today marks 16 months of Crips for eSims for Gaza. we've purchased/sent more than 46K eSims & top-ups & have been keeping 4K~ active since Dec '23. we couldn’t have done it w/out everyone’s help. let’s keep it up! bit.ly/eSimsRUs #ConnectingGaza @sfdirewolf.bsky.social @thellpsx.bsky.social

Hey #Catskills #tarot peeps: this Sunday at noon come play with tarot in person at Cygnet's Way in Kingston! if we're outdoors, masking is optional if we're indoors, N95 or KN95 masks are required + provided I'd love to see you there! #tarotsky #kingstonny

brownstargirl.org/in-defense-o... from 2023 written by @cyreejarelle.bsky.social and I, still true. Unfortunately prescient.

"But who benefits when no gesture is enough unless we win forever that day? Who benefits when everyone is so afraid that trying means nothing--what can one do then but not try?" another banger from @cyreejarelle.bsky.social ❤️‍🔥

As usual @cyreejarelle.bsky.social writes in a deeply grounding way about the important things and I think I wrote this around the same time as reading this piece: blackmedicineblackmagic.substack.com/p/falling-in...

should everyone who can join a movement org? yeah, probably! but most of those orgs aren’t really ready to meet people where they’re at—so can we blame folks for staying home? new substack for folk burned by an org who need help coming back into alignment:

thanks for reading 🙏🏽

NGL. I wouldn’t loved if Dot had used this whole debacle to advocate for child survivors of SA. @cyreejarelle.bsky.social made a point a while back about how OFF it is that the song of the summer was making light of a very serious crime and stain on society.

I am slowly getting better at unrhymed iambic pentameter. It would seem like it's the easiest meter, and it *is* sort of the easiest to, like, minimally carry out, but it's might be the hardest to be actually good at, I think. Nowhere to hide

@mxfrankduffy.bsky.social's Queer Crown Death Magic Tarot @megjoneswall.bsky.social's newsletter + classes + book: Finding The Fool @leftlanesmith.bsky.social's book: 78 Acts of Liberation @cyreejarelle.bsky.social's Collective Cartomancy @thewordwitch.bsky.social Fifth Spirit Tarot

Recently, I saw all the men’s underwear in Target were locked up and just burst out laughing. It’s wild. I think the long term goal is to drive us away from in-person shopping all together. They’re turn old stores into Amazon-like warehouses.

“untitled (Lyle and Robert, Bronx, New York, circa mid 1980s)” by Lyle Ashton Harris

or—what if we center autistics who these stereotypes render a target instead of prioritizing the broad idea of validity for once?

If you are interested in applying for this dream job, here’s the link: bit.ly/4fCsOsX

a nyt writer was defending the revolting CM piece saying the author is ‘a kid.’ curious how that logic gets applied to a 29 yo man but not a 17 yo girl

estranged people interacting with other peoples’ families over the holidays should be allowed a soundproof crying room

Rupi Kuar—unlike many Pulitzer or NBA-winning poets—has actually takes a stand against genocide. She is more of a real poet and writer than a lot of clowns published by Faber or teaching in the Ivy League because she takes the role of public intellect seriously. Most writers now act like ad salesmen

For the creatives in despair today I’ll be doing a speculative generative community workshop on 11/23 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

@cyreejarelle.bsky.social and I wrote this 18 months ago, everything and nothing has changed, the tips and analysis about how the fasc hates trans and autistic people because our bodies insist on being free is still spot on. brownstargirl.org/in-defense-o...

Not that you asked, but here's a big roundup of upcoming books by trans authors that you can preorder now! :) Links to individual books below. (Asterisks indicate that this author has been interviewed on the cool podcast Gender Reveal.)

DEVIL: You shall stay forever young, but this picture of you will bear the marks of your sin! DORIAN: Can I hide it? DEVIL: Well, yes, but— DORIAN: And there are no other consequences? DEVIL: This… This picture will become so foul! DORIAN: Again, probably I’ll hide the picture.

You can only read 600 posts per day on Bluesky because that’s how many there are

me moving from twitter to blue sky

wrote about how THE BEAR S2 would’ve benefitted from a weekly release schedule. the narratively rich episodes need some time to be savored!! (“Fishes” should have its own “Connor’s Wedding” moment) https://www.avclub.com/the-bear-season-2-should-have-been-a-weekly-release-1850585582