One of the most hideous things you learn in Oregon really quickly is thar logging companies maintain a buffer along roads so that when you're driving past you can't see the damage they're doing to the forest. Shit looks like a wound on the soul of the world
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Looking forward to reading this!
My book club reads primarily nonfiction…11/12 books/year
Ima write this once and that's it. If ppl want info on this, then look it up. I’m not deleting it so searchable on Bsky. Who made up that anarchy is chaos? John Locke. Why? John Locke thought it was hard to feel as tho that ppl’s stuff and safety are protected…1/6
05.03.2026 01:32 — 👍 21 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
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There isn’t a *ton* of footage of ‘74 Dead, so this is exciting: Newly unearthed Philadelphia 8/5/74 film drops today on YT. 16mm reel discovered/purchased on eBay, pro scanned in HQ & synced to show audio. Do never-before-seen moving images of the Wall await? m.youtube.com/watch?v=xNT3...
1. A short thread on a Bluesky phenomenon that might be described as "They are a dead-eyed cultist who must be cast out lest the heresy take root!" OP has blocked me for mocking them - I'd usually obscure their name but since they themselves were quote-dunking to demand someone else be blocked ...
04.03.2026 13:57 — 👍 692 🔁 153 💬 54 📌 81
Dubai police are threatening jail time for "any content that contradicts official announcements."
03.03.2026 20:03 — 👍 505 🔁 212 💬 39 📌 52“So called international organizations…no stupid rules of engagement.” We are a rogue murder state now, and positively proud of it.
02.03.2026 14:10 — 👍 1873 🔁 508 💬 103 📌 14Bend, OR, is perfectly located, 30 min. from one of the best ski hills in the country, great weather, immense beauty in every direction. So it's unfortunate that instead of putting a city here they have, like so America places, put what amounts to a group of co-located single-family-home suburbs.
28.02.2026 22:58 — 👍 264 🔁 11 💬 19 📌 2some pals & i went through all the circulating tapes of the grateful dead sessions at ace's in 1975, fixed dates & track names & tape speeds, & boiled it into a collection of wild music. big ups to @brokensymmetry.art, save your face, & @jeremyerwin.bsky.social. complete file set coming soon.
28.02.2026 23:56 — 👍 107 🔁 11 💬 4 📌 2As an American citizen, saying the Pledge of Allegiance runs counter to American values. A free people do not pledge allegiance to the state, but rather the state pledges allegiance to its citizens.
27.02.2026 18:33 — 👍 38 🔁 16 💬 2 📌 0Folks like @lizagoitein.bsky.social have been on this kick for ages, but a huge priority once the archons of this wicked aeon are gone is a thorough revamp of the statutes conferring “extraordinary” powers based on endless fictional emergencies declared at the whim of the executive.
25.02.2026 17:44 — 👍 162 🔁 46 💬 7 📌 5
Join me and @merkley.senate.gov for our virtual town hall. Starting now!
24.02.2026 22:35 — 👍 223 🔁 52 💬 13 📌 4
Monday, March 2, 2026 SAN FRANCISCO, CA “The Beginning Comes After The End” In conversation with Jeff Chang Internet Archive, Hosted by Booksmith Friday, March 6, 2026 BERKELEY, CA “The Beginning Comes After The End” In conversation with Annie Leonard St. John’s Presbyterian Church, Hosted by Mrs. Dalloways TICKETS Saturday, March 7, 2026 POINT REYES, CA “The Beginning Comes After The End” In conversation with Nicola Pitchford Dance Palace, Hosted by Pt. Reyes Books Friday, March 13, 2026 RENO, NV “The Beginning Comes After The End” (me, solo) Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Northern Nevada, Hosted by Radical Cat Books Sunday, March 15, 2026 SAN FRANCISCO, CA “The Beginning Comes After The End” In conversation with Malcolm Clemens Young, Dean of Grace Cathedral, The Forum at Grace Cathedral Tuesday, March 24, 2026 BROOKLYN, NY “The Beginning Comes After The End” In conversation with Anand Giridharadas Brooklyn Public Library Wednesday, March 25, 2026 Wednesday, March 25, 2026 WASHINGTON, DC “The Beginning Comes After The End” In conversation with Bina Venkataraman Sixth & I Links are here: https://www.rebeccasolnit.net/events1.html And yeah, my lovely publishers (Haymarket) updated my website, which was really old and tattered; the link takes you there. Also Santa Fe International Festival of Literature and Bay Area Book Festival in May. https://www.rebeccasolnit.net/events1.html
Events in San Francisco, Berkeley, Reno, Brooklyn, DC, Santa Fe and more to come ( full info in alt text).
