Thanks to @ginabird.bsky.social for reviewing WHAT TO CARRY INTO THE FUTURE in @barrelhouse.bsky.social—ngl, it feels pretty special to be read alongside Jenny Odell, whose book was so instrumental in my burnout recovery and writing process. www.barrelhousemag.com/blog/myers-w...

We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.

Thank you to my @newyorkstateag.bsky.social for defending trans rights!

1. There's a lot of confusion about this out there. Let me make it easier: There are two ways to keep the government open: The full FY26 appropriations bill for the entire year, and a continuing resolution to keep it open for a few months at current levels. Both are part of negotiations right now.

I called Gillibrand and Schumer’s offices about not accepting any budget “deal” that strips away gender affirming care. I got through to both offices easily, which suggests that they are not getting enough calls. Here’s a great script.

hey, cis people. we need you to call every single elected official you've got, now.

“They are looking to spend more money than I would even tax them.” 🔥🔥🔥

It’s a good time to let your reps, neighbors, friends, and family know that trans rights are human rights and must be defended.

i have to say, as a trans journalist who has covered the "trans debate" for about a decade now, there is no daylight between how the trump administration and conservatives lie about tylenol and autism and how they've lied about youth trans care.

hi, cis folks! trans people need your help! the FY26 budget gets a vote by 9/30. GOP wants a ban on funds for ALL health services that provide trans care for ANY AGE. they're trying for other bans, too. we need you to call senators like chuck who don't get it: reps.fyi info & script in the🧵⬇️

"The ideas of shared fate and shared responsibility lie at the core of solidarity, and present a fundamental challenge to fascism’s emphasis on enemies, on scapegoating the vulnerable for society’s ills and convincing followers that they will be safe." Great piece from Naomi Braine @inthesetimes.com

Facts!

“The problem is the whole country has become a news desert…And so if the only kind of news water we have in this desert is a mirage, that's the problem.” @theferocity.bsky.social (Once again the poets say it best.) From Vibe Check: It’s Still Cerulean, B!tch podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/v...

Happy Labor Day.

In better news, Cassandra Gillig wrote a rather hilarious, rave review of my book in the latest Poetry Project newsletter—calling it “Decolonial, bisexual, and lyrical.” All I ever wanted! www.poetryproject.org/publications...

Thank you! ☺️☺️☺️

I fell in love with NYC when I visited Washington Square Park for the first time in 1985. I fell in love at The Poetry Project in the East Village where I met my wife to be 15 years later. 💙💙💙

Here’s better reporting about that which seems to be missing from most U.S. reporting

1. If you've scrolled social media lately, you've likely seem Democrats cheering for Gov. Gavin Newsom for trolling Trump relentlessly. You've also likely seen trans people terrified of a Newsom 2028 run. I explain why trans people are not feeling Newsom. Subscribe to support our journalism.

I wrote an entire book inspired by riding every train line from end to end. From the very beginning, the trains offered New Yorkers a new way to live.

I cannot wait to vote for this guy AGAIN.

Maybe he'll shut the fuck up if enough of us call and tell him to shut the fuck up

Also, why the hell would I be mad at someone for living in a rent stabilized apartment??????? Everyone should be able to live in rent stabilized housing!!!! That’s the whole point!!!!! OMG!!!!! I’m going to snap!!!!!!

On Social Security's 90th anniversary, President Trump repeated a series of lies about the program from the Oval Office. Let's set the record straight. 🧵

Lander always brings receipts. ⬇️

Labour is functionally the Democratic party of the UK. When you seen an American trans person getting mad at Democrats over trans issues, this is what we are trying to prevent. Labour officials consulted for American Democrats last election.

"The Aoki Scale is based not on harnessing technology, but civilizations deepening their understanding of self and community. To progress from one level to the next requires quantum leaps in language, empathy, and technology." (And I bet the snacks are great, too.)

We are thrilled to announce the shortlist for the 2025 Lambda Literary Awards! lambdaliterary.org/2025/07/anno...

“It won't be…one good idea…that will get folks through…It will be millions of small generosities continuously…circulating among small and delicate networks that millions of people will construct together from the millions of small gifts they have at their disposal.”

My love letter to NYC is 4 months old this week and now available on Bookshop with free shipping. Anti-Prime all the way, baby! bookshop.org/a/110446/979...

I saw this last week and I felt extremely emotional. 10 years. That's how long this took and it should not have taken this long. www.nrdc.org/press-releas... - I thought also of all of the activists including Little Miss Flint who have CONTINUED to fight for all of these years.

A really useful piece on what a progressive agenda within constraints might look like. The housing policy is especially strategic - moving beyond sloganeering to outline overlapping levels of intervention. This bit on public service delivery seems like one that should be read more widely.

Popping in for a minute to say that it really sucks that the murder bill passed Congress and ALSO to thank every single person who tried to stop the bill from passing. What you did matters. Finally, I wrote a few words: open.substack.com/pub/prisoncu... - I hope they might offer some encouragement.

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

Poets, get your manuscripts ready! Perugia Press’s annual prize opens August 1. Open to women poets, inclusive of all gender-expansive definitions of that term, who have not published more than one full-length collection. Full guidelines & submission info in linktree. Can’t wait to read your work!

Oh, but she was talking LOUD racist shit the other day.

if you have a D senator, take 1 minute to call. you can be quick. “senator _____ must to raise a point of order on the floor & challenge budget section 71114's anti-trans medicaid ban." want to say more? last week’s D all-star ran an explicitly pro trans care campaign! it's not a losing issue! ⬇️🧵

dang it's a good thing Chuck Schumer made certain Trump's spending bill passed, otherwise there we may have had some kind of crisis of Democracy

The world can be different and we can make it so.

We knew this about this Supreme Court. I guess everyone is on the same page now that the courts will not "save" us. The question is really how to save ourselves. On that, we need a lot more people doing a lot of different things for many years.

Tens of thousands of trans people & families with trans members have fled their homes and states because of mounting state level attacks on trans rights. So what does the NYT do? It runs this crap, crazed DARVO op-ed that reverses the victims and the victimizers.

Today's newsletter is about how @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social shows that you can run on "kitchen table issues" without throwing vulnerable people to the wolves — and win! www.readtpa.com/p/want-to-kn...

Wowwwweeee….This Zohran win feels so good!!! How it also feels:

There’s just so much: the victory of a new political talent, the loss of an old tyrant, the possibilities of alliance & positive strategizing, the hope for a more just future, the cracking of the last generation’s stranglehold on power. Also the joy and force of Tish James! Listen to her voice!

Congratulations to the 13 brave women who risked their careers and reputations to stand up to Cuomo’s sexual predation

"GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE"

MAP: How Your Neighborhood Voted in the NYC Mayoral Election www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/24/m...

I mean, there are so many great reasons to rank @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social #1, and for me, being a proud pedestrian is one of em.

Noteworthy, I think, that the Democratic establishment are putting much more effort into stopping Mamdani than stopping Trump