Sharon Arnold

though we have never met or crossed paths, Manchán Magan has helped me, and so many of us in the diaspora find connection and wisdom in the language and lands of our ancestors. he will be missed, but I'm grateful for all he's left for us. may his work continue in all that we do.

RIP Manchán Magan, brilliant writer, broadcaster, filmmaker and powerful advocate for the Irish language, nature and culture. He was a signatory to our Irish Artists' Pledge for Palestine, and a strong supporter of the Palestinian people. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.

#144 | Three Whales and the Universe: Motherfoclóir Meets Manchán Magan Podcast Episode · Motherfoclóir · 09/17/2020 · 42m

One of my favorite episodes of Motherfoclóir. Manchán Magan talking about all the wonderful thing that Manchán was prone to talk about. @theirishfor.bsky.social @darach.bsky.social @thekavofficial.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

This video just distills the current moment in such an amazing way. Guy runs into the class to throw a Hitler salute (while filming himself doing it) and yell hatful shit, gets chased across campus by the whole class and surrounded, and then starts crying because they’re ganging up on him. Coward.

"There are not many copyright-free monographs associated with arcane leftist sects that predicted where western societies would end up at 50+ years' distance, but this one did exactly that . . . "

THE SOCIETY OF THE SPECTACLE // PARIS 1967

Where whiteness is a closed door, ancestor work is a key to culture and belonging—a key that is literally handed to you by those to whom you irrevocably belong, to those who claim you and hold you across time.

(this one goes out to the mixed kids)

#WitchSky #PaganSky

Does anyone care is almost never the right question. People care. The issue is that people don't know what to do.

Trump wraps up a speech to military leaders that represented a major escalation of his effort to weaponize the armed forces into a tool he can use to violently quash domestic dissent. Hard to imagine how anyone with a shred of dignity can keep serving after this, which of course is the point.

...this country has always been at war with all dissenters. and, these guys getting up to the podium and saying these things with glee and without restriction is a clear milestone worth noting. there's no obfuscation any more. 2/2

and because it needs to be said, this isn’t a "new" tactic--it is the tactic our nation was founded upon and many of us are not surprised by it. this country has always been at war with the poor, working class, Black and Indigenous people, trans and queer people, disabled and elderly, and women 🧵/2

the president declaring war on the nation's own citizens is an impeachable crime

lmao CHOP/CHAZ was 2-3 blocks (this is my city) and it was our fucking governor who deployed the NG not T. SPD incited violence on the line while elsewhere people held teach-ins, created art, distributed pamphlets and zines, and performed medical care on protesters injured by reckless violent cops.

If any other president in all of history said the military should use American cities as a training ground he would be removed from office that same day. The hardest thing to tolerate in all this is how relatively silent elected democrats are. It’s ridiculous.

he basically said, let's do war crimes--internationally and domestically--whoever they deem an enemy of the state, they will kill. period.

This is my regular reminder to everyone that jstor is open to the general public now; a free account there will give you access to 100 papers a year.

regrettably if you try to point this out online you'll get yelled out by 79208 journalists going OH SO YOU WANT JOURNALISTS TO STARVE??? even if you're, say, a journalist yourself, and point out that while there are clearly no easy answers, the status quo isn't exactly working for society

Asking someone to play by 'the rules' on a tilted playing field while the other side is literally stealing the winnings and rewriting the rules on the fly is ... a very privileged take from someone who does not feel threatened.

it's absolute cognitive dissonance

Reading this, I'm seeing something I call the swerve

there are people, usually with a high level of in-born privilege, who *will not see certain things.* They just *won't.* And if you put it in front of their faces they will do ANYTHING to insist it's not there.

Klein keeps swerving.

oh friend, I am so sorry. covid has really changed everything. I hope you all recover quickly and well, soon 💖

Our current apocalypse is entirely driven by the fact that billionaires have convinced people that there’s not enough in the world to sustain us all and so we must fight each other to hoard and survive. In fact, there is more than enough to sustain us—it’s the hoarding that’s the problem.

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ooooooh this is so exciting!!

Photo shows a lot candle in a dark space. A light skinned hand, palm up, fingers splayed, lays open beside the candle, gently cupping it.

Ancestor work can be incredibly simple:

🗝️a glass of water before your busha's photo
🗝️a whispered prayer as you make your mom's most treasured recipe

But sometimes the work can be intense:

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#WitchSky #PaganSky

Ancestor Work The connection you have to your ancestors is the most powerful spiritual connection there is. It provides you access to generations of wisdom and allows you to enlist the help of your ancestors to...

🗝️ancestral trauma
🗝️unwell ancestors becoming parasitic
🗝️abusive family we want to avoid but who stand before us & our well ancestors

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...rampant unmitigated anarchist critical race theory book clubs; activists using vintage typewriters to write subversive zines; heavily modded custom bike brigades for pamphlet distribution (again, I wish); it's just fucking awful. 2/2

oh yes the war-ravaged streets of PDX long terrorized by independent coffee roasters, bespoke donuts, hoppy beer, billowing clouds of pot smoke and thc gummy vending machines on every corner (I wish); robust civic arts funding and MFA programs corrupting youth to recruit them into antifa... 1/2

a howling night