This is absolutely beautiful writing. I felt every one of these things on Oscar night. So good to hear someone else articulate the same feeling 🙏

I'm going through my newsletter archives to clean up typos, etc. Fun process. This was the third essay I ever published, back in 2019, to a few hundred readers. It's a retrospective of the 2010s/awish for the 2020s and you know what... still holds up, I think! thewhitepages.net/p/under-the-...

Big iced tea matchup on Friday

movements aren't separate from society. they are part of society. every social problem in society will be found in movements.

Of course I’m gutted by the news that’s finally coming to light about Cesar Chavez, but a massive part of that grief is wishing for a world where news like this isn’t surprising.

It was a real delight to show my kids a discrete set of actions by a famous man and say "hey, look at these! pretty neat, huh?" thewhitepages.net/p/why-i-made...

Happy International Women's Day! As you probably heard, there was just a study released of views on gender by generation and oh buddy the news is bad! The kids (Gen Z Young Adults) are not all right! thewhitepages.net/p/an-open-le...

Don't go searching for OP, leave them alone. I just think that what they uplift is important and explains why many people simply cannot engage in activism and organizing regularly. And the truth is that it's hard to figure out actual ways around this because organizing in fact a labor.

Thoughts on Noem, as somebody who has spent more time than I'd like to admit writing about her self-presentation/ rise from South Dakota. In a lot of ways her firing has no real implications on this regime's actions, but it is symbolically meaningful, in a way that actually makes me nervous...

“The gatherings can spend their time [however] feels right (a party, a potluck, an organizing meeting, a neighborhood clean-up, a space for mourning, a dodgeball tournament). …participants will talk about what commitments they want to make—both to each other + to a whole nation of caring neighbors.”

This is what being a neighbor looks like

Read this and then call your congresspeople.

I don't hate this war because it wasn't "authorized properly," or because I am not a fan of the specific President waging it. I hate this war because it is a war. thewhitepages.net/p/you-will-n...

Sup chat this is Slouching Towards Bethlehem with your boy The Rough Beast, and it looks like today’s stream could be a big one, as some of you might’ve already seen there are rumors going around social media that the hour has come round at last, so we’re gonna get right into it

"abolish ice" does in fact require defunding the police because they are the same system causing harm. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Whose big dumb heart decided it would be a good idea to host (at least) 50 gatherings in 50 different states over the course of the next year? Mine. But maybe your big dumb heart wants to be a part of it thewhitepages.net/p/hop-in-gat...

www.jsonline.com/story/news/l... An absolutely gut wrenching story, showing a real hero doing what she can to help people. We need more people like Denise Flaherty.

I identify wholeheartedly with this!

Whoa. Really touched by Alysa Liu’s reaction to my Olympics essay thewhitepages.net/p/you-too-de...

You know how they fly flags half mast when something sad happens? Could we fly every flag in Wisconsin quadruple mast today? Like, just keep erecting taller and taller flagpoles, all the way up to the sun? HAPPY WE'RE ALMOST RID OF ROBIN VOS DAY, WISCONSIN!

Milwaukee’s Summerfest is the best music festival in the world because it’s the most populist music festival in the world (price, amenities, ease of access, diversity of crowd and artists). That’s true every year, but never more than this absolutely pristine Whoomp/Who Let pairing.

When I decided to do a series of interviews with smart folks about surviving this current moment in America, @garrettbucks.bsky.social was one of the first people I wanted to hear from. We all need some optimism to get us through and he has it, authentically. kemc.substack.com/p/theres-jus...

I honestly don't have any idea what it means for ICE to claim its ending Operation Metro Surge, but here are two things I do know, deep in my heart thewhitepages.net/p/we-will-be...

Oh my god you all, please read @noramabie.bsky.social 's ongoing reporting about the town of Froid, Montana, the Orozco family, and the national battle over who gets to be considered a neighbor. montanafreepress.org/2026/02/10/f...

