Two million civilians are trapped in Gaza with no way out. A government funded by the US and backed near-unanimously by US politicians is announcing its intention to violate the Geneva conventions. To focus on Hamas atrocities outside this context is morally unserious.

In the first installment of our explainer on the current situation in Israel/Palestine, we respond to readers' questions about the Hamas attacks, the American and international response, the ongoing assault on Gaza, and more. jewishcurrents.org/the-hamas-atta…

In my latest for Texas Monthly I profiled the only hospice nurse in Far West Texas, who serves an area bigger than the state of Connecticut texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

me reading petrarch: omg why is this the 100th poem about this lady’s eyes and lips and hair! why do you keep listing body parts 😭 me to my cat, every time i see her, all day: you have a little face, it has a little nose, you have some little paws, your paws have little toes

Knicks Fan prayer circle: 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯 JULIUS RANDLE 🕯 HEALTHY 🕯 MRI RESULT 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯

Dregs of ground coffee at the bottom of a mug. Gravel gritting against bare soles. Marking sinθ magazine’s 30th issue, “COARSE 糙” excavates the sensation of touch with all its pleasures and repulsions, its silk and rubber textures: sinetheta.net/30

Keep ON COARSE while celebrating the release of sinθ #30: COARSE "糙" on Saturday, February 24 at 7pm EST! More timezones below. Featuring: Winniebell is Questioning about Gender / Jasmine Lu / taylor / Cindy J. Xie / Josephine Wu / Lucy Xiang-fu Wainger / Coffee RSVP: forms.gle/Qfr2c9dfUu18D8…

A lil excerpt of a story (my first in 4-5 years) out in @CherryTreeLit. lovely to see my idol @dlseuss and Matthew Tuckner (who was in my first publication in the mass review years ago) also in the table of contents <3

Columbia University's student radio station WKCR-FM NY has a "wildly unprecedented" online listenership right now as its field reporters offer updates on the campus protest. Listen to the coverage: cc-seas.columbia.edu/wkcr/#

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there are TOO many joggers in paris. grow up! go smoke a cigarette or something my god

it could all be so simple

BREAKING: The SCOTUS Updates has denied a stay of execution and declined to grant review to Marcellus Williams, allowing his execution to go forward at 6 p.m. CT today. innocenceproject.org/attorney-state…

LE PEN EST MORT, DRY JANUARY ANNULÉ !!!!!!

the scariest thing of all, a disappointing romantic and academic life