"The cyclists arrive at sunrise, rolling through Chicago’s Latino neighborhoods and stopping at tamale carts, elote stands & candy stalls. They buy out every last item — every tamale, every corn cob, every bundle of sweets. Then they load up the food and deliver it to shelters and families in need."

I know everyone uses social media differently. But during this time of rising fascism, if you have a platform, I'd ask that you pick at least one thing you care about & understand & share practical ways your followers can make a difference in fighting for it. If there ever was a time, this is it.

The soft pedaling language being used to describe the men in the Epstein files is enraging. They didn’t “have sex with underage girls”. They raped them. Sex implies consent. The survivors deserve better than this. Use the correct language. Say what these men did.

Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far. So much work remains to be done.

This archived Twitter thread from Feb 2020 feels especially relevant. Women move through the world knowing that you can name a field of endeavor—any field of endeavor—and a few of the Great Men in it, & you'll find rapists. And that we are required to make some kind of peace with that knowledge.

There is a considerable amount of DAKKA here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wk4E...

Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed

Not bad for being in a major metro! #northernlights

This race could come down to your vote! As of yesterday, we were just 91 votes ahead. Additional votes will be counted today. Do your part and check on your ballot with King County ASAP: info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...

In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice. KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond. His reply was a doozy.

"still punk as ****" I whisper as I print my directions

Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round

"We’re done waiting for Dems to find their spine. We can’t afford a weak & cowardly Democratic Party while the authoritarians invade our cities, terrorize our communities, & threaten our democracy. We get the party we demand, & we intend to demand a Democratic Party that fights.” — @indivisible.org

Today.

“The problem is that when it is installed in a health sector that prizes efficiency, surveillance and profit extraction, AI becomes not a tool for care and community but simply another instrument for commodifying human life.”

congress is a russian nesting doll of counter-majoritarian structures. seems to me that there's no need for a supermajority rule on top of that!

My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."

Axios tried to bust James Talarico for following adult content creators on Instagram and I'm genuinely impressed by his campaign's response

Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

Brian Gitt, head of biz development at Oklo, has been one of the worst climate deniers / anti-renewable voices for years. It is remarkable how long Oklo got away with pretending to be on 'the right side', even now that they don't have to pretend anymore

The shocking knitting scandal rocking Shetland deserves more attention. It's got everything - Fair Isle tank tops, cutting, "peeries", needle lengths, yarn thickness, and most controversially, crochet. 🐑 🐑 I don't know what Tom Daley is looking so smug about.

shitfaced jamaal bowman saying this is so fuckin funny i feel so seen right now

PEOPLE DO NOT LIKE DONALD TRUMP AND THEY ARE DESPERATE FOR AN OUTLET TO EXPRESS THAT GIVE IT TO THEM

It would be nice if the sheer scale of the wipeout made a lot of people in government and around government pause and think to themselves “what happens to me if Democrats get subpoena power next year” when faced with illegal directives from a rotting administrative corpse

The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased. Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power. Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable. But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless. Remember this.

We're all going to write pieces about what you can learn from tonight but it's actually pretty simple: The frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

I just remembered that I have an Elizabeth Warren "Billionaire tears" coffee mug and may need to break it out tomorrow to celebrate Mamdani's win.

I totally forgot to check the number, but I voted! It looked like there was a steady stream but no lines. I understand the arguments for vote by mail, but personally I love the ritual of voting in person with your neighbors. I even met a new arrival to the neighborhood on the way in.

Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back! Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary. Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest! #MundaneHalloween

Last chance to turn it off. On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default. To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.

It's open enrollment time so here's a convenient peg to hang a little tutorial about how to choose your health insurance. Most of the advice you get is bad. Most of your instincts are bad. I however used to work for a health insurance company and I do arithmetic for a living so I can help.

Because far right persuasion on X can be subtle and, therefore, difficult to avoid, there really is no safe amount of time you can spend there. It's a highly toxic platform and one of the primary threat vectors to a coherent, governable republic.

This may be the most French thing ever.

“Tell your children who the cowards were.”

Pretty fall day is pretty

Nothing to see here? Well, this is a slow moving 🧵 for #skystorians and others about #eyeglasses of the past, about how to read in the past, where to buy eyeglasses, and how to do with them in general. The hashtag is #HowToDoWithGlassesInThePast Let's roll.

i would again like to remind everyone that NEGATING A FRAME REINFORCES IT "he's not really targeting criminals" makes it an argument about criminality "this is a fascist attack" states what is actually happening START WITH WHAT IT IS not what it isn't

If you have more time than money and still want to help, please consider volunteering at your local food bank. They are going to be overrun in the coming weeks and will be desperate for extra hands. You have no idea how much good you can put back into the world with just a few hours of your time.

No regrets about leaving Twitter.

"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness) As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)

The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

Historically, the Chicago impulse to say “you’re not FROM here, you don’t BELONG here, and if you know what’s good for you you’ll get OUT of here” has, um, not usually been a tool used on behalf of anti-racist solidarity, but we’re more flexible people than we’re given credit for

The definition of public servant. And yes, time to go back to using that term, and using it proudly

washingtonweekpbs.bsky.social I understand it was been a big week for violating norms, but I was really disappointed that millions of everyday Americans protesting to say No Kings didn't even rate a mention tonight. Congress and SCOTUS are failing us, but the people are saying no.

The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

It flies under the radar because it is overwhelmed by the sheer repulsiveness of the physical destruction of the east wing, but there is no way that a president should be allowed to use private money to change public property. It circumvents the power of the purse.

Former presidents can go to jail if they are guilty of criminal offenses without causing democracy to collapse www.bbc.com/news/article...