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I'm not entertaining any pro capitalism arguments until capitalism can figure out how not to destroy all life on earth

We didn't learn enough of the right things in 2020, & for a hot minute there it felt possible.

Specifically petroleum products. With the anthrax terror fervor, we were constantly being advised to by plastic sheeting, duct tape, etc

You are public servants, and you have been handsomely rewarded for your service with power and money. We don’t honestly give a fuck whether you’re happy and it blows my mind that you would think we should.

I keep my head down and turn out good work and I just barely made rent this month, but a lady calls a kid the n-word at a playground and she raises a half-million dollars in a week. I don't get the world, and I don't like it. We are surrounded by rotten dogshit assholes and they're thriving.

Oh if you have a month and day that could be either (<12) as they have outsourced call centers they often end up flagging you because they use day/month

Everyday really

Why Are People Wearing Masks in 2025? a mental health professional’s perspective

"most of the people still masking are among the strongest, most self-assured people I’ve known...They are also among the most alienated, judged, ignored, harassed, invisibilized, and forgotten."

Yes, we are.

@jaydocovid.bsky.social @winslowsp.bsky.social

open.substack.com/pub/misfitme...

Headlines: TRADE WAR! MULTIPLE PANDEMICS! HOSTILE TAKEOVER OF THE US GOVERNMENT!

The DNC:

It doesn’t have to be the end of humanity, but it does have to be an end to how humanity does things right now.

We can have it all if we’re brave enough.

A black and white photo of James Baldwin standing in a doorway wearing dark pants, a white shirt, and dark tie. Next to this photo is white text on a black background which reads: Perhaps the whole root of our trouble, the human trouble, is that we will sacrifice all the beauty of our lives, will imprison ourselves in totems, taboos, crosses, blood sacrifices, steeples, mosques, races, armies, flags, nations, in order to deny the fact of death, which is the only fact we have. It seems to me that one ought to rejoice in the fact of death - ought to decide, indeed, to earn one's death by confronting with passion the conundrum of life. One is responsible to life : It is the small beacon in that terrifying darkness from which we come and to which we shall return. One must negotiate this passage as nobly as possible, for the sake of those who are coming after us. James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time

"One is responsible to life : It is the small beacon in that terrifying darkness from which we come and to which we shall return. One must negotiate this passage as nobly as possible, for the sake of those who are coming after us."

James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time
#BlackHistoryMonth

THE DOBBS EFFECT THAT WASN'T | Gin and Tacos Get more from Gin and Tacos on Patreon

A bit late to the party but a look at mass-vs-elite opinion and why that Dobbs Effect the Democrats were counting on (and benefitted from in 2022) didn't materialize in 2024.

From a journalist friend: Just spreading the word. The CDC is purging data, so people should archive their favorite CDC datasets today, namely ones around race/ethnic diversity, LGBTQ, and reproductive health. Also health data involving climate. The youth risk behavior survey has already gone down.

I keep seeing people say the media have learned nothing from Trump‘s first term, but that’s not correct. They learned that pandering to Trump and his insane policies can be very profitable for them.

Reminder:

“during COVID”

is still right now

One of the easiest, most visible ways to resist is to mask

Safeguarding your health is more important than ever. It’s easier to fight back when you’re not chronically ill

It shows you care about disabled & marginalized individuals

It tells government you won’t be complicit in the harm of others

The Howard Chan addendum: diary of a messy bitch Sacramento's former city manager wants you to know that he's still your fucking problem

An update on the Sacramento City Manager drama (with a funny little public record request text including our favorite little messy bitch, Howard Chan):

aschisminblue.substack.com/p/the-howard...

Tomorrow will be a dark day for many.

For disabled, marginalized, LGBTQ+ folks & women. For anyone who still cares about others

The disability community saw this coming. It’s important we listen & understand that labelling people as expendable for 5 years leads nowhere good 🧵

Folks are mourning their last "day of sanity" tomorrow and I am confused af. I know I'm not the only one who has been disregulated as HELL for the last 470 days.

You won't be any better at fighting what's coming if you burn yourself out and spend all your time feeling bleak and hopeless, and the people telling you that it's all despair now probably don't have anyone's best interest at heart.

I was raised in a multi-generational organizing family and I can say with firsthand knowledge that 20th century organizers read theory and they studied history and literature quite closely

The need to do that hasn’t changed

If studying history isn’t part of your organizing work, change that

“Centrism is defined in part by never being willing to take a stance that might be seen as opposing capitalism or ruling class interests. In fact, this cohort exists to protect those interests, so it must actively punch left and oppose systemic change, even if it means moving right in the process.”

Biden touted student-debt relief for 5 million borrowers. Here’s who benefited. New research suggests borrowers whose loans were canceled were less well-off than those still paying.

We have a new working paper out at the Jain Family Institution evaluating the impact of student debt cancellation on borrower financial well-being. #econsky
Coverage in MarketWatch:

www.marketwatch.com/story/biden-...

As the APTP Workers are forced to take their case to the NLRB, it underscores the fact that nonprofit corporations are businesses like any other - regardless of their radical posturing.

The Case for Letting Malibu Burn - Longreads Many of California's native ecosystems evolved to burn. Modern fire suppression creates fuels that lead to catastrophic fires. So why do people insist on rebuilding in the firebelt?

The Case for Letting Malibu Burn by the legendary thinker and writer, Mike Davis (RIP)

longreads.com/2018/12/04/t...

DuPont made $1.62 billion in profits this year, spent $1 billion on stock buybacks, paid its CEO $20 million & fined just $480,000 for the release of a chemical that causes leukemia.

It costs $508,250 to treat just 1 kid with leukemia in America. Jail them instead

I need someone to explain this to me like I’m 5. It feels thin given each drop she’s gained ground

www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...

Unchecked wealth inequality eventually overwhelms the ability of democracy to restrain oligarchs.

What in the (not so fresh) hell? This should be a non starter that these places are not the place to get healthy