Aida Manduley, LICSW

If you’re a Star Trek fan, remember what major event came before the Federation era? The writers did that because the association between the two things below is well demonstrated and historically accurate.

Are we really going to pretend that all the people who are suddenly loudly denouncing their queerness has nothing to do the with the political landscape?

I’m sorry but no, sexual orientation isn’t “fluid” for everyone. Some of us have enough backbone to stay queer despite the backlash.

If any of these are your representatives, urge them to divest from Tesla: Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), Vicente Gonzalez (D-Texas), Gil Cisneros (D-Calif.), Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.), Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.), Adam Smith (D-Wash.), and Dwight Evans (D-Pa.).

Vivian Wilson on Being Elon Musk’s Estranged Daughter, Going Viral, and Protecting Trans Youth Elon Musk’s estranged daughter is coming into her own.

we’re so grateful for the strong reaction people are having to Vivian Wilson’s convo w Ella Yurman ❤️‍🔥 @teenvogue.com

it feels worth noting that Elon Musk spent a chunk of the day of his daughter’s first cover story tweeting anti-trans propaganda mixed with anti-journalist memes

How Could It Possibly Go Wrong, the incessant technoparable

A Black figure holds a bouquet of flame and matchsticks. They have medium length locs that point towards the sky that have caught on fire. They wear a red cape with various nsidibi inspired patterns and african textiles. Their cape is open and reveals a chest with three bullet holes with magma and lava pouring from the wounds. Behind them is a cityscape engulfed in flame. In the far background is a large towering volcano. The Volcano is an avatar of Black Rage that is anchored in love and protection. They alchemize centuries of debilitating anger into a call to action that seeks transformative justice. They are the ancestral flame that scorches violent systems to make room for new life. They hold a bouquet of flame that can light the fires of change, or to release the heaviness that comes with a slow and patient eruption. ↑ Stability, Resilience, Transformation, Vindication ❂ Amadioha, Shango, The Tower ↓ Festering Anger, Vengeance, Inaction Oils and Acrylics on board. 18 x 24 inches.

The Volcano is the avatar of Black Rage. They alchemize debilitating anger into transformative justice. They are the ancestral flame that scorches violent systems to make room for new life.

↑ Stability, Resilience, Vindication
❂ Amadioha, Shango, The Tower
↓ Festering Anger, Vengeance, Inaction

Do you want Comstock laws on the internet? No?
CALL YOUR REPS and tell them to vote no on the Screen Act.

I…must know which are the essential flowers now?! (Also the “some balloons” has me cackling)

In the event that we get beyond the original fundraiser goal, boy howdy we have big dreams and plans for programming, housing, accessibility measures, eco sustainability, collaborations, and more. Amidst the flames and in the belly of the empire beast, I am nevertheless excited for our plans. 🔥

While this fundraiser is focused on a specific part of our broader projects and programming, I also wanna highlight that WE TAKE COVID & DISEASE PREVENTION SERIOUSLY & THAT IS CORE TO OUR EVERY MOVE HERE. We aren’t willing to leave our fellow immunocompromised, disabled, chronically ill fam behind 😡

If you wanna donate directly or with less traceability, DM me. 💕 The Rêve is an all-trans intentional community & sanctuary project in the Hudson Valley that my beloveds and I have been pouring our energy into for years, and this puzzle piece is SO damn important. Honored to be resisting together 💪

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“AIDA, AIDA, what can I do to help people fighting this hellscape?
How can I help disabled people and trans people and queer people and
POC and and—?"

⭐️ AN ACTION ITEM: help seasoned organizers build sanctuary options for fellow disabled, trans, queer, immigrant folks (+) ⭐️

gofund.me/c6d4e6bc

Trump Is Fueling a MAGA Civil War The power struggle between the unelected & incompetent South African billionaire vs unqualified & incompetent Trump appointees is becoming public

“DOGE” is demanding all federal employees email HR@opm.gov 5 things they accomplished week—or be fired.

So please do NOT email HR@opm.gov nonsense trolling their stupidity. That would likely slow down this fascist regime.

Please do not boost this post either.
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Omg that’s…such an unexpected icon. 😳😳😳😳

Uuuf that last bit YEP. And anyway, something being a common cultural practice also doesn’t mean it’s GOOD and worth KEEPING 🙄

The amount of “oh I didn’t mean that ” and I am like “…so why the heck did it come out your MOUTH?” 😩 that said there’s some really interesting theories about how autistic & allistic minds parse language differently and how Au+Au comms are just as solid as NT+NT but MIXED neuro types is the issue 🤓

We need you. We need the doulas, the midwives, the physical therapists. We need the people that mend clothes, that know about organizing people, that have connections in other countries, that speak multiple languages, that know about public health, that know about water safety, that know about foraging and farming, that know about sustainable ecology and renewable energy. We need people that know boats and planes, that know weapons, that know martial arts, that know ceramics. We need the goddamn dentists and the people who know DIY dental care. We need the singers and the photographers, the writers and the dreamers. We need each other. @AidaManduley

We need you. We need the researchers and data-interpreters, the resource compilers, the people who have great jokes, the people who bring whimsy, the people who know exactly how to clean blood off ANYTHING. We need the people who give great hugs, the people who remember others who aren't in the room, the people who spot mistakes so we can fix them, the people who remind us to be proactive not just defensive and reactive. We need the dancers, the architects, the bookbinders, the zine makers, the ones who can call out propaganda, the ones who can break complex topics down digestibly, the ones that can butcher a whole damn cow and prepare it for storage. @AidaManduley

