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Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness @tangledwilderness.bsky.social · 2d

Mutual aid groups, food banks, etc are about to be under even more pressure in the US.

Post your local one's donation link here, and if you're seeing this, and you can spare a few bucks, pick one two to give to.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Manchester synagogue victim died from single police gunshot wound, inquest hears

Adrian Daulby sustained shot to chest as he attempted to prevent attacker from entering synagogue A victim of the Manchester synagogue attack died from a single police gunshot wound as he held the building’s doors shut against a terrorist, an inquest has heard. Adrian Daulby, 53, was described at his funeral as a “quiet man” who became a “tremendously strong hero”. Continue reading...

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Boston Anarchist Bookfair @boston-a-bookfair.bsky.social · 3d

The 2025 Boston Anarchist Bookfair is this weekend!

See more info on our website for all the details including the full list dozens of vendors: bostonanarchistbookfair.org

🖤❤️🖤❤️🖤❤️🖤❤️🖤

"2025 Boston anarchist bookfair full vendor list now on our website"

a stack of amazing books you might find at the fair!

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Laura @tutusntinyhats.bsky.social · 4d

Reposting for the evening crowd: I'm raffling off a bunch of my crafts, postcards by @jkmakes.bsky.social, a copy of @mskellymhayes.bsky.social's forthcoming book, and copies of @cbmilstein.bsky.social's zines to benefit food banks and mutual aid groups that feed people!

Laura @tutusntinyhats.bsky.social · 5d

Want to help feed people during the SNAP shutdown and also enter to win a whole bunch of cool stuff?

Donate to any food bank, food pantry, or mutual aid group that distributes food, post a receipt here, and I'll use a random number generator to draw a winner.

More details in 🧵:

The book Read This When Things Fall Apart edited by Kelly Hayes, lying on a beige couch, next to a set of zines by Cindy Milstein printed in a rainbow of colors, a bunch of postcards by JK Makes, a card, bookmarks, and jewelry

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Art by Emily K @museum.of.emilyk.art · 4d

"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness)

As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)

Hebrew calligraphy in dark green stretches in lines across the image. Negative space makes room for a simple representation of an inflatable frog costume with a blue bandana. That shape consists of the English translation of the Hebrew, in a lighter green, and in much smaller text.
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Famously, the Egyptian tyrant causes Egypt to be overrun with frogs because he refuses to free the Hebrew people, but there are additional details that make this a fun one to ponder. For one, the Hebrew says "the frog came up" - ONE frog - even though the rest of the time it says "frogs." So there are a few explanations rabbis have come up with to explain this. One is that a single frog multiplied to create swarms. A more creative explanation is that there was a singular giant frog who traveled and brought destruction. Jewish social media was sharing videos of the Portland Frog protester with the caption, "One Big Frog! One Big Frog!" Of course the frog protesters did multiply, and many were seen in crowds all over the world on "No Kings" Day. This calligraphic work takes the verses addressing the frog plague and combines them to form a simple rendering of the Portland Frog protester. The frog figure itself is made up of the English translations of the Hebrew around it. At the bottom left my signature is in the shape of a lily pad.

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Laura @tutusntinyhats.bsky.social · 5d

Items this raffle contains (1 of 2):

Read This When Things Fall Apart, edited by @mskellymhayes.bsky.social - a powerful book of letters to activists.

A set of collaborative anarchist zines by @cbmilstein.bsky.social, printed on colorful paper by me.

Art postcards by @jkmakes.bsky.social.

The cover of Read This When Things Fall Apart, which has an illustration of a person swimming in a lake at night under the moon

Six zines printed in a rainbow of colors: Anarchist Compass: 29 Offerings for Navigating Christofascism, Don't Just Do Nothing: 20 Things You Can Do to Counter Fascism, Everyday Antifascism: 14 Ways That Solidarity Keeps Us Safer, The Heart is a Muscle: 19 Embodiments of Anti-Fascist Grief, Ritual As Resistance: 18 Stories of Defending the Sacred, and Stitching Together Other Worlds

Six art postcards:

1.) A smiling white blob on a rainbow background with the words "you'll be okay!"

2.) A chicken holding bolt cutters against a purple background, with the words "embrace a diversity of tactics"

3.) A black bus that says Abolish ICE on the side, against a reddish-orange background, with the words "all aboard!"

4.) "Fascism wants you to be cynical. Be earnest as heck" written in a combination of black and rainbow letters on a gray and rainbow background

5.) A fat white masc person lying down holding a rose against a light blue background, with the words "They really think pointing out our bodies hurts our feelings. Bitch, I live in this meatsuit. I know what it looks like."

