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The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.” That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.

We have to get this guy some momentum. Imagine if Michigan had a senator who wasn’t a collaborator.

Despite the circumstances it’s kind of nice that we’ve all learned to properly pronounce Minnesota.

Billy Bragg wrote a whole new song for Minnesota.

Current status of the fundraisers for those killed by ICE: Renee Good: $1,499,580 Alex Pretti: $1,289,249 Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423 Parady La: $45,848 Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991 Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640 Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538 Geraldo Lunas: $2,260 Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935

“She’s not gonna fuck you!” the MAGA guy screams at me as I pick up groceries for a family that feels unsafe.

Reem still needs help to get her surgery, please share her posts and donate if you can.

Sakher is in danger and his accounts keep getting suspended, please share and donate if you can.

so ALL of these children just magically *have* orange slices after EVERY soccer game??? ok George Soros

Folks make alt text harder on themselves than it needs to be by not understanding the goal. I have this thread of guidance. Preview: Alt text... 1. is not to describe everything in the image. 2. should usually be pretty short. 3. should change depending on where/why the image is posted.

alt text is important for accessibility and my plea for people who don't personally need it - aside from it being the right thing to do - is, well, you'd actually benefit from it more than you think how many times have you seen someone quote something with a character you don't recognize? alt text!

“I grab my keys, I grab a coat, and drive over,” Knutson told me. “I barely park my car and I’m running out screaming and crying, ‘You stole a fucking flower from a dead woman. Like, are any of you human anymore?’”

please help Olfat & her family if you can 💜 very slow donations 🆘

You know Alex Pretti & Renee Good—the 2 white people ICE killed. ICE has also killed Keith Porter, a Black man, Parady La, a Cambodian man, & 5 Latinos—Heber Sanchaz Domínguez, Victor Manuel Diaz, Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz, Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres, and Geraldo Lunas Campos. 9 TOTAL. ABOLISH ICE.

Please help, Sakher and his family are in danger. Share this post and donate if you can.

Please help Reem and her family. Reem needs an urgent surgery. Share this post if you can’t donate.

I don’t understand the Colorado constellation pothos, it just looks like a regular pothos to me. What is different about it?

yes.

It is so frustrating listening to white American liberals talk about the ICE murders like the only two that matter are the white Americans and not all of the brown people who have disappeared or killed. Non-Americans matter too and acting like they don't is part of why you're in this mess.

Making calls is actually a giant pain for me as a deaf person and it *still* doesn't take that long and I *still* do it anyway just in fucking case.... So tldr: listen to Chanda and kindly get over yourselves and make the phone calls.

Migrants moving to your local area is not a “legitimate reason” for racism. LGBT folk being more visible in schools is not a “legitimate reason” for homo/transphobia. Women not wanting to date you is not a “legitimate reason” for misogyny. There’s no “legitimate reason” for bigotry. Just saying.

He seems like he was literally just the nicest guy, also that’s literally the worst possible way for his family to learn about his death, holy shit. I’m mad at everything.

It’s so cold I purposefully put socks on to wear in the house.

Please help Reem, she needs surgery share this post and donate if you can.

One thing that irks me: people keep calling the folks on the streets in Minneapolis protestors. They are not generally there to protest, they are there to observe and document. This is the product of organizing and mutual aid. It is telling that these acts of citizenship are seen as protest!

Frankly, Canadians have done less to stop their own overt slide into fascism then the Americans have done here. They'll watch whole cities go up in flame from riots and protests in the US, pretend it never happened, then lecture us about fixing our country. Fix your own shit.

Shopping around for the therapist who will tell me: “put that uncomfortable feeling into a box, put that box in another box, then mail it to yourself, and when it arrives smash it with a hammer.”

I went to my therapist and was like “I have these feelings about this person, how do I hide them until they go away?” And my therapist was like “don’t do that, just tell them.” They made a good argument and it was better than my plan so I did it. I guess we’ll see.

At the end of the day, the Black Lives Matter era was about whether people should be killed in the street, and lots of people decided yeah and put those little blue flags on their cars. It spread to everyone because it stopped for no one.

these are the 7 house democrats who voted to give ICE another $10 billion on thursday btw

Please save me before it's too late😩💔‼️ I'm Reem😭🚨 My health condition is difficult, I'm dying here💔🥺 I need $1500 to be able to have urgent surgery on my nose😔😔 Please, don't leave me alone in this cruel situation. Any donation will save me no matter how small😩🙏😭 tinyurl.com/3zxvjjfp

My grandfather passed away today. It’s a very hard day for me and my family. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers. 🤍

Once again: Focusing on their lack of training is a mistake. With "better training," their violence would simply cost more, and they would still kill whoever they wanted, but make it look more professional — to make people more comfortable, the way many of you are at ease with local police violence.

Instead, pretend you have a tiny Lawyer on your shoulder who says "I AM ADVISING YOU TO STAY SILENT". Not only does it help, when you post "my tiny lawyer has instructed me not to say anything", it sounds very funny.

Nuremberg trials for ICE is the moderate position

Two days ago, 7 democrats voted to fund that execution

every time a democrat mentions “training” they are saying “i am sorry the cops are shooting white people on accident instead of the *slurs* and the *slurs* and the *slurs*”

this needs to be stated loudly and clearly by elected Democrats

Another video circulating of another shooting

i want them to show even a facsimile of the backbone shown by every day people in the communities that are resisting, especially but not only in Minnesota right now.

"what do you want the Dems to do" i want them to spend less time cowering in fear of how some Yglesias-hallucinated median voter will view them forcefully opposing these brutal acts of tyranny. I want them to be willing to wage a righteous fight knowing they may lose instead of conceding in advance

Transphobia is a cancer of the heart and mind. It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty. Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face. Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.

I think a battery randomly exploded in my room. I’m so confused, it wasn’t in anything, it wasn’t touching anything, it was sitting by itself on my desk and it exploded. I only found it just now and remembered a random pop that happened in my room a few days ago.

I'm not one for false optimism. But what I witnessed today in Minneapolis was tremendous, both in scale and exuberance. It was a stunning answer to the federal assault on Minnesota, a show of solidarity that gives us something to hold on to during times that are unforgiving.

Today is, among other things, a reminder that you don't get a general strike by posting that we should have a general strike. You get a general strike—on the rare occasions you do—by the long slow slog of building organizing power with those around you in response to local conditions.

To delete your TikTok account without agreeing to the new TOS: 1) put your phone in airplane mode 2) open TikTok and go to your profile 3) go to settings and scroll down to delete account 4) turn airplane mode off 5) delete your account Credit to @ kimsaira on instagram for this

lot of people don't think about this stuff but one of the logistical challenges in making movies about time loops is how to get the footage, intact, all back to one timeline (the one you're living in)

A decade of trans advocacy has taught me people believe lies because they want to, not because they don't know they are lies. They believe trans people will regret our transition because they want us to regret our transition. They believe we are a "social contagion" because that is how they see us