The visa freeze starts on Jan. 21st, so we must act now. You can join us by calling on Congress to publicly oppose the visa freeze, demand oversight, and take action to restore immigrant visa processing. Send a letter now: stopaapihate.org/fight-trumps-visa-freeze/

THREAD of offers of guest lectures (via Zoom) for Minneapolis-area classes so faculty can offer their students a top-quality education while dealing with other crises Seeing tons of extremely generous offers. I'll try to post 'em all here--please add your own w topics you can cover & how to contact

Yeah, no.

Massachusetts: KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: BYSTANDERS IN ICE ENCOUNTERS Bystanders to ICE enforcement actions have the right to observe ICE officers and record the encounter from a reasonable distance, so long as they do not interfere with the officers. More at: mass.gov/AGO/immigrantresources alt-text

You represent public libraries, @libbyapp.com. Please know that everyone who is giving you negative feedback right now FUCKING ADORES PUBLIC LIBRARIES. And the people who most love libraries also hate "A.i." and don't want it in our books. Stand up for us and change this terrible policy.

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG... www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...

Donate any amount to unidos-mn.org, reply here, and I'll assign you an obscure bird species. Any takers? unidos-mn.org

Our lawmakers have a responsibility to do everything in their power to rein in ICE. The abuses won't stop without our collective action. Silence is complicity. Demand that Massachusetts lawmakers take a stand and pass urgent reforms to rein in ICE. www.aclum.org/ICE

We put out a call for #ICEOutForGood vigils 24 hours ago. There are now more than 1000 events taking place across the country this weekend. Find yours: www.mobilize.us?tag_ids=2913...

Just finished this … amazingly incisive, myth-busting, and thought-provoking. It also ends on a hopeful note about the power of individuals to influence things even with huge forces at work, which is much needed right now given, er *waves at reality*

On Wednesday, Renee Macklin Good was fatally shot by a federal ICE agent. Becca Good, her wife, shared the following statement with MPR News.

You can do this. You can do SOMETHING.

Someone who is more organized than me put them on a linktree, with our GFM that covers shipping & supplies. (And when we have too much money in there, we send it to folks in cities who need stuff immediately, like we did today!) linktr.ee/3Dwhistles

Five years ago today, Donald Trump urged his supporters to attack Congress and the Capitol over a proven lie. More than 140 police officers were injured. Trump then pardoned the attackers. He betrayed his oath and his country, and we won't ever forget it.

Delete your account on the creep side for creeps.

Call your reps + please read the thread. Do it now, please. Script.

Thanks! Added it to @resist.bot

Hey, so it's my birthday🎂 (I'm 44!!)🎉 and instead of asking to repost my illustrations, I'll ask you to let everyone know that Side Quested Book1 is in preorder, to be launched in March! Everyone deserves to enjoy some chaotic fantasy comedy! ❤️🎶 And it's *still* free to read online! 🌟

DHS wants mug shots, fingerprints, palm prints, iris & retina scans, voiceprints, & DNA samples from anyone "associated with" any applicant for US admission, residency, or citizenship: papersplease.org/wp/2026/01/0... Submit comments before midnight ET tonight: www.regulations.gov/document/USC...

For the 1st Shabbat of 2026, 10 things (in no particular order) that this rabbi humbly suggests each of us can do to make 2026 more sustainable than 2025. Note that these will look different for each of us because we have different capacities and professional/personal demands. That's ok.

We need this kind of book more than ever. I for one would preorder this in a heartbeat.

Also: I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Publishing, let me write a media literacy book, I am begging you. I keep being told that there's no appetite for this... But how can there NOT be, when it's an urgent and pressing issue, especially with how we aggregate news + use of AI?

Thanks for sharing this document, @rweingarten.bsky.social. I read it, and I believe it's inexcusably inadequate and will not prepare teachers or schools to confront the very real dangers of the "A.i." products pushed by your partners, including OpenAI. A few thoughts for your consideration...

A thread of questions for @rweingarten.bsky.social and the @aft.org, who are celebrating their partnership with OpenAI and Anthropic to push "A.i." onto teachers and students.

The 60 Minutes piece on the Trump Administration’s torture prison that Bari Weiss doesn’t want you to see has leaked.

Quick break from the winter break to send out our support for NCAR. Read more and sign on to the open letter. www.datarescueproject.org/support-for-...

Eighth night. #Hanukkah

This Penzeys sticker used to say, “Love People. Cook them tasty food.” Um, guess it’s time to replace it?

Seventh night. #Hanukkah

Shining together for the sixth night. #Hanukkah

Fifth night with Judah Maccabear. #Hanukkah

I am on the committee for the SAA Brenda S. Banks Travel Award given annually to archivists of color who would like to become active in SAA. It provides generous travel support and a years membership in SAA. Please share in your networks and with those that might be our next recipient!

The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality. And trans lives are grounded in reality. We see y'all. No matter what. www.popsci.com/science/tran...

Fourth night. #Hanukkah

Judah Maccabear lit for the third night. #Hanukkah

2nd night. #Hanukkah

Steve isn’t here anymore, but he always posted this picture on Hanukkah so I thought we could carry on his tradition and remember him.

Shine on, folks. #Hannukah

We are horrified and heartbroken by the mass shooting at a Hanukkah event at Bondi Beach, Australia. We mourn the lives lost and pray for the recovery of those injured, including loved ones of Keshet community members.

Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah. Praying for his full & speedy recovery. And so deeply inspired by his example.

This is my friend's cat. Its name is Cookie Swirl, and it disappeared in the American section of Charlotte airport on 11/10. We're asking for your help. She doesn't have any other socials, so if you can post it widely to see if anyone knows where it is. It's a little thing, but matters a lot to her.

No. It still gives her a boost and extra money to use for her hate campaigns. Just give up on it. There are plenty of better books, games and movies.

“The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 50,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience so people around the world can experience the beauty of the Quilt and witness the love and stories stitched into each panel.”

Over at #Ebooks Direct, on this "Whatever We're Supposed To Call The Sunday After Black Friday" Sunday: our #Pride package is on sale! Contains #LGBTQ & queer folk (mortal and immortal) of many kinds, stripes and varieties, all of them worth meeting at least for drinks! ebooks.direct/products/pri...

THIS. Life’s too short to waste on trolls.

Ok, so we're this close 🤏🏻 to hit an important milestone of views on Tapas, so if you feel like reading (or re-reading) a really funny webcomic *for free*, now would be an amazing time! Come meet a trio of bi disasters navigating the chaos of a quest to find the source of magic, on Tapas!

It’s tiresome and repetitive but I think it may be imperative every time fascism tells this fundamentally antisemitic lie that every Jew who knows even a bit of what’s what—I know a bit—says explicitly “this isn’t for me. It’s against me & everyone human.”

New article documenting the #SaveOurSigns campaign and its development. Learn more about the project! @ahaaamericanart.bsky.social journalpanorama.org/article/save...

1/ Announcing GovScape – a public search system for 10 million U.S. government PDFs (70 million pages)! GovScape offers visual search, semantic text search, and keyword search. Explore below: Website: www.govscape.net ArXiv link: arxiv.org/abs/2511.11010