One aggravating part of being trans is that random strangers will demand that you defend The Ideology Of This Organization while you're actively like. Annoyed by that organization, because they're doing a bad job representing your interests politically.
if you're not posting, no one knows what you're doing except the people you're actively helping, and in a surveillance state, that's wise.
An example of what I mean when I say everyday consumer interactions for basic needs are hostile.
A utility company services 8 million ppl in my state.
They changed payment platforms. Just changed.
Every customer has to create a new account, Re-enter payment info, set up billing, auto draft
45% of Japanese workers decided to stop being exploited. Work your wage.
fortune.com/article/japa...
Shelly-Ann racing in her kid's Parents Day race at the school is the funniest thing I've seen all week LMAO
Headline: ICE came for their neighbor so these Tennesseans formed a human chain to protect him
I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article
Don’t bother asking
if you are doing enough,
for enough
is a destination
that you can never reach,
no, don’t bother asking
if you are doing enough,
ask instead
if the something
the something you are doing
is at least a step
towards that destination.
Protect the wisdom protectors.
I have said this often and I will say it again. Protect the storytellers, librarians, educators, documentarians, caretakers, creators, artists, memory preservers, performers, elders, writers, history recorders, and archivists.
Become a wisdom protector.
In an ideal world, we would see consistent, effective public health messaging about Covid.
Things like:
N95s offer superior personal protection
Vaccines don’t prevent transmission, they reduce severity of acute infection
Long Covid can follow a “mild” or asymptomatic infection
It’s not over!
As @mitchelldickau.bsky.social notes, carbon released from the lithosphere (fossil fuels) cannot be compensated by carbon taken up in the biosphere (trees, plants, etc). Sadly this scam is widespread; it needs to be called out on every occasion.
I'm hoping people are already having these conversations with their students and staff - but if you haven't, now is the next best time.
And again - many spaces on campus are protected, and putting ICE and DHS off is a good goal.
Be slow, be incompetent. Malicious compliance.
🌿translation:
Ah ah ah ah garlic toast oh oh oh oh oh
Localisation:
Aaaaaaaahhh!!!! My garlic tooaaassssssttttt!!!!!!!!!
Whenever I'm like "folks are capable of minding their business and leaving other folks alone, we just need to give them a chance." I remember that somewhere in the world, right now, a Christian missionary is listening to "Our God is an Awesome God" psyching himself up to visit North Sentinel Island.
One of the reasons i love tolkien is the theme that despair is an enemy
and it makes clear you don’t need to have constant hope, you can get by with grim determination or spite but never despair
And I get that. But the world is very very far from ideal. I have people in my life whom I love dearly who credit:
heroin with saving them from suicide.
Meth with keeping them awake and safe from assault while living on the street.
Weed for easing them through chemotherapy in one piece.
Not every drug makes sense for every person at every point in time. Banned drugs, just like pharmaceuticals, are tools in a kit. What works for you may not work for others, and that’s fine. And banned drugs are frequently cited as life-saving by folks. People tend to be shocked by this…
Please #repost/#share for the #bees.🙏🏼🐝
This matters.
So let’s talk about #honeybees in the context of ‘Saving the Bees’.
Let’s cut the bull and cut to the chase as there’s way too much confusion/misinformation out there which is a hinderance to, and detrimental to, genuine bee saving.
1/18
fascism is stopped when enough people say one of two things:
1) "nah, I'm not doing that"
2) "nah, you're not doing that"
a lot of people want to imagine how they'll say the second thing, but you should *really* start practicing the first one
That pomegranate is incredible! Wowow
Shakespeare for the 21st century...
7. “To even, or can’t even, that is the question”
6. “All that glisters is not goals”
5. “Out, dammed Spotify!”
4. “As You, like, Like It”
3. “Romeo, Romeo, WTF Romeo?!”
2. “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your earbuds”
1. “Alas, poor Yorick. He got ratio'd”
Do not obey in advance.
In support of Morale - a brief essay on #glimmers by Fen Duradìn ☺️
To all #neurodivergents (and maybe some folx who aren’t!) during this #Disability Pride Month:
Light yourselves up! For morale 😉
She called me
because she just needed
someone to talk to,
and I was glad she called,
for I also needed
someone to talk to,
but all she could say was
“I don’t know what to say,”
so we sat there
not knowing what to say
but at least knowing
we were together.
Right. Here's your to-do list for the next two months to put you in the best possible position to survive what's coming:
1. Renew your passport (or apply for a passport) this week even if it is not expiring in the next four years. Renewing early will give you the maximum 10-year validity period.
Salmon are returning to the Klamath River now that the Klamath peoples have succeeded in their quest to remove the Boyle Dam! Less than 2 months after the dam was removed, we have Chinook!
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/s...
