Goodnight everyone ๐. Dream of a better world โฎ๏ธ. I know that's not easy right now. #Goodnighteveryone #KindnessMatters #WeMissYouRex #Dogsofbluesky #LoveYouRex #SweetDreamsSpike
Was: reporter, writer, librarian | Now: social justice comms | Always: huge nerd Made up my mind and I won't turn around. Chicago Emily, not Em Past writing: http://bit.ly/43664OI Why I post so much about Israel/Palestine: https://bit.ly/4hQmiQl
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Goodnight everyone ๐. Dream of a better world โฎ๏ธ. I know that's not easy right now. #Goodnighteveryone #KindnessMatters #WeMissYouRex #Dogsofbluesky #LoveYouRex #SweetDreamsSpike
Please talk to some Black people before dismissing the psychological impact of having Feds running around the neighborhood hemming people up en masse.
*9/1/2025 Labor Day noncooperation thread* In today's thread we had: -LOTS of marching -a brass band -overpasses -dancing on an overpass -Pikachu -Natl Parks employees unionizing -federal judge โค๏ธs the Constitution -antifa/Trek mashup -a 105 mi walk Let's fight fascism some more tomorrow! 13/13
Thanks!
*9/1/2025 Labor Day noncooperation thread* BALTIMORE There's too much goodness in this thread for me to pick just one post to QT, but my hands are tied! I picked this one, because: DANCE PARTY! Scroll up and down for actions to take, and also to see the Pikachu ๐ค #AveloOutOfBWI 12/
Jerry Nadler ends his remarkable career, conceding that his brand of politics on the Middle East is over. โI donโt know what to say at this point,โ he said. โI canโt defend what Israel is doing.โ www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/n...
*9/1/2025 Labor Day noncooperation thread* Rep. Kenyatta has walked /checks notes/ ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE MILES calling on the PA state senate to vote on transit & budget bills that the state house has passed. Turn out tomorrow, Harrisburg! (I rly have to visit again, it's a great place!) 11/
*9/1/2025 Labor Day noncooperation thread* Making art that allows you to express both your heartfelt passion and your heartfelt defiance, AND lets other folks do the same (and pays some bills?) - friends? THAT'S noncooperation! 10/
*9/1/2025 Labor Day noncooperation thread* The Constitution! Still a thing, this federal judge rules! 9/
*9/1/2025 Labor Day noncooperation thread* I could go on! But I'm pivoting! There are SO MANY WAYS to fight fascism! * Staying with the Labor Day theme, though: Rangers, researchers, first responders, & other National Park employees vote to join the Natl Federation of Federal Employees. 8/
*9/1/2025 Labor Day noncooperation thread* Like Amy Brown's mother said! 7/
*9/1/2025 Labor Day noncooperation thread* Free DC! End the Trump regime's attacks on federal workers! 6/
*9/1/2025 Labor Day noncooperation thread* On overpasses across the nation! (But this specific overpass is in San Antonio!) 5/
*9/1/2025 Labor Day noncooperation thread* Harrisburg! I was recently in you, and I love your city! And your marchers! 4/
*9/1/2025 Labor Day noncooperation thread* The Newspaper Guild in Buffalo! (PS I love you, newspaper guilds, everywhere!) 3/
*9/1/2025 Labor Day noncooperation thread* Let's have a few examples of the marching! * Marching with a band! Joyful warriors as far as the eye can see! 2/
๐งต*9/1/2025 Labor Day noncooperation thread* A daily thread of acts of noncooperation, noncompliance, defiance, & whatnot by individuals, communities, &/or institutions. * A mvmt is just a group of ppl moving & a LOT of us are marchingโ& not just today! (see: 2025 vs 2017 bsky.app/profile/chen...)
*9/1/2025 Labor Day noncooperation thread* Rep. Kenyatta has walked /checks notes/ ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE MILES calling on the PA state senate to vote on transit & budget bills that the state house has passed. Turn out tomorrow, Harrisburg! (I rly have to visit again, it's a great place!) 11/
One of the many ways in which Graham Greene stood out was through his endless adaptabilityโhe could easily transition from serious moments to lighter comic tones, not just within 1 film or a show, but within one *scene*. He made it look incredibly easy. He dependably made everything he was in better
RIP Graham Greene. Every time he popped up on screen when I was a kid, my mom would excitedly point him out for being an actual Native on the screen. Able to be deadly serious and infinitely hilarious (even in smaller roles like Last of Us), he ate up the screen. Nสkiโwah brother.
CHICAGO - ICE Be like my pal @jenreadsromance.bsky.social & pull out your phone RIGHT NOW and add the number for reporting ICE to your contacts. Then you won't have to look for it when you inevitably see some bullshit this week.
journalists are being threatened and jailed. media outlets are paying settlements to THE PRESIDENT. but gosh golly gee, is democracy under threat? who can really say!
if your answer isnโt an unequivocal โyesโ then youโre a shit journalist
actually, it's "blueskyismo"
The house dreams. The schoolroom hides its face from the sun.
