Minneapolis and Saint Paul have basically mobilized into a war economy of mutual aid and non-violent defense. I’ve never seen anything like it, even during Covid. People who barely vote are guarding their schools from ICE and doing the shopping for neighbors in hiding.

semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003 when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out

A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter. I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.

San Francisco’s Ocean Beach!

"Boys at Bootcamp" is about my connection w my nephew--who recently joined the Army--& our evolving relationship as I've transitioned. Couldn't find a home for us boys in the U.S. so we kicked down the back door. THX @theobserveruk.bsky.social! tinyurl.com/BOYS-AT-BOOT... @evanurquhart.bsky.social

In 2026 I want all of the decent people to remember one thing. You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics. That is all.

Aunt Judy & friend having their most leather daddy Xmas and not even knowing it

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.