Erin Kane

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

From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."

[To the tune of Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison]

🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga

“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938

zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context

U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students

“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”

just wondering how you teach, say, Introduction to Biological Anthropology at Texas A&M.

Even better news - Charles the Alligator has made it to the New England Wildlife Center, a really solid rehab place on the Cape.
www.instagram.com/p/DRAyfYrEgP...

Boston Immigration Justice Accompaniment Network (BIJAN)

If you're reading a lot about the Allston carwash detention and infuriated and want to materially support our neighbors who were unjustly targeted and detained, BIJAN and LUCE are great places to donate.

Small alligator seen near Charles River rescued - The Boston Globe “He will be warm and housed until we get more information and instruction," a company specializing in exotic animals said on social media.

The Charles River alligator was rescued by a South Shore reptile guy.

New blog post.

This week, @marycolwell1 gave the eulogy to the Slender-billed Curlew at the AEWA meeting of parties in Bonn.

You can now read the eulogy on our new blog post.

www.curlewaction.org/the-bird-wit...

This is what gender solidarity & collective action to oppress women looks like, Part 4:

Jeffrey Epstein funding conferences specifically to exclude & disadvantage women scientists.

Many men knowingly participated in this & it wasn't out of class solidarity--physicists aren't billionaires.

USA Cricket Transparency & Accountability Series: The Breach of Trust - USA Cricket

I have to laugh about the utter incompetence of USA Cricket and ending their new "transparency and accountability series" with:

"This is not just a story of struggle, it is a story of resilience, of a governing body determined to learn, to be better, and to serve the game with honesty and heart."

Boston’s Mayor has to pick up the Christmas tree in person this year because if we shipped it it’d be tariffed.

Grim stuff - so sorry for their entitlement to your time and emotional energy. And disappointing from JVP.

This is a very nice sign and I hope someone will be preparing a fancy salad of romaine, endives, cucumbers, and corn for the nutrias

All Praise to the Lunch Ladies — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER Blessed are the women who watch over America’s children.

"She tells of a student who kept trying to save her meal to carry home, because she didn’t have anything to eat there. Seiber-Garland and her staff found a way to provide her with a second meal for the evening."

Good morning from Lunenburg! We’re about to cut the Boston Common Christmas tree🎄

Yay! Please thank Nova Scotia for us!

Abnormal freak heat continues in SENEGAL
Probably the most abnormal weather worldwide.
Coastal Senegal these months weather is unrecognizable:24/7 hot and humid like never before in 140+ years

❗️Minimum was 27.9C a Dakar tonight
Only Colombia had warmer nights in the Hemisphere

The Aurora borealis flowing green and pink over roofs

Cambridge MA! Aurora!

Emergency Appeal: Save Families Fleeing Alfashir | LaunchGood | LaunchGood Thousands are escaping El Fasher with nothing but the clothes on their backs — help us raise $50,000 to keep them alive.

"Thousands are escaping El Fasher with nothing but the clothes on their backs — help us raise $50,000 to keep them alive."

#KeepEyesOnSudan

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An exciting update! Mass Freedom To Read has been working overtime to get amendments filed that substantially strengthen this bill, and all the amendments have been filed! It's time to contact your MA senators to urge them to support the amendment: www.massfreedomtoread.org/news/cta-sup...

It's not a subtle show and I think the changes they've made since the original kind of make it unnecessarily on the nose and spelled out ... but the performances (highlights for me were Tateh, Coalhouse, Mother, Emma Goldman, and Mother's Younger Brother) were uniformly excellent!

It's flurrying!

YouTube video by Treble Gnocchi Sesame Street: Episode 0001 (HD) (1969)

Sesame Street aired for the first time 56 years ago today!

Huh well it turns out I heard from a few federal workers about this and well

"We civil servants organized to help our colleagues face the hardship of the shutdown, we put up with the pain and our only request was to not be betrayed like this. Trade our pain, make it count."

It's not a subtle show and I think the changes they've made since the original kind of make it unnecessarily on the nose and spelled out ... but the performances (highlights for me were Tateh, Coalhouse, Mother, Emma Goldman, and Mother's Younger Brother) were uniformly excellent!

Gale Warning Issued: 8:18 AM Nov. 10, 2025 – National Weather Service ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...West winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and waves around 2 feet expected. * WHERE...Boston Harbor. * WHEN...From 7 AM Tuesday to 7 AM EST Wednesday. * IMPACTS...Strong winds will cause hazardous waves which could capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Mariners should alter plans to avoid these hazardous conditions. Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the vessel for hazardous conditions.

Boston Harbor is having a Wreck of the Edmjnd Fitzgerald Memorial Gale!