I know it's a long shot, but I hope everything going on with Lud serves as a sobering reminder of why politics in community spaces, especially niche communities, are important. At any moment, there are politicians and their police deciding people in your community cannot be a part of ANY community.
Under the stewardship of an alcoholic TV host, this is how the Department of Defense is spending our tax dollars:
Ryan's Community Giving Guide, 2025-26 Southeast Michigan photo of a sandhill crane at sunset, captured in profile. text at the bottom reads 'created by Ryan Henyard - v6.0 - henyard.com/giving. edit and adapt for your own community!' alongside a QR code and the creative commons CC-BY-NC-SA icon
from the author page, with a photo of Ryan, a large Black person in an outdoor coat, in the lower right. RYAN’S COMMUNITY GIVING GUIDE I originally created this giving guide as a way to amplify the challenges my communities were facing in 2020, and I’ve heard from lots of people who expressed a desire to help but don’t know where to start or who to support. I created this guide to highlight and uplift some of the important work happening, and encourage you to choose some of these efforts to support through donations, volunteering or mutual aid for Giving Tuesday and beyond. For the sixth edition, I have made some additions and changes to the organizations listed in the guide, and expanded sections on health and social justice programming. Our communities are filled with people dedicated to building a more just and loving future, and I’m glad to be able to share some of that with you. I’ve also started a free newsletter at www.creating.care - a place to explore in-depth my writing, art, organizing work and intersections with the people and groups weaving care into our community in a meaningful way. Because this is centered around my communities and values, it is not a comprehensive guide by any means; the guide and artwork are both available under a Creative Commons license (CC-BY-NC-SA) and I would be elated if others spread love for community-based work in their own communities. The best gift I can receive during this season is knowing someone contributed to these efforts after reading this guide, so please reach out and share your support for these community pillars with me on social media or email! In love and solidarity, Ryan Henyard email: ryan@henyard.com newsletter: https://creating.care instagram: @kuroganeig BlueSky: @ryan.blacksky.app
Home of New Vision homeofnewvision.org Narcan distribution, harm reduction, recovery care, treatment and support for people who use drugs Stand With Trans standwithtrans.org Sliding scale compassionate mental health care for LGBTQ youth and their loved ones Birth Detroit birthdetroit.com Black-led, midwifery, maternal health practice offering birthing services, wellness care, prenatal/postpartum care, and classes Black Mothers Breastfeeding Association blackmothersbreastfeeding.org Reducing inequalities in breastfeeding support with community based doulas Detroit Disability Power detroitdisabilitypower.org Organizing the power of the disability community to end disparities in health, housing, education & employment
Washtenaw Camp Outreach linktr.ee/washtenawcampoutreach Outreach, supplies and advocacy by and for the unhoused community FedUp Ministries fedupministries.org Offering free meals, mobile shower and laundry services to support the dignity of community members Wolverine Street Medicine wolverinestreetmedicine.org Student-run organization focused on caring for the health of those experiencing homelessness in Washtenaw County and Detroit MANY - Mutual Aid Network of Ypsilanti ypsimutualaid.org Creating survival programs & building alternative systems, including Pullover Prevention, Free Markets & Pantry Support. Detroit Peer Respite detroitpeerrespite.org Consensual, voluntary, non-clinical alternative place to stay during a mental health and/or substance-related (non-medical) crisis.
✨The 2025 Ryan's Community Giving Guide for Southeast Michigan is now live ✨
If you've ever wondered who is doing work that needs your support when #givingtuesday comes around, or you want to find folks doing vital work, the 6th annual guide is here to help. Grab the pdf at henyard.com/giving
#passiveVoiceMatters
Long-time buddies Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols were out for a pleasant van drive in Oklahoma when, all of a sudden, their lives would change.
love how we killed the old, frail anti-nuke ayatollah just to have him replaced with his young, healthy son who wants nukes and who just had his father, mother, wife, and child murdered on the same day by his mortal enemy. surely this will bring peace to the region
Subway mentioned. Also, Kali Malone mentioned.
2 Sets tonight!
First I'm playing some J-core in about 40 minutes and tonight I will be playing Hardcore at Loudbox at Midnight EST
Both you can join me in VR or catch my twitch if you prefer! www.twitch.tv/dj_kumathekami
Kinda makes you wonder whether all the sweaty, performative talk about "self-reliance" and all the hatred directed at urbanites is about a deep subconscious awareness of their dependence. Maybe they recognize on some level that they can't hack it on their own.
One thing I feel ought to be discussed more is the fact that basically all rural and suburban places in the US are subsidized by cities. They resent cities. They insult cities. They elect politicians who abuse cities. But none of them could survive without cities.
I'll be pulling up to RIP15 to spin some tunes at AHYD... come thru
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Google news search result showing a New York Times article proposing Trump's actions in Iran out-maneuvers Putin, published an hour ago; juxtaposed next to that headline, Washington Post reveals that Russia is providing US-sensitive info to Iran, published six minutes ago.
@nytpitchbot.bsky.social Look at those time stamps.
"Who is Timothee Chalamet and what is a Sufjan Stevens?"
Hey, remember how we let a nazi near-trillionaire annihilate the US state capacity? I know it was a whole year ago, but it turns out that this has consequences beyond "murdering 14 million people by ending USAID" (which apparently no one cared about).
They went to the boss.
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"[Radical liberals] don't realize that, when they express contempt for the man who holds the country's highest office, they reveal their contempt for the Americans who put him there."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:222p42fegwhwfyrc3gqam76j/bafkreib4nkrafaic6rpwa7wyeesnlmjeu23sshxjjpvqtr33wk7ztuxb2y)
Quote from Washington Times editorial board "[Radical liberals] don't realize that, when they express contempt for the man who holds the country's highest office, they reveal their contempt for the Americans who put him there."
Uh no...we definitely realize it.
this one fucked me up so much. guy turns his life around after a drug conviction, becomes a happy, beloved, pet rescuing houseboat dad who undersells his mechanic services so poor folks can afford them. ICE grabs him one day out of the hospital for heart problems which then kill him. horrifying
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If you continue the scene as Dunk turns around, watch his cheeks and mouth as his breathing returns to heaving, panting, and hyperventilating. Dunk is trying to make a joke to assuage Egg; however, he's trying his hardest to settle his own nerves.
You know how I can tell people weren't closely watching A Knight Of The Seven Kingdom?
During In The Name Of The Mother (S1E5, and SPOILERS), Dunk retells Egg a joke from S1E2, "rob me, and I'll hunt you down, with dogs." A lot of people found this callback funny.
world-altering decisions are being made by a cabal of gambling addicts hell bent on self enrichment no matter the cost to humanity, we should look into that.
I would like to remind people that AI has already been used to kill people
OpenAI and Microsoft supplied Israel with AI models to track and kill people in Gaza which led to increased civilian deaths
apnews.com/article/isra...
“The victims were between seven and 12 years old, according to Iran's Tasnim and Fars news agencies.”
Resident Evil 9: Requiem [2026]
Directed by Koshi Nakanishi
Xenon coded.
it's not the issue of this story, but it is a transparent example of how the "cars are freedom" narrative is a complete farce. when the state controls your movement and can immobilize you on a whim, you are not free. car dependency is an arm of fascism for the car *IS* fascism and must be abolished.
