R. Sylvia

I lied and specifically it was 2:20 but the whole hour block was a three part synchronized effort 😎

YouTube video by Drone Not Drones DRONE NOT DRONES: the 11th annual 28-hour drone; a benefit for Doctors Without Borders and MPLS aid

playing Drone Not Drones tomorrow 2pm

Is this detailed anywhere I can reference?

Great. If our documents aren’t safe, theirs aren’t either

Because they did. It has been the stated goal for these groups and individuals for well over a decade.

They are accelerationist fascists whose goal is the end of the world so they could rule over the ashes.

EVICTION MORATORIUM NOW

hey man rent is due today and at this point an eviction moratorium is a public safety issue

you just gonna let all these people get kicked out onto the streets and then scooped up into detention?? don't feed this cycle of violence

One of the hardest things to explain to people who aren’t here is the very real feeling that we are in a war against the federal government. Not only are we occupied by unaccountable armed, masked paramilitaries, but we are constantly aware our neighbors might be abducted in the blink of an eye.

Chuck Schumer just announced demands on DHS to avoid shutdown:
1. End roving patrols, tighten rules on warrants
2. Enforce accountability & unified code of conduct for agents
3. No more masks & require bodycams

There are *already* standards on much of this.

The issue is DHS isn't following them!

the creative ways people are showing up and helping is largely invisible but trust me: it's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen

To people outside of MN. And it’s not just Mpls that hasn’t slowed down, either.

Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.

The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”

That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.

I am just gonna say it, these guys are completely emasculated by the knowledge that they have been out-organized by a group that is significantly made up of women, and all the bullshit call of duty nonsense is cope for their wounded egos bsky.app/profile/jeet...

Yeah, I'm not saying it's not bad at all, but in the overall schema of harms facing the community we can't let their low effort attempts to rattle us into becoming inactive.

Totally. People need to understand that it's a bullying threat, and as long as they are good on their OPSEC (these trolls are NOT genuises) folks can continue to keep eachother safe.

I think the most notable aspect of this to me is it exposed a lot of otherwise 'normal' people who are still finding their legs in this moment to the kind of mindless fear trolling and posturing that the rest of us have been enduring for a decade+ in any type of public comment box

Make it 3 days!!!!!

Don’t ask don’t tell worked for them before? 🤷‍♀️

impeccable, bolstering

they're getting soooo tired of this, they have to be

If it's sufficiently low-friction it should, hopefully, only need to be done once per member, the first time will suck for everyone but I really do think something like this & good hygiene with actual face-to-face trusted neighbor vouching could be important step towards resiliency in this layer

I just tested it out though and I really wish it was more significantly highlighted in the UI, it's very much not obvious unless you're specifically looking for a chat to be verified (but it's not even a different color cue???)

Just fyi you can really raise the bar on these dumbfucks """infiltrating""" all our *public* groupchats by getting yourself and your neighbors to vouch for each other... and even maybe doing Signal Safety Number Verification in person and building a more robust Web-of-Trust.

oh great tip on the safety number process. was wondering if there was something similar to Element device verification for web of trust. i smell a zine idea

Lost a second part of this reminding people that maintaining ALL national borders requires intense necropolitical violence. Deaths from boats turned back or refused rescue in every ocean and sea, desert deaths from refusal of water or aid, all these are the precondition of shooting observers.

I thought Boston's chant broke me, but...

Probably good reasons why I’m not in charge of such things, I’d make such a passionate and righteous mess

Dear Pam, blow it out your whole fucking ass girl you ain’t getting shit