This Week's Writing 11/8/25

Discovery of intersex cat!

This week we learned that calico cats are almost all female, because the gene is on the X chromosome. That means our male calico is intersex! (He must be XXY). It also explains why he had weird tiny and misplaced genitals, making the operation to neuter him very expensive.

We always knew he was special!

Here’s what I published this week. (Consider subscribing to feed the unique cat!)

Politics

A pretty good prediction of MAGA getting crushed. (Public Notice)

IL LGBT+ hotline is first of its kind in the US. (Prism)

Republicans want poor people to suffer. (EIH)

The GOP war over which Jews to hate. (EIH)

Mikie Sherrill ran a strong campaign. (EIH)

Cultural Criticism

The Chicago Architectural Biennial vs. Trump’s Chicago. (Observer.com)

My Dead Friend Zoe wants us to see veterans. (Splice Today)

New Wave is defined by whiteness. (EIH)

Glorious is an underwhelming apocalypse. (EIH)

Poetry

Jason Heroux reviewed my book of sonnets, Gnarly Thumbs. (Periodicities)

Daylight savings poem. (smol)

put back the kcolc

Little maudlin poem. (Five Fleas)

Most of Us

I’m not a poet anyone will mourn,
there will be no elegies.
My words won’t linger very long
before their vanishing.

That’s the fate of most of us,
with small talent, no legacy.
So if you read this, think of me
a little while alone.

A bunch of poems by me; click through! (Five Fleas)