Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 3m

Who are these women?

Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 2h

Why? Because they're corrupt, lying sacks of shit.

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 2h

The Ohio GOP has yet to share a congressional map with the public as the 2nd deadline approaches. Why? They say they want to hear from citizens first. But Dems say they are purposely going slow to skirt guidelines ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/15/w...

Why Ohio GOP hasn't produced a congressional redistricting map yet • Ohio Capital Journal

The Ohio GOP has yet to share a congressional map with the public as the 2nd deadline approaches. Why? They say they want to hear from citizens first. But Dems say they are purposely going slow to…

ohiocapitaljournal.com

1

Reposted by Darby Lyons

Susan L. Leary @susanlleary.bsky.social · 3h

Carl Phillips 💙

We Turn Here

If we don't have to bring honesty into this, why bring it, or that's at least what I
think the question was, though what I more
remember is how it kept breaking—
the question did—the way waves do,
touching shore (one, that I shall be punished,
two, that this is not yet the punishment), each wave eventually
indistinguishable from the wave before.

5 15

Reposted by Darby Lyons

Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 2h

Y’all won’t use plastic straws but you’re using GROK to plan your workouts??????????? Go dive off a street curb into a pool of trash bag juice.

Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 3h

Them: I used ChapGPT to find a dinner recipe.

Me: Oh, wow, so you like poisoning black neighborhoods so you can cook… *lowers reading glasses*…a roast chicken that’s still too dry. Wow.

6 76 470

Reposted by Darby Lyons

Tom Snarsky @tomsnarsky.bsky.social · 3h

Wendell Berry

Except

Now that you have gone
and I am alone and quiet,
my contentment would be
complete, if I did not wish
you were here so I could say,
“How good it is, Tanya,
to be alone and quiet.”

1 11 62

Reposted by Darby Lyons

Tolu Oloruntoba @toluini.bsky.social · 3h

The fine folks at carte blanche published my poem, “Broken Windows Theory” in their transformation issue. Sincere thanks to the editors carteblanchemagazine.com/issue-52/olo...

Broken Windows Theory — carte blanche magazine

Poetry by Tolu Oloruntoba From the entropic raft of my body I surmise the heat death of the universe.

carteblanchemagazine.com

2 5

Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 3h

Friends, several of you have asked me for something like this, but this is better than anything I could put together. It's really helpful, even if you've been here for a while but think you haven't "figured it out."

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 3h

Welcome, new Bluesky users! Please check out the thread below for tips on setting up your account, making your feed more interesting, finding old Twitter friends, search, privacy, stats, and more (and please ask questions if you have them)

(I'll have to rewrite & update the thread soon!)

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · Oct 17

🦋 WELCOME TO BLUESKY! I recommend exploring our custom feeds, which are a little like hashtags but more interesting. We have them for academic and professional subjects, sports, cities, hobbies (e.g., gardening, baking), and many more. Search them in the sidebar under Feeds. 🧵

1 3

Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 3h

If David thinks it's all liberals in blue cities, he hasn't looked at a map of where the protests are in Ohio. They're in some VERY red towns. But I wouldn't expect David to know or care anything about Ohio.

Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 6h

I read the piece. You shouldn't. He dismisses the "No Kings" protests as liberals in blue cities. He invokes Rosa Parks, as if rural white people in the 60s loved everything that the movement then was doing. "We need a movement but not this one" is a core centrist tact these days.

Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 6h

Is this a joke. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

1

Reposted by Darby Lyons

Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 6h

This isn't a campaign.
No need to debate

--in other words
no need to bloviate.

Why not just do their jobs
and negotiate?

__*A poem for our times__

NOTUS @notus.com · 7h

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Speaker Mike Johnson have agreed to participate in a televised debate as the government shutdown enters its third week.
www.notus.org/congress/hak...

Jeffries and Johnson Agree to Debate on C-SPAN as Shutdown Drags on

The event is slated to air on the network’s new show “Ceasefire” at a yet-to-be-announced date.

www.notus.org

1 6

Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 6h

Interesting. Good thing his dad's not running for anything.

11

Reposted by Darby Lyons

David Atkinson @davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.social · 8h

A masterclass of a 'what if poem'. A succession of remarkable and unique images coupled with a deep sense of grief / loss / consequence

#poetry
#poemoftheday

6 44

Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 8h

"Often sad for the birth mothers..."??? JFC. How ghoulish.

1 40

Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 8h

I'm no expert, but...
I feel like a headline in the NYT is not covert.

Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 8h

“The new authority would allow the C.I.A. to carry out lethal operations in Venezuela… The agency would be able to take covert action against Mr. Maduro or his government either unilaterally or in conjunction with a larger military operation.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela

www.nytimes.com

1

Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 9h

Chills.

Lisa Thornton @thorntonforreal.bsky.social · 10h

www.cincinnatireview.com/micros/micro...

miCRo: "The Man Under the Blanket" by Lisa Thornton - The Cincinnati Review

A story that examines the nature of belonging to a family, with an undercurrent of imagined violence.

www.cincinnatireview.com

1

Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 14h

Today's Daily Poem from The Paris Review

Jane Hirshfield

Autumn

Again the wind
flakes gold-leaf from the trees
and the painting darkens—
as if a thousand penitents
kissed an icon
till it thinned
back to bare wood,
without diminishment.

From issue no. 109 (Winter 1988)

3

Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 15h

Poets, weigh in.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15h

is it shit show or shitshow?

1

Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 15h

"Break out the champagne
If we won't be seein' tomorrow
Let's get on with the shitshow*
Let's get on with the show"

*or shit show
youtu.be/0pZRp2HElNw?...

Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 15h

I came here to tag him, too

2

Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 15h

I'm glad this story about a shooting at Fountain Square provides context like this:

"Cincinnati has seen a 21.61% decrease in shootings compared to last year at this time, and a 33.69% decrease since 2022 at this same time"
www.wcpo.com/news/local-n...

Cincinnati officials announce changes to safety plan after Fountain Square shooting that injured 2

A Cincinnati police officer on scene said the shooting at Fountain Square was an exchange of gunfire between two people, one from inside the restaurant and the other outside.

www.wcpo.com

Reposted by Darby Lyons

Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · Aug 30

I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag.
-Molly Ivins

4 32 190

Reposted by Darby Lyons

Jane Zwart (she/her) @janezwart.bsky.social · 1d

It broke my heart to write this poem, and I would give it back if I could reverse my brother's death or my mom's diagnosis. But it doesn't work like that. So I'm trying to open my hands to the joy of having a poem in @thenation.com. Thank you, Kaveh Akbar, et al.
www.thenation.com/article/cult...

What We Talk About When We Talk About Cancer

www.thenation.com

13 23 72

Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 1d

Hahaha!!! What a freak.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

2

Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 1d

Wait, are you telling me they weren't just discussing small government and lower taxes?

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

1

Reposted by Darby Lyons

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 1d

Turns out "Democracy Dies in Darkness" was a statement of intent.

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 2d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

2 15 95

Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 1d

There are few sounds as maddening as a leaf blower.

1 1