Linden (they/them)

firestormcoop: Our bookstore is no stranger to unwanted government attention; we’ve been threatened by city officials, visited by the FBI, and surveilled by police. Historically, the investigation and prosecution of activists has aimed to disrupt our movements for change, sow fear and isolation among participants, break intergenerational bonds, and criminalize struggles for freedom. But we can overcome these attacks through principled action and uncompromising solidarity. Firestorm has made the following commitments: • We will minimize non-required collection and storage of information about customers, authors, event participants, and others who engage with our co-op. • We will resist, and publicly disclose, any attempt to obtain such information when it exists. • We will decline to answer questions from police and government agents. • We will fight any court or government subpoena, process, or demand for records, testimony, or evidence. • We will support those in our community who face state repression, regardless of “guilt” or “innocence.” • We will retain legal counsel to defend our freedom to not cooperate with the State.

We know that these actions cannot guarantee safety for our members or community, but to cooperate in the face of our own repression, or the repression of others, would be a profoundly unsafe betrayal. Noncooperation is both the ethical and strategic position for those who want to build a new world, but must contend with the old one. Find our entire statement, including linked references, at https://firestorm.coop/noncooperation.html (link in bio). #FreedomToRead #StateRepression #CoopsNotCops #Anarchism #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop

Firestorm Books, an indy bookstore that has been targeted for political repression in the past, has issued a "statement of noncooperation," and it's something that a lot of folks should learn from & emulate right now. Even if you are just writing it down for yourself, make commitments about refusal.

pork? maybe?

the God King can do no wrong

hurray!!! I'm so excited!

What's cool about looking back at the history of college protests is that 19 year old students have been right about every single American war, and the esteemed Harvard educated opinion writers at the New York Times have been wrong about every single American war.

it's official now

A group of students protesting at Columbia, sitting in their outdoor encampment and celebrating Passover.

Students in the Columbia encampment celebrating Passover.

Chag sameach, comrades. Keep fighting.

it me

Dems who censured Rep. Tlaib over Palestine comments largely silent on GOP Rep's call for nukes It's telling who does—and does not—get the benefit of the doubt

i'm gonna need all 800 of you who reposted above to read and share my story, thank you

TDOV and Easter are perfect together because they can both use pastel colors and this emoji: 🐣

that looks like a small laceration. She needs a cone so she can't lick it, if she's not wearing one yet.

Text TRANSJOY to 44321

I think if your cat could understand those concepts they wouldn't want that either

If you absolute idiots chase Jamelle off this site, I swear to god

A community note for the ages

LOVE

broken clock etc etc

conspiracy mashup baybee (complimentary)

low key obsessed with this

this is a great idea!

if mine hadn't got stolen and the engine subsequently destroyed (they poured the wrong types of fluids into multiple areas) I'd still be driving it. never had any mechanical issues, easy to load stuff on the roof, plenty of room for me at 6 feet

a Honda Fit with a roof kayak rack stacked with 2x4s in a home depot parking lot

Honda fit >>> cybertruck (forgive the HP sticker this was years ago)

Never stop, @michaelhobbes.bsky.social , no matter how much Peter bullies you

this is particularly wild given that these Deadspin writers were the scabs who were brought in after the actual Deadspin writers all quit in disgust

Edgelord

want

Listen to Owasso Students, Not Chaya Raichik or Taylor Lorenz — Assigned Arguing about who’s platforming Chaya Raichik is a distraction from the voices we desperately need to hear from after the death of Nex Benedict, those of young people at Owasso's public schools.

This weekend I spent more time than I should have talking about Taylor Lorenz. On Assigned this morning, Alyssa Steinsiek is asking people (including me) to refocus on the queer students who are telling their stories about the school Nex Benedict attended before his death.

feel free to follow through on the second half of the original post