Pretty much every week, in response to something I’m planning, someone opens their eyes wide …. pulls back a bit …. and exclaims ‘yuh mad!’ If ‘madness’ used in this context means I’m seeing possibilities that are TOTALLY out of the box then yes. I proudly accept the label.

This thread is worth reading

This is the best archive possible for No Kings Day!!! I’m a subscriber to @sethabramson.bsky.social and I don’t suggest many things but I’d suggest you GO SUBSCRIBE! Literally hundreds of hopeful pics!

According to the Holocaust Museum… Which stage would you say we’re at?

Say it after me: Chat GPT is not a search engine. It does not scan the web for information, it just generates statistically likely sentences. You cannot use it a search engine, or as a substitute for searching. Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.

It’s been slightly challenging to cut back my use of AI after my initial excitement about it. But. I have cut back. I thought it would help with classism but instead it’s eventually going to worsen it by destroying vulnerable ecosystems. My question s now are - where is it useful and why?

If there's one thing that domestic violence research has taught me, it's that abusers set up no-win scenarios. They punish you whether you cooperate with them or whether you push back. The only way out is to strengthen ties with people outside of the relationship who can create new, better options.

Doing this today. Time for us civil society folks to think beyond just grants. Yes it’s a last minute Blue Sky post. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

A good article on a wellbeing economy and transitioning to it.

Thoughts and prayers

Judith Butler: "Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?"

It’s hard to explain to folks that I left home today in the pre-dawn dark with a chocolate dabbed men’s underwear head wrap to go gyrating down the street to pan music and yet simultaneously remain deeply engaged in decolonizing chocolate supply chains and dismantling systems of oppression.

One of Norway's largest fuel companies just announced that they will no longer refuel US Navy vessels after Trump’s treatment of Zelenskyy. “It made us sick... We encourage all Norwegians and Europeans to follow our example.”

Carnival is full of amazing emotions - exuberance, creative outpouring, connection, pride, AND a ton of challenging ones - regret, tabanca, restlessness, longing, craving & more. 4 days till it’s done, costume still unmade (in photo), missed many fetes, didn’t exercise enough, no Jouvay band. Lawd!

My friend @andilgosine.bsky.social had his long-planned show cancelled at the Museum of the Americas. Thank goodness the @washingtonpost.com is unfolding the oppressive circumstances.

💥The Netherlands' largest pension fund, has sold its shares in Tesla, Meta, and Alphabet (Google). The fund with US $569 billion equivolent in assets is "directing more money to companies and projects that help to improve society and the environment." #Divest www.reuters.com/markets/euro...

Ok. Why are we spending money badly? Convenience? Cost? Lack of information? I think Starving The Rich is the best religion, philosophy, motto we can have. And the alternative tastes better, is better for us, builds community, etc. Do.Not.Buy.Corporate.Food. Regularly. Wanna form a group? Msg me.

JD Vance owns AcreTrader, an app that lets wealthy—often foreign—investors buy up U.S. farmland. Guess who’s deliberately tanking farm economies so JD and his billionaire tech buddies can scoop it up for pennies. civileats.com/2024/09/18/j...

Such rare good news wrt defeating fascism that you have to take what you can get

There’s a misconception that end-to-end encrypted email, like Proton Mail, provide complete email privacy. So I explained the pros and cons of Proton Mail here. [Laptop only] Video + infographics: cyberlixir.com/docs/cyberse...

North west coast #Trinidad was stellar today. Green seas, sunlight and even a troop of #capuchin monkeys. This is the youngest one.

Integrity. Doing the right thing no matter what the consequences will be.

Carnival is now also films/videos. Thrilled!

Never really used Twitter so getting accustomed to this format. I need a microblogging space like a non meta IG to share my photos and life. Here’s some pics as we expand the 90% local cafe menu. Food is the most frequent political purchase for a lot of us. Land. Ecology. People.

