"We have room for the woman who thinks there's cabals of Jews who cause forest fires with a space laser but not people who think Palestinians are people."

Random fountain pen thoughts: while I hesitate to make a full "Kari approved" pen and ink list because I fear having to immediately eat my words: for folks who want a US made ink that isn't fashy: THAT i'm pretty confident about. Birmingham The Wet Pen Papier Plume

Honestly this is amazing, going to be my new default font. If I don't have my glasses on, or it's too small/far away/blurry, make things just a bit easier to read. Unfortunately, one place it would be ESPECIALLY useful is on my phone, but @samsungmobileus.bsky.social won't let me install it. 🤔

The good news is they're abandoning Trump; the bad news is, they're getting behind MTG instead!

Love this so much. 💜

Do you keep hearing stuff about a #GeneralStrike but don't know where to start? Join a @generalstrikeus.bsky.social teach-in for new members & curious comrades! Today at 8 pm Eastern/5 Pacific time. meet.jit.si/organizedsol...

Popping in to Bluesky on this fine morning to say that "fountain pen drama" that so many people are referencing relates to Ferris Wheel Press (FWP). Countless people asked for comments on their JKR collab, founder ignored all questions wrt the LGBTQIA+ community. (mini-thread)

That's not "the only thing" a company can do - the Right Thing is just expensive. That would be to stop producing & selling stuff that generates profit for She Who Must Not Be Named, Queen of the TERFs. Yes, you've already invested a lot in design, inventory, etc; perhaps there are penalties in...

For the fifty billionth time: I don't want society to shut down. I want you to mask at the fucking hospital, bus, airport, school, and grocery store, if you can. If you cannot, I want everyone else to, to protect you.

a big runoff last night, in New Orleans: Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet. So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.

Wearing an N95 in all shared spaces is a revolutionary act. It shows everyone that you refuse to accept the lies billionaires need you to believe. More than any words on a t-shirt, sticker, or sign, a mask shows you refuse to sacrifice an "other" for your comfort. You're an "other" to somebody.

Every unmasked face in public space says to all who recognize the scientific truth of COVID that WE are not enough, that we are not worthy of protection, of respect.

IOW, "How DARE the leopards I exhorted to eat OTHER PEOPLE'S faces try to eat MY face now?" For the record, I don't want leopards to eat anybody's face. Nor will I accept anacondas strangling chests as replacement for the leopards!

maybe i’m naive but i think it’s kinda doomerism to always be saying this is gonna take decades to undo or you’ll be old or dead when it ends. first it doesn’t matter, plant trees you won’t live to sit in the shade of. second great change is capable of happening very quickly

Yes. I think it's also a sign of how status quo propaganda around "good change is inherently painfully slow" has seeped into the wider culture, even among radicals (you are not immune to propaganda, etc). But it was never true! That was just an excuse used to deny basic demands and shut people up.

No better words can be said today for #LongCovidAwareness, 1500 on the 15th of each month. Someday you, too, will be disabled. Then you will be on the receiving end of the ableism you allow to be normal today. Do you want your life to be expendable as soon as one part of you is broken beyond repair?

We can't wait for 2028. If Venezuela responded to a release like the Epstein Emails, evidencing crimes by politicians of multiple parties, & their top prosecutor announced investigations against ONLY those of the opposition party, 🇺🇸 officials would use it to justify forcing immediate regime change.

@disabledinstem.bsky.social I'm just now seeing the news that we have lost the extraordinary Alice Wong. She had the heart of a lion. What a fighter! She will continue to be a beacon to the community forever. share.google/2NbaUG8E5ooQ...

I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?

those of us laid off from Teen Vogue were really fortunate to complete our fundraising goal — the laid-off staffers at VIBE deserve the same support, as Black media outlets and journalists continue to be targeted and discriminated against in “austerity” measures

And this, right here, is your problem. The time has come for another Party to displace the Democrats, one with an original foundation laid exclusively by marginalized people. Disabled, BIPOC, women, LGBT+... THEY get to make the rules, THEY screen any White Men who want to join, let alone move up.

The ACA/Obamacare was essential to the explosive growth of businesses forcing everyone they could to become "independent contractors", taking away the limited rights employees DO still have, & avoiding the cost of "benefits" like health insurance. Revoking the subsidies by inaction to cut taxes...

C R Y I N G this is so perfect lmao x: www.instagram.com/reel/DQ7cPSf...

During the latter Bush years, my thanks for doing anti-war organizing was a federal informant infiltrating our veteran's organization, and a Black van spending excessive time outside of my apartment and the house of the local anarchist kids. Where's my check?

At some point I'm going to truly internalize that @sarahkendzior.bsky.social has been right about all of this from day one sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/servants-o...

I'm profoundly grateful to BlueSky users who supported me and called for my reinstatement. When I got suspended, I was not told why the first two times I inquired, or that it was for 72 hours. You forced BlueSky to respond and to issue a correction for one of the lies they told about me. Thank you.

I am also grateful to the people who sent me screenshots of the posts BlueSky administrators wrote about me. They never contacted me with this information. They blocked me from the site, making it impossible to know what they had said, correct it, and defend myself from their false allegations.

BlueSky could have shared a screenshot of my tweet showing the Oct 10 timestamp and that I was using Johnny Cash lyrics to quote-tweet about an article on Johnny Cash. Instead, they made it look like I issued a random death threat and falsely claimed I posted it this week. They should apologize.

🔥NOW STREAMING: UNION A defining story of workers vs. Amazon, finally streaming on a worker-owned platform. Chris Smalls and the ALU’s fight is now on Means TV: means.tv/programs/union

🇺🇸 public health recommendations tell us to shut the barn door after half the horses have bolted in the best of times; with all the staff & budget cuts, plus 43 days of shutdown to catch up from, it might already be that bad here too. #WearAMask & #WashYourHands!

Ms. Brown speaking the truth 🔥

When leaders value data and dignity, everyone wins. Scientists in office mean policy grounded in facts, guided by evidence, and rooted in humanity. 🗳️ Because facts and compassion belong on the same ballot. www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...

Chat I paid 3 american dollars and fifty four cents for one (1) head of cabbage are we are an empire in free fall collapse with no hope of recovery? It's a fucking *cabbage*.

'We've got photographs of you, your wife, him, and his girlfriend!' @mrjamesob.bsky.social asks why Donald Trump campaigned on a promise to release the Epstein files that 'he is now so desperate to keep secret'.

None of this information matters unless you can kill the proverbial cop in your head and understand that *this* is the purpose of the cops, this is what the cops actually are, and all the shit you think about community policing, outreach, smiling cops in police procedural, is all propaganda.

🧠 RECOVER-NEURO clinical trial found that “cognitive rehabilitation” failed in treating Long COVID 🩸 Scientists are revealing more about microclots and Long COVID 🍳 A study about ME was retracted by the journal Food Science and Nutrition #LongCOVID research updates: bit.ly/47F2xc7

Who should be this week's Rich Dick??

Keep in mind, this is written to apply to actions taken BEFORE they passed the law - what happened to the Constitutional ban on ex post facto laws? Also, if LEOs do a whole lot more damage to you & your home, even if you're not convicted of anything, it's nearly impossible to get compensation. ⬇️

Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024. This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500. And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?

You can delete 18 ½ minutes of audio tape, but the internet is forever.

Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far. So much work remains to be done.

NPR reported this morning that, based on their review of the #Epstein emails released yesterday, Trump’s name appeared more than 1,000 times in the document— "I have met some very bad people, none as bad as #Trump. Not one decent cell in his body." - Jeffrey Epstein

In 1989, Neil Young was part of a US/Russia cultural exchange that fell apart. His guitarist said, “Man, I guess we're just gonna have to keep on rockin’ in the free world.” “Poncho,” said Young, “that's a good line. I'm gonna use that.” Born today in 1945. 🎸

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

Did you know that the government funding bill has a provision that forces the DOJ to give millions in taxpayer money to at least 8 Republican Senators investigated after the Jan 6 insurrection? Not exaggerating. And when I proposed an amendment last night to stop it, House Republicans voted it down.

Don't call the cops on someone in a mental health crisis unless you want them dead.

Grijalva: That is why I will sign the discharge petition right now to release the Epstein files. Justice cannot wait another day.

The next domino falls...

The Left is by no means immune to this, ESPECIALLY when it comes to the Fact that refusal to require respirators is violent Ableism. In addition to being dangerous to everyone's health & safety, regardless of your "belief". ko-fi.com/post/How-to-...

This is horrific and important, because I think a fair few people are aware of the SCOTUS case saying the police don't a duty to protect you, I don't think they realize that the case specifically includes the police ignoring a protection order and that resulting in the death of two children.