NEW DISTRO ALERT! Well, renewed distro alert. We’ll be back at The Potter’s House distributing supplies to our unhoused neighbors & anyone else who needs them every other week starting this coming Saturday! We’re thrilled to be collaborating again & connecting with more neighbors!

If you aren’t already giving to mutual aid, now is the time.

The first two episodes of the revival of Reading Rainbow have nearly 500,000 views each 🤯 Do you know how cool that is for literacy, for book joy?! We are all worthy of reading, we are all readers 💚 And NOW episode three is out! Take a look, it’s in a book 📚🌈🦋 youtu.be/e4VIV48ZB0M?feature=shared

Up to some scary anteefa anarchy shenanigans! (dropping off a bunch of supplies to a comrade for a distro to unhoused neighbors next weekend)

If showing up in community today felt great, imagine how cool it would be to always be working on building new worlds & resisting fascism! Wherever you are, there’s probably projects to plug into. If there isn’t, you can get together with some friends or even just by yourself & start doing things.

In this country, we have no kings. MEET US TODAY at 11 AM at John Marshall Park to rally as part of No Kings: DC Rising. Together we'll make it clear that the people of DC are joyful, powerful, and we have what it takes to win. See you there. #NoKings

Fall fun for the whole family! 🍂 Join us for the Woodridge Library Fall Festival on Sunday, Oct. 19, 1–5 p.m. 📍Woodridge Library & Langdon Park 🎃 Pick your own pumpkin 🛼 Roller skating 🎨 Crafts, music, bumper cars & more!

… but people are homeless because of “mental health.” Mmkay.

John Roberts: Eliminating racial discrimination means eliminating all of it. Brett Kavanaugh: Totes. *immigrants being profiled by ICE enter the chat* Roberts Court: Yeah but I didn't mean like that. The cops can definitely still arrest you because you're brown. Kav: *chugs beer in agreement*

Give what you can 🙏🏿

It is WILD how many big city mayors think the point of their city is for suburban drivers to crash through them as fast and callously as possible. What a breath of fresh air to imagine a mayor who actually likes their city and the people who live there.

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This morning I was filming ICE abducting sometime in Petworth. One of the agents told me "the last US citizen that did this he put in cuffs all the way to the courtroom".

even in more left-leaning circles, the National Guard discourse seems to suck a lot of air away from what other agencies are doing

Until Kipekee came along, Wamata was the favourite at our Nairobi Nursery. Initially, we witnessed sibling rivalry, but over time, she has changed her tune. In a sign of progress, Wamata even allowed Kipekee to play with her in the dust one day, engaging in gentle trunk touches: swt.bio/wamata

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ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents. Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time. He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone. Houston, Texas

A note and a caution about “planting season.” @visionandjustice

We remain concerned about the wrongful firing of Karen Attiah and continued cuts to the Opinions sections, including layoffs of five Guild members. We asked Post leaders to affirm their commitment to free speech and due process. Now you can, too: actionnetwork.org/letters/wash...

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion. As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) says he has been denied 4 times to see what is going on inside the Broadview, IL ICE facility: "Something's going on in there that they don't want us to see. I don't know what it is, but all Americans should be asking the same question."

[Me, a poor, on the subway, glowering jealously at all those fat cat, fancy pants rich people on the public bus]

More street vendors taken by ICE today, according to rapid response team & neighborhood reports. Masked men arrested one of Pilsen’s longtime tamal vendors near Damen and 21st Pl, by Chase. Those ladies are very loved by the community. I bought tamales from her many times.

They are not planning "a violent crackdown" on 10.18. What they are doing is sending a signal to their shock troops to try to cause havoc. But those shock troops will be vastly outnumbered. Go out and protest freely. Do not be cowed.

Continuing to capitulate to the White House over fears of retribution is just wild logic in a time when armed troops are already on our streets & feds are snatching up any Black & brown person they come across.

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight. Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

Last week, Daniel was involuntarily committed during an encampment eviction. He was almost instantly released, but most of his belongings were destroyed. This is a common tactic used in this city to clear encampments. www.gofundme.com/f/daniel-kin... Help him get some stuff back. Donate if able!

