wildthingswinni.bsky.social

Yes. I often say teaching is performing enthusiasm, which isn’t faking it or being entertaining, but simply demonstrating that you care deeply about a topic or a concept or a text.

Joy doesn't wait for permission or perfect timing. It doesn't postpone itself until every wound has healed, until the chaos settles, until the ledger of life balances itself. Instead, joy emerges like wildflowers through concrete — in the spaces we least expect it.

I attempted to go to an ICE patrol training here in LA this morning and they had to turn most of us away because of capacity issues and even as I was leaving I saw a ton more folks showing up

so that’s how well their attempts to scare everyone away are going, even in the face of murder

Yeah it’s good

I have always told my white students that they can acknowledge the harm that white supremacy has done, and choose to repair that harm, but I've advised them not to stay there.

You do have some fierce AF ancestors, too. It's just that we don't learn about them or what we learn is lies *on purpose.*

Even in the depths of colonialism, genocide, enslavement, ethnic cleansing & holocaust, there have been white folks all over who have refused and resisted white supremacy.

We get to choose which ancestors we honor. One of my ancestors was an enslaver who sold my foremother. *I don't claim his ass.*

pulling this reflection on white silence/fear over here, too:

Really clear and useful analytic breakdown of Trump's actual power vs his informal power.

Dig it.

Where are you hearing such profundities?

My husband was on the 2 train and a guy started braying about how Renee Good deserved to die and her "lesbian lover" did too. My husband got pissed and said, "You're absolutely disgusting." "Fuck you!" the guy said. "Fuck YOU!" my husband said. The guy left.

See? We just need to talk to each other.

I do share your critique of the immanent and/or transcendental.

Trump is doing to politics what biz schools taught future CEOs to do: break the social contract (e.g., the one btw mgmt & labor that once ensured steady jobs) & extract all the value stored inside.

This will have the same effect on politics as it did on the labor mkt: instability & immiseration.

Perhaps Dr. Frankenstein’s folly hat always forfended the functional role of thy father.

If this happened to a conservative organizer, Republicans would make her a hero, a household name and a congressional candidate.

Elected Democrats just pretend it isn't happening.

The brute fact is that force is not on our side so leaning into declaring any restraining principle as fake and its just all what power declares is a path into even greater hell. The middle path is pointing to the legal constraints and saying why the constraints **in this specific case** are good.

Of course you think that. You're 12

Tweet reads “Merry Christmas to all this who find this world and its traditions and families and religions to be a source of pain and sorrow. It is passing away; something new has begun.”

A look of hope from the depressive position.

I share your intuitive diagnosis of the world. Such childhood myths often do have a dark tinge that are meant to prepare us for future realities. I hope the prognosis of this tale is safety and comfort in Santa’s bag and wonders at the destination.

Lawmakers must make WA more resilient to worsening floods | Editorial Gov. Bob Ferguson and state lawmakers must continue to protect at-risk communities by investing in infrastructure that can prevent future damage.

America must adapt to the new climate. Applaud this morning’s @seattletimes.com editorial:

It falls to Washington state leaders to prepare the region for more extreme weather events. They must invest more money in infrastructure that protects at-risk communities around the state.

it's a landmark work in american history, that Goldstone breathes much life and love into in every paragraph

I can't recommend it enough

She shouldn't have to keep doing this by herself. She is supposedly a member of a political party and every single one of her *colleagues* should be BLASTING the fascist in chief. ALL OF THEM. Where is the solidarity???

Support your local bookstore, friends.

the fact that dealing with rampant lying and its much worse downstream consequences involves cultivating values rather than just imposing formal frameworks or rules (legal or otherwise) is a tough pill to swallow for some. but it is indeed medicine

I think we need to stop calling it empathy and go back to calling it decency. It isn't a favour you're doing someone else, it's you proving that you aren't a fucking ghoul