he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

Passive aggressive level 100 this is how we roll in the PNW 🤣 Protesters in Portland are going ice fishing with donuts as bait on fishing polls, holding dance offs in front of ICE barricades in goofy costumes and just being incredibly annoying to ICE there's no violence from protesters whatsoever.

This is why the people showing up in animal costumes for dance parties are doing it right.

Trump wants the image of violent confrontations. Give him frog costumes.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...

Need some good news? Infant mortality is way down since the 1980s both worldwide and in the US.

Schiff: "If a president in secret can put names on a list and kill them, then there is no war power still retained by Congress, and there's no check on an executive who may drag us into another war."

In case you were wondering, Mark Bray, who wrote a book about anti-fascism, got death threats from MAGA, and is fleeing to Spain with his wife and young children - yeah, he's Jewish.

Also fuck you Texas for doing this, invading another state with armed troops; lone star Republic my ass

This is exactly why ICE needs to be unmasked and ID’d — like cops.

📌 Cases of ICE impersonators this year alone outnumber the last four presidential terms combined.

the... the what? get the what?

•
Antifa is not an organization.
• There are no “founders” of Antifa.
• There is no centralized leadership of Antifa.
• There is no Antifa “membership.”
• There are no “chapters” of Antifa.
• You cannot “join” Antifa.
• Antifa is a PHILOSOPHY - the idea that fascism is bad and should be resisted.

"Freedom is an indivisible word. If we want to enjoy it, and fight for it, we must be prepared to extend it to everyone, whether they are rich or poor, whether they agree with us or not, no matter what their race or the color of their skin."
Wendell Willkie, Indiana's own, who died OTD in 1944

Michigan Avenue right now.

Psst! I am opening up to unagented children's book submissions *just for the month of October*! This is an exciting experiment. The email to send submissions to is [email protected]. You can find out about what I'm looking for at www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/me...

on the one hand I hate ultra-processed food, on the other hand poptarts

I feel like I should put 'antifa' somewhere in my bio, but maybe starting with 'anarchafeminist' is enough.

frens, i've been stuck at 2,999 followers all dayyyy....

BREAKING: Hamas will release all 20 living hostages this weekend, AP sources say, as Israelis will withdraw from majority of Gaza.

When we were teenagers, in the late 70s, Bubba George’s goal was to play oldtime with punk rock energy and speed.

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

She's Canadian, you wouldn't know her.

My hot take about being evidence informed is that if you're not following emerging/junior scholars in an area you're going to miss the best stuff

do they have thick curtains in their room? possibly poor sleep the last few nights owing to the very bright moonlight, I've heard a lot of people saying that.

teeth? tylenol?

#OtD 8 Oct 1916 mostly migrant workers at Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company in NJ walked out on strike against low wages and dangerous conditions. Police killed 4 strikers and injured dozens, crushing the strike after 10 days stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1085...