Cari "mixiekins" Carlson

Cari "mixiekins" Carlson

@sepiarainbow.bsky.social

🌾 Popotillo artisan/instructor πŸ–ŒοΈ freelance illustator/animator 🏷️ occasional slaps/wheatpaste/guerilla art 🍞 channeling my inner Bob Ross Safety for all, intolerant of intolerance; the only dangerous minority is the rich. We keep us safe. πŸ‘ˆπŸ˜ŽπŸ‘ˆ

36 Followers 59 Following 108 Posts Joined Jan 2025
1 year ago
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If you find Discover topics like invasion of privacy, safety, tracking, security, selection, and the magic of the internet at Imgur, a community powered entertainment destination. Lift your spirits with funny jok...

@404media.co I can't find an article yet about Android System SafetyCore, are you guys already investing it? If not, it's definitely worth a look, people are justifiably concerned that Google forced spyware onto all devices without notice imgur.com/gallery/if-y...

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Home baked bread, freshly sliced, as it comes out of the slicer. Freshly baked home made bread loaf sitting on a cooling rack among a Terry Pratchett book and tea set. Loaf of bread coming right out of a home bread machine.

The other day I couldn't figure out why a batch of dough simply wasn't coming out right, and was reminded that sometimes we should take a step back and ask for a second opinion when we're struggling. Turns out I forgot to add the yeast! Just needed another person's perspective.🧑 #wholesomeWheatBread

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illustration of a business man with many arms, sitting in a pose reminiscent of eastern deities in mediation, as he feverishly writes, types, and calls with a grimacing smile as he is engulfed in flames. The text above: "If we don’t learn how to extract ourselves from this loop, none of the information we gain will manifest as tangible actionβ€”and the people in charge prefer it that way - Janus Rose" The text below: "On writing that the urge to post through it while the world is on fire is not just a waste of energy, but exactly what those in power want you to spend your time doing."

I love this article! Please post it to imgur; here, I've even made a meme for doing so! Every time I go there I find scores of folks lamenting this same sentiment and screaming into the void for actionable suggestions. I always recommend @indivisible.org to them, but this article would help, too!

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1 year ago

It is not, I took those screenshots literally last night.

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1 year ago

🎢They want to pave over gaza to put up a parking lot🎢 typical colonialism

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1 year ago

there are indeed gatherings at city halls nationwide. Check your localmost @indivisible.org chapter for deets

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screenshot of Experian credit reporting site, top screen shows an alert on the Security Freeze tool stating "A major data breech exposed 2.9 billion private records. Set up a fraud alert to protect your credit report. Set up fraud alert." and below is a screen of said Fraud Alert tool with an identical message saying to also freeze your credit.

They're not joking around, there's a warning of a 2.9 billion strong count of records known to be breached and both the Freeze and 1-year Fraud Alert tools have alerts urging everyone to put *BOTH* into place ASAP.

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1 year ago

Hm, I have an idea; if this is (or could be) a nonprofit, we could qualify for the very discounted nonprofit postage, which we could all chip into so long as someone at the nonprofit orders on our behalf in bulk. I'm checking the book and I do believe the postcards tick all the right boxes.

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1 year ago

Honestly, same. It's frustrating that so much of my mind/energy is co-opted by this, but I've been coping by acknowledging that pitching in is how we make a better future for everyone, so I'll allow it. Some folks have multiple avenues so they can compartmentalize, but you make do with what you got.

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1 year ago

Hey, being here is already a step in the right direction; every active account/interaction on fascist media puts money in their hands. The less we fan their flames, and instead boost positive venuse, the more we can accomplish. Those places are so toxic they're past the point of diminishing returns.

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Goat and Sheep by the Well (PDF) - Free Unedited Version β€” Joshua W. Cotter Goat and Sheep by the Well (PDF) Self-Published A comic about the dangers of the USA oligarchy and the neoliberal economic civil war they have been waging against the American people for 50 years...

A free PDF version of this comic is available here - www.joshuawcotter.com/jwc-comics-a...

