To help sort through candidates’ positions, the Campaign to #CloseRikers has put together this handy Voter Guide: campaigntocloserikers.org/voter-guide #Election2025 #KnowYourRights #Debate #politics #NYC

The first televised debate for NYC’s next Mayor is tonight! We have looked at candidates’ positions on an issue at the core of our city’s values - #Rikers. We recently interviewed one “candidate” whose position on Rikers is crystal clear. #CloseRikers youtu.be/qRVbVkrUE7A

I created an app where you can shop Black Owned Businesses on one app. It has a Mutual Aid section and so far it helped raise $150,000+ people struggling in the community. Reaching out to Blacksky to help spread this, this combo of helping Black Businesses, simultaneously giving back is amazing and-

At least 6 unhoused Chicagoans have been abducted by federal agents since September: 2 have been released, while the status of the remaining 4 is unknown. But the Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness is investigating reports of an additional 19 people disappeared. chicagoreader.com/news/make-it...

I hear and see your concerns. Over the weekend, a couple users hosted on Blacksky's PDS were banned from the Bluesky app and thus the Bluesky API servers. This was a weakness of our system I've been aware of and hoped we had more time to address before any kind of public incident. 1/11

Schmitt: "Let's just call it out. We need a cleansing here. Let's just be truthful about what's happening. This left-wing political violence is not a both sides thing. It's not."

🎙 Started streaming on #Bluecast! "Sharpie Says" #SharpieSays (Public) https://www.bluecast.app/user/@sharpiepls.com?t=listen

Catch Rudy @rude1.blacksky.team on this episode of Revolution Social, where he talks all about Blacksky, mutual aid, protocols, and more! ❣️❣️❣️

A wide ranging convo between me & @rabble.nz for @revolution.social → past, present and future of Blacksky (the community + company) → mutual aid, susus, people's assemblies, etc → building protocols for people wherever you get your podcasts.

Rest in Power 🕊️

mutual aid ←→ technology "I could talk ... about how I'm down with the Black people -- what the fuck are you doing? What are you doing? That's what it's about man" -- via @unapologetictawk.blacksky.app

NEW: Ed Martin, the head of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) vague weaponization task force, in a recent letter threatened to open a criminal investigation into a now-retired FBI special agent who sued the far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones over Jones’ lies about a mass school shooting.

this latest episode of @unapologetictawk.blacksky.app is SOOO GOOD they're giving out the steps for building community and i HELLA appreciate 🙏

BK JS letting us know - PEOPLE DONT DIE QUIETLY IN JAIL & ALL the officers are responsible!!! #bkjailsupport #bkjs #mutualaid #nypd #nyc

This. I'm seeing a lot of media coverage of this along the lines of "Trump and Kennedy are driving disinformation/are just ignorant" but its more; they are driven by a deep, obvious and abiding ableism--their contempt and dislike for disabled people are very clear and have been for years.

Listen to our Community Organizer Edwin Santana and Co-Director Sarita Daftary discuss closing Rikers and our vision for collective empowerment on the podcast War Cry for Our Children! Here's a clip, and listen to the episode here: bit.ly/WarCryEdwin

The Jail Support Episode @unapologetictawk.blacksky.app @rellyrebel.bsky.social

NEW EPISODE IS OUT EVERYWHERE NOW! Ep 76 of #unapologetictawk !! Ft Brooklyn Jail Support, an incredible mutual aid group. A must-watch, frankly. So proud of this! Thank you for waiting through all the editing delays!! 🤪

Our next episode drops TOMORROW!! Tune in to hear about the incredible folks at Brooklyn Jail Support and their important beautiful work 💯 #unapologetictawk #mutualaid #bkjailsupport

Affirmations from today~ Solidarity: Together, we are building the world our ancestors dreamed and our children deserve.

Thanks to @rude1.blacksky.team we have migrated and are back with a fresh handle! Working on the new episode, having a few editing difficulties but it’s going to be amazing! We recorded live with the incredible Brooklyn Jail Support who we’ve shouted out in the past. Can’t wait for you to see it!

@rellyrebel.bsky.social talking about publicly shaming cops as a method of resistance 💯 episode 75 of #unapologetictawk #nyc

Sneak peek!!!! They’re @ bkjailsupport on ig And @ bkjs247 on vmo if you want to support!

