Sol J Brager

Do I feel horror or schadenfreude.

Oh my god they're bringing back the Presidential Fitness Test. A new generation will dangle helplessly at the bottom of a rope, chafing hands and thighs while a gym teacher mercilessly mocks them in a torture that can only have been devised by a fascist, truly.

Can I Be Frank? In a desperate attempt to prove they can think about someone other than themself, Morgan Bassichis turns to the work of queer comedian, musician, and performance artist Frank Maya.

Oh by the way you should go see Morgan Bassichis in their new show Can I Be Frank, it is incredible. www.canibefrank.nyc?fbclid=PAZXh...

Niemöller was asked by his concentration camp cellmate why he had ever supported Hitler and the Nazis. Reportedly, this is what he had to say for himself:

Two of my favorite outtakes from this interview with Elizabeth Purchell and KJ Shepherd courtesy of @kjshepherd.bsky.social

Sign that says “Immigrants welcome, ICE NOT/ Free Palestine” on the front of the Astoria Food Pantry in Queens.

Please consider giving to the Astoria Food Pantry, which serves immigrants in Queens, many of whom have been prevented from going to work because of fear of ICE raids. The line of those waiting for food was down the block when I passed by today. www.astoriafoodpantry.com/donate-money...

A white banned says FEED GAZA in front of a digital drawing of red poppies with black and white details and green leaves in front of a blue sky with clouds

List of resources in the thread ❤️🖤🤍💚

Q: Did the Interstate Obscenity Definition Act die in committee? @melissagiragrant.com do you happen to know the status of that one?

Put the comment section on the Liberty's announcement that they're waiving Jaylyn Sherrod in the Lesbian Herstory Archive.

When you show a physical therapist the hand stretches you do and she says “you’re just grinding your bones” TO MAKE MY BREAD, I say!

Coming to @anthologyfilm.bsky.social and @spectacletheater.com next month…. includes 12 features and 49 shorts spread across 17 programs, the majority of which haven’t been publicly screened (or even ever digitized) in decades.

Petition to add an additional late screening 🥸

Can @dieworkwear.bsky.social or someone explain the chokehold grip Looney Tunes had on adult casual clothing in the 90s? Who was like “cool denim shirt what if we put tweety bird on it”?

Finding out the Indiana fan that heckled Niya Rivers is a cop is anyone surprised

What if arts and literary residencies and fellowships opened specific categories for comics.

What if residencies and fellowships included specific work sample guidances for comics instead of making us guess whether we should follow prose or visual art guidelines, and being disadvantaged either way because comics are not prose and single comics pages are not standalone visual artworks.

Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die July 21, 2025 AFP has been working with 1 writer, 3 photographers and 6 videographers, all freelance, in the Gaza Strip since its staff journalists left in 2024. Along with a few others, they are now the only ones left to report what is happening in the Gaza Strip. The international press has been banned from entering the territory for nearly two years. We refuse to watch them die. One of them, Bashar, has been working with AFP since 2010, first as a fixer, then freelance photographer, and since 2024, as lead photographer. On July 19th he managed to post a message on Facebook: “I no longer have the strength to work for the media. My body is thin and I can’t work anymore.” Bashar, 30, works & lives in the same conditions as all Gazans, moving from one refugee camp to another under Israeli bombings. For > a year he’s lived in utter destitution, working at extreme risk to his life. Hygiene is a major issue for him, with recurring bouts of severe intestinal illness. Since Feb, Bashar’s been living in the ruins of his home in Gaza City with his mother, 4 brothers & sisters and the family of one of his brothers. Their house is devoid of any furnishings, except a few cushions. On Sunday morning, he reported that one of his brothers had “fallen, due to hunger.” Even though these journalists receive a monthly salary from AFP, it’s no longer enough to buy food, or they have to pay completely exorbitant prices. The banking system has collapsed, and those who exchange money via online bank accounts charge a commission of up to 40%. AFP no longer has the ability to provide them with a vehicle and there is not enough fuel to allow these journalists to travel for their reporting. Driving a car means becoming a target for Israeli airstrikes. AFP reporters therefore travel on foot or by donkey cart. (alt txt continued in next post)

A horrifying statement published today by the Editorial Committee of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency.

"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die"

Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:

3 question survey for Indiana fans at the Liberty game: 1) name one player on your team that isn’t Cunningham or Clark 2) are you from Staten Island 3) are you or is anyone in your family a cop

Fellow NYCers, definitely don't print copies of this and paste them on any surface that will take them. And definitely don't photograph them and share them with a tag like #HelloICE

cc @marc-fischer.bsky.social who might be interested in this for some reason.

🚨NEW: A horror story emerges from hacked flight logs of the March 15 flight to El Salvador: mass disappearances.

It's possible there are DOZENS of additional people the Trump admin sent to be imprisoned in El Salvador without trial who are imprisoned there whose names have never been disclosed.

Digital Security and Doxxing Prevention Checklist — Interrupting Criminalization The following is a checklist for people concerned about digital security and doxxing, whether you are a journalist or someone whose name or face appears in media or social media, compiled by Interru...

Let's keep our sources safe! Today we @interruptcrim.bsky.social launch a digital security and doxxing prevention checklist designed for journalists and media makers to share with sources and collaborators who may be at risk. Download, share! www.interruptingcriminalization.com/resources-al...

Has there been a statement from the Israeli government on the strike on Evin prison’s trans population? Looking for sources for a thing!

This is a real email I got from Linkedin?

Doing the Dirty Laundry Sol Brager claims their Zionist, Nazi-fighting kin.

HEAVYWEIGHT stumbles into a form of family abolitionism, i.e., a politics of relational abundance informed by the more-than-familial, race-treacherous sensibility of resource-sharing, of comradeship across bloodlines, that anti-fascists teach us is key to survival. lux-magazine.com/article/brag...

Doing the Dirty Laundry Sol Brager claims their Zionist, Nazi-fighting kin.

So pleased to have the inimitable and brilliant @reproutopia.bsky.social thinking with Heavyweight, now up at Lux! lux-magazine.com/article/brag...

There are still detainees at Guantanamo.

‘They’re killing us’: Immigrants complain of inhumane conditions inside NYC holding site Immigrants complain of cramped conditions, inadequate food and bathing facilities and sleeping on concrete floors.

NEW: Immigrants complain of inhumane conditions at ICE holding cells in NYC.

No showers or changing clothes. Sometimes only one meal per day. Over 100 people in small rooms. Sleeping on benches, the floor, or sitting up, due to lack of space.

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I am updating my syllabus, what is your favorite gay history book? Popular histories are okay but books should be based in archival research.

It’s true I have always struggled to Goldilocks the trans.