B Nelson

They are starving you so you can’t resist.
They are starving you so you can’t rise up.
They are starving you of nourishment, physical and emotional.
They are starving you of rights, and of constitution.
They are starving you of body, mind, and spirit.
They are starving you so you can’t resist.

Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs.

A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut.

If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.

I had a great job that was bought by the same people as ran Toys R Us into the ground. Turned it into a terrible job in just a few short months.

Pretty fucked how we celebrate “freedom” with the sounds of war.

The Venn diagram of people who refuse to help a neighbor and people who absolutely expect to be rescued at the slightest inconvenience is a damn circle.

It is a short line between Prime day and environmental and abject racism.

#PrimeDay = aesthetic overconsumption dressed up in marketing gimmicks and data manipulation (see @showmeyourmask.bsky.social video) that results in resource extraction and inhumane working conditions to pad the pockets of billionaires at the expense of our planet and her people.

Trump’s parade isn’t what he was hoping for. It was a disappointing, sad affair | Moira Donegan The uniformed soldiers marched irregularly, slightly off beat; the turnout was small and the crowd seemed defeated, low-energy and wilted

Trump’s parade isn’t what he was hoping for. It was a disappointing, sad affair | Moira Donegan | The Guardian

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The Tarot Papers | B Nelson | Substack tracing symbols in politics and power. Click to read The Tarot Papers, by B Nelson, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

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This is my Substack that I am putting a lot of thought into these days. It exists at the intersection of spirituality and politics, where I use a tarot topic as the jumping off point for an essay.
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I wrote some long form thoughts down. Link in bio.

On Cards and Community We can't do this alone.

I wrote some long form thoughts down.

Van Hollen: "This case is not only about one man...It is about protecting fundamental freedom and the fundamental principle in the Constitution for due process that protects everybody...This should not be an issue for Republicans or Democrats...This is an American issue."

Spring has arrived #tulips #pnw

Tarot is way more complex than this, obviously, but a solid understanding of the elements, numerology, and the majors will get you well on your way.

This is what Trump is appeasing.

Can’t spell Stonewall without the T. No revisionist history or anticipatory compliance.

If you support any of this, you’re honestly just a terrible person. People’s lives are being upended and destroyed. For every 1% increase in unemployment, 40,000 people die—yet some are celebrating.

If you’re wondering if you’re in a constitutional crisis and that the republic could collapse at any moment, you are.

Wa state call to action: public comment period for HB 1038

app.leg.wa.gov/pbc/bill/1038

tell lawmakers to leave trans kids and their healthcare alone. This is a bad faith and downright dangerous bill. Please share to your networks!
#wastate #transsky #lgbtqsky #queersky

CARTOON OF THE DAY

Today I pulled the Lenormand Card 23: the Mice

Stealing by little surreptitious bites, eating away at the supports, being wary of The Man, and using the mob mentality to push an agenda.

Seems a little on the nose I think. #witchsky #tarotsky #politicalsky

Dominion theory. Manifest destiny. It’s all the same words for exploitation.

This is an excellent read and call to action.

It Is MLK Day. Do Not Despair. This Year Especially, We Have Work To Do. With delicious anticipation, we imagined it.

I pray this helps some of you today. We have a duty to Dr. King whose life was taken because he dared demand that this country face itself, to demonstrate that his work & sacrifice was not in vain. Let’s do it together. Please share. And subscribe.
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This is the motivation to having it banned. This weapon worked propaganda both ways and none of it was a way that could be controlled by the US.

“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”
- Dr. Martin Luther King