"There is no such thing as the State
And no one exists alone;
Hunger allows no choice
To the citizen or the police;
We must love one another or die."
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"There is no such thing as the State
And no one exists alone;
Hunger allows no choice
To the citizen or the police;
We must love one another or die."
Mother-in-law just left after a five day visit and we have saged the house. How's your morning going?
I call this: Wednesday.
Don't worry everybody, there's a 22 yo in charge of counter terrorism and Kash Patel fired most of the experts in Iranian militant groups.
“Believe the words you cannot bear to hear.”
www.altaonline.com/books/nonfic...
’Tis the time’s plague, when madmen lead the blind.
This Sunday in Hollywood.
Derek Jeter, Don Mattingly, Ron Hassey, pre-steroids Barry Bonds
Or writing suggestions.
No, Gmail, I don't want an AI Overview.
I know
That everything I look out upon will vanish. But I have
Always been astonished at any sort of permanence, & so, Thank You.
Before everything I look out upon has vanished: Thank You.
www.altaonline.com/books/poetry...
I have one that I’m waiting on a second printing to mention.
This is some serial killer shit.
Atlantic City, 1935. My mother's father is in the center.
We have a cover.
I couldn’t agree more.
Thanks to @lareported.bsky.social for giving me the space to think through @metrolosangeles.bsky.social's D Line Extension, due to open in the next few months.
lareported.substack.com/p/metro-d-li...
Or just ignore them altogether. Art will get along fine.
“Novels are far more than simple entertainment; they are a means of facing society’s failures head on.”
www.altaonline.com/books/fictio...
I'm so sorry, John, and also angry about these decisions. Short sighted, narrow minded, idiotic. It's like watching a newspaper commit suicide in real time. Thank you for what you created there. Sending you all good thoughts.
Disconcerting? That’s my alma mater, speaking the hard truths.
Among my biggest peeves: the pressure to identify a reference in a piece as “writer” or “critic” or some other signifier rather than simply to identify them by name.
Another week, another $100 million that a broke city will magically conjure up for a megaevent that's not supposed to cost taxpayers a dime
No cover yet, but here's the title page. Coming September 22. Very excited about this one.
LA's council passed this motion which will request that LA28 present how, exactly, the organizing committee is working with federal law enforcement including "guardrails the City can enact to ensure that the City's most vulnerable communities are protected."
Unfortunately, it's just that, a request
Actually.
Patriot.
Fare thee well now
Let your life proceed by its own design
Nothing to tell now
Let the words be yours, I'm done with mine
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZOi...
