Reminder that Steve Buscemi, National Treasure, used to be a firefighter, and when 9-11 happened, he pulled 12 hour volunteer shifts with his old ladder. www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta... In case you want to know the first thing I remember about him. :)

for my latest @us.theguardian.com talked to teens leading and joining anti-ICE walkouts from TX to MD to WI. one NYC teen: "I feel scared [of ICE] every day... But I’m not going to let that stop me, because bravery is just the positive way to say you’re scared, and I’d rather be brave than scared."

this exchange really distills what young people are seeing. best friends Rhy and Arianna, both 17, described their preschool aged cousins being told at school they would get deported—and recalled being afraid of the same as elementary schoolers in 2016. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

This is more a Twitter thing but what happens when $200 dates every day but 50/50 split bills and a baby on the way, and ya mama in law bald headed and rides in the front seat, You saving ya man out the house fire Or what???

Claudette Colvin is an icon of American history. It was an honor to be her neighbor and attend her memorial last week at Abyssinian Baptist Church alongside her family. As we continue to uplift her story, let us honor Ms. Colvin by living the way she did: with courage.

I think I said this a while ago while arguing with people who said that bots can do law / medicine. The difficulty in practice is not simply knowing the symptoms of a clinical presentation. It is understanding that you have to ask people questions to make sure you understand what is happening.

Please help!! Spaniel Day Lewis is the loveliest little fur man & he deserves every chance & opportunity to live out the rest of his days as comfy & happy & healthy as possible!! Share far & wide, anything helps!! 💚🐕💚

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Venmo‪: @Imani‬-Gandy Cash App: $imanigandyABL Paypal: @imanigandyCO

We’re one month into Minnesota’s nation-leading paid leave program, and families are already seeing the benefit. In Minnesota, we stand by the workers who drive our economy - whether you’re welcoming a new baby or taking care of a sick family member.

Excellent Q&A with Guerline Jozef of @haitianbridge.bsky.social about the ruling to temporarily block the administration from suspending TPS for Haitians & others. www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/02/08/l...

If ai is so good why did it need so many ads begging for us to use it??

In case you missed the moment. Art is powerful

Here’s a video for folks who don’t know about Surya. At the 1:30 mark you can see her back flip and how she lands on one foot, which is how all figure skating jumps are supposed to land. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cna0... Also, a current article from NBC New York www.nbcnewyork.com/olympics/202...

What a moment.

My dog ran away a few weeks ago and I got her back with the help of a guy who was walking by and two people who stopped their cars, one of whom had crackers for bait, the other a person who always carries an “emergency leash” for situations like this

And don't forget he did a whole documentary at the end of the music video for El Apagón youtu.be/1TCX_Aqzoo4?...

If you are somebody who has used an LLM to explain something to you, and you felt like you understood it *how do you know what it told you was correct*

The thing about LLMs is that answers that are correct and answers that are wildly wrong are presented with *exactly the same level of confidence* If you're informed enough to know the difference you don't need the answer If you aren't you can't trust what you get

Be gentle with people & ruthless with systems.

“There’s no single answer that will solve all our future problems. There’s no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers—at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.” ― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay

We The People, For The People, By The People! #mutualaid #nyc #bedstuy #harlem #wethepeoplenyc

Check your local library for dvds, e-books and audio books dowloads! My library's dvd collection looks like a small Blockbuster! Not just educational and highbrow movies! I have been watching stuff from my dearly departed Netflix dvd queue. and more recent series, too!

A number of abolitionists have worked for years to successfully close a number of jails and prisons in the US. Too bad *reformers* have nothing to learn from them especially in this moment.

I have incarcerated comrades & loved ones who are enduring the daily torture of US prisons. They also continue to make art. They often don't have the proper supplies and yet they make it knowing that it will never make it out to anyone else. But they continue to make art nonetheless. Keep making art

I’ve caught glimpses of a decent aurora once, nowhere near this spectacular, but the thing that struck me most was that the light flowed in a way that was very conspicuously NOT like a liquid but like electricity. It felt like being inside one of those plasma globe lamps. Eerie and breathtaking.

I never should've quit dancing for my ~*~academics~*~ because me coding will never look as cool as this

Rich people are buying up the ways people get information and ripping all the wires out of the walls

I went to the bookstore with Libby open on my phone and requested all the books I was interested in

Every time

You are not angry enough.

we need to stop excusing "weird old guys" who are in positions of power and prestige and being shitty esp to women that's the only way to change things

QTNA

I am going to say it again there are about 260 :Dem reps . Combine that with state reps mayors and whatever the hell else And somebody with a satellite up link and legislative duty needs to be at them every day making an independent audit

This has, no joke, been part of my nightly prayers since I was old enough to understand what HIV is

Can't believe I've been doing this for 12months! For the next 24h, drop any infectious disease and/or vaccine-related questions in response to this post, and I will do my best to answer them. Answers are for information only, NOT medical advice. #AskAnIDDoc February 2026 edition #Anniversary

The Crespo-Gonzalez family is home. Our community refused to stay silent in the face of such an immoral, unethical detention. Now, we must continue speaking up for the countless other families and children imprisoned by Trump. Stay loud.

The resistance grows

Even if it seems pointless always fight back and say no to facial recognition when and where you can

My dog truly enjoyed the weather this morning.

The number of people currently in ICE custody is now over 73,000, the most in history. Your reminder that ICE is a for-profit industry and the companies profiting are huge donors to the politicians who voted to continue funding ICE.

A federal judge has ordered the Trump admin to unfreeze billions of dollars in funding for the Gateway rail tunnel project — a win for both New York and New Jersey.

Yesss! #BHM 🧵

It really pays to remind ourselves frequently that this whole immigration "crisis" is made up out of whole cloth. There was no emergency,danger or problem, only a demagogue stirring up racist grievances for political advantage.

This is scathing. Kash Patel and anyone else involved in this must be impeached. Gift article: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/us/renee-good-investigation-minnesota-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.KVA.pAnP.FE6p37Nwd1TA&smid=nytcore-ios-share

The corporations racing to dominate A.I are not merely doing it to save/make more money. They are doing it to be the most powerful in the spread of propaganda. They want us to question everything until we question nothing, do nothing. That is control.

Mongolia and Haiti correctly identified that the Winter Olympics are primarily a chance to design baller cold weather uniforms

And yeah, that sketchy little line art you made? It'll probably work. Look at that drawing on the left in my "Find Your Organizing Home in NYC" zine. Scribbled that with a Sharpie on scrap paper as a placeholder; ended up realizing it's PERFECT. bsky.app/profile/greg...

Literally write a few words down on some scrap paper or napkin and take a picture of it and that will probably be a vastly more effective image for your post than any generic and fascism-coded piece of "A.i." slop.

It's TOTALLY FINE and NORMAL for individual people not to be able to draw images in any/every specific style. The joy is finding ways to communicate using your specific set of abilities. That's how an artist's "style" actually expresses itself!