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Totally agree. It's easier to arrest small groups than it is a united front. There's very little Luigis can do from prison, or worse, a grave. I see it as a pot that's almost simmering, but has more capacity to store energy before it boils; that energy is more effective when water is superheated. πŸ’₯

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if anything, they should be committed to a mental institution; they're sick, it's just hoarding, plain and simple. think of anything you'd associate with a hoarder and try to imagine a billion of them in a monumental heap. Insane, right? Now, somehow when it's dollae bills, we find it ok. It's not.

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1 year ago

definitely get on the mailing list for your local @indivisible.org chapter, they help give a heads up on actionable stuff so you don't have to spend hours doomscrolling.

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1 year ago
Simpsons bus sign meme: "don't make me tap the sign." "LET THOS RADICALIZE YOU RATHER THAN LEAD YOU TO DESPAIR."

I like to send them memes to try and turn them around. We can use as many allies as possible, and if we catch them before they spiral out of control it helps lift everyone up. I've got an entire folder of stuff like this, gotta keep it fresh, and humor is the best salve.

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I think the pimple is still too deep to pop, if you catch my drift. It's not like we're going to get a do-over, so I expect there needs to be more class unity and general solidarity before anything substantial happens. The rallying behind Luigi was a wakeup call, but we need more unification.

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1 year ago

@socialistra.bsky.social I don't have a handle to @ the Chicago chapter, but could any chapters get these into the hands of those that need them? I'm a newbie, so my access is limited.

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1 year ago

fwiw if the elastic breaks you can still use the filter as an insert inside a fabric mask. =D

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1 year ago

they also often have free passes to museums, organize their own activities, and when you get to know your librarian(s) they'll even take requests/recommendations for stuff to add to the catalog or events to hold. Depending on the time of the year, you can propose to do a workshop and get paid, too!

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1 year ago

Tea; Earl Grey, hot. (for real, though, Royal World Teas' earl grey is both the most aromatic and affordable, so I hoarded 5 kilos before the tariffs hit.)

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1 year ago

I feel like this could be a K.K. Slider album cover, I love it.

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1 year ago

I'll let you know what Nahuel thinks in the morning, but in the meantime I can already say it's a banger 🀘 keep up the great work!

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1 year ago

I'd actually recommend Kagi, between that and Wikipedia they've been solid, and I'm glad to be supporting peojects that have everyone's best interests in mind. Of course, it could change; after all, google used to have "don't be evil" as a rule, but as it stands these two let me sleep better.

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If anything, be sure to visit and check out stuff from your library (it helps more than you can imagine!) and it's still good to sub to things like PBS and Nebula. I dumped tv for the forner and YouTube for the latter, and my morale/mental health has been much better for this media diet.

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1 year ago

West side reporting in 🫑

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1 year ago

Always great to have options, I dig it. 🫑

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1 year ago

Bangers! How close is it to the splatter goal? It's a bummer that Bandcamp doesn't put a progress bar like Kickstarter and such and we're already at Jan 31st so I don't imagine there's much time left.

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Nonprofit Explorer - ProPublica Since 2013, the IRS has released data culled from millions of nonprofit tax filings. Use this database to find organizations and see details like their executive compensation, revenue and expenses, as...

Hey, so quick question, why is it that the About Us page doesn't actually list who is at the head of this, nor any accountability about how funding is utilized? Normally a group like this would at least be a nonprofit so we can have transparency projects.propublica.org/nonprofits Not a good look.

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1 year ago

I like this sentiment, but it's concerning that the only commenters here who aren't looking more critically (to verify this group) are also the only accounts posting exclusively political stuff with seemingly no life beyond that. I'm not surprised, bot farms fighting fire with fire; we can do better

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Wealth, shown to scale Wealth inequality in the United States is out of control. Here we visualize the issue in a unique way.

Now that's what I'm talking about! Next do something that puts a billion into perspective, because people really can't grasp how mind boggling it is. Wealth To Scale is what truly got me motivated to make a change mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-weal...

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