@jprimrose.bsky.social
“Radical softness as a boundless form of resistance” -genderfail N95-wearing anti-racist feminist; theatre scholar; poet; flâneuse. she/her. settler on stolen territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations (Vancouver, BC)
A broken system survives because people keep participating in it.
Buy less.
Support locals.
Ignore culture war bait.
Build community.
Starve the machine.
#SocialistSunday
If you took $1 billion and gave it to the endowment of a different small college each day, they could each provide a free college education to several hundred students per year in perpetuity. Instead we are using that money to bomb schools and kill students in Iran, for no clearly stated purpose.
this thread rises unbidden in my brain sometimes and i laugh and laugh and laugh. 10/10 internetting
WORST. post them on a local buy nothing group? things are too messed up to suffer tiny indignities like horrifyingly scented poop bags.
Great letter from Dr. Filiatrault on clean air and need for respiratory protection in hospitals.
montrealgazette.com/opinion/lett...
"The Islamists oppose women getting an education," I mutter, as I aim my missile at the girls school
The richest man owns X.
The second and third richest men control Google.
The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post.
And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros.
See the problem here?
someone should teach him the pomodoro method
To recap in light of breaking news out of the UK:
The French found a way to prosecute former presidents.
The South Koreans did the same.
Our British cousins now literally are prosecuting members of the Royal Family.
But U.S. presidents remain above the law.
every shot-on-video, made-with-a-camcorder horror movie that's just some teenage friend group fucking around in the woods with some fake blood and a monster mask contains more artistic merit, human joy and creative light than anything AI has ever made or will ever, ever make
Government’s plan to import LNG for electricity generation would cost households and businesses up to $8.3bn
Same volume of electricity could be delivered through a $2.5b investment in rooftop solar panels and hot water heat pumps
evsandbeyond.co.nz/solar-heat-p...
The only biosphere in the known universe capable of supporting human life is being turned into a hell planet because most of Earth's governments refuse to stop trying to satisfy the insatiable greed of a plutocracy composed of people who already have more money than they could spend in 20 lifetimes.
Kinda Fucked Up that in our lifetimes we've gone from "never share personal info on the internet" to "hand over your identity to the most incompetent corporations imaginable".
I keep hearing how pointless the knit hats are but even aside from the money those have raised, visual symbols of how many of us there are are good. It's solidarity building and keeps the goons from telling themsrlves everyone secretly agrees with them. Nobody's KNITTING a statement they dislike.
Democratizing the arts looks like universal income, low-barrier grants for both emerging and working artists, well-funded municipal arts & recreation programs, vibrant third spaces, and a well-funded public school system with progressive curriculum.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
The Washington Post was founded in 1877 and has survived strife and financial struggles for 150 years and it only took ten years of Jeff Bezos to pretty much wreck it
again we do not really do a good job of explaining how wealthy people like Jeff Bezos are
his net worth is $253.2 billion.
so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire
and then do it again tomorrow
and again the day after that
and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months
I've told this story on ContrabandCamp but it's worth sharing for BHM because it's one of the greatest stories ever.
A thread.
Reminder: journalists get arrested in Canada too.
In fact, The Narwhal is in court right now challenging the RCMP for arresting photojournalist Amber Bracken. Our editor-in-chief,Carol Linnitt, testifies today and Monday, and court is open to the public if you're in Vancouver.
its like they dont understand you can slam trump for high grocery costs AND shooting moms in the face
Also thinking the problem with Trump is how bad he makes America look is white people problems. The problem with him is his actual harm oppressing folks.
I've been studying the history of US, and indeed, global policing my whole career and I can't make it more clear to law makers that this isn't a bastardization of policing, it is its purest form and logical conclusion. The impunity, militarization, deference, legitimacy, racial targeting, etc.
One of the several insidious things about COVID is that it can do considerable “under the hood” damage that might not be evident for years. I say this not to frighten and paralyze you, but to remind or encourage you to wear a mask and try to have as few infections as possible.
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
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Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Feel powerless? Everything sucks right now?
I am once again reminding everyone that one of the BEST, most basic things the average person can do to resist this fucking regime is to STOP BUYING SHIT. Stop spending money and if you DO spend it: spend small, spend local, spend independent.
Fun fact, gas masks were available for purchase at the last NRA convention I attended
The offensive absurdity of the lying is a loyalty test. Are you loyal enough to repeat it and commit to our reality? Are you loyal enough to turn violent against anyone who doesn’t?
just gonna throw out a quick reminder that in America police kill a yearly average of 3 civilians per day, routinely in situations very similar to these ICE killings, and decades of explicit support for police impunity by US politicians is why ICE feels theyre able to get away with this right now
