Really important book from @reitman.bsky.social on how banks, credit cards & payment processors are chilling & censoring speech It makes very clear that this isn’t just the “whim” of financial institutions but comes from pressure—direct & indirect—from government reason.com/2026/04/29/b...

Cam DeCaussin, I Went As Far As I Could Go (oil on wood panel, c. 2024)

It's CINCO DE MAYO!!! AYYYEEE, Mexican Independence! Pull put the sombreros, tequila, tacos!! Especially here in America where we wanna deport them all but use their culture for a holiday. ok, now that I got that out the day, everything i said up top is wrong, and imma tell you why thread 🧵

Without antidepressants I would likely have attempted my own life at least once by now. RFK Jr wants people like me to die

Judith Butler swag has arrived

"Make Art Not War" #Art #War #VivRus

Dear People On Substack: the next best time to leave Substack is now

Manolo Valdés, Vivianne In A Blue Suit (2011)

again: If you do not fight at the barricade of trans healthcare you will fight at the barricade of the most stigmatized medication you are on and you will do it with fewer experienced allies because you left trans people to die

This Day in Labor History: May 5, 1886. The Wisconsin National Guard opened fire on strikers in Milwaukee fighting for the 8-hour day, killing 7 workers. Let's talk about the Bayview Massacre and the state crushing of the 1886 8-hour day strikes!

it's a central example of what i call an artificial telos: "it's not natural for women to do X, therefore women can't be allowed to do X, and look therefore women don't do X, proving that it's not natural for women to do X" www.patreon.com/posts/chapte...

49 to go www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/b...

Every fucking pundit who said "they're not going to mess with the midterms" needs to quit their jobs and never talk again.

Anyway: Good morning, Bluesky. If you remember when this dropped? Schedule a colonoscopy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnWG...

Again, the best time to leave Substack was yesterday. The second-best time to leave Substack is now. Friends don't let friends hang out with Nazis and TERFs

I distinctly remember getting this album while in Exeter, UK - just amazing debut www.instagram.com/p/DXuIAOqAG3...

BREAKING: Congressman Johnny Olszewski (D-MD) is introducing a constitutional amendment to establish term limits for Supreme Court Justices. The ROBE Act would establish 18-year term limits for justices.

For the past fifty years or so, state bars have exempted themselves from civil rights statutes. And if you guessed the reason was racism you'd be right! Let's talk about the sinister history of the bar exam. THREAD.

© Friedrich Kunath. 'Storms Never Last.' Oil on canvas, 2023.

Calico cat in a calico coat! #kidlitart

What’s disappointing is their refusal to listen to the other candidates in the race before making a decision. In fact, it goes against the foundational language of Indivisible groups. I reached out to all the local groups and only two allowed me to visit with them.

Mayor, farewell; thou dost but what thou mayst.

It's not a CHARACTER transformation, they all got ahead by screwing workers and fucking over their competition. They were always selfish assholes.

“We are who we pretend to be…

This Mental Health Awareness Month, remember to include ALL mentally ill folks in your advocacy: That means BPD, NPD, ASPD, HPD & other PDs. That means DID, PDID, UDD & OSDD. That means Schizophrenia & other Psychotic Disorders. That means Kleptomania and Pyromania.

Andrea Werhun, a Canadian sex worker, is asked the same question by her clients: What traumatic incident occurred during her childhood that forced her into the industry? Sick of the question, Werhun is telling her story on her terms in the documentary Modern Whore uk.news.yahoo.com/sex-worker-s...

Even though this pic is not 1995 - I'd be listening to this: www.mixcloud.com/timestretch/... (Also, wld tell myself not to get into a weird argument w/ my gf while tripping)

HEY KIDS! FANCY SOME TRAUMA?! youtu.be/3CYzNYeG3Kg?...

Slightly diminish a book Situationship in the Time of Cholera

slightly diminish a book Wuthering Plateau

Of all the punchable* faces of this admin, is Hassett's the most punchable? *Not really gonna punch just a thought experiment T. Blanche, ok!

Brad chose poorly

Wow... 2026 World Cup Travel Advisory www.amnestyusa.org/blog/2026-wo...

Lily of the valley is blooming again 🌿 ❨˖ ₊ ⊹

Yuko Nakamura (Japanese Artist, born 1977) "Black Cat", 2021. Mineral Pigments, Water-Dried Pigments, Ink, Glue, Foil, Kirikane on Kumohada Hemp Paper. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt #catlover #caturday

Good list - I'd add The Player (I have not seen 3 on here)

Actual pic of Dawkins conversing with “Claudia”:

This.

Family Knows Not To Interrupt Dad While He’s Skimming Pool, Listening To Orioles Radio Broadcast https://theonion.com/family-knows-not-to-interrupt-dad-while-he-s-skimming-p-1819578904/

I can't quit watching

In the '60s and '70s, one of the biggest producers of drug paraphernalia and trippy blacklight art was the Houston Blacklight & Poster Company. But its history has been nearly lost. I wrote about its influence and the importance of saving artifacts like these: www.chron.com/culture/arti...

If you were middle class, cishet, suburban and came from a middle to upper class family, the 1990s were probably great. If you grew poor or working class, if you weren't straight and cis, if you lived in a city riven with War on Drugs bullshit, or a dying rural or industrial town, then... nah.

This Day in Labor History: May 2, 1968. A small wildcat strike at a Chrysler plant in Detroit led to the creation of the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement. This merging of Black Power and leftist unionism challenged the United Auto Workers leadership as much as it did the auto industry!!!

Business major, Humanities major, STEM major

Whoa. www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...

Name your top 15 TV shows ever, gut instincts only Homicide Justified Arrested Development Pushing Daisies The Simpsons Seinfeld Murphy Brown Northern Exposure NewsRadio SNL Late Night/Late Show w/David Letterman No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Star Trek: The Next Generation Endeavour 120 Minutes

38 years ago today, May 1, 1988, #TheSimpsons short “The Art Museum” first aired on The Tracey Ullman Show on Fox. This one is packed full of catchphrases.

May 1, 1866 Slavery had been abolished 5months prior and Black people had migrated in large numbers to major cities like Memphis Tennessee. 1865 was rough. The war ended, the president was dead, the Klan was formed on Christmas Eve, and white southerners feared a Christmas insurrection. 🧵