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Transformative mediation and (clumsy attempts to practice) principled nonviolence keep me from despair. Also, this: "The oppression of children is the wheel that keeps all other oppressions turning."
—Aurora Levins Morales
—Aurora Levins Morales
Pinned
Long before Dr. Becky, this L.A. woman changed parenting for good
Ruth Beaglehole devoted her life to countering what she called "childism," the misuse of power over children. The effects of her parenting classes are felt throughout Southern California and beyond.
www.latimes.com
Parenting with nonviolence led me to prison abolition. It also helped me raise a kid that thinks for themself and who understands the relationship between empathy and justice. Thank you Ruth. Knowing you radicalized me. www.latimes.com/lifestyle/st...
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So many people who are otherwise so committed to good things are on Substack, which is very nice to bad people, ideas, and lies. My own newsletter was launched on Ghost because the bad news about Substack isn't new.
I am once again telling everyone to get the fuck off Substack leavesubstack.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:35 PM
So many people who are otherwise so committed to good things are on Substack, which is very nice to bad people, ideas, and lies. My own newsletter was launched on Ghost because the bad news about Substack isn't new.
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it is a good thing to think about a future without prisons, where justice is practiced daily by everyone, not outsourced to those who work forces
November 29, 2025 at 2:46 AM
it is a good thing to think about a future without prisons, where justice is practiced daily by everyone, not outsourced to those who work forces
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You never really know what people are dealing with. I am reminding myself of this a lot lately.
November 26, 2025 at 11:24 PM
You never really know what people are dealing with. I am reminding myself of this a lot lately.
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I'm excited to announce that I have been asked to join the Mamdani Transition Team to work on community safety issues. A New Era for NYC.
November 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I'm excited to announce that I have been asked to join the Mamdani Transition Team to work on community safety issues. A New Era for NYC.
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Like a hot knife through butter, Cuomo said. Only Mamdani was the knife and Trump was the butter.
November 21, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Like a hot knife through butter, Cuomo said. Only Mamdani was the knife and Trump was the butter.
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In my late 20s, RE/Search's two volumes about zines were kind of my bible. If I was discovering zines now, or wanted to point someone to a book to get them started, there are tons of great insights in the book Make a Zine. It's super pragmatic. Just $15.00 too. halfletterpress.com/make-a-zine/
November 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
In my late 20s, RE/Search's two volumes about zines were kind of my bible. If I was discovering zines now, or wanted to point someone to a book to get them started, there are tons of great insights in the book Make a Zine. It's super pragmatic. Just $15.00 too. halfletterpress.com/make-a-zine/
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In 1889, schoolkids in Britain held a nationwide wave of school walkouts, taking to the streets to demand shorter hours, less homework, less corporal punishment and free education. We have now mapped lots of these & built a timeline on our Stories app: stories.workingclasshistory.com/tag/15377/18...
November 20, 2025 at 4:08 PM
In 1889, schoolkids in Britain held a nationwide wave of school walkouts, taking to the streets to demand shorter hours, less homework, less corporal punishment and free education. We have now mapped lots of these & built a timeline on our Stories app: stories.workingclasshistory.com/tag/15377/18...
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Congressman Josh Riley of Ithaca voted today to end Washington DC’s Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022.
Josh Riley has joined the crowd of fascists who support the culture of violent abuse by police, even as masked ICE officers rampage across America.
#JoshRiley #Ithaca
Josh Riley has joined the crowd of fascists who support the culture of violent abuse by police, even as masked ICE officers rampage across America.
#JoshRiley #Ithaca
November 20, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Congressman Josh Riley of Ithaca voted today to end Washington DC’s Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022.
Josh Riley has joined the crowd of fascists who support the culture of violent abuse by police, even as masked ICE officers rampage across America.
#JoshRiley #Ithaca
Josh Riley has joined the crowd of fascists who support the culture of violent abuse by police, even as masked ICE officers rampage across America.
#JoshRiley #Ithaca
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Congressman Josh Riley just voted with the GOP to allow DC Police to use the asphyxiating tactics that killed George Floyd.
As ICE agents and local police are sending people off to secret prison camps, Josh Riley is helping the fascists.
www.reddit.com/r/50501TwinT...
As ICE agents and local police are sending people off to secret prison camps, Josh Riley is helping the fascists.
www.reddit.com/r/50501TwinT...
