Federal agents are staging a massive operation downtown near Canal street. Show of force with reportedly dozens of agents from agencies including ICE, FBI, IRS, DEA, etx

Indie director Barbara Marques has been kidnapped by ICE. She is legally married to a U.S. citizen & was at a green card mtg when she was abducted and prevented from seeing her lawyer. Her husband Tucker May does not know where she is. Please spread the word so he can find her /1

In my experience, courage is usually the product of love and/or solidarity. When we are deeply invested in each other, we are more likely to take risks that we wouldn't take out of mere principle, or for the sake of people we feel disconnected from. Our alienation mass produces cowardice.

We were hoping that this letter to @bsky.app could first be shared by a Gazan, but we were too worried that doing so would get their account deleted so we are sharing first. You can sign on to the letter about the unfair treatment of Gazans on Bluesky here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

*please repost or forward* Here’s a sheet where arts orgs can record information about their NEA grant termination. Annie Dorsen is collecting this info as a first step towards coordinating a response docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

VLADIMIR: Well? Shall we log off? ESTRAGON: Yes, let's log off. They do not log off.

Terrific video with Mike Leigh going over all of his features. The man is plainly a bad motherfucker. youtu.be/UxEqqRa_Tn4?...

JG Ballard-ass century…

Furious and devastated condolences to the brilliant artist Ali Cherri (Silver Lion Venice Biennale 2022). Israel killed his parents, bombing their apartment building in Beirut on 26 Nov.

I wrote about UNION, the gripping and much-needed documentary about the Amazon Labor Union, and why it hasn't gotten a distribution deal (spoiler: Bezos has too much money/power). You can stream it on Gathr this weekend and you should! slate.com/culture/2024...

oh man, don’t miss this incredible Black Friday deal gathr.com/vod/15c99c8b...

For five days only over the Black Friday weekend, Union, a documentary I co-edited about the Amazon Labor Union is available to watch online: gathr.com/vod/15c99c8b... If you haven’t heard much about the film yet, which came out in theaters last month, here are some of my favorite reviews so far:

I continue to update! go.bsky.app/SNvMPk3