NYC, if this makes you angry, come to the New Yorkers Against ICE rally on 9/25 at Foley Square!

"child -sized graves being dug around the world..."

If the concern is authoritarianism, I struggle to think of more than a very few things a state can do that are more intrusive of human rights, dignity and freedom than forced pregnancy.

#makebillionairespay good turnout for today's march in NYC

I spoke with five families in the D.C. region about what it's like raising trans kids in Trump's backyard. They shared fears about being personally targeted by the federal government and their joys in raising kids that are learning to express themselves authentically in a difficult world.

What was the one meal your dad knew how to make for dinner? Mine was Spanish tortilla

My friend Michael just called me a half-nonagerian. LOVE thegoldenhour.substack.com/p/45-things-...

When everyone was clamoring for more civics education over the last couple years, some of us warned that that meant a very different thing to people on the far-right. This is the white nationalist version, a Trojan horse for religion in the schools and for censorship of a full history.

Overcrowded cells. Unsanitary conditions. Limited access to food and water. These are the conditions that ICE has created at 26 Federal Plaza, which eleven elected officials sought to expose. Instead, they were arrested. They must be released right now — and inspectors let in.

The ACLU has written a guide to basic protest OPSEC that addresses the very basic risk factors -- it's nowhere near fully comprehensive, but it's the absolute table stakes for responsible protest: aclu-wa.org/story/Protes...

"The relief in the room was palpable when students realized they could hold both truths: Kirk’s words wounded and provoked many, and his death was still terribly wrong." www.chronicle.com/article/how-...

check it out here: climatetechatlas.com

BREAKING: We just confronted @governor.ny.gov in person to tell her to REJECT the Williams-NESE pipeline. Working families don’t want Trump’s toxic☠️ pipeline, we want affordable green energy! #StopWilliamsNESE #NoTrumpPipelines

"Over 90 percent of the people on this planet would be better off if we phased out fossil fuels and halted global heating." That is the key point, isn't it? And really it's 100% because you can't eat money.

Great piece @doctorvive.bsky.social ! lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-... reminds me of my recent piece that emphasized the way apocalypses tend to flatten social hierarchies...

The Jimmy Kimmel firing, Colbert's show, what's happening at WaPo, CBS... legacy journalism is slowly but surely coming under state control. It is more important now than ever before that we support the independent journalists out there doing the work not beholden to a fascist's bidding.

Go @pkrugman.bsky.social : open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Charlie Kirk and stochastic terrorism: thegoldenhour.substack.com/p/on-not-neg...

As we enter this new season, GGN and our partners are offering a number of ways to get connected. We have a film screening and good griever meet-up in NYC, our monthly digital drop-in Collective Grieving Space (happening tomorrow!), and our final 10-Step for 2025. Sign-up here: tr.ee/EmZhZErj3R

Still thinking about this and getting increasingly rageful

Tim Walz: "I've been telling people since January it's going to get worse before it gets better, but it is going to come to an end. History is not going to be kind to these people. History is going to remember them for what they're trying to do. It's not what they're going to get done."

Charlie Kirk and stochastic terrorism: thegoldenhour.substack.com/p/on-not-neg...

“The study found that about 7% of US adults have been present at the scene of a mass shooting in their lifetime, and more than 2% have been injured during one.”

This is really great news on the COP front! As confirmation for COP starts, non-gov participants will be required to 👉 disclose who is funding them and 👉 confirm that their individual objectives are in full alignment with global climate goals kickbigpollutersout.org/COP30-next-s...

My optimism here is limited, but I really hope centrist institutions like universities and major news organizations understand that the plan is for the govt to dismantle them. They do not care if you fire your columnists or discipline staff for accurately quoting Kirk. They just want us all gone.

Dozens of Trump admin officials need to spend the rest of their lives in a jail cell, if only to show the rest of the world that America is serious about purging this rot from our governance.

The Dept. of Education has pulled funding for programs in 8 states that support students with both hearing and vision loss. A staffer at one program says he was told the Trump admin. took issue with 2 words on the grant application: “transition" and “privilege": www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Many of the men deported to CECOT said they are permanently changed: struggling to sleep, drink water or leave their homes. One man broke into tears describing how he had a panic attack the first time he walked down a busy Venezuelan street.

hi friends! It's almost the weekend. Have you planned something fun offline? It could be reading a book, taking a long walk, going to a museum, seeing a friend, doing a craft, or cooking an elaborate meal. If you are sad, try not to be sad alone. And if you can, charge your phone away from your bed.

If you are on the TPUSA list of professors or are an otherwise visible left academic, I strongly recommend reviewing your digital footprint. Is your address public information? What about your family members? crimethinc.com/2020/08/26/d...

I wrote just last week about how School of Rock (the after school program, not the movie) gave my kid a friend group that all hate AI open.substack.com/pub/thegolde...

I reported years ago on professors who received death threats thanks to Charlie Kirk's Watchlist. They feared for their families' safety. www.npr.org/sections/ed/...

Tribute in Light- 9/11 memorial seen from airplane. Next year will be 25

"There is a separation of white people and colored people in the United States. That separation is not a disease of colored people. It is a disease of white people. I do not intend to be quiet about it." - Albert Einstein, 1946

Shout out to everyone only now learning that "Albert Einstein was reclusive at the end of his career, shunning public engagements." Really meant, "For the last *20 years* of his career, Einstein opposed US racism by only speaking publicly at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

I reported years ago on professors who received death threats thanks to Charlie Kirk's Watchlist. They feared for their families' safety. www.npr.org/sections/ed/...

Why is it that you can only monger four things-- fish, cheese, fear and war. I vastly prefer the first two

This is the biggest story in America right now. Coffee up 20.9% year-over-year Steaks up 16.6% Apples up 9.6% Bananas, 6.6%. www.axios.com/2025/09/11/t...

Trump thought the people of Chicago—and Washington, D.C. where he already sent the troops—were going to cower in fear. But that’s because Trump doesn’t know what it means to be an American. Period. Thank you, @deanobeidallah.bsky.social 🙏🏼 deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/trump-want...

Nobody wants this gas plant. Trump is forcing it to stay open. The Department of Energy is citing Trump's declaration of an 'energy emergency' and voracious data centers in its decision to keep the plant outside of Philadelphia running. grist.org/justice/nobo... #DOE #Energy #Gas #Climate #Policy

Alright, so I've been afraid to say this out loud, but I think after today, I can say it: In the first Battle of Los Angeles, the good people of LA County have prevailed. We beat ICE back. 1/

More people in DC than in Wyoming or Vermont. Coming up on Alaska and North Dakota. Per capita, we pay more federal income tax than any of the states. (Incl NY, CA, CT, etc.) Voice in Congress: Zero. Have never before felt as much DC-specific patriotism—across race and class—as now.

We got up close to @governor.ny.gov at the Labor Day parade to tell her working families want her to reject the #WilliamsNESEpipeline— Trump’s pet project. No deals with fascists. No costly poison pipelines. The people are paying attention- don’t think you can sneak this by us! #notrumppipelines

Here's a gift link to my Businessweek article including a section about the financial interests behind Alpha School.

I wrote an article for Businessweek this week about how the tech industry is pushing AI into schools. It includes a section about Alpha, which reveals, among other things, that it's actually been operating as a subsidiary of a major tech company. Its press blitz is part of a bigger plan.

I’m going on my first multi-day silent meditation retreat next week! Any tips for me?

I wrote about why my kid hates AI. open.substack.com/pub/thegolde...

Correction: she is not a journalist. She's a hack.