This is too funny. You know possums are know for playing dead. With a mirror, they can even scare themselves into it.

"We found that at least 150 institutions of higher ed... are using Flock’s surveillance network.. many campus police departments have facilitated immigration related investigations, even when they are located in sanctuary states and are legally prohibited from doing so" by @torinmonahan.bsky.social

Flock on campus: university police as appendages of a national policing apparatus

Dangerous new forms of networked surveillance are gaining traction with police departments across the United States. One popular example is Flock Safety’s Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR)...

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Thanks for sharing, Kelly! We can all try to take care of each other.

Puff the Magic Hater@mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 2mo ago

My friend @atenaoyadi.bsky.social has been helping people protect their lungs during the air quality emergency.

Tonight (Wednesday, 7/8) at sunset, vigil and altar-build for Nolan Wells and all that we carry. “The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.” —James Baldwin

Puff the Magic Hater@mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Poet and organizer Atena Danner, a good friend of mine, is hosting a vigil for Nolan Wells tonight in Evanston, at Lee St Beach, at 7:45 pm. The event will honor and center the grief of Black parents. I can't be there, but I hope others will consider attending.

My latest published in @truthout.org and the @theappeal.org. Delaney Hall detainees: “We deserve to be free and to complete the process at home with our families. We demand freedom, a fair trial, and for our rights to be respected.”

Everyone Has a Role to Play in Supporting the Strike at Delaney Hall ICE Jail

The uprising at Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey, has become a focal point for broader resistance to ICE.

truthout.org

Creative Reflections: Reading, Writing, Listening & Talking 6/12/26

Creative Reflections: Reading, Writing, Listening & Talking 6/12/26

Hey loves - it's been a minute! I hope you've been doing okay. Today was a 12 hours on Zoom kind of day. But the day got progressively more fulfilling, which is pretty awesome. This format gathers…

blog.atenadannercreative.com

hyperallergic.com/danielle-mck...

Danielle Mckinney's Portraits of Black Women at Rest

Each figure in her paintings luxuriates in the dreaminess of space belonging to her and her alone.

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May is Mental Health Awareness Month. It is also MATERNAL Mental Health Awareness Month. UUANI’s Exec Director Natasha Walker has been touring UU congregations across IL and on Mothers Day delivered this poignant reflection about ‘Mothering Madness’ and the crisis of unsupported parenting in the US.

For Mental Health Awareness Month: Mothering Madness — UUANI

“We were told we could have it all. My prototype was Claire Huxtable—elegant, successful, and effortlessly managing a household of rambunctious, brilliant, and well behaved children. But the reality…

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"A vote for me is a vote to abolish ICE." "A vote for me is a vote to close the camps where tens of thousands of people the regime abducted are captive without trial." "A vote for me is a vote to lower your healthcare premiums." "A vote for me is a vote to stop killing school kids abroad."

More of this, please. Thinking also remains sine qua non of good {sociologizing, coding, software engineering, ...}

Nathan Kalman-Lamb@nkalamb.bsky.social · 4mo ago

UC Berkeley Law creates new AI policy that bans AI for "conceptualizing, outlining, drafting, revising, translating, or editing any work submitted for credit" or exams because "thinking remains the sine qua non of good lawyering (and of a quality legal education)." That's what I'm talking about.

My friend Sama'a is trying to find food and milk for her young children, and every day it is both scarcer and more expensive. Please give what you can to help. chuffed.org/project/1575...

Help Baha and his family rebuild their home and meet their d

Lying on my back feeling helpless and powerless, I decided to tell you my story from the beginning.

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Cåråbine à Citron 🍋@carabinacitron.eurosky.social · 4mo ago

In Gaza…suffering is no longer just a passing news item, but a daily reality. Hungry children, endless fear, and needs beyond their capacity to bear. Any donation—even a small one—can provide food, medicine, or hope to a family struggling to survive. chuffed.org/project/1575...

This year, we‘re celebrating 25 years of publishing books for changing the world! 🌻 We’re so grateful to @ollycostello.bsky.social for this beautiful new illustration. Another world is possible if we fight for it.

All that caterwauling over students peacefully setting up tents on lawns meanwhile it's the admin actually committing the violence.

Dan Hirschman@asociologist.bsky.social · 5mo ago

“Video footage obtained by The Sun shows Students for a Democratic Cornell members Aiden Vallecillo ’26 and Hudson Athas ’27 being struck by the car. In the video, no person can be seen touching the vehicle before it drove into Vallecillo and Athas.” www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...

@gulabjammin.bsky.social 💕

May Day Strong in Chicago!

“Lucy Parsons will have her revenge on Chicago” My 2nd favorite sign!

Stranded delivery robot along the May Day march in Chicago.

“That’s because we fucking joined this union. This never would have happened had we not banded together for a whole year.” @thomasbirm.bsky.social reports how tenants won a new contract from their out-of-state landlord. inthesetimes.com/article/kent...

In Gaza, the effects of war do not end when the bombing stops. A silent health crisis is emerging among pregnant women and their children. Since the start of Israel’s assault, maternity wards have reported alarming increases in miscarriages, premature births, and rare congenital disabilities.

War Pollutants May Be Poisoning a Generation of Mothers and Their Babies in Gaza

The impact of war goes beyond immediate destruction, quietly shaping the health of future generations.

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Senators will vote on two historic resolutions to block US bombs and bulldozers to Israel. Use this tool to call your Senators and urge them to block the $660 million weapons shipment. Make a call here: www.imeupolicyproject.org/stop-deliver...

TAKE ACTION: Call Your Senators to Stop Arming Israel — IMEU Policy Project

Senators will vote on two historic resolutions to block US bombs and bulldozers to Israel. Call them now and urge them to vote YES.

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I feel like now would be a GREAT time to collectively admit that talented men’s careers are not worth more than the lives/souls of the women who actually make their work possible. “But his work…!” Is a self-fulfilling prophesy that we ourselves breathe life into. We can change that story.

I wonder - is @united.com making their Asheville agents run between check-in and the gates so they can work both desks. I hope not, but I’ve never had to wait for 30 mins because no one was there. Is United Airlines struggling? Not mad at the agents; this is SYSTEMIC. Everywhere is understaffed.

“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist.” Your quarterly reminder that James Baldwin did not say this…

James Baldwin Said 'We Can Disagree and Still Love Each Other'?

James Baldwin has a few talented intellectual heirs.

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Libraries are spaces where people can gather without spending money, learn together, and build the kind of shared intellectual life that authoritarianism seeks to destroy.

Why Libraries Matter in a Fascist Moment

“If we lose this as a public good and as a free public service, we will have lost everything,” says Mariame Kaba.

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If able, please consider supporting Rochelle, a beloved local Black nonbinary disabled friend, artist, and dedicated community member, who is desperately trying to move forward after the end of an abusive relationship, with limited family support, health challenges, debt, etc! 🙏🏾 gofund.me/71a5933e2

Donate to Invisibly Disabled Black Non-Binary Artist Needing Support, organized by Rochelle Richardson

I am an Invisibly Disabled, Neurodivergent, Non-Binary Black … Rochelle Richardson needs your support for Invisibly Disabled Black Non-Binary Artist Needing Support

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