CHICAGO - ICE Be like my pal @jenreadsromance.bsky.social & pull out your phone RIGHT NOW and add the number for reporting ICE to your contacts. Then you won't have to look for it when you inevitably see some bullshit this week.
Oh man, Maximus was one of the best characters on Reservation Dogs, a show that was already loaded with great characters. What an actor, with credits are as long as both your arms.
Vermont showed up @50501movement.bsky.social #workersoverbillionares #resist
Some of my favorite very specific Chicago themed signs from today's Labor Day rally and march
No Trump troops in Chicago! No ICE! Rally at Chicago's Haymarket Memorial #WorkersOverBillionaires #NoTroopsInChicago
I'm already nervous about the inevitable sequel lol
*9/1/2025 Labor Day noncooperation thread* Making art that allows you to express both your heartfelt passion and your heartfelt defiance, AND lets other folks do the same (and pays some bills?) - friends? THAT'S noncooperation! 10/
There is also that.
Something that needs to be said for volunteering for the @nywfp.bsky.social and the @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social campaign: It's FUN.
There is a whole class of pseudo-leftists who have decided that what radicalizes people is experiencing the mildest discomfort. They are just telling on themselves.
Also this
Getting yelled at on the internet is not what turns people into fascists.
IT WAS! And it's so good!!
People who say progressives scare "normal people" have pockets of bigotry in their hearts & behavior that they think of as common sense & don't like hearing otherwise. They're used to being at the center of the discussion & don't like being told to skootch over. They bug the crap out of me. 3/3
I simply must tell you how Nate Silver Normal I am. I'm: white suburban cis-straight married to the same fella for 30 years (!) this November We have: a mortgage two cars two college-educated kids a newly renovated kitchen We watched a Marvel movie last night. He played soccer this morning. 2/
plus I'll post again
"Not that Bluesky is important, but I do choose to talk about it all the time, to the extent that I've coined an -ism about it, so, you know, just normal people things."
so, one of the things I am going to do right now is PUT THIS INTO MY PHONE AS A CONTACT, that way, if I see something I can immediately report it, not fumble around wishing I could find this number, remember the name of the organization, etc.
you know it!
[insert "it's true, though" gif here]
Gonna post these until people understand itโs the every day experience of being Black and living in NYC and has always been this way regardless of administration to the point people EXPECT to get harassed. (1st and 2nd shot were 45 mins apart and I stopped at 2 different wine stores in between)
An amazing thread ๐
I handed out a bunch more at our local protest, and the folks were very happy to get them!
So great!! ๐๐๐
The food cubes last week SEEEEEENT me!
"This comes against the backdrop of 2 other developments: Hamas' positive response to the blueprint for a limited hostage deal, which was conveyed 2 wks ago, & Netanyahu's insistence on ignoring it & shortly sending IDF troops into Gaza." ๐๐ www.haaretz.com/israel-news/... archive archive.is/wkF6E
โOver the past 20 years, Paris has undergone a major physical transformation, trading automotive arteries for bike lanes, adding green spaces and eliminating 50,000 parking spaces. Part of the payoff has been invisible โ in the air itself.โ Leadership, strategy, real action, common sense. #Paris
People who, when they smiled, looked like people smiling! Not people about to fleece your bank account and fire you!
Donโt worry, thatโs just their dignity.
One week ago, thousands of New Yorkers tried something new. They heard about it last minute. They didnโt know where it would take them or who they would meet. It was free, earnest, even educational. It was the #ZcavengerHunt and it was a thing of beauty.
Noncooperation as Resistance โ๐ป๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ฅ๐๐งต๐ชก
And the way that she sells it SO HARD lololol
No photos, but McHenry IL had a good turnout today! Lots of support from passing drivers, too.
*9/1/2025 Labor Day noncooperation thread*
*9/1/2025 Labor Day noncooperation thread* The Constitution! Still a thing, this federal judge rules! 9/
*9/1/2025 Labor Day noncooperation thread* I could go on! But I'm pivoting! There are SO MANY WAYS to fight fascism! * Staying with the Labor Day theme, though: Rangers, researchers, first responders, & other National Park employees vote to join the Natl Federation of Federal Employees. 8/
*9/1/2025 Labor Day noncooperation thread* Like Amy Brown's mother said! 7/
*9/1/2025 Labor Day noncooperation thread* Free DC! End the Trump regime's attacks on federal workers! 6/
*9/1/2025 Labor Day noncooperation thread* On overpasses across the nation! (But this specific overpass is in San Antonio!) 5/
*9/1/2025 Labor Day noncooperation thread* Harrisburg! I was recently in you, and I love your city! And your marchers! 4/
*9/1/2025 Labor Day noncooperation thread* The Newspaper Guild in Buffalo! (PS I love you, newspaper guilds, everywhere!) 3/
*9/1/2025 Labor Day noncooperation thread* Let's have a few examples of the marching! * Marching with a band! Joyful warriors as far as the eye can see! 2/
No argument from me, but at the same time, it matters that the people who are experts in a thing say it out loud and together
"Kids should eat more vegetables" vs. banning life-saving medicines and cancelling cutting-edge cancer research. Both sides are the same, they tell me, as my face melts off.
