Feels like a number of people have a hard time calling direct aid, direct aid. I don't know why. Not all direct aid is part of mutual aid but many mutual aid efforts INCLUDE direct aid. The key here is INCLUDE which suggests that there is more happening than direct aid in mutual aid efforts.

We know the names Sarah Beckstrom and Andrew Wolfe. Do we know Kevin Booker, Demetrius Alston, and David Warren Childs? All killed by DCPD last week, a police dept untethered by restraint since the start of the DC occupation. Our city is less safe, but it was never about that. tinyurl.com/2456cc46

A mentor-to-be of mine (Philip Yenawine) created A Day Without Art as part of the Visual AIDS collective in 1989. A day to honor the loss of brilliance as a result of the epidemic. 1/x This year, Trump cancelled recognition of World AIDS Day, today, & cuts to funding worldwide have consequences.

Let's say your President is the kind of person who would nuke a hurricane or do above-ground nuclear testing near population centers. It might be useful to know how to build a Geiger counter to detect the radiation, right? Let's talk about how Geiger counters work & how to build one.

it's unbelievable how consistent the gap in awareness is

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Con Edison was supposed to build four charging stations at NYCHA campuses, but the company quietly cancelled the funding in April.

The problem with fetishizing the rule of law is that people have to break the law to resist fascism, state violence, and oppression. This has always been true, and is very much the case RIGHT NOW.

For the 50th anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, I spoke with advocates about how this law is crucial–and the ways in which disability education can be made better as its under attack from the Trump administration at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

If you don't know what to do with the last bit of your Thanksgiving leftovers, here's our guide on how to compost in NYC:

I'm begging actors to try ACTING every now and then.

If you only read one piece memorializing Alice Wong, it should be this one.

Hey, if you're feeling thankful for all the bounty in your life right now, it's not a bad idea to toss some coin to trans people who are struggling. (I boosted two folks that I know personally just now, but there are so many, many others on here.)

Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen: Indigo Girls Mandy Patinkin Lyle Lovett Bernadette Peters The Pixies

Starbucks knows where we stand. We’ve been clear: more take-home pay, better hours, & resolution of 100s of ULPs. Bring us NEW proposals that address these issues so we can finalize a contract. Until then, we'll keep escalating. See you on the picket line! www.cnbc.com/2025/11/28/s...

While potato-chip knitting can be tasty and fun, sometimes the you want something juicier. Enter Paola Albergamo's Kryla lace shawl, in three delectable sizes. With a delicate motif echoing majestic mountains, this knit will satisfy your appetite, whether you want a nibble or a full-course meal.

It's funny how no such sweeping measures ever introduced after mass shootings.

We just got back from a two-hour soak at a bathhouse with friends, and I never want to spend a holiday any other way. Here's to old friends and new traditions 🫠💜

This is wonderful news, and also means it’s time for me to beat the drum I always do when HPV vaccines make the news: They are not only for women! HPV also causes penile, anal, and head and neck cancers. The latter are particularly deadly. Please vaccinate ALL your children.

Bishop William Barber: "When you look at the ICE raids and then the raiding of Medicaid for millions of people, the raiding of food stamps for millions of people, what you have is a conglomerate of policy violence, and it’s deadly. It’s deadly. It kills dreams. It kills hopes. It kills democracy."

You think using AI uncritically won't be killing humans? Think again. soranews24.com/2025/11/26/w...

if anyone hears of any World AIDS Day gatherings happening to honor everyone we've lost and to protest Trump's decision not to observe it, please let me know

Our flower CSA sent a huge bunch of fragrant eucalyptus "for centerpieces" today. Since our table is a craft space rather than an eating space, I made a bouquet instead (with enough left to make 3 or 4 more!).

Proud to see over a dozen JFREJ members (listed here, non-exhaustively!) appointed to committees all across Mayor-Elect Mamdani’s transition team, including: Committees on Community Organizing, Community Safety, Health, Housing, Immigrant Justice, Social Services, Worker Justice, Youth & Education..

