"...another way was, and remains, possible."

Moo deng is never dry or calm😭

TIL my spouse thinks fruit flies grow up to become house flies. This man has a PhD, y'all.

There are 2 types of people during a boil-water advisory: 1) do I have to boil water to wash my hands 2) are the splash pads open

"We at Writers' Trust of Canada did not ask for Ms. Molope to be removed" ?????????????? 1) an organizer was seen leading security to the stage 2) an organizer was seen speaking to security as they hurried @kagisokeo out 3) I confirmed one of the main hecklers WAS AN ORGANIZER

Save-the-date for a poetry reading in #Toronto 📅 When: Wednesday April 10, 2024 at 7 p.m. 🏢 Where: Another Story Bookshop (315 Roncesvalles Ave, Toronto) 📚 Who: Canisia Lubrin, Christine Wu and Darby Minott Bradford

Answering your phone on speaker in public is wild

Correction: they were organized by sex, not gender (thanks @courtums for pointing this out) which honestly is even more bizarre/completely useless

So then after we traumatized several muppets, the president weighed in

I just walked by a gift shop where the books are organized by gender of author and I have Feelings

BREAKING: Israel just killed two Lebanese journalists right after they completed their live broadcast from South Lebanon: Farah Omar, Al-Mayadeen correspondent, and cameraman Rabih Me’mari. Israel is deliberately targeting journalists in Gaza and Lebanon. This is a war on those

"sometimes all artists have left is to refuse. So I refuse. I won’t write about poetry amidst the ‘reasonable’ tones of those who aim to acclimatize us to this unreasonable suffering. No more ghoulish euphemisms. No more sanitized hell-words. No more warmongering lies."

Next week!

The ten dumbest things we're being asked to believe about Gaza: 1. That Israel had no idea what Hamas was up to prior to October 7, but ever since October 7 has known about every hospital, mosque, school, refugee camp and water tower that Hamas is hiding in. 2. That the blame

What a disappointment, @PoetryFound. Have you forgotten that poetry is, by nature, political? I've cancelled my magazine subscription.

To everyone who is sending us emails asking to sign in support of Adania Shibli and Minor Detail, we are grateful for every single one of you. https://t.co/Y7ATiuY8Bo

BREAKING: Israel is heavily bombing South Lebanon right now, dropping white phosphorus bombs on residential homes. This is the 10th day in a row that Israel drops white phosphorus on civilian areas in Gaza and Lebanon. And not a peep from the “free and civilized” Western world.

My partner's idea of storm prep is to buy one (1) package of deli meat

Or, if you want a more basic stance, my spouse (a teacher) just said: "If students actually took anything I said to heart they would learn to wear deodorant."

This thread by @ArdathJean articulates so well what is happening and why the hate march is both problematic & devastating