From the 50501TwinTiers community on Reddit: Josh Riley Just Voted To Allow DC Police To Asphyxiate People
Explore this post and more from the 50501TwinTiers community
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November 20, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Congressman Josh Riley just voted with the GOP to allow DC Police to use the asphyxiating tactics that killed George Floyd.
As ICE agents and local police are sending people off to secret prison camps, Josh Riley is helping the fascists.
www.reddit.com/r/50501TwinT...
As ICE agents and local police are sending people off to secret prison camps, Josh Riley is helping the fascists.
www.reddit.com/r/50501TwinT...
"If Solidarity with Children has a unifying message, it is that we need to embrace, rather than mock, the ambition to radical and utopian reversals of injustice and suffering. 'What is lost when we limit our political horizons?'"
Sarah Brouillette (@sarahbrouillette.bsky.social) reviews Madeline Lane-McKinley's (@lalouverouge.bsky.social) Solidarity With Children, from @haymarketbooks.org—a deft Marxist-feminist, abolitionist call to liberate children from the status of parental property.
proteanmag.com/2025/11/19/h...
proteanmag.com/2025/11/19/h...
Horizons of Youth Liberation • Protean Magazine
Sarah Brouillette reviews Madeline Lane-McKinley's newest book Solidarity With Children, out this month from Haymarket Books.
proteanmag.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:33 PM
"If Solidarity with Children has a unifying message, it is that we need to embrace, rather than mock, the ambition to radical and utopian reversals of injustice and suffering. 'What is lost when we limit our political horizons?'"
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“Short bursts indicate an ICE sighting. Long whistles indicate agents making arrests. If you hear the whistle and you’re undocumented, said [Whitney Hu, a community activist and organizer with South Brooklyn Mutual Aid], ‘you hide. And if you’re somebody who’s not, you go to the street.’”
As ICE Street Raids Ramp Up, New Yorkers Stock Up On Whistles
Taking a cue from Chicago, community groups have distributed thousands of whistles in recent weeks — a grassroots system people in other cities have adopted to help neighbors sound the alarm.
www.thecity.nyc
November 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
“Short bursts indicate an ICE sighting. Long whistles indicate agents making arrests. If you hear the whistle and you’re undocumented, said [Whitney Hu, a community activist and organizer with South Brooklyn Mutual Aid], ‘you hide. And if you’re somebody who’s not, you go to the street.’”
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Good morning! May your actions today be guided by kindness and empathy, and may you find a way to contribute to a world that lifts everyone up. Let's make some good trouble!
November 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Good morning! May your actions today be guided by kindness and empathy, and may you find a way to contribute to a world that lifts everyone up. Let's make some good trouble!
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So many vulnerable people were hurt, harassed and raped by these ghouls and now—I’m worried—it’s gonna become hehe haha lurid internet circus instead of a long overdue moral reckoning. I’m scared of who we all are becoming. That man has brought us ALL low.
November 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM
So many vulnerable people were hurt, harassed and raped by these ghouls and now—I’m worried—it’s gonna become hehe haha lurid internet circus instead of a long overdue moral reckoning. I’m scared of who we all are becoming. That man has brought us ALL low.
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What's the difference between a "welfare queen" & a food-insecure SNAP recipient?
inner-city clinics & rural hospitals
gov't handouts & "aid to struggling farmers?"
COINTELPRO & weaponizing the DOJ?
overpolicing & military occupation?
A Fascist & Trump?
Nothing...
We told y'all
inner-city clinics & rural hospitals
gov't handouts & "aid to struggling farmers?"
COINTELPRO & weaponizing the DOJ?
overpolicing & military occupation?
A Fascist & Trump?
Nothing...
We told y'all
How Does It Feel?
Marjorie Taylor Greene is just one of the marginalized MAGA American activists who are concerned because Trump is doing exactly what they elected him to do.
dlvr.it
November 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
What's the difference between a "welfare queen" & a food-insecure SNAP recipient?
inner-city clinics & rural hospitals
gov't handouts & "aid to struggling farmers?"
COINTELPRO & weaponizing the DOJ?
overpolicing & military occupation?
A Fascist & Trump?
Nothing...
We told y'all
inner-city clinics & rural hospitals
gov't handouts & "aid to struggling farmers?"
COINTELPRO & weaponizing the DOJ?
overpolicing & military occupation?
A Fascist & Trump?
Nothing...
We told y'all
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You'll ignore this, but every time you tweet angrily about crap like that Nuzzi piece you're confirming NYT editors' intuitions/incentivizing more of it. The entire intellectual/journo model here is, "Does this person get people angry? Yes? OK they're provocative/get talked about. Write about her."
