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dogs are the only ones who follow me now

@hipearlrose thank you so much, pearl! i'm glad you were there.

@kefirslipper it was!!! sorry I was shy, your poems and reading were awesome you crushed 🌸🌸

let’s be very clear about what’s going on in this cover because I think it so aptly captures the incredibly subtle and strategic reactionary politics of the @NewYorker ⬇️

ultimately, it’s impossible to live without hurting people/getting hurt. all we can do is try to hurt people as little as possible and repair the hurt we will inevitably cause. insulating urself in a bubble of self care will not save you. ur failures, friendships, and love will!

Judith Love Cohen was an American aerospace engineer who helped create the Abort-Guidance System that rescued the Apollo 13 astronauts. When she went into labor, she went to work. She took a printout of a problem she was working on to the hospital. She called her boss and said she finished the problem and gave birth to Jack Black

@littlecatnose yike

said to myself "i wouldn't say it's a thirst trap. i wouldn't know how to lay such a thing." :-(

There's no need to conflate the historical project of the United States with humanity. It's fine to lose faith in America, many people in the world do not have any.

@DropletScenario yes <3

oppressors, colonizers, they always destroy libraries because they know a struggle for liberation is always also a struggle over memory—

in elementary school my friend's mom said "hi" to me while i was walking to my classroom. it was really echoey + loud in the hallway because everyone was bringing in bags of cans for "cash for cans." i was overwhelmed + didn't say hi. she complained + gossiped that i snubbed her.

Here is a thread of some local Baltimore/DMV area groups to consider supporting today and other days. For a while now, I've subscribed to give some cash every month to the Safety Fund, which goes directly to Baltimore Neighbors who need supplies like coats and foods. It's easy!

palestine will be free

The Near Future is very near! The second installment of our new poetry series curated by Greater Wax Moth Ears Austyn Wohlers is this Sunday at 7o’clock.

i became a small dog.

an inaccurate flop of a personality test is called a meyers briggs lemon

i want to be self-deprecating but it's a little too self-centered for me

i am simply conscientious

i love Fiona Apple.