November updates š
Hi friendā
Keeping this short and sweet this week since Iām in NYC for Cirquehausā fall festival. Iām actually traveling a lot of this month so the first order of business isā¦
Class & Private Session Updates
If you checked out the calendar for November hoping to sign up and saw a lot of un-availability, donāt panic! Iām out of town or unavailable a lot of the month between Cirquehaus, PPA, Reps for Rights, and that big holiday/day of mourning at the end of the month, so your best bets to catch me in Chicago are:
Nov 12-13
Nov 23-26
Nov 29-30
Not a lot of dates, I know ā so sign up early if you need! But donāt worry, Iāll be more around in December.
On a related noteā¦
Reps for Rights ā Nov 22
If youāre in the Chicago area, come cheer on the brave lifters raising money for ICIRR during this bench-only competition on November 22nd. Catch me at a table during and after to learn more about how you can talk politics with the people in your life, and hang out with others who agree that ICE can get f*cked and who care about building strong communities ā physically and politically.
Whether you can join in person or not, so far weāre smashing the fundraising goals (last I looked we passed $35,000 already š±), and you can be a part of it! Check out all the details here.
New Essay, New Platform
ICYMI earlier this week, thereās a new essay up over on the new Ghost space talking through sliding scale pricing as a case study in how to put your politics into practice.
You can read the whole essay here.
Iāll have a post up soon about why Iām on this new platform, but if youāre into long-form writing, Iāll be doing more of it over there, and will send it out directly rather than clogging your inbox from here. So if thatās your jam, you can also subscribe just to get these types essays from Evidence & Evil š
And last but not leastā¦
Links & Stuff
Happenings
Every new development in the SNAP showdown is more upsetting than the last
CBP obviously lied under oath about their use of force in Chicago, and Judge Sara Ellis wasn't having it. DHS plans to appeal the injunction while we decide whether or not "law" is a thing we care about anymore and under what circumstances.
Speaking of law: SCOTUS is allowing the anti-trans/nonbinary passport policy to go into effect
You should be concerned about the sentencing of Casey Goonan, the prosecution of the Prairieland Defendants, and the federal push to define and prosecute "the Left"
CBP is giving facial recognition tech to local police
Speaking of local cops, they still aren't your friends
Good things
Ants are also cool. Cooler than AI.
And thatās all for this week. Hope youāre keeping your head above water š¤
In solidarity,
Sirus
