Sheila Phelan

@smphelan.bsky.social

NY publishing work/ CT home/ thoughtful left/ pro democracy of course/ cat mom x3/🇮🇪💚/NY Mets 💙🧡 🚫👑

At 19, Memphis barber Darnell Wells set up a chair on the street and started cutting hair for free. His friend Zac Sherrod bought burgers so nobody left hungry. They expected two people. Darnell cut nine heads with five still waiting, and they handed out 30 burgers. 💈 #CommunityFirst

A young barber kneels in a parking lot, using clippers to trim the white hair of an older man seated in a red folding chair with a black cape over his shoulders. An inset photo in the top corner shows the same barber cutting another man's hair outdoors. Bold white headline below reads: "Meet the Black teen who gives free street haircuts to the homeless." Credited to Black News.

Good morning, periodic reminder that I have written and co-written a number of books etc. Some are here: www.haymarketbooks.org/authors/854-... - I see that a number of new people have followed me so I need to remember to share this more regularly.

Mariame Kaba

Mariame Kaba is an organizer, educator, librarian/archivist, and prison industrial complex (PIC) abolitionist who is active in movements for racial, gender, and transformative justice. Kaba co-leads I...

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‘COYOTE VS. ACME’ has now officially surpassed the $30M amount Warner Bros. originally planned to write the film off for. The film is now projected to earn over $60M domestically.

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FLAG: Jim Jordan has sent a letter to Todd Blanche referring Jack Smith for criminal charges. Jordan claims "sufficient evidence exists for the DOJ to examine" whether Smith intentionally made false statements to Congress as a way to obstruct oversight. No such evidence exists.

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Last year I made it drizzle on Trump’s birthday tank parade. This year I’m working on thunderstorms, lighting strike electrocutions, hail, and tornadoes for Trump’s birthday White House UFC fight. Wish me luck!

Our whole city is cheering for the Knicks tonight. So it’s only right that we bring the Knicks to the whole city. Tonight, Game 5 will be streaming on 130 LinkNYC kiosks. Let’s go Knicks.