🏳️‍🌈 the Pride flag is flying again at the Stonewall National Monument. Thanks to @jaywwalker.bsky.social and Josh Tjaden for re-raising it on the main flag pole. It kinda says a lot that the elected officials left the flag limply flopping at half mast from a little pole. We the people get stuff done!

EVERY THURSDAY, 12-1PM NYC ICE HQ, 26 FEDERAL PLAZA MELT THE ICE IMMIGRATION VIGIL 🙏 Join members of @riseandresist.bsky.social outside the entrance on Worth Street. Everyone welcome. Photo from last week's vigil by @ginamrandazzo.bsky.social #AbolishICE #ICEout #Resist

Looking forward to this! Earthly Love: A Conversation with Ross Gay and @nezhukumatathil.bsky.social on February 12, 12-1pm. Register here: yff.yale.edu/events/earth... with the Forest School at the Yale School of the Environment, @religion-ecology.bsky.social & @orionmagazine.bsky.social 💚

EVERY THURSDAY, 12-1PM NYC ICE HQ, 26 FEDERAL PLAZA MELT THE ICE IMMIGRATION VIGIL 🙏 Join members of @riseandresist.bsky.social outside the entrance on Worth Street. Everyone welcome. Photo from last week's vigil by @ginamrandazzo.bsky.social #AbolishICE #ICEout #Resist

The risks of SARS-CoV-2 and other airborne pathogens can be severe, but the media continues to stigmatize Olympians taking precautions as "worried" and "extreme". We know #LongCOVID can affect anyone, even elite athletes. In the @thesicktimes.org today 😷🦠 thesicktimes.org/2026/02/10/w...

So enlightened

A group of Buddhist monks has finally reached Washington, D.C., on foot, completing a 15-week trek for peace from Texas apnews.com/article/budd...

"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.

Currently reading… It’s cold outside but I’m curled up with a beautiful new book, THE COMPANY OF OWLS by @pollyrowena.bsky.social, just out in the US. Owlets is my new favourite word! #NatureWriting #BookSky #SuperbOwl 🦉

🥳 Nils Lofgren has a new protest song NO KINGS. NO HATE. NO FEAR and @maryltrump.bsky.social just shared it with all of us here: www.youtube.com/live/pwbx-uH... 🎵 The video includes pics from our vigil outside ICE HQ in NYC @leftylofgren.bsky.social @riseandresist.bsky.social #NoKings #AbolishICE

Love to see it! These kids are smart and ambitious. They've spent years training for the Olympics. They want to win! Masking is *normal* if you want to protect yourself and others. 😷💪🥇

Encouraging to see some members of the US Olympic team wearing masks to protect their health ahead of competition.

I’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...

GasFreeNYC February 3 Rally to send a message to Mayor Mamdani and the City Council: NYC wants lower bills + clean air. We need a GasFree NYC! Our high utility bills are paying for gas pipeline infrastructure. @fwwnewyork.bsky.social @nychange.bsky.social @nypirg.bsky.social

I am so excited to join the Native American Resistance for Everyone course as a guest speaker! www.chickadeecs.org/whatwedo/na-...

‼️IMMIGRANTS ARE NOT CRIMINALS BUT THE PRESIDENT IS Today’s vigil at ICE HQ in NYC 🥶 IMMIGRATION VIGIL 🙏 EVERY THURSDAY, 12-1PM 26 FEDERAL PLAZA, meet at the entrance on Worth Street @riseandresist.bsky.social #AbolishICE #ICEout

T​his day last year we held our first protest outside Tesla's NYC showroom. Elon Musk is toxic. The #TeslaTakedown movement is celebrating one year of resistance on February 14 at Tesla facilities everywhere. Find an action or plan your own actionnetwork.org/event_campai... @teslatakedown.com 🥳

This action launched #TeslaTakedown. Just two people with signs and a camera outside a NYC showroom. These photos spread and inspired us all. One simple, small act of clarity and courage that launched a global movement to hold the world's richest man accountable. 🤘✊

T​his day last year we held our first protest outside Tesla's NYC showroom. Elon Musk is toxic. The #TeslaTakedown movement is celebrating one year of resistance on February 14 at Tesla facilities everywhere. Find an action or plan your own actionnetwork.org/event_campai... @teslatakedown.com 🥳

Remember her name: Aliya Rahman Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself. It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did. ICE MUST GO‼️

HERO!!! Please watch Aliya Rahman’s testimony. Renee Good’s brothers also testified today, and other people attacked & traumatized by the US government. Yes, we’re crying 😭 Grateful to all of them for sharing their stories 🙏 WATCH LIVE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJof... #AbolishICE #AbolishDHS

Abolish DHS

Today, the Buddhist monks on a Walk for Peace left Richmond, Virginia where a huge crowd welcomed them yesterday. They're walking to Washington D.C. More info with links to their route and a live map, here: northernvirginiamag.com/news/2026/02... #Peace 🙏🕊️

How much heartbreak can humans endure?! My heart breaks for people in Gaza. I can’t help thinking about the people who said they were going to *burn* my book (by composting it!) because I supported Kamala Harris. Hopefully those books are sprouting, sending up shoots, breaking open hearts & minds 🌿

Looking forward to this! Earthly Love: A Conversation with Ross Gay and @nezhukumatathil.bsky.social on February 12, 12-1pm. Register here: yff.yale.edu/events/earth... with the Forest School at the Yale School of the Environment, @religion-ecology.bsky.social & @orionmagazine.bsky.social 💚

Black History Month is a time to recognize the lived, shared experience of all Black folks who have fundamentally shaped, challenged, and ultimately strengthened America. It’s about taking an unvarnished look at the past so that we can create a better future.

