“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.”
James Baldwin
sometimes I feel like such a flop I wonder how I will ever make it all happen... and yet in flopping I affirm the gift of life... I flop because I am not yet done....
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I think a lot of us get hope wrong. Hope, I do not believe, is an emotion. In fact, hope makes space for lots of emotions to exist alongside it. You can DO hope scared, angry, sad etc...
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
Demonstrators at the January 7, 2026, evening vigil for Renee Nicole Good. A tall flag reads "Fuck ICE."
Minneapolis.
A small thing, lovingly done. We need more of those.
Not coincidentally this is a pretty good list of Most Important Companies to Unionize.
it's jerma as a vampire sitting in front of a mic
zoom interview with the vampire
watch out
a key reason they see an opening for such a blatant speech crackdown is that they already did one to Palestinian and anti-genocide activists and it got enthusiastic bipartisan approval
Shout out to the American Federation of Musicians
great news! you're not actually seeing karl rove, john yoo, and david frum criticize the administration's lawlessness more stridently than dem leadership. you, reader, were infected with rabies by a brown bat 36 hours ago and this is all just the virus working its way through your nervous system
otis + sunset
What's your secret to being online all the time without contracting computer madness? For me it's being pure of heart
This is class solidarity.
In case you’re at all confused.
I said something last week that is more broadly applicable today:
Calling for empathy is not neutral or apolitical when only one group of people have been socialized and brutalized into having empathy.
etsy witches i have one last job for you
P.T. (2014)
"We are here to affirm, uplift, and advocate for transgender and gender diverse youth...and we remain committed to doing all we can to support their care and well-being.”
Boston Children’s Hospital says it won’t be bullied into abandoning trans youth www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/07/bost...
i like how in the current popular framing women's loneliness/desire for connection is not a topic of concern because there's no accompanying threat of violence
W…hat do they want help with…exactly? I mean, they have all the parts, I assume. What is it we are supposed to do for them?
a photo of luigi mangione looking like a fucking carceral GQ cover
Me, as a leftist, on how straight guys can get laid:
fortunately they always seem to pop off during sessions with clients who really like animals and are entertained by their antics so that's good for rapport building i guess thanks as always to my helpful sons
i had to pause and be like so i know it sounds like someone is breaking into my home right now, however,