Filmed our next episode on the ground with BK Jail Support - they’re outside 120 Schermerhorn in BK every Friday 2pm - 2am providing folks with hot meals, shoelaces, cigarettes, and community &more💕💕 Stay tuned for this incredible episode next week!! With @rudyfraser.com and @rellyrebel.bsky.social

really good episode from @unapologetictawk.bsky.social going over online activists i always appreciate the honesty both @rellyrebel.bsky.social & @rudyfraser.com speak with in these episodes hope @dimezcartier.bsky.social is able to return to the podcast soon !! 🙏

Such a beautiful discussion with beautiful people, can’t wait for everyone to see this episode 💙

Gonna post these until people understand it’s the every day experience of being Black and living in NYC and has always been this way regardless of administration to the point people EXPECT to get harassed. (1st and 2nd shot were 45 mins apart and I stopped at 2 different wine stores in between)

Do you, too, live under this level of constant surveillance and suspicion as you buy groceries in your neighborhood?

I spoke with @mmasnick.bsky.social who wrote the paper that inspired the creation of bsky (he's now on their board of directors) about the development of @blackskyweb.xyz these last 2.5 yrs. We talk about Blacksky stealing market share from bsky (😉), content moderation, and all the stuff we ship 🚢

this is what solidarity looks like. @borderless.bsky.social is a non-black international aid worker & can't access their DMs through @bsky.app he CAN access his DMs by logging into blacksky.community with his bsky credentials and is looking into transfering to the blacksky PDS with an ally handle

This is rad. Mutual aid group in Bed Stuy that @rudyfraser.com organizes. www.wethepeople.nyc

Great @rudyfraser.com writeup from @newpublic.org on how Blacksky is the most exciting thing going in decentralized social right now. 🔭🖤🚀 Social media’s next evolution: decentralized, open-source, and scalable newpublic.substack.com/p/how-blacks...

> … a community called Blacksky recently spun up its own PDS, so things are progressing on that front. > Rudy … confirmed to TechCrunch that [Blacksky] doesn’t plan on blocking any users based on where they’re located, anywhere in the world.

STATEMENT from our Co-Director @iamdarrenmack.bsky.social after the tenth tragic loss of life in DOC custody this year. #CloseRikers #Decarcerate #HumanRights

wokeup to new @unapologetictawk.bsky.social and @deantekyle.bsky.social we're eating today

For the Blacksky network, @rudyfraser.com and team have seen over 300 users migrate to be independent of Bluesky.

Blacksky Personal Data Server is now the 4th largest server on the network.

Love to see you repping We The People, @chiosse.bsky.social. The homies told me you were mad about me calling you out a few months ago. I'm happy we've put our differences behind us. You'll be kicking us that bread soon, right?

@rellyrebel.bsky.social and the team reflect on the pushback that follows each step of change or progress towards dismantling white supremacy or perceived progress, like Trump following Obama to be the most outwardly racist president yet. #unapologetictawk #trump #obama

Catch @rudyfraser.com August 20th on a panel discussing potential futures of social media!!!

August 20th in Brooklyn I'll be on a panel discussing potential futures for social media alongside experts from orgs like Snap, OF, and @techcrunch.com Register below ⬇️

@rudyfraser.com talks about the misperceptions and misrepresentation of mutual aid and who it’s for on episode 73 of #unapologetictawk out now!!! #mutualaid #nyc #podcast #organizing

@dimezcartier.bsky.social on episode 73 talking about accountability from leaders when recounting the appearance of a certain mayoral candidate at the Queer Liberation March #unapologetictawk #nyc #accountability #election #podcast

New episode out now!! With special guest Carla Marie Davis, NYC political content creator and advocate! And of course our hosts, @rudyfraser.com @rellyrebel.bsky.social & @dimezcartier.bsky.social ! #unapologetictawk

Carla Marie Davis on episode 73 of #unapologetictawk on why she centers her communities in her political advocacy work online and in #nyc . New episode out now!!!

Gentrification is at a all time high @unapologetictawk.bsky.social

1/ An analysis of grievances submitted by people in NYC jails from 2017-2023 shows 277 complaints about sewage, and 380 complaints about flooding. #CloseRikers #RenewableRikers

The 2nd phase of Blacksky's @skyseed.fund grant has been completed 🥳 - We built the first "Mod Relay" 📡 - Every moderation action ever made from over 600 moderation services ( @moderation.bsky.app, @blacksky.app , etc.) is available at wss://atproto.africa/xrpc/com.atproto.label.subscribeLabels