Nicole Hollander, passed away at age 87. Safe travels, Nicole.

"[C]orporations only exist because states allow them to. Which means that every power a corporation has was given to it by the state. Hawaii just took one of those powers off the list—starting next year, corporations in Hawaii can no longer spend money on state + local elections." #ShareGoodNewsToo

My favorite mother’s day cartoon from the stupendous @rosemarymosco.com

Crows going nuts, dive-bombing the top of a pine. First 6 then 12 then 24. A gigantic red-tailed hawk emerged, crows swarming, pulling wing feathers and tail. Hawk dropped a large rabbit with a loud thud on the neighbors roof. Now the crows are celebrating like they just won the World Series.

Hey Chicago friends, I will be speaking about BLUE POWER, in convo w/ Robert Vargas, at @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social on this Wed., May 13, at 7pm. Hope to see you there! pilsencommunitybooks.com/events/49250

Like every Mother's Day today I am asking that you consider a donation to @nationalbailout.bsky.social to help free mamas who are separated from their families by the injustices of pretrial detention systems. secure.actblue.com/donate/freeb...

Happy John Brown Day!

Look, if I unclench my jaw, my brain might fall out

Love of my life Chicago

I appreciate people who just decide to do stuff. reasonstobecheerful.world/the-one-doll...

Data Centers are Disasters - new graphic on the Justseeds downloads page : justseeds.org/graphic/data...

One more author announced for our upcoming surveillance horror and Weird fiction anthology! Mae Murray's story is a DARK "laugh so I don't cry" kind of story. Y'all are gonna love it.

"police activity" usually means they're arresting someone but here it's "the cops have shut down half the north side, including part of the interstate, for the funeral of a cop who was shot after he and his partner totally boned their search of a perp"

BRB. Preparing curse tablets for my enemies. www.history.com/articles/wha...

This is a feel good image for me. These two adorable young Australian superb fairywren staying close to each other.

I don't know who needs to hear this, but if you have problems with gnats (especially fruit flies) in your home, mix a generous amount of apple cider vinegar with water and dish soap in a jar, cover with plastic wrap and poke some holes in it. It makes an extremely effective trap!

Happening now: Cook County officials, the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights and other immigrant advocacy groups are holding a presser outside the county's Domestic Violence Court in Chicago, re: federal immigration agents being spotted at 4 separate Cook County courthouses today.

'Découpages 2', published in 1948, found yesterday at a flea market & scanned here for you. 13 pages. www.presentandcorrect.com/blogs/blog/d...

Hey now lets be reasonable: they'rw also sites of awful labor exploitation

Just took care of something I'd been stuck on for months. Asked for help a couple of days ago, got an answer this afternoon, made myself follow through before I could take any more time with it. If I weren't so mad about everything else I'd be over the moon. Maybe I'll celebrate a little later.

fascinating story from hungary: the guy who was picked to be the next minister of justice also happened to be the brother-in-law of péter magyar needless to say, this drew a fair few raised eyebrows, some would even say criticism and then...the minister-to-be just withdrew the country is in shock

I love how many things currently happening make me feel like there's a boa constrictor permanently wrapped around my chest

Really useful thread on a rapidly developing situation.

You can unleash a piercing, eldritch shriek of complete & utter desolation, as a little treat

See, I always love it when a film throws a bunch of money at a couple of academics like this. Fuck yeah Professor Adler, go hog wild in the set shop being uptight about the color of the stone walls

thread of my fave #MetGala looks from this year, theme being "Fashion is Art" Emma Chamberlain in Mugler inspired by Van Gogh and Munch's brush strokes

cannot NOT mention this retelling of The Green Knight in this context the-toast.archive.town/2015/06/03/s...

the thing is, I feel pretty confident that people at *Smith College* have a better idea of what it means to be a woman than literally anyone in the Trump administration.

On fashion’s big night out, we turned the lens onto the garment, retail, warehouse, and delivery workers who make the fashion industry possible. Read the full piece: bsky.app/profile/mayo...

icymi: i reviewed will quam’s fantastic debut book, fire and clay. it’s part chicago history, part architectural study, part bricklaying for dummies. i wanted to title it “i’m bricked up about bricks” but that got rejected idk why 😔

Hey, do you publish zines?? 👀 We mail zines to our sustainers each month—and we're always looking for exciting new material! If you've got a recently published zine that you think would appeal to our community, send us an email about it: [email protected] 💌 1/3

This is for *your* kids, you understand. The tech elites send *their* kids to private, screen-free Montessori schools. They know exactly what they're doing.

happy star wars day to this tweet in particular

The Pretrial Success Act is scheduled for a subject matter hearing this Thursday at 8am! We need your help showing the legislature the immense amount of community support for the Success Act. Help secure resources for people awaiting trial: bit.ly/SuccessSlip

When our Black mamas and caregivers return home from jail their mental health issues have worsened. Give the gift of freedom to someone who can’t afford their bail: bit.ly/freeblackmam...

We don't lack an adequate language, we lack an adequate stomach to talk about how these things are racialized and gendered because then we'd have to be honest about the white male supremacist setup of our society.

Mexico is planning free universal healthcare for 120 million people. It builds on a longer record of expanding public health coverage. The first phase began this month, with citizens aged 85 and older now eligible. Novara Media buff.ly/AWVCJZG #ShareGoodNewsToo

Today (until midnight) is the last day you can register a comment. Take the time you would have spent on social media to do this. They have to read and record every comment, and respond to the substantive ones. Instructions in the blog.

Star fox, Blossom Fox - Polystyrene Print #FoxFriday 🤍 #FoxMoon 🦊🌿🌕

Next Tuesday, 5/5, we've got the release of Singing HIlls #7, A LONG AND SPEAKING SILENCE! It's the start of the rainy season, and one very young cleric is waiting tables, listening to stories, and trying to help a refugee population in the river town of Luntien! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS is "terrifyingly prescient" and "necessary" - and on Literary Hub's list of May's best SFF books: lithub.com/mays-best-sc... #IgnoreThisBook

It's May Day in Chicago and across from the United Center, labor and immigrant advocacy groups are gathering in a local park ahead of the afternoon's planned marches and rallies. Atmosphere is very festive; people are getting down to Dolly Parton's "9 to 5."

Lost Kite Editions Chapbook Prize is still open! Any genre. Fiction, poetry, CNF, hybrid, collaborative. Winner chosen by Hanif Abdurraqib. $1,500 + 20 copies + spring 2027 publication. $5 fee. Deadline: May 15. #Writers #WritingContest #ChapbookPrize

Happy May Day from Chicago. There's a lot of events planned around the city today; right now interfaith leaders are gathering with activists outside 1 S. Dearborn Street, the Chicago HQ of Highlands REIT, a real estate investment firm planning to lease a vacant jail in Colorado to ICE.

May Day -William Morris

america fact: even though the date for IWD was chosen to commemorate the haymarket massacre in chicago, the US does not officially mark the occasion. instead, a defanged labor day is celebrated four months later specifically to downplay history and discourage socialism

I talked with @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social about hope, backlash, political memory, and how history can help us understand our own power.

STRIKE: Ahead of May Day, Popeyes workers in Los Angeles are on strike due to life-threatening workplace violence, extreme heat, cockroaches in the kitchen, wage theft, and broken restroom, to the point we’ve been forced to urinate in a closet drain because it is the only place without cameras. 🧵

How awesome are these badges by @mxfrankduffy.bsky.social?