@egcunningham
poet, singer-songwriter, documentarian FIELD NOTES out now from River River Books. OPEN SEASONS out now on Bandcamp & etc. https://www.egcunningham.com/ https://egcunningham.bandcamp.com/album/call-it-a-day-sky-canon
ICE isn't just building detention centers. It's engineering an entirely new industrial infrastructure for mass deportation; modeled explicitly on Amazon's supply chain. Here's the full architecture of what's being built. 🧵
today’s slice of seattle
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“Even masks are becoming difficult to find. This is a huge mistake. I ask those who have the ability, especially foreign media, to reflect on this situation. What are people supposed to do under these conditions? This is truly a crime against humanity.”
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Humans can only survive about 3 days without water.
The tit-for-tat attacks on desalination plants and other water infrastructure in the Middle East are the scariest part of this war.
If you’re at AWP, swing by and visit the incredible team at @riverriverbooks.bsky.social! While I’m not able to be there this year, I’m thrilled that my collection, Field Notes, is there in my stead, alongside some truly phenomenal work from fellow River River authors.
It would be cool to have a legislature that acted to defend its own constitutional prerogatives and, maybe as a treat, the interests of the people it represents too.
we bear responsibility for this even though we didn't make this decision and actively pushed against it. it's still on us. it's still our money. it's still the society we live under. we have the power to stop this, if you're willing to take that step
imagine watching a movie with your family and suddenly your hand is mangled and the rest of your family are red smears spattered along the burnt walls of your living room. That's what this is. That's what we're doing to these people. You and I paid for that.
it's 2016: north carolina introduces a bill to ban trans people from using bathrooms safely. there's a national outcry; companies withdraw business up to and including the NCAA cancelling a publicized game. the bill fails.
it's 2026: kansas passes a law nullifying trans people's licenses. crickets.
These are “low enrollment” majors but the classes are regularly at capacity. They changed the funding structure a few years ago here, switching the allocation from course enrollments to majors then blamed these departments for a structural, top-down change. This is entirely a political choice.
You also need a valid ID to rent a Uhaul, get a new job, get an apartment, open a new bank account, etc. This effectively imprisons trans people in Kansas.
An official letter from the Kansas Division of Vehicles dated February 23, 2026, with a redacted recipient address. The letter notifies the recipient that due to the enactment of Senate Bill 244, all Kansas driver's licenses and IDs must reflect the holder's sex at birth. It states that the recipient's current credential will become invalid immediately upon the law's publication on February 26, 2026, with no grace period. The recipient is directed to surrender their current ID to receive a new one matching their sex assigned at birth. The document concludes with instructions on how to appeal the notice if received in error, along with contact information for the department.
Kansas is sending letters to trans people telling them that their licenses will be revoked as of tomorrow and that they risk arrest for driving on a suspended license.
This is pure cruelty.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...
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Some reviews you sink into like a bath because they are—well, such good reading in their own right. @susanlleary.bsky.social has done this with her new review of @egcunningham.bsky.social’s Field Notes. Just a deep delight 🙏💙📚
Such a gift to receive @susanlleary.bsky.social's lovely, generous review of Field Notes! Really grateful for her absorbing, incisive attention. Many thanks too to the folks at @anotherchicagomag.bsky.social 🖼️💚
Check out the full review here:
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ICE using the same ruse that Ted Bundy used to kidnap people should tell you something.
“and love will simply have no choice but to go into battle with space and time, and furthermore, to win” —james baldwin
North Carolina lawmakers have voted to remove all college campus voting sites. Specifically at the largest HBCU in the US NC A&T. They now have to walk 30 minutes to their nearest polling place. Students are protesting this - pls share and support.
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It's not an exaggeration to say this will result in genocidal-scale death. And I don't mean in the distant, speculative future. Just the tens of thousands of pollution deaths in the relative near-term (Free link.) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
“Your father and I are for the jobs the comet will provide.”
The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. Put it in your cell phone. Use it. If you're not calling at least once a week, you're not doing your part.
We have received numerous credible reports of torture, killing, and inhumane treatment of detained individuals at the Camp East Montana migrant detention facility, located within Fort Bliss. #txlege
Communication from my university today: "given that AI is here and poised to stay..." Maybe! In my classroom, we try not lean on "givens," especially those of no more than a couple years vintage. One doesn't need to be critical of AI to recognize this as an abdication of inquiry.
This guts me
If bondi’s goal was to make the Trump regime look even more authoritarian, cruel, and uncaring she really nailed it
Two Halftime shows because racists can't tolerate anything that isn't White dominant.
This is America.
This is why there was a Civil War.
Nothing new.
We need to stop coddling these racists.
Let them lose and eat bland food and listen to crappy music.
The majority salsas forward.
