Ok, but I saw a very cute deer today, so not everything is terrible

We don't need The Washington Post. The future is independent media that isn't influenced by the whims, interests and cowardice of the billionaire class. Support independent media like @mississippifreepress.org. You can donate to support us at mfp.ms/donate. Unlike WP, we're paywall-free, btw!

We're thankful to Dean Spade for lifting up prison pen-palling. As more and more people, especially trans and disabled people, migrants, and BIPOC, are criminalized and incarcerated, we need to hold them down. Almost a third of our numbers are trans and many are very isolated Tinyurl.com/AMP-learn

In light of the increasing prevalence of pepper balls and tear gas at the Broadview site, I just want to reshare this toolkit from Vision Change Win, which includes best practices for treating tear gas and pepper spray exposure. You can also find this info in the appendix of Let This Radicalize You.

This is an area you can push back in your own community, if you live in one of cities listed in the solicitation in this story. Talk to city council and state reps, as well as local landlords and organizers. Create pressure preemptively to keep them from using private spaces. Cities include... [1/2]

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If you feel pulled to give some money to @baltimorebeat.bsky.social, we’d really appreciate it baltimorebeat.com?form=FUNDGBL...

When conspiracy theorists are going on about the Illuminati, while their MAGA King is literally walking around a palace with people who wield the most pervasive, unaccountable power on the planet.

As a 52 year old trying to get back to a long defunct creative practice, Im happy to see someone writing about this. Life is not a straight line. hyperallergic.com/1042641/when...

There are over a 1000 copies of Love in a F*cked-Up World available for people inside prisons and jails! Request a book for someone through this link: airtable.com/app87WhX08mp... Prisoners can request a book by writing to: 1977 Books 1468 Woodley Road Montgomery, Alabama 36106

Driven by the Movement is a collective portrait of the Black Power movement by radical journalist and former Black Panther JoNina Abron-Ervin. Celebrate the release of the book and catch this movement and icon on tour!

Relatedly: meritocracy myths really have us powerfully brainwashed, especially in liberal circles. And that is one way to understand the capitulation. Ezra Klein types *still* believe success is driven by virtue and intelligence, and that their path to success logically must be the path of virtue.

Whenever I get an essay by @margaret.bsky.social in my email, I let out a little of the breath I didn't realize I was holding margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/i-cant-tel...

I missed this when it came out, but what a great explainer by JMAC for Families on mandatory reporting and family policing in general. youtu.be/r7wgSoIEC24?...

"Children not only require expensive services such as education, but also reduce labor force participation, particularly for women" So much of the right wing is just dudes mad they don't have a permanent mommy at home doing everything for them. www.mississippifreepress.org/opinion-fear...

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I refuse to choose between Mexico, Vietnam, and Italy.

Anyone in the Baltimore area in need of prescription cat food? Large, unopened bag of Blue Buffalo dry cat food, W+U (weight and urninary). Nothing wrong with it, but it expires in December. Probably best for multi-cat home/group foster situation. Trying to help connect the supply to a need.

So glad I got out to this event Saturday. Really has me thinking about how important it is to document everything.

My humble thoughts for those interested in PeerTube, a video and livestream platform. A long thread 🧵 For many, #PeerTube is confusing and feels unnecessarily complicated. My first suggestion is for before even looking at PeerTube is to understand the most important goal differences for #YouTube 1/

The petition link is in the article - if you’re in the local DMV community you can sign for support!

I'm seeking someone who has/is teaching People's First Aid in NYC. If you know people, please let me know. I have a slot available for Communiversity in November and would love to invite someone to facilitate such a workshop.

I agree with this and also believe with my whole heart that people who continue to pray to the lord our father will never create a society that is not patriarchal

You may not be aware of this, but a significant number of women give their children up for adoption or have their children taken from them because of poverty and only because of poverty. Instead of fundraising for adopters, maybe we could address that? www.wbko.com/2025/09/14/n...

Chicago folks, the Art Institute's exhibition of Elizabeth Catlett's work is open and I highly encourage you to visit. I saw the exhibition 3 times when it was at the Brooklyn Museum. You will thank me later. www.artic.edu/articles/121...

