Pinned
"The support I helped administer allowed them to continue their work, to deepen their practice, and to remain in Vermont rather than perhaps migrating to larger cultural centers where opportunities for artists were more abundant."
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The Administrator's Year: Running Vermont's Most Radical CETA Arts Program - JonZphoto.com
The history of American federal spending is littered with contradictions -- moments when even unlikely leaders championed programs that would have lasting
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February 2, 2026 at 1:29 PM
"The support I helped administer allowed them to continue their work, to deepen their practice, and to remain in Vermont rather than perhaps migrating to larger cultural centers where opportunities for artists were more abundant."
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A thread for the ages
I don’t mean no harm….
February 1, 2026 at 10:15 PM
A thread for the ages
(free them all, everywhere)
February 1, 2026 at 10:52 PM
(free them all, everywhere)
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
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So looking forward!
This Friday February 6 7pm at Harvard Bookstore: the profoundly inspiring, philosophical @berondam.bsky.social, fellow Fellow @rad-institute.bsky.social, in conversation with the unapologetically insightful @chanda.blacksky.app about her new book:
www.harvard.com/event/berond...
This Friday February 6 7pm at Harvard Bookstore: the profoundly inspiring, philosophical @berondam.bsky.social, fellow Fellow @rad-institute.bsky.social, in conversation with the unapologetically insightful @chanda.blacksky.app about her new book:
www.harvard.com/event/berond...
February 1, 2026 at 7:34 PM
So looking forward!
This Friday February 6 7pm at Harvard Bookstore: the profoundly inspiring, philosophical @berondam.bsky.social, fellow Fellow @rad-institute.bsky.social, in conversation with the unapologetically insightful @chanda.blacksky.app about her new book:
www.harvard.com/event/berond...
This Friday February 6 7pm at Harvard Bookstore: the profoundly inspiring, philosophical @berondam.bsky.social, fellow Fellow @rad-institute.bsky.social, in conversation with the unapologetically insightful @chanda.blacksky.app about her new book:
www.harvard.com/event/berond...
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Messages to ICE from students at Liam Conejo Ramos's elementary school. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/o...
Opinion | ICE Took Their Classmate. They Started Writing Letters.
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Messages to ICE from students at Liam Conejo Ramos's elementary school. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/o...
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It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall.
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
January 31, 2026 at 12:41 AM
It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall.
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
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If it is not clear, they are arresting Black activists & journalists b/c they can’t deport them legally & state terror can serve a dual purpose of chilling dissent & labeling Black folks as rioters (read-anti nationals)./1
A 🧵 showing how this worked in India from 2014-2019.
A 🧵 showing how this worked in India from 2014-2019.
January 30, 2026 at 9:34 PM
If it is not clear, they are arresting Black activists & journalists b/c they can’t deport them legally & state terror can serve a dual purpose of chilling dissent & labeling Black folks as rioters (read-anti nationals)./1
A 🧵 showing how this worked in India from 2014-2019.
A 🧵 showing how this worked in India from 2014-2019.
[I love Aphex Twin. Even if they sometimes sound like waiting inside an ER.]
www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
Anti-pop and an alien sigil: how Aphex Twin overtook Taylor Swift to become the soundtrack to gen Z life online
The mysterious Cornish electronic music pioneer has gained an extraordinary second life in the TikTok era. Writers and musicians explain why his glitchy slipperiness is so in tune with life today
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January 30, 2026 at 5:42 PM
[I love Aphex Twin. Even if they sometimes sound like waiting inside an ER.]
www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
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Really awesome paid internship opportunity available in the CTA archives! chicagotransit.taleo.net/careersectio...
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January 27, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Really awesome paid internship opportunity available in the CTA archives! chicagotransit.taleo.net/careersectio...
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People are asking a lot “how is this happening?” It’s happening the way abolitionists have warned you for decades it’s happening — you can’t dehumanize whole groups of people, pay for their brutalization & not expect for more bounty hunters to come.
January 30, 2026 at 1:15 AM
People are asking a lot “how is this happening?” It’s happening the way abolitionists have warned you for decades it’s happening — you can’t dehumanize whole groups of people, pay for their brutalization & not expect for more bounty hunters to come.
It's completely ok to admit feeling tired, sad, and scared.
January 29, 2026 at 5:35 PM
It's completely ok to admit feeling tired, sad, and scared.
No Adobe, I do *not* want to receive an AI-generated summary of the 5 most important points of a galley proof that I wrote with my brain and subjected myself to multiple drafts of over months because PROCESS is everything.
(even when it makes me wince)
(even when it makes me wince)
January 28, 2026 at 10:45 PM
No Adobe, I do *not* want to receive an AI-generated summary of the 5 most important points of a galley proof that I wrote with my brain and subjected myself to multiple drafts of over months because PROCESS is everything.
(even when it makes me wince)
(even when it makes me wince)
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Black Zine Fair 2026: Open call for exhibitors, workshops, and volunteers until FEB 9. “If you have never made a zine, only made a few zines, or made several zines and never tabled a zine/art book fair before, we really want you to apply!” docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #BlackZineFair #BZF2026 #NYC
January 22, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Black Zine Fair 2026: Open call for exhibitors, workshops, and volunteers until FEB 9. “If you have never made a zine, only made a few zines, or made several zines and never tabled a zine/art book fair before, we really want you to apply!” docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #BlackZineFair #BZF2026 #NYC
I've donated here today.
Please join me.
Please join me.
A friend with Project HOME in Maine is asking for urgent help.
