Jonny Diamond

"The working classes have always been the caring classes — not just because they do almost all of the caring labor, but also because, perhaps partly as a result, they actually are more empathetic than the rich. Psychological studies show this, by the way. The richer you are, the less competent you are at even understanding other people’s feelings. So trying to reimagine work — not as a value or end in itself, but as the material extension of caring — is a good start." . - David Graeber

Why We Must Fight to Stop HR 7661 Before It Destroys the Lives of American Children Lately I’ve been calling my House rep and screaming about one zillion things, and maybe you have too. But today I want to talk about one thing in particular you should add to your list: H.R. 7661 i…

I wrote about the first national book banning bill, which effectively seeks to erase trans people. At the end I include a link to let your reps know that you oppose this bill and all it stands for. lithub.com/why-we-must-...

Don’t miss these amazing Minnesota writers reading at AWP If you’re headed to Baltimore this week for the 53rd annual AWP (aka literary rumspringa for writers-who-should-know-better), I insist you come have a beer and celebrate some of Minnesota’s (and Am…

Come hang out with me if your at AWP this week… and behold this incredible lineup of Minnesota writers. (And if you show me proof of donation @literaryhub.bsky.social will buy you a beer). lithub.com/dont-miss-th...

My March poetry column is live at Lit Hub just in time for the AWP bookfair.

I just love all the trans people in my life and want them to be safe and happy!!!!!

I have a thread where I am compiling resources and instructions for both tabs people in Kansas and people who want to help

I’d love a boost 💕

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Kansas Sends Letters To Trans People Demanding The Immediate Surrender Of Drivers Licenses "The legislature did not include a grace period."

It seems all Kansas-issued trans drivers' licenses are invalid, effective tomorrow

It is now illegal for trans people to drive a car until they surrender their license at a DMV (that most will need to drive to) and have it reissued with the wrong gender marker

This was never about woman's sports

If you’re a @literaryhub.bsky.social member, I wrote a little about the etymology of “wuthering” for the member newsletter — you gotta subscribe to see it…

if you are not a Lit Hub member you can become one at lithub.memberful.com/join; it would mean a lot to me (and the website write large) if you did

Of course it was Brady Tkachuk who put the medal around his neck.

Somehow this makes the loss even worse.

Ugh

cool, cool. so we are sort of like citizens, but not really?

Just a quick update from the Twin Cities. (Please forgive the unsolicited message). THINGS ARE NOT BETTER IN MINNEAPOLIS. The media is mostly moving on, Trump is focused on other stuff, BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED ON THE GROUND. More than 2,000 DHS thugs continue to roam the streets, abducting people 24/7, assaulting legal observers with impunity, and routinely denying 1st, 4th, and 5th amendment rights. Drones and helicopters are overhead every day. Hundreds and hundreds of terrified families have not left their homes since mid-December ... relying on the community to bring them food and help with rent and other necessities. (Those people are NOT violent drug cartel sex offending murderers, as DHS would tell you. Most are legal residents or citizens.) If anything, things have just become more stressful and intractable (think trench warfare as a suitable metaphor): The resistance is better organized and numerous, but DHS has become more clever and better at disguise... and the county sheriff's office is increasingly supporting them . Do not let anyone tell you that Homans (the new person in charge of the occupation) is making anything better. Do not let anyone tell you that 700 ICE agents leaving the city has made much of a difference; the remaining force (again, ~2,000) is still larger than the entire city's police force (which is legally unable to do anything). Please call your congressional reps ... especially if there is any chance the administration might listen to them.

A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:

whoever figures out a way to bundle independent journalism subscriptions will be a hero

i know that this is an unpopular take, but everyone starting their own newsletter as a revenue stream is not a sustainable model for writing and reporting or for people who love and want to pay for media.

happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.

What does it mean that the world’s biggest live-streamer is broadcasting himself reading? It’s a dizzying, humbling, ages-you-a-year-in-a-minute experience to come across the name of a public figure you don’t recognize, and then discover that the name belongs to one of the most popular …

We should be reading to each other more (@literaryhub.bsky.social)

A Day for Gaza Today, The Nation is turning over its website exclusively to stories from Gaza and its people. This is why.

Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza.

We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...

House Democrats must vote ‘no’ on DHS funding tomorrow. Our country is in the middle of a five alarm fire, and we must act like it.

While ICE agents are killing Americans in the street and using five year old children as bait, we should not give that agency another dime.

Letter From Mni Sóta Makóče: “No One is Illegal on Stolen Land” This is a place where some creatures, when gassed and shoved, bloom with butterflies and song, where jelly dongs rain down upon our enemies and where a censored snow sculpture melts and resolves in…

And this, from Heid E. Erdrich on what it means to fight for your home: lithub.com/letter-from-...

Letter From Minnesota: “A Prayer Must Be More Than Asking” I would like to speak here briefly about car bombs, because I have seen one once, and I never want to see one again. A car, when detonated, becomes a scorched knot of metal, jagged with the last of…

Two powerful new Letters From Minnesota today. This, from Kawai Strong Washburn on showing up even when things seem dark: lithub.com/letter-from-...

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venmo: @renthelpmpls

if you feel like passing around a link today and helping fundraise for rent that will actually get paid today (and in the next few days for families who have a grace period) you can send here.

we will be going hard all day. i won’t be posting about it because I don’t want to flood your feeds.

This is such a helpful piece on how general strikes work and what it takes to create one!

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Kim Kelly on the Difference Between a General Strike and a National Shutdown (And Why It Matters) On January 23, thousands of people across the state of Minnesota took part in a massive day of action to protest ICE’s violent occupation of their home. Despite subzero temperatures, the day saw be…

“It is a time for action, and what matters most is that that action, whatever what we call it, is effective.”

Important from @kimkelly.bsky.social this morning.

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Aw man, SCTV and Catherine O’Hara meant the world to me as a kid growing up in the ass-end of Southern Ontario. This sucks.

I’m glad to hear it. You’ve all written such important work, I’m grateful and honored.

Lit Hub will be honoring the National Shutdown tomorrow. In honor of all those brave Minnesotans who marched in sub-zero temperatures last Friday, and who have since made national calls for solidarity as they face down the authoritarian violence of ICE a…

We’ll be honoring the National Shutdown tomorrow @literaryhub.bsky.social and the homepage will be dedicated to coverage of Minnesota, American fascism, and the importance of solidarity (all of it published and scheduled no later than 11:59pm EST today!)
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Letter From Minnesota: “There’s Some Good in This World…” I bought my tickets for the theatrical re-release of The Lord of the Rings movies last year. This was before I knew that life on the weekends would be: clean your house, feed your cat, scoop litter…

And Bao Phi and the goodness at the heart of Eat Street: lithub.com/letter-from-...