22.02.2026 16:36 — 👍 71 🔁 9 💬 5 📌 3
Almond Orchard. Davis, CA. #orchards #landscapes #centralvalley #yolocounty #sacramentovalley
19.02.2026 23:55 — 👍 44 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0And soaking them is suboptimal compared to eliminating the extractive mechanisms that allowed them to become that rich in the first place. I cringe every time I hear the "their fair share" talking point out of a liberal's mouth, because what's a "fair share" of wealth that's 100% stolen loot?
19.02.2026 17:19 — 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 1
Screenshot of a tweet from Aaron Blake that reads: Trump announces he's transferring $10 billion from the US government to his "Board of Peace," which critics have likened to a giant slush fund Trump will control.
Now look, I get that I’m not a high powered Dem consultant, but is there a reason we can’t run on seizing the FUCKING SLUSH FUND Trump is setting up and sending every criminal in this administration, including but not limited to those in DHS/CBP/ICE to fucking jail? Is that not a thing we can do?
19.02.2026 17:38 — 👍 673 🔁 234 💬 25 📌 11
🧵: Let's talk Iran. Once again, below, is my 2018 professional pub on why going to war w/Iran would be a galactically bad idea.
My February 2026 BLUF: Despite all sorts of changes since 2018, if CENTCOM & SOCOM stick an arm in there, they’re going to pull back a bloody stump. 1/
People need to understand this is one of the primary reasons corporations & politicians have been pushing for digital identification to be required to use many apps & websites. It was never about the safety of children & is solely based on targeting people. Digital ID’s are NOT a good thing at all.
18.02.2026 01:35 — 👍 961 🔁 407 💬 70 📌 19
so, I am looking around for freelance opportunities. one pays $15 for 2000 words. all the rest are editing AI.
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John Mayer on Bob Weir and The Grateful Dead:
"Imagine someone came up to you and said, 'There’s 20 more seasons of The Sopranos.' That’s how it feels to become a Deadhead."
Interview: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
JFC, cut that shit in half and you’ve eradicated hunger, provided healthcare for all and made education free for all Americans. What the fuck are we doing?
15.02.2026 12:52 — 👍 9085 🔁 3323 💬 854 📌 342
Rev. Jesse Jackson's "I *am* somebody..." remains one of the all-time great pieces of 20th century rhetoric / agitprop
And he could deliver it at a Black separatist meeting, the Democratic National Convention, or on god-blessed Sesame Street (see below 🥹)
RIP to the Voice of the Voiceless
If you are confiscating writing materials from imprisoned children because they smuggled out a letter that described the conditions they're living under, you are a literal monster and should be treated accordingly.
17.02.2026 19:42 — 👍 421 🔁 105 💬 1 📌 1
Here's a direct link to the BANNED INTERVIEW with a man Trump doesn't want anyone to listen to, which CBS/FCC Trump flunkies blocked from airing on CBS/Paramount Plus. Colbert simply put it up on the Late Show youtube site. It may get taken down (not by Colbert) so do check it out soon.
17.02.2026 17:30 — 👍 38 🔁 24 💬 8 📌 4
Finally has "Against the state" by @jamesstout.bsky.social arrived to the Cold north!
Have been waiting to read it!
I’d appreciate if folks could share this seasonal forestry (non-fire) position, based at any BLM office in California, with current/former students (or anyone else who may be interested!):
www.usajobs.gov/job/857451400
Oh, okay. I'll bite.
The right to vote is enshrined in the Constitution.
The "right" of armed federal cops to arrest, beat, and kill people with anonymity is not.
Fluorescence micrograph. Emma Miller and Alex Merz, unpublished.
🧵 After years out of the field, I and my lab are again working on bacterial type IV pili. We have just posted our first preprints, and I'm excited to share what we have discovered.
This shows Neisseria gonorrheae bacteria infecting a human epithelical cell. Here, you can see the pili in red.
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The people who have to insure our homes and cars know that climate change is real, because it affects their bottom line. It's not that regulating emissions is bad for business; it's just bad for a small number of industries that happen to be very powerful.
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