A mackerel tabby named Pete sits in a cat tree in a second story window. His one back leg is sticking out and his raccoon tail gently curves behind it. Pete is looking out the window, probably at some birds.
Happy Caturday from Pete! I hope we all can take a moment to be still today.
Flyer announcing the meet the curator event on Sunday January 18 from 4-6pm for Con Ashé: The Cabildo de Regla Exhibition at Busboys and Poets 14th & V location in Washington, D.C.
It’s is our honor to announce the opening of “Con Ashé: The Cabildo de Regla Exhibition” from January 17-June20, 2026 at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social 14th & V location! Follow us here, on IG @cabildoderegla or on Facebook for updates on our programming and other info.
8 images from the exhibit sit in a 3x3 grid announcing “The Cabildo de Regla: A Retrospective” exhibit, opening at 4pm on September 4th at the Regla Movie Theatre along Guaicanamar Park.
We begin our #CabildodeRegla events this afternoon, with an exhibit “The Cabildo de Regla: A Retrospective” at 4pm at the Regla Movie Theatre on Guaicanamar Park. This exhibit features images from 2017-2024. The artists include: Ained Cala, Alexandra P. Gelbard, Amberly Alene Ellis, & Dany del Pino.
We are a week away from the 10th anniversary of the Cabildo de Regla processional! Here is a list of public activities to celebrate this community tradition’s return to the streets! #Lucumí #Regla #Cuba #AfroCubanReligion #Santería
¡Estamos a una semana del décimo aniversario de la procesión del Cabildo de Regla! Aquí hay una lista de actividades públicas para celebrar el regreso de esta tradición comunitaria a las calles. #Lucumí #Regla #Cuba #ReligiónAfroCubana #Santería
“The CRT is a dangerous unit, and ProPublica’s reporting shows it operates without accountability under the protection of a corrupt and compromised mayor,” said civil rights group LatinoJustice.
By @ericumansky.bsky.social
In an attempt to preserve what remains of my sanity, I'm continuing to update the Academic Target Tracker map @elotroalex.bsky.social and I threw together last weekend. It includes info about academic workers who have been detained or had their visas revoked in recent weeks. You can find it here:
PSA to business owners:
Don't just pass on the tariff cost to your consumers quietly.
Add a line on the bill and explicitly label it "Trump Tariff." Show people *why* it is costing more.
Mahmoud Khalil: Columbia’s “singular concern has always been the vitality of its financial profile, not the safety of Jewish students. This is why Columbia was all too happy to embrace a superficial progressive agenda while still disregarding Palestine, & this is why it will soon turn on you, too.”
Keep in mind: the NEH’s budget is 0.01% of the entire federal budget. This is not about savings - it is about the destruction of the Humanities and the critical thinking abilities that they teach. 🗃️
Al Green is trending. Most other US senators and reps are not. That's because the rest of you are not meeting the moment. Sen Murphy says we have maybe 6 months left before we turn into an authoritarian regime. Why are you not taking that seriously?
Not at all. What is one day gonna do financially? We have the blueprint of what to do from history, we just need to update for our now. In this case, The Montgomery Bus Boycott taught us.
One day won’t do anything. As history teach us, this has to be a long term commitment.
Despicable move by Hochul, yet unsurprising.
I can not overstate the need for headline writers who better understand race. This doesn’t impact “groups based on race” it targets students of color. All white frats and clubs will be fine. They are segregationists—not interested in equal access.
thehill.com/homenews/edu...
White Americans need to decide if they want democracy or resegregation. You can't have both.
"Either America will destroy ignorance or ignorance will destroy the United States."
-- W.E.B. DuBois, born #OTD 1868
An inspiring article on courageous community college leaders who are *publicly* organizing and standing up against DEI attacks.. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
A brief update on the #CabildodeRegla.
This year we are grateful to receive a micro-grant from @caribbeandsc.bsky.social which allows us to do upgrades to our site. I’ll be announcing each change as they come here, but pls follow us @cabildoderegla.bsky.social our IG &FB @cabildoderegla for updates
Letters went out to federal workers this morning stating they were fired due to poor performance. However, all employees had been rated as “exceptional” performers by their supervisors. Please keep these records and pursue wrongful termination claims. Let the lawsuits begin.
The NAACP is re-mixing 1930s-era "don't buy where you can't work" campaigns to confront the neo-segregationists targeting DEI.
apnews.com/article/blac...
As someone from DC with no voting representation I have always fully subscribed to and used my right to free speech in calling out public officials in public. They represent the people, the people have the right to let them know what we think. Be loud.
If you are looking for ways to resist the bullshit attacks against DEI and respond to the reductive class versus race debates, we have an option for you: Consider giving us $10 a month to help sustain our work.
The real MeToo “cancel culture” was what happened to the women and other victims who came forward. They were retraumatized, harassed, humiliated, sued, fired, and blacklisted. Then they were the subject of a revisionist history that MeToo went “too far” and deserved a reactionary backlash
A message from a Brazilian academic with a Fulbright award has made its way to me. They're being forced to remove or replace a list of verboten words and phrases from their project. These include "cross-cultural interactions," AKA THE ENTIRE PURPOSE OF FULBRIGHT PROGRAMS.
I really really need you guys to make a conscious rejection of generative AI tools part of your ongoing political resistance.
Don't use ChatGPT. Turn off Gemini. Don't read the AI results forced upon you at the top of Google search. Don't use AI art generators or support anyone who does. Please.
Like I couldn’t think of a more conscious rejection of the fascist aesthetic than this production.
