Jamila

i don't know how or where it originates. so, i won't spectulate.

i know it is something you lose.

i know Trust is integral to anything actually worth having.

For years I couldn’t stop writing about the oncoming fascism and then the fascism was here and I couldn’t seem to write about it anymore.

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full Baraka poem: www.poemist.com/amiri-baraka...

"A compromise
would be silence.

/

There would be someone
who would understand, for whatever
fancy reason."

Key facts about SAVE Act 2.0 you won't hear from GOP sponsors:

-"Show your papers" requirement far more restrictive than voter ID
-Voters would have to show documents in-person at election office, traveling up to 4.5 hours to do so
-States would be forced to hand over voter rolls to Kristi Noem

while it seems like your sensibility may be some combination of innate and hard-won, it's your daring compassion that stands out more.

it is a daring compassion.

(hope to see The Story of Documentary Film someday.)

thank you for finding and sharing this.

you're one of my favorite "sifters".

‘Adjustments must be made’: how to live well after mid-life We are living longer and longer, but many of us are unprepared for the challenges age brings, says the novelist and psychotherapist Frank Tallis

"Visitations from the unconscious".
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

"I Wanted Them To Like Me" ...no subtitle works here

"And still, she wanted to tell a story that might remind readers of something almost more fundamental than goodness..a contact point of shared animal innocence that may exist even between those who will, if called upon, fight to destroy each other utterly."
marygaitskill.substack.com/p/i-wanted-t...

I think I will keep making art but, as many have mentioned before, there are times (in history or in one's own life) when it feels even more futile than usual.

Street sign reads Surround yourself with people who fight for you in rooms you aren’t in.

Surround yourself with people who fight for you in rooms you aren’t in.

"These sentences will be half of something loving and half of something gone." —Renee Gladman

3/ and wander away, leaving us alone for awhile in the physical world, that collection of thoughts, flowers, weather, and proper names. And, just as with people, there is no real escape from them . . .”

Poem written on Google sheets by Isabelle Correa

I Wrote This Poem on Company Time

by @isabellewrites.bsky.social

#smallpoemsunday
@tomsnarsky.bsky.social

with thanks to @katierpoet.bsky.social for introducing me to her work on her substack. #poetry

to clarify (with more words):

"wristband" refers/ed to an excellent Paul Simon song.

and Neil Young just donated his catalog to Greenlanders with a statement.

Neil Young doesn't play.

Neil Young doesn't play.

As I wrote today, this has been a consistent pattern, strategic retreat when things get too hot, return when it fades.
It's how grab 'em by the pussy and Jan 6 was handled. They're counting on memories being short.
prospect.org/2026/01/26/i...

i often think *what would people be concerned about, if ___ ___ & ___ hadn't just occurred?*

watching all of Friday's Washington Week on a Tuesday morning reminded me: Article 5, Iran, etc.

also...

for us proud heart-sleeved "snowflakes", not content to be pulled under for hours, longform is less self-injurious.

a newscycle won't change. we can.

Nonviolence is, in fact, working. This administration is weaker than it was a year ago. More and more of the public is becoming galvanized against it; its agents are being impeded.

This🧵 is not an argument inferring: "Social Media=Bad"

We all know these sites are a tool for getting out emergency info & news developments responsibly.

IMO - Longform journalism is usually a wiser source for/when grappling with prolonged, systemic issues.

It's pre-grappled! (And fact checked.)

American Tragedy given your circumstances you become mouthless there- fore voiceless therefore your movements require translation given steel and made art objects given art objects the audience made noise the noise was harmless to the state therefore the state reciprocated with grants it did not matter that my art objects were prison bars bent into letters to spell the word abolition it did not matter that my art objects said fuck ronald reagan said all presidents suck the state cannot dis- tinguish between art objects barbed wire and roses are equal to the state the state loves art objects until the art objects are demolition crews outside police headquarters given dem- olition crews in front of police headquarters the state will murder artist artists don’t destroy police therefore the state feeds artists the state allows artists to sit on its lap given the constraints of capitalism given rent due every month, given family members in need given insulin prices the art- ists will accept the lap of the state therefore those proclaim- ing to speak for the voiceless are being translated by the state therefore a microphone is the state’s constant art object like a kaleidoscope it refracts the speaker’s voice into the same patriotic nonsense some artists don’t know they are being used by the state this makes them better compensated representation doesn’t matter for the children being held by the state whatever they say isn’t fit for art given applause isn’t an option given the exhibit is permanent given its ugl- iness it’s steel its pickled breath unfit for postcard therefore, it is easier to listen to an artist outside detention capable of spinning the secret into a coin we can share at a dinner party where everyone will sign and look contemplatively that’s their part in this American tragedy

José Olivarez / @joseolivarez.bsky.social

"Well-meaning people can cause real harm..."

"Decide your risk level, then act accordingly"

- The Anti-Performative ICE-Resistence Guide

www.instagram.com/p/DT25StUEiA...

from The Financial Diet, shared by Andre Henry on IG

Here's one reason to worry a bit less about who Trump appoints to replace Powell: The Fed is a committee, not a monarchy. So appointing a charlatan is less “Game of Thrones” and more “group project where nobody lets Chad touch the spreadsheet.”

🪧🙇🏾‍♀️

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I am writing as a deeply concerned constituent to demand immediate & decisive action regarding Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE). Recent events have made unmistakably clear that ICE is no longer operating as a legitimate public safety agency. Its actions constitute systemic abuse of power, repeated violations of constitutional rights, and the terrorization of civilian communities — including American citizens. What we are witnessing is not “law enforcement” but an unaccountable federal force operating with impunity I call you to pursue the following actions formally pursued and publicly: 1. The full dismantling of ICE as an agency, with its functions either abolished or restructured under strict constitutional oversight. ICE’s history of violence, secrecy, & disregard for civil liberties has rendered it irredeemable in its current form 2. Criminal accountability for individual ICE agents who engage in misconduct, excessive force, unlawful detention, or the use of lethal force against civilians. Federal employment must not shield anyone from prosecution 3. Legal & constitutional accountability for ICE leadership & federal officials who authorize, enable, or cover up unconstitutional conduct. This includes failures in training, rules of engagement, transparency, and discipline 4. Independent investigations with state-level participation, not internal federal reviews, into incidents involving civilian harm or death caused by ICE operations 5. Immediate suspension of aggressive federal immigration operations in civilian spaces that endanger lives, destabilize communities, & undermine public trust ICE’s conduct has instilled fear across entire neighborhoods — immigrants & citizens alike. Families are traumatized. Communities are destabilized. The normalization of federal agents using military-style force in public spaces is incompatible with a constitutional democracy. No agency is above the Constitution. No badge excuses violence. No “enforcement” mandate

Calls and in-person actions are best. Contact your senators.
indivisible.org/campaigns/ho...

Email is better than nothing. Here's some language if you want it. HT @econgarcia.bsky.social.

One of the things that I most appreciate about my students is the way they’ve figured out how to encourage each other to speak. One student will posit an idea and say, “Maybe that can be a starting point,” and another will pick up that idea and build on it, so that they work together over time.

Pretti clearly did not brandish his gun. Which means the government is saying he was killed for legally exercising his right to carry.

It’s as clear-cut a violation of the Second Amendment as I can possibly imagine. And we’re about to see the bulk of the gun rights crowd defend his murder.