Make Common
@makecommon.bsky.social
This account does not belong to a poet, education worker, or scholar. Who'd want to read Fugue & Strike (Black Ocean, 2023) & People Finder, Buffalo (Cloak, 2024) and etc? Garbage, labor obsessed.
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I had the pleasure of reading @isaacpickell.bsky.social new book of poetry,The Smallest Mistake We Call Human. Here's the blurb:
"Isaac Pickell's poems are an abundance of intimacy and strength. Mothers, relationships, identity: the fullness of a vibrant emotional life experienced through poetry."
"Isaac Pickell's poems are an abundance of intimacy and strength. Mothers, relationships, identity: the fullness of a vibrant emotional life experienced through poetry."
PRESALE TIME!!
The best time to order small press books is during presale, when there are author incentives and awards buzz begins.
So order one, or order ten for all your friends. I mean look at that cover — who wouldn't want this on a coffee table.
blacklawrencepress.com/books/the-sm...
The best time to order small press books is during presale, when there are author incentives and awards buzz begins.
So order one, or order ten for all your friends. I mean look at that cover — who wouldn't want this on a coffee table.
blacklawrencepress.com/books/the-sm...
February 13, 2026 at 7:07 PM
I had the pleasure of reading @isaacpickell.bsky.social new book of poetry,The Smallest Mistake We Call Human. Here's the blurb:
"Isaac Pickell's poems are an abundance of intimacy and strength. Mothers, relationships, identity: the fullness of a vibrant emotional life experienced through poetry."
"Isaac Pickell's poems are an abundance of intimacy and strength. Mothers, relationships, identity: the fullness of a vibrant emotional life experienced through poetry."
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PRESALE TIME!!
The best time to order small press books is during presale, when there are author incentives and awards buzz begins.
So order one, or order ten for all your friends. I mean look at that cover — who wouldn't want this on a coffee table.
blacklawrencepress.com/books/the-sm...
The best time to order small press books is during presale, when there are author incentives and awards buzz begins.
So order one, or order ten for all your friends. I mean look at that cover — who wouldn't want this on a coffee table.
blacklawrencepress.com/books/the-sm...
February 13, 2026 at 6:17 PM
PRESALE TIME!!
The best time to order small press books is during presale, when there are author incentives and awards buzz begins.
So order one, or order ten for all your friends. I mean look at that cover — who wouldn't want this on a coffee table.
blacklawrencepress.com/books/the-sm...
The best time to order small press books is during presale, when there are author incentives and awards buzz begins.
So order one, or order ten for all your friends. I mean look at that cover — who wouldn't want this on a coffee table.
blacklawrencepress.com/books/the-sm...
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#OtD 12 Feb 1968 the Memphis sanitation strike by Black workers began in protest against mistreatment, discrimination, dangerous working conditions, and the recent deaths of two workers. Held out until April and won. More about this strike wave here: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e99-...
February 12, 2026 at 10:10 PM
#OtD 12 Feb 1968 the Memphis sanitation strike by Black workers began in protest against mistreatment, discrimination, dangerous working conditions, and the recent deaths of two workers. Held out until April and won. More about this strike wave here: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e99-...
Mary Turfah: "Israel has bombed and detonated cemeteries in Gaza and Lebanon, taken bulldozers to graves. It resurfaces bodies in varying states of decomposition for their families to see. Israel uses the dead to attack the living." 1/2
February 13, 2026 at 3:18 AM
Mary Turfah: "Israel has bombed and detonated cemeteries in Gaza and Lebanon, taken bulldozers to graves. It resurfaces bodies in varying states of decomposition for their families to see. Israel uses the dead to attack the living." 1/2
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will the dogs that ate the dead bodies of the martyrs turn into humans?
February 12, 2026 at 8:16 AM
will the dogs that ate the dead bodies of the martyrs turn into humans?
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Fuck it, let's send Cuba aid ourselves.
Help establish the flotilla headed for Cuba and stock it full of supplies and much needed help!!
act.progressive.international/flotilla/
Help establish the flotilla headed for Cuba and stock it full of supplies and much needed help!!
act.progressive.international/flotilla/
Nuestra América Flotilla
We are sailing to Cuba, bringing critical humanitarian aid for its people.
act.progressive.international
February 12, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Fuck it, let's send Cuba aid ourselves.
