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i still think this is one of the best essays of the 20th century (i have a few)

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maiashamusic on Instagram: "this is a song i wrote throughout the past few days about the assassination of Renee Good in my neighborhood of South Minneapolis. …" this is a song i wrote throughout the past few days about the assassination of Renee Good in my neighborhood of South Minneapolis. it’s been difficult for me to put into words how i’m feeling about her killing, as well as the continued occupation of ICE in Minneapolis, especially living in a relatively safe place in Canada where I can only imagine from afar what my friends, family, and community are experiencing back home. oftentimes I feel powerless, like i’m not doing enough, and it kills me to be so far away from the community that raised me. when i feel like this i try to externalize the feeling and put in in a song, usually just for me to process my emotions and not to be shared, but this time i felt it’s important to share it. my mother is an artist and always taught me that art is our most powerful tool against grief, against apathy, against oppression. i am so proud of my community in Minneapolis fighting against ICE and the brutal regime powering it. i love my city and i want to do everything i can from afar to protect what i hold most dear. this is called “Song for Renee”.

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YouTube video by dnjnyc Joan Baez, "Joe Hill" live at the Woodstock Festival, 1969

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YouTube video by RHINO Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth (Official Audio)

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YouTube video by The Freedom Singers - Topic We Shall Overcome

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YouTube video by The Freedom Singers - Topic We Shall Overcome

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I dreamed I saw, I dreamed I saw, Joe Hill last night
Alive as you and me
Says I "But Joe, you're ten years dead"
"I never died" says he, "I never died" says he
"I never died" says he"

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From San Diego up to Maine
In every mine and mill
Where working folks defend their rights
It's there you find Joe Hill
It's there you find Joe Hill

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And standing there, as big as life
And smiling with his eyes
Says Joe "What they can never kill
Went on to organize
Went on to organize"

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"The copper bosses killed you, Joe"
"They shot you Joe" says I
"Takes more than guns to kill a man"
Says Joe "I didn't die"
Says Joe "I didn't die"

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I dreamed, I saw Joe Hill last night
Alive as you and me
Says I "But Joe, you're ten years dead"
"I never died" says he
"I never died" says he

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YouTube video by dnjnyc Joan Baez, "Joe Hill" live at the Woodstock Festival, 1969

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YouTube video by Build Soil Build Soil's Mutual Coordinates Clip: Story as Ecosystem Modeling Simulation

Another clip from the upcoming video for my interview with Ecological Playwright Ken Yoshikawa. This clip it is just me talking, but check out other clips for Ken's wonderful prescriptive!

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yes i see the transcription error. It will be fixed in the full video

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it's out of context but the conversation was about the role of storytelling and narrative in design and memory and i was articulating a connection i see between his work and mine.

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YouTube video by Build Soil Build Soil's Mutual Coordinates Clip: Story as Ecosystem Modeling Simulation

Another clip from the upcoming video for my interview with Ecological Playwright Ken Yoshikawa. This clip it is just me talking, but check out other clips for Ken's wonderful prescriptive!

www.youtube.com/@buildsoil

youtube.com/shorts/pa8yU...

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If you find out let me know

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Obviously I don’t know what you’re trying to motivate yourself for, but has a fellow tree focused person, just grow one new layer of cells a year, let your leaves rustle in the wind, bend and move as you absorb it. You only need to pull one molecule of water of each of your vascular tubes at a time

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But I don’t know much about that one weirdly enough I think it might be mentioned in the John Candy movie “Canadian bacon” where a group of Americans try to invade Canada made by Michael Moore

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I don’t believe that the UN treaty for the sea covers the Great Lakes no, I think it’s under a different law

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It’s a treaty covering the oceans

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and to be clear the original post is separate from UNCLOS but the sheer silence around UNCLOS in the current discourse and related issues is shocking to me

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especially look at the names of the people really pushing to keep the us from signing the UNCLOS. You might not recognize them but it's pretty interesting

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this is NOT a full video but you have to start somewhere with "what is it?" but start down this rabbithole, please. Venezula, Greenland, Arctic Policy, the various efforts to split the atlantic etc etc

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YouTube video by U.S. Naval Institute UNCLOS Explained: Understanding the Law of the Sea

Please please please familiarize yourself with UNCLOS to understand how different players have different stakes/positions on it.

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Game-changing international ocean treaty comes into force Almost two decades in the making, an international agreement to protect and sustainably use marine life in international waters and the international seabed is due to come into force on Saturday, mark...

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