At Bad Art for Good, we get together to make art that spreads important messages! You don't have to be good at art to make something that makes an impact. The next event is Feb 23rd at @indyhall.org It's free! It's fun! It's in Philly! RSVP to reserve your spot here luma.com/83rzi5bf

“God bless America,” Benito proclaims... to the finish, promptly naming Chile, Argentina, and all of South & Central America & the Caribbean before finishing with the US, Canada and Puerto Rico.“Seguimos aquí,” (“We’re still here”) he closes, spiking a football that says: “Together, we are America.”

Looks like it’s possible for multiple airlines, not just Delta

Starting in 2017 I volunteered to work election polls in my city after Matt Blaze commented that it was the single largest thing anyone can do to ensure safe and secure elections. Cities are desperate for younger poll workers. I went from working the "in table" to district warden in one year.

It's a long day, but incredibly rewarding. As a bonus, you become intimate with the details of how elections prevent voter fraud without requiring identification. It's incredibly effective and deceptively simple. Volunteer and learn.

Looking forward to this event. I’ve been to a few packed, overwhelming swaps recently but this usually attracts more of a low key, millennial crowd. Union Craft Brewing, 1700 W 41st St, Baltimore

Live in Baltimore and dread Valentines Day? Join me for a meditative doodling art workshop. It's PYWC - with a couple of free spots for those who truly need. Bring your own supplies, or use ours for free. Studios at 234 is located on Main Street in Reisterstown. Register: forms.gle/xfQLGwiu9Yat...

I need Chase Brexton to stop turning every single prescription into a fucking ordeal every month, 3 out of 4 of my care providers are prescribers and I’ve had issues with all of them and god forbid they align so instead I’m basically babysitting CVS and screaming at a phone tree on a weekly basis.

On Wednesday, February 4, to honor the birthday of Rosa Parks and celebrate Transit Equity Day, all MTA transit services will be free. No fares will be charged on Local Bus, Light Rail, Metro Subway, MARC Train, Commuter Bus, or M... https://mta.maryland.gov/service-alerts/25723

Props to The Banner for actually talking to the workers at Brewer's Art who just got screwed out of the pay they're owed for 2 weeks' work by the owners, and were fired with zero notice. Most stories about restaurant closures don't bother to do that. www.thebanner.com/culture/food...

Will I have unpacked any drawing supplies by Wednesday night?! Only one way to find out

hitting the books

The African American Quilters of Baltimore is a crossroads for master quilters, fine artists, hobbyists, textile collectors, and beginners to gather and exchange knowledge that keeps these traditions alive and evolving. baltimorebeat.com/the-women-up...

Hey folks get your faucets running/dripping etc. I am seeing so many posts in my neighborhood groups, texts from neighbors, and even my mom, about frozen pipes. If you have a crawlspace get a space heater in there if need be to keep things flowing. Temps stay below freezing through Monday. Ugh.

If I ever manage to dig it out I'm going to put a chair in my email inbox so it stays clear.

Everything was bringing me down yesterday so I put on my silly rain boots and went outside to make a little dent in the ice around my car, and a neighbor stopped and introduced herself, then another, and together we freed my car. Then met another neighbor who needed help with the same. It felt good.

Dems managed to get a 2-week delay on the DHS bill, so CALL YOUR SENATORS AND YOUR REPRESENTATIVE EVERY DAY FOR THE NEXT 14 DAYS. Tell them you want ICE, CBP and all the rest of it defunded and dismantled. Tell them you will be voting against anyone who doesn't do this. This is our chance.

In all seriousness I know I’m an Old but I feel like there was a gloriously insane chaos to the early aughts that the contemporary shit barely even scrapes

I went downtown to meet a friend for coffee this morning and took the bus. It’s legitimately dangerous. Old folks are standing in the street to wait for the bus because the sidewalks are covered in ice. It’s not enough to just have the streets cleared. We deserve to be able to walk and bike safely

If the city used this emergency to make buses accessible and predictable, you could open a lot of people’s eyes to how nice taking the bus *can* be. Lots of cars aren’t moving until mid-week next week, and people probably need groceries, a real shovel, etc. Perfect bus errands!

Sometimes, it's helpful to hear "you are a regular guy" www.polygon.com/you-are-a-re...

Some shit I found shitty today

personally i think "defender" is a better word than "protestor" swarms of everyday people with whistles putting their bodies between ICE and their neighbors is not protesting. it's literally defense.

My favorite fence in the city. Druid Heights. Baltimore, MD. 2026.

Hey if you have an empty house next door to you that’s for sale and the realtors haven’t made any effort to get the snow cleared from the stairs or sidewalk, maybe also check with them to see if they remembered to turn off the water/drip a pipe so YOUR basement doesn’t suddenly flood when it’s 18°F.

I’m saving the date! www.instagram.com/p/DUBoEmREeA...

I would add “stop signs still exist; plan ahead”

Shout out to all the short kings who DIDN'T head a fascist campaign against their own countrymen. Sorry you're copping so many strays today because that one bozo happened to be short

I know this being on Facebook only is limiting its reach. Donations are also accepted through Zelle to Texas Nicaraguan Community, a 501(c)(3) helping the family make arrangements. +1 (281) 704-9881 Norlando Soza, Accountant Memo: "Repatriation of Victor Manuel Díaz"

The fundraiser for Victor Manuel Diaz needs to reach $4,750 by WEDNESDAY 1/28. His remains need to be repatriated to Nicaragua very soon.

the poor family of this young man are only asking for $4,750 to bring his body home. let’s blow it up 🩷

Hell yeah

Why do we give so much space to cars? Nobody even uses them when it snows!

You can support their work here: www.gofundme.com/f/safe-haven...

This administration is cooked. Literally no one is scared of them.

Once again for out of towners I suggest buying some gift cards and just not using them unless you happen to come to town someday.

One thing that irks me: people keep calling the folks on the streets in Minneapolis protestors. They are not generally there to protest, they are there to observe and document. This is the product of organizing and mutual aid. It is telling that these acts of citizenship are seen as protest!

Friends, if you're looking for good vibes today, search around for footage from the Parade of Chewbaccus, which happened last night. Category is: what if Dragon*Con did a Mardi Gras parade?

Absolutely betrayed

As we grieve for Alex Pretti and Renee Good in MN, please do not forget Victor Manuel Diaz, who died in ICE custody after being taken from here. And all others who have died in their custody.

Wake up. Make breakfast. Do email. Watch a murder. Go to a party for a 5 year old. Laugh with my daughter. See a different angle of that murder. Hear govt officials slander the victim. Play Barbies with my kid. Feed her dinner. Tear up at that victim reading last honors to a vet. Put kid to bed. USA

no matter what else is happening, if feasible, please share photos of your dogs playing in the snow tomorrow

At the end of the day, the Black Lives Matter era was about whether people should be killed in the street, and lots of people decided yeah and put those little blue flags on their cars. It spread to everyone because it stopped for no one.

There has NEVER BEEN AN IMMIGRATION PROBLEM IN THIS COUNTRY. There has been a racist, nationalist fear-mongering problem in this country. There has been an immigrant worker exploitation problem. But there has never been an "immigration problem."

people who are very clearly my moral superiors are being killed in the street by and on behalf of the most disgusting creeps imaginable and I don't know how much longer anyone can deal with this

We have been told for nearly 30 years that America needed to tolerate mass shootings because the broad availability of guns would help us defend ourselves from an overreaching federal government. That day has come. The people who said this are supporting the federal agents. Many have joined them.

Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now

January is almost over and there have only been 3 homicides in Minneapolis so far this year 2 of them were committed by ICE agents.

If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.