6.) "Tell beautiful truths" in black letters against a rainbow gradient background

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Laura @tutusntinyhats.bsky.social · 5d

Want to help feed people during the SNAP shutdown and also enter to win a whole bunch of cool stuff?

Donate to any food bank, food pantry, or mutual aid group that distributes food, post a receipt here, and I'll use a random number generator to draw a winner.

More details in 🧵:

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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 8d

It’s hard to convey just how much Chicagoans are mobilizing against ICE. Don’t want to downplay the harm, or make it seem like a fair fight. But in neighborhoods across this city, ICE is getting chased by people blowing whistles and shouting. People are running TOWARD ICE to protect their neighbors.

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katsylver @katsylver.bsky.social · 11d

It was so exciting to see what titles I ran out of. As always, all of my copies of @cbmilstein.bsky.social & @prisonculture.bsky.social's offerings got picked up immediately. Today, @crimethinc.com 's To Change Everything zine was more popular than it's been at previous events.

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Cindy Barukh Milstein @cbmilstein.bsky.social · 11d

So much bad news, and thus so much need for our news. Immensely sad at @igd.bsky.social’s passing 💔🖤💔🖤. Sending the IGD much love! May IGD’s memory be a blessing. 🪬🫂

Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness @tangledwilderness.bsky.social · 11d

Really sad to hear that @igd.bsky.social is shutting down. They have been an amazing resource.

itsgoingdown.org/igd-2015-2025/

IGD: 2015 – 2025

About a year ago, we announced a hiatus on this project. Due to an outpouring of support, we pushed ourselves to continue, and over the last year, we’re proud of the interviews and roundups we’ve been...

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Cindy Barukh Milstein @cbmilstein.bsky.social · 13d

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Cindy Milstein – It's Going Down

Misfit. Wordsmith. Dreamer. Rebel.  Never at home in this world, so always aspiring to make new ones with others.  Labors of love: creating books, doing care + grief care, curating magical do-it-ourse...

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Cindy Barukh Milstein @cbmilstein.bsky.social · 13d

www.sproutdistro.com

Anarchist Zines

Anarchist zine distro with PDF zines and pamphlets on anarchism, direct action, tactics, etc.

www.sproutdistro.com

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Cindy Barukh Milstein @cbmilstein.bsky.social · 13d

Anarchist Public Service Announcement #4

It was written for an earlier No Kings rally, but might be helpful for the ones tmrw, which should at least be renamed “No Fascists” aka “We Are All Antifascists”!

ANARCHIST PUBLIC SERVICE, pt 4

If you go to “No Kings” rallies today, no doubt it will be all you can do—as an anarchist who believes deeply in liberatory practices and politics—to maintain your cool when faced with both liberals’ and authoritarians’ lack of solidarity. Go with other anarchists and be each other’s support system, and debrief (rant, cry, laugh, and/or chill) afterward.

But also go as “friendly anarchist factions” to model what solidarity actually looks like—even if too many nonanarchistic folks don’t yet know what that feels like or how to do it. I always wish that people didn’t need to be, say, tear gassed or arrested to learn that ACAB isn’t just a slogan, and that anarchists will almost certainly be the ones to have their backs. But such is the wearisome “learning curve,” and the more folks who see beloved community self-defense modeled for them, unflinchingly, on the streets, the more they’ll understand how (and why!) to stick side-by-side too—including with us.

Be solidarity.

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Cindy Barukh Milstein @cbmilstein.bsky.social · 13d

Anarchist Public Service Announcement #3

It was written for an earlier No Kings rally, but might be helpful for the ones tmrw, which should at least be renamed “No Fascists” aka “We Are All Antifascists”!

ANARCHIST PUBLIC SERVICE, pt 3

Back in the day, ahead of a big protest, anarchists set up “convergence centers”: big, scrappy, communal spaces where folks could not only find each other, make and eat food, plug into art and media making, etc. in the days before an (often direct) action based on a wide-ranging diversity of tactics—under an umbrella name like “Carnival against Capitalism” or “No Olympics on Stolen Native Lands”—but also skill up together.

There’s no time to do this before the poorly named “No Kings” (aka, it’s fascism) protests tmrw. Yet you could easily do pop-up skill shares. So many “newbies” are open to learning and eager for alternatives!

Remake the urban landscape into temporary autonomous “classrooms.” Use public furniture or gathering spots, or bring blankets or chairs to sit on. Write the skill share topic on cardboard and display it. Run around and announce skill shares as they start. Bored protesters waiting for a march to begin or tired of listening to rally speeches make great participants. Circle up and start passing along handy skills—say, how to help each other rinse tear gas out of eyes or turn a T-shirt into a mask (over your N95), or how to do forms of community self-defense or jail support. Offer an Anarchism 101 or local rad history talk too. Exercise hands and minds, encouraging liberal and progressive folks to (begin to) think and act for themselves.