With ICE descending on neighborhoods, people are afraid to go to work—cutting off income and putting families at immediate risk of eviction.
This is a solidarity fund: 100% of donations go straight to rent.
With ICE descending on neighborhoods, people are afraid to go to work—cutting off income and putting families at immediate risk of eviction.
This is a solidarity fund: 100% of donations go straight to rent.
Project Home Emergency Housing Fund
All donations support households unable to cover housing costs due to loss of income from ICE enforcement and fear of detention Families in our community are facing an immediate housing crisis. When p...
projecthomemaine.networkforgood.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:48 AM
I've donated here today.
Please join me.
Please join me.
"With so much Arctic air in place, much of western, central and northern New England ended up with over a foot of powder because it was just that: pure fluff. It was easy to move around and piled up super quickly."
www.wbur.org/news/2026/01...
www.wbur.org/news/2026/01...
Here's how much snow Boston got and when the next storm is expected to arrive
Boston recorded 23.2 inches after the Sunday-into-Monday storm — placing it in the top 10 for highest storm totals on record.
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January 27, 2026 at 5:42 PM
"With so much Arctic air in place, much of western, central and northern New England ended up with over a foot of powder because it was just that: pure fluff. It was easy to move around and piled up super quickly."
www.wbur.org/news/2026/01...
www.wbur.org/news/2026/01...
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ICE operations are spinning up in Maine. @themainemonitor.org is looking to help report on ICE activity there and has set up a page to report what you're seeing. Also includes Signal and encrypted Protonmail options for secure communications.
We want to hear from you if you've seen federal agents detain someone in #Maine, if you know someone who is in #ICE custody, or if you have faced repercussions for observing their activities. If you prefer to contact a specific reporter or editor, you can via email or Signal. Click to learn more 👇
Help us report on ICE activity
We want to hear from you if you have witnessed federal agents detain someone in Maine, if you know someone who is in ICE custody, or if you have faced repercussions for observing their activities.
themainemonitor.org
January 26, 2026 at 11:34 PM
ICE operations are spinning up in Maine. @themainemonitor.org is looking to help report on ICE activity there and has set up a page to report what you're seeing. Also includes Signal and encrypted Protonmail options for secure communications.
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come and sell/trade/give away/make zines in SD in May. we really need you freaks (acclamatory)
vermillion zine fest vendor application
the vermillion zine fest will welcome zinemakers, distributors, and afficionados to vermillion, south dakota, on may 1 and 2, 2026.
tables are free for accepted vendors. vendors do not need previous ...
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January 27, 2026 at 12:08 AM
come and sell/trade/give away/make zines in SD in May. we really need you freaks (acclamatory)
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This is a very minor quibble in the grand scheme of things, but I've been percolating on it for over a year, so here goes.
I don't think we are using "imperial boomerang" correctly.
Controversial take, perhaps but here is why.
I don't think we are using "imperial boomerang" correctly.
Controversial take, perhaps but here is why.
January 26, 2026 at 10:25 PM
This is a very minor quibble in the grand scheme of things, but I've been percolating on it for over a year, so here goes.
I don't think we are using "imperial boomerang" correctly.
Controversial take, perhaps but here is why.
I don't think we are using "imperial boomerang" correctly.
Controversial take, perhaps but here is why.
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People are right to be incensed, but there are more names to uplift. ICE killed an immigrant man named Silverio Villegas González in Chicagoland. He had children. Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped in Minneapolis and died in ICE custody on January 14. Their names deserve to be repeated, too.
January 25, 2026 at 11:00 PM
People are right to be incensed, but there are more names to uplift. ICE killed an immigrant man named Silverio Villegas González in Chicagoland. He had children. Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped in Minneapolis and died in ICE custody on January 14. Their names deserve to be repeated, too.
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“Please get the truth out about our son.”
Read and share the statement from the parents of Alex Pretti, the VA ICU nurse who was shot and killed by border patrol.
Read and share the statement from the parents of Alex Pretti, the VA ICU nurse who was shot and killed by border patrol.
January 25, 2026 at 5:30 PM
“Please get the truth out about our son.”
Read and share the statement from the parents of Alex Pretti, the VA ICU nurse who was shot and killed by border patrol.
Read and share the statement from the parents of Alex Pretti, the VA ICU nurse who was shot and killed by border patrol.
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People can only be compelled to think illegal immigration is an actual problem for them because it can be rhetorically made to resemble the unchecked capitalism that actually makes their life precarious. I can never decide if this is so obvious it's not worth saying or not.
January 25, 2026 at 10:22 AM
People can only be compelled to think illegal immigration is an actual problem for them because it can be rhetorically made to resemble the unchecked capitalism that actually makes their life precarious. I can never decide if this is so obvious it's not worth saying or not.
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There’s a rally going on in Boston rn and they’re chanting “we’re not cold, we’re not afraid, MN taught us to be brave!” and I might cry
January 25, 2026 at 12:34 AM
There’s a rally going on in Boston rn and they’re chanting “we’re not cold, we’re not afraid, MN taught us to be brave!” and I might cry
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Renee Good said “I’m not mad at you.”
Alex Pretti said “Are you ok?”
Alex Pretti said “Are you ok?”
January 24, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Renee Good said “I’m not mad at you.”
Alex Pretti said “Are you ok?”
Alex Pretti said “Are you ok?”
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Why would you believe people who tell you that the US can't shut down institutions at the drop of a hat when you are currently witnessing this administration do it in real time?
January 24, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Why would you believe people who tell you that the US can't shut down institutions at the drop of a hat when you are currently witnessing this administration do it in real time?