Okay so now what? The one day no-buy is over.

The system loves symbolic victories. You celebrate & they keep collecting profits.

If you want to scare them, become anti-consumerist. Buy nothing but what you need. Stack cash & invest that in systemic shifts.

Build a new economy outside of the old

There are two people in Congress-the chairs of the Senate & House Appropriations Committees-who have enormous power over the illegal impoundment of funds appropriated by Congress, which is sowing chaos across the US. They need to be relentlessly contacted at their offices, in person and by phone. 1/

What anti-Palestinian legislation to look out for in the new Congress Mondoweiss spoke with Lara Friedman about Trump’s pro-Israel Executive Orders and the anti-Palestinian legislation people should be watching in the new Congress.

Congress is pushing bills to silence criticism of Israel, punish activism, and criminalize boycotts. Here’s what you need to know: mondoweiss.net/2025/02/what...

Attending a protest? Check out EFF's protest safety tips.

Crimson Memo: Analyzing the Privacy Impact of Xianghongshu AKA Red Note Early in January 2025 it seemed like TikTok was on the verge of being banned by the U.S. government. In reaction to this imminent ban, several million people in the United States signed up for a diffe...

Citizen Lab released a report that highlights three serious security issues in the RedNote app, including that the app retrieves uploaded user content in a way that allows anyone else on your network, at your ISP, or organizations like the NSA, to see everything you look at and upload to RedNote.

more and more these days, I find myself thinking that you can accept the discipline of your political goals or you can accept the discipline of your resentments.

Hey friends, just read this helpful article on Reddit.

afsa.org/virtual-go-bag

Banned Books List 2025 - PEN America What books are banned in 2025? These are the 11 most banned books of the 2023-2024 school year. The banned books list for 2025 includes "Nineteen Minutes," by Jodi Picoult.

Read, share, and gift banned books. pen.org/banned-books...

Accessing Public Data Removed from US Government Websites Accompanying the flurry of executive orders since January 20, 2025, is the removal of government agency websites, webpages, and publicly-funded data from government websites—many of which have been…

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Your friendly neighborhood librarian here...buy physical copies of your favorite books, especially challenged or banned books. Preferably from small local merchants. That's all; carry on. #Read #BookSky #Resist 📚

FOOD SCARCITY IS IMMINENT as long as the Administration controls us. During World War II, USDA designed the Victory Garden campaign addressing food & labor shortages in the U.S. This remains valid.
If you have educational resources please share! ⬇️
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“They can all just get jobs in the private sector” ah, yes, how foolish of me, I forgot they are hiring all over in the CORPORATE forest service right now

Fun fact: USGS does not, in fact, just study geology. Mission areas include core science (geospatial, mapping), ecosystems (biology, ecology), energy and minerals, natural hazards (earth quakes, volcanology), and water resources. We strictly do science and are completely non-regulatory.

The Corporate Coup in Global Context Naomi Klein, Chenjerai Kumanyika, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Astra Taylor An Emergency Town Hall Monday February 17 at 5:00 pm ET Haymarket Books

Join @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @chenjerai.bsky.social, @keeanga.bsky.social, & @astra.bsky.social for an emergency town hall on resisting the shock & awe politics of the far right & their billionaire enthusiasts

Monday, February 17 at 5:00 pm ET

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We Should All Be Paying Attention To What's Happening to the National Archives Guest post from Dominic Byrd-McDevitt: Open knowledge advocate | Dedicated to building community and serving the public interest via data & tech.

The quality of the reporting on this has been disappointing, to say the least, with only the most basic understanding of what the National Archives does.

This is bigger than a little spat with a small agency.

bit.ly/3Ex744a follow @everylibrary.bsky.social to stay informed!

2/15 at 4PM ET: Congressional Medicaid Advocacy Webinar For Clinicians | Matthew Cortland Get more from Matthew Cortland on Patreon

Tomorrow, I'm doing a webinar for clinicians who want to advocate for Medicaid with their federal elected leaders, as Medicaid faces existential threats.

Clinicians are some of the best possible advocates for Medicaid, and I am really, really good at this. We won't waste your time. 🧵

When Platforms and the Government Unite, Remember What’s Private and What Isn’t For years now, there has been some concern about the coziness between technology companies and the government. Whether a company complies with casual government requests for data, requires a warrant, ...

As more tech CEOs seem willing to put their companies’ culture and technology at the behest of the US government, it’s good to remember which platforms have access to what data.

How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million.

How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65

Note: In 2024 alone, Musk’s enterprises were awarded approximately $3 billion across nearly 100 federal contracts, averaging about $8 million per day.

Rise n' Resist, folks! That is all.

The NYT "The Daily" podcast incorrectly reported that CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service Officers, or "Disease Detectives", were terminated. Not true. They are at-risk of termination. There's still time to advocate that they and other brilliant, dedicated Title 42 and 5 probationary staff are kept

Realistically, many many won’t survive.

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How do we find and create ways to survive?
Tangerine Bolen ponders this on FB

YouTube video by ANRed Audiovisual Macklemore - fucked up.

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I forget to look at bsky

Yeah, I noticed it. It was strong enough that it blew a few things around on my semi protected balcony.

Today and yesterday I delivered donated pizza to the warming center. I looked people in the eye and smiled. I said “thank you” and “I appreciate you”. I checked out a DVD at the library of the television show ALF.

I’ve had to choose pretend-it’s-not-happeningall to live another day . . . and just-do-the-little-thingsitall.

Why aren’t we looking into corporate welfare? In the United States, it costs taxpayers billions each year, with estimates ranging from $92 billion to $100 billion annually. Meanwhile, USAID costs only $40 billion. Hmmm… doesn’t add up.

Many of you are involved with nonprofits. Lots of good stuff here, even on the individual level.
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