I’ve never been deep into politics beyond voting, but that changed. I now use @5calls.org weekly to contact my reps and senator.

You MUST do the same. It takes less than 10 minutes to reach them all. Social media won’t change things, but calls will help.

Use the site. Make the calls. 👇

It won't stop there.

@ecmclaughlin.bsky.social I loved your suggestion for finding formal bystander intervention training, but most of the options I've found are through work programs or schools. Do you have a suggestion online or in the NYC area? Thanks for everything you do!

The media won’t cover it, but there was a big protest at Tesla at 13th and Washington in NYC today

WYOMING:
“Thank you, Madam chairman.”
“I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.”
“Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”

Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

So, the National Endowment for the Arts announced today that they are reworking the guidelines for all 2026 grants and will be prioritizing projects that center the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It's now just a propaganda fund.

www.arts.gov/news/press-r...

Unpopular opinion: using public transportation in the United States is a political act

I aspire to the level of Victorian self-care where my extended wake-up routine just kinda fades riiight into my extended bedtime routine with just enough time for a complete existential meltdown and a turn about the room to ease my agonies in between

Another reason why #libraries are amazing: I was going to ask mine if I could leave some Red Cards with them, but they're literally already having a Spanish-language Know Your Rights event TOMORROW. Please share with anyone in #westchester #newyork #ny!
calendar.whiteplainslibrary.org/event/12690188

The seasonal affective disorder in me salutes the seasonal affective disorder in you.

Just in time for *gestures broadly*, my emotional support panda cam is back.
nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams/pand...

It takes the Acela 6.75 hours to travel from Boston to DC, and in Japan this would take less than 3. This is arguably the most important economic center of the world, with trains as slow as 80 years ago.