ancientreader wonders why it's bad to be antifascist now

I would 1000% watch this movie (as long as it wasn't de-queered in the making ofc)

The horror! The horror!

Kronos: [Stephen Miller, spokesman] The ruler has plenary power--

Blocked for being an asshole

Yeah, definitely reveling every time the fascists spread their wings wider yep yep yep

/s in case that's not obvious

In fact a number of blue states are forming a consortium to protect their people as much as possible

I blocked that account. Doesn't deserve anyone's attention

And this in our incipiently Christian Nationalist regime

been feeling this strange urge all day to buy a polka-dot dress

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It's physically painful, if you speak Polish at all, to hear "Koskeyosko Bridge." Obviously Polish has sounds difficult/impossible for native speakers of English, and TBH my Polish is beyond rusty, but still.

They're close to correct. In Polish orthography the first "s" would have an acute accent, indicating it was to be pronounced ~like "sh," and "ci" would similarly be ~"ch." So "Koshchuszko" (I won't even try to explain "sz," bc there's nothing close in English). (Source: had Polish parents.)

in lieu of alt text: four photos of people sitting in the road praying while #ICE agents and #NationalGuard troops stand in a line maybe a hundred feet away

These videos of people yelling at #ICE, mobbing ICE, running ICE the fuck out of our towns and cities. 😍 They are the most heartening things I've seen since last November.

The dialogue is a whole other thing but the bit about "fuck you shoot me I'll die for this shit" and the reaction is the crux here, from Gandhi's time on down, no authoritarian in history ever knows how to respond to this and it's why it beats them whenever deployed

Hey. So now that SNAP is being cut and people will be struggling further to feed their families, I wanted to share a really good resource for finding food pantries in your area you can utilize or support depending on your situation.

Go to www.gethelp.org and then go to “food” & type in your zip!

During an ICE raid in Manhattan, a white man with close-cut dark hair, wearing a vest with "police" on it, is pushing to the ground a woman wearing a navy backpack.

The woman from the previous photo is on the ground, apparently being assisted by a person wearing a kaffiyeh. The thug who pushed her down has stood up and is turning away, visible in three-quarter profile.

Anyone happen to know the thug pushing the woman to the ground? Images clipped from Instagram video of decent human beings resisting the #ICE raid in lower #Manhattan the other day.

Why are you posting the identical response to multiple people here? Kinda makes a person suspect you're a bot.

Unfortunately, those low info voters are mostly tuned to Faux News & the rest of the RW media; information from outside their bubble doesn't reach them, or if it does it's dismissed as lies. Agreed that Ds are mostly weaksauce, but that's only part of the problem.

So of course many of us feel horror and disgust that seem, on a purely rational level, inappropriate or, at best, disproportionate. "Rationality" stripped of other context doesn't apply. /end

Those feelings cling even if what we learn of the WH's history as we grow up strips it, on a logical or intellectual level, of its sacred aura. 4/

We live in buildings; buildings protect us from the elements and from other kinds of danger; buildings are, psychoanalytically speaking, intimately related to our bodies. And it's impossible to grow up in the US without imbibing the symbolism of the WH in particular. 3/

Those abstractions have indescribably terrible real-world referents, obviously much worse than, on a purely literal level, the destruction of a building. But buildings aren't only literal! They carry an immense psychic charge ... 2/

Yes. That's what makes it so distressing: the material destruction is not only ugly in itself but also a perfect visual metaphor for objects of fascist destruction that are generally identified in abstract terms, such as "rule of law" and "constitutional rights." 1/

Say, can I interest you in a little bet?

*rubs hands together in glee*

I give it 5 pages before you love him heart and soul.

Dude calls himself a "constitutional libertarian," which is to say he's a troll. Block and move on.

Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!

Here is a very specific thing you can do right now that will meet the moment quite nicely Maybe do it five or six times, actually

"You want a movement, I hear. We all do. But the question is never “will somebody do something?” They are. We are. Our job is to notice, and to ensure that none of our flames burn out."

Also our job is to join in, where we can, how we can, with what we have.

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Cat stares at leaf

Cat reaches for leaf

Cat gets on cubbies so as to reach leaf, while other cat keeps eye on potential squirrels and chippies

Problem-solving

An Amateur Witch's Guide to Murder A wannabe witch tries to break a curse on a clueless cl…

And I haven't yet read An Amateur Witch's Guide to Murder, by K. Valentin, but the ad copy suggests it might suit: www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...