I know this is very much a longshot, but for any BTS fans in the Boston area, or anyone who just likes a spontaneous concert road trip, our new cat decided we shouldn't leave her to go see the show. DM me if interested! #BTS #BTS_WORLDTOUR_ARIRANG

Trying to take a social media break in order to wrap up a couple big projects, so may not be here much for a while. A mid-year recap, in case you missed it: zines/writing, performances, resources etc. on the role(s) of artists and culture workers during this authoritarian crisis: guante.info/try

Tonight in MPLS: I'll be at "Resistance Remains" at Bethel Lutheran: craft fair and singalong benefiting the Bethel and Columbia Heights Community Funds: www.bethel-mpls.org/resistancere... I'll have books + art bundles: 100% of proceeds from my table goes to the fundraiser (free zines too). 6-9pm.

I'm supposed to be on a social media break but just want to pop in to say that @davigray.com is a visionary, her new show feels like a portal into a fuller and more life-affirming future, and there are still six more dates to catch it: ThisBodyThisFruit.com

Davi Gray (she/they)@davigray.com · last mo.

Circled People's Pride at Powderhorn Park & handed out & dropped off flyers. 500+ distributed so far (over the last couple weeks, not just today 😅) ThisBodyThisFruit.com

Trying to take a social media break in order to wrap up a couple big projects, so may not be here much for a while. A mid-year recap, in case you missed it: zines/writing, performances, resources etc. on the role(s) of artists and culture workers during this authoritarian crisis: guante.info/try

Had a good talk with @justinellis.bsky.social about his new book, The Cruelty of Nice Folks, and racial politics in Minneapolis. He'll be reading at @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social tonight.

When Nice Folks Make Cruel Choices: Journalist Justin Ellis on MN's History of 'Unaccounted for Repression, Rage, Discrimination, and White Supremacy' - Racket

In his book, 'The Cruelty of Nice Folks,' Ellis looks at how when it comes to race, Minneapolis is trapped in cycles of good intentions and failure to follow through.

racketmn.com

Circled People's Pride at Powderhorn Park & handed out & dropped off flyers. 500+ distributed so far (over the last couple weeks, not just today 😅) ThisBodyThisFruit.com

Support the Prairieland Defendants!

DFW Support Committee@dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social · last mo.

With more attention on Prairieland, ppl should share the fundraisers! There are 20 state cases, incl. TERRORISM charges in TX https://bsky.app/profile/dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social/post/3moz66j6y2kwa View our evidence deepdives https://prairielanddefendants.com/what-really-happened-at-prairieland/

Can't believe it's the ten-year anniversary of this album: guante.bandcamp.com/album/post-post-race And more on this quote itself: guante.info/2020/11/22/nottheshark Even in this era of sharks, worth remembering: we need structural change, not just nicer rhetoric:

"When will you be called a domestic terrorist, too? When they killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti, they went on TV and they called them domestic terrorists, the same day, within the hour. When will that happen to you?"

Statement by Benjamin "Champagne" Song - Support the Prairieland Defendants

I don’t hate. I don’t hate anyone. I don’t hate cops. I don’t hate Trump. I don’t hate Nazis. My beliefs are composed thus:

prairielanddefendants.com

Find this sort of rhetoric abhorrent and repulsive to the ideals we share as a state? Doug Chapin is a great candidate running to unseat this bootlicking racist. Volunteer or donate here: cd6dfl.com/candidate

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.

Tom Emmer: "Minnesotans are so afraid that you're gonna call us a racist, you're gonna call us an Islamophobe. You know what? I'm done being even the least bit careful. Somalis don't assimilate. And if they don't assimilate, then they should go the hell back to where they came from."

Last call: workshop is at 7pm ct tonight. Sign up before 3pm ct to get the link to attend. Narrative-shifting is something we can contribute to even when the actual policy changes we want feel far off. Narrative is never "enough," but policy and narrative are always in conversation with each other.

Kyle Tran Myhre@guante.info · 2mo ago

June 25: I'll be facilitating a virtual workshop exploring how poets and other creative writers can contribute to narrative-shifting/shaping work. It's part of @buttonpoetry.bsky.social's running "Button Up" series. Register: buttonpoetry.com/product/button-up-poetry-101/

Liz Soto and Savanna Batten are 2 of those sentenced to 50 years in prison for Prairieland. I visited them in a north Texas jail—11 months into their incarceration over a July 4 noise demo—to meet the Trump admin’s “Antifa terrorists”. from behind glass, Soto said, “They didn’t like my book club.”

‘This is injustice’: how leftist zines were used to sentence anti-ICE protesters to decades in prison

Advocates sound alarm after zines were used as evidence to convict protesters of terrorism charges tied to 2025 protest at Texas ICE facility

theguardian.com

Trump wants to make an example out of the Prairieland defendants, so we need to make an example out of them in the opposite way. We need to hold them close and not let the state claim they are the "bad protestors" who fought against fascism "inappropriately."

