Arlaina Tibensky

Is there a laGrange one? 😃

Poster with text "Western springs. Land of the Burlingtons" and an illustration of a man in cowboy hat on a floatie shaped like a horse, in a river with a rainbow in the background.

Designed in 1969 by Pat Dypold, the woman responsible for many of 7-Up’s “Uncola" ads, this poster was one of a series illustrating select cities in Chicago's western suburbs served by the Burlington Northern Line. Posters were sold to the commuting public for $1 each. NUTL Poster Collection.

It’s about protecting VOTING.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/o...

Oven clock, we meet again.

Wonderful offer from @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social Take advantage of this if you can!

Happy International Women's Day, Rosaleen (and everyone else)

(PS - love the specificity of the time frame here!)

Scene from Hungary tonight as crowds rally against the Russian-backed Orban regime.

‘Same Ingredients, Different Recipe’ in Proposed U.S. Book Ban House Resolution 7661, introduced on February 24, would withhold federal funds from public classrooms and school libraries alleged to have “sexually oriented material” on their shelves.

They're coming for our books again.

Introduced by far-right idiot Mary E. Miller and co-sponsored by 17 GOP congressmen, HR 7661 would use the hammer of federal funds to force schools nationwide to remove books the GOP doesn't like from library shelves.

#bookbanning #censorship

Carol's premium long sleeve black T-shirt with the moon and a silhouette of a woman and the title Serious Moonlight Sonatas

A mischievous but adorable scamp wearing a white shirt with an enormous plaid bowtie. It is I as a child.

DJ Carol of Serious Moonlight Sonatas smiling with grass in her hair on a lawn in summer.

I join Carol on Serious Moonlight Sonatas, 6-9 this morning on WFMU @wfmu.bsky.social. We'll be chatting & raising $$ for freeform radio. See here photographic proof that we're cute & therefore deserve many significant donations. Also you can get Carol's new T-shirt pictured here.

THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!

I get yelled at for saying this but for many hundreds of years people went to university not to get diplomas or be employable but because immersion in the humanities was considered foundational to a good life, and school must return to its original purpose: the joy of learning.

Even if you are 100% convinced that Democracy is already dead and our votes won't count...
PLEASE VOTE ANYWAY!
I'm begging everyone. There is a critical mass of voter turnout that will be too big to fix.
Please vote, no matter how bleak it seems.

A glimpse of Iran, through the eyes of its artists and journalists Understanding one of the world's oldest civilizations can't be achieved through a single film or book. But recent works of literature, journalism, music and film by Iranians are a powerful starting point.

Understanding one of the world's oldest civilizations can't be achieved through a single film or book. But recent works of literature, journalism, music and film by Iranians are a powerful starting point.

Issue 40 | New Flash Fiction Review Featuring new work by Nadia Born, Bethany Bruno, Sherry Duggal, Rachel Hollis, Tess Kelly, Rosaleen Lynch, Patience Mackarness, Mandira Pattnaik, Tarmo Rajasaari, and Rob Walton.

It's here 🎉 Welcome to Issue 40, with brilliant stories from:

@nadiaborn.com, Bethany Bruno, Sherry Duggal,
@rachelmhollis.bsky.social Tess Kelly, @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social
@patiencemackarness.bsky.social @mandirapattnaik.bsky.social Tarmo Rajasaari & Rob Walton

newflashfiction.com/issue-40/

Two out of three Black Americans do not have a valid passport and passport ownership rises with income and age. So document demands hit young, Black and poor voters first. That is what SAVE is built to do. Tell your senators to keep SAVE off the floor and vote no on it #SaveActTaxesVoters

Trump can appoint Mullins as "acting" secretary of DHS, therefore getting around Democratic obstruction.

That said, the Democrats should stand united against confirming ANYONE to lead DHS, as part of a general shutdown of Senate business, as my senator suggests here.

running in this weekend's NYT book review: The Man Nobody Killed highlighted in 'paperback row'

This war isn’t an emergency that requires us to give the president more latitude. It’s a monstrosity that requires that judges, lawmakers and above all citizens work to preserve the integrity of elections and the republic.

Quit ChatGPT: right now! Your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism | Rutger Bregman As a historian, I’ve studied the major consumer boycotts of history. We can take down ChatGPT and send a powerful signal to Silicon Valley, says author and historian Rutger Bregman

"The most effective consumer boycotts in history share two qualities: they are narrow and they are easy," writes @rutgerbregman.com

So much wonderful work in one booth. Visit Stanchion at AWP! #awp #indielit

Professor Samuel Moyn to give Cyril Foster Lecture 2026

Wow www.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/profess...

Just gonna leave this here.

Human Authored Usage Guidelines - The Authors Guild Human Authored is a certification mark owned by the Authors Guild that may be used to indicate that a book was written by a human and not generated by AI. The mark, illustrated below, consists of the ...

The Authors Guild is now offering "Human Authored" certification marks for literary works in which "the text itself was fully authored by one or more human beings and not generated by AI." What a time to be alive!

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I have killed
the senior leadership candidates
that were in
Iran

and which
you were probably
saving
for post-regime change

Forgive me
they were irresistible
so right there
and so bombable

a poster that says " hold them accountable at the polls " with people holding up their votes ALT: a poster that says " hold them accountable at the polls " with people holding up their votes

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birthright/bloodline Kathryn Reese   When you were born, I was sent away to the witchdoctor/my grandma’s house/the place where they teach babies to sleep. You, a bundle in my arms/a portacot/still in my belly. Me, a pr…

“What would I know of bones? Mine exchanged every night for incense/gold leaf/fur.” @kathrynreese.bsky.social in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social (no less) with this mothering stunner 🧡🧡🧡
pitheadchapel.com/birthright-b...

#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory

Pennsylvania Reminder‼️

If you live in HD 79 or HD 193 TODAY is the Last Day to register to vote in the Special Election on March 17.
vote.pa/register

Fairy Tales - The Forge Literary Magazine Fairy Tales, a flash fiction by Amelia Borawski

Our story of the week is Fairy Tales by Amelia Borawski.

For the many Platner fans here, Peters is a white supremacist, Holocast denying / antisemetic, virulently anti-trans anti-gay right-wing influencer. There's no lack of people making similar points that Platner could be reading and promoting who are not nazis.