Luke Chavez
@evenseams.bsky.social
Gay Xennial creative in the PNW.
Poetry, art, cooking, dogs, gardening, books, nature, progressive politics, sewing, and Oxford commas.
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Poetry, art, cooking, dogs, gardening, books, nature, progressive politics, sewing, and Oxford commas.
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The Monarch #butterfly embarks on one of nature's most incredible journeys, migrating up to 3,000 miles from #Canada to central #Mexico. These tiny travelers, with wings of vibrant orange, navigate the vast distances using the sun and Earth’s magnetic fields, defying the odds
April 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Monarch #butterfly embarks on one of nature's most incredible journeys, migrating up to 3,000 miles from #Canada to central #Mexico. These tiny travelers, with wings of vibrant orange, navigate the vast distances using the sun and Earth’s magnetic fields, defying the odds
Thank you, @corybooker.com 🇺🇸
I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
April 2, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Thank you, @corybooker.com 🇺🇸
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The American Civil Liberties Union and Democracy Forward sued the Trump administration over its use of the wartime law to quickly deport people, which they say violates due process.
Trump asks Supreme Court to allow deportations under Alien Enemies Act
The American Civil Liberties Union and Democracy Forward sued the Trump administration over its use of the wartime law to quickly deport people, which they say violates due process.
www.npr.org
March 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The American Civil Liberties Union and Democracy Forward sued the Trump administration over its use of the wartime law to quickly deport people, which they say violates due process.
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A Turkish student living and studying lawfully in the U.S. was arrested by federal immigration officers. A lawyer explained to NPR some of the basic rights people have in such a situation.
What basic rights do people have if ICE stops them? A lawyer explains
A Turkish student living and studying lawfully in the U.S. was arrested by federal immigration officers. An lawyer explained to NPR some of the basic rights people have in such a situation.
www.npr.org
March 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM
A Turkish student living and studying lawfully in the U.S. was arrested by federal immigration officers. A lawyer explained to NPR some of the basic rights people have in such a situation.
The alarm bells are getting louder.
“You’ve got to just band together and say an attack on one university is an attack on all universities.
And maybe you lose that fight, but you’re certainly going to lose this one if you give up before you fight."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
And maybe you lose that fight, but you’re certainly going to lose this one if you give up before you fight."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Yale professor who studies fascism fleeing US to work in Canada
Jason Stanley, who says grandmother fled Berlin with his father in 1939, says US may become ‘fascist dictatorship’
www.theguardian.com
March 28, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The alarm bells are getting louder.
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Unsolicited writing advice, no.111: There are two kinds of writer; the one who throws their whole energy and personality into BEING a writer, and the one who puts energy into WRITING. Both are a kind of performance. Only one produces results.
March 28, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Unsolicited writing advice, no.111: There are two kinds of writer; the one who throws their whole energy and personality into BEING a writer, and the one who puts energy into WRITING. Both are a kind of performance. Only one produces results.
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Dear autocorrect: I am always writing hell I am never writing he’ll l—thank you
March 24, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Dear autocorrect: I am always writing hell I am never writing he’ll l—thank you
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They're going to kill Sesame Street. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/b...
‘Sesame Street’ Faces Uncertain Future Amid Funding Cuts and Layoffs
Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind “Sesame Street,” is confronting what executives have described as a “perfect storm” of problems.
www.nytimes.com
March 23, 2025 at 1:04 PM
They're going to kill Sesame Street. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/b...
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I think if someone invented the sestina today they would be murdered
March 22, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I think if someone invented the sestina today they would be murdered
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They want to keep it quiet, so you know what to do.
Trump: Gutting National Parks—And Hiding the Evidence
National parks hit 331M visits, but Trump officials don’t want you to know. A leaked memo bans the Park Service from promoting the numbers—while firing rangers, closing visitor centers, and cutting safety.
This won’t go well—we love our parks.
National parks hit 331M visits, but Trump officials don’t want you to know. A leaked memo bans the Park Service from promoting the numbers—while firing rangers, closing visitor centers, and cutting safety.
