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Page Hill Starzinger @pagestar.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social for introducing “My Body Knows Its Limits” today on The Slowdown. “One of the things I’m wary about when it comes to ‘AI’ specifically, is [a] . . . lack of embodiment. What is a brain without a body?” @slowdownshow.org

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Sixth Finch @sixthfinch.bsky.social · Apr 17

Our spring issue is live: sixthfinch.com
Featuring @meganalpert.bsky.social @mikhailbazharov.bsky.social @timothyliupoet.bsky.social @thatjanemorton.bsky.social @katnuernberger.bsky.social @lisaallenortiz.bsky.social @dustinkpearson.bsky.social @dia-roth.bsky.social @pagestar.bsky.social and more

Sixth Finch

Sixth Finch: a quarterly online journal of poetry and art. The current issue features poems by Megan Alpert, Michael Bazzett, Matt Daly, Chris Haven, Rebecca Hawkes, David Dodd Lee, Timothy Liu, Malia...

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nhilbourn.bsky.social @nhilbourn.bsky.social · Jul 23

MEDITATIVE WEEK OF POETRY: PAGE HILL STARZINGER
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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · MEDITATIVE WEEK OF POETRY: PAGE HILL STARZINGER · I look up the stars, hard and glittering as if chipped from a giant's horrible, glimmering throne. No moon, not for nights,…

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · Jul 25

The Paramount-Skydance merger is corruption in plain sight.

These corporations paid $36 million to Trump in bribes.

Then they had CBS cancel Stephen Colbert’s show for criticizing Trump.

The Trump regime is a criminal enterprise, and billionaires are buying into it.

Boycott Paramount & Skydance.

FCC approves Paramount's $8 billion deal with Skydance, capping months of turmoil

The stamp of approval from the Federal Communications Commission comes after months of turmoil revolving around President Donald Trump’s legal battle with “60 Minutes,” the crown jewel of Paramount-ow...

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · Jun 10

This is what it looks like without a United States Congress.

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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · Jun 10

“If you saw all this in any other country — soldiers sent to crush dissent, union leaders arrested, opposition politicians threatened — it would be clear that autocracy had arrived. The question, now, is whether Americans who hate tyranny can be roused to respond.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/o...

Opinion | This Is What Autocracy Looks Like

www.nytimes.com

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · Jun 10

So many emptying or dying towns across so many countries determined to keep out migrants. It was great to see one mayor at least try something different and succeed, even if his country turned on him. Maybe someday Lucano's leadership in Riace will be recognized. www.bbc.com/news/in-pict...

Riace: The Italian village abandoned by locals, adopted by migrants

Once heading for the status of ghost town, Riace is now growing as migrants have moved into abandoned homes.

www.bbc.com

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Ripperoni @ripperoni.com · Jun 10

Something worth noting is how the press is leaning into the framing that what’s happening in LA is a both sides issue or that they are riots. Even when the LAPD is saying it’s under control, suddenly for the first time in their lives the press is willing to ignore them

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Dennis Detwiller @drgonzo123.bsky.social · Jun 10

Just to be clear: the President has mobilized the Marines on American soil because people are protesting masked, secret police kidnapping people with no due process and shipping them to foreign death camps.

It’s not a misunderstanding or an oversight.

That is all it is.

There is no other side.

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WTFGOP a.k.a on Twitter @Doggintrump @wtfgop.bsky.social · Jun 10

There are now more U.S. troops deployed to Los Angeles than in Iraq & Syria. There are 4,800 activated Guard and Marine personnel in LA, compared to the 2,500 troops in Iraq and 1,500 in Syria.--ABC News

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Matti has a Boo-ty 👻 @mrbtx.bsky.social · Jun 10

ngl this map of scheduled protests for this weekend is *wild*

map of the united states black with dots of protests in places both big and small

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Vince D. Monroy @vincedmonroy.bsky.social · Jun 10

HAPPENING NOW: Aerial coverage of a crowd of protesters peacefully demonstrating in Downtown L.A to protest ongoing ICE raid operations, Trump’s federalization of the National Guard, and the mobilization of 700+ Marines to the area

📍Los Angeles, CA

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Jorie Graham @joriegraham.bsky.social · Jun 11

Re-posting this for the prose. 🙏🔥

MeidasDeb @meidasdeb.bsky.social · Jun 10

I live in Los Angeles and let me put what's going on in context. Downtown Los Angeles is less than 5 square miles and the City of Los Angeles is 502 square miles. So the orange shit stain is spending all our money on his "flex" What an absolute waste of human tissue he is

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Puck Arks @puckarks.bsky.social · Jun 10

BREAKING: Massive Anti ICE crowd in Chicago marches to demand an end to mass deportations and show solidarity with LA

“Nobody is illegal — all power to the people!”

