A day after Mike Johnson and John Thune put out a joint statement declaring a "deal" to fund DHS, the Senate voted early today to pass its bill to reopen DHS and House Republicans... chose not to vote on it. DHS shutdown continues! www.huffpost.com/entry/news-l...

Friends, again with respect because this is a complex issue: children born to citizens of tribal governments do not have constitutional birthright citizenship under many, if not most forms of constitutional argument and authority (incl. Supreme Court precedent relied upon in this case)./1

If you RTd the news of Fobazi's passing, work in LIS, or have ever uttered the phrase "vocational awe", it's time to put your money where your mouth is. We owe her that much at least. Please donate.

Donate in @fobettarh.bsky.social's memory gofund.me/a84e9c2c7

This is the pattern. Purchase/Take Over a media source that has informed the public. Then dismantle them to the lowest form: 1. Twitter 2. Meta 3. Washington Post 4. CBS-60 Minutes/News 5. Public Broadcasting 6. Tik Tok We are up to our necks in state run media.

Maybe because some of us care about other people, which is pretty inconceivable to a lot of empathy-free right-wingers? Though a lot of us aren't exactly mad; we're resolute in our commitment because it's not just one white woman being murdered; it's millions of BIPOC people being terrorized.

I share this because protests, demonstrations, and activism are often messy and unsuccessful. Many may not end how people intend, especially depending on whom they're up against and the resources they have. But there's much to learn, even from failure, and failure can inform and grow a movement. /12

King about Albany: “The mistake I made there was to protest against segregation generally rather than against a single and distinct facet of it. Our protest was so vague that we got nothing, and the people were left very depressed and in despair.” /10

Please listen to me very carefully right now: Learn to take and celebrate small short wins, to build momentum and morale, or you and everyone you need to fight beside you will be burned out, demoralized, and demotivated before the next big opportunity comes along.

Do NOT argue with the cop about their probable cause. Let your lawyer do that later, it's what we're there for. - DO say "I INVOKE MY RIGHTS TO SILENCE AND COUNSEL AND WILL NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WITHOUT MY ATTORNEY PRESENT." And then SHUT UP.

Police killed at least 1,292 people in the United States in 2025. There were only six days with zero police killings last year. Source: mappingpoliceviolence.org.

New — I wrote about how corporate media is immediately siding with power in the wake of Trump attacking Venezuela and capturing Maduro, and how journalists need to treat the administration as a hostile entity that’s openly lying to them.

Commentary: What a cop out. What a weak, disingenuous governor pretending to be helpless. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said he didn’t want to sign another voter suppression bill into law before he signed a sweeping anti-voting measure into law last Friday. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/23/w...

ABA is NOT the 'gold standard of autism care.' The lack of autistic staffers is showing here and with so many devastating Medicaid cuts to programs that serve children, focusing on a controversial one targeting autistics in this political climate is a loaded choice.

Ohio lawmakers have sent a bill changing marijuana policy to Gov. Mike DeWine's desk, creating a slew of new criminal offenses, from buying weed in Michigan and bringing it back, to smoking in a public area. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/11/d...

Now imagine sharing your private fantasies with what you believe is a bot that cannot judge or remember. Just that, on the other side, is a man in a one-room home in Nairobi, pretending to be an AI companion. That man is Michael, and this is his story: data-workers.org/michael/

We at Portland Tennis Courterly are honored and humbled to feature the brilliant writing + brave reporting of @marisakabas.bsky.social in our latest issue. This is a reprint of her dispatch from the US Open, which first appeared in The Handbasket on September 8th www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-us-o...

Here is what EPIC's AI and Human Rights team wants to see more and less of in 2026! Your support will enable them to continue to promote regulatory frameworks that focus on the real-world human impacts and harms of AI. Donate now: epic.org/donate

if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this. can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.

I would wager that @clppng.bsky.social’s horrorcore duology is essential Halloween listening. A mix of horror-tinged visions of the reality of street life, nightmarish soundscapes and even a few genuinely awesome filk songs about horror icons

I was with a panel of people who were all making good arguments about why AI will never replace this or that skill or job, so maybe we'll be okay, and I finally said to one teacher: "you can just say no. you don't have to use it. it steals from people and teaches no skills. it's not a good tool."