Help establish the flotilla headed for Cuba and stock it full of supplies and much needed help!!
act.progressive.international/flotilla/
Help establish the flotilla headed for Cuba and stock it full of supplies and much needed help!!
act.progressive.international/flotilla/
The gremlin accelerationist in me does kind of want a billion machine-pooped journal articles published by AI edited journals feeding back into the machine in an escalating hyperinflationary loop of scholarly commodity production that explodes into--
nah. fuck this.
nah. fuck this.
Nothing to see here other than a university telling its research community that AI can appropriately be used to "generate first drafts."
unbcloud.sharepoint.com/sites/AI-at-...
unbcloud.sharepoint.com/sites/AI-at-...
February 12, 2026 at 6:09 PM
The gremlin accelerationist in me does kind of want a billion machine-pooped journal articles published by AI edited journals feeding back into the machine in an escalating hyperinflationary loop of scholarly commodity production that explodes into--
nah. fuck this.
nah. fuck this.
The dent in that car is attempted murder by ICE.
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 7:13 PM
The dent in that car is attempted murder by ICE.
AWP gonna AWP. Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiit...
February 11, 2026 at 7:13 PM
AWP gonna AWP. Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiit...
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"Palestinian witnesses have reported that some prisoners were alive at the time they were taken for organ extraction. In one batch of bodies, the organs removed were those commonly transplanted: heart, liver, lungs... Here, the surgeon acts as—is—a soldier."
I'm honestly speechless.
I'm honestly speechless.
![Examining the bodies returned to their people after the most recent so-called ceasefire, Palestinian doctors noted that, in some bodies “the rib cage and ribs were clipped with a sharp saw—a medical saw, a bone saw—and the sternum, along with the central part of the ribs, [were] lifted to allow for the removal of the heart and lungs without damage to the organ being taken.” Organ procurement, with few exceptions like skin and cornea, requires that the body be either alive—via brain death—or just-dead—via circulatory death. It is plausible that some Palestinian prisoners’ torture led to brain death. It is also possible their torturers felt no need to wait. Palestinian witnesses have reported that some prisoners were alive at the time they were taken for organ extraction. In one batch of bodies, the organs removed were those commonly transplanted: heart, liver, lungs. The transplant surgeon waits for a person to die; the soldier can’t. The settler surgeon wields his mastery over the body to serve the state. Here, the surgeon acts as—is—a soldier.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tgw3d4hvw3x5ijrxax7lg26u/bafkreiesvmsm3hrmrwxi7d7wvuaxc7u7oovqonpx2tdpxdnjhlgxh7lhni@jpeg)
February 11, 2026 at 5:45 PM
"Palestinian witnesses have reported that some prisoners were alive at the time they were taken for organ extraction. In one batch of bodies, the organs removed were those commonly transplanted: heart, liver, lungs... Here, the surgeon acts as—is—a soldier."
I'm honestly speechless.
I'm honestly speechless.
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“things are winding down in Minnesota”
Video of the ICE-kidnapping victim under a sheet. You will also hear the officer say he saw them moving. I am inclined to believe the person was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 6:20 PM
“things are winding down in Minnesota”
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We have received numerous credible reports of torture, killing, and inhumane treatment of detained individuals at the Camp East Montana migrant detention facility, located within Fort Bliss. #txlege
February 10, 2026 at 6:47 PM
We have received numerous credible reports of torture, killing, and inhumane treatment of detained individuals at the Camp East Montana migrant detention facility, located within Fort Bliss. #txlege
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“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.
www.aljazeera.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:29 PM
“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
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I was waiting to get a GFM link for Columbia Heights rent assistance to post as the non-amazon option but it didn't come fast enough and I recklessly posted anyway, so as usual if you won't use amazon visit standwithminnesota.com and please do something!
Stand With Minnesota
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
standwithminnesota.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:59 PM
I was waiting to get a GFM link for Columbia Heights rent assistance to post as the non-amazon option but it didn't come fast enough and I recklessly posted anyway, so as usual if you won't use amazon visit standwithminnesota.com and please do something!
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NEW: ICE has a plan to lease offices across the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:13 PM
NEW: ICE has a plan to lease offices across the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
Was at a F-ICE protest where reporter was getting frustrated that everyone's demand was to abolish ICE. she went out of her way to find the one guy who had a shitty reform position, literally telling him she was relieved to find someone saying something different.
