What does it look like when someone is drowning? 2026 harryjconnolly.com/what-does-it...

Still deciding on who to support in the upcoming #NJ12 Democratic Congressional primary? Here's a link to a candidates' debate: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqV2... And here's my time-stamped index to the questions asked: docs.google.com/document/d/1... Thanks for being an engaged citizen & voter!

Finally doing the research in support of casting my ballot in the upcoming crowded NJ-12 primary. The debate at Rider back in April was well-done, I think, and my comment on the video now includes a link to my overview index of questions asked, with timestamps. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqV2...

Just added this as my default search engine for Firefox and thank gods, not a moment too soon.

Let's keep our friend gin on the road and safe!

#DidThisToday It takes about 3 minutes. See the thread on the post shared below if you need a little inspiration to get you past that "frozen by blank screens" moment. Today is the last day... no more putting it off! #TransPowerNow

Today is the deadline! Some of you need that deadline pressure in order to do the thing, so... do the thing!

Kean has continued trading stocks. NOTUS reported that financial disclosures filed with Congress and digitally signed on April 13 showed he bought and sold shares in eight companies between mid- and late March, with the transactions totaling an estimated value between $50,008 and $190,000.

Another day, another chance to speculate about the location of US Congress Rep. Tom Kean, who has been fully MIA since March 5. If he were my representative, I'd be PISSED. wheresrepkean.com

Help me end my cussing streak! $350 to go to get the new tires to keep the car safe to drive to to the new job to get paid so I can keep the lights on and be out of this mess! Paypal: affirmationgin at gmail Cashapp/Venmo: showupforthis

Wut.

This is the way.

Some good news.

@elsbells.bsky.social Thinking of you and sending love in this especially challenging time... 💜

Can we bring this amazing art all the way out into our world?

If you're furious about the gutting of the Voting Rights Act and you live in NJ, there's good news! njvra.org Sign up to reach out to your Senators TOMORROW with the NJ Institute for Social Justice here: www.mobilize.us/njinstitutef...

More good news for trans folks, please.

Thread of the day. 👇 "A chatbot's answer decouples information from its origin."

1st UP & RN URGENT - $85 TO GO MAY RENT Then $3100 - ~$1000/month - rent & bills for June, July, & August. Black woman. Her job went on Summer Hours as of May 1. She'll be back on regular/full hours in September. 9 ppl $10 each RN keeps her safe. Pls RS/QS. Pls do what you can. #HelpFolksLive2026

Co-sign.

After over 17 years of imprisonment for taking direct action to defend the ecosystems that all our lives depend on, environmental activist Marius Mason has finally been released from captivity. Thank you for everything, Marius. supportmariusmason.org

"We will count the cries and the last drops of water. We will count the stones thrown. We will add up what’s left of hospitals and schools" such a poem for you TODAY, beloveds 🖤 We’re Running out of Fingers for All This Counting by Kelsey Dean read it here 💀: psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...

🚨 The NYT appears to have taken a great feature story written by my colleague at Bolts about a west Tennessee county & the VRA, & essentially rewritten it. (Same frame, similar hed, overlapping sources.) Without a single mention, credit, let alone the a hyperlink buried somewhere.

"Those who assumed that authoritarianism could only expand from the successes of the Orban regime in Hungary, the Putin regime in Russia, and the Trump regime in the USA should be making their adjustments now." www.meditationsinanemergency.com/we-are-crash...

Wrote a thing, and my newsletter always has visuals and this time it has the glorious art of Tino Rodriguez (and it's topical).

Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.

I know i am increasingly an outlier but no one who works with me uses gen AI, at all, and this is our explicit agreement. This is not just a luddite thing but a commitment of solidarity to the people who didn't need to die but will from the amount of fossil fuel air pollution and GHGs that power it.

"A policy that protects against new harm, while ignoring past and ongoing damage, is not a real solution. It is just one piece of the puzzle." Dreisen Heath's outstanding piece on reparations is my must read piece today. theblackwallsttimes.com/2026/05/12/w... #ReparationsCantWait

So young! #FuckCancer Jason Collins, first out gay NBA player, dies from cancer at 47 - ESPN apple.news/AGWl3puq3TLG...

@librariesftp.bsky.social is organizing a conference in Fall 2027 and we are seeking grant funding to support this. So if you are a funder, please reach out. It's going to be a conference unlike most of the ones organized in library land. As we sunset, we want to exchange lessons learned etc...

Have you learned about the practice described by the phrase "surveillance pricing"? If not, now is the second best time to do so.

Join us for Week 64 of Montclair Sundays - this week it’s a Mother’s Day protest. 3 - 4 pm Bloomfield Ave & Church St, Montclair NJ. Bring a can or box of food for Toni’s Kitchen pantry.

Late last night, Olivia Andre finally returned to Maine. After six months of unlawful federal detention in Dilley, she is back where she belongs, reunited with her family and welcomed home by a community that never stopped waiting.

$1485 to go now!! Y'all are truly amazing, thank you so much for helping! Please keep sharing, it really makes a difference! Paypal: affirmationgin at gmail Cashapp/Venmo: showupforthis gofund.me/74bb276c7

If you make every trans person afraid that the feds are about to bust down doors and put us in camps, that materially harms every trans person. That is why even threats of genocidal actions are considered international war crimes. So my advice is to not play into it. Prepare, but don't panic.

Instead of kings, plutocrats, and generals, a new kind of historical walking tour focuses on the people they repressed, and tells a more complete story. This is one of the more uplifting pieces tucked away in my archive.

Thank you, Colorado.

@feini.bsky.social Happy Native Fish Day! (In MN, but still)

Last chance to sign up! Please help make sure the folks who need to see this, do.

Sexy solo TTRPG sensation "I'M A TRANS MAN AND I'M HERE TO FUCK" is crowdfunding now! In addition to the illustrations I did for the original PDF, this print edition will include new work from me. You can even grab a special card deck version! #pocketopia www.backerkit.com/c/projects/n...

@cengaldre.com Thought of you...

Can't afford this just now? Put a subscription at the top of your birthday wishlist and/or tell your kids it's all you want for Mother's Day.

Another friend who needs help hanging on until the next raft is within reach later this month...

Do I know any Staff+ backend devs looking for their next role?

The excellent @francesdanger.bsky.social needs help holding on. CA $fdanger Vnmo/PP @francesdanger.bsky.social Ongoing housing precarity plus a cracked tooth & passed gallstone have made an already tough situation harder. Housing assistance comes through later in May. Until then, it's YOU & ME!

🔴NEW RELEASE: Our SCOTUS event last night was so successful and important, Democracy Docket decided to post it on YouTube so everyone can watch and share it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IS9...