Wes Modes

At first, I was really irritated, but then I remembered how Nazism was defeated by the positivity and good vibes of the allied powers and realized she was right. 3/3

I asked about the people who had a hard time ignoring the negative energy because they've been shipped off to an El Salvadoran concentration camp, and she reminded me that there has always been suffering. 2/3

PSA from the lady who manages the bulk aisle at the health food store: if we all just stop listening to the news and paying attention to the negativity of those who would like to bring us down, we will all be vibrating on such a high frequency that they couldn't affect us. 1/3

It looks like you have a raised prow. That will serve you well to keep water from coming up over your front deck.

That said, I think I mostly regret how much wind resistance we get on the road rather than on the water. Having a sizable bed up in the loft is an absolute joy

So Dotty is a barge bottom boat, a lot like traditional shanty boats built through the early 20th century. But unlike most she has a gable roof, putting her at about 9 feet above the water at peak. That means that she is kind of a huge sail.

Oh OK, I always have time for Shantyboat questions

Just saw an article about "Zizians" variously described as a radical anarchist vegan transgender murderous death cult that is "terrorizing America." Have they met an anarchist, a vegan, or someone trans? I guess it's possible, but it seems unlikely. Easy to see what comes next. Nothing good.

Can anyone suggest intelligent and thoughtful radical left political podcasts that a) aren't fucking liberals talking about how to restore the status quo, and b) aren't leftist bros just shooting the shit unedited for an hour?

If you are unwilling to take even modest risks to make change (signing a union card or strike pledge), please don't complain to me about the fascist state of the Union. The most vulnerable people I know -- brave trans, queer, POC, poor, unhoused, disabled heroes -- are literally risking everything.

Do not obey in advance. THIS should be repeated every day for the next… whenever. Don't be a fucking collaborator in your jobs. Don't support your work cooperating with fascists. Don't let friends cave to fascists. Fuck them and make everything difficult AF.

No fucking shit. But you couldn't get a dem to admit that under torture

Is this Columbia University? Are you using your relative privilege to resist? Did you tell them to go fuck themselves? When we comply, we are doing the literal work of the fascist. We will be judged by history.

You highlighted the wrong lines. The most interesting line is "the only thing we can do about it is go to the courts." Bullshit. We already know they will ignore the courts. *The only thing to do is to fucking riot.*

If a people's revolution in the US seems far-fetched, the people of Russia (1917), Germany (1918), China (1949), Cuba (1959), Iran (1979), Nicaragua (1979), Philippines (1986), Romania (1989), Czechoslovakia (1989), East Germany (1989), Tunisia (2011), Egypt (2011), & Sudan (2019) felt similarly.

What other ways can you think to fail to cooperate with fascist?

Don't talk to cops (especially ICE) ever.

Your university exercises pre-compliance by disbanding the DEI committee? Don't comply. Meet anyway to talk about important issues.

counter-information campaigns, refusing compliance, destroying infrastructure, and underground organizing. Perhaps the best and easiest thing to do is just simply not cooperate in any way with fascism and any way it rears its ugly head.

harboring refugees, smuggling people, partisan warfare, guerrilla resistance, disrupting transport and supply lines, symbolic defiance, mockery and satire, economic disruption, disrupting propaganda,

Workplace sabotage, slowdowns, strikes, walkouts, black markets, underground trade, banned books, secret libraries, subversive art, protest music, graffiti, underground zines, pirate radio, alternative media, mutual aid networks, refusing to inform, public disobedience, silent protest,

I'm telling myself this as much as anyone: Little ol you probably will not be able to launch a whole lotta effective resistance on a national scale, but what you can do is resist the manifestations of fascism locally and in your workplace. Other ways to resist:

If a okay to cry "Wolf!" When a wolf is chewing off your leg.

By whom? And who is in charge of that enforcement arm?

They are already ignoring court orders.

This question has been asked by people in Russia (1917), Germany (1918), China (1949), Iran (1979), Philippines (1986), Romania (1989), Indonesia (1998), Serbia (2000), Georgia (2003), Ukraine (2014), Kyrgyzstan (2010), Tunisia (2011), Egypt (2011), Libya (2011), Sudan (2019), and Myanmar (2021)

Could you put someone on as fucking deluded as Naill Ferguson? JK. How about: Who would design a country with alleged checks and balances in which one branch controls 100% of the enforcement arm of government?

If you truly believe in laws the Constitution would be pretty fucking important to you, and you wouldn't be talking calmly, as Dems are, about "agreements" to avert this constitutional crisis. But the fact is, they don't. Not really. They only believe, like their opposition, in influence and power.

If Netanyahu gave me a pager, uh, even a gold one, I don't think I'd accept it.

Please don't put me in a position of defending fucking cops. But many had life-threatening serious injuries, some died later, and Some committed suicide related to trauma. Anyway. Point being. Has Trump condone violence?