My Father’s Daughter

“…It is waging war on knowledge itself…. replacing procedural frameworks with the methods of sultanistic oligarchy.”

Good point

“There may have been a worse time in US history to be in higher education, but I’m not sure when…b/c deep study increasingly feels like insurrection, I wonder what might happen if we stopped defending our institutional patches & started flooding other fields w/critical visual analysis.” - Joan Kee

YouTube video by Save America Movement Amazing Grace

All I ask is that you watch and listen for 2 mins.

youtu.be/AxZDE8PBhFk

insulting to anyone’s intelligence

essential read: @pemalevy.bsky.social does an excellent job of bringing it full circle & making it relatable & plain - that if read - no excuse for anyone to pretend, or think it’s temporary or it will revert back, or ‘it doesn’t affect me’. Your ‘normalcy’ is an illusion on the verge of collapse.

Text card: Listen for dangerous words. Be alert to the use of the words extremism and terrorism. Be alive to the fatal notions of emergency and exception. Be angry about the treacherous use of patriotic vocabulary. #OnTyranny

One of the lessons I discuss in "On Tyranny":
Listen for dangerous words.

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

“We once again use our equitable power (but not our opinion-writing capacity) to allow this Admin to disrupt as many lives as possible, as quickly as possible…the bald assertion of unconstrained exec power over countless families’ pleas for the stability our Govt has promised.” - Justice Jackson

Thanks Rudy🙏🏽

important for us in the US to note: even a solidly right wing government can't ignore this.

That’s a threat

this ongoing unchallenged arrogant-comfort in inappropriate, disrespectful & invasive encounters w/BW in all settings must end. From backhanded compliments to full-on insults to illegal attacks, the micro & macro abuse of BW is always violent as onlookers ignore, defend or give pass. This is wrong.

this (and worse) was always the plan (project 2025) using immigration as the gateway to create a slave class via concentration camps - permanent incarceration as the expanded manufacturing/labor system across the country

“Sociopaths love power. They love winning. If you take loving kindness out of the human brain, there’s not much left except the will to win.”
— Martha Stout

They plan on literally destroying everything & everyone opposing them - it’s a genocidal mentality that cannot be satisfied or satiated - buckle up, it will get worse

“We need a broader coalition - a democracy movement that will be focused on not just restoring but reforming our institutions & giving back power to the ppl…What are the new tactics, how do we think differently & how do we start to articulate different kinds of goals?” - @anneapplebaum.bsky.social

“…it's really naive for us not to consider the possibility that this state, which has, by the way, 3-1/2 more yrs of rule. It's only been in power for 8 months.

It feels like 8 yrs. This has been a lightning strike of authoritarianism & there is no bottom to it right now. There is no bottom to it.”

“Successful democratic movements depend, above all, on courage.”

We are definitely not meant for this. And our nervous systems aren’t meant to be constantly exposed to global trauma, violence, and grief, either.

The origin of slang GOAT (in a field) for the "greatest of all time" Lately, I have seen GOAT being used for people. Like: Lionel Messi is called the GOAT. Muhammad Ali boxed his way into our hearts and will forever be known as GOAT. John may end up being the GOAT....

Yes…sort of

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This is more or less what the American Revolution was about

Actually Cardassians are the fascists

a close up of a man 's face with a bald head and a beard . Alt: Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in "Chain of Command", a 2-part episode of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. It aired as the 10th & 11th episodes of the 6th season. The 2nd part of the episode is noted for the intense performance of Patrick Stewart & its depiction of brutal torture & interrogation scenes. The episode has been frequently ranked among the 10 best in The Next Generation. In this episode, Captain Jean-Luc Picard is captured by the Cardassians & subjected to brutal interrogation by Gul Madred. The Cardassians are a militaristic & authoritarian species, often depicted as ruthless in their tactics. Madred’s goal is to break Picard’s spirit &extract strategic information from him. During the interrogation, Madred uses a particularly insidious form of psychological torture. He repeatedly shows Picard 4 lights & demands that he say there are 5. The lights are a clear & objective reality, but Madred’s insistence that Picard acknowledge a falsehood is designed to make him question his own perception & sanity. The interrogation scenes are intense & harrowing. Madred uses physical pain, deprivation & psychological manipulation to wear Picard down. The central focus becomes the lights. Every time Picard states that there are 4 lights, Madred increases the pressure, demanding that Picard admit there are 5. Throughout the ordeal, Picard remains defiant. Despite the immense physical & psychological pain, he refuses to concede to Madred’s false reality. His famous line, “There are four lights!” represents his unwavering commitment to the truth. This defiance highlights the strength of human spirit & integrity in the face of overwhelming oppression. While Picard’s final cry of “There are four lights!” suggests he never fully breaks, the episode’s ending reveals the toll the torture has taken. He admits that he could see 5 lights at one point, demonstrating the profound impact of the psychological torture.

Beware of the dangers of gaslighting. It’s imperative one maintain one’s grip on reality. This is a reminder of the value of truth & humanity’s capacity to endure & prevail where misinformation & manipulation are prevalent. Stand firm: #therearefourlights

Is Bluesky glitching?

It cannot be overstated how bad this is.

Being anti-science is absolutely rooted in racism.

An image of the Great Salt Lake. Overlay text reads “The lake has a lot of social and economic relevance for the region and Utah. It provides over $1.9 billion in annual economic revenue, serves as a vital feeding ground for millions of migratory birds and enhances snowfall over the Wasatch Mountain Range -Siiri Bigalke, Portland State University”

Utah’s Great Salt Lake, the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere, reached historic low levels in 2022. Researchers have found that climate change is a major culprit.

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“…colour is out to prove its hegemony above and beyond all other parameters of fashion and design…now during the most difficult timeframe since the Second World War, colour will take revenge…” -
Li Edelkoort, Color Forecast A/W 25/26