Happy Black History Month! In this February edition of Prisons, Prose & Protest, I share information about the first Black bookstore in the United States. I recommend a couple of podcast episodes about the inspiring organizing happening in Minnesota, several good recent articles and essays, and more

Happy St. Brigid's Day! Today marks the end of winter, spring is stirring. St. Brigid is Ireland's matron saint, not as famous as St. Patrick, but she could turn water into beer. And when a man insulted her, she made his eyeballs implode. Celtic goddess, patron of healers & poets. #Imbolc #fullmoon

Jesus! The cognitive dissonance here 🤯

Liam is home now and we are grateful to @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social for traveling to Minneapolis with him and his dad. Welcome home Liam ❤️❤️

Happy St. Brigid's Day! Today marks the end of winter, spring is stirring. St. Brigid is Ireland's matron saint, not as famous as St. Patrick, but she could turn water into beer. And when a man insulted her, she made his eyeballs implode. Celtic goddess, patron of healers & poets. #Imbolc #fullmoon

A beautiful moment today, a massive memorial bike ride for #AlexPretti passed the Public Theater during A PROTEST FOR HUMANITY: The People’s Filibuster, with artists, community leaders, families, and a very tall bike! It’s been a week, who killed Alex Pretti? NY❤️MN #AbolishICE #ICEoutNOW

“At what point do you not speak out?” Tiara Bennett, owner of Pastry Box Baker in the East Village, closed her shop and handed out fresh sea salt chocolate chip cookies to protesters. People rallied across the US, leaving school, work & closing businesses in solidarity with Minneapolis. #GiftLink 🍪

“This isn’t a moment, it’s a movement”

MELT THE ICE 🥶❄️ Thousands of students in NYC walked out of school today to protest ICE and the fascist regime. I saw groups from two schools merge in Union Square. Beautiful. The kids are alright! HOT PEOPLE MELT ICE 🔥 #AbolishICE #HandsOffNYC #ICEout

Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday. 📷️: Aaron Lavinsky

😱 Yesterday, ICE agents were seen going into coffee shops, bodegas, warehouses on Eldridge & Orchard Streets in LES. Councilmember Chris Marte👇 The NY ICE Hotline is ☎️ 229 304 8720. If you see #ICE, snap a pic, call & report as much info as possible. They'll alert the neighborhood. Spread the word!

HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE? REST IN PEACE, ALEX PRETTI 🙏 ABOLISH ICE

Staff at a Twin Cities yarn store put together a pattern for a red knit “Melt the ICE” hat inspired by the Norwegian resistance. They thought they would attract 10 people to a weekly knit-along. They’ve sold 70,000 copies, raising more than $250k for immigrant aid groups.

HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE? Today’s silent vigil outside ICE HQ in NYC was freezing🥶 but we must bear witness to ethnic cleansing & murders of Alex Pretti and others. EVERY THURSDAY, 12-1PM, 26 Federal Plaza, outside entrance on Worth St with @riseandresist.bsky.social #AbolishICE

More info: actionnetwork.org/events/vigil...

Excited to share the 1st episode of my new partnership with @milkweededitions.bsky.social, with the remarkable Sangu Iyer, about her memoir Governing Bodies: A Memoir, A Confluence, A Watershed Audio👂🌱: milkweed.org/between-the-... @literaryanimal.bsky.social @whitingfoundation.bsky.social

These 1,000-Year-Old Paper Flowers, Sealed in a Cave, Are a Marvel of Preservation www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/01/pape...

NEW YORK CITY! The ICE Hotline is ☎️ 229 304 8720. If you see ICE, snap a photo, call & report as much info as possible. They'll alert the neighborhood. Help spread the word! Resources & posters: www.handsoffnyc.com/get-involved @handsoffnyc.bsky.social @indivisible.org #AbolishICE #HandsOffNYC

I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” ―Mahatma Gandhi Solidarity from NYC. I have long COVID, it was hard to go out in the blizzard today, but peanuts compared to what they face in MN. I stood in silence with Gandhi. Rest in peace, Renée Good & Alex Pretti 🙏 NY🤍MN #AbolishICE #Impeach

Alex Pretti was a 37 year old ICU Nurse. Alex was just murdered for filming ICE and protecting his neighbors. And because he had a legal firearm securely tucked away while shielding them from pepper spray, 2A supporters will say he deserved to die. He did not. Abolish. ICE. #AlexPretti

Scientists say they’ve found what may be the earliest rock art ever recorded: Handprints in a limestone cave in Indonesia are even older than 51,200-year-old cave paintings of human figures previously dated by the same research team.