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ACLU @aclu.org · Jun 10

BREAKING: We're asking a court to stop the Trump administration's fast-track deportation policy.

ICE should not be able to arrest people at their immigration appointments and deport them without any due process.

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · Jun 10

Protestor shot in the head by the LAPD today and they wouldn't call an ambulance.

Notice how few protestors there are.

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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · Jun 10

Stephen Miller ordered ICE to ramp up arrests—focusing not on violent criminals, but anyone they could grab. Home Depot raids, protests, and military escalation followed. This isn’t law and order. It’s chaos by design. Dangerous, deliberate, and disgraceful.
www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...

Stephen Miller’s Order Likely Sparked Immigration Arrests And Protests

Orders to federal agents to increase the arrests of people without criminal convictions likely sparked immigration arrests and protests.

www.forbes.com

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Nick Andert @nickandert.bsky.social · Jun 10

This might be the most batshit insane one I've seen yet. LAPD point-blank shoots a woman trying to walk home, no one else around.

LAPD Officer Shoots Lone Unarmed Woman Trying to Get Home

www.reddit.com

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Jorie Graham @joriegraham.bsky.social · Jan 23

This⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

+972 Magazine @972mag.com · Jan 23

Leaked documents expose deep ties between Israeli army and Microsoft - https://www.972mag.com/microsoft-azure-openai-israeli-army-cloud/

Leaked documents expose deep ties between Israeli army and Microsoft

Since Oct. 7, the Israeli military has relied heavily on cloud and AI services from Microsoft and its partner OpenAI, while the tech giant’s staff embed with different units to support rollout, a joint investigation reveals.

www.972mag.com

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+972 Magazine @972mag.com · Jan 21

In the West Bank, Palestinian unemployment is now Israeli policy - https://www.972mag.com/west-bank-unemployment-permits-israel/

In the West Bank, Palestinian unemployment is now Israeli policy

After October 7, Israel revoked the work permits of more than 150,000 Palestinians. On top of spiraling settler attacks, my village faces financial ruin.

www.972mag.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Jan 21

Just saying.

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Emily Galvin-Almanza @galvinalmanza.bsky.social · Jan 22

Amazing strategy to silence all public health communications riiiiiiiiigggghhhhhhtt when we might have some bird flu to talk about

Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · Jan 22

New: Trump officials have paused all external communications at health agencies like CDC, FDA, NIH.

No health alerts and the famed MMWRs; no updates to key websites or social media posts.

And no indication how long the pause will last.

With @rachelroubein.bsky.social + Lena Sun.

Trump officials pause health agencies’ communications, citing review

The agencies are charged with making decisions that touch the lives of every American and are the source of crucial information to health-care providers.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · Jan 22

"Basically, the early, default configuration of a human foetus is female. If we were to assign a sex at conception as per Trump's executive order, all of them would be female."

Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · Jan 22

hey gals
mashable.com/article/trum...

Did Trump's executive order just make everyone in the U.S. female?

All Americans are now AFBT (assigned female by Trump).

mashable.com

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Mark Simpson-Vos @simpsonvos.bsky.social · Jan 22

Just learned that my legally cast ballot in North Carolina is among the 60,000 challenged by Jefferson Griffin in the NC Supreme Court race. I’ve been registered at my current address for multiple election cycles, confirmed my registration as valid before Election Day, and showed ID.

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Jorie Graham @joriegraham.bsky.social · Jan 22

We know all this already, but there’s a thread on X with what perports to be this letter from an X employee ( presumably now no longer employed there)…. I have no way to verify this. It’s just bracing if it’s authentic—even if we know we know this.

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