Nina Berry

Charlotte is good people and she's doing a good thing. I threw some cash their way, and if you can too, please do.

I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time. Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again. An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next. Understand what it is to pray in Chicago.

“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”

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Folks, if you are hungry, please contact your local Sikh gurdwara. Or just show up for langar, which most gurdwaras do several times a week, for a free meal. Lots also do weekly or monthly drives giving out groceries.

No conversion necessary. Feeding anyone who is hungry is a key part of Sikhism.

That is so cool. So glad you got to chat with him.

So cool.

I would so appreciate it, Glory!

Anyone up to build a high-speed train between SF and LA over the weekend? We could use one yesterday, and by Monday, we'll need one even more.

Screenshot of the top of a Bsky feed, with a red circle around the hamburger menu in the top left.

Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.

Here's how to turn it off.

First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner

Guy going to Newark says his flight there from LAX is delayed for no one knows how long due to ATC (air traffic control) issues. So far, my new flight to SFO is on time, but we shall see! Really wish my fab vacation with friends was some other weekend.

On a cab to LAX because they canceled my Burback-SFO flight, and y'all are keeping me very entertained. Lettuce all praise the sandwich jury.

Man who threw sandwich at federal agent in Washington is found not guilty of assault charge A former Justice Department employee who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during President Donald Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington has been found not guilty of assault.

SANDWICH GUY NOT GUILTY.

At Burbank airport and flight delayed because they're down to one runway at my destination, SFO. Due to air traffic control issues, per the announcement here. Travelers, gird your loins.

In case you're wondering why I hate AI. The companies behind it are massive criminal enterpises that are hiking prices and destroying the environment.

Flying out of Burbank today. Sending gratitude to air traffic controllers, and hoping the government fucking starts paying people soon.

Every single woman you know has had this happen to her. Even the goddamn president of Mexico.

Rude Rude or impolite, including crude language and disrespectful comments, without constructive purpose. Highlighted Off, darkened Warn, and darkened Hide buttons.

If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.

Nothing yet - Can you spare $2 or $5?
You can help!

Aid asks are usually solved by many small donations - large donors are Very Rare.

Help?
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Now picturing my spine as a string of skulls, each grinning as I stretch.

Thanks, Melville, ya great, fabulous loon.

Garden of Earthly Delights

Garden of Earthly Delights

What an incredible picture.

Word's AI spellcheck thinks this is wrong (I'm cutting/pasting from the document):

“Hello?”

When I click, it says the spelling is wrong and has no suggestions on how to make it better.

THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S PERFECT YOU WORTHLESS, WATER-WASTING BOT FROM HELL!

The death penalty is a moral abomination and must be eliminated.

Kristen Stewart declares "state of emergency" over gender inequality in film Kristen Stewart declares "state of emergency" over gender inequality in film

She's absolutely right. As a producer with several films in development with female directors, I can say it is an absolute uphill battle to get execs to fund their projects. Great scripts are sitting on shelves while a generation of our most talented women sit idle.

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Barnacle. Written by Kate Elliott. Illustrated by Juan Bernabeu. Edited by Oliver Dougherty. A rocky cluster of barnacles rests on a beach. Crows fly over head and two have landed to pick at the barnacles. Red sky, white cloud/background, and green-toned beach.

An older medic with scant resources fights to support her community as they survive life behind the company wall.

This novelette is my only near future sf story, inspired by a long-ago convo with my dad & by the activists who never give up.

Free to read at
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In case he gets lost.

Mamdani pulling out the big guns. Congrats, NYC. You did good.

As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.

The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.

Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."

SAY. THAT. SHIT!

This person took this when they called the race