The biggest miscalculation of the Trumpists is about human nature. They assume we're all selfish and cowardly and can be cowed into silence or submission or surrender, which is to say they seem to base their version of human nature partly on themselves and partly on their scorn for the rest of us.

I think this is why we're seeing 'but they're paid protestors' about Minnesota (although even I, as a Brit, can tell that's a very distinctive local accent). They can't compute that people who could keep quiet and remain safe are going outside to face danger for neighbours they might not even know.

I really, really did not want to write anything today. And yet, here we are. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/what-is-tr...

Listen: because I am hearing this a lot from folks who are in caregiving roles with disabled, sick, dying folks, elders, or children in their care: You are not unable to do anything or unable to take action. Care work IS justice work

I would like for people to realize that this isn't the first time protestors and advocates have been called "outside agitators." Happens all the time in Canada, whether it be protests for Indigenous rights or climate justice. Protestors as fringe element not tied to the interests of actual citizens

Alright, we've got a water capacity issue in #WatReg and #WRcouncil heard from many delegates on January 13th about this issue. You can watch the meeting here and/or follow along on this (potentially very long!) thread. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZbM...

played Blood on the Clock Tower for the first time and my close friends first executed me when I was innocent and then executed me again because I was the imp and a terrible liar 🫠

Please, help. Donate if possible. Share in hope that the message will reach someone who can donate. And pressure your government to recognize Palestine as a rightful state and to end Nethanyahu's genocide.🕊️🇵🇸

Just found out there are no less than 10 nudist colonies in Southern Ontario. 😶

I have never wished harder for a thing in my life.

what's great about my previous employer is that he decided that a polymarket website was a good thing to advertise and he got really huffy when I and other people went "wtf?!"

On Jan. 7/26, #WRcouncil met to discuss the encampment at Victoria and Weber. The agenda can be found here. (A thread). pub-regionofwaterloo.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx...

@peculiarityshop.bsky.social Hey folks, my husband bought me a gorgeous necklace for Christmas but it's somewhat too short for me. Is there a way we can get it lengthened?

NEW: China is testing a megawatt-scale airborne wind system that captures stronger high-altitude winds, potentially producing up to 10× more energy with 40% less material and 30% lower costs. It could also be quickly deployed to supply emergency power after disasters.

"I'm not in Minnesota -- what can I do to help?" A list of ideas!

Sorry to keep everyone waiting. Here it is. @thepolycrisis.bsky.social take on venezuela. Ofc it’s about oil. No, not like that @katemac.bsky.social buttondown.com/polycrisisdi...

People are interpreting this as Exxon telling Trump that he made a mistake, but if you listen to what they say, it's basically that the US needs to do more regime change so there are "investment protections". Chevron, who are already in Venezuela, are planning a production increase already

just an absolute chronic overestimation of declarative power and underestimation of the machinery needed to execute anything complex

No gesture toward building a beloved community is too small, or too insignificant.

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I love when people participate in their local government, and I wish more people would do it. Literally anyone can go to a regularly-scheduled public meeting and talk about a thing they care about, and you’d be surprised what a small group of engaged people can accomplish.

A point that Wallerestein made often: as overall US power declines, it overplays its best card—military force. But each time it does so, it accelerates the decline of its overall power. SeeVietnam, Iraq. Violent coercion is the strength of the weak.

I'm so tired. Greenland is Inuit btw. They are kin to arctic peoples who live in what are now modern day Alaska and the arctic Canada. Trump is talking openly about colonizing a people that have been already colonized (by Denmark) and who have been trying to become sovereign.

I'm going to repost our oped, bc the climate discourse is even worse than when we wrote it a year ago. 1/ Biden's IRA didn't fail bc of of Sunrise, the left, etc, it failed bc it had no impact on working class lives. 2/ Green economic populism is how we win. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/o...

This. In all the political back and forth and media coverage it's appalling - and deeply colonizing - how little concern or voice has been given to Greenland's actual inhabitants, who are overwhelmingly Indigenous.

If you want to see real neo-colonialism in action, it's the US government attempting to take control or "buy" a territory that is controlled by indigenous people, who have fought for their own greater independence over the past few decades.

I've often said that the point of capitalism is to generate garbage so a few people can get wealthy off of it and AI continues to prove my theory correct.

nothing important to say... just jumping into people-whom-I-haven't-communicated-with-in-months mentions because I am going stir crazy from the darkness and being on vacation already.

My kid is now old enough that when I took him to our office Christmas party last night, he immediately clocked how we're all messy disasters.

terf ideology is a cancerous rot in our society pass it on

"With reserve funds shrinking, debt capacity tightening, and borrowing limits already being tested, council cannot pretend it can fund everything at once. If the region chooses to build the new communications centre at the current scale, the price will be paid by people waiting for housing."

Most recently, the Region in which I live has put off 3 affordable housing projects so they can fund a police comms centre. Love my local government.

Yes, I am still alive. And Doug Ford can still eat shit.

When I talk about bad shit happening in my community, I mean this stuff.

also *had* bees and butterlfies. They've moved on until next year. We got to raise this beautiful dude over the summer.

Been very offline so I can manage the bad shit in front of me and in my community. But I got married to my partner of 17 years this summer and my garden has lots of bees and swallowtail caterpillars. Beautiful things do still exist. People are organizing.

Please keep sharing. Donate if you’re able to.

My dear friend and fellow grumpy ecosocialist @savewildbees.bsky.social passed away a few days ago. I'm so damned sad. Please plant native wildflowers. Grow a pollinator patch. Bumblebees are precious and worth all our effort to save.

“Over 100,000 Israelis have reportedly stopped showing up for reserve duty.” www.972mag.com/israeli-army...

Who are the climate justice activists/groups most visibly participating in the anti-ICE protests? Would like to speak with them for a story

people who compliment my eye makeup skills might rethink their praise if they knew how often I straight up jabbed myself in the eye.

trying to play dnd here

pretty irritated, as a professional shit-disturber, by how many people are saying "no, change doesn't happen via shit-disturbing. it happens by sitting on your thumbs passively."

Hi, pardon me, hello: mass protest in the face of fascism is a great idea and in fact the only thing that works to actually combat it. anyone saying otherwise is an idiot. sorry, i cannot anymore with this shit. do the fucking reading!

stop reporting Palestinian accounts . you fucking cunts

ngl this map of scheduled protests for this weekend is *wild*

If you’ve never been to a protest and you’re watching coverage with trepidation, I urge you—if you can—to challenge yourself to turn out for one. There’s anger, for sure, but the overwhelming feeling is joy in your community, admiration of your neighbors, and the real power of numbers.

I would like every single person who says people are evil and compliant and deserve bad things (unkindly) to be quiet forever. You are wrong. Sit down.