i don’t want to put stickers on my car but i could love a magnetic bumper sticker that says “honk if you want me to drive worse” because every time a car behind me honks the second the light turns green i just wanna shift into park. esp when they’re honking over someone in front of me. omggg

Cowards die many times before their deaths, The valiant never taste of death but once.

if dems are going to do whatever their corporate donors want, then don't bother texting us for money anymore

The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide

This behavior is a big reason why so many gravitated to MAGA and why many more stayed home. People would rather have a strong leader than a moral one. It’s possible to have both It appears we have neither.

the political leaders get a lot of personal power & renown, in exchange for doing very little. 🙃

to echo this / just in case folks don't know, on the left & in activist groups, people have been using "lib" as almost a slur for years — to refer to people with uncommitted, wet noodle politics that are more about serving their egos than the world around them. do you get why now?

again, the legal system, far from providing accountability, is marshaled to rewrite and reverse consequences for January 6

Tonight was a very bad night.

It was harder getting endorsements for Zohran Mamdani from Democrats than them caving to Republicans to mutually strip us of healthcare

So here's where we are, Sunday morning: Trump is trying to starve hungry kids in order to bully Democrats into abandoning our fight against health care premium increases. So Trump is starving kids in order to deny families health care. Dystopian.

After years and years (and years) I’ve finally gotten around to reading Kropotkin and the thing that strikes me most is this: So much of the work ahead is just about rebuilding what humanity already had. Just at scale.

truly wilde how trump's family (mom's side) survived the highland clearances && his primary act of power has been to enact immigrant clearances and policy against the poor 😵‍💫 there is a special place in hell for the descendants of oppressed people who turn into horrible oppressors.

being on bluesky is nice because it shows that there's a critical mass of people who think this is *bad,* but what are we going to *do* besides post about it? (i personally don't know bc the badness has broken me; all i am really good at is writing, storytelling & making connections across time.)

dora.nyc this is OUTSTANDING. super navigatable directory for food distros, resources. and easy to remember because it’s like the explorer but also— directory of resources & aid

wow, it's almost like they're explicitly & intentionally taking away basic needs from people in order to create a desperate class that will do their bidding. who would have guessed a government full of landlords, slavers & bigots would do this? 💀🤮

the harris campaign said the “they/them” ad didn’t sway the election. one of the trump campaign’s top strategists this week said trans rights isn’t in the top five issues for swing voters. when will the press stop talking about us like we’re a liability and start looking itself in the mirror

i am so full of grief over colonialism, segregation, apartheid, militarized border walls & dehumanizing check points. i am so full of rage at every newsroom leader who told me i was "too much of an activist / advocate" or "not objective" for thinking these are bad & are violations of human dignity.

You can't live your life based on hate - that way lies madness and bitterness - but allowing yourself to slip into hater mode from time to time is a lovely little treat, like a drunk cigarette or a decadent slice of cake

In the first eight months of Trump’s second term, the Justice Department filed only nine major pollution cases for the EPA. The shift in enforcement shows the extent to which the Trump administration has reoriented the agency toward promoting economic growth. https://wapo.st/4os3LNF

1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️

pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.

I saw someone on my timeline shaming someone else for posting about college football in a time like this. Folks, if we're going to survive a time like this, we're going to need to avoid burning out from an attitude of 24/7 vigilance and constant outrage. Let people find joy where they can, please.

how much "mental illness" is really just a completely natural & reasonable byproduct of generations of being oppressed, taken from, discriminated against, targeted and/or colonized?

I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!

as a way of fighting fascism, i wld like to introduce an anti-gentrification campaign that teaches transplants to say "hi" and get to know their neighbors 🙃

UPDATE: Reached out to the Rev. Hannah Kardon, a United Methodist minister who was there that day and has been active in religious demonstrations at Broadview. “They are making it clear that they are scared of prayer … it speaks the truth that what they are doing in that building is evil.”

“You’re going to be disappointing other people or you’re going to be disappointing yourself. You have to choose.” — my partner to me today. Thought I’d mess yall up too. Thanks!

HE'S APPEALING TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES THAT HE BE ALLOWED TO STARVE AMERICANS

my favorite part of being happy is no longer caring how my internet accounts are doing 😂 i am here for work, but i am also free 😌

"my apartment is an oasis," in the tune of "my body is a temple." do not disturb the priestess at rest 😌

the hate in america!! the division!! is already!! noticeable 😵‍💫

If you have a regional accent, please never try to get rid of it. Accents tell stories.

i ate so much more on my trip than i do in america, but the food was so much fresher / cleaner / more simple, i feel way better. i'm normally very lactose intolerant, but i could handle milk way better in ireland. healthy food is a miracle & i stg american exceptionalism is such a scam. 😭

Today in @thenation.com: thrilled to have @gbbranstetter.bsky.social on how this week's elections should bury once and for all the toxic myth that trans people are to blame for the Democratic Party's political failures www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Nuremburg trials is the moderate position

on my way back to the country where i get called "too much of an advocate / activist to be a journalist" because i believe it is bad to commit genocide!! 🤪

at the [international city] airport, there's a special wing for US customs & flights to america. the wing has the worst grey vibes & lighting. no good snacks / services. and everyone looks miserable. this way too on-the-nose: invest all this $$ for ~border control~, just for a shit experience.

i am about to be so reclusive; please never ask me for anything ever again.

finally, the white house looks as ugly as the deeds it enacts.

🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.

New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.

do not trust anyone who gets too excited about war. no, do not trust anyone who gets excited at all.

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The media is rushing 300 “New York Jews worried about Mamdani antisemitism” fetch essays based on nothing but Mamdani being a Muslim meanwhile the Republican Party from top to toe has the confidence to wear nazi makeup every day knowing the press looks at it like the westworld bots seeing a polaroid

learning about colonialism is wild because it evolves like a gnarled, poisonous, violent root. it creates worse & worse horrors as it grows.

my goal for this winter is to lock myself away in solitude & make the story that has been stuck in my throat. i've given enough of myself to the outside world — i need to hide, now, so i can be better seen after.

"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world: 'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..." chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...

it's funny because, the more i learn about the world, the more i realize how some people are just absolutely horrible & awful.

I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video. I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children. But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.