Michael Wilde

YouTube video by NowThis Impact From Farming Oysters to Fighting for Maine

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Racist Lies About College “Quotas” Stoke Support for Trump’s War on Higher Ed College quotas haven’t existed since 1978, but the right keeps people misinformed.

College quotas haven’t existed since 1978, but the right keeps people misinformed.

They borrowed (and tweaked) the quote for the Superman movie:

“In an age of performative cruelty, kindness is punk AF. Be punk AF.” – Daniel Abraham

#punkaf

tumblr user nitewrighter says: Me: I don’t get it. I thought I was doing a lot better than I was a few years ago. I’m like 10 times more on top of things than I used to be. How does everything feel terrible now? The Tiny Me in OSHA-approved Hi-Vis Gear Who lives in my brain and pulls all the levers: Boss, it’s the fascism. You’re completely gunked up with cortisol due to the fact that your entire daily life is now underscored with a haunting awareness of the rapid erosion of your rights, dignity, and any and all social safety nets, and you’re also bearing witness to the most vulnerable people immediately being persecuted. This creates a natural stress response that basically means you’re going to continue having memory and organizational problems, as well as emotional imbalances. Me: BUT I HAVE A BULLET JOURNAL AND I MEDITATE NOW. Tiny OSHA Me: BOSS, THE FASCISM.

my husband just sent me this

If Musk doesn't end his evening in a squad car, Wisconsin is just announcing that sufficiently wealthy & connected people get to publicly announce they're committing crimes, and the state will be too afraid to do anything about it. Criminal law is for the poor.

Apparently the Luigi Mangione sex tapes are a myth.

Please respect my need to grieve during this difficult time.

#luigisextape #whomakesthisstuffup

Seen around London.

#london #musk

Wisdom from John Kenneth Galbraith -

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.

18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.

We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org

5 Calls Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.

Call the US government today, flood the lines and apply maximum pressure.
Demand they do their jobs, arrest Musk, and impeach Trump.

5 minutes, 5 calls, repeat. #3E

#alexa #johnoliver

#buyingtheGOP

YouTube video by NowThis Impact What Every Protestor Needs to Know Before Speaking

What everyone involved in civil disobedience needs to know. Also...funny.

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#protest #civildisobedience

There are different sites where people publish their zines as PDFs for free.

#irs #taxtherich

A tweet from Anonymous ( @YourAnonNews ). The tweet includes an image of a cartoon dinosaur wearing a red "TRUMP 45-47" cap, standing on a rocky landscape with a fiery meteor descending in the sky. Another smaller dinosaur is visible in the background. The dinosaur with the cap has a speech bubble saying, "Haha! That’s really going to hurt the liberals!"

Accurate.

Why Protest Works—Even When It‘s Unpopular High-profile, disruptive protests can lead to increased polarization—but often still yield increased public support for the protest’s goals, even if the tactics are criticized.

In the face of injustice, action is preferable to silence," write Mark Engler and Paul Engler. But while some disruptive actions can lead to victory, others can self-isolate and alienate activists from the wider public.

How can movements use disruptive action effectively?

#transphobes

"If we don't guarantee even the most menial of laborers a living wage,we're not a free society; we've just changed the mechanics of slavery" -- David Gerrold, screenwriter and science fiction author who wrote episodes of Star Trek

#davidgerrold #wageslavery