Steven Axelrod
@stevenaxelrod
Writer, professor, Bluesky poster. Specialist in poetry and politics. Author of books on Sylvia Plath and Robert Lowell. Editor of anthologies and of books about American poetry. "Tell all the truth but tell it slant." Emily Dickinson
Sheriff Chad Bianco, Republican fascist running for Cali governor, resembles Steven J. Lockjaw is every way. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
A hawk flew down and landed on our balcony railing with a loud thump. The cats refused to notice. Not the kind of bird that piques their interest. The hawk stayed for a while, looking around, and then flew off, free as a bird.
LA Times headline: "Palisades fire flare-up forces more evacuations as L.A. reels from staggering losses" Skies are finally clear at my house on the eastern edge of the city, but looking west from my driveway, I saw a solid mass of smoke over mid-city and west LA. My nephew has lost his house.
Sunset today in L. A., 6 miles from the fire. Taken from the front of my house while coughing from the foul air. Eerie.
Elon is disciplining heretics over at X by telling them to "FUCK YOURSELF in the face." It's going to be an incredibly ugly four years. (h/t Eschaton)