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning: www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

An important discussion on MLIS debt by @violetbfox.bsky.social 📜 📚

We only need $140 more to fully furnish our second classroom with a host of awesome new books: www.donorschoose.org/project/book...

huh. see, this actually looks like it’s remarkably easy to do. weird that very nearly every other federal-level democrat can’t quite figure it out. as ever, big fan of @katmabu.bsky.social

2. email your senators, too. contact: reps.fyi you're a poster; you can do this. there are too many moving pieces to speak to on a call. they need to know we're watching & trans folks don't have a lobbyist on the hill. add either of these into the body of your email. ALL OF THIS MUST BE FOUGHT. 🧵

so: what do we need you to do? two things. 1.call your D/I senators. find contact info here: reps.fyi what do we need you to say? try the call script below. adapt it; make it your own! there are bailout points written in, in case you get nervous. but please *call.* 🧵

For my @xtramagazine.com column this month, I wrote about the DOJ's threat to ban trans people from owning guns and how I unexpectedly found myself agreeing with the NRA for once. xtramagazine.com/power/politi...

For people in a state that is asking for a prescription, try a CVS MinuteClinic. Some MinuteClinic’s are getting around restrictions by having nurses on site who will give you a prescription during a visit. They ask to confirm if you are high risk but don’t ask for proof.

Eternally impressed by @brimwats.com So grateful to have some of my lived experience included in this research. #critcat #critlib

This from Riley Gaines is why trans people freak out when Democrats try to carve out some compromise over sports. The politicians and activists attacking trans people are not interested in compromise! They're interested in our eradication from public life and are exploiting sports to that end

ALA Core Subject Analysis Committee Working Group on $v Retention invites participation in a survey investigating potential impacts of the Library of Congress' omission of form subdivisions ($v) in subject headings. Please share! tinyurl.com/2792hbkn #critcat #critlib

We talk a lot about the black box problem in AI and not enough about AI as censorship.

a thought i have reading @clintsmithiii.bsky.social’s wonderful piece is that one reason the administration wants to erase any mention of the worst of our past is because it is intent on recapitulating those atrocities www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

IL State Uni. is hiring a metadata specialist; lowish pay, so it's ideal for someone without a MLIS bc it's civil service and they're eligible for a waiver at any IL uni. So applicant can get an UIUC MLIS for considerably less tuition while getting exp: jobsearch.illinoisstate.edu/en-us/job/52... 📜📚

I’ve posted an update on Fobazi. Thank you all so much for all of the love and support! ❤️❤️❤️ -Elena Update here: gofund.me/506f89f9

unfortunately not surprised at white cis gay men selling out more marginalized members of the queer community. but always disappointing.

Fobazi is currently in the ICU and could use your support. Apologies to those I haven’t been able to reach out to yet. You can message me for more info and I will be posting updates to GoFundMe. Please share, send healing thoughts, prayers, etc. ❤️ -Elena gofund.me/c8485b58

"Fobazi is fighting for her life right now. She's facing a kidney and liver transplant, and the costs are mounting. Please consider donating or sharing to help cover her expenses. Every bit helps." Here’s the link: gofund.me/5b8edbde .

are you so over wildfire smoke? allergies? this getting covid repeatedly thing? protect yourself with filtered air! •Bonafide Masks •WellBefore •Dräger •BeHealthy •Laianzhi •BNX •3M •MaskC •CambridgeMask *buying directly from distributors (some use amazon)=best way to avoid less than quality product

I'm so glad Thomas Friedman is using his platform to say this. I've heard this exact thing many times from my Jewish friends. Israel's actions are putting the Jewish diaspora in danger. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/o...

happy pride! reminder: queer people— especially trans, nonbinary, and bisexual people— have a far higher chance of developing disabling symptoms from SARS2 infection. like our queer ancestors before us, true pride is in community care, including preventing viral infection. ventilate, purify, mask 🏳️‍🌈

Highlight of my presentation on #QMDC at #arlisna2025 was my beautiful son, Booker T. Cat, interrupting during the Q+A @arlisna.bsky.social #critcat

this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...

"In addition to being able to continue purging historic records related to the history + achievements by [marginalized communities, this attack on the LoC is] a prime opportunity to redact, revise, + plunder the record in service of the administration’s America 250 propaganda campaign."

"There is no safety net but the choices we make to reduce each others suffering."

Seems like a lot of folks might need to hear this today. Some fortitude for the weekend and days ahead 🧡

“The current crisis isn’t a departure from library tradition but its culmination—the moment when the violence always hidden within our classification systems becomes impossible to ignore.”