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#NoKings

Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay

Loving America and opposing authoritarianism go hand in hand.
#NoKingsDayOct18th

🙅 No Kings, no Emperors

When I left for the protest, only one had been canceled due to the shelter-in-place. We were informed that the protests may be a target, and we took that information into account and went anyway.

I saw a “Yes to Prince, no Kings” sign

Thousands of people and placards are seen in front of the state capitol. This photo is a credit to Minneapolis photojournalist that goes by the handle Daviss on X

Thousands of people and placards are seen in front of the state capitol. This photo is a credit to Minneapolis photojournalist that goes by the handle Daviss on X

A woman protestor holds up a sign that reads “In honor of our beloved Melissa”

NEW: In the last few hours, Minnesota authorities warned people against attending protests, with a killer on the loose.

This is the current view of the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul.

DEFIANCE. 👏

#NoKings #50501Movement

(📸 Daviss)

Any person in uniform wearing a mask and refusing to be properly and reliably identified should be assumed to be the same kind of murderer we’ve seen in Minnesota.

It’s not just that they normalize political violence. They also accuse the left of engaging in mostly imaginary violence, which gives unhinged right-wingers justification to “retaliate.”

Please look out for each other today and remember, it’s WE the people. No kings. www.nokings.org

If you genuinely want to be in this fight, you need to feed your joy. Dance, sing, sit in nature, talk to friends, listen to music, draw, play with clay, eat tasty food. One thing, offline, every single day.

Doomscrolling is easy. Despair is easy. Distraction is easy.

Staying in the fight is hard.

On Organizing time to level up / an early draft of a playbook

The point of Senator Booker's filibuster is to be INSPIRED by this man to go find YOUR ROLE, not to wait for them to go save us now.

That is not this assignment.

Thread of places to go to get started. More coming out of LiST this Thursday.

The rhetorical victory is this: the proposal that we can and will outlast them.

Baggggsssssssss

I’m glad you are all safe. That is important. *sends hugs*

You will be missed, purple hair

Sounds right

Also familiarize yourselves with the term "misogynoir" (the simple definition is "hatred of black women")

Asna Tabassum after USC cancelled her commencement address.

This is 100% accurate

Bluesky is officially “open” now (no more invites). So just a reminder to not engage with trolls and bad actors, there is no algorithm here to promote or spread them, replying to them is what puts them on everybody’s timelines. So block and give no oxygen.

WTAF

blockbuster hit. video game of the fucking year. world's most lucrative role playing game, with a new edition coming soon. layoffs are always shit and this whole thing sucks, but anyone working on d&d should get to keep their fucking job.

Corporations are not familiies, but that doesn't mean families can't exist within them.

I'm grieving for the families that were built within WOTC that are being dismantled.

Anybody else notice "some of the hardest decisions ever" is never followed by "I will be forgoing part of my multi-million dollar salary."

Dungeons & Dragons owner lays off 1,100 staff two weeks before Christmas “to keep Hasbro healthy��... Hasbro, the toy company that owns Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering, has laid off 1,100 workers two weeks bef…

Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks claims the company laid off 1,100 people days before Christmas as "a last resort."

Cocks makes $1.5 million annually and took home $9.4 million in total compensation last year.

Australians Rejected a Referendum on Aboriginal Rights. Now What? On October 14th, Australian voters rejected a referendum that would have increased rights and representation for the Aboriginal people.

www.themarysue.com/australians-...