I have called my representatives and demanded that they stand up for Ilhan Omar. It's not just the proximity to an election. If Trump is able to weaponize DHS/DOJ to take out sitting members of Congress without backlash, that's it, that's the whole game.

Fuck this guy. Curse his evil heart.

𝕊𝕒𝕝𝕥𝕪𝔹𝕚𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖𝕤@saltybitchables.bsky.social · 9mo ago

This is Brenden Cuni of New Rochelle, NY, an ICE agent who was seen earlier brutalizing a pregnant woman in Minneapolis, MN. As reported by I_May_Have_Weed I hope his family is proud of him. #FuckICE #FucktRump #Pinks #ProudBlue

NYC's Mayor should keep his campaign promise to fund our libraries: half a percent of the overall city budget for libraries! I wrote a letter to the City Council saying libraries serve communities in ways other institutions don't. Hope you'll write one too: actionnetwork.org/letters/city...

City Council, we demand half a percent of the overall city budget for libraries!

In response to the NYC FY2026 Budget, adopted this June, the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, and the Queens Public Library released a joint statement thanking City Leaders for in...

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Grateful to @amylittlefield.bsky.social for writing a short zine re: her book Killers of Roe that we were able to share with all teach-in participants yesterday. I am linking the PDF here for others who might want to read it: drive.google.com/file/d/1NKVy...

Calling all NYC artists — painters, filmmakers, poets, musicians and more! Did you know our city provides grants to support your work every year? And this year, we're DOUBLING the amount — from $5,000 up to $10,000 per artist! Deadlines are approaching fast — apply today at nyc.gov/artistgrants.

They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.

Oriana González@oriana.bsky.social · 2w ago

SCOOP: White House officials, led by Susie Wiles, have told DOJ to delay any abortion-related action until after the midterms Wiles suggested to Todd Blanche that an aggressive approach on abortion would be negative for the GOP in November @washingtonsun.com www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/ab...

My book will be out in the world before I know it! Want to celebrate with me? All welcome - RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Learn how to answer reference research letters PSLN gets from people who are incarcerated and seeking research info. [remote volunteer opportunity] - October 7 training 7 to 9 pm ET - www.instagram.com/p/DdwdAWjlJS...

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I have a bunch of uprooted oak seedlings in water. Does anyone have any resources/knowledge about how I might turn them into bonsais?

My neighbor's sukkah blew away

literally started laughing when he says "shame on you." like be so for real

Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · 3w ago

Netanyahu directly attacks Zohran Mamdani (and his wife) from the UNGA podium, calling him the "antisemitic mayor of New York City," parroting The Free Press's stories about Rama Duwaji, tying Mamdani to Hasan Piker, and claiming the mayor is "buddies" with Hamas.

Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.

It's opening night of the New York Art Book Fair today. It will be crowded so if you don't like crowds come on a different day. Visit our table (Sojourners for Justice Press) if you do come.

NYABF 2026

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Despite losing movement on his left side and having a bullet lodged next to his spine, ICE has forced Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez out of the hospital and back to the South Texas ICE Processing Center in Pearsall, Texas. It is nothing more than a prison.

if a man called me his muse I would show him his own guts

Jana H-S (she, like a knife)@jana-aych-ess.bsky.social · last mo.

"muse" [spits on ground] noun. a word used by old men to romanticize their predation of children

Could new bus shelter roofs help New Yorkers stay cool in extreme heat? We're testing a few in Brownsville to find out: a green roof covered with native plants, and reflective roofs covered with low-cost, heat-resilient film.

Requires an app or access card. And, "Audio warnings come at five and eight minutes. At the 10-minute mark, lights flash, and an announcement warns that the door will open. Throne co-founder and COO Jessica Heinselman said users then get roughly another 30 seconds." www.amny.com/news/nyc-new...

