“We are at a point where everyone’s news river looks different.” Thanks, I hate it.

Little jewel of a story from @audreyzhou.bsky.social free to read today! www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/six-...

“There’s no single answer that will solve all our future problems. There’s no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers—at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.” ― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay

The idea that the British Raj respected the rule of law is legitimately one of the funniest things I've ever read in my entire life

ICE killing #AlexPretti should remind you of police killing #PhilandoCastille. Both men had concealed weapon permits, did not draw their guns, & were killed in Minn. These homicides are the price of unaccountable policing. These deaths are variations on the same fatal theme.

You know me I don't share fundraisers unless I can tell you I trust them with my whole heart and my own wallet. This one gets protective gear to legal observers in Minneapolis / Saint Paul www.gofundme.com/f/help-equip...

Co-signed by a daughter of an immigrant

A script to call your representatives to demand they defund and dismantle 🧊 via Mr Williams PreK Pause on Insta

Abolish ICE is now the moderate minimum position, Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.

James O'Keefe says he's never seen anything so organized as the anti-ICE movement, observers--he seems to think this term is code--everywhere he goes. Who is paying for it??? he demands to know. It's like he can't even imagine people caring for one another.

“Outside agitators” is older than Putin; I am begging white people to crack open a history book about Black Americans for once

Do you honestly think people in the civil rights movement and other nonviolent movements faced no violence themselves? They practiced nonviolence because it works, because the oppressor wants a shooting war, which is the war it will win

Got mine! Looking forward to reading it!

Good luck to everyone trying to compartmentalize today. One thing at a time.

i think this MLK day the thing to focus on is the strategic focus and tactical brilliance of the civil rights movement and the way it was laser focused on a set of achievable goals

Good morning. I'd like to invite anyone who is interested to make a small gesture of kindness today. It's up to you to decide what that can be. The key is for you to act on the idea. With so much out of our control, we can choose how to be with each other today and every day.

kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life

All I want for Christmas is for the worst people in the world to experience some consequences

Consider the following before adopting a Manticore for your family

After the Civil War, the government realized that in order to resist oligarchy, you needed an educated populace. The slave south was essentially an oligarchy with a powerful & wealthy planter class, an uneducated poor white class, and an enslaved class. The war against education is no accident

ANYWAY Buy from small businesses Buy from independent creators Buy passion projects Buy commissions Buy art In a society that's decided that money is final word, be aware of where yours goes and to support what Yes it sucks, I don't like it either, but pretending it's not a thing does not help!

So excited to have a new story up today at @mergansermagazine.bsky.social! Thank you, @jakeott.bsky.social and John T. Schumacher, for this gorgeous mag! mergansermagazine.com/story/ghosts...

Preordered mine! Get on it, folks!

A lot of people need to read this.

Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.

With Thanksgiving and all of the various commercial shopping days coming up, particularly Giving Tuesday next week, I want to remind folks that giving money directly to ppl who need it is the most effective way to help them. Same with local grassroots orgs that are doing good work in your community.

If you're planning on shopping during black Friday or cyber Monday, why not consider supporting artists, writers, creators? Buy a book, purchase an indie video game, commission an art piece, gift someone a Patreon. Your support means everything.

Major sources of hate speech are located outside the US. Well yeah, we have this conversation every few months. And every few months people reject the bright shiny evidence that easiest way to ruin America is to feed the hate and bigotry that already exists here.

‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’ —Alice Wong

A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.

Powerful clip

Important

I'm gonna quote my friend @sarahgailey.bsky.social: Do what you can. Care for yourself and the people around you. Believe that the world can be better than it is now. Never give up.

"this meeting could have been a clay tablet"

Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching

CBS News has reportedly disbanded its race and culture unit, which was formed in the wake of George Floyd's murder in 2020 NBC News eliminated its editorial teams for NBC Asian America, NBC BLK, NBC Latino and NBC OUT earlier this month

What did people do before SNAP?” They died. Healthcare, vaccines, disability support, education & food assistance are vital to our survival. They’re why the average lifespan isn’t 35 anymore The mark of a good & decent society is whether it sees the value in helping others.

You know who the real freeloaders in this country are? Not people who rely on SNAP, but corporations whose business model depends on wages so low that taxpayers have to feed their workers.

It honestly depends. Might actually cuss them out today. Might cry. Might disassociate. Too early to say

"This is not the same thing as persuading people that the thing itself matters: they usually know it does. The task is to persuade people that they matter: they know they usually don’t." haven't seen it said better than @alybatt.bsky.social says it here

If you have it please donate cash to the food banks. $10 in their hands will feed more people than the $10 worth of canned goods you can buy for retail prices. Also check on your elders. Many of them will not admit they rely on these programs so grocery gift cards or a surprise bag of staples

I'm for this #FoodBankChallenge!!! Who else is?

The question to ask all young men is 'how many people have you helped this week? how many have you cared for?"

Who doesn’t like Welsh Weird tales? This story—the Arthurian era saint whose daddy was a fairy (oh, just read it)—and may others are the foundation of some the weirdness this Kickstarter is hoping to bring to your attention. Go give them some 💰

I’ll be speaking at The Henry Ford Theater on November 8 to present "We're Still Here: Fighting Indigenous Erasure in the Media.” Register and get tickets:

Everytime you want to yell at the government Go read : @capitalb.bsky.social @hellgatenyc.com @lataco.bsky.social @blockclubchi.bsky.social @nyamnews.bsky.social They WANT to disappear local and ethnic based news DO NOT HELP THEM

Well-articulated thread that's making me feel all validated and stuff.

You don't have to judge Columbus by the standards of today. His tenure as governor of Hispaniola was so horrific that he was dragged back to Spain in chains to answer for his many crimes. Plus he never set foot on any land that would ever be a part of the United States of America.