It's possible to build better things in the world. Collectively, we can accomplish a lot.

I do love the Rockford-ness of it all. ❤️

Chicagoans concerned about data centers, the Chicago Dept of Environment is hosting a community conversation around data centers Tuesday, May 19th 6-8pm at the Arturo Velasquez Institute.

He was very weary; the day had been long, and full of dragons.

Every day. Sometimes three or four times.

❤️❤️❤️

I could fill a library with my love for Jeremy Owens. He was recently diagnosed with ASL and his insurance has denied coverage of the lifesaving medication prescribed by his neurologist. Later I will rage at the American healthcare system but now, my friend needs help. Please give if you can.

anyone who knew someone with pancreatic cancer knows how big of a deal this is

My beloved friend (and my favorite writer) @meganstielstra.bsky.social is given the flowers she’s always deserved here!! 🎉💐😻 And it pulls one of my all-time favorite quotes from her: “if you’re hiding parts of yourself to look cool or make someone love you, please repeat after me: fuck that noise.”

Oh wow, this piece. 🥹 We dare you to try to read this and not get a little choked up.

my heart.

Come on then, and remove him.

Jesus wept. I just called my US rep and senators and told them they have to do everything they can to stop this genocide. I told them I don't care if they're in the minority. They have options. I told them to chain themselves to the White House fence. Please call your reps, too. reps.fyi

We're going to imagine what it can be.

I’m so happy to be part of this

Scoop: 13 US airports will see ICE agents at Transportation Security Administration checkpoints on Monday, a source with knowledge of the plans told CNN. www.cnn.com/us/live-news...

I love Blair's work so much.

lighting the bat signal for my summer book proposal course ↗️

The full performance of “I Lied To You” from ‘SINNERS’ at the 98th Oscars. #Sinners #Oscars2026

I'm giving an online talk next week on writing the body for The OpEd Project. I love their work. They're trying to change who writes history. www.eventbrite.com/checkout-ext...

Here’s a map of locations where you can pick up a copy of our Cook County judicial election guide. New locations are being added through the end of this week! www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/v...

"This is why we try."

I love @oldstermag.bsky.social and I love @saribotton.bsky.social.

In a conversation between June Jordan and Angela Y. Davis, published in 1990, Jordan said she was concerned about how much despair there is cuz people often take it out on themselves. She said she wanted a return to rage, where it’s taken out on the system.

I know this feels pointless but everyone has to call their congressional reps and say they oppose war with Iran and they oppose Trump illegally starting one without congressional approval — both congresscalllist.com

The house passed the SAVE Act last night. If you need to know more about why that’s bad and why we need to stop it in the senate, let me explain it to you (in comic form)! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/the-save-act

We can write about it. offassignment.com/writing-rage

1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken. Hundreds of kids are still detained. We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵

"God Bless America:" then he lists most of the countries in the hemisphere starting with Chile I think? this rules

The majority of organizing happening in Minnesota isn’t just peaceful, it’s INVISIBLE. Moms showing up who won’t be interviewed on TV, people whose ICE patrols don’t turn into viral video. The grocery runs, the donations, the people filming bc they happen to be there. Please remember this.

Alex Pretti’s last words were “are you ok?” said the woman next to him who ICE also pepper sprayed in the face.

Minnesota is the best of us.

“Our children are traumatized... After our fourth student was taken yesterday, I just thought someone has to hear the story. They’re taking children.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Here’s Wunmi Mosaku (who im over the moon got nominated for supporting actress for Sinners) talking about how playing Annie and this film changed her

When you focus on the regular people showing up magnificently in all of their flawed beauty, it helps you to keep going.

Oh my gosh you guys! The House just passed my bill to extend the health care tax credits for three more years!

“& so to tenderness, I add my action.”—Aracelis Girmay

Minneapolis.

In Chicago's Winnemac Park tonight, a growing crowd of around a hundred neighbors have gathered for an emergency vigil for Renee Nicole Good, a 37 yr old mom shot and killed by DHS in Minneapolis today.

In light of illegal actions by the U.S. gov't in Venezuela, we highlight a few teaching resources, starting with the classic "people's history" of Latin America by Eduardo Galeano, "Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent." 🧵 www.zinnedproject.org/materials/op...

We're celebrating @volumesbooks.bsky.social in their final weeks as a beloved home for readers and writers in our city. Come join us, Chicago.

May we all move with fierce love and solidarity in 2026. It's been a brutal year, but I am entering 2026 with more hope than I had at the end of 2024, because the people of my city gave me that hope. I love you, Chicago.

Tatiana Schlossberg has passed away at 35. Please read this beautiful essay she published last month. It's one of the best things I've read in a long time. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

FULL STORY: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to allow the Trump administration to deploy National Guard troops in the Chicago area to support its immigration crackdown. @wttw.bsky.social

If you are working on a book proposal, you want @atrubek.bsky.social.

Bear County, Michigan, by the incredible Midwest writer John Counts. My first acquisition for TriQuarterly, longlisted for a PEN. Let’s go, Midwest!

From Rob Reiner’s foreword to A Director’s Handbook by Viola Spolin.