It’s fine to say that violence is never the answer, but I can’t help but observe that for Charlie Kirk violence was always the answer, and it was the only answer he offered, and, because of the privilege that he refused to admit he had, he could enact it from a comfortable and respectable place.
all these pearl clutchers going off about humanity and whatnot. Just stop. Seriously. There is no equivalency between a few hours of ding dong another bitch is dead and the sustained violence of white delusions and authoritarian government.
We aren't the ones using the state to destroy our enemies
"There are a lot of people who talk about how "MY ANCESTOR CAME HERE THE RIGHT WAY," as though that means that anyone else should be, well, doomed to the death penalty"
My maternal grandfather did not come the "right way." He had forged papers.
www.lifeisasacredtext.com/refugecities...
Will there be a hardcover?
If a riot is a violent disturbance of the peace, we need to interrogate what we mean by peace. Friere reminds us that violence is never initiated by the oppressed, without the preexisting violence of oppression, the oppressed would not exist. B. Case, Street Rebellion.
Mychal Threets and Lorraine Nam picture book, “I’m So Happy You’re Here: A Celebration of Library Joy”
THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST DAYS OF MY LIFE 🥹 Presenting the book cover of “I’m So Happy You’re Here: A Celebration of Library Joy,” written by myself and illustrated by my friend Lorraine Nam. Published by Random House Children’s Books 🐧💚
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A female Western Gull was recorded riding 150km in a garbage truck from San Francisco to a compost facility in Central CA, probably to forage. TWICE. An innovator, an icon, a genius.
This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology
A reason I get so angry when people diminish stochastic terrorism's role in shaping our society is because when things like the campaign of terrorism & subsequent hate killing of Jonathan Joss happen we all instinctively acknowledge that it may not have were the perpetrators not emboldened.
Every time I think I'm overreacting and it actually would be ok to go to a couple of conferences, something comes into my social media to remind me I am not.
Can't have people contradicting the capitalist and white supremacist status quo, can't have people exposing the capitalist scams in place. It's why everything in western countries is designed to keep westerners, especially the white ones, deeply ignorant.
Where are people getting this message, like, fascism aside, where are Leaders getting this message that Empathy and Humanity are qualities that are undesirable, weak and fundamentally useless? These are the foundations of collective society. Nothing sustainable can exist without it. I don't get it.
I have a lot to say about the resurgent young men / masculinity discourse but for now will confine myself to:
I wish I knew how to convince teenage boys/young men is how little of the world actually requires or even invites the hypermisogynist "tough guy" aesthetic
I’m so sad about it and it feels sad to see Americans so excited for us, being excited to narrowly escape fascism while nascent fascism gains influence in power should not be the default “good” setting for a country
One hopes that the NDP and/or Greens somehow surge back from the abyss after this election... sure seems like they're all-but-gone this round
Here's a great short video on the uprising by @atunshei.bsky.social
This stays so true. Especially right now when everybody is so surprised that what Trump is doing could possibly be happening. We don't know our own history, and what we do know is deeply siloed.
We need to know what our roots sink into.
Authoritarian states happen step by step, then all at once. But you couldn't get to this point from a healthy, functional state.
Black folks, Indigenous people, etc have been trying to tell you **based on our lived experience** that "regular" US politics & overt fascism are siblings, maybe twins.
"i'm just following the evidence where it takes me, and it just so happens to align with the partisan and ideological agenda of my fellow-travelers as well as my own professional self-interest" sure dude
Absolutely. I understand the constant comparisons to Nazi Germany, but that's also a real move to innocence. It was a Bad Thing that happened Somewhere Else and remember how we stopped it?
Except that erases western complicity with Hitler, the west's own hatred of Jews, and what happened here.
There is in fact no way to make a case for a moral or political obligation to have children that does not degrade the status and dignity of women by claiming ownership their bodies as instruments for collective use.
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.
- Desmond Tutu
I'm reading this too! The way that it describes the devaluation of women's roles, especially the slandering of midwifery and the "patriarchy of the wage" were some really eye-opening parts. It's sobering to see how far back some recent social norms really go
another thing that is unmistakable is the way that these people use “men” and “white Americans” interchangeably
“Men” are white
“Men” are Americans
“Americans” are white men
This never passes my notice when people do this
there is no in between
For what it's worth, I hope a lot more people start reading yours too. I'm certainly recommending it wherever I can
I found it to be a good gateway to the topic (maybe The Serviceberry has superseded it in that sense), but maybe its popularity has led to reduced uptake on follow-ups or something
being an indie bookseller in the helltimes has felt both very stable and very stabilizing, and part of me wishes everyone could be on my side of the counter for a little while, because I think it would help some of you be a little less cynical and doomy right now. so here is my VERY anecdotal data:
I just think it’s interesting how y’all never mention any of these places with stuff like this but it’s always China or North Korea.
Probably doesn’t mean anything though.
That mentality - that capitalism is somehow a game which everyone signs up to at birth, and the winners deserve the world - explains so much about the current moment.
SCOOP—Trump plans to issue an executive order designating fentanyl as a "Weapon of Mass Destruction," per copy of EO reviewed by me. Source at State speculates purpose is to designate cartels as terrorist orgs/justify military ops in Mexico/Canada.
Context/full text of draft only on The Handbasket: