J. L. Yocum

Poem out today in Moonday Mag Issue #11 I’m thrilled to be included in the cadre of wonderful writers and artists featured in today’s issue of 𝙈𝙤𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙈𝙖𝙜, Issue #11, titled “Family Reunion.” Issues are available in print for $19.99 from MagCloud... (jlyocum.com/2026/07/01/p...)

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Generative AI is like an e-moto: *Used by the most annoying people you know. *Unnecessary for most consumers. *Seeks to replace tech that works just fine. *Users don't know how to properly use it, and thus endanger themselves and others while using it.

"I think that all of our bodily autonomy is tied together.”

Peninsule by František Kupka, 1930 https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137601

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Nam June Paik, Untitled, 1993 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136359

When I say "Power to the workers" I mean 𝙖𝙡𝙡 workers. www.nbcnews.com/sports/footb...

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“I have been younger in October / Than in all the months of spring”

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'The hero of our story' Inktober day twenty-one #Inktober2026 #hero

The world would be a better place without fuzzy search.

Rain by Marc Chagall, 1911 https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137727

The Swimmer in the Econo-mist (painting 2) by James Rosenquist, 1997 https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137863

Isa Genzken, Rot-gelb-schwarzes Doppelellipsoid 'Zwilling' (Red-Yellow-Black Double Ellipsoid "Twin"), 1982 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137374

The Autumn Shower, from "Sharing an Umbrella: A Set of Three (Aigasa sanpukutsui)", Okumura Masanobu, 1743–1753 Place: Japan Medium: Color woodblock print; left sheet of hosoban triptych, benizuri-e https://www.artic.edu/artworks/19499

Gabriel Kohn, Acrotere, 1960 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136635

Trasitoen Espiral https://botfrens.com/collections/69/contents/20020

The Grand Tier

Miroslav Sutej, Bombardment of the Optic Nerve, II, 1963 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135340

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Just finished rating all of the submissions assigned to me, and turned them into the editors at 𝙌𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝙒𝙚𝙨𝙩. Now I feel vaguely empty.

I'll take whatever good news happens my way, these days. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/u... (Free article/no paywall)

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Holy heaping hounddogs, we need this kind of enforcement here: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/w... (Looking to you, please @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social / @mayor.nyc.gov — can we implement something like this on our city's trains, with the fines going to benefit the MTA's budget?)

Black Lines by Vasily Kandinsky, 1913 https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137402

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Military families warn Congress in dire terms: Attacking our trans kids is costing you troops www.advocate.com/pol... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

David Hammons, Untitled (Night Train), 1989 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137495

Kansas’ new ID laws are forcing trans people out of their homes. Some are choosing to stay and fight xtramagazine.com/pow... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

Sea = Dancer by Gino Severini, 1914 https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137429

Loren MacIver, Tree, 1945 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136016

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