A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter. I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.

www.thenation.com/article/acti... Hit them where it hurts them - boycotts can work

Thousands are at Powderhorn Park in south Minneapolis rallying against ICE. Video by Alex Kormann

Taking all three together. Euaristos is pretty proud of his chariot wins and rightly so. He loves his horses, but he really loves Ajax (not that that was the plan). And as for afraid, just never let on he might find himself alone again. #BluePit #BluePitHype 📖 #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #AmQuerying

Hi #BluePit - here is my go-to image for MOTHER OF MONSTERS, my #myth #retelling novel, currently #querying The image isHercules in battle with Cerberus the Hound of the Underworld. #BluePitHype #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #AmQuerying

#BluePitHype day two. I'm sadly woefully limited when it comes to artwork. My dream though is that one day, someone, somewhere, connects enough with my Herkos Akhaion to make their own. Until then, a mood board for THE ARGONAUT’S SON. #BluePit 📖 #AmQuerying #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

Here’s a comment for the people who are upset that MN hasn’t charged Jonathan Ross already: If you just Leeeroy Jenkins this shit you will lose and you will empower fascism and murder. It is indescribably hard to prosecute cops for murder. It is even hard when the murder is ON VIDEO. /1

SHOCK CELL PHONE VIDEO: Renee Good's final words to her murderer: “That’s fine dude, I’m not mad at you.” ICE agent Jonathan Ross after shooting and killing her seconds later: “Fuckin’ bitch.” Via Alpha News

Having relevant university memories dredged up now, and I can’t help but share. My bachelor’s was in technical writing. In one of my first classes, the prof (noticeably queer) spent most of the time teaching clarity in writing and instructions. One lesson, he gave us documents from Auschwitz.

On Monday we will gather in anger, grief & solidarity to remember Renee Nicole Good & the many victims of racist ICE violence - outside the US embassy🕯️ @ukstoptrump.bsky.social @indivisiblelondon.bsky.social @teslatakedownuk.bsky.social @indivisible.org

“The guys feel pretty silly. We had our well regulated militia stocked up and ready to go, just waiting for the moment when the Government would turn on its own people.” theshovel.com.au/2020/06/04/n...

Hi #BluePit I'm Vicki. Fitted around data/small child/allotment wrangling, I write hist fiction/myth retellings. Tragedies = my jam, so no happily ever afters round here! I #AmQuerying one novel, w another 2 #WIPs & a couple of short stories round the edges. #BluePitHype #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

Spiteful US suspends funds for needy families in five Democratic-led states | Trump administration | The Guardian share.google/D2mdFj9PlfHQ...

Look at this flat. You will not regret it. www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/01/ron-...

My statement on President Trump’s actions in Venezuela.

Trump: “We’re going to have our very large United States oil companies—the biggest anywhere in the world—go in and spend billions of dollars to fix the badly broken infrastructure, the oil infrastructure, and start making money for the country.” An invasion.

Trump: “We’re going to run Venezuela until a safe transition takes place.” An invasion.

2026: "Hold my beer."

Ahh... I do miss Woolys. It was great for bagging a bargain when they had their BLIRER on.

Could we please move away from the persecution of women who are deemed not to look womanly enough seeking a safe place to pee in women's toilets and deal with what the very real and present dangers are for our daughters?

"Have you lost weight? You look like a potato with match sticks sticking out." Oh, er, thank you...?

How I'm entering #2026

Turns out your superpower really is being true to your authentic self. Especially if that authentic self contains just a little bit of ✨️Vecna✨️

#BluePit is ready to kick off 2026! Creators in the #WritingCommunity, #GameDev & #IndieDev, #TTRPG, and #Comic communities get ready to pitch or promote your projects! #BluePit will be taking place on Jan 13th, 2026! And #BluePitHype starts January 8th! #WriteSky #Writers #AmAgenting #LitAgents

"Jeez, you're such a doom merchant! Stop panicking! The future's going to be awesome. We know exactly what we're do-💥oof!!"

I like that the CoE has reacted with this poster campaign, directly targeting the message of YL and others who claim that Christmas has lost its meaning. Only capitalism is diluting the meaning of Christmas. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

If your charity income has fallen please take a few minutes to complete our survey: www.surveymonkey.com/r/J7MGFGT You can find out more about the survey, and our research, in our news article: www.charitycommissionni.org.uk/news/survey-aims-to-understand-drop-in-charity-income/

I'm guessing that if the font was named "Times New Azerbaijani," etc, there would be no problem.