New this year: for those who can’t or don’t wish to call our story hotline or attend one of our events, you can now submit a written version of your story of queer and trans mutual aid in Minnesota at wehelpusmn.com

So delighted and thankful to be featured. 💖 I'm currently working on: - beading - a few essays/newsletters: virtuistic.beehiiv.com/ - a novel (trilogy probs 😭) - some poems inspired by @guante.info's awesome async course : guante.info/anthemic/ - and watercolor pencil and powder paint experiments

🏳️‍⚧️Sidian Sonne🏳️‍⚧️@sidiansonne.bsky.social · last mo.

It's Day 22 of featuring #LGBTQ+ #artist and #smallbusiness folx for #Pride! Today, I'm featuring @virtuistic.bsky.social, who is a #writer and artist! linktr.ee/virtuistic #queer #bi #bipride #disabled

Community Dinner! Food by El Taco Torro food truck, Rollin Nolen's BBQ truck, Lil Dipper Ice Cream truck. Money paid to Lil Dipper will go to support an immigrant family being forced to leave the country. Donations to cover costs can be made here: www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...

My most recent newsletter: video of our performance at No Kings 3, info on my upcoming virtual writing workshop, a deep dive into the poetry of the new Olivia Rodrigo album, fundraiser link for the 15 MN organizers currently being persecuted, and more:

Bruce Springsteen, Olivia Rodrigo, and The Future

Video of our performance at No Kings 3, an upcoming virtual workshop offering, and more.

guante.ghost.io

#Juneteenth reminds us that emancipation did not arrive because the founders carved an ever-widening path toward freedom & justice for all. It came because enslaved people resisted, abolitionists organized, & mass struggle forced a break from status quo. Read ⬇️ www.zinnedproject.org/news/junetee...

Juneteenth: Teaching Outside the Textbook

Juneteenth — June 19th, also known as Emancipation Day — is one of the commemorations of people seizing their freedom from slavery in the United States. Yet, if the right wing has its way, it will be ...

zinnedproject.org

I wrote about the astounding indictment of 15 people in Minnesota now charged with an alleged criminal conspiracy against ICE, and what federal prosecutors’ wild “who posted what on Signal when,” “who said what on the ‘Anarchist Speaking Tour’” claims are meant to do:

Trump’s DOJ Is Trying So Hard to Scare People Away From Protesting ICE

Federal prosecutors just leveled sweeping charges against 15 Minnesotans for allegedly conspiring to stop ICE. The charges may not succeed, but a conviction isn’t what the feds are really after.

newrepublic.com

Thanks @racketmn.com for sharing our song “worthy of the stone” alongside some other good ones. There are 3 different versions of the song (including a whole different mix we performed at No Kings 3 in March); the video in the article is the one we did over the club beat from Andor:

Where Are All the Protest Songs? On Our Latest Best New Music Playlists. - Racket

5 great new local songs, 5 great new songs from everywhere else, and fuckin' Drake.

racketmn.com

Fundraiser for the 15 folks in Minnesota indicted yesterday for anti-ICE organizing, from a vetted source: chuffed.org/project/1865...

Legal Defense Fund for MN Anti-ICE Organizers

On the morning of June 16th 2026, fifteen anti-ICE organizers were arrested in aggressive raids across the Twin Cities.

chuffed.org

I've been a performer for almost 20 years, but I've never had a very robust rider. Basically just "I'll bring my own water bottle, thanks." But I've had to add a bit to address AI. Do not generate promo images with AI. Do not intro me using a bio you got via chatGPT. I can just give you that stuff!

New @monicatrinidad.bsky.social video on “the problems that artists face when it comes to getting paid fairly and some tips on how artists can better advocate for themselves and each other.” Especially for those of who do movement work. The whole series is worth a watch:

Artists are workers | getting paid to make art for social change

YouTube video by Monica Trinidad

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New @aritison.bsky.social book, "Together We See" is out now: "Inspired by real-world missing, dead, and attacked Indigenous activists, award-winning author Ari Tison writes her first novel in prose... a propulsive story full of grief, environmental justice, and the fight for retribution."

Together We See

Check out Together We See - <p>★ <b>"</b>An adrenaline rush-inducing must-read." --<i>School Library Journal, </i>starred review<br>★ "A powerful and moving depiction of seeking justice amid mourning....

bookshop.org

To every person who was observing the illegal actions committed by ICE and who supported our immigrant community, please know we have your back. Jason Chavez 2/

“what to say to the police” by guante & big cats: music and full lyrics here:

What to Say to the Police, by Guante and Big Cats

from the album All Dressed Up, No Funeral

guanteandbigcats.bandcamp.com

For any other writing teachers and/or liner notes nerds out there, I shared a few thoughts, discussion questions, and writing prompts inspired by the new Olivia Rodrigo album, which is... a very rich text. IG version: instagram.com/p/DZnhr5AFT__/?img_index=1 Blog version: guante.info/prettysad

new Olivia Rodrigo album is excellent from start to finish, but “stupid song” in particular is going to be an absolute karaoke showstopper