1/ one of my most memorable college experiences was in a literature class (before i switched majors from english to art). we were discussing a book, and i had said something about a character or something. prof: why do you read, tim? what do you like about books?

the best part about writing a 1,000 word piece on a subject you feel excited about is when you wind up with 2,100 words, and you wonder if the editor will notice

if you're a zinester, or small publisher, take a look at this fascinating doc

really excited to have a piece in Joshua James Amberson's latest Basic Paper Airplane zine go get yrself a copy! www.antiquatedfuture.com/zines/basic-...

I started a US satellite store for Sheer Spite, shipping from Everett, WA! Folks in the US can benefit from affordable shipping and no tariffs. Launching with just these 6 items but more to come. sheerspite.bigcartel.com

Page One in Cincinnati: “.. I need to be able to look my grandkids in the eye and say I did not remain silent.” #ICE

So. How many of you are in trouble? interc.pt/3KhNsEp

this looks good: Katherine Small Gallery is hosting a talk on El Lissitzky's legendary collab with Mayakovsky ksmallgallery.com/products/tic...

"goodbye. see ya when i'm hungry," my kid told me. without a trace of irony or sarcasm.

How exactly does a kids online safety bill threaten queer and trans culture on the internet? Harvard Cyberlaw expert @esqueer.net breaks it down. #KOSA #Censorship #Boston @warren.senate.gov @edmarkey.bsky.social

You can just call your senators and talk about whatever

They’re hiding cameras in traffic barrels to track and monitor us

the average rock song is 3.5 min long, which makes "Fools Gold" the best 2.89 songs ever recorded

turn it up girlslivingoutsidesocietysshit.bandcamp.com/track/trans-...

can't speak highly enough about these 2 books in each, William C. Anderson (author of "Black as resistance") speaks with movement elders (Ashanti Alston in one, Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin, JoNina Abron-Ervin and Modibo Kadalie in the other) they're mind-bogglingly thoughtful. pick them up!

for my librarian friends, here's a nice collection of critical viewpoints on libraries, written in 2021. freely available here: violetbfox.info/disorientati... (thanks to @sheerspite.bsky.social for the rec) #Libraries #PublicLibraries #Zines

for my librarian friends, here's a nice collection of critical viewpoints on libraries, written in 2021. freely available here: violetbfox.info/disorientati... (thanks to @sheerspite.bsky.social for the rec) #Libraries #PublicLibraries #Zines

Seen in Washington DC, capital of the land of the free

OTD 1969 James Brown drags his road-weary band into King Studios in Cincinnati to record. Drummer Clyde Stubblefield bangs out a drum pattern Brown crafts into "Funky Drummer." Minor hit but it forms a foundational beat in Hip-Hop. The bldg remains vacant & standing but King left in 1971.

so... Mark Fell just announced his 5th album of the year...!?!? boomkat.com/products/rea...

i got my copies from @burningbooks.bsky.social at the @boston-a-bookfair.bsky.social , by the way

can't speak highly enough about these 2 books in each, William C. Anderson (author of "Black as resistance") speaks with movement elders (Ashanti Alston in one, Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin, JoNina Abron-Ervin and Modibo Kadalie in the other) they're mind-bogglingly thoughtful. pick them up!

The attack marks the latest of nearly 400 Israeli violations of a US-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

Excellent Detroit Techno 101 read. Some filthy tracks linked at the end, including this from Model 500

and its latest bid to become Buy N Large from wall-e, Amazon just sent out a mailed flyer about their new medical clinics in the Boston area

What a terrible day to know how to read

swiss polyglot egg punks MARAUDEUR came out with a new LP on Feel It today go treat yourselves! i just did maraudeur.bandcamp.com/album/flasch...

Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”

somerville is losing its edge. That was the first time in like three months that a driver told me to f off because I was crossing the street in the crosswalk

i like to think that my contribution to Somerville culture was telling @jefczekaj.bsky.social about the mythical Hall Street Troll-- which inspired this hip house masterpiece #SomervilleMA #Trolls www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq6J...

related (in terms of unlikely places to get exposed to anarchist ideas) - i think i bought my first anarchist book from the grumps who ran the RCP bookstore outside of harvard square.

i wonder how many ppl had their eyes opened to anarchism by this scene in the holy grail?

probably something an innocent man would do

The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.

this is literally never not accurate

On November 11, 1887, four anarchists were hanged, after being found guilty of murder of a cop in Chicago's Haymarket Square, though the prosecutor admitted that they were actually tried for being anarchists.

here's an elected politician saying "standing up to donald trump didn't work, it actually gave him more power" what a great political system we have here.

hear me out: a 50 year mortgage... for groceries

A man rushed to the Broadview ICE facility searching for his wife. They followed every legal step, but ICE took her into another room and she vanished. He tracked her phone there when the signal died. Police told him to “look up her name online.” He sat in the parking lot, weeping, with no answers.

i don't know why i am surprised, but this just happened.... "Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP food aid payments"

a new social ecology podcast, for those who celebrate... www.trise.net/2025/10/28/m...

Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment

it turns out i do not want to be on the davis square google group list

just another day at the public library #PublicLibraryLife

This really hasn’t gotten enough attention this week. @wired.com #ICE www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...

Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school

My radical leftist opinion is that people deserve both food security and dignity.

"ai ethics"