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People are really showing how much they ignored BLM, water protectors, cop city and pro-Palestine protests, or agreed with the military response by municipal police departments, cause the shock at these ICE abduction videos is telling.

This should be a huge story

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Is There a Better Way to Fight Misinformation? What if the best way to counter misinformation isn’t arguing facts, but offering better truths instead?

“Bypassing” is a promising strategy for countering misinformation by sharing truthful, positively framed statements instead of direct corrections. New research shows it can correct misperceptions effectively, especially when people are still open to learning.
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/misg...

I hate how we are pressured to keep chugging along while everything and everyone is falling apart.

Something that has been crystal clear over the past few weeks is how few people are willing to take actual actions. Just so much analysis and critique. Self-soothing and helplessness.

Colonialism and imperialism were genocidal regimes. The reservation system, slavery, mass deportations, lynching, all of this is the script that fascist groups follow when they have power because it has always worked as long as someone could be dehumanized and othered. And no one is safe.

I know I keep saying this, but it is incredible important to understand that the Nazi playbook was US policy. So much of the anti intellectualism has been to erase the fact that the US was on this road before the Germans and is simply reverting to the original horrors that were in motion.

Up to date list! bsky.app/profile/cait...

Here’s a list (I don’t think it’s up to date but it’s the most recent I found) of alternatives to Adobe products

It’s too big to get into detail in the alt text so sorry about that!

One Simple Tool Can Help You Spot Fake Images Online New Research Finds That Real-Time Feedback Boosts People's Ability to Detect Manipulated Photos

Our new research shows that giving people quick feedback—just “right” or “wrong”—can significantly improve their ability to spot fake images online. You don’t need a full course to fight misinformation—just a bit of timely feedback goes a long way.
matthewfacciani.substack.com/p/one-simple... #AI

I have seen daily versions of "I can't believe the government could do this to us" posts, news stories, etc. intermingled with demands for solidarity across political, class, racial and gender lines. And uh....none of that is how solidarity actually works.

So much political discourse right now in the US is boiling down to "I didn't believe the bleeding person who told me the wolf at the door was dangerous to me. Because I thought the wolves only hunted them." And I don't know what people think can happen as long as that is still the conversation.

beyondcourts.org/en/act/votin...

lol never ever think that you are unqualified to do something ever again

Just commenting to say how it feels the same with my baby brother. Spring break ended and the next morning he tried to beg and bargain not to go. Glad the school year isn't too much longer.

"Hope is not optimism, which expects things to turn out well, but something rooted in the conviction that there is good worth working for." – Seamus Heaney

Rosa Parks needed other people to pay her rent because they just quietly stopped taking her calls

Fannie Lou Hamer had her house regularly challenged for purchase

People are trying to act like Black women specific and people in general aren’t working from historical data as opposed to “emotion”

read this because it's at the center of a lot of things. I know we want to be liked. I know. But if you were ever bullied at school you know that there is nothing you can do to get your bullies to change their minds about you. so you either beat the crap out of them, become blatantly extra, or both

Some Actions That Are Not Protesting or Voting Some Actions That Are Not Protesting or Voting A list adapted from & inspired by Frontline Medics. Here was their original list of 25 actions. I’ve added a lot of things and edited other things. [Not...

I keep coming back to this list of "some actions that are not protesting or voting," a great assemblage of ways to find actions that you can take geared to your safety, positionality, and privilege.

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

thursday the 20th necklace from the simpsons episode “pranksta rap”

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PhD student loses dissertation funding because it is fell under the category of DEI research. The new NIH policy claims DEI studies "do nothing to expand our knowledge of living systems."

Here we go. The dam is breaking. Call your D senators and reps and tell them that Schumer has to step down as the minority leader in the Senate.

Find your reps here: reps.fyi

I should not have looked at this first thing in the morning

Thinking about art stuff, blog stuff, and YouTube stuff today 🤔 ways I can make more things and keep myself accountable.

Good riddance

A) There shouldnt be corporations at Pride marches anyway
B) They’re telling you their support was always conditional to begin with
C) Rainbow capitalism will not save you

Remember their names and if you choose, never support them again the same way many are already doing with Target

If one thing gives me a little bit of optimism in This Current Era, it’s that we have mounting reminders that citizens can be the mechanism that forces the FIND OUT phase upon those who dared FUCK AROUND.