𝕶𝖗𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖓 𝖏. 𝖘𝖔𝖑𝖑𝖊́𝖊

America's long commitment to the soft eugenics of allowing the system to do the killing of undesirables is fast accelerating into a Nazi-era program of hard eugenics, in which the state directly enacts mass death against those it considers unproductive/undesirable.

But when I asked an organizer what they wanted to see out of press coverage, they told me they wanted people to see the beautiful things they are building here, and not just the worst stories of the worst of ICE's crimes.

What people are doing here is beautiful. It's a tragic beauty, but a real one

Republicans Want to Arrest You for Donating to Abortion Funds 1.14.25

Whatever state you live in, you should be keeping an eye on extremist legislators and their testing grounds—and wow wow is South Carolina giving Texas a run for their money!

jessica.substack.com/p/republican...

I will beat this drum forever:

Mass incarceration intersects with EVERYTHING. If you care about LGBTQ+ rights, gender justice, reproductive rights, censorship, public safety--you care about mass incarceration whether or not you know it yet.

Day 6 of my bookish gift guide…
Witch Hunt by @kristenkorvette.bsky.social Essential for witches seeking their lineage, for travelers who want their history alive with magic and fury, and for anyone who’s ever wondered how persecution becomes liberation becomes tourist attraction becomes revolution

on the full mamdani moon and the practice of hope with writing prompts

happy full mamdani moon!!!!!!!!!!

jeannakadlec.substack.com/p/on-the-ful...

This morning, I'm enjoying a little democratic socialism with a slice of schadenfreude as a treat.

Sabnock_'s depiction of an akugyo, who has the head of a woman and long black hair, the front of a fishy dragon with human-like hands, fins, a spined back, and red lightning coming from her. She breathes fire or red smoke as she swims, and her name is written in Kanji.

The akugyo (悪魚) has the head and arms of a woman and breathes fire, a malevolent Japanese mermaid who ensnares the ships of sailors in rocks and then breaks the ship, devouring them. Japanese lords have tried to take her down, and failed. #WyrdWednesday

🖼: Sabnock_

'Grotesque and delusional': Francesca Albanese hits back at Israeli envoy after he called her a 'witch' In his bizarre tirade, Danny Danon accused the UN special rapporteur of trying to 'curse Israel with lies and hatred'

'Grotesque and delusional': Francesca Albanese hits back at Israeli envoy after he called her a 'witch' - https://www.middleeasteye.net/trending/israeli-un-envoy-calls-francesca-albanese-witch

a little black cat and a little white cat (with a halo) wearing pink wings

Good morning. Let's continue with our "cats with wings" Halloween series.

Tails From the Crypt Undead Undead Undead Cats

Wrote about the occult power of (un)dead cats and more feline arcana over on my little Substack 🐈‍⬛🪦

A ceasefire will not last if Palestinians don’t have a State.

Join me and sign this global petition to demand the United States recognize Palestinian Statehood and vote to make it so. Wherever you are in the world, sign & boost!

Can we get 1M signatures?

SIGN HERE: bit.ly/4nEUKjT

South Gaza: Tents, Food & Water **With Famine on the rise, we will significantly lower tent purchases and focus on food (rice and bread) and water over the next couple of weeks**

The Sameer Project is a donations based aid initiative, led by four Palestinians in the diaspora, working to supply an emergency reponse and funding to the displaced families in Gaza.

Please donate if you can afford.

Dare you to listen to No More Tears without crying rn 💔

Newspaper photo of a group of cats huddled together on a satellite dish with the headline, "Outdoor cats are using $500 Starlink satellite dishes as self-heating beds."

Cats are and always have been cyberpunks

I've been banging this drum for years now, I know, but Zohran's Big Night is a clear illustration of the power of giving people a vision of the future that boldly contradicts the rhetoric of Republican fearmongers. Not just "disagrees on policies," but actively paints a different image of the world.

A person stands supporting the bottom of a huge flag being hoisted. The flag is a rainbow with eight stripes of pink, red, orange, yellow, green, turquoise, indigo and violet.

On this day in 1978, the rainbow flag first flew as a symbol of pride. It was raised at San Francisco Gay Freedom Day.

These ICE protests aren't just protests. They are direct actions, with strategy behind them calculated to protect our neighbors and loved ones from kidnapping and torture.

Activists are debating and experimenting with and fine-tuning tactics with the goal of disrupting and delaying ICE trafficking.

the decision to "be safe" is no longer yours to make. the state has decided to make us unsafe. but you can make informed choices, take calculated risks, and you can decide to be powerful.

People throw around the word honor far too much but it is VERY appropriate here. SO beyond honored to know that and can I say again WOWOWOWOW THIS BOOK! Transformative, restorative, shapeshifting power pulsing through every page 🌟

Literally SCREAMING that @kristenkorvette.bsky.social is reading my book!! *Witches, Sluts, Feminists* was so powerful for me. It’s the first place I read other queer and trans witches articulating that queerness, transness, and Other-ness can be a source of power. ❤️‍🔥

Remembering Chevalière d'Éon for Pride. A transgender woman in the 1700s who was also a spy and who turned double agent, extorted an entire monarchy to get her gender marker changed, and lived her life as a woman in a time when such was thought impossible.

We have always been here.

No better way to kick off Pride Month than by diving into the Queer Divine 🔮

@thewordwitch.bsky.social

Re: resisting fascism:

Find ways to practice non-compliance in your life so that when you need to defy them, it’s not a totally foreign feeling.

Ugh. I'm sorry. A similar thing happened to me. Two of mine were Backordered there for over a year, so I started linking to B&N, which feels a bit better than Amazon, at least.

May Day: The cool cats that fought for workers' rights A university archive is celebrating the feline members of trades unions across the decades.

"Despite not being known for their collective organisational skills, or giving a stuff about humans, the felines' historical use is an "important part of social history", the project archivist explains." @catsofyore.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Best feeling is when you meow at a random cat and they meow back and walk over to get pets

Just finished the exquisitely devastating Buffalo Hunter Hunter by @sgj.bsky.social. Weasel Plume stole my heart, but Taz and Cordelia managed to claw their way in after. What most reviews won’t tell you is that this one’s for the cat lovers, too.

Walpurgisnacht: Cats at the Witches' Sabbath The Fur Flies at Midnight

Happy #Walpurgisnacht! If you’ve ever wondered what the role of cats was at the witches’ sabbath, I got you 🐈‍⬛ felinearcana.substack.com/p/walpurgisn...

The image is a fragment of a burial tomb mural depicting a cat. The artwork shows a black and white cat sitting upright. The cat is facing to the right and its tail is curled around its body. The mural has a weathered appearance, with visible cracks and a rough texture.

Anyang Museum in Henan Province finished restoration on a local tomb mural depicting a black and white cat (note the bell collar!).

Belonging to official Zhao Yigong, the tomb was completed in 829 CE; it's thought to be the earliest Chinese tomb mural of a domestic cat.
#caturday