February 10, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Was at a F-ICE protest where reporter was getting frustrated that everyone's demand was to abolish ICE. she went out of her way to find the one guy who had a shitty reform position, literally telling him she was relieved to find someone saying something different.
friends in Minneapolis saying ICE is targeting schools and daycares and that patrols are extremely frequent. coverage has moved on. ICE has not. one friend's daughter's class made a card for a classmate who has not been able to come to class for several weeks out of fear of being kidnapped by ICE.
February 10, 2026 at 1:12 PM
friends in Minneapolis saying ICE is targeting schools and daycares and that patrols are extremely frequent. coverage has moved on. ICE has not. one friend's daughter's class made a card for a classmate who has not been able to come to class for several weeks out of fear of being kidnapped by ICE.
Tell me, aged ones, about this Sooooo-per Booouwl.
February 9, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Tell me, aged ones, about this Sooooo-per Booouwl.
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Y'all, we did it. 💕 This crew of chaotic nerds has sent half a million whistles to people requesting them, for free. With your help!
Need whistles?
linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
Need whistles?
linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
February 8, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Y'all, we did it. 💕 This crew of chaotic nerds has sent half a million whistles to people requesting them, for free. With your help!
Need whistles?
linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
Need whistles?
linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
been trying to deepen my neighborhood connections, which I had really put off. a lot of snow shoveling. a lot of tiger balm. this winter is making it easy.
February 8, 2026 at 8:08 PM
been trying to deepen my neighborhood connections, which I had really put off. a lot of snow shoveling. a lot of tiger balm. this winter is making it easy.
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I agree that concentration camp is the correct term for sites that imprison immigrants. I also find it interesting that the term concentration camp fell into disuse during Biden’s presidency while the camps themselves remained…
February 7, 2026 at 3:40 PM
I agree that concentration camp is the correct term for sites that imprison immigrants. I also find it interesting that the term concentration camp fell into disuse during Biden’s presidency while the camps themselves remained…
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I’m on the scene at Franklin and 1st. A convoy of about a couple dozen ICE/HSI agents broke the entryway into an apartment building at 6am. No warrant presented. Less than 24 hours ago, Tom Homan announced the end of large convoys in Minnesota… Bullshit.
February 5, 2026 at 12:49 PM
I’m on the scene at Franklin and 1st. A convoy of about a couple dozen ICE/HSI agents broke the entryway into an apartment building at 6am. No warrant presented. Less than 24 hours ago, Tom Homan announced the end of large convoys in Minnesota… Bullshit.
alarming percent of students concussed is the future of the american academy
February 6, 2026 at 1:31 PM
alarming percent of students concussed is the future of the american academy
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NEW: since last year, a pair of "highly trained" feds have been involved in an array of incidents attacking crowds with chemical weapons.
We used public records and open source analysis to identify Edgar Vazquez and Michael Sveum, alongside some other members of their tactical team.
Read more:
We used public records and open source analysis to identify Edgar Vazquez and Michael Sveum, alongside some other members of their tactical team.
Read more:
Identified: the El Paso BORTAC crew rampaging through the Midwest
One violent duo in particular, U.S. Border Patrol agents Michael Sveum (EZ-2) and Edgar Vazquez (EZ-17), have been frequently seen alongside former commander-at-large Greg Bovino terrorizing crowds wi...
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February 4, 2026 at 9:24 PM
NEW: since last year, a pair of "highly trained" feds have been involved in an array of incidents attacking crowds with chemical weapons.
We used public records and open source analysis to identify Edgar Vazquez and Michael Sveum, alongside some other members of their tactical team.
Read more:
We used public records and open source analysis to identify Edgar Vazquez and Michael Sveum, alongside some other members of their tactical team.
Read more:
here's a poem I wrote about cops being turned into public transportation up at Amenia Free Review
feel free to imagine ICE, CPB, energy company private militia, etc
scroll yrself down
ameniafreereview.site/pages/Issue1...
feel free to imagine ICE, CPB, energy company private militia, etc
scroll yrself down
ameniafreereview.site/pages/Issue1...
Joe Hall, "Four Poems from Buffalo Free Rapid Transit"
ameniafreereview.site
February 4, 2026 at 6:32 PM
here's a poem I wrote about cops being turned into public transportation up at Amenia Free Review
feel free to imagine ICE, CPB, energy company private militia, etc
scroll yrself down
ameniafreereview.site/pages/Issue1...
feel free to imagine ICE, CPB, energy company private militia, etc
scroll yrself down
ameniafreereview.site/pages/Issue1...