The Jelani

Black text on a yellow background - This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it looks like I ran out of time. I have so many dreams that I wanted to fulfill and plans to create new stories for you. There are a few in progress that might come to fruition in a few years if things work out. I did not ever imagine I would live to this age and end up a writer, editor, activist, and more. As a kid riddled with insecurity and internalized ableism, I could not see a path forward. It was thanks to friendships and some great teachers who believed in me that I was able to fight my way out of miserable situations into a place where I finally felt comfortable in my skin. We need more stories about us and our culture. You all, we all, deserve the everything and more in such a hostile, ableist environment. Our wisdom is incisive and unflinching. I'm honored to be your ancestor and believe disabled oracles like us will light the way to the future. Don't let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.

“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”

Steven and Alice smiling and holding each other’s books

Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated

Tear gas, car crashes, rubber bullets: Risky tactics have driven Trump’s Chicago deportation ‘blitz’ Law enforcement experts say federal agents have displayed a lack of training and restraint. “They’re out of control,” ex-police Supt. Garry McCarthy says.

Trump's Chicago deportation blitz has hinged on aggressive and forceful policing tactics: Shootings, takedowns, chokeholds, car chases, chemical munitions, etc.

To get a better sense of the scope and the impact, we mapped incidents, spoke to those affected and analyzed policy.
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this is actually really something. The NY Times stuff is bonkers.

An unwrapped tamale.

Yesterday, when Bovino announced ICE would be returning to Little Village today, some of us donated and fundraised to buy out street vendors in the neighborhood. This morning, volunteers hit the streets at 6:30 am, looking for vendors to buy out. Tamales make an excellent breakfast.

Appreciate your boosting/sharing of this episode in particular. Action items at the end include a petition for Leqaa

Families on SNAP worry about not just feeding themselves but also their pets With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.

While they’re still screwing about with SNAP, it’s a good idea to donate to pet shelters, too.

If you dare show up with “poor people shouldn’t have pets”, I will tear such a new one it generates a black hole.

apnews.com/article/pets...

It was punk, metal and hip hop

Punk was hella mixed and queer

Metal was defiant

Hip hop was Black

Planet killing chatbot is billionaires toys so it’s coo

Fourteen suburban moms arrested in sit-in protest outside Broadview ICE facility The mothers sat in a circle on Beach Street on Friday to “demand an end” to the immigration raids that have swept through the Chicago area since the Trump administration launched “Operation Midway Bli...

This morning, in Broadview, 14 suburban women were arrested during an act of civil disobedience calling for an end to ICE/CBP’s kidnappings throughout the Chicago area.

“We want to encourage other people who feel strongly about ICE’s actions to step off the sidelines and take our cities back.”

The past week+ has been really intense in Los Angeles. We need all of the help, support, & attention we can get. Feds are literally roving the streets snatch & grabbing vulnerable individuals. It's horrific. We need to do more.

Proud I can say that The Black Jewels #1 IS IN A COMIC SHOP!!! @peacelovecomics.bsky.social and I worked super hard on this and it’s so cool to see in print. Thanks to @salylockheart.bsky.social for her dope variant cover and to #GoldenAppleComics for putting it on their local creators shelf!

CBP Quietly Launches Face Scanning App for Local Cops To Do Immigration Enforcement The app, called Mobile Identify and available on the Google Play Store, is specifically for local and regional law enforcement agencies working with ICE on immigration enforcement.

We are speedrunning "the worst, most dangerous technologies trickle down from military to feds to local police"

www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...

Season 4 of Anti-Trans Hate Machine opens with @imarajones.bsky.social in Pennsylvania, a vital swing district, investigating the network behind right-wing efforts to take over school boards, create chaos, and how communities are fighting back.

🎥: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSnYd82SdSA

What’s not clicking? Everytime a racist hit the dirt I’m partying like it’s 1999 tffff

thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.

now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.

Hey sweet thang,

This is your reminder that every living thing in the world slows down during these next months. You’re not lazy cuz you’re doing less. It’s okay that the early darkness makes you tired (it’s supposed to).

Humans the only ones who keep fighting against the natural patterns of life.

*Whew*
Good for them.

“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity. Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say the...

Last year, the DOJ criticized Memphis police for using minor infractions as a pretext to search people for serious crimes. Under Trump’s crackdown, it’s happening again. @wendicthomas.bsky.social @katieburgess.bsky.social @mlk50.com

there are a lot of people who spent the whole 2024 saying look just vote for the party candidate and the whole 2025 poignantly refusing to say that and i can't wait til they start talkin about the Big Tent again cause i'm cussin everybody fake ass out

I commend them for being so laser-focused on turning every single Chicagoland suburb against them

Thanks for the nice review, I’m glad someone is following my million IG stories.

It's weird seeing this Glamour article on the heels of sharing this other one from Trans Writes. Glamour's includes:

"...dolls – trans women working across fashion, music, publishing and activism..."

and

"I left wondering if protection is even the thing we need most?"

in the intro

techo-fascism is here: what a deadly combo of ICE’s violent enforcement and “impartial” face scanning software

Stop posting AI videos!

Survey: Nearly Half of Families with Young Kids Struggling to Meet Basic Needs New Stanford data shows a record-high percentage of families facing economic hardships that could worsen with the ongoing government shutdown.

Survey: Nearly Half of [U.S.] Families with Young Kids Struggling to Meet Basic Needs www.the74million.org/zero2eight/s...

The greatest technological innovations of the past 15 years are just new and shinier slur machines

EXCLUSIVE: Capitol Hill Staffer Is A Prominent Follower Of Neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes Nick Fuentes was under attack.  On May 6, 2022, two high-ranking members...

In May 2023 this article came out and exposed that Rep. Paul Gosar’s digital director, Wade Searle, was a dedicated Groyper who was literally a mod for Nick Fuentes’ livestream and stood behind him at AZ Stop the Steal. Anyway, Searle says he’s now part of the Pentagon press corps for LifeSite News.

Alabama plans to execute Anthony Boyd tonite by suffocating him with nitrogen gas, an experimental method that appears to be agonizing by most available witness accounts

read Lauren's important reporting on Boyd's case and the death penalty in Alabama boltsmag.org/alabama-nitr...

Book cover - Read This When Things Fall Apart, edited by Kelly Hayes

Really been looking forward to this one. Finally here.

@mskellymhayes.bsky.social