So much heart and wisdom in the replies here.

This would be a perfect excuse for Mamdani to provide leadership and issue a demand to NYC hospitals that have withdrawn from gender care for youths.

Zine cover reading: MAY DAY STRONG Friday, May 1, 2026 HERE'S WHAT YOU DO No school, no work, no shopping

Made a #MayDayStrong zine! Here's what we're all doing on Friday, May 1, 2026, friends -- and why! Check out the zine in this thread and check out maydaystrong.org for events near you!

Find out about all the ways to get involved in this campaign.

If you're creeped out by Palantir's settler colonial white supremacist manifesto (and you should definitely be creeped out), it's time for you to take action. Join the rapidly growing #PurgePalantir campaign to learn more about what you can do! purgepalantir.com

Visuals Help Expose the Realities of Mass Incarceration to a Wider Audience A Brooklyn exhibition in collaboration with Mariame Kaba features paintings about prisons, incarceration, and abolition.

"I hope that this exhibition reminds people of our shared humanity. I hope that this exhibition reminds people of the immense potential of our care for each other and that it breathes new life into our imagination of what is possible."
truthout.org/articles/vis...

This is as good as everyone's saying it is. The anti-corruption message is a good one, imo

Someday, with luck and hard work, she will have a name too.

I am generally anti-surveillance, but I hope that maybe a camera somewhere caught this wrong-doer.

#TransPowerNow

What's Helping Today A newsletter about the daily work of staying alive on earth, by author Sandy Ernest Allen.

My (still free) newsletter had stagnated numbers-wise on substack for years, and has about doubled in subscribers since I finally shifted to beehiiv, just saying aloud into the void ... whats-helping-today.beehiiv.com

#TeamAliya

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Can't wait to see this! (And *same* re: Ian McKellan!)

Awesome get!

#TransPowerNow 😡

Our new album is out today! A sincere request to help spread the word!

Photo of a flyer reading NPZINES New Paltz Zine Collective & Library We are a zine collective associated at SUNY New Paltz, associated with the Zine Library in the Sojourner Truth Library. We meet weekly to encourage our campus community to experiment with DIY culture and different artistic mediums while building community! Check us out on Instagram! @npzines

Cool zine stuff from the New Paltz Zine Collective and Library from SUNY New Paltz. You can find them at instagram.com/npzines

What Misti said!

Up & @ 'em, Skeeple!

Always happy to start my day with some good news...

Stevie Wilson DIY Young Artists Residency — Interrupting Criminalization

I secured some funding last year to revive the Stevie Wilson DIY Young Artists Residency. I’m excited to announce that applications are open today until May 11 for young artists (ages 16-24) directly impacted by criminalization, policing, or punishment.

At our event at the library today, I passed out information about the fact that the Mayor's preliminary budget cuts our public library budget. Only 2 people were aware of this. Everyone was appalled. We need to increase public education about this fact. Folks promised to contact their council member

How the AI oligarchy devoured America

This story is a part of "Power Hungry," our latest package on the AI oligarchs who are upending communities over their plans for massive data centers across the country.

Check it out:

Iris Long, Scientific Mentor to AIDS Activists, Dies at 92

It’s hard to express how important Iris was to ACT UP’s scientific development. She was the catalyst who started it all. Iris Long, Scientific Mentor to AIDS Activists, Dies at 92 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/h...

Blep!

I know, right? Thanks for being on #TeamMatthew, friend.

The Robert Johnson recording in question. It’s so clear I feel like I time-traveled.

Woody Guthrie: What This Guitar Might Do examines the legendary singer-songwriter’s artistry, activism, and truth-telling in an exhibition that highlights his years in New York City. The exhibition will be on view from March 31 through May 15, 2026. www.nyu.edu/about/news-p...

Matthew's home (yay!)... but they have been told that they're going to need another surgery (boo!).

Matthew Cortland has been so generous with the gifts that they've been given... if there's any way that you could be of help during this time of need, it's not just Matthew who would be grateful!

Odesa , Ukraine , April 2026

A Well-Aimed Potato: The Klan, Notre Dame, and Today | dansinker.com

With the Trump administration switching into anti-Catholic overdrive this week, I wrote about a time a hundred years ago when Catholic students from Notre Dame beat the shit out of the Klan. A feel good story for the ages. dansinker.com/posts/2026-0...