[Press] Darius Kazemi on The Great Bot Panic

Two numbers to call   when at home now one  (wish I had seven     many gone   some walking forgotten) but two   now one May not   know forgot to   listen but you're    missed glad you chose how to hang  up the phone #smallpoems (quickthoughts.jgregorymcverry.com/s/29MmPn)
Two numbers to call
  when at home
now one
 (wish I had seven
    many gone
  some walking forgotten)
but two
  now one
May not
  know
forgot to
  listen
but you're
   missed
glad you
chose how to hang
 up the phone
#smallpoems
told from the rejected mask's POV. twitter.com/ohnoshetwitnt/…
The Volatile Mermaid https://twitter.com/OhNoSheTwitnt
Pixar has made me feel human affection towards rats, bugs, monsters, cars, robots, and even imaginary friends. The real test would be a movie about people who refuse to w...

[Project] 36,336 variations on a meme

Only post on my own site challenge.

childhood
friend
has moved to
The Next Place
Not friend
a mirror of
Faults in accomplishments
Someone who share lives
Milestones
or more usually silently
commiserated in their absence
Acting as dreams were never gone
#smallpoems
Bugs
Hungry
   for Blood
Hide in my
  Writing haunts
  not sure
if I should bat way
  metaphors of
deeper meaning
  or write shorter
poems
#smallpoems
childhood friend has moved to The Next Place Not friend a mirror of Faults in accomplishments Someone who share lives Milestones or more usually silently commiserated in their absence Acting as dreams were never gone #smallpoems (quickthoughts.jgregorymcverry.com/s/zpUUU)
36,336 variations on a meme tinysubversions.com/stuff/known-pl…
Bugs Hungry    for Blood Hide in my   Writing haunts   not sure if I should bat way   metaphors of deeper meaning   or write shorter poems #smallpoems (quickthoughts.jgregorymcverry.com/s/2cfuh7)
This this 1000x this. Support new creators from marginalized communities. Give me more of their stuff, please. twitter.com/nymag/status/1…
New York Magazine https://twitter.com/NYMag
"The Golden Girls" is mired in racism and rape culture, writes @thrasherxy nym.ag/31DFFrN
Out protesting for the second week running with Letha Winston, the mother of Patrick Kimmons, who was murdered by Portland Police in 2018. Last week was at City Hall, today we’re at the PPB North Precinct.
Clever Cycles
Curbside dropoff for bike maintenance 🚲
So, it wasn’t a private street after all?
BREAKING: Shocking no one, this wasn’t the first time the McCloskeys pulled a gun to “protect” their “private” property in St. Louis. stltoday.com/news/local/co...

Yes, even in your cocoon you hear the call of eternal Caturday. Heed it!

This is the money shot in this excellent analysis of the stories about non-existent COVID parties. Yes, young people are being brought together to spread COVID: By employers, staffed by young, minimum-wage workers, encouraged by govt to open without adequate safety protocols.
13. This story engages in confirmation bias—it advances the narrative that COVID is being spread by wild, unruly, selgfish, greedy young ppl at parties. This lets gov...
I'm on the Lawfare podcast talking about bot panic and (separately) decentralized social media! This was super fun.
.@evelyndouek and I had a blast talking with @tinysubversions about why everyone is so panicked about bots, and why they shouldn't be: lawfareblog.com/lawfare-podcas…
And now my ‘Joker’ joke has been featured in the Milwaukee @journalsentinel. Music writer Piet Levy emailed me yesterday to ask me why I did what I did. jsonline.com/story/entertai…
Just learned that Isabel Wilkerson, author of the Pulitzer prize winning masterpiece The Warmth of Other Suns, has a new book coming out next month about America's caste system. Pre-ordered immediately! powells.com/book/caste-978… (thanks @jkottke!)