Chicago! See you tonight 7pm at @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social where I’ll be in conversation with @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social about HERE WHERE WE LIVE IS OUR COUNTRY

On the same day that the US’s lowest fertility rate in history was announced, I found out that my employer’s fertility insurance benefits are considered taxable income. So if insurance pays $20K for your IVF, you have to pay taxes on that $20K.

The ruling class hates us all so much.

Eric Trump -- the president's son -- is on Maria Bartiromo's show bragging about one of his companies landing a $24 million Pentagon contract

So excited for this! 6 pm @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social

Super interesting trends, particularly declining social media use among young folks.

Overall social media use is also declining.

Between 2020 and 2024, more Americans — especially the youngest (18–24) and oldest (65+) — report using no social media at all.

A small group of heavy users remains, but the middle is thinning out.

Was so grateful to be in conversation with Stevie Wilson and @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social at Haymarket House tonight. It was a full house and the conversation was beautifully facilitated by our friend Dana Blanchard. We talked about Read This When Things Fall Apart and how to stay human in these times

That’s so exciting to hear from you! I love your work!!!

EVERYTHING FOR EVERYONE: an Oral History of the New York Commune 2032-2072 by ME O'Brien and Eman Abdelhadi with map in dark shapes with white lines on top Margaret Killjoy A COUNTRY OF GHOSTS with a ominous cityscape on a hill as cover art

Walked into Always Here bookstore on Williams here in Portland, for the first time! Really great selection, superbly curated and arranged. Bought a couple of books. Would've bought more, but on long walks I can only buy two that fit perfectly balanced in my jacket pockets.

@genderhorizon.com and I are geeking out that you bought our book!

A promotional graphic for a virtual event at Firestorm Books on April 26th at 2pm ET. The image features the cover of Jarrod's book over a photo of sparks flying. The book has an orange cover with an apocalyptic illustration of Minneapolis' 4th precinct in flames, riot cops, Trump standing Christ-like in front of a cross, a tiki torch bearing fascist, Pinhead from the Hellraiser franchise, and a handcuffed arm reaching to escape the chaos.

How do we reverse the suicidal course of capitalist society?

Join a virtual conversation with Jarrod Shanahan, author of the recently published essay collection "Every Fire Needs a Little Bit of Help," and writer @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social this Sunday! Register at app.hi.events/event/7035/e....

US edges closer to popular vote deciding winner of presidential elections Virginia signs national popular vote bill into law, joining interstate compact with 17 other states and District of Columbia

It's 2026 and the US is still trying to move away from the slaveholder electoral system.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Among many great points, addresses false claims made by critics of the resolution
1) that the boycott petition excludes people based on nationality. False the boycott is of institutions.
2) that ASA hasn’t taken positions before. Also false. Ukraine, same-sex marriage and more.

guest post: the sociologist as bystander The following is a guest post by Roi Livne and an anonymous co-author. They called them “aid distribution centers.” Orwell himself would not have thought of a better term. Every day, shortly after …

Two Israeli sociologists on the ASA’s overturning of a member petition for Boycott. scatter.wordpress.com/2026/04/14/g...

Tomorrow (4/14)!

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Register 👇🏽

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ICYMI: we're honored to join our friends at @inthesetimes.com and @jvp.bsky.social to host @mollycrabapple.bsky.social & @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social at the store on April 23rd to celebrate HERE WHERE WE LIVE IS OUR COUNTRY: THE STORY OF THE JEWISH BUND. www.pilsencommunitybooks.com/events/20260423

list of the five new stories in the world of everything for everyone. written by wren hearn, wassim beltaief and charlotte bez, eman abdelhadi and m.e. obrien, and haze

We have 5 new stories set in the world of EVERYTHING FOR EVERYONE by @genderhorizon.com & @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social!

Have you read them?

We hope they will inspire you to dream & compel you to build.

Read the stories. Learn about the call for contributions
👉 www.commonnotions.org/project2052

Watching the ASA boycott session session called by @soc4pal.bsky.social.

Powerful words by @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social: "ASA is choosing to make itself irrelevant"

“It seems like blind American ignorance”: The New U.S. War on Iraq In the shadow of its wars ion Iran and Lebanon, the U.S. has conducted devastating attacks on the security forces of its Iraqi ally

⚡️NEW from @dropsitenews.com: “It Seems Like Blind American Ignorance”: The New US War on Iraq

In the shadow of its wars in Iran and Lebanon, the US has conducted devastating attacks on the security forces of its Iraqi ally.

Story by Nir Rosen & Hajar al Obeidi

www.dropsitenews.com/p/iraq-us-wa...

Unbearable to watch footage from Beirut yesterday. Israel explicitly breaking the ceasefire to drag us back into a war that already cost the world so much. When will it stop? Only once the US withdraws all military, economic and political aid to Israel.

When I spoke to one of my displaced cousins in Beirut today, he said: “Now that Israel isn’t sending its warplanes to bomb Iran, they have a lot of extra time to bomb us”

How One Virginia County Turned Data Center Money into Affordable Housing Many data centers are abhorred by nearby communities. But county leaders in Henrico are trying to turn them into a communal good.

my local gov halted new data center development and is pouring the net revenue from existing sites into affordable housing. this has been a far more productive use of the revenue than other localities, which have largely used to it cut property taxes (in a state with fairly lower property taxes)

400 dead so far, over 1000 injured, dozens and dozens missing. This is one hour into the massacre. I have no idea what the death toll will be in the end. Also, they have announced “another wave” of attacks coming

No relief for anyone in Lebanon. Israel is hammering Beirut so that Bibi can appear independent of Washington to his fanatic murderous base, a base that can only be sated with Arab blood. Hundreds of casualties just in the last 12 hours. Israel is the most dangerously country on earth.

Image of an overgrown backyard in Brooklyn. In two odd fonts reads: “BACKYARD PSYCHOANALYSIS Sunday, April 19th, 2026 /7PM / 131 Columbia St /Brooklyn. NY 11231 M.E. O'Brien SEXUAL DIFFERENCE AND COMMUNISM Ash Martin THE EROTICS OF THE PRECONSCIOUS Chen Li and Eran Horowitz CURE AND CURATION Music by serena biosferra Call (339)-204-3086 if lost

Presenting a paper coming up in NYC

But why not establish your opposition? The leaders of the party have been largely silent on this war.

I'm the daughter of an Army paratrooper who refused orders during our illegal invasion of Vietnam back in the day. He went to LBJ military jail.

Dad taught his girls this: "Just following orders" is NEVER any excuse for anyone who's complicit in war crimes. You MUST refuse heinous orders.

At least issue the call! At least acknowledge how egregious this!

Screen shot of NYTimes front page on the left saying Trump calls to wipe out a whole civilization while on the right an article about what Melania Trump wore to the Easter egg roll.

WTF
How is this a serious news outlet?

Only 50 of 214 House Democrats are calling to impeach a man who has openly declared intent to commit genocide in the most unpopular war in this nation's history. Truly this party has no desire to save itself. Baffling.