Evan Greer

Capitalism 🤝 Authoritarianism

I’d say we’re doing McCarthyism 2.0 but at this point there have been so many versions this is more of a McCarthyism expansion pack

Y'all who keep lecturing protesters to "not give them an excuse" need to pause for a minute. Imagine yourself telling a DV victim, "Be sure not to mouth off or make any mistakes so he won't hit you. Don't give him an excuse! It's what he wants!" That's what you fools sound like.

Capitalism 🤝 Authoritarianism

TikTok posts on Israel-Gaza war are overwhelmingly pro-Palestinian A new report finds 17 pro-Palestinian posts for every pro-Israeli one, but they tend to get the same amount of traction online.

lol so a big reason congress gave for trampling the 1st Amendment & voting to ban TikTok was the claim the app was artificially amplifying pro-Palestinian sentiment.

New study shows what everyone already knew: users are just overwhelmingly more pro-Palestine

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Sure, but to be clear this means “we should have a society that redistributes wealth equitably and ensures all people’s basic needs are met” and not “shame and mock teenage girls for liking things”

Whenever anarchism — or any idea more radical than the status quo — gets dismissed as unserious, it's worth remembering the current system runs on things like "we put all the money on a scam machine that tells rich dipshits they're god."

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

You know you can just ... not use the app right? And that you can curate who you follow? Seems easier than wanting a world where your government gets to decide how you get news, connect with people, speak out about things that matter to you, etc

prolly cuz many of us are like that in real life too?

This really makes it sound like a Border Patrol agent tried to kill an anti-ICE activist in Chicago and DHS lied to cover for him

"Authoritarian Capacity" and the Trump Regime - Lawyers, Guns & Money In May of 2022, the Department of Homeland Security tried to stand up a group to coordinate government anti-disinformation efforts. As Deepa Shivaram wrote at NPR, the “decision” resulted from a “coor...

"Now Wired — which has become indispensable and deserves your subscription dollars (🙏) — reports that DHS wants to create dedicated centers to mass monitor social-media in real time."

anyone seen actually good takes on Bluesky current moderation vs the decentralized promise of AT Protocol that aren't just grievances (legit or not) about specific accounts being banned or not banned?

gonna go to my grave muttering about how this charlatan unironically cited an "Official Antifa" Twitter account in the NYT bsky.app/profile/jame...

what do people do when their AV setup fails and there are no trans women around?

JUST IN: Chicago journalistsa re suing DHS and ICE over force used against reporters:

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Remember when these guys ran a completely fabricated story about trans kids sourced to a single bigot who worked at St Louis Children’s Hospital and it got so much traction that they ended a bunch of programs for trans kids because of all the bomb threats

just stop talking about the "constitutional crisis" as if it means something or anyone is going to do anything about it.

stop.

laws are fake.

the constitution was a piece of paper.

trump is a fascist.

all that matters is what they want to do and how we are going to stop them.

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Amidst Violent Immigration Raids, DHS Turns to Big Tech to Silence Dissent | TechPolicy.Press Free Press advocacy director Jenna Ruddock says the Trump administration is targeting anyone monitoring its expanding immigration enforcement operations.

Amidst a violent crackdown, the Trump administration has set its sights on anyone monitoring its expanding immigration enforcement operations—and it’s turning to major tech companies to help, writes Free Press advocacy director Jenna Ruddock.

this sucks lol

2025 New England Music Awards Ballot - New England Music Awards Vote below for the 2025 New England Music Awards! Do not submit more than one ballot submission per person, per day or your submission will be excluded from the results.

Still a couple days left to vote for my song $5 (featuring @eve6.bsky.social!) for the New England Music Awards "song of the year"

Hot tips: you can vote once a day if you really want to, and you can skip categories you don't feel like voting in!

city skyline sunset

cinematic af

Inspiring victory against Live Nation in Portland ME - when we organize… by @joeyquits.bsky.social

404 Media and Freedom of the Press Foundation Sue DHS Both organizations are seeking a copy of a data sharing agreement that is giving the personal data of nearly 80 million Medicaid patients to ICE.

Alongside @404media.co, we sued DHS demanding they hand over a copy of an agreement that shares the personal data of nearly 80 million Medicaid patients with ICE.

We believe it’s important for the public to see this unprecedented data sharing agreement.

ICE gassed members of the Chicago Police Department sent to protect them from protesters

Meli Levi, Evan Greer, Ghost Grl at Cantab Underground, Oct 26 8pm, $12 tix, 21+

Gaza Mutual Aid Benefit Concert poster, Monday, Oct 27, 6:30pm at Arts at the Armory

Boston Anarchist Bookfair poster

I've got a couple more shows coming up:

Oct 26 @ The Cantab w/ @melilevi.bsky.social
Oct 27 @ Arts at the Armory, Gaza Benefit (w/ my full band!)
Nov 2 @ Boston Anarchist Bookfair

I'm bad at updating my website but I did get these up there and will try to keep other shows up there: evangreer.org

Federal agents shoot woman they say 'boxed in' authorities on Chicago's South Side Authorities were on patrol when they were "rammed by 10 cars," according to a statement from the Department of Homeland Security. One of the drivers "was armed with a semi-automatic weapon," prompting...

The Sun-Times *is reporting these were live rounds* fired at a vehicle.

There's been much confusion in the immediate aftermath of this about whether whether they were that or pepper balls, and whether person in vehicle was hit by them. This is the most current info we have *at this time.*

Apple removes ICEBlock app from App Store Apple on Thursday removed the immigration enforcement tracking app, ICEBlock, from the App Store, citing "safety risks."

A plethora of apps in Apple's app store are basically just spyware / surveillance apps but for some strange reason this is the one that gets banned

I'm furious on behalf of everyone who was brutalized by ICE today in Chicago. My GOD, this is completely horrible.

I've been in meetings most of today and I just checked messages and see that comrades & friends were part of the people they brutalized today.