We need you. We need the mediators, the electricians, the people who act generously, the plumbers. We need the speculative fiction geeks, the progressive theologians, the people willing to do weird things for real justice. We need the perfumers who can transport us across time, the people who like to talk to others. We need the advocates, the ones who will incessantly call and demand their elected officials listen, the cosplayers with amazing sewing skills. We need the brujas and the ritualists and the circle-keepers and the people who are REALLY good at target practice. We need the people who are good at sleuthing and finding people doing hateful shit online. We need all of us. @AidaManduley

It’s okay & understandable for our capacities to fluctuate, especially for those of us dealing with disabilities, chronic health conditions, & more. That’s why it’s good to remember ✨we are more than the sum of our parts✨ and we are more effective TOGETHER. Our power multiplies exponentially! (2/2)

We need you. We need the archivists and historians. We need the people sabotaging machinery and shipments and infrastructure. We need people looking the other way while someone removes strategic screws or documents or whatever. We need the musicians and the hackers and the massage therapists and the visual artists and the wheatpasters and the people making food and the people caring for the kiddos and the people planting the seeds and harvesting the plants. We need the people driving the buses and the street medics and the folks who will sit and listen. We need the poets and the doctors and the herbalists. We need the protestors and peer supporters. @AidaManduley

We need you. We need the lawyers and teachers and interpreters and poster-makers and heavy-item-lifters and the long-distance drivers and the undercover people who infiltrate right-wing shit. We need the people that will slow shit down and be a nuisance for the oppressors. We need the transcriptionists, the math wizards, the biochemistry people, the people who can help with the dead and dying. We need the people willing to break laws, do big moves in secret. We need the trust fund kids that redistribute wealth and the accountants who suddenly mistake periods for commas. @AidaManduley

We need you. We need the carpenters and the gophers and the pharmacists and the fundraisers and the veterinarians and the hazardous waste management folks and the food safety wizards and the cybersecurity nerds and the people who know how to make soap out of tallow and whatever. We need the bodyhackers, the people with usable basements, the people with power tools and wood shops. We need the spreadsheet-makers, the pattern-finders, the risk-takers, the planners. We need the beekeepers, the stewards of land, the people who can admit they fucked up and do better. @AidaManduley

✨ None of us are alone in the fight. ✨ Know we need you and your gifts—and we ALL HAVE THINGS TO OFFER to bring about a better world for everyone. 💕 I hope you see yourself represented here AT LEAST once. What else would you add? 🧵 (1/2)

WhAaaat! Is it a wild hog?! Is it cared for by someone or various peoples? I must know more 🤭

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I sometimes make this shockachu face when my DISABILITIES ARE INDEED DISABLING. 🤣 Like ah yes who could’ve guessed??? Just because I manage them as best I can doesn’t magically make them go AWAY.

🫂🫂🫂🫂. WITNESSED AAAAA

⭐️This shit is DYSTOPIAN and terrifying! ⭐️ And I am organizing and responding; so are many of my comrades, beloveds, colleagues. We are mobilizing in every goddamn field. 🌸 None of us are alone in the fight. 🌸 I hope if you’re reading you are too, or see this and know we need you and your gifts. 💕

Hope folks are feeling this amazing @workingfamilies.org call. We have so much hope to build together. There are so many practical strategies to work in alignment with millions of working people. Please don't give into despair, as long as we have each other we can fight & when we fight we will win!

Don’t let them make you feel like no one is organizing:

From a WWII handbook on being a bad at job to roadblock fascism. Here's the text: “Bring up irrelevant issues as frequently as possible.” “Haggle over precise wordings of communications, minutes, resolutions.” “‘Misunderstand’ orders. Ask endless questions or engage in long correspondence about such orders. Quibble over them when you can.” “In making work assignments, always sign out the unimportant jobs first. See that the important jobs are assigned to inefficient workers of poor machines.” “To lower morale and with it, production, be pleasant to inefficient workers; give them undeserved promotions. Discriminate against efficient workers; complain unjustly about their work.” “Hold conferences when there is more critical work to be done.” “Multiply paperwork in plausible ways.” “Make mistakes in quantities of material when you are copying orders. Confuse similar names. Use wrong addresses.” “Work slowly. Think out ways to increase the number of movements necessary on your job” “Pretend that instructions are hard to understand, and ask to have them repeated more than once. Or pretend that you are particularly anxious to do your work, and pester the foreman with unnecessary questions.” “Snarl up administration in every possible way. Fill out forms illegibly so that they will have to be done over; make mistakes or omit requested information in forms.”

I'm digging how this WWII guide is basically "gum up fascism by being an energy vampire." Let Colin Robinson be your guide in the fight against fascism. The link: www.404media.co/declassified...

Oh man it may be time for me to actually return to public facing social media more regularly in order to share resources and compilations. 🥴😮‍💨 Mulling over strategy & impact vis a vis ease / accessibility so I don’t wanna stab my eyes out or fly into the sun.

Drowning in Slop A thriving underground economy is clogging the internet with AI garbage — and it’s only going to get worse.

Late to this, but great explainer for anyone in your life who (in good faith) wants to know why Ai generated garbage is bad, why artists and creators hate it, why it’s happening to begin with, and why consumers of media deserve better.

@maxread.info for @nymag.com nymag.com/intelligence...

Thousands in Germany protest the rise of the far-right ahead of general election Masses of protesters filled the streets of Berlin and other cities across Germany on Saturday in a rally dubbed the "sea of light" to show their defiance against the rise of the far-right and anti-imm...

The 'sea of light' - thousands of Germans protested in Berlin and other cities showing their defiance against the rise of the far-right and anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party ahead of a February 23 general election.