Alison Clement

I have my own thoughts about Ukraine but it was infuriating to watch Zelinksy, a man who’s seen real hardship, has been part of an actual war, being berated by those two little inexperienced privileged pompous pricks.

Somehow western media is just bad with words.

A poster for the economic blackout on February 28. It is a big red Jack rabbit on an aqua blue back ground. It says economic blackout in hand done black type. There are two black speech bubbles. One says “don’t buy stuff Friday February 28th. The other says we have power. Below it says No Amazon, Walmart, target, gas food, gas. Below that it says OK small business, use cash. Designed by Martha Rich.

I made this the other night while procrastinating, mainly because I thought all the posts about the blackout were boring. It feels like there is momentum bringing people together!

People are upset that AI is determining who gets to keep their jobs. In Gaza AI was determining who got killed.

I have to stop thinking like this.

somebody tell him about citing sources

Maybe we need to have training sessions where people learn not to stand by but to intervene when, in moments of stress, their common decency abandons them.
We've all been there.

Omar El Akkad : One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This - Tin House In late October 2023, weeks into Israel’s bombing of northern Gaza, the novelist Omar El Akkad retweeted a video taken by a Gazan man. This video showed a lifeless moonscape with endless empty streets...

Dear writers, dear readers, dear everyone, please listen

tinhouse.com/podcast/omar...

from leaflets dropped over Gaza:

“The map of the world will not change if all the people of Gaza disappear from existence, and no one will ask about you.”

what a cruel and pathetic lie

I love her covers!

A few nights ago, I was looking through 1851 death notices (fun!) and saw that often death, at least in Couny Derry, was caused by a "visitation of God.”

I wish we could skip this whole trump fascist part and get straight to the backlash.

The Forest Service has been ordered to scrub any mention of climate from their website.

It's hard to tell what's at risk, but you would think that the big private companies would be protected. Even if little else is.

I sincerely don’t know why people aren’t physically stopping those dorks. Move shit. Lock doors. Lose the keys. Everyone switch seats. Turn off all the lights. Switch the signs on the elevator lobby. Make the settings all silly. Use a different language. Wear costumes. Fill rooms with balloons

I should have explained what people were up in arms about: they thought the post was politica
l (what isn't political?) and the poster was a fear-mongering liberal. The conversation, like so many involving my fellow Americans, quickly devolved.

First, identify the ties. I live in Oregon and this little progressive state ranks 3rd in the nation for exports to Israel. 🍉

Someone on the Ancestry FB page asked about this and people had a hissy fit! Now it appears that the post and all the responses have been taken down.

We’re on track to lose everything

I used to see almost only Palestine in my feed. 🍉Then, briefly, it was cute babies. Now my feed is apocalyptic. How to survive in your home using the techniques of Navy Seals; how to create your own emergency kit; what to do when the grid stops working and/or martial law is declared.

We are so pathetic. I'm sorry this happened. And thank you for standing up against genocide. 🍉

Give them nothing. Focus on your agency. Every hour, every day, wherever you are positioned, there are things you can do to resist. Take good care of yourself and those around you. Watch for opportunities and seize them. 

We are in a fight—we have to focus—and it is a fight that we can win. 🙏🏾🙂♥️♥️

So this is not. a joke?

Grand Rapids police ‘not in the business of immigration enforcement,’ chief says Grand Rapids Police Chief Eric Winstrom on Thursday, Jan. 23, said his officers would not be arresting people for immigration violations.

THIS!!! MORE. OF. THIS.

www.mlive.com/news/grand-r...

and he couldn't stop sending bombs to Israel but he really did feel bad about all the bombing

seems like yesterday

I've now lived long enough to write historical fiction that takes place in my own lifetime.

YouTube video by Hounds - Topic Elon

This song, released today, just became more relevant than ever.

Album: open.spotify.com/album/2PtU0i...

I've started looking for publishers in the UK and Ireland, assuming anybody anywhere else in the world is still willing to listen to American voices. ?

keep moving forward
don't give any of them space in your head
don't be sidelined
the emperor has no fucking clothes

Instead of watching the you-know-what, I hung out with the baby today. I told him we're getting all the bad stuff out of the way, so when he's older it will be all blue sky.