This won’t go well—we love our parks.
March 9, 2025 at 12:21 AM
They want to keep it quiet, so you know what to do.
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Time-honored activist tradition of having your talking points ready for when the cameras approach as you get arrested. Thanks Frankie!
March 9, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Time-honored activist tradition of having your talking points ready for when the cameras approach as you get arrested. Thanks Frankie!
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Their silencing must be our speaking. Words to encourage in our homes, institutions, and neighborhoods.
Source: NYT
Source: NYT
March 9, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Their silencing must be our speaking. Words to encourage in our homes, institutions, and neighborhoods.
Source: NYT
Source: NYT
I am getting physically I’ll watching the GOP gleefully applauding this orange sack of lies, racism, transphobia, and dangerous nationalism.
March 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I am getting physically I’ll watching the GOP gleefully applauding this orange sack of lies, racism, transphobia, and dangerous nationalism.
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Check out this beautiful poem in Rust & Moth by @writtenbyallison.bsky.social
New #poetry from Allison Mei-Li: "The world has not been cruel to him yet".
The world has not been cruel to him yet | Rust & Moth
so he brings leaves to construction workers at the park, holds them out like treasures anyone would be glad to take. The world has not been cruel to him yet, so he lifts his blue-beaded wrist up to everyone...
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February 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Check out this beautiful poem in Rust & Moth by @writtenbyallison.bsky.social
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I think of the importance for the poet of finding a place in which to cultivate reverie, a state which I link to revelations.
Bianca Stone
Bianca Stone
This Be the Place: I Shall Gaze
Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.
www.poetryfoundation.org
February 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I think of the importance for the poet of finding a place in which to cultivate reverie, a state which I link to revelations.
Bianca Stone
Bianca Stone
The horror show continues.
Trump says US will ‘take over’ Gaza Strip in shock announcement during Netanyahu visit
Trump says US will ‘take over’ Gaza Strip in shock announcement during Netanyahu visit
President’s plan, which is low on detail, would involve the permanent resettlement of Palestinians from Gaza to neighbouring countries
* Trump announce plan to take over Gaza - live updates
Donald Trump has vowed that US would “take over” war…
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2025 at 5:40 AM
The horror show continues.
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From 2018: For children raised in the 70s natural-foods movement, the pinnacle of dietary suffering, worse even than sprout sandwiches, was carob—the chocolate substitute that never could.
How Carob Traumatized a Generation
For children raised in the seventies natural-foods movement, the pinnacle of dietary suffering, worse even than sprout sandwiches, was the chocolate substitute that never could.
www.newyorker.com
February 4, 2025 at 2:28 AM
From 2018: For children raised in the 70s natural-foods movement, the pinnacle of dietary suffering, worse even than sprout sandwiches, was carob—the chocolate substitute that never could.
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The cruelty is what they enjoy—it’s the point—it’s the nature of this coup. Cruelty.Hatred of all but the white & the few…Not a trace of empathy,& no instinct towards,no human grasp of, justice.It’s monstrous.It will not last.They will overreach.We will wake up.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Charities reeling from USAid freeze warn of ‘life or death’ effects
Abrupt order has done ‘serious damage’, say experts, with supply chains halted, HIV clinics struggling to source drugs and refugee camps facing loss of vital services
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The cruelty is what they enjoy—it’s the point—it’s the nature of this coup. Cruelty.Hatred of all but the white & the few…Not a trace of empathy,& no instinct towards,no human grasp of, justice.It’s monstrous.It will not last.They will overreach.We will wake up.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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As a result of the new administration's actions, health centers funded by PEPFAR, the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, are closing their doors and no longer dispersing medication.
Trump's 'stop-work' order for PEPFAR cuts off anti-HIV drugs for patients
As a result of the new administration's actions, health centers funded by PEPFAR, the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, are closing their doors and no longer dispersing medication.
www.npr.org
January 28, 2025 at 11:51 PM
As a result of the new administration's actions, health centers funded by PEPFAR, the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, are closing their doors and no longer dispersing medication.