Not sure I’m in the right mindset for this kind of reading.

"So, Democrats have three words for this: no fucking way. It's literally life or death. We will not let Republicans blow up our health care system." This is, hands down, the best comms work Chuck Schumer has done in YEARS. Surprisingly good.

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day? Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

Today!

this exists it is called thinking

enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits

Writer friends, the goal is clear.

Here are the Top 5 Dogs of July!

‘THE SECRET AGENT’ has won 2 Cannes prizes: • Best Actor (Wagner Moura) • Best Director (Kleber Mendonça Filho)

Julia Parsons, a U.S. Navy code breaker during World War II who was among the last survivors of a top-secret team of women that unscrambled messages to and from German U-boats, has died at 104.

I don't even know what to say. What do you say to something like this? So deeply cruel and inhumane and enraging. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

🗓️ Sat, May 17 – Panel on the future of interpreter training, including AIIC USA’s own @mirnasoares.bsky.social, Kilian G. Seeber, Jibola Sofolahan, Amanda Forsythe, Maha El-Metwally, Gillian Misener, moderated by Denise de Vasconcelos. 📢 Register: aiic.org/client/event...

Sometimes when we borrow words from other languages, English can become delightfully redundant.

This piece from @tressiemcphd.bsky.social starts with a bang and just gets better and better. Gift link.

being an indie bookseller in the helltimes has felt both very stable and very stabilizing, and part of me wishes everyone could be on my side of the counter for a little while, because I think it would help some of you be a little less cynical and doomy right now. so here is my VERY anecdotal data:

Will try this soon!

Just no

I hope Brazil will make history tonight.

California is partnering with 21 Brazilian state governors on solutions to protect the environment and cut harmful pollution. We're establishing a formal communication channel to share successful approaches to clean transportation, climate adaptation, forest management & more.

Que maravilha de livro! Como ficção e memórias podem ser a mesma coisa…

The 51st News need 142 new paid members to keep things going. Totally worth it!

On Feb. 14th I try always to give honor to one of the greatest contributors to American democracy in our nation’s history, Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery, Douglass never knew his actual birthdate, and adopted Feb. 14th as the day. His penetrating insights about our country inspire me daily.

In celebration of #BlackHistoryMonth, here is work from one of my favorite artists, Bisa Butler! This is a QUILT! Check her out, and a little about the significance of quilts as a medium here: www.artic.edu/exhibitions/... No one can stop us celebrating the things that make our hearts sing!

Please tell your people about The 51st. Our ~biggest challenge~ is letting folks know we exist. We believe news is a public service, so subscription is free! We immediately‼️saw more people give us a chance after some of our subscribers shared with their networks yesterday ⬇️. Thanks in advance!

ASL interpreters who work in the arts (concerts, opera, theatre, etc) deserve to be valued as artists too. it takes so much skill to be this good at capturing the FEEL of music beyond just translating the meaning of the text and it’s an invaluable accessibility service

Watching

The Sirens’ Call @chrislhayes.bsky.social at Sixth & I

VERY good news from @bookshop-org.bsky.social!!

Fellow scientists, please consider speaking w/ media about what this means for "regular Americans." The link below is to contact a reporter who's collecting stories about the unfolding NIH situation - pls share anonymously or on record. @anniewaldman.bsky.social www.propublica.org/people/annie...

Got online tickets for By Design, Heightened Scrutiny, Life After and Prime Minister. Can’t wait to watch them next week! #sundance

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, whose appeal to President Trump for mercy on behalf of immigrants and the LGBTQ community made headlines on Tuesday, was also critical of Trump during his first term. Bishop Budde is the first woman to serve as the spiritual leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington.

Just finished app.thestorygraph.com/books/7d3603...

What shall we make of this MLK day?

I’m a paying member and I recommend @51st.news. I’m impressed by their reporting and excited about what they are planning.

Happy Holidays, fellow interpreters! Let’s work together next year. This world needs communication and language justice more than ever. 🌟

Something I wish I'd known when I was younger is that fear of shame is not a moral compass

“The last vote of Congress” 🎄

Just added my first books to @thestorygraph.com: Intermezzo, Craft: Stories I wrote for the Devil, and Chocolate City.

MAHKU’s approach: “Sell paintings, buy land.” The Huni Kuin (…) have a long history of intense and violent contact with the rubber industry, which began ravaging their land as early as the 19th century. (…) thousands of men invaded the lands where they lived and were a constant presence (…)

“Positive social change results mostly from connecting more deeply to the people around you than rising above them, from coordinated rather than solo action… Our largest problems won’t be solved by heroes. They’ll be solved, if they are, by movements, coalitions, civil society.”

It’s December 1st - time to listen to my favorite Xmas album every day. open.spotify.com/album/2yMV7E...

This is the most important chart published in America this week. (By @dylanlscott.bsky.social)

SpaceX and Amazon are asking the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to find the National Labor Relations Board unconstitutional. The federal agency is tasked with enforcing workers' right to organize.

Just went to a Defend DC meeting! We have a lot to do to protect this city we love. Get involved #DCLocal

wait why does the dept of government efficiency have two co-chairs

Excited to try StoryGraph!

What we do still matters