Richard Hemmer

This is both ridiculous and troubling. Troublingly ridiculous. #

NEA’s Creative Writing Fellowship Program Canceled

On Friday afternoon, writers who applied for the National Endowment for the Arts’ 2026 Creative Writing Fellowships received an email from the NEA saying that the program, and their applications, had been “withdrawn.”

NEA’s Creative Writing Fellowship Program Canceled

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My blog platform of choice (which also happens to be an indie newsletter platform) released their newest iteration and it's now Fediverse compatible. I think that's kind of a big deal. #

Ghost 6.0 - Grow faster.

Connect to the world's largest open publishing network, understand your audience with native analytics, and build a sustainable publishing business.

Ghost 6.0 - Grow faster.

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It's quite unfathomable that this aspect of the Trump regime hasn't seen closer scrutiny (and that people generally tend to not give a fuck). #

Trump's $100 million crypto mystery man - The Japan Times

A venture calling itself Aqua 1 Foundation announced last month it had bought $100 million worth of U.S. President Donald Trump’s World Liberty crypto tokens.

Trump's $100 million crypto mystery man - The Japan Times

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