@ckubzansky.bsky.social and I covered the conflict between federal agents and protesters at the Broadview ICE facility yesterday for @chicagotribune.com @mandophotos.bsky.social took some compelling images on the night shift too.

It’s going to break your heart how many people you know, love, and respect will turn out to be cowards. Prepare yourself as best you can. You are not alone, but you are your own center. Be a strong center.

I was interviewed by Chloe Yelena Miller. Check it out!

More than anything else, the whole world runs on the disregarded suffering of children.

“Without the annoying inconvenience of facts justices can create the world that Kavanaugh so flagrantly manufactures. A world in which ICE agents respectfully ‘inquire’ about legal status during ‘brief stops.’”

Good. Never go gently when these bastards come for you.

To my 10th grade English teacher, who said, “Make the conclusion count.”

What kept assault rifles out of D.C. on J6? The local law banning possession of rifles and shotguns. It's why the Oath Keepers had to stash their cache of weapons in Arlington, VA. Open carrying rifles in the seat of government is madness. I guess no one asked the Secret Service their opinion?

"A growing number of scientists believe that the SARS-CoV-2 virus may ... be subtly altering our immune systems. If correct, their hypothesis will change how we understand everything from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) to shingles to sepsis."

I told you so. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

If this was happening in any other country, it would be covered as “pedophile warlord sends troops into national capital for no reason”

When you see Cuomo attacking Mamdani over his rent stabilized one bedroom in Queens, do recall this please:

Respect.

Little Haiti is vibrant. And it’s facing the same cost of living crisis as neighborhoods across the city. That's why Brooklyn Chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn and I are bringing the Democratic Party together around a shared vision for an affordable New York. I am grateful for her endorsement!

I will also suggest if you were born in the early 80s you should also check your titers because I was born in the early 80s and my titer test came back with no immunity to measles!

The New York Public Library’s Teen Zine Challenge is a summer-long celebration of zines and creativity. Create an original zine, share it with your friends and family, and showcase it at the Library's Teen Voices Festival. Register by July 27th www.nypl.org/blog/2025/06...

"Despite Trump officially activating FEMA on Sunday, FEMA has just 86 total staff deployed at this point [to Texas], according to figures shared with staff Monday evening...In the past it would normally be in the several hundreds at this point in the disaster recovery process." My latest:

We start this weekend, if you'd still like to join. 2 classes, recorded if you can't make the Sunday 1PM EST time slot. 7/13 and 7/27. www.theshipmanagency.com/classes/craf...

Reading "The Apology" was an emotional journey I've been craving. Thanks Jimin, for giving shape to the craziness, the secrets, lies, and unwavering determination of these uniquely compelling characters.

On May 15, 8:30 p.m. ET, don't miss the virtual launch of @joannackalbus.bsky.social's moving debut memoir, THE BOAT NOT TAKEN. Joanna will be in conversation with @jiminhanwriter.bsky.social Register here: zoom.us/meeting/regi... @bettybooks.bsky.social @wtawpress.bsky.social

Excited to come across this paragraph by @alexanderchee.bsky.social in the newsletter I just read by dear friend and luminescent @jiminhanwriter.bsky.social. I needed this.

This weekend I'm immersed in the amazing books of the Korean literary mafia: @alexanderchee.bsky.social's How to Write an Autobiographical Novel, @jiminhanwriter.bsky.social's The Apology, and @mjuhae.bsky.social's Starry Field.

We are thrilled too! Don't forget we have a virtual launch coming up May 15 with @jiminhanwriter.bsky.social Registration here: zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Your periodic reminder that one way to think about privilege is: who's allowed to make mistakes?

They've already started shifting focus from illegal to legal immigrants www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

“When you start to fiddle around with history, that isn’t what makes a country great. It makes us weaker,” one historian says. capitalbnews.org/trump-smiths...

And the Republican-controlled House just passed it.

Following the decision to remove former President Yoon Suk Yeol from office on Friday, restaurants, cafes and other establishments nationwide are holding discount events and giveaways to mark the occasion.

South Korea did it. We can do it too. ❤️💪👊

Breaking News: Susan Crawford, a liberal judge, won a pivotal Wisconsin Supreme Court seat despite $25 million in spending by Elon Musk on her opponent.

Rare great media and publishing news that @roxanegay.bsky.social and @debbiemillman.bsky.social are taking over @therumpus.net. That was the first place that let me actually write something that wasn’t a 50 word concert preview without my name on it. therumpus.net/2025/03/28/r...

AOC, @aoc.bsky.social, making the case for free speech alongside universal healthcare is so KEY for the left, because it's time progressives reclaimed the mantle of fighting for free speech from the faux free speech warriors of the right.

there were multiple reporters outside of the institute of museum and library services today as DOGE invaded their headquarters, but not a single elected official. something to consider when thinking about who’s actually defending democracy.

Keep thinking today about how, because I write about art, I've paid literally thousands of dollars in image permission fees for the multiple books & articles by me that appear in the LibGen database - and how these tech companies then turned around and used my work for no compensation whatsoever

WOW. Over the weekend representatives of the FBI and the US Attorney’s Office approached members of USIP staff and other workers to try to intimidate their way into getting into the building. Two FBI officers visited the home of one of the independent agency’s contracted security guards.

Day 49 of 100 Days of Creative #Resistance via @jiminhanwriter.bsky.social: “Was there a time you weren’t afraid?”

Day 49 of 100 Days of Creative Resistance: @jiminhanwriter.bsky.social Looks Forward to Coming Home mailchi.mp/4604e4c4b599... @writingco-lab.bsky.social

#AWP IS COMING SOON and I’m thrilled to be joining this panel called Beyond Tiger Moms and Model Minorities: Imagining the Asian American Family w/ @salesses.bsky.social @kirstinchen.bsky.social @kimlet.bsky.social @jiminhanwriter.bsky.social!! Come see us on Thursday afternoon, 3/27!😎

It’s almost like women are good at science. interestingengineering.com/science/100-...

Gradually realizing a lot of people on here (and around me IRL) think capitalism is mostly about convincing people to buy things and so are v confused about why this administration feels OK about killing off so many consumers. Y’all, capitalism is about extraction.

The National Weather Service is THE ONLY source of weather data in the US. Every weather app, local broadcaster, and weather forecast map is based on NWS data from NOAA. This is a ridiculously stupid own goal for the US that will disrupt all kinds of social and economic activity, and endanger lives.

A federal judge in San Francisco issued a temporary restraining order on the Trump administration's firings of thousands of probationary employees, calling the actions illegal.

Just want to point out, as someone who has handled corruption and government regulatory matters for 20 years, that there is nothing any of these companies are legally required to do to “comply” with the EOs. They’re making themselves more appealing as government vendors, but it’s a choice.