Not only did the Whitney Museum cancel the performance, they cancelled the entire program it was part of: the Independent Study Program, running since 1968: t.ly/VRurO. Read this open letter to the Whitney, signed by 300+ ISP alumni/faculty: ispalumni.org

Never forget who homophobes are, they’re psychopaths who would kill a loving husband, kill his dog, hang the pet’s skull on a mailbox, and then they’ll have the nerve to act like they’re normal human beings while calling us degenerates

“They killed my mother — and before that, my brother. I urge everyone: do not go to the American aid distribution points soaked in blood. This bag only contains 2 empty flour sacks — nothing else — & yet they shot & killed my mother as she tried to get us something to eat today.”

after seeing a genocide livestreamed for almost 2 years, we've become so desensitized to the daily atrocities but sometimes an additional minute of reflection can just break you. starving families then setting up aid sites where you hunt & kill them did that for me this morning.

This is also the reason young people to like house/techno parties. Dancing there isn’t dependent on knowing the songs the same way hip-hop and open format sets are. This also explains why theme parties work: it ensures people KNOW the songs

Michael Blake is doing well. He should try to primary Ritchie Torres again (if Jamaal Bowman doesn’t try his luck in NY-15, which he should).

“I represent the working men and women of this city” - Andrew Cuomo, responding to a question about the 10 million dollar super PAC supporting him, a couple months after moving to New York City

He was getting in at Adams at the forums too. I like him.

No! We get to joke, you, an elected official need to go pass some legislation and find the evidence he rigged the election. Don’t get on here trying to kiki with us.

Don’t get distracted. Look past the spectacle.

2 days ago the 2 buildings next to my old apt burned down. one of the women in the building is Starr. she lost everything. her daughter’s cap and gown for her high school graduation went up. I found (and verified!) that this is the right GFM for her gofund.me/4f89a2e3

Lord. Wayne ruined one of my favorite Weezer songs.

Do not rank Andrew Cuomo or Jessica Ramos for Mayor.

I’m going to keep posting this. Do the right thing

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A 16-year-old from Port-au-Prince with heart disease is constantly short of breath and can't attend school. The travel ban has upended plans for the lifesaving surgery she can't get in Haiti. The news, her dad says, is "breaking my heart." nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/tr…

"Many women and girls must improvise with old clothes or torn fabric instead of pads, often reusing them without proper washing." UNRWA warns of worsening conditions for women and girls in Gaza under Israel's stifling blockade. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/yjvi2j

ICE has a foreign gulag. ICE arrests people for op-eds. ICE violates due process. ICE breaks the law. ICE violates court orders. ICE is violating the 1st, 4th, 5th, 8th, 10th amendments daily. I want every single person defending ICE to say they hate the Constitution. They do.