san francisco writer, reader, birder, beachcomber, umarell here to meet FT-reading marxists & powecomrades (folks who care about clean air & masks) 😷 writing a book about pandemic & protest http://brittashoot.com
“This renewed incarnation of ACT UP [Chicago] focuses on three advocacy and protest tentpoles: attacks on HIV/AIDS funding, the domestic trans genocide and the ongoing and unmitigated COVID pandemic.” We do so love to see it 🫡
ACT UP, Groundbreaking Group That Fights AIDS, Returns To ChicagoThe group that uses direct action to advocate for LGBTQ+ people and causes is reforming after a 30-year hiatus, with a focus on protecting trans people and more.blockclubchicago.org
This is a well-produced segment. I encourage you to watch so you can hear the noise for yourself. The professor of environmental health science that they interviewed called it an “unprecedented new noise source.”
Neighbors say noise from Michigan data center is 24/7 and upending their livesOne Michigan community has been experiencing the reality of a data center next door for a couple of years now, and they say the sound has changed their lives.www.wxyz.com“This renewed incarnation of ACT UP [Chicago] focuses on three advocacy and protest tentpoles: attacks on HIV/AIDS funding, the domestic trans genocide and the ongoing and unmitigated COVID pandemic.” We do so love to see it 🫡
ACT UP, Groundbreaking Group That Fights AIDS, Returns To ChicagoThe group that uses direct action to advocate for LGBTQ+ people and causes is reforming after a 30-year hiatus, with a focus on protecting trans people and more.blockclubchicago.org
People who are suddenly deported to countries they haven’t been to for years — or, in some cases, have NEVER been to — are incredibly vulnerable. We are going to be reading stories like this for years. God have mercy on their three little girls.
Adam Sawyer“If immigration hadn't picked up my brother, my sister-in-law would still be alive, and the children wouldn't be going through this sorrow,” he said. “Unfortunately, immigration — the [U.S.] government — doesn't see that. It makes no difference to them.” www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...
“Prisons & jails incarcerate people because of what they have done or are alleged to have done. And camps incarcerate people because of who they are or where they are.” In this Q&A, journalist John Washington discusses “How to Close a Camp,” an urgent blueprint to shut down detention centers.
An urgent blueprint for ‘How to Close a Camp’Journalist John Washington explains how closing detention centers is critical in the larger battle to stop immigration enforcementprismreports.org
Really interesting piece by @nuala.bsky.social about the battle for a lot in Oakland. It's a perfect spot for housing, and the planned building seems actually good and will be truly (!!) affordable (!!). It's also going to destroy the homes of a bunch of herons. www.coyotemedia.org/herons-or-ho...
Herons or Housing: The Battle Over a Vacant LotA large affordable housing development is slated for downtown Oakland. It could displace hundreds of black-crowned night herons, the city’s official bird.www.coyotemedia.org
this is why thinking with community radio is so important!! 20yo students who believe the internet is a disempowering surveillant corporate hellscape still *totally get community radio as a vehicle for thinking about community control of outlets for speaking and listening*
J. Nathan MatiasI hope I'm wrong, but I imagine the cohort of people who care about a better internet is growing older as younger people are not in a position to imagine alternative worlds and since working on this isn't going to get them ahead.
going hard on weird film this year & really love what lomochrome turquoise does to the desert #filmfriday #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm
otherworldlinessa tree grows in ____ , california, field of dreams, high desert, lomochrome turquoise, sticky shutter, the hills are alive with ________factorytakeover.com"Camps concentrate, immobilize, and exclude populations — and incarcerate people because of who they are or where they are." For @prismreports.org, an honor to talk with @jwashing.bsky.social about his urgent, clarifying new book, How to Close a Camp, out now from Haymarket ⬇️
An urgent blueprint for ‘How to Close a Camp’Journalist John Washington explains how closing detention centers is critical in the larger battle to stop immigration enforcementprismreports.org
*turn off autoplay on your videos right now*
Sami SchalkPolice murdered a Black man in the street in Madison WI today. Shot point blank in the head while on the ground, tased, and surrounded by four cops. It looks like an execution. Multiple videos circulating online. Things are about to get very bad here.
"Camps concentrate, immobilize, and exclude populations — and incarcerate people because of who they are or where they are." For @prismreports.org, an honor to talk with @jwashing.bsky.social about his urgent, clarifying new book, How to Close a Camp, out now from Haymarket ⬇️
An urgent blueprint for ‘How to Close a Camp’Journalist John Washington explains how closing detention centers is critical in the larger battle to stop immigration enforcementprismreports.org“Shuttering these facilities isn't enough. When that infrastructure is in place, it can be used.” In a Q&A with @brittashoot.com, journalist John Washington (‘How to Close a Camp’ pub. @haymarketbooks.org) details how fighting & closing detention centers is critical to stop immigration enforcement.
An urgent blueprint for ‘How to Close a Camp’Journalist John Washington explains how closing detention centers is critical in the larger battle to stop immigration enforcementprismreports.org
I can't think of a publication we need more than @prismreports.org in this very specific moment of fascism. Please do what you can to save this necessary outlet.
Tina VasquezWe've launched a summer fundraiser. It's our hope to raise $25K to help us keep chugging along and producing our award-winning movement journalism. Please consider a one-time or monthly donation. We need your support!
well, I never expected to be published in a Stanford journal, but the McKnight Foundation asked me write my thesis to the philanthropic world after the MN ICE surge: when there is an emergency, just... give money to people on the ground doing the actual work. as fast as possible. radical, I know.
Giving Can Be Simple (And During a Crisis, It Must Be) (SSIR)When the village cannot wait, philanthropy must learn from community.ssir.orgwent to a county fair, shot a roll of medium format lomochrome purple! #filmfriday #filmisnotdead
are you guys ready?all the pretty colours, boardwalk empire, california, cultural studies, don't look down, fairgrounds, false light, games people play/things people eat, homemade like lemonade, lomochrome purple, photo...factorytakeover.com