BTW, I'm taking zinc while I'm sick, largely due to this guy, Grant Harting. An extremely dorky dude who seems to revel in his own dorkiness and a licensed pharmacist in 4 states, he's turned me on to how many OTC meds are just... bullshit. www.youtube.com/shorts/6kjXA...

Want some simple ways to resist fascism? Wear a mask. Donate to mutual aid. Go to a local library. Support community fridges and food banks. Plant a garden. Deliver groceries. Provide a ride to and from doctors appts. Participate in neighbourhood ICE watch. Show up for others.

Will share more later, but for now, an announcement: "Meeting the Moment: Political Poetry and the Anthemic Impulse" is open for registration now. An *asynchronous* class sharing questions, tactics, examples, etc. that have been useful to me. More info: guante.info/meetingthemoment

This is correct. To the extent there is an actual "antifa" it is a loose network of anarchist collectives that have no meaningful funding or "traditional" organizational infrastructure. This is about scaring rich people and foundations away from supporting any activism that actually works

I wrote about Rodney and Alma Bowman, a disabled woman who was held for 30 months during the first Trump regime. She was released, worked as a whistleblower to shut down the Irwin Detention Centre, and then ICE grabbed her again. Alma is also disabled and being held indefinitely:

Footage from the protest here: youtu.be/q9qgw3CLWS8?...

After the initial shock of finding out that folks think the rapture is gonna happen this Tuesday (Sept. 23rd), I just want to say to check on your folks with religious trauma, moral OCD, etc. Even if they don’t currently believe in the rapture, they might still be affected by rapture anxiety.

I've worked hard to make my Bluesky timeline reflect the ways people are fighting back against oppression. My algorithm also is one where people share lessons learned when we lose or have setbacks. <3 I built this timeline brick by brick. 🫡

This story has been updated to reflect that these rumors are not true. So let’s make them real. See y’all Friday morning at 1930 Beach Street!

Being negged by an AI bro is wild. First of all, I'm fruity, sir.

Hi! We are fighting this tooth and nail and have been for years even though we lost a major foundation funder because of our vocal and effective opposition to KOSA. Anyhow here's our donate page ;-) www.fightforthefuture.org/donate/

Every liberation is an act of resurrection.

imagine if we swarmed them in the tens of thousands, when it takes ten of them just to handle one of us we could end this within a week

Farmworkers already face harsh conditions. Now they may have to deal with a pay cut. grist.org/labor/farmwo...

it’s the first day of early voting in minneapolis. i hope you will be ranking omar fateh, dewayne davis, and jazz hampton for mayor. it’s time for new leadership @omarfatehmn.com @dewayneforminneapolis.com @jazzformayor.bsky.social

panic and despair is what they want. im not saying don't have emotions, and im not saying do nothing! just slow down, take a deep breath, and use your head. panic and despair are not productive.

Being Black, nonbinary, and intuitive, I don't get used to things being sus necessarily, but it just doesn't surprise me anymore.

This a difference between reacting and responding. You have the choice to respond in this moment, not just be at the whims of your fears. You can use your fear to take inventory of the times we are in, but ALSO take inventory of your values, skills, relationships, etc. We have agency here.

Appreciate everyone whose holding it down in the "pause, don't panic" department. Cuz, sometimes I feel really lonely as a chaplain. 🥺

The FBI has been doing this kinda extremist labeling to Muslims, animal rights activists, and anarchists for decades already. It's nothing new. Is it bad? Yes. Is there a fed sitting in every group chat? No. Just use signal if you're worried. Is it the Kristallnacht? No. Don't fucking panic!

And I don’t want to see doomer shit. We can wallow and catastrophize but then we’ve gotta pull our shit together and find ways to support each other and keep fighting. You’ve survived every shit ass day you’ve had so far, and so have I.

