this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

To be clear, I have multiple clients who are undocumented but who have family members who are citizens. I.C.E. IS INTENTIONALLY KIDNAPPING AMERICAN CITIZENS—with the hope that their undocumented family members have to present themselves in-person to claim them. This is what we’re up against. 🇺🇸

61 years ago today Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer one of the most courageous activists of the Civil Rights Movement posed the question that echoes today with every migrant round-up by masked officers, as federal troops converge on D.C.,as institutions are threatened: “IS THIS AMERICA?” youtu.be/DFC1nc3IXBM

One of my favorite things about being a Q train girly.

Well, this is absolutely fantastic.

"How can we communicate with optimism about the future … when we're living in the here and now where American democracy is in peril? … And we're supposed to ignore it? Leave it to others to wrestle with …? No no no no no. … "That is tonight's Last Word on my last day at the Washington Post."

That's always been Israel's project. They've been murdering Palestinian journalists by the hundreds all in an attempt to keep people from reporting the genocide.

It is pretty noticeable that even as mainstream opinion on Israel and Gaza finally shifts, you don’t hear the Responsible Adults apologizing for punishing all the college kids protesting the atrocities. Quite the opposite in fact!

Setting aside the ethical and environmental concerns of AI, I'm really offended by a bunch of elite dudes telling us our minds aren't good enough when they've had to steal everything human minds have created to create their pretend mind and it doesn't even work right!

I do firmly believe that refusing to outsource your basic cognitive functions to LLMs right now - as so many are stumbling over themselves to do right now, like hogs trotting to a pile of slop that’s been set up inside of a butcher’s delivery truck - will very much pay off in a few years.

Gaza is Starving by @marisakabas.bsky.social

Venus Williams d. Stearns 6-3 6-4 in Washington Unranked Out for 16 months Age 45 ✅1st singles win since 2023 You can take a legend out of the game, but you can’t take the game out of a legend What an honor to witness this icon once again 🇺🇸❤️

Alan Cumming on bathroom bills: "Why on earth would a rapist go through the bother of pretending to be trans in a country that treats rapists better than trans people."

turn this up!

1. We interrupt this programming for some LEGITIMATELY GOOD NEWS Violent crime in Baltimore has PLUMMETED to historic lows How did the city do it? Baltimore adopted a comprehensive set of "woke" policies, treating violence as a public health issue

Little Haiti is vibrant. And it’s facing the same cost of living crisis as neighborhoods across the city. That's why Brooklyn Chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn and I are bringing the Democratic Party together around a shared vision for an affordable New York. I am grateful for her endorsement!

Monday night’s one hour rainfall in NYC ranked 2nd…Only behind Ida. That this happened without a tropical system is significant and shows our new reality. The top 3 wettest one hour rainfalls for NYC in the past 156 years have all happened in the past four years.

We're not "descending into" fascism in the U.S. We are living under a fascist regime already. I wonder when most people will catch up to this reality and what that might portend.

ain't no way.

I’m in this area a lot lately and something I keep thinking about is, this is the ground this federal building was built on www.nps.gov/afbg/index.htm

250 people detained in the Florida Everglades have no criminal convictions or pending charges.

ICE committed murder.

Djokovic denied AMEN! Sinner/Alcaraz is what the people want to see!!

Shooting our videos is a little bit different now.

The fact we have secret police whisking people off the streets doesn’t get enough attention. It ain’t normal and we’re further down the road to authoritarianism than you think.

This deranged and should bother our community more.

Man, y'all gotta read this whole piece about a rally in San Antonio yesterday. Texas Democrats — led by big names — are organizing and moving away from DC and the DNC. And they're getting wild, cheering crowds.

people freaking out about zohran mamdani “making people feel unsafe” based on nothing meanwhile are totally silent about eric adams hanging out on stream with actual anti-semite nazi sneako

but what do you really think brad lander hellgatenyc.com/brad-lander-...

Always surprised by how many white people are just one election loss away from transforming into kkk members

As big as the Mamdani win is, Landers ascent is in some ways even more significant for the national Democratic Party. Most Dem electeds know that they don't have what Zohran has. But most can at least imagine themselves as a Lander.

A radical Christian just murdered the speaker of a state house but the real worry is the theocratic muslim who said the bus should be cheaper

It’s her for me

The democratic establishment is wondering how Zohran beat a ... *Checks notes* Sex offender????? who retaliated against the women he abused???

A story that got less attention was the incredibly cynical primary of my amazing Councilwoman—the first Muslim woman ever elected to the NYC Council—by a billionaire, corporate-backed candidate also lobbing gross accusations of antisemitism. Anyway, the challenger got trounced. Hell yea.

For a REAL detailed map of how NYC voted, check our map out 😎 www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/24/m...

This really was a case of organized people over organized money. prospect.org/politics/202...

"GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE"

I KNOW THIS IS JUST THE PRIMARY AND THERE'S MORE WORK TO DO BUT OMGGGGGGGGG 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾😭😭😭🥹🥹🥹 Thank you @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social for reminding us of all the ways to dream. For showing us that we're never so far gone that we can't put dreams to pavement.

Shout out to @lindseyboylan.bsky.social who put it all on the line four and a half years ago and then was hitting the pavement hard since Cuomo got in the race and through today. A portrait in bravery.

for those of you who weren’t in New York it’s really hard to understate just how awful Cuomo’s campaign was. He didn’t go to candidate forums. He was nowhere to be seen in the city. He said he had no regrets and refused to apologize for his countless scandals. He had it coming. Good riddance bozo

Imagine if the Democratic Party actually helped Zohran instead of trying to kneecap him at every step. A better party is immediately possible if they stop shoving money into the anti-trans combination Racism Dial/Money Toilet and instead get behind candidates people actually want.

Excellent news for the NYC left: There were 10 city council members of the Progressive Caucus who faced primary challengers today, some of them very ideologically polarized primaries. All 10 incumbents are leading *by a lot.*

I was obsessed with this song after the LV show and NOW KENDRICK IS ON IT?!

Tomorrow is the Dobbs anniversary. So many of the Democrats who endorsed Cuomo, a serial sexual harasser & danger to every woman & girl who gets close to him, will issue statements pretending to care about women. But you either support women or you support Cuomo-not both

We have gone from the margin of error to the margin of effort. On the day before the election, we stand on the verge of toppling a political dynasty and winning a city we can afford. But we can only do it with you. zohranfornyc.com/gotv

Happy birthday to the prophetess Octavia Butler. We live in the times she foretold. From her notebooks.