Folds: If we’ve been told our whole lives that we can’t spend money on the arts because they’re not important—then why was taking over the Kennedy Center and the arts the first thing they did? It is extremely important. It’s the bedrock of self-expression.

We should all be yelling at our state officials about the complete insanity of posting vital emergency information *exclusively* on Twitter/X and/or Facebook in 2025. There is absolutely NO good excuse for this. Many, many people don’t use those platforms. Many never did.

“Palestinians arriving at the sites say they are caught between Israeli and American fire, said the contractor who shared videos with the AP.” The U.S. essentially has boots on the ground in Gaza already committing war crimes. But they’re ostensibly there to deliver aid.

Ask yourself why Rolling Stone is the only outlet performing this obvious public service.

Protesters in #LosAngeles are shifting their tactics as #ICE detentions spread fear. Activists have shifted to rapid responses instead of mass demonstrations, & social media is filled with videos of arrests on city streets and outside Home Depots. #Resist www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Because NO ONE DEMANDED IT, I will be returning to the improv comedy stage for one night only on 7/3 at the beautiful Glendale Room with Mike Carlson (of Podcast the Ride), @yourfriendlilan.bsky.social AND MORE! Get tix here: www.eventbrite.com/e/improv-bea...

Great news, great reporting, great shirt. Los Angeles, recommend following journalist @cerisecastle.bsky.social !

An interesting and entertaining mini history lesson in architecture, tailoring, wealth aesthetics, complete with a photo of the richest guy in the world still managing to wear a bad suit at his wedding. Enjoyed this thread!

It’s really easy to vote for my friends in this contest who have endured so much these past years, and could really use this massive win! Please consider giving my friends a vote boost!!

It feels ever weird to make art in times like this, but as someone who remembers history creativity and artists are always things authoritarians want stamped out (unless they will work /for/ them)

I’m going to make a thread about how the feds have changed their tactics here in Los Angeles because the community has forced them to adapt.

FREE ANTHONY ORENDORFF PRESS CONFERENCE TOMORROW, Sat, June 21 @ 10 am - Anthony’s lawyers, family, & community members are hosting a presser outside Van Nuys jail LAPD arrested a local photojournalist during an immigration raid. This needs to be a bigger story. Please share!

ICE was literally using dodgers stadium as a staging ground for their kidnapping operation. The media & the dodgers are trying to lie to us about what happened this morning. A US citizen was detained and held at dodgers stadium this morning:

Just watched LAPD launch tear gas at peaceful protesters live

Remarkable. MSNC: "I want to reiterate this has been 100% peaceful." Seconds later, LA County sheriffs start firing on the crowd. Yet again, "law enforcement" deliberately escalated.

My most optimistic take on this is that some are just beginning their slow start into expressing solidarity for all. I hope more people see the connections between what is happening in Palestine and what is happening here more and more!

I’ve seen a handful of people online sharing messages of support for the people of Los Angeles and that the city belongs to its people but expressed the opposite for the people of Palestine and I think that’s a wild disconnect!

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NEWS: Thanks to courageous West Virginia coal miner Harry Wiley and his brilliant attorney, Sam Petsonk, over 100 NIOSH workers in Morgantown, WV just got their jobs back and the crucial Coal Workers Surveillance Program will be restored. They took on RFK and the Trump admin—and won. Story soon.

'In the background, a Worcester police officer looks at the desperate woman holding her baby trying to stop the agents from taking her mother and says "Do you want to stay with your baby?" The tacit threat of separation for her protestation of another separation.'

ICE is literally arresting girls, mothers, and babies, pulling them out of their arms. When community members tried to protect this family, the cops who arrived turned on the community. There is no government authority we can trust to actually uphold justice.

If your congressperson isn’t on this list, call them up and yell at them

Please support this incredible @wgsunion.bsky.social labor organizer facing retaliation from Writers Guild management! www.gofundme.com/f/stand-agai...

BREAKING The law enforcement arm of the U.S. Postal Service has quietly begun cooperating with federal immigration officials to locate people suspected of being in the country illegally. The Postal Inspection Service is using data from packages and letters to do this.

there is a decent chance i never spend a single dime at target again in my life www.startribune.com/target-gave-...

This is also really rough- Youth Development, Disability, City Planning, Transportation, Animal Services, Civil, Human Rights, all taking job position hits. Does the mayor know that other people live here besides police officers and their cars?

A gentle thought: perhaps if liability payments due to police “accidents” need to increase by $23 million, maybe they shouldn’t be earning a $19 million salary increase?

We have to celebrate the wins we get, because we're certainly not getting much.

📢 You all have still HAVE TIME to contact your local elected officials to voice your concerns or thoughts about the budget. The City Council has the opportunity to amend the proposed budget. lacity.gov/directory

All these ICE arrests are horrific but when they jail parents of young children it breaks my heart over and over. FREE ADITYA HARSONO.

In court filings Thursday, 30-year-old Rümeysa Öztürk for the first time described the circumstances under which she was taken by federal immigration officials — and how she’s been treated during her imprisonment. (via @wgbh.org)

Gotta stop sliding in “lol” in the saddest texts I’m shooting off to the group threads lol.

There’s a real link between AI writing and Silicon Valley meal replacement drinks and the entire fuckin swath of maximizing the human experience and it’s that they view pleasure as being unhelpful to life. I don’t want a drink that replaces a meal, I don’t want a book summary, I want to savor things

The tide is changing in Montana! Today, 17 Republicans joined with democrats to defeat another anti-trans bill in the MT house. Additionally, Republicans joined democrats to kill a "forced outing" bill in House Education yesterday. That's 2/2 in defeating anti trans bills this week!

I dunno guys, think I'm seeing a pattern here?

Absolutely incredible: the Feds totally folded on Congestion Pricing, thanks to the MTA just...refusing to abide by their demands www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...

I'm not sure which video to post--the fifteen paramedics in their last moments as one of them prays amid gunfire, the journalist being burned alive, the man holding a headless toddler, the people blown into the air, or the young man quietly rocking the shrouded body of a child. It's a genocide.

I was scheduled to give a talk on Palestine at a student conference at @notredame.bsky.social. The University rescinded my talk a week in advance citing an extremely flimsy excuse. It is truly disgusting. Attached is the letter I received and my reply, link below...

I marched at this rally yesterday with a lot of respect for many of the participants, and little thought to the overall organization, but this should be seen and used as info to discern and decide who we align with moving forward.

Rümeysa Öztürk hasn’t been given her asthma medication and has had three asthma attacks, putting her life in danger and possibly violating disability civil rights. New from me with @hurwitz.bsky.social for @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

These political prisoners’ status and whereabouts are kept alive in the news by us sharing these stories! By us continuing to share hopefully it keeps them alive too 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

I love!!

Gotta celebrate the wins

A former French military base, Vauban is a thriving neighbourhood of 5,500 residents connected to Freiburg town centre by bus and light rail. Built in the late 1990s as a radical experiment in low-car living, it forgoes virtually all on-street parking in favour of active, green, and social spaces. 🧵

The last Black-owned bowling alley in Chicago will stay open after Chicagoans rallied to book out the bowling alley — everything from large company outings to birthday parties

Little union wins like this are EXTREMELY important right now. Support unions! Not a union member? They literally set the standard for wage increases for non-union workers as well.

Love reading a gift article, especially ones that cover spineless and useless politicians doing traitor stuff. Thank you Ben!