November 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
You'll ignore this, but every time you tweet angrily about crap like that Nuzzi piece you're confirming NYT editors' intuitions/incentivizing more of it. The entire intellectual/journo model here is, "Does this person get people angry? Yes? OK they're provocative/get talked about. Write about her."
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Calling the police is far too often a death sentence for people who are or are perceived to be experiencing a mental health crisis.
Do not call the cops.
Do not call the cops.
Don't call the cops on someone in a mental health crisis unless you want them dead.
Three former San Antonio police officers were acquitted on Monday of all charges related to the fatal shooting of a woman who appeared to be having a mental health crisis when they were dispatched to her apartment in 2023. nyti.ms/4qRnvvT
November 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Calling the police is far too often a death sentence for people who are or are perceived to be experiencing a mental health crisis.
Do not call the cops.
Do not call the cops.
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In Italy labor unions helped start a network of left-leaning news/music radio stations that have become some of the staples of public information in much of the country. They now run on a donation / ads model, but initial investment was from labor. I think about this often.
The AFL-CIO should start throwing some money towards labor journalism. If it was done right (i.e. with them accepting that journalists must have full editorial control over what’s published, whether or not union leaders like what they have to say) it could really have such a hugely positive impact
November 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
In Italy labor unions helped start a network of left-leaning news/music radio stations that have become some of the staples of public information in much of the country. They now run on a donation / ads model, but initial investment was from labor. I think about this often.
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i’m ready for something different than whatever the fuck this is
November 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
i’m ready for something different than whatever the fuck this is
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Establishment Democrats aren’t afraid of the GOP. They simply agree with the GOP in almost all the ways that count. And it is in those ways they do the most harm to the poor, to the sick, and to immigrants.
November 10, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Establishment Democrats aren’t afraid of the GOP. They simply agree with the GOP in almost all the ways that count. And it is in those ways they do the most harm to the poor, to the sick, and to immigrants.
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1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution.
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
November 5, 2025 at 7:58 AM
1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution.
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
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So many parents ask me how to stop hitting their children. First, you have to understand what’s really happening in your body. Hitting doesn’t “work” because it teaches a child anything. It “works” because it temporarily calms YOU.
open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...
open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...
Hitting a Child ‘Works.’ But Only for the Parent’s Body, and Neuroscience Explains Why.
This Substack is reader-supported.
open.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:05 AM
So many parents ask me how to stop hitting their children. First, you have to understand what’s really happening in your body. Hitting doesn’t “work” because it teaches a child anything. It “works” because it temporarily calms YOU.
open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...
open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...
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An absurd media narrative in runup to the election said Dems must choose between being "anti-Trump" and running on substance.
The lesson from this election is that anti-Trump politics *is* affordability politics, and affordability politics *is* anti-Trump politics:
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
The lesson from this election is that anti-Trump politics *is* affordability politics, and affordability politics *is* anti-Trump politics:
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
November 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
An absurd media narrative in runup to the election said Dems must choose between being "anti-Trump" and running on substance.
The lesson from this election is that anti-Trump politics *is* affordability politics, and affordability politics *is* anti-Trump politics:
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
The lesson from this election is that anti-Trump politics *is* affordability politics, and affordability politics *is* anti-Trump politics:
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
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BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
bit.ly
November 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
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Voters to Trump: You Lose.
Democrats make a massive sweep in large and small races across the nation and right there in Trump's home town with
Zohran Mamdani handily taking New York City.
Abigail Spanberger becomes Virginia’s first female governor. Mikie Sherrill sweeps New Jersey's governor’s race.
Democrats make a massive sweep in large and small races across the nation and right there in Trump's home town with
Zohran Mamdani handily taking New York City.
Abigail Spanberger becomes Virginia’s first female governor. Mikie Sherrill sweeps New Jersey's governor’s race.
November 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Voters to Trump: You Lose.
Democrats make a massive sweep in large and small races across the nation and right there in Trump's home town with
Zohran Mamdani handily taking New York City.
Abigail Spanberger becomes Virginia’s first female governor. Mikie Sherrill sweeps New Jersey's governor’s race.
Democrats make a massive sweep in large and small races across the nation and right there in Trump's home town with
Zohran Mamdani handily taking New York City.
Abigail Spanberger becomes Virginia’s first female governor. Mikie Sherrill sweeps New Jersey's governor’s race.