If you're a human-shaped Muppet like myself, do yourself a favor by going to the top of this thread and reading the entire thing. It's a real treat, plus it explains so well the magic of the original Muppets—and why so many modern spinoffs of them fail.

It's like preppers who imagine a disaster needs to be global to fuck with their lives when boring and unsexy unemployment and medical debt is literally right there.

It is *weird* to have to imagine nuclear war as a threat when "the US government simply acts more like it already does toward those it considers a threat" is literally right there in your face for the past quarter century. Longer, if you know about the Black Panthers and the MOVE bombing etc

Again, the most likely harm to Iranian people is pretty much the most likely harm to an American: being attacked by the US government.

You can see a lot of white people fantasizing about global nuclear annihilation and retaliatory terror attacks and not, say, cops simply treating them the way they treat anyone else.

Americans will catastrophize and fantasize about nuclear war when the obvious answer, police *and* vigilante fascist violence, is literally right there. You don't have to fear non-existent Iranian nukes, the actual Boogeyman is already in a roid rage and wearing a tac vest in your town

The most probable way you, an American, gets harmed from this illegal war isn't a nuclear bomb but you getting shot by a cop with live ammo while protesting. Or you getting pulled out of your car and thrown face first on the ground for being in traffic *near* a protest. Etc.

As daily goals, "stop fascism," "defeat evil," and "save the world" probably aren't going to get you anywhere, and might leave you feeling overwhelmed and helpless, but "work towards building something good" is always achievable, concrete, and useful.

My personal guiding question remains this: What have I done to alleviate suffering today? Convinced that being able to answer that affirmatively each night is what has powered me through the past few years, and lets me sleep at night.

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A lot of us are holding massive grief, rage and disappointment at world leaders and the state of politics globally. It is devastating to witness decision after decision be made to destroy the earth, and dehumanize every one who doesn’t bow to their power. The grief is heavy. The rage is real.

There are no easy answers during this time. Sometimes we need to sit and be present with our sadness and our disappointment. Sometimes we need to channel that energy in to organizing and helping people near us however we can. And sometimes we just need to cry and scream.

Whatever we do. Naming it has to be apart of it. Naming the confusion. The exhaustion. The fear. The simple act of naming and owning can sometimes help us get clear. Help us see better what’s within & around us. Presence to our emotional realities is sometimes the best “medicine” we have available

Remember: we rest in shifts; we resist in cycles. No one can survive in fight mode all the time. When we have collective power we don’t have to carry any challenge alone; and that makes the burden lighter.

The 1st all-staff meeting of the semester started by shaming us for being "tech resistant," i.e. hyping AI. I might 😇 have left a comment in the meeting chat about how resistance to *certain* tech comes from it depleting water, using a disproportionate amount of energy, & polluting communities.

this is one of the worst low-level things about this, because the news isn't covering the actual news, anyone who attempts to tell other people what is actually happening sounds like alex jones and this is hell we are in hell

For real. Also this vibe: youtu.be/RIqC88DUqIw?...

I was not prepared for how cute that noise was and laughed so hard out loud.

Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies. For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!

i've thought a lot about how when we oppose the values of the religions of our upbringing without thinking about what we DO value, we a) don't get rid of those values as completely as we tend to think and/or b) create a vacuum where fascism can enter

Happy Sunday. Keep fighting.

some identify publicly with the left because they hate oppression, others because they hate being oppressed. things will make more sense when you keep in mind that these are not the same - or even similar

A really sad follow-up to this story — Alexis Erlinmeyer, one of the trans federal intelligence workers who was fired, has died of a pulmonary embolism. She was 31. Her family is burying her under her deadname, so friends are fundraising for an accurate memorial: www.gofundme.com/f/in-memory-...

So. Look. I don’t know if now is the moment. But I wrote about the rise of the Reich. And about resistance, and history, and what we did then to keep ourselves together. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

Nobel laureate Albert Camus (who died in a car crash on this day in 1960 with an unused train ticket in his pocket) on the 3 antidotes to the absurdity of life www.themarginalian.org/2017/07/24/a...

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when in doubt, join forces with nature #Stunday #nature #natureheals #photography #morningwalk #wellbeing #lifeisbeautiful

how do I sign up for the orca resistance army

If you want to see the entire section of Episode 1513, "Robots & Remotes" that this is from, go to 25:00 minutes in: www.misterrogers.org/episodes/rob...

Said it before. I'll probably say it again if Tom reshares his post or repeats it, anyway this chapter is one of the most interesting and entertaining bits of writing I read all last year.

The truest horoscope I've ever read. I know you're an Aries, @collapseaphorisms.bsky.social , but we can still avoid all other humans together. ;)

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Chill airs and wintry winds! my ear Has grown familiar with your song; I hear it in the opening year, I listen, and it cheers me long. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 'Woods in Winter' 1839 #art by Louis Apol #poetry #booksky

Things don't have purposes, as if the universe were a machine, where every part has a useful function. What's the function of a galaxy? I don't know if our life has a purpose and I don't see that it matters. What does matter is that we're a part.

Take small actions, like building up skills, finding your affinity group, and doing what you can to keep your community safe. Don't be paralyzed by the difference in scale between you and the fascist machine. Your efforts matter to the people you're looking at.

Yknow I’d like to say that the U.S. isn’t supposed to go around invading countries (and it’s not), but I’m a citizen of a Native Nation of THIS land, and this country is BORN of invasion. This is standard practice for this country, yall. And yes, I’m still mad as hell about Venezuela.

He understands everything about the universe, which is why he's disgusted with us humans and our international politics.

I don’t have mine saved but someone sent me an embroidery of it — which was pretty wild!

Brilliant! This can seem "woo"/indulgent, but regulating yourself/your nervous system is actually one of the *MOST* important things you can do in a crisis. Reacting from sheer autonomic nervous system survival impulses is natural & human, but staying stuck in them is damaging in the long-term.

I just think of all the death and destruction we fought to stop—admittedly no avail!—back in those days, and the ashes are extra bitter in my mouth. See also: how I started high school the same school year as Columbine and how normal school shootings are for these poor kids now.

“If you didn’t want your photo digitally altered and turned into sexual content you shouldn’t have posted it online” is just the social media version of “if you didn’t want to be raped you shouldn’t have worn a short skirt.” If you’re participating in this “trend” you’re a predator.

The same entity that made white ppl think they are the police of everybody

MDD & PTSD have never given me homicidal, war-mongering urges. Those guys are just evil personified. 🙂

"When the war is over We will be proud of course the air will be Good for breathing at last The water will have been improved the salmon And the silence of heaven will migrate more perfectly The dead will think the living are worth it we will know Who we are And we will all enlist again"

From Palestine to Venezuela: We call for unity in the struggle for self-determination and for collective solidarity against the genocidal US-Israel axis. Read our full statement: loom.ly/0PcQonE

If you are against empire kidnapping people you should hear about what it’s been doing to our friends and neighbors. I am putting my art up in public for everyone. Acrylic paint on cardboard. Abolish ICE.

I just think of all the death and destruction we fought to stop—admittedly no avail!—back in those days, and the ashes are extra bitter in my mouth. See also: how I started high school the same school year as Columbine and how normal school shootings are for these poor kids now.

I'm thinking about all my students last year who really wanted to live through the '90s and early 2000s. It's like: Welp, you are going to get to live through my 2003-2004, kiddos!