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Cindy Barukh Milstein @cbmilstein.bsky.social · 13d

Anarchist Public Service Announcement #2

It was written for an earlier No Kings rally, but might be helpful for the ones tmrw, which should at least be renamed “No Fascists” aka “We Are All Antifascists”!

ANARCHIST PUBLIC SERVICE, pt 2

It’s tough not to fume over the “peaceful protest” call for a “sit-down wave” at this Saturday’s “No Kings” rallies, such as one that asserts: if you see so-called infiltrators “destroy[ing] property,” “sit down and leave the provocators” standing. That’s how the self-appointed leaders of these nonprofit-corporate “ally” demos uphold a status quo that benefits them. In practice, it means anyone not falling in liberal line will get the brunt of police violence and state repression.

Enough fuming. My anarcho-prefigurative self says: outorganize the “peace police”! #BeGayMakeFun! Alongside bringing many zines to gift out at these rallies: Set up carnivesque “no kings, no masters” participatory games! Bring screen-printing supplies (stencils, silk screens, or even humble potatoes carved with printable slogans) and let folks print your rebellious designs on T-shirts, patches, or cardboard! Create playful shield-making art station! Become snack faeries, carting around yummy treats in wagons to freely distro! Do some rebel street theater or radical cheerleading! Bring a queer rebel marching band or amplified music, and start a street dance!

Anarchism is not just good politics; make it good fun, and when folks are drawn to you, anarchism will not only be welcoming but irresistible too. Plus, who knows, maybe you can joyfully teach people how do a “stand-up wave” against the real provocateurs (cops).

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Cindy Barukh Milstein @cbmilstein.bsky.social · 13d

Anarchist Public Service Announcement #1

It was written for an earlier No Kings rally, but might be helpful for the ones tmrw, which should at least be renamed “No Fascists” aka “We Are All Antifascists”!

ANARCHIST PUBLIC SERVICE:

I know it’s no fun to go to liberal-progressive rallies, but thousands of newbies and/or newly awakened folks will be at this Saturday’s “No Kings” protest. Don’t let the nonprofit “ally” complex siphon off the genuine energy of those seeking social transformation—those who don’t yet know that, for instance, “police are not our friends” or “solidarity is our best weapon.”

Instead, print thousands of zines that allow people to “educate themselves in freedom,” especially accessible ones that include rebellious ideas and do-it-ourselves practices! Take those zines to rallies. Walk around and freely gift them to people!

From personal experience, I know that a single zine can change many hearts and minds—and create “accomplices” now willing to experiment with anarchistic forms of street militancy, from varied types of community self-defense to myriad types of collective care and mutual aid.

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Cindy Barukh Milstein @cbmilstein.bsky.social · 13d

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS:

“Our Dreams Will Never Fit in Ballot Boxes: Anarchist Examples of Encouraging Liberals to Break Free”

Length: 80 to 250 words
Due: By or before October 27
Email: cbmilstein (at) yahoo

See full post @cindymilstein on IG or at
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Attached: 1 image [Share this CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS to my next zine freely and widely!] Anarchism is nothing if it’s not dynamic—the urge to create and destroy, and create again from the rubble, ev...

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 15d

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 16d

Fenway health in Boston has stopped providing gender affirming care to trans youth.

I was previously on the board of this organization and I've never been so disgusted with their leadership cowardly capitulating like this.

Alt text:
Statement from Fenway Health explaining that due to new federal requirements effective October 1, 2025, they can no longer provide medical gender-affirming care such as hormones and puberty blockers to patients under 19, but all other services for patients of all ages will continue unchanged.

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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 20d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20d

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 19d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Scott Campbell @susurros.bsky.social · 19d

"All [13 people arrested in Boston on Oct 7] were to be charged with inciting a riot, a felony charge that is also known as 'promotion of anarchy,' with origins in early 20th-century fears of anarchist violence. If convicted, they could face up to 3 years in prison."

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Boston Prosecutors Invoke Law Used Against Anarchists to Charge Protesters

www.nytimes.com

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 20d

Our plane to Spain is in the air!

🙌🙌

Thank you so much to the countless people supporting us in every way and in particular all of the Rutgers students and faculty who have supported us every step of the way.

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Linkwood Anarchist Hub🇵🇸 @lakewoodanarchyhub.bsky.social · 21d

"Read absolutely everything you get your hands on because you'll never know where you'll get an idea from." ~ Malcolm X

Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · Sep 18

Whatever you do, please don’t stop reading.

Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read banned books. Read books by marginalized authors. Read about experiences that differ from your own.

Just. Keep. Reading.

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