Item 1. Comedy and satire * "Fascism relies on compliance. Develop a relationship with your sense of mischief." - @gendersauce (IG) * From McSweeney’s: 1925 or 2025? and I’m a German Citizen in 1933, and Is It Just Me or Is It Really Hard to Get Any Work
Mark your calendar Just the messenger! These are reruns in case you missed them last week. * Thursday, 5/1 and throughout this week! ➡️ May Day National Day of Action * Thursday, 5/15 ➡️ Calling in Conversations: You Reap What You Sow (or FAFO!) from Loretta J. Ross (On Zoom, $5+). "
Weekend wish #1 Let's go. - Alexander Chee Weekend wish #2 May we summon and sustain our "yes, and." Yes, a judge was just arrested by the FBI and the immigration crackdown is gathering steam, AND those of us who can throw sand in their gears
Item 1: It's a beautiful day... to order the book Pride Puppy. Context: yesterday's "Don't Say Gay" SCOTUS hearings. You can skim quick threads on Bluesky from Imani Gandy and Katherine Locke, or get a more robust overview at Maryland Matters. ➡️Read
Newer subscribers might not know that I spotlight ARTISTS on Tuesdays. As always, take what you need, share what you think someone else might need, leave the rest. Here we are on Earth together! Alive at the same time as these artists! Item 1. Favianna again Earth Day is today
Items 1: Mark your calendar * Wednesday, 4/23 ➡️ Briefing session, aka optional webinar, to prepare for... * Thursday, 5/1 and throughout that week depending on location! ➡️ May Day National Day of Action from many co-sponsoring organizations * Thursday, 5/15 ➡️ Calling in Conversations: You Reap What You Sow (or FAFO!) from
Items 1-5: In their own words * "What do you want people to hear from you in the case that you are detained?" (CBS / Instagram) * "Girlies in this house we don't f*** anyone who works for CoreCivic or Geo Group" (Nikita Dumptruck on Instagram) * If
Item 1. Spring cleaning? * Surveillance self-defense: Tips, Tools and How-tos for Safer Online Communications (Electronic Frontier Foundation, which also offers guides for academic researchers, activists/protesters, and many others) * How to switch your tech habits to escape the techno-feudalist takedown (This is Precious) * The Opt-Out Project's Cyber Cleanse:
Item 1. A balm, a spur We've talked about Claudia Horwitz's 100 days of meditation. But do you know about 100 Days of Creative Resistance? Start with Carvell Wallace's letter, All of Life Works If..., and see if it pulls you down the archives.
We're back!* Movement history Connecting dots: * From Progressive.org, a longer read about activists deported during McCarthy era, and * Breaking (to me) news via Bluesky about the detention of Mohsen Mahdawi, another Columbia student and green card holder. Mark your calendar Just the messenger! In case they'
Item 1. Transparent small businesses Is there a small business you'd like to shout out in this moment? ➡️ Reply to this email or leave a comment on the post. Here's the context for the question. A week or so ago, I was down a rabbit hole
Item 1: Art in exchange for... * Monica Trinidad made the postcard-sized prints above. Want one? ➡️ Donate any amount to the Trans Justice Funding Project by May 1. Get all the details at this IG post. * Did you know that Olly Costello – whose work you might recognize from book covers like