Sol J Brager
@soljbrager.bsky.social
Author of HEAVYWEIGHT (William Morrow 2024). Historian, teacher, cartoonist. Mostly drawing comics, doing research. https://solomonbrager.com/
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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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If you want to help with the flooding you could maybe pick one person on this list (I’ll quote tweet the bottom of it in the next post so not everyone picks the first few families) and maybe champion them- you could message them if you like or just make a post/ send it in the group chat etc
I usually share a new Palestinian account every day but today I am going to do a thread of people I’ve already verified impacted by the recent flooding in Gaza. If you can help any of these families- many who lost everything again- please do. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/14/m...
Heavy rainfall floods the camps of displaced Palestinians in Gaza | CNN
Displaced Palestinians in Gaza woke up Friday morning to inches of water flooding their tents, after heavy rainfall overnight left their shelters and belongings soaked with no way to dry them out.
edition.cnn.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
If you want to help with the flooding you could maybe pick one person on this list (I’ll quote tweet the bottom of it in the next post so not everyone picks the first few families) and maybe champion them- you could message them if you like or just make a post/ send it in the group chat etc
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‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
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bringing this statement over from Alice’s Twitter. it appears the below was Alice’s last post before passing. I am heartbroken
November 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
bringing this statement over from Alice’s Twitter. it appears the below was Alice’s last post before passing. I am heartbroken
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The designating of things “porn” is only for power over people/communication and has nothing to do with art. You give the right an inch on this and you fucking lose.
There has been a noticeable reticence in left and liberal circles to voice full-throated support for pornography, even as it's become increasingly clear what the open end goals of the censorship movement are
In a lot of ways other leftists chose this path folks. They shrugged and didn’t care when Patreon banned a ton of hypnosis and TF creators, or when YouTube started their ASMR crackdown. Now it’s coming for queer porn creators, more and more. Who will stand up?
November 14, 2025 at 5:43 AM
The designating of things “porn” is only for power over people/communication and has nothing to do with art. You give the right an inch on this and you fucking lose.
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Queer Ecology — A Powerful Lens for Reporting on Environmental Injustice --- a special feature by Isaias Hernandez that I edited for @sejorg.bsky.social www.sej.org/publications...
Queer Ecology — A Powerful Lens for Reporting on Environmental Injustice
Queer ecology is an evolving field that challenges traditional assumptions in science and explores LGBTQ+ experiences in an ecological context. It’s easy to catch your audience’s attention with storie...
www.sej.org
November 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Queer Ecology — A Powerful Lens for Reporting on Environmental Injustice --- a special feature by Isaias Hernandez that I edited for @sejorg.bsky.social www.sej.org/publications...
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But if we murdered all the coral reefs in the world, we would increase the ocean carbon sink by 1.25 billion tonnes of CO₂ every year. 🥲
A sobering take on what a slew of new reports say about how the world will look under 2-3°C+ of warming. W/ @laurapaddison.bsky.social & insights from @drkatemarvel.bsky.social, @kimcobb.bsky.social, @weatherwest.bsky.social & others. www.cnn.com/2025/11/12/c... (For CNN subscribers.)
New reports paint picture of an ‘extremely dangerous’ future with warming expected to blow past key limit | CNN
Melting ice sheets. Massive flooding. Dead coral reefs. Humanity is careening toward an untenable future as global temperatures rise, scientists warn
www.cnn.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
But if we murdered all the coral reefs in the world, we would increase the ocean carbon sink by 1.25 billion tonnes of CO₂ every year. 🥲
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A stunning, haunting commentary in by marine scientist Rick MacPherson. #coralreefs #climatechange @oceanhoptimism.org
Ghost Reefs of 2083: The Paleontology of Color (A Speculative ‘Fiction’) https://therevelator.org/ghost-reefs/
Ghost Reefs of 2083: The Paleontology of Color (A Speculative ‘Fiction’) • The Revelator
What will the loss of coral reefs cost the planet — and humanity?
