I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.

The Epstein stuff is always so amazing to me because it's like "yes he was a sex criminal but if you can get past that, he was also an avowed eugenicist"

"While silence can be a powerful tool, if you’re repeatedly using it to punish a loved one, you’re alienating them when you actually want a closer relationship." (@aliontas.bsky.social)

Honestly, not mad at how the Baltimore Museum of Art is trolling DC Union Station w these Amy Sherald ads Get them, honey

Damn, I hate it when things that happen mean nothing :-(

@ambersparks.bsky.social same except maybe my version is the space between train cars while the train is going through a tunnel

Philly, come out to Eshani Surya's launch of RAVISHING! @eshanisurya.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/esha...

Several states (including California, Michigan, Oregon, and Wisconsin) have announced that they’ve begun processing full food stamp payments. Thank you to those states for stepping up to support families in need!

“The proverbial is mysterious.”—Luisa Costa Gomes @ Disquiet

“Something happens. Then it happens again. Then it happens again. That’s drama.”—Bruna Dantas Lobato @ Disquiet @brunadantas.bsky.social

“Authenticity is a whittling of the truth.”—Lauren Christensen @ Disquiet on what to leave in & out of creative nonfiction

“If you want to see the flaws in your work, just look at it in translation.”—Patricia Portela @disquiet international conference in Lisbon

“I’m still part of the family, it’s there I live to the exclusion of everywhere else. It’s in its aridity, it’s terrible harshness, it’s malignance that I’m most deeply sure of myself, at the heart of my essential certainty, the certainty that later on I’ll be a writer.”-Duras @ A Public Space

They’ve bombed abortion clinics, killed doctors, sentenced women to death over unwanted pregnancies, killed trans and queer people for asking for rights. There’s literally no kind of political violence that I’ve not seen come from the right in this country, and it’s never engaged with seriously.

PHILLY ❤️ IMMIGRANTS! No Kings! No Despots! Democracy only!

Put this on a billboard.

Philly! ICE alert!

"There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people." - Commander William Adama, Battlestar Galactica

The LA protests will trigger a drumbeat of "law and order" messaging from the White House and their media allies as a prelude to invoking the Insurrection Act. This is entirely predictable, and any Dem or media outlet that facilitates this narrative will be aiding Trump's authoritarian project.

Philly come party w us & BSR!

Happy pride, babes!

"But in the end, stories are about one person saying to another: This is the way it feels to me. Can you understand what I'm saying? Does it also feel this way to you?" ~ Kazuo Ishiguro

To all who celebrate, especially me

email the rabbit reclaiming his time #easter #emailtherabbit #lgbt #chaos

RFK Jr. wants to erase autistic and neurodivergent Americans. We won't be erased. #Autism #ADHD #Neurodiversity

Q: What distinguishes a prison from a concentration camp?

"So this is my radical proposal for universities: Act like universities, not like businesses. Spend your endowments. Accept more, not fewer students. Open up your campuses and expand your reach not by buying real estate but by bringing education to communities. Create a base. Become a movement."

HAPPY TRANS AF DAY

Bravo to @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social for his bravery and journalistic integrity.

Trump and Rubio have defied a court order. So what’s next?

Where is my drag race traitors crossover?!?!? @oficialthetraitors.bsky.social @rupaulsdragrace.bsky.social

American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.

One of these things is not like the others

Overheard: The Tesla Chainsaw Massacre.

Trump and Musk should be asked every day how many Veterans they’ve fired.

Got a printer? You can start fighting fascism. Here's a thread of things you can print and distribute. 👇 I promise doing something--even this--feels better than raging silently. And maybe it'll show you that standing up is possible and open you up to more things you can do.

The feds have set up enddei.ed.gov so anybody can report "DEI" in schools and try to get them segregated. But anybody can submit anything to this portal. You know what to do.

Brothers in arms

Word of the Day is ‘ingordigiousness’ (18th century): extreme greed at the expense of principles.

NEW: @law360.bsky.social has created a *public* database of legal cases involving President Trump's executive orders and other actions. The data is searchable and sortable and will be updated regularly; links to coverage for subscribers. Graphics by @benjayingly.com www.law360.com/trump-legal-...

To be read by librarians is to be known, to be understood, to be welcome. I can’t express how much this means to me & how I will carry it through the dark days. Thank you ❤️🌈🍕[email protected]

Books to save the living

Chin Kwang Young, mixed media w hanji

Know your rights when facing ICE: www.nyc.gov/site/immigra...