Solo acts too? Genesis Andrés Segovia Bruce Springsteen Suzanne Vega Thomas Dolby Leo Kottke Jonathan Coulton Uncle Bonsai Morgan James Gordon Lightfoot (I almost added Antje Duvekot and Paul Kelly, because you didn't, but ran out of space. Also, no room for Hanneke Cassel, Peter Mayer, others!)

This was a formative book for me back when I was in junior high school. And then it was turned into a TV miniseries, and millions of families watched it and learned together. I can't tell whether Tennessee is more determined to erase Black history, or education.

Plan ahead so that you don't need to buy anything on Friday! If you can, also plan to take off work on Friday. #resist

We have a kid at Hampshire. The board mishandled this so badly that nearly all staff and faculty are being booted with minimal notice and zero severance: www.amherstindy.org/2026/04/20/e...

Collected nominating signatures for @edmarkey.bsky.social today, after giving my neighborhood a heads-up that Markey supports my trans kids and his primary opponent (Seth effin' Moulton) does not. I got 60 more signatures in 90 minutes. My neighbors are not on board with bigots. 🏳️‍⚧️🫶

Reminder: including alt-text on your images is helpful in many ways! It increases accessibility, can add context/detail, makes search more effective, & can improve your reach (a lot of us won’t re-share images without alt-text). If you set it as required in accessibility settings, you can’t forget!

@gluesenkampperez.house.gov (who's blocked by my TERF blocklist, of all things) just voted AGAIN to fully support ICE. Fortunately she has a real Democrat running against her in the August primary, Brent Hennrich, and he's endorsed by Turn Left: www.instagram.com/p/DUepzIGk92h/ . I'll be donating!

I spent my junior-high and high-school years in Texas, and books were my life. Prohibiting students from reading anything but state-approved pabulum is repulsive: thebloggess.com/2026/03/25/t...

Read the thread (and subthread). This is horrific.

Of fucking course it is not okay for men to call a woman a bitch, EVER. No we are not having that debate in this the year 2026. Fuck off, men

Someone compiled a list with location, size, and links, of all the warehouses ICE is buying or trying to buy around the country to turn into more abusive concentration camps: www.reddit.com/r/Keep_Track... Local opposition is blocking some of these. Pass it on! #resist #ICE

ARE YOU A NON-MINNESOTAN WHO WANTS IDEAS OF STUFF TO DO TO HELP MINNESOTA RESIST FASCIST TYRANNY? Have I got a blog post for you! With additional advice for how to get ready in case tyranny shows up at YOUR doorstep next! naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/h...

In conclusion (TL;DR):

There is no virus that “only” causes serious harm in people who are high-risk. And even if there were, it would still be important to protect yourself and others. Please take steps to prevent getting and spreading illness in order to protect your own health and the health of others.

If you call 707-873-7862, you'll reach a pep-talk hotline created by a group of elementary school kids in California. Try it.

Primary them all and block anybody who comes with the “at this crucial juncture the most important thing is that we win.” if they believed that they wouldn’t do this and with friends like them nobody needs enemies

@unchi.org just called one of the craven NH Senators' offices to leave voicemail, and he was hollering: “You’re a Democrat! You’re the opposition party! I campaigned for you! I raised money for you! What are you DOING? Get off the mat!” Wish I’d recorded it.

I almost hope this does become a campaign issue, if only so we can have a conversation about what is actually most closely aligned with Biblical values: starving poor children, or listening to sex workers.

More of this, please. I’m astounded by how many people don’t even realize COVID is still circulating, never mind that it’s disabling an increasing swath of the population.

Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) at the Boston No Kings rally today, wore the trans pride flag like a scarf draped over his shoulders and included in his speech. "Because here in Massachusetts, we stand for what is right. We stand with trans people because trans rights are human rights."

Framingham, Massachusetts. #NoKings

Apparently @loritrahan.bsky.social is planning to mark No Kings Day on October 18 by ... holding a town hall at 9:30am? Wouldn't this be a perfect opportunity for her to get out and actually meet constitutents at any of the two dozen No Kings rallies in her district instead?