"Seizing congressional oversight of government spending and programs enacted by statute and handing them to an automated system would be the first sign that the AI coup is complete." - @eryk.bsky.social

Destroy DC, put a white supremacist in charge, create a military state, replace skilled human thinking with predictive text and assault economic equality in one fell swoop. Bold stupidity is the theme here. Alongside the timid stupidity of the centrists. Will the abused population accept this?

I realized I didn’t share the soundscape! Here it is!

I visit LOTS of cafes. Today it’s this Woodbrook one while the Venezuelan staff cleans and listens to their music. I LOVE regular people crossing borders, finding safety, meeting others, protecting different ecosystems, exchanging food, teaching/learning languages, making new culture. Welcome!

… all this happened while progressives napped, engaged in capitalist self care and set boundaries. There are ways to avoid burnout while being so obsessed with liberation that strategizing with co-conspirators and aggressively building a new economy/world makes you exhilarated and rejuvenated.

The Muskrat and elites like him really believe they’re gracing the world with their efforts and therefore don’t need to pay taxes, have workers rights etc. Creating employment is seen as enough - and politicians often reinforce that thought. I know enough of them to hv heard this kind of thinking.

I totally agree with this!

Sharing some lessons from the Korean people who impeached, arrested, and indicted the president for his abuse of power: 1. The People first went for the those that were under him who went along with his plans. Because once you get the henchmen, there's no one for the top to call on anymore.

It’s possible to assertively combat fascism and elitism while staying mentally healthy. Data shows that doing mission driven community work, including volunteerism, helps. These birds help. Daily co-counseling helps. Exercise helps. Radical honesty helps. There are many ways to reduce fragility.

Ida challenged the rape myth used to justify lynching. Lynching victims were Black ppl who challenged white authority or successfully competed with whites in business. She made known the value of Blk ppl to America. Please research Sis. Ida- our kids know Cardi B. Make sure they also know Ida B.

Born enslaved, Ida raised her 6 siblings after parents died of yellow fever. Attended Rust College, later taught school. Became a noted lecturer & author. After 3 of her friends were lynched, she became a staunch anti-lynching activist, traveling, speaking, endangering her own life.

I definitely am interested in ONLY spending $ on documented trans care positive states/people/organizations. Everything he does is unlawful. (He wanted to give power to states. States should remove all power from him.)

I'd be very curious to know if this administration is working with right wing Christian missionaries to try to privatize the development work of USAID

If you're protesting tomorrow: "I invoke my rights to silence and counsel and will not answer questions without my attorney present." MEMORIZE THAT, because aside from asking if you're free to leave (or providing ID if you're in a stop and ID state), that's the ONLY thing you ever say to cops.

Rally at the Treasury. Photos for those of you who couldn’t make this possibly first, and massive, rally by Democrats and the People against Musk &,tRump. The fight is real, it’s on and being fought by dedicated lawmakers. WE need to stand by them and make our voices heard. Everyday.

Finally! The tsunami of resistance has started. The undertow is going to suck fascists off their feet. 💃🏾💃🏾

The Trump administration made a big show of arresting 8,000 immigrants in the past few weeks, but some of them are already back out on the streets. That’s because ICE only has 41,500 beds nationwide, and there’s not enough space to hold them all, just like we told you last year during the campaign.

@dcmediagroup.bsky.social is keeping their eyes open. Follow them.

YES!!!!

Time to start using the ‘impeachment’ word.

The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) has filed a lawsuit against the new Trump presidential administration and its “Restoring Accountability to Policy-Influencing Positions Within the Federal Workforce” executive order.

AND we need our social media to do the same!

The headlines should be ‘T and M are illegally shutting down …..’

WE WILL NOT GO QUIETLY! Photojournalist Piper Bly (@piperbomb.bsky.social) captures a spirit of protest and community at one of many, many rallies in defense of trans rights that have begun across the country. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

Reposting this where I discuss ‘political crisis words’ because I’m sitting in TT wondering why people aren’t using ALL their unscheduled time to go sit themselves down by the Washington buildings? These folks are not using guns - yet - and somehow US folks are sitting home watching TV? WTF!