I know you get tired of feeling like you must plug your work at every opportunity, but people, Violet wrote an incredible memoir about her lived experience, and you need to read it: linktr.ee/nowordforwater

Today's art break by Yinka Shonibare yinkashonibare.com/artwork/refu...

All of this multiplied by the South Florida factor.

Nothing makes me love #baltimore more than a gorgeous day at the Waverly farmer's market. Bonus, it's also book fair!

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Are you or a loved one in need of FREE direct legal services like warrant recalls and expungements? We want to help 💜 visit our community lawyer and paralegal at any of the following events in September! www.baltimoreactionlegal.org/events

DC: come hang out with us on Sept. 16th! www.eventbrite.com/e/the-inner-... @theinnerlooplit.bsky.social

I wrote this back in 2019 but I think it’s relevant now: No, Charlie Kirk was not an advocate for debate and speech. In fact, he may have been the single most important figure in ensuring speech would be punished on campus. He was a well funded right-wing agitator connected to state power.

New: US CDC removes #Covid dashboard & replaces it with fewer (confusing) metrics, data is harder to find & interpret; US/UK surges heat up; #LongCovid “highly prevalent” in teens globally, is hitting doctors and nurses hard; dogs are very susceptible to Covid, more: www.patreon.com/posts/covid-...

i wrote this post in july two years ago when blue sky had around 200,000 total users and i thought i would ask again tell me what u are doing be proud of what u do and share it here

Ahhhh! @writersinbmore.bsky.social this weekend!

Now more than ever, knowing our rights is how we defend ourselves, our families, and our communities. CASA urges businesses and workers alike to prepare and take action. Visit wearecasa.org/Workplace-Know-Your-Rights to learn how to protect yourself, your workplace, and your community.

Baltimore! Come out this weekend for the Baltimore Book Festival: baltimorebookfest.com We'll have a booth out on 32nd Street, and don't miss author JoNina Abron-Ervin in conversation with Paul Coates about her new book, 𝘋𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵—inside @redemmas.org on Saturday at 4pm!

Phew. As a 25 yr plus nonprofit ops person, I have so much to say about this. For starters, sudden layoffs like this are illegal in some places and it should be here too. I have seen orgs cut staff humanely so there can be a soft landing

Like I just said on CNN, it’s absolutely evil that people are sleeping on concrete floors at the ICE detention center near Chicago. Join us to protest this Friday at 7 am at the Broadview Detention Center.

Go to 2:24 to see vehicle being towed and crowd singing. 13wham.com/news/local/c...

New: Google pulling (or breaking) #Covid vaccine location data globally is a big deal, the first women + queer makerspace in southern hemisphere after 40 years of men-only sheds, new grassroots anti-surveillance tech, Putin and Covid in the Boris Johnson files, more: www.patreon.com/posts/cybers...

This hands-on workshop empowers everyday New Yorkers to design and execute community-led projects—from pop-ups to public art—while navigating and resisting the bureaucratic barriers that often stand in the way. sign up for this upcoming 2 session Communiversity class (9/20 & 9/27)

To spell some shit out unambiguously: fascism requires domestic abuse to propagate itself. Demands it. There is no way to humanely teach your children that might makes right. There is no way to gently love a spouse you think is your genetic intellectual inferior. These are inextricably linked.

ICE reactivated its contract with spyware manufacturer Paragon Solutions. You can read more about it here, but what does that mean for using encrypted chat apps like Signal? 🧵(1/8)

@baltlegal.bsky.social is a grassroots nonprofit redefining how law can be used as a tool for justice. To learn more, scan the QR code or visit CauseEngagement.com/webinars. Please share. #SocialJustice #BailReform #BlackLives #Baltimore #MovementLawyering #BALT

Baltimore City tenant friends -- if you need eviction prevention assistance, please have a look at this flyer. You can also call 211 and ask for the Coordinated Eviction Prevention Intake if you also feel you need an attorney.

If you’re looking for a place to start in defending your community, or want to feel less helpless about the state of things, hit up your local community defense training, neighborhood patrols, mutual aid center, outreach network, etc., Folks keep the work going, join them

At least three times a day I think about the ppl who have, for decades, been subject to the treatment we are now losing our shit about with wide acceptance. Not to say this is not escalated. I just wonder what a person who has been stopped and frisked 18 times thinks about the very diff narrative