The recent release of the Index of Multiple Deprivation by UK Gov. allowed me to indulge my twin interests of psephology and demographics. The results a visualisation of the deprivation profiles of the 296 English local authorities. More info here www.opendatamanchester.org.uk/revisiting-p...

Stephen YL commandeered my flag & twisted it for his own despicable purposes. He can absolutely get f**ked if he thinks he can do the same w my faith. Christ abhors everything he & his supporters stand for. Yes, put Christ into Christmas. In love & tolerance & peace & joy. Merry Christmas everyone.

Ready salted, as everyone knows, is the king of crisp flavours. 👑 Family, though, demand more variety, insisting that I buy the variety packs before eating ALL of the ready salted and leaving me with second-rate flavours.

OK! I am in the final leg of the present shopping which means it's small gifts and stocking stuffers time. #ShopSmallUK If you are, or love, a small, independent, UK maker of something, please drop the link below - no promises but I'll click on every link!

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Goodness. The billionaires must be sweating. Imagine if net migration dropped to negligible. Who would they have to pit us against then....? 🤔 BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn... UK net migration drops sharply to 204,000 in year to June - live updates - BBC News

Publication day! I spent so long building a mahoosive dataset and GIS that it would be a waste not to share the results. The Greeks didn't build many amphitheatres, but gladiatorial epigraphy has been found on huge numbers. Where did eastern gladiators fight? www.researchgate.net/publication/...

"The controversial US and Israeli backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has ended its operations in the strip saying it has succeeded in its mission" Thousands murdered while waiting for food. People starving to death. Famine declared. For the US and Israel this was success.

Poets: cybersecurity threats "The paper begins as all works of computer linguistics & AI research should: with a reference to Book X of Plato's Republic, where he "excludes poets on the grounds that mimetic language can distort judgment and bring society to a collapse." share.google/0XfsiLCfAuBU...

Our history is littered with men who over-reached... THE ARGONAUT’S SON A retelling of Sophocles' Ajax #FirstLine #Q #A #HF #HR #RF #QuestPit

BOY PARTS x OUR WIVES UNDER THE SEA Selene is a curator hollowed by grief for a vanished artist. Her devotion rots into obsession, blurring the line between archivist and art, self and subject until she becomes something stranger: a ghost in the living. #questpit #LF #H #Q

When one man’s dream of family and brotherhood collides with another’s quest for honour, can their bond survive the trauma of war? THE SONG OF ACHILLES x QUEENS OF THEMISCYRA x THE WOMEN 👨‍👦‍👦Found family 🌈 LGBTQ ❤️F2L 💔HEA free zone #Q #A #HF #HR #RF #QuestPit

You can find the full list of our shortlisted and long-listed writers for our 2025 competition here! Congratulations to all of these wonderful writers! cheshirenovelprize.com/writing-tips...

“The international community cannot stay silent on the genocidal campaign against the Palestinian people...the absence of action to stop it amounts to complicity.” But the report has not brought the response she expected, nor hoped for. Inaction, she says, still rules. share.google/fBcD8HItXBay...

The last #QuestPit of the year starts tomorrow! See the rules at questpit.carrd.co! #WriteSky #WriterSky #Writers #AmQuerying #AmAgenting #LitAgents #WritingCommunity

#WIPPIT is coming up on November 23rd! Follow @wippit.bsky.social for more information! #WritingCommunity #Writers #AmWriting #WriteSky

Hello #WritingCommunity! I'm interested in starting a pitch event with the hashtag #MuslimPit dedicated to uplifting the voices of Muslim writers who are at any stage with their manuscripts. As an #amquerying writer myself, I am passionate about expressing my religious identity through my work!

Well, blow me down with a teeny-tiny feather!

I beg your pardon, sorry, what now?? This is vile and insidious. Pro-Palestine activist couple have UK bank account closed without explanation | Manchester | The Guardian share.google/hzAkqNtPQFhq...

"Not paying for a product you exploit to sell your product is theft; not paying for labour you employ is slavery. If your business model is theft and slavery, you’re not an industry. You’re a pirate" share.google/3n52eBpQQ6v7...

It's a grim world out there when even charities are facing violence and abuse. Charity staff shouldn’t face this abhorrent abuse | Charities | The Guardian share.google/ya3nYZWjz5ex...

Talking monsters in Dundee in a week or so 👹 Why not pop by and say hello 👋