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I know it’s difficult right now, but I insist that you seek and enjoy beautiful things, even if it seems frivolous or irresponsible in the face of overwhelming horror. I want you to feed yourself artistically, spiritually, and literally, because you can’t Do The Work when you’re starving.

Thankfully I am undeterred. Death is the only certainty. Everything else can change.

Fuck this and everyone who helped get things to this point. Trans rights are human rights—full stop.

Muhammad Ali protesting the Vietnam war

Dissension is patriotic.

a facebook post from Ashon Crawley on February 13, 2021. It reads: i am sympathetic to folks that say *the* reason why the black panther party of self defense was a threat was because of the breakfast program. i am also sympathetic to the folks that say that is too reductive, that they were more than a breakfast progrum.* i think it’s in the middle: the BPP was a threat because they practiced care. and care showed up *as* a breakfast program, yes, but also as health clinics, as armed defense, as reading groups. care work as political organizing. care as the grounds for its emergence. care. one reason i’ve focused on care in my own work for years now is because black feminist thought informs my own, and black queer critique. and because care is often considered the antithesis of “serious things” and i’m just fundamentally against this. if care is soft or frilly or whatever, we need to have a preferential option for softness. care is something white supremacist capitalist patriarchy cannot give nor withhold, even when it tries to privatize care as an industry that is primarily about making money and exploiting workers. care is not private property, it only exists when it is shared. care is the antithesis and alternative to white supremacy, to riff on cedric robinson, because it must be. but it is so much more. it exceeds the logic of reactive response to practices of violence. it precedes the violence and political economy of extraction and exploitation. care, even if soft, ain’t easy. it takes courage. and conviction. and clarity. (i’m a former preacher, so the alliteration is a throwback lol.) you only have care when you share it. and sharing it is difficult precisely because the political economy of racial capitalism wants us to privatize and hoard what we consider it to be. care. let it flower and bloom. selah. 🌸💕

Five years ago @ashoncrawley.bsky.social posted a thing about care that feels really timely again. www.facebook.com/ashon/posts/...

Every strawberry tells a love story. Not the kind sold in candy, but a story rooted in sacrifice. Farmworkers harvest with care, yet they face low wages and fear. Love means respect. Love means justice. Love means standing with farmworkers.
#ValentinesDay #WeFeedYou

BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors

Joy doesn't wait for permission or perfect timing. It doesn't postpone itself until every wound has healed, until the chaos settles, until the ledger of life balances itself. Instead, joy emerges like wildflowers through concrete — in the spaces we least expect it.

Can't say it enough, if you are going to build ANYTHING, you are going to be criticized much more than you will be praised. Do not be deterred. Build what you want to exist. Find your people and seek their counsel. Keep it moving.

The horrors persist, but sometimes you just have to stop and reflect on certain moments.

Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”

Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.

We updated our Truthout Folks starter pack! This is a great way to follow Truthout staff and contributing writers on Bluesky!

Can now confirm that the warehouse in Social Circle, GA is in escrow and nearing final sale. The transaction will remove an estimated $30K from the Georgia and Walton County tax stream. The sale also gives ICE another 8,500 beds. The selling owner is the PNK S1, LLC of Atlanta, GA.

A man stands by a white car labeled "Community Alert Patrol" in front of a house. Another "Community Alert Patrol" car passes by on the street. The scene appears to be from a mid-20th century suburban neighborhood.

Gordon Parks (American, 1912-2006)
Watts Community Alert Patrol providing transportation for the Watts rally, Los Angeles
1966
Gelatin silver print
Courtesy of and © The Gordon Parks Foundation

Let Black history month serve to remind us that the living legacy of slavery is the carceral state- policing, prison, immigration detention, and border enforcement. Abolition now.

Donate to Support Stevie Wilson's New Beginning, organized by Danielle Squillante Our beloved comrade and friend Stevie Wilson is FINALLY coming home from pri… Danielle Squillante needs your support for Support Stevie Wilson's New Beginning

My friend and one of the co-authors of Read This When Things Fall Apart, Stevie Wilson, will be released from prison in less than a week. Stevie has done tremendous work as an incarcerated organizer and has plans to continue doing important work on the outside. Let's help him make a new start.

The public library is an essential component of a 21st-century left political project as an example of both what is already available to us and what can be improved upon in the future. The library is a public good, and it is free as a public service.

I want more people to make the connections.

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.

Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

good, they can all get fucked

In the south side of Minneapolis, community members have started setting up filter blockades- which are make shift roundabouts. The intent is to slow down the erratic ICE driving behavior among other things. Full report to come on @statuscoupnews.bsky.social

Some anti-ICE cookies in a plastic bag in a bike front rack

One nice thing about biking, is that when you hear some kids yelling “FUCK ICE COOKIES FOR SALE!” it’s easy to pull over and buy a bunch.

It was fucking cold, and the snow was heavy, but the energy of this crowd warmed my heart.

Borders also keep you in

Liam Ramos being kidnapped by ICE.

Liam Ramos in the camp. He looks almost lifeless.

Liam Ramos when ICE kidnapped him / Liam after 5 days in the concentration camp.

FREE HIM NOW. FREE THEM ALL.

Wow, your rag just keeps getting worse and worse!

List of Dems that supported suppressing the Gaza death toll Allred, Texas Gottheimer, New Jersey Norcross, New Jersey Stevens, Michigan Auchincloss, Massachusetts Harder, California Pallone, New Jersey Strickland, Washington Boyle, Pennsylvania Hoyer, Maryland Panetta, California Suozzi, New York Caraveo, Colorado Jackson, Illinois Pappas, New Hampshire Swalwell, California Cohen, Tennessee Kennedy, New York Perez, Washington Thanedar, Michigan Correa, California Kilmer, Washington Pettersen, Colorado Torres, California Costa, California Craig, Minnesota Landsman, Ohio Ryan, New York Torres, New York Cuellar, Texas Lee, Nevada Schiff, California Trone, Maryland Davis, North Carolina Levin, California Schneider, Illinois Vargas, California Espaillat, New York Lieu, California Scholten, Michigan Veasey, Texas Manning, North Carolina Schrier, Washington Wasserman Schultz, Florida Fletcher, Texas McBath, Georgia Scott, David, Georgia Frankel, Lois, Florida Meng, New York Sherman, California Gallego, Arizona Morelle, New York Slotkin, Michigan Golden, Maine Moskowitz, Florida Soto, Florida Goldman, New York Mrvan, Indiana Spanberger, Virginia Gonzalez, Vicente, Texas Nickel, North Carolina Stanton, Arizona

NEW: The Israeli military today accepted the Gaza Health Ministry's estimate of 70,000+ killed.

But in 2024, 62 Dems joined 207 Republicans to ban the State Dept. from citing the Ministry's stats.

Now, even Israel accepts them — perhaps because they realize what is feared: the toll is even higher.

A beautiful montage. I did not see the adult diaper and kneepads coming 🤣🤣🤣

and i tell those students to whom this is happening, "yes, this is why AI is actually a social problem and not an individual problem" & it's other people's choices that cause this.