Ok, someone tell me to stop scrolling and go do something creative because JFC.

If you haven't read Sarah Kendzior yet, do it NOW.

My weekly must-reads list and some thoughts about who's being punished for speech this week.

Shit getting real dark really fast

It doesn't matter if they are ever coming for you. It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.

My must-reads list this week is split into articles about what's wrong and articles about how to make things right. I also share some organizing resources and my final thoughts for the week.

In which I argue that no act of journalism or archiving is too small. As @prisonculture.bsky.social and friends were saying at our event about 'zines a couple weeks ago -- make your thing! Write your stories down! This is one of our power sources! objectivejournalism.org/2025/06/no-a...

In a healthy information environment, this would be front-page news.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that he could bar government scientists from publishing in the world’s leading medical journals, instead proposing the creation of “in-house” publications by his agency.

A good read if, like me, you feel you are trying your best and your best is simply not good enough.

Quick, hide Dementia Don's incoherent quotes. Transparency is only for losers?

America is falling apart, but at least Sesame Street has been saved for now <3

YAAAAAAYYYY!!!!

The world needs more of this and less of most other things

This is exactly why weakening Section 230 would be a death blow for abortion access and every Democrat stuck-on-stupid on this issue needs to get their shit together and stop aiding and abetting fascists www.techdirt.com/2025/05/07/t...

I sew clothes and knit things and can mend the fuck out of things and am here to tell you people are not prepared for the level of time and effort and know-how those all take. And they’re so much easier and more reliable than growing food! We have to be serious.

My convo with @sarahkendzior.bsky.social reprinted in @truthout.

hey fellow movie freaks - I looked into the address, it's an old film vault on 1+ acres - don't get arrested, but when films that haven't been archived are gone they're gone forever. the property is at 936 seward. if you find the lost Liza Minelli Evita screen test please call.

NEW: The Trump administration is quietly putting America’s children at risk by cutting funds and manpower for investigating child abuse, enforcing child support payments, providing child care and much more.

they want you sick and preferably dead www.reuters.com/business/hea...

Time for another digital security PSA with guitar … here’s “All the Small Things” but it’s about scrubbing metadata from your photos before you post them 🤘

For @spitfirenews.com, I wrote about the ways people invalidate victims of government abuse like Kilmar Abrego Garcia, deflecting from the issue of due process by holding him to a standard that is impossible to meet by design. spitfirenews.com/p/kilmar-abr...

9 signs you might be autistic #AutismAwarenessMonth

Guys, I love all of you, but the answer to RFK, Jr. is not that autistic adults hold jobs, pay taxes, and get laid, it's that everyone deserves to live even if they can't work, pay taxes, or get laid.

JUST IN: Deputy Assistant to the President and "Counterterrorism Czar" Sebastian Gorka says anyone advocating for due process for Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be viewed as "aiding and abetting a terrorist" and be federally charged. (h/t Philip Germain)

A MORAL CRISIS “The rule of law is being trampled. Innocent people are being disappeared. Court orders are being ignored. If you claim to love this country—if you believe in the Constitution, due process, order, and justice—this must be your line in the sand.” Take 3 minutes. This is important.

I am once again begging people to realize that the law is words on paper and is not self executing. "That's illegal" is not and has never been synonymous with "that's impossible" or "that can't be done." "That's illegal" means "you might get in trouble for that depending on who you are."

@fetterman.senate.gov doesn't regret his vote. His office is turning lists of foreign students who protest genocide over to the admin. He's _helping_ the masked gestapos - and he's trying to claim it in the name of Jews because his biggest donor is AIPAC.

If you're finding yourself glued to your phone these days, scrolling the news, here's how to change your habits and get moving instead.

Bring back *everyone* who was sent from the U.S. to CECOT in El Salvador. *No one* should be sent there. ALL their rights were violated. ALL of them should come home.

Resplendent Quetzal #CostaRica #birds #nature 🌿

just disgusting. www.npr.org/2025/04/11/n...

BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed the SAVE Act, a bill that would make it much harder for millions of people to register to vote. We're calling on the Senate to reject this legislation.

1. Happening now: Montana is hearing a bill that would charge parents of transgender kids with felony child endangerment. It is one of the most extreme bills of the year, and the vote is TODAY. It's already passed the MT Senate. Watch live with me: sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00309/Harmon...

This thread, slightly expanded, in article form:

Am I depressed because of what's happening or am I depressed because of the people who somehow didn't see it coming? Both. It's both.

Was reading this this morning & community organizing & community response to the Great Depression was really interesting. Part of history I didn’t know much about, but definitely worth looking into.

the admin's claim is that the work done by Community Living will be parceled out to other departments (which are also heavily impacted by 10k layoffs). this is almost certainly not possible; here's good reporting on it. www.disabilityscoop.com/2025/03/31/t...

More so than a Day of Visibility … I wish Trans people futures of safety

I had a baby and wrote a book last year, and I don't think I could have done either without doing this first

All of the myths and fantasies we’re hearing about protesters being terrorists, immigrants invading & fentanyl being a WMD should be understood in the context of a pending report from the DOD & DHS (due April 20) about whether Trump should invoke the Insurrection Act. These people want martial law.

Totally and utterly disgusting!! www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/marc...

If you are a foreigner, you probably should not visit the U.S., but if you absolutely have to, you should “enter” at a pre-clearance site (like Ireland or Canada) so that you’re denied entry in a place where the U.S. government won’t detain you or confiscate your property.

eBay have changed their terms of service and you're automatically opted-in for your personal data to be used for AI development and training. To turn this off, sign into your account click on the Hi (your name)! > My eBay > Account > AI training preferences and you can toggle off the permission.

Why might you want to read up on EFF's guide to border searches right now, you wonder? This is why.

Linking it helps. At least, I'm assuming this is it.