Make your plans for #NoKings. This Saturday, October 18th. Free speech is action. Protestors believe that action has meaning. Protestors are exercising the rights enshrined in the Constitution. For me, protest is about love of country. I'll be there. Please join in. www.nokings.org

My super modern regulatory plan is that any entity named for a thing from Tolkien has to publicly explain why Tolkien wouldn’t immediately throw it into Mount Doom

Still extremely miffed at @techcrunch.com for this charming pop-up, which froze my browser so hard last night that I couldn't even force-quit it, and had to reboot my Mac in the middle of a work task:

Nobody has Long COVID, but everybody has brain fog, cognitive decline and memory loss. I talk about the overwhelming scientific evidence that COVID damages the brain, and the overwhelming social unwillingness to acknowledge it in my latest: www.thegauntlet.news/p/when-will-...

I have called Healey's office to say that I voted for her, but since she chose to order flags flown at half-staff for a Nazi apologist, I never will again. I encourage others in MA to make your thoughts known: 617-725-4005

Censorship laws like this are being considered by Congress too, for the whole country. Call your Senators and Reps and urge them to oppose all of these censorship bills: SCREEN Act, "Kids Online Safety Act", and the Interstate Obscenity Definition Act. www.unilad.com/news/politic...

This is generally good advice, but bear in mind that Washington DC (and many other cities) lie within the 100 mile border enforcement zone. The rules are slightly different there, so the ACLU made another “know your rights” primer specifically for here. www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...

Today I unsubbed from Gavin Newsom's email list (which I never subbed to in the first place). "Please tell us why you are leaving," it suggested. I wrote: "Because Newsom takes every opportunity to throw my trans friends and family members under the bus, I wouldn't spit on him if he were on fire."

WCK can use your donations. They are on the ground in Gaza, doing what they can in the face of a staggering and ongoing crime against humanity.

The second post in this thread will tell you why I love it so much :-)

just looping back on this october 2024 warning and yep we have ticked through them all

good lord, @ekseebacher.bsky.social and I have never been called out quite so directly before

The door is open—for now. If you’ve been waiting to update your passport, this might be your best chance in a long time. More context here: open.substack.com/pub/aridrenn...

Saw two of these in Worcester but didn’t manage to get photos. Glad to see this one from Boston:

Pay attention, Democrats. This is how it’s done:

We've been trying to figure out what to do with this portion of my father's work, so if any #historians have some interest -- or know who might -- please let us know.

Oooh, this one’s fun. * White Collar * Leverage (let’s add the revival as a freebie) * The West Wing * M*A*S*H Fifth one’s hard. Maybe Burn Notice or Psych — though Cheers, which I was recently introduced to, is growing on me.

*crab-walked

There are so many things to be mad at right now, but for some reason I'm especially enraged by the fact that there are places in the USA now where a cop wearing a face mask to illegally protect his identity can arrest YOU for wearing a face mask to protect your health

me: I'm done with the pope posts conservatives: we are having the worst day of our lives, woke marxist pope will give your kids gun control & health care in their sleep me: I would like a few more pope posts

As a recovering Texan, I’m delighted to see this. (I went to a school in one of the districts where the book-banners are losing.)

Years ago a list of "cat haiku" went around. My family laughed a lot over this one: The rule for today Touch my tail, I shred your hand New rule tomorrow Lately I think a lot about that last line, for reasons that have nothing to do with cats.

Studies across 14 nations show 25% to 30% rate of long COVID. "Long COVID was defined as the presence of patient-reported symptoms 180 days after COVID-19, the authors said." First study: gh.bmj.com/content/10/4... Second study: bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social. The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

I was scared to first put up a queer pride flag (red state resident) but the biggest surprise was how much more often people stopped by my house asking for help: stuck motorists, unhoused neighbors, etc. Some told me outright that the flag made them guess that I cared about them and that's correct

(1/2) Are you also horrified as this administration attacks immigrants and trans people, and threatens Social Security and healthcare and so much more? I signed a pledge to protect and resist: act.surj.org/a/sign-the-p...