Democracy is not just a system of government—it's a practice. It requires maintenance. It requires participation. It requires your attention, even when it's boring. Especially when it's boring.
North Dakota Governor Vetoes Controversial Library Content Bill & More News Headlines www.infodocket.com/2025/04/24/n... #libraries #legislation
www.themarginalian.org/2024/04/29/l... The Wild Iris : Louise Gluck … by the Marginalian
@seedanesti.com your feed is excellent. You seem to have a lot of sources. Thanks for all you post and do.
Good idea! But they’re all rotters among the Trump/MAGA crows aren’t they?
Recommended poets, unlike wannabes like me :
Laura Grace Weldon
Julia Fehrenbacher
Frances Donovan
Kara Provost
Lindsay Illich
David Miller
Timothy Gager
Thomas de Freitas
More as I think of them.
#NationalPoetryMonth
National poetry month recommended sites:
Poets.org
April-is.Bluesky.Com
I am a wanna be poet . Here is a poem I wrote and read at a poetry slam today. People seemed to like it. They clapped at least .it is based on Schubert’s song cycle Die Schone Mullerin. I like it. quittakingitpersonally.blogspot.com/2017/04/brev...
Poetry, Unstacked open.substack.com/pub/post/p/p... well written and well timed
Poetry, Unstacked by Maya C. Popa - well written and well-timed for National Poetry Month
Thinking about SCOTUS letting parents opt out of having their kids exposed to LGBTQ+ content.
Eventually we’ll have so many parents dictating what books are acceptable teachers won’t be able to teach anymore. They’ll be monitors for independent reading that’s approved by parents.
#MomSky
“I think Jesus has been the subject of identity theft.”
-Senator Raphael Warnock, speaking about those on the right who don’t practice what they preach.
Yes, but we haven’t been pulled off the streets and sent to who knows where, not yet anyway. You make a good point, though.
Trans people are now unique in that they are discriminated against *in law*
Not even asylum seekers get that level of hate…
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
Transgender Heaven: What Do I Fear transgenderheaven.com/what-do-i-fe...
www.google.com/maps/d/viewe... Nationwide map of rallies, April 19, 2025
open.substack.com/pub/jennifer... Earth Day and other topics by Jen Howard
To Turn You On by Roxy Music www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHcq... #MusicMonday
To Turn You On by Roxy Music #MusicMonday
The Last Poem in the World by Hayden Carruth via @april-is.bsky.social
Things That Have Changed Since You Died by Laura Kasichke via @april-is april-is.tumblr.com/post/1596980...
I Have a Time Machine by Brenda Shaughnessy april-is.tumblr.com/post/7811199...
This is important to repost.
#standwithfanone
Two of the sculptural wonders in Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston, Mass.
Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
