I have no idea what type these volunteer tomatoes are, they’re in the wrong place, and they’re tiny. Still struggling with the idea of pulling them out though.

If you are a visual artist whose NEA grant was terminated today, I want to talk to you for ARTnews. You can contact me on Signal at karenkho.45. I can grant anonymity if necessary.

This is so needed!

@newyorkstateag.bsky.social announcing new legislation to protect consumers and small businesses right now ag.ny.gov/news-media/l...

Rep. Zooey Zephyr - My Wife - just gave an incredible speech against a drag ban in Montana. It was so strong that a Republican rose to speak passionately against the bill, chastising the sponsor.

The drag ban dies in Montana, flips 10+ Republican votes!

This is the power of representation.

Well that was terrifying

The Harumph heard around the world, per my husband.

Let’s go!

Reminder that there’s a lot of important, achievable work to be done in New York State. Sign up for updates on our policy work empirejustice.salsalabs.org/policymatter...

Important coverage of the increase of Deed Theft in the Capital region, recent laws to respond via @timesunion.com.

Will be reviewing the Exec budget tomorrow to see if The Homeowners Protection Program —the only tool NY has to *prevent* deed theft—is funded.

www.timesunion.com/state/articl...

This won’t be done for several more Christmases but look at these cables! I’m obsessed. Knitting is magic.

Updates from Albany: the Office of Court Administration’s budget submission, the HOPP codification and Notarization bills, new and concerning changes to NYS’s master contract, a new resource for lawyers to screen for DV, Good Cause in Rochester and more.

empirejustice.org/news/policy-...

“The budget also includes a number of proposed increases for civil legal services providers, who have been bleeding attorneys for a number of years as salaries and funding have stagnated and workloads have increased.”

Spot on coverage by @jacob-kaye.bsky.social

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Policy updates from Albany, as we ramp up for session empirejustice.org/news/policy-...

Excellent Sunday read by @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social

400+ years after the "First Thanksgiving" most Americans have no idea that the Wampanoag people are still here. My tribe, the Aquinnah Wampanoag, is on Martha's Vineyard and we're still fighting for our land and rights. We’re also doing some cool stuff. 🧵👇 if you’d like to learn more & support us

I don’t mean to brag, but not only do we not have any maga relatives to contend with today, my SIL took a charcuterie class this fall.

Short of impoundments, the admin may test all sorts of ways to kill programs they don't like. Grants getting held up indefinitely. Funding rules suddenly shifting.

If you work in federal government and spot these kinds of changes, reach out: www.propublica.org/article/seco...

One of my early tweets. The memo I was writing was to the Chair of the Science Committee, advocating that Twitter might be useful in policy communications. This was screen grabbed in it. We weren’t the first office to adopt it, but we were early adopters.

I miss past Twitter, but life moves on.