have to try to raise more rent money because a) we cut it kinda close last month and that ate into the cash we got this month, so I wasn't able to set it all aside for rent b) I'm not getting half of what I expected until oct 8 anyway www.gofundme.com/f/trans-wome... #helpsky #transcrowdfund

Dearest Martha, I write from the front lines of war-torn Portland. Today I fought bravely through a hostile farmers market, narrowly surviving a volley of kombucha bottles. Supplies of pour-over coffee and oat milk run low. Clouds of artisanal incense fill the sky, the drum circles beat incessantly

The reason I read @charliejane.bsky.social is because a few times in every book, there’s a truth bomb that takes my breath away. Here’s one from Lessons in Magic and Disaster. It is not a spoiler in any way shape or form.

Disinvite them from the tailgate. Do not go to the baby shower. Call out their bullshit on Facebook. Do not just purse your lips and nod politely. Ostracize the living shit out of them. Leave their church potluck casserole untouched. These people are extremely vulnerable to social shame.

I can’t tell you how much good could be done right now by average citizens socially cold-shouldering anyone tangentially working for ICE.

Something my action leader reiterated to us was “do what you can, because if you can’t, you are in the way.” If you can’t safely go out in person, find a way to support behind the scenes. Sometimes, that is literally just monetary donations to medical bills and bail funds.

When people say "diversity of tactics," this is what we mean. Throw sandwiches at feds *and* give out sandwiches to protesters. 🥪🥪🥪

What also baffles me is that Democratic Party is ~30 points underwater in favorability & Zohran Mamdani is ~16 points above water in favorability. The Dem Party establishment, who is responsible for the abysmal rating, is too arrogant to support the guy ~50 points ahead of them. Incredible.

If recent history is any guide, Portland will be back in 6 days with even higher ratings.

If you're looking for a group to support in honor of Assata's passing, Assata's Daughters is a great one. They are a queer Black woman-led and youth-focused organization rooted in the Black Radical Tradition in Chicago: www.assatasdaughters.org

Stateless former Americans: here we go. www.cnn.com/2025/09/26/p...

Really important topic. It’s a great day to donate to @thesicktimes.org. Nowhere else is gathering this critical information for people who have Long Covid—or anyone who might get it, which a new NIH incidence study says is at least 1 in 20 people who get Covid.

This flew under the radar with all the batshit stuff happening at HHS but this has major implications. This could be used to revoke the use authorization or at least severely restrict it and as a result, severely restrict abortion nationally. abcnews.go.com/US/health-se...

✨ "Ya'aleh Zikhroneinu," our essay collection for the High Holidays, is now live! Download and print it out to read over the chagim here: bit.ly/hl-reader-5786 ✨

1/2 Trump admin cancelled the Census Scientific Advisory Committee The scientists met anyway On their own time. As an independent board They reviewed & approved 26 reccs on issues like 🔏 ensuring respondents' privacy 🧮accurate kids' counting ☣️demographic info on environmental hazard exposures

HUGE win! Big thanks to the many tech workers and organizers who made this happen 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 @bdsmovement.bsky.social @notechforapartheid.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

I am so grateful to scientists because in a world where every day the news is bad (including, frequently, the news about money for science!), I feel like we are still blessed like at least once or twice a week with some fucking incredible breakthrough like this which heals my heart each time

How so many people drive as if they’re the only real person on the road and everyone else is an NPC whose sole goal is to be an obstacle to them.

I have done this for several years and I love reading my vault and thinking of where I want to be next year. It’s free and AFAIK they haven’t sold my info to anyone.

They've lost the 9yos

This year, may the shofar be a wake-up call for all. As we enter 5786, our commitment to justice is greater than ever.

Shaun King backing up Tucker Carlson that Jews killed Jesus. It is important to state this bluntly (I should actually write a piece about it): Antisemitism is close to getting mainstream. One thing preventing it on the right is Trump's support of Israel, but Carlson and others are pushing it.

