“We the people, in whose name these murders are being committed, we’ve got the power and the responsibility to nonviolently withdraw our support."

They're not going to stop with trans. They've realized that they can get away with just about anything if they claim to be protecting "the children." If they roll back gay marriage, they won't stop there either. There is no fucking accommodating these people, they must be defeated & marginalized.

Historian of abolition here, history tells us how we got here, to put it succinctly “John Brown was hanged for treason and Robert E. Lee was not.”

Ok this video was awesome! She’s cheering on Ai in her commencement the room boos her. She goes to continue and says how a few years ago, Ai wasn’t in their lives and the crowd erupts with cheers! Burn it to the ground…

Bezos helped turn off the lights

The deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard a Dutch-operated cruise ship with passengers of 23 nationalities is precisely the type of public health crisis the WHO is designed to tackle. But the U.S. formally left the WHO in January, after 78 years of membership. Read more: nbcnews.to/3RrZLky

Virginia Supreme court has thrown out the voter-passed redistricting referendum, restoring the GOP's seats - the day after Tennessee legislators steamrolled Dems to eliminate the last Dem seat vacourts.gov/static/opini...

Two solo piano compositions of mine were released today, recorded by two wonderful classical pianists: 1) “For My Father” (2021) performed by Sarah Rothenberg youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Breaking: Tennessee Republicans pass new 9-0 gerrymander after SCOTUS destruction of Voting Rights Act eliminating state’s only majority-Black district & last Democratic seat. Splits Memphis, which is 63% Black, into 3 districts to disenfranchise Black voters. Quite literally a return to Jim Crow

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Tonight!

Good gig alert…

The great Wadada Leo Smith and I are giving a free concert at Harvard this Thursday. Come through if you can -- music.fas.harvard.edu/event/artsth...

Israel seized 175 activists from the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters off Greece. Two remain jailed in Israel with no charges filed. Spain and Brazil call the detentions illegal kidnapping.

He's not leaving peacefully or legally, folks. Take him literally and seriously. Also, if he plans on sticking around for 8 years, he should put down the steak, burgers and Diet Cokes.

Roberts isn't racially obtuse, either. He's racially aware and racist.

The real answer isn’t that students decided to shut up. It’s that universities, and a hostile federal government, have expended massive resources trying to ensure they do.

“Sunlight has to travel 93 million miles to reach the Earth, but none of those miles go through the Strait of Hormuz,” says Bill McKibben.

The way you prove it is by going outside

Characters in movies seem real too. But they aren’t

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The Voting Rights Act “was born of the literal blood of Union soldiers and civil rights marchers,” Justice Elena Kagan wrote in her dissent. “Only [the American people] have the right to say it is no longer needed—not the members of this Court.” trib.al/rJRFYHS

This ruling amounts to a nationwide abortion ban. Mifepristone is safe, full stop. This isn’t about science and protecting women, it’s a calculated plot by Republicans obsessed with controlling the private health care decisions of women in America.

oopsies

Leon Botstein resigns as Bard College president - www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley... [gift link] - looks like Bard students won.

just wondering - do we ever see an islamophobic violent act receive “widespread condemnation”?

This is what "nobody is blocked from voting" looks like

Pentagon Makes Deals With A.I. Companies to Expand Classified Work

John Lewis knew in 2005 who John Roberts was and what would happen if he got a seat on the court. Thanks to @takebackthect.bsky.social for the reminder. takebackthecourt.substack.com/p/john-lewis...

This description by @AdamSerwer of the logic of the Alito ruling completing the demolition the Voting Rights is devastating—and right “Trying to disenfranchise Black voters isn’t racist; preventing Louisiana from disenfranchising Black voters is racist.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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The conservative movement is systematically destroying America.

Alito Pens Decision That ‘Eviscerates’ The Voting Rights Act talkingpointsmemo.com/news/alito-c...

Today’s decision gutting the Voting Rights Act is a devastating reminder that if we want to create a fairer democracy - one where Republicans cannot silence entire communities - we need to elect and support state legislators in every state across the country. /1

This Friday at Harvard - “Join us for an evening of new works composed by graduate students in the Creative Practice and Critical Inquiry program.” Paine Hall, 7pm music.fas.harvard.edu/event/cpci-l...

Charlottesville used bookstore’s got game

"Republicans lost a HUGE special election in Florida and now they're determined to CHEAT in the November election by rigging the maps in a back room deal," said one observer.

from 2020, but damn indi.ca/i-lived-thro...

Strictly Ballroom (1992)

Hope you all caught that “p.s.” in the manifesto

ol’ PT Barnum never takes a day off

tale of a “tale of tales” www.allaboutjazz.com/vijay-iyer-q...

I don’t buy any of this at all.

‘I saw the backlash coming’: civil rights activist Kimberlé Crenshaw on America and race

Demand letters to universities, a compact which is nothing more than a loyalty oath, ideologically driven state houses that are ending tenure & collective-bargaining … and you’re going to tell me I should be neutral…There’s no neutrality on a runaway train. @aaup.org www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/u...

“There’s no neutrality on a runaway train.” Shoutout once again to @aaup.org (gift link to the NY Crimes, which pitifully attempts to bothsides this by linking to ‘many [i.e., two] ruminations about the group’s “fall” and “unraveling”’) www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/u...