I would start offloading any material from digital infrastructure that you want to keep intact whether that is written material or video or audio that anyway maybe be seen as anti-fascism because it is going to be destroyed in the near future

I’m 1) Fateh, 2) Davis, 3) Hampton “Two of the biggest ongoing issues in the city are homelessness and policing, and on both Frey has been consistently performative, ineffective, and cowardly.” Good advice from Naomi: don’t wait around. Donate to and/or volunteer for a candidate who isn’t Frey.

i’m at the rally for change featuring mayoral candidates dewayne davis, omar fateh, and jazz hampton at lake harriet bandshell where elliott payne and emily koski are also expected to speak

“if you do not fully rank your ballot, you will get the furthest thing from your first choice,” says jazz hampton @jazzformayor.bsky.social

“rank us one two and three because minneapolis can’t afford another 4 years of jacob frey’s broken promises.” says omar fateh @omarfatehmn.com

100%. They are doing and saying all of these things because their grasp is tenuous. And the worst thing you can POSSIBLY do when confronted with a fascist is to believe them when they lie about how powerful they are. They are fewer and weaker than the rest of us. We just need to organize.

POWER!!! DOESN'T!!! PANIC!!! The veil is lifted. These fascists are SCARED.

VIRTUAL CHECKPOINT 🤠 PLEASE HALT. ✋

EMPHASIS ON THIS.

We are gonna have to go the oral history/communal story-telling/communal archiving route if we want to get through the techno-fascist era sane. Trust yourself and your neighbors/community members who remember.

Every time I see "meat raffle" I'm like "oh yeah, that's right, I'm in the Midwest".

really appreciate this coverage from danny, it's a great interview with natalie

Tis Just to Jest (after W.C.W) I have drank the pickle brine that was in the icebox and which you were probably not saving for lemonade Forgive me it was delicious so tart and so cold

so important to be hot AND funny AND sad

It's just a sports ban. It's just a bathroom ban. It's just a healthcare for kids ban. It's just a military service ban. It's just a federal jobs ban. It's just a university housing ban. It's just a passport & visa ban. It's just one Constitutional right. It's just your status as free citizens.

If you're in Minnesota, Xcel just announced they're trying to raise our electricity rates. There's a comment period and info about rate changes here: www.xcelenergy.com/company/rate...

New Knives Out Film on the way, but still no Muppets. 😔

Today, we remember the labor leaders who won hard-fought protections for workers & imagine a future where workers are fully supported. I’m proud to be endorsed by @seiumn.bsky.social, @uniteherelocal17.bsky.social, & @mapeunion.bsky.social. Let's keep MPLS a labor-friendly city. #HappyLaborDay

People literally bled & died fighting against corporate interests, robber barons, corrupt local & state politicians, cops & hired killers, & the federal government & US military for better working conditions for the rest of us so reflect on that today for just a bit while you're doing whatever else.

Is it a recession indicator to see my fellow they/thems dressing like Patrick Stump in "Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy"?

donations slowed down a bit gang - we gotta get her $285 more! ive got thousands of followers. if just 30 of yall donate 20 bucks, she'll have money to escape from gaza with her son, and then have some to start a new life!

Still looks good to me

#tdih 1921 Battle of Blair Mountain In Logan County, WV, some 10,000 armed coal miners confronted armed forces marshaled by county sheriff + more during attempt by miners to unionize. #LaborDay Watch "Matewan" film. Read ⬇️ Art: @justseeds.bsky.social www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ba...

At a time when our Trans and LGBTQIA+ neighbors are being targeted, we will not allow these acts to divide us, and we will not allow these senseless acts to perpetuate more hate. 2/

Minneapolis is a welcoming and loving place. Gun violence and senseless acts of hate have no place in our society. Let me be very clear, violence can and is perpetrated by anyone. The identity of the shooter does not matter. 1/

"I don't know if we were meant to carry so much grief in one body." #AnnunciationCatholicSchool

I don’t want to hear shit about “the shooter was trans” from a media that has spent the last two decades painting every radicalized white male shooter as a lone wolf

Someone I met today described the second set of pronouns in mixed pronouns (they/he, she/they, they/she, etc) as "emergency" pronouns and I'm WEAK AS HECK. 😂 Amazing.