The @washingtonpost.com story on Tylenol & autism leaves out a MAJOR 2.5M sibling-controlled study of children in Denmark, which "found no evidence that acetaminophen use during pregnancy was associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD or intellectual disability." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Everyone’s all “it’s some antisemitic stuff tied in with Rosh Hashanah” but nobody’s talking about how Sept 23rd is international Celebrate Bisexuality Day and I’m pretty sure that’s part of it.

Me, after everyone else gets raptured on Tuesday

oooh I'm mad. The fucking thing is controlled by gestures? I'm sorry, this is going to help disabled people how exactly?

Menstrual products can be a huge help, too! And are covered by FSA funds, in case you’re starting to think about use-it-or-loose-it season.

Covid-19 has lasted longer than the confederacy.

NEWS: The Congressional Progressive Caucus — which represents nearly 100 members in Congress — has just voted to endorse the Block the Bombs Act, to block weapon sales to Israel. First time any major congressional caucus has backed legislation to end US aid for Israel’s destruction of Gaza.

My 6yo is scared because she read a book she didn’t realize wasn’t a kid comic book. “Let me in your window” by Adam Ellis. Tell me: how old were you when you read something that REALLY scared you?

I saw that an acquaintance on FedBook has personally gotten over 55 people to cancel their Disney subscriptions. This is a homebound person and she found her lane and is absolutely kicking ass at the moment. People are doing things.

100% agreed - as a white person, this is something I try to do, and I encourage my fellow white people to do the same if you have money to donate. 🧵 of a few BIPOC-led groups, projects, etc to support (feel free to add others!):

Everyone, especially Strong Boy Mayors, will tell you that people are "offered services." If those services are ever adequate & dignified I promise those people are already on the 2-year waitlists and many have temporarily lost their spots because when a space became available they were unfindable.

I cannot stress this enough: do not use email for organizing. Set strict retention so emails delete after a short period of time. Assume every Big Tech company will rat you out to the gestapo without lifting a finger to protect your rights theintercept.com/2025/09/16/g...

hey so i'm going to say something that should be really fucking obvious and see who gets mad if you're a reporter covering ICE actions in chicago, you should not be posting the internal discussions of rapid response groups without their consent

Organizers are exhausted. More people are needed so you should also be organizing.

We like to talk about voter suppression as something only Republicans do. But putting the state primary on the major move-in day is shameful voter suppression by Democrats here in MA. #mapoli www.wwlp.com/news/massach...

people of the internet, it is your civic duty to increase that TBR pile

Hey, I know books are expensive and money is tight right now. But if there's a brand new book you really wanna read — including my own Lessons in Magic and Disaster — you can help get the book into way more hands by requesting it from your local library! It's easy! Check your library's website.

If you are trying to find an easy and impactful action to take in this current moment: send a thank you note to a someone who is doing work that is important to you. They are legitimately appreciated and sustaining in challenging times.

They don’t have the power to do what they’re threatening on a grand scale. But they want us to think they do.

I am pissed and scared all the time but I love us so much and I would not trade even if it made my life easier to be one of them if you are trans, if you are queer, if you are personally fucking up gender binaries, I love you so much and I am so glad you’re here

One of the saddest things is when children have cancer, immune deficiency or need bone marrow or organ transplants. And to add insult to injury, they’re unable to receive vaccines. But YOU can do your part to help protect them by immunizing yourself & your family. We are ALL in this together.

I can’t believe people would tarnish Charlie Kirk’s memory by having the audacity to quote him verbatim.

Can y’all just go read the Jewish Atheism Wikipedia entry and stop giving me a fucking headache with your “all religions are bad because they’re the exact same thing as Christianity and no I haven’t looked into that any further because my ego is too big to make me an intellectually curious person”

Williams was a photographer for Jet magazine. He took the photo himself. The OG selfie. Iconic. Orangeburg, South Carolina, 1956

Frankly I find all this talk about his kids to just be another instance of “BUT WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN” and while I truly do feel for them how one pair of eyes on them and all the rest of our eyes on gun control, racial oppression and the actual real time genocide. What about the children indeed.

Fun fact: I once served on the board of a grassroots nonprofit org that burned out previous leadership. We had the minimum number of board members and no staff. I did the lion’s share of the work for over three years and even started up successful projects. 1/7