An old friend of mine recently wrote me to tell me how much he appreciates that I put him onto Boards of Canada like 20 years ago and honestly? Been in heavy rotation in my work playlist again lately because of it. Human recommendations rule.

I believe that building a pro-trans majorities are on the table if we communicate, mobilize, and organize towards them. Grateful to @convergencemag.com for publishing! convergencemag.com/articles/pro... #LGBTQ #Trans #SocialJustice #Organizing

The fact that nobody seriously believes there is an institution in this country that will check the president—that we’re all just sitting here hoping that he gets distracted and fails to follow through on his genocidal threats—is the most damning indictment of our political system I’ve seen yet.

"We also need to address the dehumanization that persists in every single aspect of American life... that has sent us down the path in which Trump can threaten to annihilate a civilization & we find ourselves with few answers about how to stop it." @neginowl.bsky.social truthout.org/articles/tru...

Honestly, I need to be better about making fundraising appeals to social media. So here's me doing it this month. Just $5/mo helps ensure that we can continue to make movement media that people call "enjoyable, accessible, and essential" for facing our political moment.

Rynn and I chatted with @convergencemag.com about the Texas and Illinois primaries, AI data centers, and more. Can listen here... convergencemag.com/articles/the...

The Rad Ops Podcast is premiering their full-length episodes, starting with today's, with Che Johnson-Long of @visionchangewin.bsky.social. Pleased to be producing this timely, essential show at @convergencemag.com! convergencemag.com/podcast/safe...

I feel so uneasy knowing I have friends and colleagues who are basically snowed in and in the meantime it's about to be 90 degrees out in my neighborhood today. In March.

yes to this. open.substack.com/pub/cardcata...

The newest Revival Letter is out! Cayden Mak (@catachresis.bsky.social), Publisher of @convergencemag.com provides a powerful essay on the importance of memory as a tool to fight against authoritarianism. www.therevivallab.org/memory-again...

In memory of Logan Hullinger baltimorebeat.com/in-memory-of...

Heartbreaking news.

House hearing on fake "kids safety" censorship bills happening right now. Call your lawmakers!!!! badinternetbills.com

And Substack is proudly partnering with one of them

Been thinking a lot about building communities online that can stand disagreement and debate. I don't think any social media site that replicates existing dynamics can be It...but do you belong to a community online where you feel like people handle disagreement in healthy, even productive ways?

ICE operations increasingly resemble Israeli occupation. That’s no coincidence U.S. immigration enforcement has long cultivated ties with Israel. Now it adapts algorithmic surveillance tactics from Gaza for use on American streets. www.972mag.com/ice-immigrat...

Essential reporting. The fascist crackdown on immigrants is a crackdown on the right to organize itself.

A beautiful acknowledgement of the ongoing devastation and heartbreak in Gaza. Thank you @thenation.com

I had the conversation I wish more people would have about the Epstein Files last week with @shannonperezdarby.bsky.social and @chanellegallant.bsky.social. convergencemag.com/podcast/prev...

"Opportunistic politicians, sensationalist media outlets, class action attorneys—residents affected by the 2023 Norfolk Southern train derailment and chemical disaster have been exploited by everyone and helped by hardly anyone." via @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social

some photos from portland and 34th today. we'll have a story up on racket soon. they gassed us, they knocked folks to the ground, and i watched agents ram a white pickup into a group of protesters, if you're wondering who was actually doing car violence.

The focus on training misses the mark. Yes, many federal agents are sloppy and unprepared, but years of organizing against police violence have taught me that more training doesn't stop violence. It just makes the death-making more respectable (sometimes) and more expensive.

Our round-up of some 2025 stories on the news that stuck with us, featuring picks from @hashtagjames.bsky.social, @catachresis.bsky.social, @gabemschneider.bsky.social, and @alexip718.com (plus other anon community members): objectivejournalism.org/2025/12/the-...

They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.

Join us for a way to celebrate the beautiful game and denounce authoritarianism ourcup26.org

Nothing gives me bigger heebie jeebies these days than promoting my own shit, which is wild considering I literally host a livestreamed podcast almost every Friday. But we are piloting a new fellowship program in 2026 and raising $10k this month to fund it. convergencemag.com/elbaum-fello...

