Pamela (Davis) Fausey-Giorgio

This is too much.

Street art NYC

Democratic voters are working hard to stop fascism. It would be nice if the leaders of the party joined them.

Bernie Sanders and Mamdani joined the Starbucks picket line in Brooklyn — see the photos Sen. Bernie Sanders and New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani joined striking Starbucks baristas in Brooklyn on Monday.

The problem with this is that they're both elected officials with real power that they refuse to use on behalf of workers, so they engage in performative solidarity instead of living up to their half of the inside-outside strategy.

RIP Gwendolyn Brooks, first African American poet to win Pulitzer prize, died this day in 2000.

“We are each other's harvest; we are each other's business; we are each other's magnitude and bond.”

“Live not for Battles Won.
Live not for The-End-of-the-Song.
Live in the along.”

CARTOON OF THE DAY

Federal authorities plan operation in Minnesota focusing on Somali immigrants, AP source says Federal authorities are preparing an immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota, focusing on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S.

Officials prepare immigration operation in Minnesota that would focus on Somali immigrants, source tells AP, as Trump says he doesn't want Somalis in U.S.

I'm looking forward to this tomorrow (online and in-person in NYC): Ben Model and his wife, Manna Allen, and other silent film historians and colleagues helped me get through the early months of COVID-19 when they hosted Sunday screenings and talks.

So am I.

Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.

I just saw NYPL's “Century of The New Yorker” exhibit, which tracks some of the close & cantankerous relationships between publishers, editors, writers & artists in the early days. Yes, there are penciled “Xs” & the word “KILLED” written across a typed Anne Sexton poem, but it’s not reductive.

Jacob Frey: "We are here to respond to credible reports relaying that there are as many as 100 federal agents that will be deployed to the Twin Cities with a specific focus on targeting our Somali community. To our Somali community -- we love you and we stand with you. That commitment is rock solid"

Sabrina Carpenter replies to WH video: This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.

Pop star Sabrina Carpenter slams the White House for using “Juno” in an ICE arrest video:

“This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”

I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.

The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"

Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.

A PBS News tweet explains how two laid-off USAID employees created a website to match donors with canceled programs, keeping nearly 80 projects running in 30 countries. Below the text is an image of two people—Caitlin Tulloch and Rob Rosenbaum—appearing in a split-screen video interview, each seated in their respective rooms.

Meet two heroes of our times.

Trump admin selling off historic public art to the highest bidder Painted figures haunt an empty building. A boy leaning on a pair of crutches. A father and son wandering a barren railroad track. A nuclear family at a picnic table. These poignant scenes were painted...

"...painted by two of the foremost American artists of the twentieth century, Ben Shahn and Philip Guston.....They are on the walls of the Wilbur J. Cohen Building in Washington, DC, one of forty-five federal properties currently earmarked for sale."

www.alternet.org/trump-destro...

I'm 30. Growing up, my great aunt lived with me and my family. She lived to over 95. She was born in 1915... 2 years after Harriet Tubman died. Never let them tell you it was "so long ago". It's just a few generations back

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At the Brooklyn Book Festival, my gift to myself was a sub to @onestorymag.bsky.social. I received a copy of "Dachau" by Achy Obejas at the festival & then in October & November, "Making it Last" by Sam Dunnington & "Our Lady of Resplendent Misfortune" by Seena Ahmad arrived in my mailbox! Yeah!

If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.

If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.

It’s that simple.

No child should go hungry simply because their parents are immigrants. As mayor, I’ll join @newyorkstateag.bsky.social in using every lever of government for the families who fear if they can afford tomorrow’s meals.

The Moment to Pick a Side Has Come “You must refuse illegal orders.” That’s what was said in the video made by six Democratic members of Congress.

5/A similar attack by a U boat in WWII resulted in conviction for war crimes. Even in wartime, an attack like this is a crime. If we are not at war—an issue the experts are now hotly debating—it’s quite simply murder. Continue reading here: joycevance.substack.com/p/the-moment...

This is as good as this stuff will ever be, this is the phase where we're all supposed to be getting hooked in to this disruptive new thing. Once the free money dries up and they have to turn a profit, it will inevitably get worse and worse

Tech oligarchs have been scrambling for products to retain dominance since the plateau of the home computer and mobile phone. Today, they're forcing 'AI' garbage on us while pushing for mass surveillance and war products, even if they have to make the wars to service them. We can reject this future.

Remigration is ethnic cleansing, which is a crime against humanity and a form of genocide.

That is what the regime is signaling. That is what it is wants.

The 2026 park pass is… cringy.

As I always do with boycotts, I urge: be tough with corporations, gentle with individual buyers. For some people, Black Friday sales are the way they get their kids jackets that fit, shoes that hold up to the weather. Yelling at them doesn’t help the cause.