2/3/26 - No. 34 "Haitian TPS" The Trump administration attempted to end TPS (Temporary Protected Status) from 350,000 Haitians in the US, but was blocked by a federal judge at the last minute.

2/2/26 - No. 33 “EFTA00004012” This is a redacted photo from the most recent Epstein files release. The title is the first page of this set indicating it’s a roll of film; the photo itself is actually labeled EFTA00004034. The monolithic black bar covers the identity of whoever is in the photo.

2/1/26 - No. 32 “Álbum del Año” Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio aka Bad Bunny won Album of the Year for “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS” at the Grammys. It is the first Spanish-language album to win Album of the Year in the entire history of the Grammys and is a love letter to Puerto Rico 🇵🇷

I painted 31 watercolors for January. I am painting a 2”x 2” watercolor every day for all of 2026. I am doing this to create a habit of making art every day and to keep a visual record of the year.

1/1/26 No. 1 “Our New Mayor” Zohran Mamdani being sworn in as New York City’s mayor. I zoomed in on his hand placed on a Quran held by his wife ramaduwaji - he is the first Muslim mayor of NYC and the first to use a Quran for the swearing in. #watercolor #dailyart #miniatureart #zohranmamdani

My project for 2026:

Fuck ICE!

Would be great if people in our community stopped treating unpaid activists being treated like a public service. If you think someone isn't doing this work well enough, go and do it yourself. Backseat driving is always easier. Sorry, but this stuff is a real problem. This work is really hard.

He’s always supporting me through my art process

The trope is usually that there’s an evil advisor vying for power from a naive, but kind, leader. The leader isn’t supposed to be stupid and also evil?? Also the advisor is not supposed to be stupid either.

Forever grateful for the “a” in my original last name. But Russ Vought is a stain on all of us with Vogt-derived surnames!

I am working on some political blockprints rn. I’ll make scans of them for others to print/distribute and post them here soon. (They will also be simple enough for anyone to make their own stamps using them! I can even post reversed versions to simplify things!)

This spreadsheet is up to date as of tonight! I added some state-level Title IX OCR investigations (based on the bigoted "2020 rule" that opposes transwomen and girls in sports):

I’m getting r*vcom vibes from an account on here… does anyone know if they’ve started any new front groups lately?

PERSONAL: today is my infusion day (a delightful immunosuppressant for treating my chronic illness) but that means I have LOTS of time to really look things up. What do you want to know about the US Department of Education and/or public K-12 education in general? #AMA

Blocked Carrie Underwood, Grimes and Kanye on Spotify so far… who’s next???

While we wait to see what happens with ED and related funding, here are some things you can do: 1. Find the percentage of federal funding schools near you receive 2. Follow your school district and teachers union on social media/their newsletter 3. Be loud with your support for trans students 🏳️‍⚧️

Inspired by @prisonculture.bsky.social to find my issue and focus on it, I made this account ⬇️

So this guy is a self-described Christian nationalist who wants to use federal funds to enforce far-right Christian beliefs. Doesn’t bode well for public schools!

Be careful organizing with parts of the left who repeat Putinist talking points. (I’m not relitigating!! but I don’t believe that people who align with Trump’s bff are all that bothered he won. Or very motivated to fight against him 🤷‍♀️)

TRACKING THREAD: PROGRAMS BEING SHUT DOWN BY TRUMP I am Tracking Head Start and Community Health shutdowns in their own threads. This thread will be kept up to date with other program shutdowns outside of those two Will update as reports come in - please send me anything from your community 🧵

Friends: I do not want to see any kvetching about people on the left who didn't vote for Harris. Those mistakes didn't decide this. White supremacists & whoever else wouldn't vote for a Black woman did this. Misogynoir. The enemy is WHITE SUPREMACY and FASCISM. Solidarity time. Now. Shore up.

My poor midwesterner/southerner ancestry has been activated and I am currently simmering an enormous pot of beans, from dried ofc, on the stove “just in case”.

Some of you have not obsessively read Wikipedia pages of historical/current dictators in an attempt to fall asleep only to stay up planning how you’d survive under their rule instead and it shows.

I truly hate these people.

STOP — are you about to relitigate the 2024 election on social media? put the phone down. go outside. eat a sandwich. take a nap. anything else will be a better use of your time

Murphy: "We need to act like a real opposition party in the middle of a constitutional and democracy crisis. That means we should not be moving forward nominees or legislation in the Senate. Ds should not be giving votes to nominee or legislation in the Senate until Rs get serious about this crisis"

HANDS OFF OUR HEALTHCARE MUSK! THIS IS A SOUND THE ALARMS MOMENT A random billionaire and a few teens he hired have gotten into our money at the Treasury, and are now getting their hands into our Medicare and Medicaid system.

Do I think the “both parties are the same” argument reduced voter turnout? Yes. Did the Democrats also fail to make a good enough case to counter this? Yes. But ultimately I’m most angry with actual Trump voters. They did this.

Ayanna Pressley: "Elon Musk is a Nazi nepo baby."

The Democrats have been mostly failing to meet the moment rn (to put it mildly) but the “this is why it’s good they lost the election” takes make absolutely no sense.

IF YOU SAW YOUR REP ON THE TREASURY RALLY STREAM: Call their office now and leave a voicemail saying “Thank you, but we want to see even more direct action from Congress, block Elon Musk from entering the DOL building tomorrow” IF NOT & DEM: call now and leave a voicemail asking where they were

5 steps to call your representatives ⬇️

Senate and House Democrats are ramping up, acting more like an opposition party. Your pressure and encouragement is working. Don't let up.

I’m a part time librarian and I just want to echo what I’ve seen other librarians say recently: there is a HUGE uptick in requests for social justice, climate justice, abolition, history, etc books and I just want to say nobody is giving up the fight. If anything people are fighting harder #library

People really out here acting like a genocide announces itself like “Hello my honey hello my darling, I’m a Holocaust” They don’t walk up to you and introduce themselves as “I am a genocide.” You have to recognize the pattern and name it yourself. This is what Raphael Lemkin wanted us to do.

An actual literal coup attempt was made, and immediately the Republican Party normalized it to maintain political power. And then Democrats, like the fools they are, insisted upon normalizing Republicans.

I oppose authoritarianism across the political spectrum because it serves nobody except those in power. I do not want to work with or support those who promote authoritarian theory and tactics. We NEED a leftist coalition, but I don’t believe the authoritarian left can safely be part of that.

I hear this, I really do. But Democrats can make the lives of every Republican in both chambers a living hell until they break. I would like to see John Thune cry on national television. I would like Mike Johnson to beg for mercy. I want every minute of power to be like nails on a chalkboard.

(me watching burglars break all the windows and climb into my house) “Just give it time. They might cut their hand on the glass.”

Elon Musk's mother moved to South Africa in the year Apartheid was created, and she and Elon left the year it ended. The last Apartheid Prime Minister, a man who refused to testify at the Truth and Reconciliation Committee, was a family friend who stayed at their home. This is not a crazy theory.

an unelected billionaire storming into US agencies, installing his unqualified and unapproved lackeys, purging civil servants, seizing access to sensitive data and payments, unilaterally eliminating federal agencies: fine identifying the lackeys: illegal

Gonna make a “reply guys do not interact” banner for myself. Good lord. Instantly blocking anyone with under 500 followers and 1k+ posts from now on.

100% Also lmao “first friend” 🤡

Leftist men who act like assholes then threaten “wait until you meet the assholes in ICE” when they’re called out are… not allies of any sort. (I’m assuming he’s threatening ICE bc of my last name, but I’m American! Some real freaks on bsky!)

Langston Hughes