I cannot adequately express my sorrow at the death of George Floyd. And rage. Something lost that can never be restored. And somehow our choking off the WHO seems the same. Indescribable sadness.

Pour les Français, en deux photos, le problème....

If this doesn't make you angry, I don't know what will.

This is truly despicable. Assholes!!! Name and shame and make them pay! This is not ok!!!!

Please send this thread out far and wide. Retweet, post on FB, Instagram, etc. let’s get a million eyes on this!!

Trump’s view of everyone as a loser and sucker - and his other name-calling- is a such a transparent projection of who he believes himself to be, deep down in his paranoid unconscious.

Ce qui est presque pire, c’est la pauvreté du vocabulaire, la médiocrité de la grammaire et la vulgarité de la pensée.

In the future Trump will order a hit, or more than one. For now, he’s taking the easy way out, and murdering people who’ve been on death row for 40 years, and weren’t guilty.

I refuse to normalize an anti-democratic process where a few rich, predominantly white individuals negotiate behind closed doors for most of 2020 and give the rest of us a few hours to consider the 5,593 page result of their secret negotiations.

The collapse of Afghanistan should be the final indictment of state building policies based on foreign values, supported by foreign forces, financed by foreign money and implemented by foreign experts.

Self-portrait wearing a scarf, by Zinaida Serebriakova. Today has been her day.

Raúl Zurita's answer is one of the most beautiful interview responses I've ever been a party to: mcsweeneys.net/articles/raul-… McSweeney's

My power is small, I govern a plate, a tablecloth, one Sunday, the sweet smell of orange peel. ...Day escapes me, the hour, all the hours; I write a poem and delude myself that I’ve escaped sadness. I merely make it rhythmic, lighter perhaps. -Adelia Prado, tr. Watson

Meanwhile, a friend from Odesa, Ukraine, writes that air-raid started, so ballet was delayed by ten minutes, then ballet continued. Yes, ballet performances go on. Happy Monday to you, too.

‘An Army of Zombies Is Leading Us to Hell’ - The Atlantic apple.news/A_SqEHFwUQP2xp…

Devastating. Bookforum was a perfect magazine + my first intellectual home. Michael Miller taught me how to write. Terrible news for all of us who care about books + criticism.

In Ukraine's fight against Russia's unprovoked, unjustified war, I’m proud to say they have not stood alone.   And on my watch, they never will.

Thought provoking piece from ⁦Luke Coffey⁩ examining the potential long term consequences of the Russia-Ukraine war on the Russian Federation’s territorial integrity. Preparing for the Final Collapse of the Soviet Union | Hudson hudson.org/foreign-policy…

BREAKING: Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger announces that he believes Donald Trump will be charged and “frankly” he “should be” because if he isn’t found guilty he fears “for the future of this country." RT IF YOU FULL SUPPORT PROSECUTING DONALD TRUMP!