EXCLUSIVE: A whistleblower tells @thebarbedwire.com he spent years burying radioactive fracking waste, which melted the bones in his neck and jaw. Then a residential community — and an elementary school — was built on top. 🧵 thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/11/a...

Boycotts are necessary! Big protests are necessary! Economic blackouts are necessary! Workers calling out sick or taking time off to support these causes is necessary! Mutual aid is BEYOND necessary! But they are not strikes.

if you want to support mainers amidst ICE kidnappings happening here, this is a way to do so

I've been here 24 hours, but already with what I've seen, well, I genuinely believe we're going to win. People here are well aware that what happens here impacts the entire country, that it sets the tone for resistance. ICE is angry, ICE is terrified, of how deeply unpopular it is.

they unfortunately cut the part where i said washington dems need to grow a spine and have our back

ah the day of the month where i wake up to the top of the feed saying that the president is alive

“But what deeply troubles me now is that for all the steps we've taken toward integration, I've come to believe that we are integrating into a burning house."  Dr. King said this famous quote on March 27th, 1968, mere days before his murder. But the context around the quote is interesting...

“Presente! began during the COVID-19 pandemic to provide food and resources to immigrants and others in need with schools closed and fear of exposure to the virus. ‘We’re hearing the same thing again,’ Cron said, ‘but this time, the pathogen is ICE and racism.’”

it's nice to have my shitty senator finally take a turn in the spotlight to get yelled at by everybody

Immigrant rights advocates have launched the Maine ICE Watch Hotline (207-544-9989), a new tool to verify reports of ICE activity and connect families with support. “When ICE shows up, we show up too — not with fear, but with solidarity,” said Crystal Cron, executive director of Presente! Maine.

i do not like coming on to this site and seeing posts about maine. i’m here to see posts about new york city like everyone else

Time to repost a classic. clarkesworldmagazine.com/kim_02_24/

the hardest part about getting really into a new podcast is adopting all of the mannerisms of the hosts

gonna have to go with the gamer's salad

this fucking guy

my first ever celebrity selfie

Every now and again one is reminded that Robert Frost's The Death of the Hired Man exists and then one cries. www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44261/...

squirrel eating a lollipop

free tip for musicians coming to maine: your stage banter about lobster rolls will flop. we do not think about or identify with them. an Orloff mention, though, will pay dividends

does everybody know about my favorite website, the embroidery tips page that forgot to close its <h3> tags

Tom Humberstone's excellent comic about the Luddites' history. thenib.com/im-a-luddite/

love how the article presents this as a bad thing

I had a vision of a spaghetti cocktail and have assembled basil brandy, parmesan-washed vodka, and tomato water to realize it. Not a good vision as it turns out

Maine DSA Co-Chair Sophie Garner delivered a speech at Augusta, Maine’s #HandsOff rally. Her message to attendees: get involved and commit. No one will save us but us.

Return to a simpler, better time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRGM...

sorry 2 say if u actually want to build class solidarity at a large scale ur gonna have to get used to working alongside ppl who don’t perfectly align with u ideologically. stop looking for the perfect org to join & just look for what orgs are actually helping ppl on the streets where u live

i have some good cats

in this interview i reveal the best breakfast deal in town

Portland Maine! I’ll be there Wednesday at 6pm at Back Cove Books—hope to see you there

i’m not sure why i have to see anyone’s reaction gifs

our new kitten will not stop texting me

it’s stock day

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