I know we’re making jokes cause shit is terrifying & we’re coping… but this shit is real. Solidarity with Mark Bray, who has done tremendous research on fascism that has informed our struggle. Wishing you & your family safety.

Data centers are receiving billions in state tax exemptions. These centers, many owned by Big Tech giants, are driving up electric bills and sucking up huge amounts of water. AI is boosting the stock portfolios of the richest Americans while everyone else pays the price.

I know it’s not technically polite, but I love having a conversation with other people who are comfortable with short interjecting interruptions. To me it makes the conversation feel more like something we’re weaving together rather than alternating individual presentations. It feels more alive.

Soon after purchasing a home in Anacostia, Meche Martinez was invited to a small gathering to talk about a development project that her neighbors feared would price them out. That organizing would shape her career — and change lives in her neighborhood:

Johnson: "He has defunded our education system. He has defunded our transportation system. He's firing black women across this country. He's defunding our healthcare system. This president is absolutely out of control... Chicago is going to stand firm in protecting humanity."

In a fight between Pritzker and and police, who is going to win? This is what happens when both parties allowed law enforcement to become one of the most powerful political actors in the country -- a taxpayer-funded political movement that wants to kill people.

My dearest Gertrude, I fear I shall not make it home. This war has ravaged our supplies and broken our will. We arrived with weapons, purpose, and a directive. Yet at every turn, we are mocked. Belittled. I have never experienced an insult so great in a war zone Send my best to the children

"Antler River RPG Trade, a zine that caters to role-playing enthusiasts [in London, Ontario]… Proceeds from the zine goes to the fight against homelessness."

these people are governing by fiat -- and not arbitrarily. if there is any lesson from the past, it's that when we are through this (whether that's in 1 year or 10 years), we have to pursue justice for everyone harmed and that means accountability for literally everyone perpetuating this disaster.

“We’re already seeing drought stress, with half the mature oaks in the valley dead,” Palma said. “The wall will only accelerate the collapse. You lose the trees, you lose the shade. The creek dries, the habitat dies. It’s a cascade of ecological devastation.” azluminaria.org/2025/10/07/a...

All of this admin’s attempts to erase queer, trans, neurodivergent, and disabled kids (+ other marginalized identities) make me so sad. I keep thinking that if someone can’t handle the possibility of who their child may become without trying to change them, then they aren’t ready to be a parent.

The Hopi Tribe received a multimillion-dollar federal grant to install solar panels and battery storage systems for hundreds of homes. But the Trump administration has canceled the funding.

After Columbia canceled my course on race and media, and Washington Poat fired me for speaking about race and violence, I’m teaching about race and media anyway! @resistanceschool.bsky.social fall session on Race, Media and International Affairs starts tonight! 600+ signups. We move!! ✊🏾

1. 4 months ago, The Supreme Court gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education in schools. Now, in Montgomery County, Maryland, where the case originated, the results are in. Only 43 families out of 160,000 students have exercised that new right. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Link to register still open 👀👀👀

Parker's bills are an interesting contrast to some of the Republican-sponsored bills making their way through Congress that would stiffen penalties for juvenile crime and lower the age at which juveniles can be prosecuted as adults.

Liberals and Democrats will call for "funding local police" as a way to solve the problem of DHS/ ICE and no one will think about the fact that this is how we got here.

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet. After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵

Among other weird things about this Tilly Norwood situation, it’s surreal being a trans woman and watching anti-trans conservatives defend the use of an AI-generated “actress” that would take away work from women in Hollywood. It’s almost as though they never really cared about women.

I am once again calling on state governors to mobilize their National Guards to escort congressmembers into ICE facilities so they can DO THEIR LAWFULLY ASSIGNED FEDERAL DUTIES

Presidents? SCOTUS gives them immunity. Corporations? SCOTUS makes it easier for them to pollute. Billionaires? SCOTUS says they can buy elections. But if you look Latino, speak Spanish, or work at a low wage job, SCOTUS says you can be abducted by masked agents. The legacy of the Roberts court.

fuckin disgusting

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