The march has reached Trump Tower. CPD directing people to move onto the sidewalk, with mixed success.

We're all being held hostage by this administration.

Just because he backed off shouldn’t stop efforts to remove him. He is dangerous and cannot be left in power.

The NYT is being disingenuous here. The AMA has *always* said that gender-affirming surgeries should generally be reserved for adults. That's part of why so few kids get them! The AMA reiterated this position and the NYT is characterizing it as a policy change. It's not.

What the fuck are we doing

The idea that (white) American farmers and ranchers are the "true volk" while cities are a sore on the body politic, filled with greedy merchants and mobs of laborers, is the foundational, racist blood-and-soil myth of America that still pervades all of society including mainstream media.

TRUMP RUINED BAD TASTE John Waters at #NoKings in Provincetown (Pic via petermarietoto on X)

Simultaneously, they mock & degrade women athletes for not being athletic enough, and then when a few of us are that athletic, they say we must not be real women. The end state of this reasoning is a world where “real” women don’t — and then can’t — play sports. Policing gender hurts women athletes.

JK Rowling is calling women athletes men even after they pass genetic testing. People in her replies are talking about these women having “ambiguous” genitalia. We are in an extremely frightening moment for ALL women thanks to transphobia.

in 2016 a group of strangers in Kazakhstan saved a dog from drowning by forming a human chain to reach him. they just unveiled a statue commemorating the event and I'm genuinely about to start sobbing

I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland. And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.

If a secdef violating the 14th amendment rights of US servicemembers by denying promotions based on race isn’t impeachable then I don’t see what is. The man would rather the military be racist than effective.

Eat shit, lol, and long live The Onion.

Airport bound? ICE is assisting TSA, and border checks are up. Don't wipe your phone—it's a red flag 🚩 1️⃣ Android: Power off, boot up, don't unlock, switch to Guest Mode. 2️⃣ iOS: Disable Face ID to force Passcode (5th Amdt protected). Step-by-step guides attached 👇🏾

Btw, the names of the two DOGE staffers who were deposed and are on camera casually saying that reducing a deficit was more important than human lives, even though DOGE actually helped increase that deficit, are Justin Fox and Nate Cavanaugh. We’re not saying their names enough.

Pedocon Theory

I strongly encourage every American to visit the Gettysburg battlefield site, look down from Little Round Top, and decide for yourself whether Lee was a “brilliant military tactician.”

A DC lobbyist kept a secret ledger detailing his payments to conservative bloggers. The FBI seized it, and now we've got it! My latest False Flag newsletter for @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/another-ri...

Piglet is king of the mountain! 🏔️

New bit I've perfected if anyone brings up a problem: I don't really follow politics but it was never like this before Trump. "But the Democrats and the funding and--" Yeah like I said I don't really follow that. There was always politics but before Trump it was never like this. That's all I know

if there's one conclusion that the study of both labor history and imperialism converge on, it is that the richest people in the world are happy to burn money on control, power, impunity. and the "everything is about profit" version of anti-capitalism does not survive serious contact with either

The goal now is just to discipline labor and crush any popular anticapitalist movement. They’ve achieved a level of wealth that makes profit and loss pure abstraction, now they’re just focused on social control. Fighting taxes isn’t about wealth, it’s about starving the state of resources

1/ Today, we overwhelmingly voted to authorize a STRIKE as we fight for a fair contract with @propublica.org.

We have a huge goal we want to reach by the end of this month, and while it seems awfully ambitious you all have helped us accomplish seemingly impossible tasks in the past so we know you are capable of miracles! We would like to add 100 new monthly donors by March 31st. donorbox.org/mmfs-donate

Leaving you all with this for the weekend. See you next week. open.substack.com/pub/fieldnot... - Of course I'm now going to read this book.

a whole mini drama here about the role of the archive and the democratization of information for good and ill

I wrote about a museum that is near and dear to my heart, the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History

This administration is committing Watergate level crimes multiple times per week—and those are the ones we know about. It’s crazy to think about what else will come out after. It’s absolutely essential these criminals are held responsible for their crimes. We must end elite impunity.

Scoop: Grammarly is facing a class action lawsuit over its AI "expert review" tool, which presented advice from living and dead authors without their consent. Parent company Superhuman pulled the feature earlier today following backlash. by @milesklee.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/gramma...

#WatercolorWednesday : Walter Inglis Anderson (USA, 1903-1965) Tittle Little in the Woods, 1955 Watercolor on paper Walter Anderson Museum of Art www.instagram.com/p/DVWLMhek2Qq/ #CatsInArt

When you delete the TKs instead of filling them in. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/n...

tapping the "people underestimate how many of our society's elites are motivated not by self-interest, but by sadism" sign

Me my whole life: Nothing is black and white. You have to consider nuance Now: We face a heinous, remorseless evil

New York City's effort to provide secure bike parking will soon bear fruit thanks to $25 million in Mayor Mamdani's budget.

things every single republican president of your lifetime has done - started a war in the middle east - completely destroyed the economy

I don't care if Congress authorizes War on Iran. NO WAR ON IRAN. I want people to fucking reclaim their morality.

I know it is easy to doomscroll, especially today. Please plan for yourself at least one or many more offline activities. Buy a pastry, read a book, go to a museum, see a friend, cook a meal, play with a pet, or even a trip to Costco. Try to limit time on your phone and avoid stewing in anxiety.

We killed 85 schoolgirls. We are not the good guys.

Please read this article to the end. Even before ICE got involved, this started because this *blind man who speaks no English and uses a curtain rod as a walking stick* got lost on a walk and some Karen called the police on him and they tasered and beat him bc he didn’t drop the rod. WTF

We genuinely need a revival of virtue in the United States. In my view, that’s almost as critical a project as any other structural reform project necessary in the wake of trumpism. We should become a society that actually values human life such that we would feel shame about this.

It is unbelievable

With a little help from his Sinners co-star Miles Caton, the near-nonagenarian legend gives the Tiny Desk a history lesson in the blues. n.pr/4tPjN7o

these people treat being called racist like it is a slur, and treat slurs like they're mere differences of opinion

and that, my fellow academics, is one reason not to hire war criminals: so they can't show up years post (their) war arguing in favor of the scaffolding behind their own atrocities with the imprimatur and status of your university

February 23 is W.E.B. Du Bois's birthday. Here's a photo of Du Bois, on his 95th birthday, cutting the cake with Shirley Graham Du Bois, President Kwame Nkrumah and Madame Nkrumah. From the W. E. B. Du Bois Papers, UMassAmherst.

So weird how you guys didn't get around to mentioning that he's also the author of the Torture Memos!

We really, really need more foster homes. Whether you want to do cute kittens or socialize shy tweens or just have one nice adult cat at a time, we can work with you and the space you have. If you live near Elkton, MD/Newark, DE and want to help, we cover all supplies and vet care. DM us for info!

A beautiful moment in the socialist republic of New York

istg if my IT guy asks me "Have you tried turning it off and on again?" one more time I'm reporting him for harassment