As Black History Month begins, we honor the generations of Black New Yorkers who built this city into the “gorgeous mosaic” we call home.
Today, we reflect on the words of Mayor David Dinkins: our city’s first Black mayor (and a democratic socialist!).
A photograph of a candle holder with a nearly expended candle that has burned down into the glass. The light is still bright. The picture is outside, in the rain.
Our candle has been burning since 7pm. Though nearly gone, it's light will never go out.
For Keith Porter Jr, Renee Good, Alex Pretti.
For all the victims we don't know the names of.
For us.
Alex Pretti from his early days working at the VA
Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)
Suffragists didn't just march. They baked, held bake sales and sold cookbooks to raise money for the cause of equality. n.pr/4iVE4TV
So I’ve made it official folks: I’ve filed the paperwork to run for Governor of Alabama. It’s time to remind this state of who we are and what we can accomplish together.
#DougForAlabama
Me on Trump as a fascist, free to read (as if anyone will)
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW0U...
My discussion with Brian on WNYC:
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/bl-...
I don't know who needs to hear this, but an economy controlled by a handful of oligarchs isn't a "free market."
Let them eat cake.
A tweet from Bernice King (@BerniceKing) reads, “Now, do the Epstein files.” Below the tweet is a black-and-white photo of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. leaning back in a chair with a serious, slightly exasperated expression on his face. The image conveys a sense of impatience or disbelief.
Dr. Bernice King, the daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King and the CEO of the King Center, posted this after the Trump administration released over 200,000 pages of documents related to her late father.
Here's me literally doing exactly that.
#StandingWithStephenColbert
When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
"The issue of government has always been whether individual men and women will have to serve some system of government and economics, or whether a system of government and economics exists to serve individual men and women."
—FDR, 1932
Narratively speaking, the tightest ending to this screenplay is probably the freed J6 protestors storming the White House to demand the release of the Epstein files.
Your regular reminder that most people in this country can't afford to move to another state and the inclination to say they're getting what they voted for in the devastation of a hurricane or flood or whatever the hell is a failure of common sense and empathy on multiple levels.
an older man with a white beard and long white hair, wearing a straw hat, round sunglasses, green sneakers and a colorful unbuttoned, short sleeve shirt holds up a sign that says "love earth"
A man protests on behalf of the Earth in Jackson, Mississippi.
📸 Canon EOS 3
🎞️ Fujifilm Superia 400 (expired)
👤 Photo by me
#believeinfilm
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is claiming he suffered “severe beatings,” sleep deprivation, malnutrition and other forms of torture at the hands of his jailers.
A win! Thank you to everyone who spoke out! After facing bipartisan resistance, the Senate Parliamentarian, ruled that Sen. Mike Lee’s proposal to sell off millions of acres of federal land cannot be included under reconciliation rules.
Skip the man cave and the she shed. Give me the attic #library.
#books #booksky #WritingCommunity #design
W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee:
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
Merriam-Webster Tweet: Any dictionary can be a pocket dictionary with big enough pants. Cookie Monster's reply to the tweet: Me no wear pants.
This might be the absolute greatest reply we have ever received.
Thank you, Cookie Monster 📕🍪💙
www.nokings.org
A little purr for you from the galaxy far, far away. (Sound on) 🐈⬛🤍 #cat #purr #maythe4thbewithyou
For the members of The Resistance, with a special note of thanks to @markhamillofficial.bsky.social
Un immense livre en train d’être brûlé par des petits personnages avec marqué « I hope everyone realizes that scrubbing historical references from web sites is no different than burning books »
Good Night World
You are either for democracy or you’re not.
If you’re not, get out of my way.
Thanks @joycewhitevance.bsky.social for an amazing conversation tonight.
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Don’t shame people for not immediately reading all the books they buy. Some books aren’t made to be ready right away, okay? Some books need time to mature. Some books need to cure for a while. Some books are prosciutto, and don’t you forget it.
always a good time to give a bookish kid who thinks magic is cool the Earthsea books
Here’s the important thing:
Don’t let what’s happening stop you from caring about other people.
All we have is each other.
