Looking forward to this era's Harper Letter 👀

This title is a nightmare. As though all the authoritarian government-led reputation of campus protests supporting Palestinians just....Didn't happen.

DEAR AI CALL CENTER: I JUST WANT TO TALK TO A REPRESENTATIVE. IF I WANTED TO DO ALL THE SHIT YOU'VE JUST TAKEN 30 MINUTES TO RULE OUT, I WOULD'VE DONE IT ONLINE

No longer needed?? The problem has only gotten worse. 2024 was the deadliest year for police killings on record. Before that it was 2023. Before that, 2022....and onward. Deeply frustrated by the popular narrative that there was deep change for Black people following 2020.

Federal agents in DC have been starting dangerous car cases for small stuff like tinted windows. The chases violate DC police policy. Out of 10 cases, six ended in a crash. One car had a minor in back. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Did you miss Sandy and Nora at Mayworks this year? Don’t fret they have posted the two episode recordings including the Q and A session live from Mayworks. Visit the link in our bio to listen 👂 @sandela.bsky.social @nolore.bsky.social

High praise. Thank you!

I was raised to see police as "the good guys." But the witness of the wounded and the weight of history tells another story. As a minister, I’m called to challenge systems that oppress. *Defund* dares us to imagine justice beyond policing. @sandela.bsky.social @pantheonbooks.bsky.social #defund

It is important to note that the police did NOTHING to prevent or stop the mass shooting in Manhattan. We need other strategies than sending SWAT teams after everyone (including the shooter) is already dead.

U.S. military veteran Anthony Aguilar, who worked as a security contractor at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation sites, says he was horrified by war crimes being carried out against starving Palestinians. "The sites have not only become death traps, they were designed as death traps."

Trump is like please hate these Black people. don’t worry about the Epstein files. you all hate Black people, remember?

I used to be a producer on one of Canada’s flagship daily politics shows. We choose the order of segments. The topics for panels. The guests. When a topic leads those shows for days or weeks on end, it forces the government to act. Use your power to end these horrors 💔

Unimaginably horrifying

Check out my latest in Refinery29: Why The "Defund The Police" Movement Is Still Necessary share.google/EZpMHbpSPMsI...

Rümeysa Öztürk describes the library in the prison where she was held for 45 days for co-authoring an op-ed

PSA: Bagged popcorn is a scam

I do not want to earn "points" on paying rent

“If you're waiting for somebody else to take the mantle of calling out injustice—perhaps that person is you.” @sandela.bsky.social joins @peggynash.bsky.social on Activists Make History to talk about organizing for racial justice and the roots of BLM–Toronto. 🎙️ Listen: perspectivesjournal.ca

I, as an African-American, do not care how Zohran Kwame Mamdani identifies. But I do care about how Blackness is such a proprietary category for white people that their surveillance of us becomes such an internecine battle.

I wonder if we invite them to invade us if they will finally be our friend.

What an incredibly stupid take. Public services don't need to 'break even' or focus on profits.

Lol at the constitutional part of my legal education quickly becoming irrelevant

If you stare long into the decisis, the decisis begins to stare back at you.

Heads up, Toronto—Sandy Hudson (@sandela.bsky.social) is going to be at the Hot Docs Cinema on June 22, talking about her new book, Defund: Black Lives, Policing and Safety For All, a book that couldn't be more timely and necessary. Tix going fast: hotdocs.ca/whats-on/fil...

How embarrassing. How depraved.

Recommended Reading 📚 “Defund: Black Lives, Policing, and Safety for All” By Sandy Hudson @sandela.bsky.social @pantheonbooks.bsky.social “Provides a powerful analysis that reveals the harsh truth that policing produces neither safety nor justice.” Alex S. Vitale @alexvitale.bsky.social

Fewer officers and crime fell significantly during this period. crimjj.wordpress.com/2025/05/19/b...

The show is sold out tonight and there is a waiting list for tickets ... and we are going to get as many chairs as we are legally allowed to ... wow wow wow.

Heyyyyyy

"Full term"? What? It's a projected minority 🤨

Hahaha

Who could have predicted Trump would end up being the Liberal campaign's MVP?

The view from the air

Folks we almost made it. And regardless of who wins, things are going to get worse. We talk about how, while making you laugh, in this week's episode of Sandy and Nora: The Home Stretch. sandyandnora.com/episode-319-...

@rolandsmartin.bsky.social did a brilliant interview today with @sandela.bsky.social the writer of "Defund: Black Lives, Policing and Safety for All". Well worth a watch!

Just finished recording with @sandela.bsky.social. This week, we talk about crime and punishment, and how the Liberals are cribbing the Tories in their crime platform, while the Tories arw cribbing the Republicans. It's all very bad.

My book launch is TONIGHT @skylightbooks.bsky.social in Los Feliz at 7pm. Details below!

I'm only here to tell 🇨🇦 folks to please diversify the media you consume and add @sandela.bsky.social & @nolore.bsky.social to that list. The only media keeping me sane this election season is this podcast. 🙏🏽 Media's abject failure #sandyAndNoraTalkPolitics podcastaddict.com/sandy-and-no...

Our weekly post for @dailykos.com /Black Kos of books published this week of interest to Black readers (but also recommended for ALL readers!): www.dailykos.com/comments/231... A short list this week. Authors and illustrators who are on Bluesky listed in the comment 🧵 #Booksky #blackbooksky

@sandela.bsky.social @nolore.bsky.social tickets 🎟️ www.simpletix.com/e/sandy-nora...

Hello Monday! Joining @zerlinamaxwell.bsky.social: Co-Author of BURNOUT: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle Amelia Nagoski + Author of DEFUND: Black Lives, Policing and Safety for All @sandela.bsky.social! ☎️ 866-997-4748 📻 @siriusxmprog.bsky.social Ch. 127 siriusxm.us/Zerlina

The internet could've been perfect

I solemnly pledge to never let a Waymo merge

I'll just chime in to say that Black hair has been policed for eons so you don't need to go all the way to North Korea for this. It's as American as apple pie.

“How long will I be here?” “I don’t know your case,” the man said. “Could be days. Could be weeks. But I’m telling you right now – you need to mentally prepare yourself for months.”

I can't stand CBC's The Current's partisan political panels. It's just tired talking point after desperate talking point. We deserve better

Yep.

Increasingly confident I live in a cartoon