“This really isn’t a good time for a … song.”
Awfully cheerful for a Monday morning in our dystopia, but it’s what my Are You Listening playlist wanted me to hear.
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Imagine (a found poem)
Five-year-old Liam and his father Detained, released, home A blue bunny hat A Spider-Man backpack Quotas traumatizing children Ten-year-old Elizabeth with her mother Detained, in custody No pictures Imagine it ICE needs to leave Two hearts Other students Held at the same facility Source: “5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and father return to Minnesota from ICE
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“What do you believe?”
The grasses sighed wearily and retreated back into the snow. “They’re not dead,” I said. “Not completely, not around you.” “They are not dead.” Karin sounded as tired as the grasses had. “But they are dying. Tell me, Liza, do you believe that spring will come?” Why ask me? I was no plant mage. “The
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Are You Listening?
I have a playlist, “Are You Listening?” that I’ve come to think of as a sort of musical oracle deck–I’ll often put it on shuffle in the morning to see what thoughts it has to offer me for the day. Anyway, my first “Are You Listening” draw for 2026 was The Chicks’ “Not Ready to
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Rosh Hashanah / Arguing with the New Year
Me: It’s you. New Year: Hi, I’m new! Have we met? Me: Yeah, you always say that. But we met right here last year. I remember. NY: That must have been my brother. Everyone says we look alike. Me: No one invited you. Either of you. NY: What’d you expect, an RSVP? You know it
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Overwhelmed by national news? Try independent local news.
When I begin to despair or feel overwhelmed by national news, one of the most helpful responses I know is to turn my focus back to my local community and local politics—not just because local events have a more immediate impact on me, but also because I can have a more immediate impact on local
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These Fragments I Have Shored Against Our Ruins
Some things I’ve been holding to in recent days: “Side with the child over the gun every single time, no matter whose gun and no matter whose child.” —Naomi Klein, Side With the Child Over the Gun, “We can refuse to root for the safety and lives and rights of human beings like they are
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Stepping forward. Stepping back. Stepping forward once more.
Honestly, I’m not sure I’m ready for a new year. There’s so much that feels unresolved from the old year, and the years before it, as well. It’s already been one heck of a decade, and I find myself moving forward with as much trepidation as hope. But, well, time doesn’t care about that sort
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I fed the opening of Pride and Prejudice to fourteen AI content generators. Here’s what happened.
So there I was, scrolling through social media, when an ad popped up on my feed. “Write blog posts 10X faster with robots!” it said. O-kay, I thought. Sure. What could possibly go wrong? A bit of googling later, I’d fallen down the rabbit hole of AI content generation—sites that promise to take the pesky
Autumn sneaks in in the desert
Autumn sneaks in in the desert. Not with changing leaves, but with the shifting angle of the sun. With a hint of coolness in the mornings and evenings, while the days continue to burn. Autumn sneaks in in the desert. So too, Rosh Hashanah, the new year, sneaks up on me, and Yom Kippur, the
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