therevelator.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
A stunning, haunting commentary in by marine scientist Rick MacPherson. #coralreefs #climatechange @oceanhoptimism.org
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my first story @theintercept.com: organizers with @adalahjustice.bsky.social and @genderlib.com announced today that the Human Rights Campaign has ended its relationships with weapons manufacturers Northrop Grumman and Raytheon following years of protests and accusations of "pinkwashing"
Human Rights Campaign Rejects Weapons Company Sponsorships After Pressure Around Israel Genocide
LGBTQ+ group Human Rights Campaign ended sponsorships from arms firms Northrop Grumman and Raytheon, who profit off of Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
theintercept.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
my first story @theintercept.com: organizers with @adalahjustice.bsky.social and @genderlib.com announced today that the Human Rights Campaign has ended its relationships with weapons manufacturers Northrop Grumman and Raytheon following years of protests and accusations of "pinkwashing"
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NOW ON SALE: PINKO MAGAZINE ISSUE 4! 100 luscious pages of the most advanced gay communist print material you can find in English. PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY to get it in hand by the end of the year shop.pinko.online/products/issue-4
Issue 4
Pinko Magazine’s fourth issue is finally here. The only print magazine of gay communism in English has returned with 100 pages of new essays, analysis, art, interviews and archival material from the f...
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November 7, 2025 at 6:12 PM
NOW ON SALE: PINKO MAGAZINE ISSUE 4! 100 luscious pages of the most advanced gay communist print material you can find in English. PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY to get it in hand by the end of the year shop.pinko.online/products/issue-4
Can’t wait for the dissertation someone is going to write about Debra Messing’s post-election social media meltdown.
November 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Can’t wait for the dissertation someone is going to write about Debra Messing’s post-election social media meltdown.
Who is driving the billboard truck around the Village trying to connect Mamdani to 9/11 for the Cuomo campaign
November 4, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Who is driving the billboard truck around the Village trying to connect Mamdani to 9/11 for the Cuomo campaign
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Any journalist who starts a post with “I asked [genAI of choice]…” instantly loses credibility in my book
October 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Any journalist who starts a post with “I asked [genAI of choice]…” instantly loses credibility in my book
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Reviving the old 'syllabus of the month' as an occasional series, these are really excellent. spinweaveandcut.com/education-ho...
October 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Reviving the old 'syllabus of the month' as an occasional series, these are really excellent. spinweaveandcut.com/education-ho...
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You should care about Jamaica and Sudan even if you don't know anyone there and the news isn't covering it. The anti-Blackness embedded in folks' lack of empathy is gross.
October 29, 2025 at 6:06 PM
You should care about Jamaica and Sudan even if you don't know anyone there and the news isn't covering it. The anti-Blackness embedded in folks' lack of empathy is gross.
Selling my bike and many other posessions to make financial and literal space to work— anyone need a beautiful fixed gear fuji? newyork.craigslist.org/brk/bik/d/br...
pink Fuji feather fixed gear bike - bicycles - by owner - bike sale - craigslist
- very lightweight, smooth ride - fixed gear - some wear on seat and light scratches - if desired, will include attached lights - I'm 5'7", and it was a great size for me - goes for $700 new:...
newyork.craigslist.org
October 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Selling my bike and many other posessions to make financial and literal space to work— anyone need a beautiful fixed gear fuji? newyork.craigslist.org/brk/bik/d/br...
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SUBMISSION PROPOSAL! @swopla.bsky.social is creating a "Sex Worker Guide to the Apocalypse," and they want the expertise of folks with lived experience.
DEADLINE IS OCT 27! You can submit your proposal here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1Fft....
Accepted submissions are paid ❤️
#SexWorkSaturday
DEADLINE IS OCT 27! You can submit your proposal here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1Fft....
Accepted submissions are paid ❤️
#SexWorkSaturday
Sex Worker's Guide to the Apocalypse Proposal Submission
Are you the first person on everyone's list of who they'd want with them at the end of the world? Do you have a niche skill that would guarantee your survival in the event of governmental collapse?
W...
docs.google.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
SUBMISSION PROPOSAL! @swopla.bsky.social is creating a "Sex Worker Guide to the Apocalypse," and they want the expertise of folks with lived experience.
DEADLINE IS OCT 27! You can submit your proposal here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1Fft....
Accepted submissions are paid ❤️
#SexWorkSaturday
DEADLINE IS OCT 27! You can submit your proposal here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1Fft....
