoTrump hasn't gone to Congress for authorization to attack Iran. He hasn't explained the necessity or urgency of preemptive action by us. I'd very much like to see regime change in Iran, but Trump hasn't explained how we intend to help achieve that goal. Congress: Just say No.
More of this from the alleged “Opposition Party,” please.
Maxwell Frost@maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 8mo agoA briefing would be nice, but that’s not the most important thing in front of us. I don’t need a briefing where Marco Rubio will gaslight us for an hour to know how I’ll vote on a War Powers Resolution.
I know this feels pointless but everyone has to call their congressional reps and say they oppose war with Iran and they oppose Trump illegally starting one without congressional approval — both 5 Calls can help you make the call: 5calls.org/issue/iran-i...
Sure, I could have subjected myself to hours of lies, countless attacks, and invented "victories" in the #SOTU, but somehow catching up with Oscar Nominee One Battle After Another seemed like near-perfect counterprogramming. (Illustration by Chirrikenstein for The New Yorker)
"I thought it was important for people to be in the streets. But that couldn't last. You needed a record. It would be my job to publish the voices, the books, the ideas of African Americans. And that would last."--Toni Morrison, born this day in 1931. #booksky #readthisbook #blackhistory
A friend reminded me of this #poem by Christian Wiman this morning, and I just had to take some time to re-savor this beautiful take on #love #poetry #valentines #hopeinthedark
That halftime show is what people mean when they say "joy is an act of resistance."
This amazing poem by @aracelisxgirmay.bsky.social , particularly these lines, has been on my mind and heart a lot lately. Full poem at poets.org/poem/you-are... #poems #poetry #hopeinthedark #resist #persist
@amandagorman.bsky.social, as always, with her clear-eyed vision and beautiful words that pierce and comfort all at once. #poetry #poems #hopeinthedark #resist #persist
Reading this just broke me this morning. The abject cruelty and misdirected hatred this man witnessed, the callous disregard for this man’s life is, at time when so much is so awful, still shocks and infuriates me, as it should anyone with an ounce of humanity.
Andrew Weissmann@weissmann.substack.com · 9mo agoEverything you need to know about ICE is here: "I asked the ICE agents if the victim had a pulse, and they said they did not know." Instead they were standing around counting bullet wounds. This is from a medical eyewitness: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
On this #MLKDay, every single Republican and enabler of the current chaos should keep Dr. King’s name out of their mouths. Spoiler alert: They won’t, cherry-picking quotations out of context to serve a white supremacist agenda that isn’t even bothering to hide in plain sight anymore.
Members of Congress should be openly stating right now that military action against Greenland will result in impeachment and removal of the President and the Vice President.
It's great to see something so good coming out of the wealth she helped Bezos amass.
Out Magazine@out.com · 10mo agoThe donation comes as recent studies show increasing mental health concerns among LGBTQ+ youth.
They're not even trying to pretend a little that ICE is remotely serving its stated function, or that there will ever be a credible investigation of this murder.
Timothy Snyder@timothysnyder.bsky.social · 10mo agoWe have cleaned up the crime scene and blocked a local investigation and hidden the perpetrator and invaded the state and that is how you know that we are acting in good faith and that everything was the victim’s fault. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
