Ben Meyers is a sound of love

A title page in handwriting-looking font saying: "A Letter To The Trans Teens Thinking About Giving Up // <3 // by Andy Izenson // #44 -- August 2025"

A screenshot of text reading: "Dear friend, Throughout all of human history, three things have always been true: 1. There are trans people. 2. There are boring assholes who try to make there not be trans people anymore. 3. They fail."

A screenshot of text reading: "I want you to know that whatever happens, there is a future for you, because there is a future for us. I don't know what that future is going to look like, but I know that you're not going to face any of it alone."

OK nerds, I have a challenge for you.

@tangledwilderness.bsky.social has just published my Letter to the Trans Teens Thinking About Giving Up as a zine. I want to see how many copies of it we can get into the hands of the people who need to read it, and I need YOUR help.

Will the recording be available? Not your everyday basement speakeasy — the acoustics must have been ridiculous!

I love how after quoting Greco as pleading for not writing anything bad about her, the CITY followed up with a lengthy history of her corrupt shenanigans.

Four pounds of cat in a 10-pound fluff suit, lying on her back, looking towards the dawn of a new day.

You know it’s just gonna be cats right?

I've been enjoying this so much, thank you! My WFMU log-in didn't seen to work, so I couldn't comment over there, but ending with Raga Malkauns is giving me such a spiritual lift. I usually listen to the NYC version, and will spend some time with the full SF version later tonight.

📌

I was smiling my face right off during the whole episode. I’m adjacent to just about everything you referenced, and to hear it all treated so lovingly was a real pleasure! Looking forward to the next one.

The guy whose constituency includes Brad Lander himself!

And @repdangoldman.bsky.social while you’re at it

I DESPERATELY need these fucking people to understand that this relentless “you’re hurting the Jews” rhetoric lobbed at people who aren’t doing that and using “you’re hurting the Jews” as a catch all for any opinion you disagree with IS ACTUALLY WHAT IS HURTING THE JEWS

Does this mean there’s a Bread and Puppet episode of Cool People on the horizon? Exciting!

Hey everyone,

Been quiet about this, but I had to give up my home of 13 years this week. Can’t go back to work until August & between moving expenses, medical bills & car repairs, I’m out of money. I need help to get by the next 2 months & be able to report.

Donation links below. Anything helps.

I rode in an elevator with Laurie Anderson.

Arrived at an Upper West Side holiday party in December 2012, went to drop my coat off in the bedroom just as Lou Reed was getting his coat before leaving. Gave him a nod and wished him a happy holidays.

Stringers' face here 😆😅😂

Every person on Bluesky should know:
* Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever
* Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies
* Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured
* Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic

www.404media.co/the-200-site...

📌

Cyclist Launches Class Action Suit For Bogus NYPD Red Light Tickets - Streetsblog New York City The NYPD keeps ignoring a law that allows cyclists to pass through a red light on the "Walk" sign. Now, someone is making a federal case about it.

Anyone who would like to join a class action lawsuit against the NYPD for ticketing cyclists who legally proceed with a WALK signal🚦🚦🚦can contact the law firm at the # and email at the bottom of this article

@nyc.streetsblog.org
nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/12/c...

📌

📌

Just a reminder, if you were an REI member who purchased more than $10 worth of items in 2024 or joined in 2024, you can vote until midnight May 1st to reject the proposed slate of anti-labor Trump supporters for the REI board vote.escvote.com/REI/

Totally here for the cat pics! And thanks Brooke @onthemedia.bsky.social for bring your incredible takes to my attention!

Explains why they were playing that antifascist anthem “Old Folks at Home” on the clip I saw…

📌

Imagine what OTHER Signal groups Hegseth and Vance also have on their personal phones…

We celiacs looking on longingly…

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.

And yet you said not a word about the kidnapping of Mahmoud Khalil, you failure.

Anecdotal, but I'm definitely noticing an uptick in advocacy for violence here. About which I'll say only this: Promoting violence on social media is the work of trolls and fools, those eager to bait others into implicating themselves in the age of surveillance or fools rushing to the gulag.

They even brought out Peppa Pig!