dVerse — Haibun Monday — Arise! (for Kamala)

Arise! (for Kamala) I’m not real hyped-up on the 2024 Olympics. Too many other things on my mind.  Like America floundering with the shadow of fascism. Like innocent women calling 911 and being shot in the face by psycho cops. Like genocide taking place overseas with our financial blessings. Like Russia waiting, rabid vultures. I…

Keith Knight’s (Th)ink (shared with permission of the artist)

comment by Keith (aka Keef) : Thought this deserves a repost. I live in a state where the GOP nominee for governor told church-goers that “some folks need killin’.” He’s speaking tonite at the Republican Convention in Milwaukee. I’ve made this post public, so share, share away! I’ve been following Keef’s work for years now, first…

Update: Podcast about Brackeen from Professor Wenona Singel, Co-Author and Spouse of Professor Matthew Fletcher (was: More on Haaland v. Brackeen (ICWA) ruling by The Supremes from MSU Law Professor, Matthew Fletcher)

Excerpt from the article, telling a little bit about who Professor Matthew Fletcher is: Fletcher, ’97, is the Harry Burns Hutchins Collegiate Professor of Law. He teaches and writes in the areas of federal Indian law, American Indian tribal law, Anishinaabe legal and political philosophy, constitutional law, federal courts, and legal ethics. He also sits…

dVerse — Poetics — Alchemy of Freedom

  Ahmad Shamlou The misconception of totalitarianism is that freedom can be imprisoned. This is not the case. When you constrain freedom, freedom will take flight and land on a windowsill. — Ai Weiwei   They cough at soot of hell’s belchlong before others smell smoke. They hear change in morning notes;doves flutter away, ravens…