CDC to Americans: drop dead

The man’s shtick is very much submerged “How many (substandard/useless-eater) Americans can I kill?” stuff. (The subtext being “It’s for their own good. Weed out the weak. Make America Leaner & Meaner.” And also an unmistakeable soupçon of “Fuck their feelings.”) 😡

Major sources of hate speech are located outside the US. Well yeah, we have this conversation every few months. And every few months people reject the bright shiny evidence that easiest way to ruin America is to feed the hate and bigotry that already exists here.

I'm sure Dan Goldman would have been on this list if he wasn't worried about being primaried. He should be worried.

important that people understand that leftists are completely aware that, while trump’s enthusiastic embrace of mamdani is extremely hilarious, trump is an out and out fascist and not an ally.

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so, so good. run it as a political ad.

I want to uplift again this brilliant piece of writing and thinking by @shannonmattern.bsky.social - placesjournal.org/article/extr... - I think that everyone who is interested in libraries would benefit from reading it.

Perhaps if you live in NYC, you will be moved to take action in support of increased and STABLE funding for our public libraries after reading this: actionnetwork.org/letters/city...

Critics are skeptical that Trump’s intention to sign the bill requiring the release of the Epstein files into law is genuine. “There is simply no mechanism to verify whether the Trump administration withholds, buries, or scrubs the most damaging material,” said Political Wire’s Taegan Goddard.

For folks without broadband access, "digital" is not the great equalizer companies and publishers claim it to be. As Jacobs says in the piece, "I think that [moving from print to digital] has everything to do with a political climate that serves a master whose staying power is beginning to wane."

Nuclear power sucks. For decades, they've promised better reactors just around the corner. Existing reactor tech is far more expensive than solar/wind, hence the push to deregulate: they want to squeeze out profitability by doing a slipshod job and they don't care if that causes a couple Chernobyls.

Uhm...TM1 went offline because it wasn't profitable

I know what you're going to say: if renewables are so cost effective why do they need subsidies? Wait until you see how many subsidies we give to fossil fuel companies

sexism is still sexism and racism is still racism. Framing them as "attacks on DEI" provides clinical detachment for the oppressor. You'd think people in the news and information business would understand this stuff, so I have to assume it's just generalized industry editorial cowardice.

This is why people keep insisting the only way forward is to reconcile with bigots and agree “the groups” must be boxed out of public life.

If we are not sharp-- if we are not careful and diligent-- we tee up the ball for Fuentes, MTG, Carlson, and all the rest of these grifting Nazi bottomfeeders. They are eyeing us. They are eyeing the rightful passion and anger. They want to channel it into their Nazi project.

Fiber artists looking for inspo, here you go!

It has always been so obvious that the backlash to MeToo isn’t about whether the abuse is happening but whether people are allowed to want it to stop

"It is a searing indictment of the U.S. health care system that more than 20 million people can lose coverage overnight based on the decisions of just 100 elected officials."

Shelley: FINALLY, someone understands my vision! King: and what's your vision, mary? Shelley: that frankenstein is super fuckable King: the doctor or the monster? Shelley: why not both? del Toro: yeah, why not both?

Keep track with us of which members of @council.nyc.gov are public library champions who commit to increasing and STABILIZING public library funding in FY 27 and beyond: nycplan.org/scorecards/l... - It should really be the entire Council. We'll see...

Another Alice classic, from Archer Mag; one of her most in intimate pieces and one I revisit often as I think about relationships to the body and how disabled people are medicalized and desexualised. 'I was a sexy beast that enjoyed myself thoroughly on my own terms.'

“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”

NEW: The US government is open again, but many low-income people are still waiting for federal benefits they count on. The stopgap bill President Donald Trump signed Wednesday night should allow the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program to reopen, but it could still take weeks.