This #GivingTuesday, give to an org that refuses to stand down. For 2 decades, About Face #veterans have been at the front lines against #military occupation, and we remain firm in our dedication to justice and freedom. 📷Donate at aboutfaceveterans.org/donate to support our work!

🚨HERE IS OUR SOLUTION ➡️ My colleague @mayaschenwar.bsky.social at @truthout.org and I argue that it is time for progressive philanthropy and left philanthropy to make a serious, wide-ranging investment in journalism–and stick with it for the long haul. prismreports.org/2025/11/19/p...

NEW: As immigration enforcement continues across North Carolina, communities are mobilizing--inside and outside formal organizing networks--to protect their neighbors:

🧵 The elimination of Teen Vogue’s entire political desk and layoffs of their Black, brown, trans, and queer workers is part of a devastating mainstream media landscape. prismreports.org/2025/11/19/p...

Exclusive: India’s largest far-right Hindu organization hires U.S. lobbyists for congressional influence campaign, @meghnadbose.bsky.social & Biplob Kumar Das investigate. Squire Patton Boggs lobbied U.S. lawmakers on behalf of the RSS, a group linked to discrimination & violence against Muslims.

This is also how I feel about it. We aren't living through a moment where we can depend on any accountability mechanisms that may have ever existed in the first place (which they may not have tbh)

When people ask “so now what?!”: show up at JFREJ’s mass call & learn how to make Zohran’s agenda real for NYC.

This is what we mean when we say that abolition is a survivor led movement - survivors of sexual violence deserve more and better than this: prismreports.org/2025/10/09/d...

This is such a silly little thing but @kimmiedearest.com set up a storefront for @convergencemag.com on @bookshop.org and there's a list of books by everyone who's been on the pod so far and it's so neat! bookshop.org/lists/block-...

If someone needs a book on this, that links it to the nature of capitalism, class, the role that knowledge and technology play in history, and what power has to do with that... we've got you covered, of course hagenblix.github.io/wwfai/

FYI the list of confirmed companies airing ICE ads - Spotify - Pandora - YouTube - Hulu - HBO MAX - Peacock - Telemundo - Univision bit.ly/cancelspotify spread the word

“They literally ushered us into the street to protest and immediately after started beating the shit out of us.” This is 100% an accurate description of how this started. Broadview PD mishandled the situation from the start, then unleashed ISP to beat the protesters they’d led into the street.

With Chicago in the ICE crosshairs right now, here are some independent and nonprofit media orgs to read, follow and support. Unraveled: @unraveledpress.com Block Club Chicago: @blockclubchi.bsky.social Chicago Reader: @chicagoreader.com The TRiiBE: @thetriibe.com WBEZ: @wbez.org

Re: "narrative infrastructure for narrative power," I had a great conversation with @catachresis.bsky.social -- of the fantastic @convergencemag.com -- about creating enabling spaces and permission structures to think of new ways of being. Listen here: convergencemag.com/podcast/cont...

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Just been thinking about this great article from January by Emma Tai in @convergencemag.com. No reason. convergencemag.com/articles/occ...

As easy as it is to dunk on the acetaminophen announcement today, I just can't stop thinking about how all this claim of a "cure" for autism plays into a fundamentally eugenicist way of looking at the world. Those who diverge are to be cured or purged.

“The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear.” - Nemik's Manifesto. #BoycottDisneyABC

Media crackdowns are a core part of the fascist playbook. As more repression looms, @neginowl.bsky.social & I write, those of us in media need to ground ourselves in our own power, seeking creative ways to raise our voices and rooting ourselves in our solidarities. truthout.org/articles/jim...

Just a friendly Friday afternoon reminder from your friendly neighborhood lawyer to keep your doors phones & computers locked don’t let anyone in you don’t know & ask anyone who claims to have a warrant to slide it under the door first! Make sure address is correct & it is dated & signed by a judge

Super grateful for Sam's reporting on this story. If you haven't heard about Mario Guevara, please check this out. h/t @freepress.bsky.social for bringing Mario's case to my attention in the first place, and for being part of his support network

This was such a massive failure at the congressional level. The misguided and widely criticized attempts to ban TikTok only empowered Trump and his conservative media allies in the end—like many critics of the ban legislation feared it would