John!

I just got off the phone with Ahmed. He said - "We help others because you never know when we'll need help. I didn't ever imagine this situation [of needing help]." Good wisdom for us all.

He's been a lifelong helper and we're eager for him to longer be dependent on strangers. Almost there yall. 💚

We urgently request the reinstatement of
@itsmeio.bsky.social.

She violated nothing. Moderation hasn’t offered evidence or justification.

We call on @safety.bsky.app @bsky.app @moderation.bsky.app to open a ticket to restore her only voice.

A graphic featuring a black ink illustration of a falcon with his wings partly open. Title: “Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza giving circle” decorated with a red watercolor poppy. Text: Six families are completely starting over—amidst their grief and pain, they have lost their homes, livelihoods, and communities, and must still seek food and shelter. Help them start over and continue to survive this life-and-death situation. https://tinyurl.com/HopeGivingCircle.”

It's a NEW DAY which means we bring new hope, energy, & belief to the project of helping six families survive ongoing genocide, right?

Unceased fire, famine, displacement. Folks who clicked "weekly" on a coffee are the ONLY remaining support...so join in: chuffed.org/project/hope...

I love the x suit designs. Junya ishigaki has some real winners

If I said the views of Nigel Farage are “entirely typical” of his class and background they would accuse me of a libelous slander against them.

Wow: Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named for Holocaust survivor Raphael Lemkin, who coined term "genocide") calls Clinton's remarks "genocide denial."

"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."

THE MERCHANT

Paramount Pictures’ Twitter (X) account was reportedly hacked today and their bio was updated:

“Proud arm of the fascist regime”

Showed this to my older child. The response:

“This works for art and music too. AI can’t produce anything great because it will never have imposter syndrome.”

I just saw that Ireland made its basic income for artists permanent and I have never been so jealous.

What must it be like to live in a country that actually values the arts?

I'm happy for all Irish artists and hope maybe this kind of thing will expand elsewhere.

Wow… rpreg

Red Star Dr. Taimur Rahman is an academic, activist, musician, and author. He got his Ph.D. from SOAS (UK) and is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the Lahore University of Management Sciences. Hi...

Not sure if people have heard of this guy before but he’s a Marxist academic and activist in Pakistan and he makes great lecture videos

www.youtube.com/@TaimurRahma...

Gonna be even more earnest than usual on main, but I wanted to share. Because I have a bunch of pain stuff I was in my thoughts about it, and I said to myself, “I have to show love to my body. My body is doing the best it can.” so if anybody needs this, it made me feel good to say that

This game freaking RULES! Do yourself a favor and pick up a copy.

Yep. This is literally how it goes with popular media. Books, film, television, everything.

The majority of what you put out will break even, be a mild success, or lose money. But you'll have a scant handful of superstars that basically pay for everything else.

Fallon is a horrid little weasel of a man. No spine, no principles. Whatever he needs to do to stay on the air. Was never funny yet somehow lowers the bar every year. Viewers would notice his departure only by their own grateful sigh.

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ok, this time i clicked "weekly"

maybe you can too? 😊

sam altman is being sued by his SISTER for sexual abuse. who gives a shit about his dogshit product that’s corroding brains and vaporizing the planet??? what is going on in this fuckin world

I'm new here on Bluesky but this worth sharing.

Go read about. Sign. And share

oh, okay then

This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.

I need to get better at that. Maybe Pilates is the next step in my attempt to make my core not totally bad at everything

One person plus me

One of the things that irritates me about defunding the Post Office is that the Post Office is just a great place to go to. People getting presents, sending off Christmas letters, the hustle and bustle of American Capitalism, people meeting people, babes and hunks, get laid at the Post Office folks

Must-Reads and Some Notes on Taking Action and Staying Whole in 2026 As we close out a year of crisis and courage, I’m thinking about what sustains us — and what comes next.

The latest edition of my newsletter includes must-reads, organizing resources, year-end reflections, and a writing exercise for anyone trying to stay whole and take action in 2026.

You can be a good person and mean well and still contribute to ableism because ableism is baked into our society. It's complicated so idk try to give everybody a little more grace.