This energy right here.

I’m here at Pasadena City Hall, where hundreds of Pasadena high school students across multiple campuses self-organized a rally after a collective mass walkout and march against deportations.

Now chanting “From Palestine to Mexico, All the walls have got to go” 🇵🇸🇲🇽🔥

Just nominated for the prestigious PEN/Faulkner Prize for fiction, this Baltimore-based novel weaves together a cast of characters in a deeply human reflection on the U.S. immigrant experience.

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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.

With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.

You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.

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Mutual aid is not just a disaster response, it’s a way of caring for one another, building stronger communities, and preparing for whatever life may throw at us next. It’s a labor of love—and a way of life.

I put together a reading list (and words of advice) for LitHub: lithub.com/we-only-have...

You are important. You are loved.

Public radio journalists of Bluesky, please take note and help spread the word:

We're working on an episode about what the current threats to funding for public media would mean for your community. We want to hear about the journalism that only public radio can do:

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More from #SouthKorea protest:

Tens of thousands of protesters gathering near the National Assembly to protest against President Yoon Suk-Yeo.

I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases)

projects.propublica.org/claimfile/

Tangible action: get some books and learn some stuff. The awesome Haymarket Books is giving away 10 ebooks right now and for another few days, all other ebooks are $2 each there. Leave a donation if you can.

www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-te...

Incredible

Put together a quick site to gather links to bail funds for people arrested on college campuses.

Please share the link with others and if you see any new bail funds pop up send them my way: campusbailfunds.com

A seder at the protests at @Yale. Many Jewish students and allies are part of these demonstrations despite what Fox News will tell you.

If you want to get a clear picture of what's been happening on Columbia's campus this past week, I strongly recommend prioritizing student journalism. Access to campus has been restricted pretty consistently -- students have the best vantage. www.thenation.com/article/acti...

This is triage & absolutely not a substitute for immediate ceasefire & the lifting of obstructions to aid which the US & Israel could make happen instantly. But every life saved is a universe & I think this is a helpful coordination of the overwhelming number of gofundmes for Palestinian families.

A quick note: if JWST ever finds signs of extraterrestrial life, no scientist or NASA/ESA official will know before EVERYONE knows, because it would be ridiculously foolish to take seriously any detection claim that hasn’t been published & thoroughly scrutinized by the global scientific community.

Last year I put out an awards eligibility roundup & it seemed useful to folks! If you'd like your eligible work included in this year's roundup, reply to or quote this post before Dec 13 with:
- your name
- your category of eligibility
- a link to your work or your eligibility page