My sincere hope is that out of all this, people start to consider police/prison abolition more seriously. ICE/CBP/DHS is brutal but not exceptional.

ICE, CBP and DHS has always been about instilling terror. It's just become more overt now.

The NYPD routinely abuses people in handcuffs. How do officers get away with it? Court records & interviews with victims show that New York Police Department officers use force on people already restrained, which some experts characterize as “torture,” Elias Guerra reports.

A lifetime of reading dystopian scifi has prepared me for how bad things will get, but unfortunately none of the cool shit that would allow me to deal with it better arrived. Cyberspace sucks, none of the drugs let me play Perky Pat. Where's my nanofiber garotte, cyber impants, & scrambler suit?

Also: I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Publishing, let me write a media literacy book, I am begging you. I keep being told that there's no appetite for this... But how can there NOT be, when it's an urgent and pressing issue, especially with how we aggregate news + use of AI?

"The king can only scream and curse The minister can only fill his purse The people go from bad to worse So what are you fighting for" - from Satyajit Ray's "Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne" Can't imagine why that's relevant at this moment... seriously though, see this movie

Well, the asshole got his war. Along with the rest of the morally bankrupt GOP. I'm sure Schumer is crafting a sternly worded email though so it'll all be fine.

Trump's invasion of Venezuela is not fundamentally different from the 200+ years of fuckery the US has committed in central & South America and the Caribbean, at least as far back as the Monroe Doctrine. It's not enough to remove him, we have to fundamentally remake this country

One 2025 movie everyone should absolutely see is Richard Ledes' V13. Taking place in Vienna 1913, with a very young Hitler and an older Freud vying for the soul of a young man. Daringly shot and acted w/Alan Cummings turning in a career-best performance as Freud. www.richardledes.com/film/v13

“Can’t believe NYC elected a Muslim as mayor.” In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.

I think I'm gonna come in at reading 24 books, plus about half of Robert Alter's Hebrew Bible+commentary, a few hundred pages of some other books I started but didn't finish. Finished a novel this year and started querying it. Started writing a new novel. Not a bad reading/writing year. /1

Want to head into 2026 with Heroic Trio energy.

ChatGPT is really just the Lament configuration, isn't it?

Was pleasantly surprised at how good K-Pop Demon Hunters was!

Merry Christmas everyone!

Not feeling the holiday spirit? The usual movies not working? May I suggest: City of Lost Children - Caro & Jeunet serve up a delightfully dark story that takes place in a rundown mean seaside town. Orphans fight it out with cyborgs, there's a brain in a jar, Ron Perlman is the straight man /1

Finishing up the year reading Bruno Schulz, and what a treat.

Police in Many “Sanctuary Cities” Have Repeatedly Collaborated With ICE Police face allegations of violating laws meant to protect immigrants from DC to Oregon to Colorado and beyond. truthout.org/articles/pol...

Happy Solstice y'all!

Excellent list of #EcoLit. Lots of ideas for books as gifts! (I'm part of the #Rewilding discord, & my novel The Working is here as well!) #BookSky #WritingCommunity #reading. #Books include: #climate #SFF #SpecLit #Nature #solarpunk

The Vote Blue No Matter Who chuds are out in force for "I hate trans people and homeless folks" Newsom I see

NEW: The request to ‘pretermit’ is an effort to toss a person’s asylum claim, leaving them defenseless against deportation to a country they are not from and may have never even entered before: Honduras, Ecuador and Uganda. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/18/a...

Love this energy

David Brooks is having a hotdog guy moment I see.

This is awful. People in Gaza need your support — every bit matters. Please help Hanaa as she endures along with her family this never ending horror 💔

We could be building a better world for everyone, instead we're trying to put out fires set by grown mediocre failchildren mad they're not getting their every stupid whim met, capitalists who just want to spin more wealth regardless of the human cost, and bootlickers.

Why do I want to watch horror movies at holiday time? Talk To Me Mandy Weapons Sinners

Happy Chanukah y'all!

Listening to the Hell is For Heroes album "Transmit Disrupt" and it's amazing. Songs like "Models For The Programme" feel incredibly current. The steady bass line, the passionate vocals, the seamless transitions from track to track... youtu.be/ii3ouareavw?...

Every day I learn cool new stuff about elephants. Research is one of the side bonuses of writing.

RIP Christine Choy, amazing filmmaker and one of my first film professors.

On the one hand, I'm leery of nostalgia, and truly believe that wonderful, daring films are being made right now. OTOH, therre has to be something to the fact that multiple gens of folks still love some 90s movies and shows more than modern ones.

Read @nicolefoy.bsky.social's investigation that prompted the congressional probe. We found that agents had detained >170 Americans this year. More than 20 citizens said they were held for at least a day without being able to contact a lawyer or their loved ones.

Late to the party but Sinners is awesome

Remember when folks thought that armed insurrection against AI was a rational response? Yeah, I don't know why I'm thinking about that today, after seeing a lot of smelly articles about how we should just give in to the "inevitable?"

Terrific article. We are handing over the future of education to a bunch of imperial techbros who absolutely hate critical thinking. www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...

Remember Fred Hampton, assassinated OTD by the FBI and Chicago PD.

"Foundation" Season 3 was interesting. I've gone back and forth about whether it would be better if the show had stuck closer to the trilogy. Problem is it would've been like watching 300 years of C-Span. They made a good choice by trying to make the show its own thing. However, /1

Equality for Flatbush (E4F) is a terrific org fighting the good fight against gentrification, displacement and police violence in Brooklyn since 2013. Donate on giving Tuesday: www.paypal.com/donate/

Amazon workers go on strike world-wide. “From Germany to Bangladesh, thousands of workers walked off the job on Friday and marched against Amazon’s labor practices to push for better wages, working conditions, and union protections." www.commondreams.org/news/make-am...

Sign up for anti ICE patrols. Make whistle kits. Join grassroots orgs. Pitch in to your local mutual aid. Respect the picket line (or join!) Help your fellow humans however you can. This is how we get thru this.

Our sous chef taking up our main counter space

The National Guard shooting smells. Like it's timed just at the point where the guards' presence was supposed to be wrapped up.

gofund.me/19da79b63?sf... help Mimi attend this awesome workshop and get home safe and sound

New writers: DO NOT give away your subsidiary tv/film/merch/derivative rights for a $300 short. Not even for legacy mag cred.

I ran into an advocate who told me that the 9 men detained from Canal Street last month struggled to find legal representation. Historically, Black immigrants experience disproportionately *more* removals than any other group. Anti-Black racism fuels US immigration in *every* way.

RIP Jimmy Cliff.

The division of labor into "skilled" and "unskilled" was set up by capitalists to get the working class to fight against itself rather than unite. Remember that the next time you whine about how Starbucks workers "are just making coffee" and thus shouldn't get decent wages or working conditions.

Listening to Herbie Hancock is always a great way to start the day

One of the things I like about writing is the research. I've read books and articles and watched vids that I'd never would've come across on my own.