There should be a national conservatory for the preservation of funk. The musicianship in those 70s bands is beyond beyond.

Mayor-elect Mamdani should bring back Mitchell-Lama housing

Mamdani over 50% A win and a clear majority

Wow it turns out the entire country is not permanently reactionary because Trump won an election by 1.5%

Every public school teacher you know now knows more about how to help families find affordable food than they did about a week ago. In case any anti-teacher-union types are curious, this is what those disruptive organizers have been texting/emailing each other about all weekend.

I feel like a bluesky scold for harping on this, but the constant racist misspelling and mispronunciation of Zohran’s name by the right is just another sign of how bankrupt they are morally.

@lisaduggan.bsky.social Just realized we are on Blue Sky together! Oh happy day!

2020 wasn’t an anomaly. It was a blueprint. — a friend just now.

Dear New York, at the very least, please give wonderful Democratic Socialist Mamdani a massive landslide victory so that he has a mandate.

REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”

What an evening. Beyond grateful for what we made together. Lecture available on line for 2 weeks.

We Need to Rethink How We Think About the Holocaust www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/o...

There is a shared semiotics of protest derived from manga on which the generational reading is hinged. But that seems thin.

MLK was a national civil rights leader by his twenties, and assassinated at 39. Yet he was not limited to a “youth activist.”

Why are all these anti-establishment protests happening globally being reported on as “Gen Z”? Isn’t that a little reductive ?

If you vote in NYC, vote early. Don’t wake up Nov 5th with Andrew Cuomo as your mayor.

As Toni Morrison said, "the very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work." But she also reminded us never to lose our capacity to be shocked. Part of my conversation on @ayman.msnbc.com earlier today.

I will never get over that “you knew I was a snake when you let me in” story Trump told all the time on the campaign trail in 2016.

While Americans are paying more than ever for basic necessities, the Trump family has been making themselves richer.

Over the past week, the president said the DOJ should pay him a quarter billion dollars, bulldozed half the White House to build himself a gaudy ballroom, bragged about murdering civilians in international waters, pardoned some more criminals, directed federal prosecutors to indict his opponents ...

For my forever Space Sis: 🎂 💞

Watching Zohran and Tish James and others rally in NYC last night was sanity restoring: there is a message that resonates with US voters even in these times. They just need a real choice.

This admin made off with the biggest heist for the ultra rich and now wants to jack up health premiums for working folk to pay for it.

The ACA now has net +35 favorability amongst polled Americans, and is favored even among Republicans and in Republican controlled districts. Turns out everyone likes having health care!

Finally saw ‘One Battle After Another.’ Definitely a sign of the times, but not his best film. But I’m glad the fascists hate it. Sean Penn should win all the awards.

Still thinking about ‘The Alabama Solution.’ What a great piece of muckraking journalism. Bring back muckraking journalism.

Opinion | Be sure of this: many of the horrors the west allowed in Gaza will come closer to home - The Guardian

It’s wild that having a cell phone to document abuse inside prisons is criminalized in Alabama. Topsy turvy.

Every one needs to watch The Alabama Solution, a gripping new doc on the horrors of prison in the US, nothing short of modern day slavery, filmed by prisoners themselves.

The sound of freedom!

Why has Dominion Voting Systems been settling defamation lawsuits with Trump allies who falsely claimed the company stole the 2020 election? Because Dominion has just been bought by a company run by a former GOP election official. Be warned.

Letitia James was my rep when I lived in Brooklyn. Her courage in seeking to hold Trump accountable has resulted in this baseless indictment. The Justice Department is not credible anymore.

I look forward to Trump lawyer Lindsey Halligan being disbarred.

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

The Trump administration is seeking to strip protections for federal workers, and he won’t stop there.

#SAGAFTRA has released the following statement on the announcement of “Tilly Norwood,” an A.I.-generated “actor” that is reportedly seeking representation: SAG-AFTRA believes creativity is, and should remain, human-centered. The union is opposed to the replacement of human performers by synthetics.

Five corporations control 90% of the US media market. Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.

Opinion | Judith Butler is being targeted by the US government. We must stand up - The Guardian

Wow the CEO of Spotify is just terrible. Who would have guessed it? Cancelling subscription.

Today’s news is giving me a headache. Oh wait …

The real MVP of comedy in the US right now

Wait, did I miss the rapture or is that tomorrow?

Great show by the great Zoe Leonard, reviewed by the great Julia Bryan-Wilson in 4 Columns.

The brain tricks us constantly. It mistakes scrolling and "seeking information" for DOING THINGS. That is not doing. You have to act.

Great conversation with @astrominx.bsky.social at Beinecke yesterday, about Janelle Monae, atrofuturism, and dreaming beyond despair.

A Proud Iconoclast - New York Magazine — Coco Fusco retrospective opens!

Trump’s allies now control X, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, & TikTok. They own Fox News, CBS, WaPo, WSJ & NY Post. They own Sinclair Broadcasting which has 200 tv stations and local news in 100 markets. “Freedom of speech” is now what Trump and his billionaire pals say it is.

You can never appease a tyrant.