Otherwise Philosophy (Cathryn Bailey)

@clairewillett honestly the best marketing scheme in history is men successfully getting away with calling women the "more emotional" gender for like, EONS, because they've successfully rebranded anger as Not An Emotion 6:00 PM • Aug 12, 2020

once again I must tap my own sign

wildfire smoke creating eerie sunrises in the lower 48 #mymichigan #photography #rescuedog

where would we be w/out child’s pose? #yoga #gratitude #resist #mindfulness

A shadow government would be an excellent thing to take up.

Neutrality in the Face of Evil: An Open Letter to Western Michigan University’s Leaders by Andrew Hennlich, President of the WMU-AAUP, and Cathryn Bailey, Vice President of the WMU-AAUP As leaders of Western Michigan University’s chapter of the WMU-AAUP, as professors, and as engaged …

"If our university’s leadership chooses to hide behind “neutrality” as a chilling pall falls over our classrooms and our most vulnerable campus members are targeted for harm, WMU will carry a stain of moral and intellectual failure into its future."

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Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.

You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.

a key plank in MY version of project 25 #resist #justice #riseup #art #sunday #equality #love

a key plank in MY version of project 25 #resist #justice #riseup #art #sunday #equality #love

If you are on a college campus, please review what is allowed and how to protect your students. Remember, most ICE raids do not have warrants. They aren't allowed in classrooms, labs, offices, and other non-public spaces. And if you know the student they are asking about? NO YOU FUCKING DON'T.

#inclusion #compassion #hypocrisy #food #gratitude #yoga #inmigracion

pretty much #speakup #fightback

Maybe You Should Shout Fire in a Crowded Theater (If It's On Fire): The Coup Continues Rebecca Solnit Rebecca Solnit 05 Feb 2025 — 8 min read Yesterday the Associated Press ran a story with this sentence in it: "Last week, regional managers for the General Services Administration, or GSA, received a message from the agency’s Washington headquarters to begin terminating leases on all of the roughly 7,500 federal offices nationwide, according to an email shared with The Associated Press by a GSA employee." That sentence came a little after after the opening sentence which declared that Musk and Trump were moving "to cut down on office space." So far as I can tell this means largely eliminating the federal government--for example the federal government has in my region (California, Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii, some Pacific US territories) 170 government-owned buildings and leased space in 827 buildings. Meanwhile the difference between reducing and eliminating all the leased space seems more or less like the difference between a haircut and the guillotine. And the story, which seemed clear to me if not the AP, clarifies that Musk's apparent goal isn't to reduce the size of the federal government; it's to eliminate it. Especially if you relate it to all the other stories out there about what Musk is doing, though there's often a notion in mainstream journalism that connecting things to other things is editorializing, that the audience should be delivered facts stripped of context in the name of objectivity.

"Meanwhile the difference between reducing and eliminating all the leased space seems more or less like the difference between a haircut and the guillotine." meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io/maybe-you-sh...

‼️RALLY AT THE TREASURY‼️ Nobody Elected Elon! YouTube video by Indivisible

Members of Congress have just been denied entrance to the Treasury building. The American people deserve to know what President Musk is doing with our money. We’re rallying with @moveon.org — follow along live.

when we fight, we win #resist #strongertogether

MORE OF THIS FOR THE LOVE OF GOD

pretty much #speakup #fightback

America, you broke through—the media, from small outlets to large, is finally picking up on what’s happening. Legislators, judges, and attorneys general across the country are speaking out. They hear you. We love you and are honored to serve you! 🦬💚🇺🇸

Welcome to Meditations in an Emergency We are very clearly in a lot of emergencies right now. They demand action. But action demands thought and thoughtfulness: who are we, what are our values, our goals, our allies, our possibilities, and...

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#inclusion #compassion #hypocrisy #food #gratitude #yoga #inmigracion

It is Friday afternoon of a wild, wild week. And yet for me a reassuring one. My greatest fear was not of what they would do. It's that we would let them. And I'm seeing a lot of beautiful intransigence. From federal workers. From people all over the country obstructing ICE....

I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.

Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO

in love with the moon, etc. #hope #poetry #love #resilience #strength #authenticity #gratitude

when yer pissed off but in it for the long haul #hope #resilience #determination #mindfulness #gratitude #queer

sincerely and with warm regards 🙏 #gratitude #buddhism #reality #poem #poetry #meditation #yoga

When hopelessness and despair come knocking As I awaken, a wave of something rises up in me—something gelatinous and dark—and I feel my ego-mind scratching at the door that has held it at bay during six hours of unconsciousness. It wants to …

on remembering our resilience skills precisely when we’re most tempted to forget or undervalue them #meditation #mindfulness #hope #resilience #yoga #gratitude

when yer view from downdog is yer dog in downdog #yoga #mindfulness #meditation #gratitude #kelpie #dog #letthem

bet you could use a little snowjoy 🥰

#rescuedog #kelpie #cattledog #dog #joy #happiness #puremichigan #gratitude

When hopelessness and despair come knocking As I awaken, a wave of something rises up in me—something gelatinous and dark—and I feel my ego-mind scratching at the door that has held it at bay during six hours of unconsciousness. It wants to …

on remembering our resilience skills precisely when we’re most tempted to forget or undervalue them #meditation #mindfulness #hope #resilience #yoga #gratitude