in honor of the protesting students at Columbia who have been manhandled by the NYPD, here is a Sharon Olds poem I love about being pregnant while protesting at Columbia and being manhandled by the NYPD in 1968
poetrynook.com/poem/may-1968

Relevant for both the xword and ling crowds: Dennett made his own Schrodinger puzzle in his 'Quine in My Life' to illustrate (beautifully) the impossibility of radical translation. He said he only later became aware of the BOB DOLE/CLINTON one. He called his a Quinian crossword.

THE ARE ARRESTING LEGAL OBSERVERS. This is a new level of repression even for the NYPD.

Beautiful!!!! i never think too fondly of being a columbia alum; it was a short masters, framed by conservative assumptions. but the association i want are with /these/ wonderful, solidaristic students and comrades.

columbia students have literally been sprayed with chemical weapons, arrested, charged, evicted, suspended, and threatened with almost every other kind of discipline and retaliation by a highly punitive/hostile institution....this escalation is so brave!

People love to clown on encampments and autonomous zones but they aren’t going away until we learn what they have to tell us

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None of the jeopardy contestants knew who Jerome Powell was. I’ll just leave this here without comment.

I shudder to think where we'd be today if not for the widely derided protest movement that has apparently succeeded in making the prospect of wider war unpalatable to many top Dems

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This is potentially catastrophic so I do not want to undersell the horror of what could unfold esp if the US gets involved but: it needs to be said Iran offered de-escalation after Israel’s unprovoked attack if Israel would cease its slaughter in Gaza. Israel chose war.

i have an extremely poemish poem in the latest issue of Witness Magazine, celebrating a great late night burger spot of my childhood

i have eaten / the ░P░ U░S░S░ Y / that was ░I░ N░B░I░O ░ / and which / you were probably / saving / for breakfast

A blog post: 'The Sexy History of Banking.'
Really an effort to get you to read Stefan Eich and Christine Desan's work (she seems not to be on this site but has a blog post LPE Blog). Thx to the ever-excellent Martijn Konings + Amin Samman for invitation michellechihara.com/post/the-sexy-…

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I took a buyout at the LA Times a few weeks ago.

It was a wild five-year ride, and I'm going to miss working with the LAT's incredible journalists (and the L.A. Times Guild 🦅 crew ✊)

I've got some projects in the works, but freelance assignments and job leads appreciated!

getting everyone in prospect park to shout “i’m blockin’ here!!!!”

earthquake today, path of totality monday, nature having an extremely metal weekend