Game of ‘Thrones’: NYC is getting 17 new public bathrooms, with digital entry and a 10-minute limit | amNewYork

New Yorkers desperate for a place to go are getting 17 new public bathrooms across the five boroughs, but the high-tech system meant to keep them clean and

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A Philadelphia family just bought their first home with a $10,000 first-time homebuyer grant funded by a group of Quakers It’s part of the congregation’s racial justice plan to redistribute wealth to Black residents in the Germantown area as a form of reparations

A Philly family bought their first home thanks to reparations from Quakers in Germantown

Green Street Friends Meeting, a Quaker congregation in Germantown, pledged to spend $50,000 a year for 10 years as part of its reparations work. It’s helping Black Philadelphians become homeowners.

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Please feat your ears and eyes on a music video for a track that attempts to express the disharmony in my head! youtu.be/N8X8ZJ4CVtU?...

What Me Worry? (Official Music Video)

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Individual trans people NEVER have to shut up and accept disrespect. Never. The people who need to shut up and stop disrespecting trans people are the POWERFUL and these include fucking elected officials. GET IT STRAIGHT IN YOUR MINDS.

today would have been a perfect day, on the 25th anniversary of 9/11, t o dismantle DHS, dismantle ICE, and dismantle the surveillance state.

All you have to know is the information that was released this week about the city KNOWING that the air was toxic and UNSAFE almost immediately after 9/11 and hiding it to push people to "get back to work." This is a distillation of post 9/11. Add MILLIONS of dead people across the world etc...

The NY Art Book Fair is this month from 9/24 to 9/27. It's the largest art book fair in the world. Sojourners for Justice Press will be tabling. @netabomani.com and I will also be presenting during a Classroom Session on 9/25 from 3 to 4 pm. Join us! nyabf2026.printedmatterartbookfairs.org

Fighting for libraries is fighting fascism. Fascists hate libraries. They hate freely shared access to knowledge. They hate community, and what they are doing to children in Arkansas is a step along the path to doing this nationwide to everyone. DON'T LET THEM. GET INVOLVED IN YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY.

Alex Ip 葉清霖@alexip718.com · last mo.

Jesus Christ: after a recent ruling by the Eighth Circuit that allowed Act 372 to take effect, an Arkansas county has banned all children from checking out any books in the adult section, bringing home any DVDs, or using the self-checkout kiosk in its public libraries.

Read the latest publication from @librariesftp.bsky.social. Fresh off the press, this project was led by my brilliant comrade Azani, designed by @kruttika.bsky.social, and helped by a handful of research volunteers. www.librariesforthepeople.org/snapshots

City Snapshots — For The People

Did you know that Las Cruces, New Mexico spends 870 times more on policing than libraries? Our new publication, Budgets Are Values, gives an overview of how 15 public library systems are funded, gover...

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NYC! Are you curious about how the rightwing successfully overturned Roe v. Wade? Are you wondering how organizers and advocates are thinking about what comes next? Join us Oct 3 for a teach-in with the authors of two excellent books on abortion. Register at: bit.ly/ICabortionteachin

holy crap, this is an amazing result!

Ada Palmer@adapalmer.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A tetanus-diphtheria vaccine that doesn’t need a fridge has passed its first human trial. UK scientists reformulated a licensed shot using trehalose, the sugar that lets desert plants survive without water, keeping it stable for up to two years at 30°C. Gavi buff.ly/1kNIUHB #ShareGoodNewsToo

I wrote about the reason why tangible art that involves complete human participation will always be more beneficial and effective to the viewer than anything AI can generate. theartsandeducation.com/2026/01/10/m...

Machine Unlearning

The art classroom offers students a unique way of interdisciplinary learning, which is experiential, experimental and enriching for personal and social development. Students are immersed in both cr…

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May her memory be for a blessing. Dolly Parton's lasting legacy of humanity and kindness will continue to shine like a diamond in a rhinestone world.

(spo)okie 🎃@okie.gay · 2mo ago

Texas’s drag ban was found to be unconstitutional this morning and one of the plaintiffs who brought the suit was an Austin-based drag queen who often impersonates Dolly Dolly was named in the final judgement itself and after hearing about the lawsuit, she sent that drag queen a signed guitar

[Exit Queen.]