Last night @pier17.bsky.social, Jesse Welles was incredible, once again. And we were treated to a new terrific artist, Steph Strings, who opened the show! #masksoff
Robin G. Isserles
@robingisserles.bsky.social
Sociologist, Proud CC faculty, Research on higher ed and social justice. Lover of wildflowers and jazz. Author, The Costs of Completion: Student Success in Community College (JHU Press, 2021) https://www.robingisserles.com/
This is what we need to be doing. each and every day… #WEARETHEFUCKINGJUDGE
Soraya Nadia McDonald@soraya.press · 6d ago"WE THE FUCKING JUDGE SON" New York, I love you. I love you so fucking much. Via wali_talks on IG
Love everything @naomiaklein.bsky.social writes. Looking forward to the new book with @astra.bsky.social, End Times Fascism. “Wealth Rapture” — pure brilliance. Follow her!! open.substack.com/pub/naomikle...
SpaceX Isn’t a Company. It’s a Metaphor for the Rapture of the Super Rich
Here's why wealth and fascism are a package deal
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A group of #Epstein survivors are urging the Senate to reject #ToddBlanche's attorney general nomination in public service announcement. The Department of Justice has repeatedly defended its handling of the release of the #Epstein files. www.youtube.com/shorts/mVCaN...
A few words on the passing of South Carolina Sen. Lindsay Graham, who spent the last ten years of his life eagerly helping Donald Trump in his quest to destroy American democracy. youtu.be/z4HMequIiiY
What is there to say about Lindsay Graham?
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Okay.. weekend just got infinitely better… the new Allison Russell album is out. #inthehourofchaos On repeat…
Love the work of @amandamarcotte.bsky.social Tax the billionaire class out of existence, pls
Amanda Marcotte@amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 4w agoTaylor Swift and the Empire State couple both disrupted NYC life with their romantic gestures. Swift was way worse, but she got the red carpet while the Empire couple got arrested. It's further proof that we need to tax billionaires out of existence. www.salon.com/2026/07/08/t...
there is a cohort of men who resent the responsibilities and obligations of adulthood — of the fact that you owe things to other people. it is a fundamentally childish impulse that they have reconfigured as the height of masculinity, and i think it informs the parasocial attraction to platner.
Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 4w agowhat a fucking asshole
I 💙 nothing more than artists doing their art in protest.. Muchas gracias, Margo Price and all who joined her on this one… music.mxdwn.com/2026/07/03/n...
Margo Price Drops Surprise Protest Album Days Of Unrest Featuring Joan Baez, Billy Swan & Memphis Mariachi -
Country singer-songwriter Margo Price has surprise-released her new protest mixtape, Days Of Unrest, arriving just ahead of the Fourth of July weekend. The nine-track collection blends original materi...
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SUNY and CUNY colleagues, please read, sign, and share… c.org/WD5Mhrd4
Sign the Petition
The State of Shared Governance: Independence Day 2026
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Mandatory reading for the holiday, comrades…. “And that meaning, as we understand it, flows less from the men who signed it than from those who heard its words and took ownership of them as a standard for their freedom and independence — not from Britain, but from bondage” @jamellebouie.net
Opinion | Five Words That Changed America
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Nope. Just unfollowed EZ.. hadn’t been listening as much, but giving Rufo a platform is a bridge too far…. I’ll stick to @revealnews.org , @haveyouheard.bsky.social, Unruly Subjects, and a few other goodies.
Hey higher ed folx, pls sign and share: I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Protect Academic Freedom in Higher Education. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/aa...
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Was down at Delaney Hall on Sunday. Heard Gaby and one of her daughters talk about the impact of Martin’s kidnapping on the family. Please sign and share. #freethemall #stoptheconcentrationcamps actionnetwork.org/petitions/fr...
Free Martin Soto!
Martin Soto was kidnapped by ICE on February 1st, 2026 while buying diapers for his eleven month old son, leaving his pregnant wife and two young children to fend off on their own. Martin came to th...
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Not sure who reads Time Magazine, but really glad to see this article there… time.com/article/2026...
You Can't Separate Juneteenth From the Call for Reparations
“This Juneteenth, we must acknowledge both the wins we have achieved and the winds that propel us forward,” writes Marcus Anthony Hunter.
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Jesse Welles always comes thru when he’s so very needed… music.apple.com/us/album/mas...
Masks Off by Jesse Welles on Apple Music
Album · 2026 · 11 Songs
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When a mayor supports the workers. How refreshing. #normalizethis
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 2mo ago
The fight is not over.. We need to keep our eyes, ears, hearts on the detainees and do all we can to fight for their liberation. #FreeThemNow
Ruth Delgado@heylookitsruth.bsky.social · 2mo agoIt has been 20 days since the hunger and labor strike was first announced at Delaney Hall. Today, Cosecha NJ shares: Dozens of women continue the relay of the labor and hunger strike saying, "We are mothers, daughters & sisters. We are people and we demand justice."
ICE Out of NJ organizing toolkit: “We are working to end collaboration between NJ law enforcement and ICE, and ultimately to drive ICE out of New Jersey.” AFSC NJ-IRP CATA Cosecha NJ DIRE El Pueblo Unido Estamos Unidos NJ NDLON New Labor NJ Resistencia en Acción NJ Semilla Roja NJ iceoutofnj.com
ICE Out of NJ
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Idk, but maybe @andrealaflamme.bsky.social should be getting the attention instead of whatever this is??!!??
Thank you @mayor.nyc.gov for your very first, meaningful commencement speech at BMCC! You really do know our students, who deserve so much, especially recognition. Bravo and gratitude
Lots to read about the disgraceful actions of @mikiesherrill.bsky.social and the NJSP outside DH and the hell going on inside against ppl who shouldn’t even be there, but here’s an easy action— CLOSE YOUR ACCOUNTS @Citizens Bank NOW.
Hal Schrieve - writer and librarian ze/hir@halschrieve.bsky.social · 2mo agowww.nj.com/opinion/2026... appreciate this opinion article amidst a haze of nytimes bs
Elevating this b/c it deserves a read, especially with what is happening rn at Delaney Hall.. thanks @meganwachspress.bsky.social www.liberalcurrents.com/aoc-for-pres...
AOC for President
Whether or not she runs, Ocasio-Cortez is invoking a feminist politics that Democrats should adopt if they are serious about defeating fascism.
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Tried going down there this am, and state police closed access to cars. I had the option of parking over a mile away and walking. 😡“LatinoConcentrationCamp” #keepthepressureon #ShutItDown #liberation #chingalamigra labornotes.org/blogs/2026/0...
‘We Demand Freedom’: Immigrants on Strike in New Jersey Prison
On a patch of sidewalk on a busy industrial corridor in Newark, federal agents with rifles, metal batons, flak vests, and balaclavas faced off against unarmed activists with cardboard signs and a bull...
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Lets go @mikiesherrill.bsky.social stateline.org/2026/03/05/b...
Blue states push to ban ICE at the polls amid federal voter intimidation fears • Stateline
Several Democratic states are moving to bar federal immigration agents from being near polling places and other election sites, amid persistent worries that President Donald Trump will use federal law...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE from NJAIJ HUNGER AND LABOR STRIKE AT DELANEY HALL: RELEASE ELDERLY, YOUNG, SERIOUSLY ILL & INJURED Second Coordinated Strike Within 1 Year Anniversary of Delaney Hall’s Opening
Brilliant last show… superb choice of last guest.. I’m mad AF, but thanks for the laughter, SC…#RiseUp #fuckfascism