๐งต*9/1/2025 Labor Day noncooperation thread* A daily thread of acts of noncooperation, noncompliance, defiance, & whatnot by individuals, communities, &/or institutions. * A mvmt is just a group of ppl moving & a LOT of us are marchingโ& not just today! (see: 2025 vs 2017 bsky.app/profile/chen...)
wait hold on gonna start that over what was I thinking not starting with the protests
"The scholars' resolution accused Israel of crimes including 'indiscriminate & deliberate attacks against the civilians & civilian infrastructure' in Gaza & called on Israel to 'immediately cease all acts that constitute genocide, war crimes & crimes against humanity against Palestinians in Gaza'."
lol yes, really!
One of you writing, one of you drawing, isn't there a line art stage somewhere in there, other things too, I imagine, accounting and shipping and whatnot - I feel like there could be an entire House of Greg Comics
Doing the Dougie = virtually indistinguishable from promoting the miasma theory of transmission
She sang "Turnip, for what?" with a turnip in her hand. She is, clearly, Just Like RFK Jr.
lol they actually did it
@gregpak.net met a guy named Greg who draws comics at my local protest just now & it was very confusing in my brain for a second
HEY NYC! The great @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social dancing on the @jcod3.bsky.social float at the West Indian Day Parade! #CuomoCouldNever
indigenous relatives gathered at annunciation school in minneapolis this morning to pay their respects through laying down tobacco, saging, singing, and offering prayers
PS If you're unfamiliar with making zines (which I was!), there's an instruction document in the same file - it is, and I believe this is the technical term, easy-peasy!
โจIF YOU'RE PROTESTING TODAYโจ If you're protesting today, & have time & means to print out & make a few of these for your region, it's a great thing to hand out to fellow protestors. I've handed out, idk, 50-70 in the last few days? And people are ALWAYS grateful.
Haymarket Martyrs' Monument, Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Illinois.
TODAY: This Labor Day, we stand together for a country that puts working families before billionaires. Find an event near you: bit.ly/3Vm59ED
If you enjoyโฆ Weekends Safe working conditions Retirement benefits Paid vacations Breaks at work Sick leave Paid holidays โฆ then youโre part of the labor movement. Happy Labor Day.
Today is Monday, Sept 1. Good morning โค๏ธ eat take your meds hydrate tell your people you love them let them love you back We are here. This is real. Let's build a home for each other and fight like hell.
Goodnight everyone ๐. Dream of a better world โฎ๏ธ. I know that's not easy right now. #Goodnighteveryone #KindnessMatters #WeMissYouRex #Dogsofbluesky #LoveYouRex #SweetDreamsSpike
Live your life in such a way that, upon realizing that you are probably p seriously ill, millions of people are not torn between hoping you die as soon as a body can possibly shuffle off its mortal coil and hoping that you survive long enough to go to prison and die there.
*8/31/2025 noncooperation thread* On Thurs, Trump signed an exec order claiming to strip collective-bargaining rights from workers at the Natl Weather Service, NASA, & other agenciesโin addition to the agencies he attacked with a similar EO in March. Tomorrow, let's tell him what we think: 9/9
*8/31/2025 noncooperation thread* Sidebar I don't think we'll ever rly know the impact of our choices to refuse compliance; the smallest choice can knock over a domino. All each of can do is the next right thing within our power. Some of it won't do a damn thing. All together, it's how we win. 8/
*8/31/2025 noncooperation thread* This is a turducken, Rube Goldberg machine, long-line-of-dominoes-falling-over example of noncooperation, with more people paying attention & playing their parts than I know, but I know that's how it works & how we'll win. Pls God these children are kept safe. 7/
*8/31/2025 noncooperation thread* Are you an economist? Come join your people in an act of #CollectiveCourage! 6/
*8/31/2025 noncooperation thread* Mutual aid, man. We have to have each other's backs and be each other's safety nets. Find a mutual aid project near you: www.mutualaidhub.org 5/
*8/31/2025 noncooperation thread* ๐๐คโค๏ธ 4/
*8/31/2025 noncooperation thread* "Volunteer night patrols follow and record the armed troops who have taken over the capital." C'mon, c'mon! 3/
*8/31/2025 noncooperation thread* The good people of Wilmington have some thoughts about the airline (Avelo) that's conducting deportation flights for ICE โฌ๏ธ 2/
*8/31/2025 noncooperation thread* On Thurs, Trump signed an exec order claiming to strip collective-bargaining rights from workers at the Natl Weather Service, NASA, & other agenciesโin addition to the agencies he attacked with a similar EO in March. Tomorrow, let's tell him what we think: 9/9
Pour one out for Judge Sparkle Sooknananโs clerks this Labor Day weekend
It damn sure is ๐ช
That's the one