This is cool. The work of the great African American photographer, Ming Smith, is being featured at the big photo festival in Arles, France. If you're into art, you should know her work. Google her.

Yea it’s a bit esoteric but he’s voicing the idea that the popularity of rap, and really all of Black culture, is really a plot to undermine whiteness being propagated by a Jewish conspiracy in entertainment.

Working people across Providence deserve a Mayor that will stand with them! Between the Providence Teachers Union, the SEIU State Council, AFT Local 6516, and Unite Here Local 26 — our movement to build a Providence for All continues to grow! #SolidarityForever

We had a fundraiser once where volunteers had fireworks shot at them while performing a musical number. Only minor injuries. 🙃

I miss the pre-drought days of Flaming Soccer at Flipside, with fiery rolls of TP in place of a soccer ball.

The Odd Couple, but they’re both Weyouns

If you or someone in your house is not trans, the only thing you should ever think about trans kids is “How might I brighten their day should I come across one?” Beyond that, you’re a fucking weirdo who is extremely useful to nazis.

We had to say goodbye to literally the best cat ever yesterday but she had 22 amazing years.

So glad I left Texas for Providence where it’s still 100 degrees and our mayor hates the homeless as much as Greg Abbott does.

Anyone interested in two tickets to see Gang of Four (w/Ted Leo!) tomorrow night in East Greenwich RI?

Former Texan here—confusion and irritability are signs of heat stroke (which is deadly). Watch out for signs of it in the people around you as they may not notice it themselves.

This kinda feels disqualifying?

we are not “self-hating jews”; we are not antisemites; we are proud jews who also believe in the human rights of palestinians. we have proved those things can and do very much coexist, something that seemed impossible not long ago. we are a constituency and we have a voice.

This is a ridiculous meme but unspoken is that kids used to have time to go their lockers between classes. Now we treat them like factory workers and mock them for adapting to it.

No more combination Pizza Hut / Taco Bells 😢

I’ve heard Brett Smiley is a raggedy bitch — will we finally get to the bottom of this?

Sad news, he‘s been a *huge* influence on my work.

Target now trying to rehab its image by…killing babies.

I remember so much b.s. about rising crime rates in Austin when the only real changes were a richer culture and better food options.

The thing about gin drinkers is that we all kind of agree with this.

Nazi tattoos are the clearest fucking litmus test on the planet and all these assholes failed spectacularly

I need y’all to think through the long-term effects of electing a literal Nazi to the senate. Is the power of a single seat really worth it?

These are not the words of someone who is on the way back up. No contrition. Just excuses. People in recovery can spot someone who's only at meetings because the court made them be there. And this is what it looks like. Fraud ass

I’m feeling pretty darned smug about my ”don’t support nazis for office” policy all of a sudden.

Providence friends—do we have any sort of mental health response team as an alternative to police? There was a man in obvious mental health crisis on our street last night banging loudly on doors and we were worried about his safety if the police were called.

When NYC had ACT-UP, Dallas had GUTS, the Gay Urban Truth Squad, who demanded AIDS treatment funding through direct action! In my latest @thebarbedwire.com, I examine a new book about Dallas LGBTQ history that also highlights the vital importance of telling our own stories in queer media ...

Black voters are the only thing standing between them and absolute victory and total war. And y'all are still trying to "resist🤡" by running the most anti-Black Dems that you can find? Becerra? Klobuchar? Is it too soon to remind folks that they really do want to exterminate every Jewish person?

I just got a banner ad for *blood* (literally) from a company called Sanguine. When I called @pferdhosen.bsky.social over to see it, it rotated to an ad for Brett Smiley. 🤔

Getting US fascism under control is not hard. What's proving impossible, is trying to get US fascism under control, while still holding on to "Fascism just for Black people!🤡" AKA racism. It's a self-defeating goal. Because Black people were protecting you from inflicting fascism on yourselves.

Dem futility explained: 1) If there had been 1 million more Black voters in 2016, Trump could not have come close to winning 2) There were not 1 million Black voters, because senator Biden's policies had put 1 million innocent Black people in jail🤦🏿‍♂️ 3) 2026 Dems are still pushing "tough on crime"🤡

Despite the book being called “aol.com” Kara Swisher never contacted anyone who actually worked on www.aol.com.

“One of the problems with autopsies is that voter psychology takes a lot of work to understand well, but the people who have that skillset largely aren’t the type of person the DNC is hiring to audit their choices.” Must-read from @gelliottmorris.com

Ten bands I’ve seen live: Fugazi At the Drive In New Model Army Scream (w/Dave Grohl) Gray Matter Gwar Bauhaus The Murder Junkies (after GG died) Golden Arm Trio The Mermen

When we moved to Austin from SF, Lance Hahn from J Church added "Friends of Lance" to our profile at Vulcan Video and it was like we were royalty.

An 18yo Afro Latino Dominican walking around LA or NYC has a greater chance of spending a year in jail while innocent, than he does spending a year in ICE detention. ICE comes and goes. But police are an occupying force. ICE *might* go to his school. But cops are stationed in his school hallways.

The Talarico discourse is just making me miss breakfast tacos.

I'd probably suggest therapy but...

Profiles in Cowardice

Sid Vicious voice: “I did it …my way”

That weird smell from the old 9:30 Club

For the last several years, my kids having been making a donation for me to @nationalbailout.bsky.social. This year, I made a Mother's Day gift to myself by setting up a monthly donation. Can you do the same? Let mothers be mothers!

A donation is a nice thing to show your mama, if you’re wracking your brain for a present.

I forgot how angry some people got about letterboxing in the 90s!

When I hear people say “I asked <some bot> and they said…”, I mentally swap in “my grandma” for the bot’s name. I don’t trust their grandma either but I like it when people respect their elders.

A little off-topic but I have to give a shoutout to Austin for turning a dying mall into a flagship campus for Austin Community College.

“OK LIZ LEMON, JUST DONT EMBARRASS ME IN FRONT OF OF TIMOTHY CHARLEMAGNE” “Tracy, I think you mean Timothée Chalamet?” “NO, TIMOTHY CHARLEMAGNE, MY PARROT, WHO I AM HIDING IN MY COAT. I CANT LET SPIKE LEE SEE HIM AFTER THE DISAGREEMENT THEY HAD ABOUT SPIKES USE OF THE WORD ‘CRACKERS’”

The Platner equivocating now is just as shameful as it was before. Nazi shit is a bright line you do not cross. Once you say it is something that can be overlooked for your party, you are functionally saying it is something that can be overlooked, period.

Not sure everyone is prepared for just how much Platner's Nazi tattoo is gonna give the right ammo for the 6 years he's in office. Don't say you weren't warned when your favorite big papers (in addition to every elected R) spend every day telling Dems to shut up about Nazis because of it.

This is actually the perfect distillation of the right wing worldview. A predatory industry treats consumers unfairly so it must be immigrants' fault.