I worked as a lifeguard and swim instructor for three years in my teens. This is spot on. Non-paywalled version gcaptain.com/drowning/

Great evening with @keeanga.bsky.social. Thanks to @haymarketbooks.org for hosting.

Thinking about this thread again, in light of the fact that Trump fired the entire National Science Board all at once, today, placing their replacement appointments entirely under the political whim of… This man. These fucking people. This is very very bad.

Idk man, I think the journalists who have been traumatized the most were not sitting in that room tonight. The feds gassed the shit out of us, knocked us over, sent in the local PD to harass, detain, and hurt us, shot a teenaged photographer in the face and he lost an eye, and that's just in LA

While we have your attention about the safety of journalists in harm’s way… Say her name: Amal Khalii. She was killed by US-Israel this week. She is one of 14 Lebanese journalists killed, and among nearly 300 killed in the Middle East since 2024.

Corrupt, yes. Comical, no.

Clashing, inconsistent testimony and a threadbare defense landed Anthony Boyd on Alabama’s death row. Boyd, who maintained his innocence, was executed with nitrogen gas last fall.

The Southwest Side’s Aloha Motel is becoming a homeless shelter with 55 private rooms and on-site programs. blockclubchi.co/4sFZFCT

Gift link: Measles Took My Daughter. This Is What I Want Everyone to Know. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/o...

After Condé Nast's decision to close SELF, I spoke to chronically ill women about what the women's health site meant to them. "We have to acknowledge chronic illness as a politically, culturally, and socially marginalized category" Latest for @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

ICE has detained over 6,200 children during President Donald Trump’s second term, according to recently released numbers analyzed by the Marshall Project. Advocates warn trauma from detentions will cause kids lifelong damage.

According to documents I obtained for @goldengoalmag.bsky.social, FIFA is demanding personal information from stadium workers ahead of the World Cup—information it says it can share with law enforcement agencies like ICE goldengoalmag.substack.com/p/why-does-f...

Friends, if you're still buying stuff from Amazon, please consider what you're supporting thereby. www.thewesternedge.media/p/everyone-i...

ICE agents shot another driver -- on Tues. He had just asked to call his wife. They shot him six times. One bullet his jaw. Now he can't speak and has been mostly unconscious. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/u...

The most horrifying part of this is buried at the end. Like half the “citations” are just slapped on to give a false veneer of credibility.

I have updated the ICE Air FAQ! With new info on ICE Air collaborators, why ICE flights are so dangerous and cruel, and what you can do. gillianbrockell.com/what-is-ice-...

“I want my students to see themselves in history & understand that the past includes many voices, not just the ones we traditionally focus on. This resource helped me create that space.” — middle school teacher, South Bend, Indiana Full testimonial & lesson ⬇️ www.zinnedproject.org/materials/fo...

When the only clinic that offered abortions in Michigan's rural Upper Peninsula closed, an urgent care decided to step in to fill the gap. Now, others are considering similar moves as brick-and-mortar clinics close in blue states. n.pr/4chq6J5

Wienerschnitzel workers in Los Angeles are on strike to demand over $55,000 in backpay and penalties for wage theft. Management suggests it has called ICE, doesn’t pay sick pay, and doesn’t allow us to take legally required meal and rest breaks. We're not paid overtime, even on 15-hour shifts. 🧵

As expected, this Omni ICE flight has now landed in India — the seventh deportation to India I’ve tracked this year. Migrant passengers onboard were shackled for at least 25 hours.

Sen. Chris Murphy and Ted Lieu have both reminded members of the military chain of command that they're legally obligated to refuse to follow illegal orders. That's really good and important.

Trans erasure is also voter suppression. New in @boltsmag.org: boltsmag.org/kansas-trans...

Violent interactions with the public aren’t surprising, a former ICE official said of the agency under Trump. “That’s sort of by design.”

