"In a networked world, institutions must not only speak. They must participate."

And listen. 🫶🏾🪧✌🏾

ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.

thank you for sharing this reel on IG @nc-ppc.bsky.social

an anecdote from @joelrsimpson that speaks volumes.

www.instagram.com/reel/DPhDVtO...

thank you for sharing this reel on IG @nc-ppc.bsky.social

an anecdote from @joelrsimpson that speaks volumes.

www.instagram.com/reel/DPhDVtO...

"In a networked world, institutions must not only speak. They must participate."

And listen. 🫶🏾🪧✌🏾

"In the absence of a shared public sphere and amid rising distrust in institutions, populist narratives—often framed in terms of conspiracy, heroes, and villains—rally people to defend their in-groups against perceived threats from the other side."

"A poorly sourced claim, once embraced by a community or boosted by elite influencers, can become resistant to correction.

Attempts to rebut it from the outside can feel like an attack, triggering defensiveness rather than reconsideration. "

schooled.

this may be one of the most encouraging summaries i've read recently.

('though it took flighty-brained me nearly a week calm down and read it all.)

"and raised global awareness about life under Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo.

Spanning multiple genres and audiences, Alvarez’s work includes three nonfiction books, three poetry collections, 11 books for children and young adults and 7 literary novels."

(3/3)

link: youtu.be/UEhgV1b0WrQ?...

"...of exile in New York City to a brilliant literary career that shows no sign of slowing down.

Her semi-autobiographical novel, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, was published in 1991, followed in 1994 by In the Time of the Butterflies, which sold over a million copies..."

(2/3)

Following the screening of "Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined"...

Ms. Alvarez was interviewed by Mikaela Lefrak of Vermont Edition.

"This documentary opens a window into Julia Alvarez’s extraordinary journey from an idyllic, privileged childhood in the Dominican Republic to a life..."

(1/3)

if you haven't watched "Elmer Gantry" (1960) lately OR watched that Devo documentary, you don't, in fact, know what i mean or meant.🤷🏾‍♀️

you might think you do.

i accept that.

Nada Surf - Weightless (detektor.fm-Session)

#musicisstillawonderdrug 🎶

Blue Ridge Public Radio reports: Lawmakers spoke out against the impact of the government shutdown on western NC as the area waits for millions in federal relief funds.

www.wunc.org/2025-10-01/w...

Here’s a really helpful @cnn.com video explaining what’s actually happening with emergency applications at #SCOTUS, and why they’ve become so controversial (with a cameo from me):

www.cnn.com/2025/10/02/p...

Uncontrollable Urge (Live On Fridays)

that Devo documentary? is. excellent.

#flashbackliveonfridays

🎬🎶

link: youtu.be/CP2uL3zcIKk?...

Nada Surf - Weightless (detektor.fm-Session)

#musicisstillawonderdrug 🎶

Uncontrollable Urge (Live On Fridays)

that Devo documentary? is. excellent.

#flashbackliveonfridays

🎬🎶

🖊💙

🖊

Here's a detailed breakdown of actions states have taken to protect COVID-19 access.

Source: www.kff.org/covid-19/tra...

Today, CPJ, @penamerica.bsky.social, and @freepress.bsky.social published a letter signed by 100+ leading writers, journalists, and scholars urging the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement to immediately release journalist Mario Guevara. pen.org/press-releas...

first-ever? that's wonderful!

(i don't know your situation, but if you have an early-voting option, i hope you consider that too.)