Sooooo slavery?

Sometimes I hate being literate and aware of my surroundings

But.

This kind of knowledge matters

Two cats are playing in a cat tree. One is reaching out to bop the other on the head, but gently without claws

The bopped cat is returning the bop, equally playfully: the first cat is receiving the blow with tucked ears but no actual pain or fear

Tired out, the brothers are curled into one round cuddle pile of snoozing kittens.

City of Brotherly Love: a play in three acts

Reminiscent of how corporations gained rights before most humans in this country. "By 1912, the court had heard only 28 cases on the 14th Amendment rights of African Americans — and an astonishing 312 cases on the 14th Amendment rights of corporations." Source: www.scotusblog.com/2018/05/ask-...

This is great: I recently watched "Crooked Beauty" when Jacks McNamara stepped in to lead one of my fave orgs (www.idha-nyc.org) but I'm adding some of these other resources to my reading list. Thanks so much for sharing!

We're on strike! Don't visit propublica.org on April 8

We’re on strike today! Support our fight for a fair contract by NOT visiting the @propublica.org website or engaging with ProPublica stories today.

Tell ProPublica’s management you won’t cross the picket line: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

Sticker on a Philly lamp-post depicts a pink, blue & white cartoon dog with a pink mullet, spiked collar and cute big eyes, with the caption "I am consumed by Rage :3"

While this hasn't been a healthy society at any point in my lifetime, the past decade has undeniably taken a particularly deep toll.

Corps and governments pour billions of dollars into PR, the narrative, and trying to convince us that they're invincible, inetivble, divine. But that's just it: if it costs billions to prove, it says plenty about how fragile they really are. Boycotts work.

The correct response to US imperialistic warmongering is to be sickened, embarrassed AND to connect what they are doing overseas to our own oppression here.

Same beast.

Stand with North American Indian Center of Boston North American Indian Center of Boston (NAICOB) is currently facing a critical funding gap due to cuts by the federal government and other funders. This comes at a time when NAICOB's employment, socia...

Please take a moment to support the North American Indian Center of Boston by donating via this Chuffed fundraiser. Urban Indian centers are essential!
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These times are so dramatic they are surreal & disorienting, & it's a reality warp. Many forces attempt to manipulate your perception right now, & AI disseminating false images & info is part. As a mad person, I traverse reality surreally, & I advise you to take responsibility for keeping your grip.

This is the horrifying xAI "Colossus" Musk has unleashed on the South. "The sound continues through the day & often intensifies at night...making it hard to think clearly & even harder to fall asleep." Solidarity with Devan Jenkins & her neighbors fighting for their community's health & well-being.

March is a time to mark how we shrugged off mass preventable death & disability to avoid discomfort or disrupting capitalist consumption. @markedbycovid.bsky.social organizes US COVID Memorial Day the 1st Monday of March. I cherish the collective witness & vigil: www.youtube.com/watch?v=54C5...

On a MOVE: Repairing Histories of State Violence Activist Mike Africa Jr. and scholar Dr. Krystal Strong will discuss the story of the MOVE organization, repairing histories of state violence, and the "On a MOVE" curriculum project. This session is ...

That is why we are hosting a free online class for educators (and everyone who wants to attend) on the bombing of MOVE and the “On a MOVE” curriculum project in Philadelphia.

Learn more and register below.

www.zinnedproject.org/news/on-a-mo...

Incredibly proud of our massive win on behalf of tens of thousands of people detained by the GEO Group in Aurora, Colorado--a case I've been working on for more than a decade. Just claiming you're following the orders of the federal government doesn't put you above the law.

As the analyst crowed about "verticals" and "value chains," the COO gloated: "we've got a really magical thing going..." The fascist merger of corporate and state power is no longer an emergent threat: it is here, and we are all (in varying ways & degrees) in grave danger.
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2. AI to draft incident reports from bodycam recordings, to save time for cops who can then edit them,
3. Combining networks of public and private cameras for an integrated surveillance network, and
4. Cross-selling body cams for retail companies, to surveil workers and customers.
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Just listened to an investment analyst interview the COO of Axon, and his vision of AI-supercharged combined public and private surveillance was terrifying. The interview's behind a paywall, but four alarming areas of growth stood out:
1. Using AI to automate 911 dispatch,
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The Body Keeps Its Own Scripture A poem

Tried to put some words to some thoughts. Appreciate the read.

www.mohammedmhawish.com/p/the-body-k...

You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.

Text bubble on a phone screen reads with music notes emoji “Happy Birthday to you, You live in a zoo, If I have to live in this carceral nightmare, I'm grateful it's with you.” The recipient has reacted with a heart and a reply: “Perfect!”

30 years of friendship summarized

Beautiful poem, makes me think of this mural in West Philly.

Thank you for this beautiful post about my late mother. ❤️

Dispatch from Occupied Minneapolis w/ Melissa Gira Grant (01/29/26) Beatrice is joined by Melissa Gira Grant to discuss what’s happening on the ground in Minneapolis, the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, and the broader currents of fascism nationally producing t

In our latest, we’re joined by @melissagiragrant.com to discuss how Minneapolis is fighting back against state violence with extraordinary acts of community care, Melissa’s reporting on ICE surges across the county, and ICE paying a visit to our own home

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A huge pile of snow is so firmly-packed and frozen over that someone has tagged the side of the snow mound with "t$u" in dark red spray paint.

These mounds aren't going anywhere: street artists in Philly have started tagging the piles of snow!

A huge pile of snow is so firmly-packed and frozen over that someone has tagged the side of the snow mound with "t$u" in dark red spray paint.

These mounds aren't going anywhere: street artists in Philly have started tagging the piles of snow!

A pregnant mother in ICE detention says she’s bleeding — and hasn’t seen a doctor in weeks Cecil Elvir-Quinonez, who is still breastfeeding her youngest child, is awaiting deportation in a Louisiana ICE facility states away from her family and children.

A pregnant mother in ICE detention says she’s bleeding — and hasn’t seen a doctor in weeks 19thnews.org/2026/01/preg... via @19thnews.org

Sign reading "FUCK ICE" flys on flag in Minneapolis after murder of Renee Good.

"ILWU Local 34 members in the Bay Area commemorated the life of Renee Good by loading a ship with containers to spell her name. The ship then went to Tacoma, Washington." via Indybay.org

Students in California walkout against ICE.

Demonstrators in Chicago hold signs condemning ICE terror and murder. Person holds sign reading, "ICE murders Moms and Nurses" as others march with signs around them.

A general strike in Minneapolis. Student walkouts across the country. Demonstrations break out everywhere, organized by prisoners, workers, and youth - are all picking up speed.

Masses of people are working together to organize mutual aid + community solidarity on a growing scale. A thread.

I have too many thoughts for a short post, but this feels like a significant development for people paying attention to the consolidation of fascist and corporate power in this moment. Link to the source: www.mnchamber.com/blog/open-le...