I like to see how extensive translation programs into French are. Spotted @jstheater.bsky.social 's _Punks_ in a local store window today.

my wokest opinion is that land acknowledgements are fine. people knowing a little bit about the land you're on, even if one isn't invested in a land back project, is not particularly worse than the status quo, even if one comes by this info in a way that is somewhat cringe and forced

in the actual real world secret police are disappearing americans on behalf of an openly white nationalist government but george packer’s latest is a novel about a world beset by woke totalitarianism

Rest in Power, Alice Wong.

No to him, no to Rahm, no to this whole fetid crew. Go away!!!

It’s still on the DOJ website. www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr...

Senator Menendez is sitting in his cell at Allenwood right now because he took a 1kg gold bar from the Egyptians, among other forms of “lobbying.”

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

11/ Theo Bovens, the chairman of the Black Liberators in the Netherlands foundation and also leader of the conservative Christian Democratic Appeal party, says that he intends to raise the removal with the new US Ambassador to the Netherlands, Joe Popolo.

10/ A second panel was dedicated to telephone engineer George H. Pruitt, who died on June 10, 1945, while trying to save a comrade who had fallen into a river. Dutch researchers and historians say that they are shocked and outraged by the move.

9/ "So, there we were. A group of Black Americans confronted with all these dead white Americans… When they were alive, we couldn’t sit in the same room."

8/ Wiggins says that the gravedigging was so traumatising that no one talked during the day, except for the few who would pray over the graves and some who quietly cried.

7/ The diggers had to cope with the smell of decomposing bodies, rain, snow, wind, mud and flooding. The ground was so sodden that machinery couldn't be used.

6/ First Sergeant Jefferson Wiggins oversaw the work. He later recalled that when the men arrived, they were confronted with the sight of thousands of dead bodies lying on a tarp. There were no coffins, so the bodies had to be tied up in mattress covers where the men dug graves.

5/ The site of the cemetery was established by Captain Joseph Shomon, the head of the 611th Graves Registration Company, while the task of digging it and burying the bodies was given to the 960th QMSC during September-November 1944.

4/ One of those roles was burying the dead, a highly traumatic duty as many of the bodies were severely mutilated. The cemetery was constructed by the 960th Quartermaster Service Company, an all-Black unit of 260 men under the command of a White officer (as was usual).

3/ One of the two panels described how a million African-Americans volunteered for service during World War II, but had to fight against both the enemy and racism on their own side, including segregation within the army itself that confined many to supporting roles.

2/ The Dutch newspaper reports that two memorial panels installed at the NAC were removed some time earlier this year. They commemorated African-American soldiers who helped liberate Europe from German occupation during World War II.

1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️

Dozens of M.C. Escher Prints Have Been Digitized & Put Online by the Boston Public Library

Schumer (NY) 202 224-6542 Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224 King (ME) 202 224-5344 Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324 Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152 Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521 Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841 Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451 Masto (NV) 202 224-3542 Warner (VA) 202 224-2023

If you don't want the #Dems to cave & allow ACA health insurance costs to explode you can contact your US Senator here: senate.gov/senators/sen... & your US House Rep here: house.gov/representati... Please register your concerns directly! It does matter, as did your 10/4 vote.

if youre going to be a poet, with the feet of history firm in this modern world, then there are no better role models than mr. wright.

jay wright JOURNEY TO THE PLACE OF GHOSTs www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42738/...

Grateful for the courageous reporters documenting the DHS assault on Chicago.....

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If you need a boost this Friday you can give to Feed Durham, a scrappy mutual aid collective working to feed people affected by the cruel SNAP shutdown. My #RadicalUnlearning book launch was a fundraiser for them and there is a dire need: www.gofundme.com/f/standingin...

Not one work in the exhibition “Global Fascisms” at Berlin’s Haus der Kulturen der Welt acknowledges the world burning just beyond the door. In Jara Nassar’s words, “What is the role of art when the world is on fire?”

Tonight!

A scholarly study to add to your list, especially considering where we find ourselves today.

I love the way Democrat Senator Booker replies, “Very big tent,” as pro-Palestine advocates are getting bounced out of his very big tent.

I admit to being a 1-person PR spox for #JayWright but I'm glad to see his *Transfigurations* (aka Collected Poems Pt 1) is finally out now in the UK. Though he's 1 of the greatest living poets in the English language/greatest living Black poets this didn't happen until he'd reached 91 years of age!

If anyone needs a mutual aid boost or help with food due to SNAP cuts I will be one of the accounts that reposts throughout the weekend. Just reply or tag me.

I encourage people to listen. Sonic protection. Acoustic healing.

It's grotesque.

Hey everyone, just spoke with Lubna. Because her family was driven out of Northern Gaza during the summertime, they fled without warm clothes and now need blankets, coats, anything to keep warm because their shelter is basically like a cave: no electricity, running water, light. Can we help?

NEW: Extraordinary scenes in the Serbian city of Novi Sad right now. Hundreds of thousands of students have marched for days across Serbia. A huge protest against Vučić’s government as they commemorate the anniversary of the Novi Sad rail station disaster, a year ago today. (🎥 Lazar Stojakovic)

I'm sure countless people have noted the irony but did any of these folks actually read the novel or remember or know how this novel's plot ends? Same for the "Roaring 20s"....

Open enrollment starts today, and premiums are skyrocketing. Why? Because our healthcare system is for-profit, and insurance companies are exploiting you for as much money as possible by selling you coverage and then denying you care. It’s a scam. Demand universal healthcare.

Have you ever asked yourself why we don't have a federal privacy bill? Apply to EFF's legal internship to learn how to defend our online privacy! www.eff.org/about/oppor...

I reread Great Gatsby last year and my shocking new takeaway is there is a gay as a $3 bill sex scene right in the middle, Nick leaves that 5th Ave party w a man and then they are in their underwear in bed looking at a book, how the hell did they teach this in every high school & how did I miss it

So wonderful to see #EssexHemphill featured in the MTA's Arts & Design "#Poetry in Motion" series! The poem, "Thread," is from *Love Is a Dangerous Word* (@NewDirections, 2025), ed. by Robert Reid-Pharr & yours truly! (h/t photo by Tynan Kogane, ND)

Is *Lupin* back??? Please say yes please say yes please say yes....

This 2-season series, which I caught back in 2017 is now re-streaming on Tubi & I recommend it. Bland's writing is assured, it has a queer storyline & it explores Black millennials' existential challenges in our contemporary with aplomb. Also, the episodes are short but enthralling!

Sun Ra Arkestra at S.O.B.'s in New York City - October 8th 1985

Wow, Canvas is still down? Guess I can't grade.

The trailblazing transgender rights activist Miss Major has passed away at the age of 78. Miss Major was a lifelong organizer and participant in the ballroom scene. She took part in the 1969 Stonewall Riots and was injured by the police — but she kept fighting.

some TBR - we live in hope

Pope Leo turned to and quoted extensively from Hannah Arendt in his remarks, endorsing her detailed analysis of the factors that give rise to authoritarianism and totalitarian rule. He made clear that this analysis is again appropriate to developments found around the world, and notably in the US