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At this summer camp run by grandmas, kids learn cooking skills and life advice At a summer camp in Fullerton, California, grandmas are in charge. Every week, they teach a group of 8-to-14-year-olds how to cook a new dish, and a handicraft such as sewing, embroidering, clay jewel...

A summer camp run by grandmas is teaching 8-to-14-year-olds "lost skills" like how to cook a new dish, sewing, embroidering and more

attended a Stop the Bleed training today. very good information and skills to learn and *very hopefully* never use.
in a world where we are in danger of being shot by a right wing nut, we need to be ready to administer life-saving first aid.

saddened to hear of the passing of the legendary Cleo Fields, star of the first floor of the courthouse. beloved by all. rest easy, Cleo.

The US prison population has declined from 1.6 M in 2009, years to about 1.2M in 2023 and was projected to fall as low as 600K in 10yrs

The escalation in ICE is designed to facilitate state repression, but it’s also a blank check to the prison industrial complex and private prisons.

Abolition now

legitimately what is this other than embarrassing for all those involved from the NYT.

oh wild. there’s a lot going on.

i intend to! and safe travels to you.

i should chill. embark’s still the best department of this city. but it’s also a symptom of the seeping cultural rot we’ve been experiencing in this city and state since the president was re-elected. these things connect. nothing happens in a vacuum.

going to chicago for a week+. attending the socialism conference this weekend than hanging out a week to see my people. probably be quiet here while i’m gone. good luck out there everybody. feel free to buy me a coffee or whatever.

ripping the LaserDisc for Beastmaster II and it contains one of my favorite bits of distracting dubbing in history

Happy Canada Day to everyone, even the snowbirds and hosers

you are deranged by your fanship. it’s the inverse of my feelings about the mayor.

A picture of a stack of books next to an OK Cider Co. growler with the following text below it: “Monday 7/7 Pretty Quiet Book Club at OK Cider 6pm Blackout Poetry 6:30-8ish Quiet Reading Time”

We’ll be back at @okciderco.bsky.social Monday, July 7 for Pretty Quiet Bookclub!
Grab cider or a non-alcoholic beverage and join us starting at 6pm for some ice breaker Blackout Poetry fun, then join our community of readers from 6:30 until 8ish.

be kind. stay weird. drink local. read books.

this sounds like a nice time

the meeting is drawing to a close less than an hour and a half after it began. nothing notable transpired. mostly pro forma renewals for the beginning of the fiscal year.
see you back here in two weeks unless one of use dies before then.

city council for 7.1.25
tl;dr:
thunder won, cops are good.

lol *malört

feel free to hit me up on venmo or cashapp to buy me an old style and a shot of melört. venmo.com/u/MartyPeercy

city council has their first meeting of the fiscal year in the morning. it will be very dull. i’m not going to waste your time or mine by giving a play by play. i will have it on while i prepare to attend the @socialismconference.org in sweet home chicago. i’ll report tomorrow as necessary.

man i’m sorry. that is really hard.

of note: extremely bad

of note: extremely bad

obama’s guy. the dems aren’t for you either.

steve this is bad

jesús. chris west was an insurrectionist and is a sovereign sheriff believer. this is bad fucking news. they are coming for you.

walking down sw 29th and it’s been sidewalks the whole way. i guess like to thank ward councilor JoBeth Hamon, the only person i love and trust.

got a discount mailer from a new bao place but i also saw their logo on a cybertruck so we threw it away. a fool and their future money are soon parted i guess.

Back Cover description: On May 24, 2025, five United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers sat down for breakfast at Sava’s restaurant in Ann Arbor, Michigan. After eating some waffles, they entered the kitchen and handcuffed and detained three members of the kitchen staff. Many restaurants and other establishments have been conducting Know Your Rights training. Informative flyers are regularly posted throughout Chicago where I live. I see them on the edges of the parking lot of the Home Depot in my neighborhood where immigrant day laborers often hang out looking for work. I see flyers in the post office parking lot. A Mexican restaurant I get food from often has one posted on their window. Still, I can’t stop thinking about what happened at Sava’s restaurant. Did the agents tip the waitstaff before arresting the kitchen staff? At what percentage? Did they compliment the chef on the waffles while cuffing him in front of diners and his coworkers? As ICE grows bolder with their deportations, and as public resistance to ICE intensifies, I’ve been thinking more about these secret police agents that we fund with our taxes. I think about how easily ICE agents move through the city during their downtime, when they aren’t busy terrorizing immigrants in the name of white supremacy while hiding behind masks. I’ve also been thinking about their fans and supporters. I shared some of the first questions in this publication on two social media platforms and invited others to add their own questions. Then I selected and organized some of the responses and compiled them into this booklet. Multiple friends read this text and gave suggestions. This collection of questions is an invitation to think about situations we may encounter with ICE, a poetic rant against ICE, and a provocation for ICE’s allies. — Marc Fischer / Public Collectors

New booklet! "Who Shares the Restroom Code with ICE Agents?" This collection of questions is an invitation to think about situations we may encounter with ICE, a poetic rant against ICE, and a provocation for ICE’s allies. Full description in the cover alt text. halfletterpress.com/who-shares-w...

They gone call him things I will have to reference in microfiche

the big fundamental is a really accurate but also sad nickname. “old reliable.”