a call for better-kept and better-informed promises on racial equity. article by Mary Frances Winters theinclusionsolution.me/by-whose-stand…

today at library volunteering time, i did book inventory: 811 section, poetry. i wondered why the poetry section was so extensive... for kids, we make the effort to write about ANYTHING in verse, from garbage to seagulls. why stop this practice as we grow up?

my friend nanaekua has a new children's book on the history of BLUE. please take a look, especially if you are a school librarian @mckinleylibrary Ottendorfer Library penguinrandomhouse.com/books/606200/b…

wondering why adults don't have so many rhyming, non-fiction books as kids, i decided to write a couple of poems responding to news articles. on the fence if it's awful, or worth more time. hip-hop and rap lyrics seem to do much better with contemporary issues in verse.

Medical leave complexity Families bear the penalty Unable to manage the bills Losing possessions, hope, and will ... (part of poem reacting to this article: nytimes.com/2021/10/24/tec… )

despite my aversion towards progress charts for my kids (they seem like corporate drone training?), i am about to implement one: dedicate at least 5 hours a week to creative practice. where my stickers at? and thanks to Nina Planck for inspiring the commitment to 5 hrs/week

short, good piece on urban plant diversity thenatureofcities.com/2022/03/21/can…

"we need a prophet so he can foretell us of disasters to come" overheard my kids working on their Lego city. pandemic kids.

thoroughly enjoying this suite of projects dedicated to tech error humanerr.org Jonah Brucker-Cohen

we made a zine! get your copy here technekai.com/zine/ and revel in the twisted joy of 811's first issue thanQ @hackerm0m for being an extraordinary partner

something silly about my chronic inability to chillax and let go

i am contacting these wall plugs channelling Laurie Anderson (candid Zoom call w/ temporarily absent @hackerm0m )

i come from bacteria and Little Debbie snacks, from childhood friends and beloved toys, from failed soccer games and murky canal water. i come from a country far away, i come from longing and anger.

After the beginning of people but long before painting, all of the colors asked the Creator to be named. ... continue reading? technekai.com/blog/2022/10/0…

trying to remember a critical game, 10+ years ago, about someone (a woman?) going through their day and having to fight through it like a superhero... what was that game?

even little eels know what kind of intent to feed a secret. . technekai.com/blog/2022/10/2…

811press.com - poetry reading/launch party / indIe press Tuesday nov 15 at unnameable books aya :: karpińska

A & M Reading Group: Grimm – The Two Brothers thewitchofendor.com/2022/11/29/a-m…

let’s discuss the truth. let’s light a fire under the edge of everything no one knows how many we are how we exist in the plural we make sure there is a pair we match each one with an other we are two, or four, or eighty thousand holy, in our own way

The winner of the 2023 Core77 Interaction Award is Tessellate Studio for United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. designawards.core77.com/Interaction/12…