Rust & Moth

We just deactivated our Twitter account and wow, that’s a weight lifted! Musk is a problem and he has been for a long time. We’ve been shifting our weight to Bluesky for a while, but we’re no longer content to lurk on Twitter or X or whatever Elon wants to call it anymore. The man has become a genuine and pressing threat to our democracy, and we definitely don’t want him or his impending terms of service (starting Nov 15th) using our writers’ work to train his large language models.

Hundreds of familiar faces popped up on Bluesky in the last few days, and we are buoyed and encouraged to see them. And fellow lit mags, for what it’s worth? We get comparable engagement on Bluesky with about an eighth of the followers we had on Twitter.

We look forward to a different culture, a different and more effective resistance, and the timeless medicine of poetry, all under bluer skies. Last one out turns off the lights.

Our winter issue is live, and we’re so excited to share this collection! Give it a look if you need a moment of poetry during a tumultuous election week. And to our American readers: please vote. Vote like the rest of your life depends on the outcome.