Just recorded an episode about ICE in Chicago with @unraveledpress.com so fucking bleak I had to end it with the story of the liberation of Turin to give people hope lol Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

incredible coincidence that i would end up matching a sign i had no idea anyone was making

Delighted to recommend some brilliant books for this quiz 💕🌠

Protests erupt in Naples, Italy after the Global Sumud Flotilla's interception. Keeping their promise to act if crew were harmed, Italian Unions and protesters block the Naples train station

"You kill people and break things for a living." --Pete Hegseth, giving very eloquent instructions to military generals flown in for this momentous occasion

Honestly “Republicans are shutting down the government to hide the Epstein files” is pretty good messaging.

An older actor friend was so proud of their first big commercial, in which they played a pharmacist for one of the big chains who was encouraging ppl to get (and administering) their flu shots. But I couldn’t share it bc they were unmasked while giving the shots & encouraging RESPIRATORY HEALTH!

The Israeli army just announced that it won’t allow Palestinians in central and southern Gaza to travel north to Gaza City, saying that anyone who remains will be considered “terrorists.” An estimated 500,000 Palestinians remain in Gaza City, who are now officially cut off from any provisions.

In Rome, train tracks are apparently being blocked by protestors, in support of the flotilla. (📸 Patriotic Women)

BREAKING: Reports of spontaneous protests erupting in European cities tonight in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla, which was illegally attacked by Israel an hour ago. Demonstrations have been seen in Berlin🇩🇪 & Rome🇮🇹 - and these are the current scenes in Brussels🇧🇪 👇

As IDF boats close in, the crew of the Aurora, one of the Global Sumud Flotilla boats, sings Viva Palestina (Bella Ciao) to stay calm

Breaking: The Italian General Confederation of Labour, Italy's largest union with over 5 million members, is calling for a general strike in support of the Global Sumud Flotilla. Italian government vessels, along with Spanish ones, have abandoned the GSF www.instagram.com/p/DPRv1o6iDq7/

Sophia reporting from the Conscience Both Italy and Spain have withdrawn their ships, abandoning the Global Sumud Flotilla to be intercepted by the Israelis

Israel issuing threats Thiago, on one of the Global Sumud Flotilla boats, responding Part 1/3

7 minutes ago: “As most of the boats on the Global Sumud Flotilla live stream have gone dark, One boat, Captain Nikos, sends hearts and peace signs as they get closer to the naval blockade.”

Global Sumud Flotilla is live as Israel threatens to stop them from breaking the starvation siege of Gaza. A reminder that they are not entering Israeli waters, but Palestinian waters. Israel intends to violate international law once again. www.youtube.com/live/uEN2bWF...

NEW: Washington State resident Jas Ikeda, a participant of the Global Sumud Flotilla delivering humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza, says she is in imminent risk of naval interception by Israel. Read the developing story below: gossipguy.net/washington-s...

So the question is: when you look at Mexican politics, are you on the side of the friends and families of the disappeared who bravely attacked a military base? Or are you on the side of those who want to give officers responsible for these disappearances control over the country's infrastructure?

Mexico's real left is not in power, it is in the streets, ramming trucks into military bases and setting them on fire

Here is the thing that all the US libs (and deluded libs-who-think-they're-leftists) who stan Claudia: you cannot support Morena and also the Zapatistas, or the Ayotzinapa families, or the searching mothers of the disappeared, because Morena is against them

On April 11, 1943, James Hatsuaki Wakasa was walking his dog at Topaz when he was shot and killed by a guard. His fellow prisoners erected a stone memorial. When the U.S. government ordered it destroyed, the prisoners chose, instead, to bury it where it remained hidden for nearly 80 years.

Also, a basic minimum income, no military, free housing for anyone who needs it... Just as a start!

But is there a tariff on breathing yet.

James Baldwin critiqued “liberal columnists“ who “sound as though they're being daring, but they're not.” “If reality broke into one of those columns, God knows what would happen! And when it threatens to, they get up on their hind legs and say, ’Don't attack your friends!’”

It's cute to see Northwestern try to make a run at Columbia for being the most fascist private university in the US. Waiting for someone else--Stanford? Dartmouth?--to make a late inning rally for the crown still!

here’s korean protesters throwing their shoes at a likeness of netanyahu

Honey, this Arundhati Roy memoir is a page-turner!

LAST CHANCE to register for this workshop with @taraskurtu.bsky.social! brooklynpoets.org/workshop/p/t...

Honey, it's kind of dangerous to stand under a chestnut tree at this time of year, watch out.

This only happens to you once

triborough bridge

"The training is not just about silencing speech, but achieving consent so that we are complicit"💥

Dahlia of the day💛💖

"Like most people in the world, then as well as now, we grew up between shouting and silence. Some of us made up our own minds, others had their minds made up for them." --Arundhati Roy, MOTHER MARY COMES TO ME

you won't believe what's saving rural towns HINT: IT'S SOCIALISM. SOCIALISM IS SAVING RURAL TOWNS. AND THEY LOVE IT. THEY CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF THE SOCIALISM. A SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE OF THEM VOTED FOR SOCIALISM. getpocket.com/explore/item...

I think the reason Portland is such a bugbear to the right is that they are confused and upset by the idea that the whitest metropolitan city in the US hates them *that intensely*

Small crowd gathered here. Growing as more trickle in. BP just guarding the fence opening now. People chanting, "hey ICE, we're no fools! Out of our neighborhoods, out of our schools!"

Honey, I hope the new Hal Hartley movie isn’t as bad as the preview. We didn’t wait this long for that.

Portland doesn’t need the military. Portland has its own defenses.

"Life is very short, and it ought not to be spent crawling at the feet of miserable scoundrels." ~ Stendhal (as quoted by Andrei Tarkovsky in his diaries)

Ducks and donuts ftw. (alt text: in front of a quiet ICE facility at night a row of fishing rods with donuts dangling from them are visible. Later a phalanx of ICE officials can be seen marching towards this dangerous bait.) bsky.app/profile/jonw...

WATCH FOR ICE (at UW)

Kicking pine cones is my favorite sport. Also, kicking chestnuts.

NO STOPS / STOP ICE

"All of these actions were manifestations of love bound up in refusal. We refuse to go about our normal lives...while our beloved neighbors are stolen. We are living in opposition to fascism...and we are doing it the only way we can—together." Great reporting from @mskellymhayes.bsky.social.

Public art

Yes, I'm the kind of girl who drinks three glasses of water with electrolytes in a row, and then afterwards I need a throat lozenge because my throat still feels dry but obviously my throat isn't dry so what is it.

If you're looking for a group to support in honor of Assata's passing, Assata's Daughters is a great one. They are a queer Black woman-led and youth-focused organization rooted in the Black Radical Tradition in Chicago: www.assatasdaughters.org

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Dahlia of the day🧡💛💖