No humans have ever seen this before.. a total solar eclipse seen from the far side of the moon! #ArtemisII

🌈 If you work in an organization that coordinates book-related programs, reach out to us about bulk purchasing (we offer discounts!) We extend our huge appreciation to everyone who is already supporting our co-op financially, or otherwise! We've only made it this far because of you. 9/9

The 6 arrested yesterday, along with the 9 arrested Wednesday, brings the total to 15 arrested at the Idaho State Capitol building this week in Boise while resisting the extreme anti trans bathroom ban, Idaho HB 752. This law is the most extreme in the country but citizens are not going silently.

The photos coming out of Artemis are just nuts

NEW EPISODE! There are several useful accounts about the League of Revolutionary Black Workers but with "Motown & the Making of Working-Class Revolutionaries," Walda Katz-Fischman and Jerome Scott add a necessary and illuminating element: Oral History.  Listen here for our discussion! bit.ly/4e7pzM6

will never read it the same way again. 😆

Trump is committing war crimes in Iran and is threatening more and worse ones. His entire war strategy at this point is war crimes. A functional Congress would be far down the road of impeachment and removal.

remember this when they finally kill the ACA and bring back pre-existing conditions, because basically everyone has them

Good evening from Thomas Kelly High School in Chicago's Brighton Park neighborhood. A special meeting of the Community Commission on Public Safety and Accountability is set for 6:30. CPD Superintendent Larry Snelling is slated to attend to discuss CPD cooperation with federal immigration agents.

"life is to share" and "tax the rich" - these 6 and 7 year olds GET it. it's so much work 🫠, but i love my afternoons with the social justice art club in brooklyn.

An update: in February 2026, *every single one* of the 1,507 refugees admitted in the United States were white South Africans: In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 3,155 white South Africans, three Afghans, and nobody else. www.rpc.state.gov/documents/Re...

Trump on Somali-Americans in Minnesota: "They're low IQ. I can generalize. They're low IQ people. They're bad people." (Note that moments later he claims Indianapolis is in Minnesota)

The Trump admin is full-on financially destroying student debtors right now without much of a fight from big national Democrats. They're raising payments, transferring a $2 trillion portfolio to an entirely different agency with no oversight, etc Schumer, Jeffries and Dems are silent.

The U.S. military doesn’t even dispute this, Jesus Christ.

When Oz says “things your family used to do for you” he’s talking about unpaid, undervalued, mostly female labor back in a time when fewer women had to work outside the home, and families were also much bigger. It’s misogynistic as hell, and ignores today’s economic realities.

Today, prosecutors dismissed another 19 cases against ICE protesters! We held a press conference after court to call on State's Attorney Burke to drop the remaining cases. Read more: nlgchicago.org/2026/04/01/m...

Honored to be back translating Oscar Martinez. An excerpt from his new book Bukele, El Rey Desnudo (Bukele, the Naked Emperor) is out today from @equatormag.bsky.social www.equator.org/articles/buk...

It's Trans Day of Visibility today. If you're trans and are raising money for something (I don't care what it is), reply to this thread and I will boost you. If you are a cis person, take a look and find someone to support if you can. Everyone give this a share after.

Happy Farmworker Day, California. Wrote about the shift from celebrating an individual to a collective.

For @prismreports.org, co-founder @tinavasquez.bsky.social   wrote about the importance of grappling with Chávez’s true legacy—both as as a civil rights leader and a rapist.

There are election races just like the one described here all across the USA where we will have to decide, do we want tough talk or real action?

NEW: On the first day of the war with Iran, the United States used a new ballistic missile. It was untested in combat. Our analysis shows it struck a sports hall, an elementary school, and residential areas — killing at least 21 people, including children. w/ @johnismay.bsky.social

Since the Iraq War, Shannon Airport has served as a key transit hub for the US military. It is now under scrutiny again.

"What was different at No Kings 3 was that war was one of the top motivations listed: 73% of participants reported peace/anti-war as a motivation for joining, making it the third most common motivation behind immigration (76%), and Trump (75%)."

The chance of an incident involving nuclear weapons is more likely now than it was during the Cold War.

A law professor told me on background that depending on jurisdiction, witholding medicine may not count as as disability discrimination. I'm still having trouble wrapping my brain around that when I see stories like this.