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This Missouri collective builds ‘parallel systems’ to support unhoused neighbors through mutual aid and anarchist principles CoMo Mobile Aid Collective provides food, access to doctors appointments and medication, and other services to locals experiencing homelessness

NEW: My feature on the CoMo Mobile Aid Collective in Columbia, Missouri is live @prismreports.org ! Give it a read and look out for mutual aid groups in your community.
prismreports.org/2025/04/15/m...

being an indie bookseller in the helltimes has felt both very stable and very stabilizing, and part of me wishes everyone could be on my side of the counter for a little while, because I think it would help some of you be a little less cynical and doomy right now. so here is my VERY anecdotal data:

Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

I saw Gloria Steinem speak a long time ago, & she said researchers found that what people who hid Jews from Nazis had in common were they weren't abused as children. And she pointed out that we haven't had a single abuse-free generation.

None of us can be sure what will “work.” You try multiple things and find your way in. Read some histories of the Civil Rights Movement by those who participated. They were never “sure” of what would work. Some campaigns fizzled out. But persistence, creativity, determination, and focus were key.

Illinois public schools are not changing curriculum as it relates to LGBTQ+ issues, despite a warning from the federal Department of Education.

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I made a BINGO card (of sorts) to remind myself of all of the small and big ways I can show up right now. It’s inspired by a few guides I’ve seen circulating and what I’m doing in my own life. Let me know if you want one! I’ll send you a PDF.

Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions A public resource tracking the legal challenges to the Trump administration's executive orders and actions.

We’re currently at 74 lawsuits.
www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...

You don’t need these fascist, digital goods and digital lifestyle to survive, but they need you to consume their digital goods and unreal services to survive. We can starve these people out. We can just revert to pre-digitization if need be they can’t.

I was a resident playwright fellow there 1992-95

Kill the Doomer in your head There is always hope, always opportunity

Re-upping for no particular reason.

www.jphilll.com/p/kill-the-d...

Very proud to announce the Department of Health will now process all requests to change gender designation on birth certificates within three business days. Previously, there was as much as a 10 month wait.

Proud Boys Lose Control of Their Name to a Black Church They Vandalized (Gift Article) A judge awarded the trademarked name and symbols to a Washington church to help satisfy a $2.8 million judgment against the far-right group.

Judge rules that Black church in DC, which won a $2.8 million default judgment against the Proud Boys, now gains control over the trademark “Proud Boys.” The far-right group is barred from selling any related merchandise or symbols without the consent of the church. Gift link:

Antonin Scalia, Harriet Tubman, Billy Graham and Whitney Houston together is diabolical. news.artnet.com/art-world/tr...

Lawsuit filed by the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education;
American Association of University Professors; Restaurant Opportunities Centers United;
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Maryland storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

list of banned keywords

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

Repost from @Eff.org’s TikTok: “Surveillance may feel like it’s everywhere, but so are ways to fight it. EFF has created multiple tools that can help you take control of your data and digital security. #digitalsecurity #technology #privacy” Learn more about digital safety at Eff.org.

Trump Dissolves Arts Committee Previously Restored by Biden The disbanding of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities came amid a flurry of executive orders touching on art, culture and history.

The Presidential Committee for the Arts and Humanities was quietly disbanded on January 20th. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/a...

Israel Escalates Its West Bank Assault, Conducting Largest Demolition in Years Israel detonated 20 apartment buildings in Jenin as part of an offensive that has displaced over 20,000 Palestinians.

Israeli forces conducted an unprecedented escalation in the West Bank over the weekend by detonating 20 apartment buildings in the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank. The move constituted the largest single demolition operation in the West Bank since 1967.

Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions A public resource tracking the legal challenges to the Trump administration's executive orders and actions.

24 LAWSUITS AGAINST TRUMP - MORE TO COME

www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...

Europeans on democracy’s frontlines offer advice to Americans: never give up With the new Trump era likely to pose unprecedented challenges the message from Europe’s fragile democracies is: stay united and safeguard your institutions

"Europeans who witnessed democracy crumble before their eyes have some words of advice for Americans now entering the second Trump era.... stay united, safeguard your civic institutions and never, never give up." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...

Headline from reductress.com that reads “'Joy Is an Act of Resistance!' Says White Woman Who Engages in No Other Acts of Resistance”, above a photo of a blonde woman wearing a denim dress and a wide brimmed hat, sitting on a stoop and smiling at the camera