THIS! "The fact that the left had the massive party with the celebrity cameos helps the MAGA fiction that they are not, in fact, the regime in power, but instead a stalwart group of rebels under siege by a hostile liberal world." More excerpts (not in order) below:

Thisthisthisthis!!

You know what's cooler than one party? A million parties thewhitepages.net/p/a-single-p...

As somebody who thinks about community and “being a good neighbor” a whole bunch, my thoughts on Rocket Mortgage is that they can take their big predatory rocket right into the sun!

Just texted my wife, STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING, ZOHRAN JUST DID A KID PODIUM NEXT TO HIS PODIUM.

This piece on simple, practical, persistent care and connection is so good. There’s about six people I read every single word of their {stellar real heartening} writing right now and one of them is @garrettbucks.bsky.social. (Plus PNW friends, he’s coming our way this month!)

Everybody's telling you to build community! And they're right, but not just bc it's good to be less lonely or bc you need a distraction from fascism. It is, in fact, how we win! thewhitepages.net/p/seven-reas...

What will be will be! I'm just excited to know what era we're in. Are we bad and rebuilding? Bad and not rebuilding? Somehow good, still? I've cheered for every version of the Bucks. The only time it hasn't been fun is when it's not clear who we are.

Introverts, take heart--Garrett has you covered!

Everybody's telling you to build community! And they're right, but not just bc it's good to be less lonely or bc you need a distraction from fascism. It is, in fact, how we win! thewhitepages.net/p/seven-reas...

READ THIS. Heartbreaking and heart lifting as all deeply human things are. By @garrettbucks.bsky.social thewhitepages.net/p/in-the-eve...

I would like to cosign every bit of this, from the big backpacks to the soup ladle, and with all my heart and all my soul, I would like this post to end up unnecessary, both for @garrettbucks.bsky.social and anyone else, like me, who feels the same way.

Milwaukee rally right now. Neighbors passing around hand warmers. Restaurants passing out burgers and sandwiches. Beautiful.

Just watched a video of my son's school's anti-ICE walk out/rally and oh my God if this isn't a whole new set of parental tears I haven't quite tapped into previously (proud, grateful, inspired).

a really beautiful read about showing up for each other

"That’s the problem with believing in other human beings. We let each other down so much, but not always. And it’s the “not always” that makes it worth it. We can be beautiful to each other, but only when we try." @garrettbucks.bsky.social with the most timely guest essay for BASKETBALL FEELINGS

If you read only one piece today about political organizing that's also about remembering a bunch of guys who played for the Milwaukee Bucks in the early 2010s, I think it should be this one. [by me, for THE @wtevs.bsky.social 's BASKETBALL FEELINGS] www.basketballfeelings.com/p/joy-alchem...

I wrote about the railroad tracks in Minneapolis, about where they go and why thewhitepages.net/p/long-befor...

MN needs an eviction moratorium now. In the meantime, we're fundraising to keep families in their homes. Thanks to folks across the country (over 20 states!) who've contributed $200,000 to this fund, but according to organizers there are still unmet needs. secure.myvanco.com/YHHF/campaig...

finally a good dating app

For the past few weeks, in addition to solidarity fundraising, I've been compiling letters from across the world to MPLS (1000 so far) They've been shared in a variety of ways already, but today we launched this website. It's a tiny thing, but so too is every act of love. loveletterstominnesota.com

I wrote about the railroad tracks in Minneapolis, about where they go and why thewhitepages.net/p/long-befor...

"We had one hotel publicly refuse to house ICE, which became a big national news story when DHS went after them. That’s a hotel we were targeting, and it was mostly because of our pressure. We had two more hotels temporarily shut down to avoid housing ICE..." www.laborpolitics.com/p/how-minnea...

I love seeing all the responses @ziibiing.com is receiving. I’ve been helping facilitate a similar project these past week alongside organizers in SW (many of which are being hung up around town tomorrow) and seeing the enormity and beauty of responses is powerful. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

There are so many vigils tonight around the Twin Cities. Just a blossoming of grief and solidarity.