i was about to say, i know you were a bouncer but my money is on nathan

lol yes

thank you, friend!

I may be forgetting folks, but huge gratitude to all who volunteered, donated, and shared their day with us. It was a powerful, inspiring day. If you want to keep learning with us, tune into The Memory Palace with @natedimeo.bsky.social and Jody, Kellie and me at @thisdaypod.com 💜

@kcarterjackson.bsky.social preached the joy of resistance as only she can when teaching us about the abolitionist movement, & Cathy Harris spoke about her service to the Merit Systems Protection Board prior to her illegal firing. And so many amazing people came out to listen, learn, and organize!

@shineslike.bsky.social gave a rousing defense of museums, i talked about the history wars and the resistance to the desegregation of history, @marthasjones.bsky.social delivered a moving talk on museums and community, Emily Kwong spoke about family history and hard conversations

Nathan Connolly gave a stirring reminder that no one is coming to rescue us from all this (we’re going to have to rescue ourselves) and @jfallows.bsky.social helped us understand how things got so bad—and how we might make them better

we went from sun-up to sun-down, starting with @natedimeo.bsky.social’s gorgeous readings, Marcia Chatelain on Black women of the freedom struggle, a captivating talk and performance from @amandaseales.bsky.social, and a brilliant defense of our public institutions from @tressiemcphd.bsky.social

i think i would honestly find this whole discourse more tolerable if people simply said what they were actually saying, which is that they think the Democratic Party is too associated with femininity (and secondarily, with black people) and that they want to correct this