Accepted submissions are paid ❤️
#SexWorkSaturday
For a while I was getting kind of nonstop targeted ads for a Christian college that described cybersecurity as a “sacred vocation” and I kind of can’t stop thinking about it?
October 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
For a while I was getting kind of nonstop targeted ads for a Christian college that described cybersecurity as a “sacred vocation” and I kind of can’t stop thinking about it?
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New podcast alert. Me and my wonderful Chicago archivist bud Kaitlyn Griffith. Lesbo hirstory and silly talk. Serious talk too, bc we’re quite serious. Monthly. First ep is up on youtube. 28 minutes. Shit is moribund but we just wanted to make a gay podcast for once.
youtu.be/FX1wPbMh6Yg?...
youtu.be/FX1wPbMh6Yg?...
October 21, 2025 at 6:02 PM
New podcast alert. Me and my wonderful Chicago archivist bud Kaitlyn Griffith. Lesbo hirstory and silly talk. Serious talk too, bc we’re quite serious. Monthly. First ep is up on youtube. 28 minutes. Shit is moribund but we just wanted to make a gay podcast for once.
youtu.be/FX1wPbMh6Yg?...
youtu.be/FX1wPbMh6Yg?...
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4 grounding questions [if useful at this moment]:
1. What resources exist so I can better educate myself [about x issue]?
2. Who's already doing work around this injustice?
3. Do I have the capacity to offer concrete support & help to them?
4. How can I be constructive?
1. What resources exist so I can better educate myself [about x issue]?
2. Who's already doing work around this injustice?
3. Do I have the capacity to offer concrete support & help to them?
4. How can I be constructive?
October 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
4 grounding questions [if useful at this moment]:
1. What resources exist so I can better educate myself [about x issue]?
2. Who's already doing work around this injustice?
3. Do I have the capacity to offer concrete support & help to them?
4. How can I be constructive?
1. What resources exist so I can better educate myself [about x issue]?
2. Who's already doing work around this injustice?
3. Do I have the capacity to offer concrete support & help to them?
4. How can I be constructive?
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Y’all, a friend of mine helped create the Free Sudan Gazette and I highly recommend checking it out
freesudangazette.com/2025/10/21/s...
freesudangazette.com/2025/10/21/s...
Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms: A Decolonized Model of Humanitarian Aid
As war rages in Sudan, where the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been locked in a brutal conflict since April 2023, a remarkable grassroots movement…
freesudangazette.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Y’all, a friend of mine helped create the Free Sudan Gazette and I highly recommend checking it out
freesudangazette.com/2025/10/21/s...
freesudangazette.com/2025/10/21/s...
The amount that people don’t seem to realize the 250-1000$ they offer for freelance work is not just a little treat or a nice tip but in fact, my income.
October 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The amount that people don’t seem to realize the 250-1000$ they offer for freelance work is not just a little treat or a nice tip but in fact, my income.
Chubbs Nation: @chriswblackwell.bsky.social just let me know that Chubbs has, sadly, likely passed away. RIP Chubbs we will never forget you. Chubbs' legacy lives on in Son of Chubbs, long may he reign. (Read our Chubbs the Raven comic at jewishcurrents.org/hey-chubbs)
Hey Chubbs!
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October 20, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Chubbs Nation: @chriswblackwell.bsky.social just let me know that Chubbs has, sadly, likely passed away. RIP Chubbs we will never forget you. Chubbs' legacy lives on in Son of Chubbs, long may he reign. (Read our Chubbs the Raven comic at jewishcurrents.org/hey-chubbs)
Gay communist print project seeking financial patrons could it be you/ gay communist willing to do a lot for financial patronage think of the possibilities. Inquire within.
October 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Gay communist print project seeking financial patrons could it be you/ gay communist willing to do a lot for financial patronage think of the possibilities. Inquire within.
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@kjshepherd.bsky.social and I are back at @ifccenter.bsky.social the week after next with SEX DEMON and a special reel of newly-digitized super rare gay xxx trailers 😈
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www.ifccenter.com/films/sex-de...
October 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
@kjshepherd.bsky.social and I are back at @ifccenter.bsky.social the week after next with SEX DEMON and a special reel of newly-digitized super rare gay xxx trailers 😈
www.ifccenter.com/films/sex-de...
www.ifccenter.com/films/sex-de...