Still can't believe that this administration has got me cheering the Catholic Church

Detroit misses Ben.

Whatchya reading? Our latest newsletter (🔗 ⤵️) explores the impact abolition-related books and how crucial they can be to informing our values. Have you read any of these? What did you think? What would you add to this list?

We don't have enough people doing what they can but I am so grateful to those who are. Thank you. Actually taking the time to make the call, send the letter, show up to the meeting, write the check, go to the protests, do actual mutual aid. Thank you.

Rough day to be any sort of survivor of sexual violence. Solidarity to all of you, please be kind to yourselves

The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.

If you’re heading to @ncte.org next week pls do 3 things: donate to help unhoused youth in Denver: www.urbanpeak.org/cogives, support the Arab Caucus & all of their sessions, and do not leave Percival Everette’s keynote early just to get in line for his book. #nctevillage #ncte25

Remember when they said keep politics out of football. The fucking fascist president was in a NFL broadcast booth for Fox These people are such fucking hypocrites and lie as they breathe.

Make the Goddamn meal and put it in your Free Fridge. Write the $100 check to the food bank. Ask your local school what they need for the kids and then go about trying to get that stuff.... Do these things regularly and you are making meaningful contributions to your communities.

Heard y’all are doing Noirvember? Well, this kicks off with someone’s mom taking two to the face while working and then gets dark. Literally and figuratively. I promise. It’s what barrio noir does. www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...

Ed Books Against Hunger: in one week, educators from across the country have raised $1113 for our local book banks! You can enter to win an amazing book at bit.ly/EdBooksAgain..., or contribute to our total and put n/a for address if you don't need another book on your TBR :)

Given the hunger and fear that this administration is inflicting upon so many children across the country, it has never been a more difficult time for schools to be good places for kids to walk into and it has never been a more important time, too. And that both/and is overwhelming.

honored to be here with these two—well, sort of "here" (had to pre–record, as I can't seem to stay in town).

This week in 1988: 1,000+ ACT UP demonstrators shut down the FDA headquarters, demanding (and eventually winning) action on developing HIV/AIDS treatments. ACT UP's militant and creative actions always included powerful visual artwork, and paved the way for movements in the decades to come.

Today we searched for fall. Our new normal is trying to find or figure out seasons in the southern CA desert.

Shutting it down for the night. Full day ahead tomorrow. Still a couple of hours left to register for anyone who is interested in attending my grassroots fundraising 101 session at Communiversity tomorrow at 1 pm in person in Brooklyn - www.interruptingcriminalization.com/communiversi...

Michigan Avenue right now.

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.

Pick one or two lanes and keep at it. You are one person and cannot do everything or take 10 actions a day.

I always pay attention to what stories People Magazine and other consumer media outlets cover. That's how you can tell that something has broken through the usual political and news bubbles. This horrific Chicago story has broken through. people.com/ice-agents-o...

something I think about almost daily is how @prisonculture.bsky.social says "knowing who to be mad at is praxis."

“Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them.” ― Assata Shakur, Assata: An Autobiography

Do any of the professors or journalists or teachers also get their jobs back or nah

I learned a lot about some folks this week. Whew.

I just heard someone use the phrasing “mental and MORAL health” and wow, I’m going to start using that too. I want to take care of and improve my moral health.

Hasan Piker in the New York Times: "I was supposed to debate Charlie Kirk. Here’s what I would have said"

Know your rights, Illinois. Stay safe and stay informed.

@prisonculture.bsky.social Can you help my classroom with a RP? We are in need of printer paper since the new budget hasn’t kicked in. We are already 4 weeks into school. Please consider supporting my class with a donation or RP. www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...

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

The top story of the moment is the one story that our most influential newsrooms won’t touch: That the United State has become an authoritarian state. presswatchers.org/2025/08/we-h...

We are creating a Spanish language section on The Rumpus, for original creative work written in Spanish and are looking for a volunteer editor for this section. If this could be you, please send a brief letter of interest to [email protected] by Tuesday, September 2nd!

Just wanted to thank all the donors and supporters for your continued support & help with my classroom this year! @prisonculture.bsky.social @heatherl.bsky.social & many more! The kids really appreciate the Take What You Need cart full of supplies. It was a great first week of Year 23 for me!

A little bit of Michigan in the desert. Claude VonStroke at Splash house! @palmspringsspi.bsky.social @palmspringspost.bsky.social

@melaltersmith.bsky.social and #TeachLivingPoets helped me realize how collaborative, insightful, and meaningful poetry can be in EVERY classroom. So grateful for the lesson ideas, guidance, and those fleeting Twitter chats! This post reminded me of that work, and has some great poetry linked!

While I have plenty of beef with other stuff Newsom has done, this is exactly what we need right now

Hey, @prisonculture.bsky.social, look what I had framed! (had a lovely chat with the frame shop workers about what the word praxis means...per usual, you are always out here educating folks, MK.)

Every year we teachers resort to this I feel more torn but I also know what students need to be successful after teaching 22 years. I have a new job in Indio, CA teaching 9th & AP! Please help & if you prefer to donate fiscally I have attached my Venmo to the thread. www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...

It’s (a)live!!

Oh no. Flint, MI. 1999. “Where my girls at?” 🎵🎶🎵

When a Philadelphia Hostel Provided Refuge for Japanese Victims of Internment Camps hiddencityphila.org/2025/07/when... "African American support for the hostel, then located in a predominantly Black neighborhood, eased the path for many Japanese American arrivals."

7 years later and I still whisper, “We’re disabled, Daniel, not werewolves” to myself like a sacred mantra whenever I see a non-disabled person discover ableism like it’s the latest hipster indie band.

Yesterday’s announcement of the official call to action begins now. It is just after 6 am in California. We wait to see how many farmworkers join the #StrikeForDignity They asked for just three days, “They will not fire you”. They can say this bc they know no one can do what they do.

Some of us have tried to warn for years that criminalization is the fuel and engine of fascism.

Any updates on the white supremacist that shot and killed Melissa Hortman, her husband, and their dog???? Like media, what the hell??