No surprise that you-know-who seeks to steal focus and pollute the good will of the Olympics?
Publicly oppose ICE’s presence at the Winter Games; ensure that U.S. participation reflects global unity and respect for all, not intimidation and fear. Sign the petition. sign.moveon.org/petitions/no...
And I can attest that it is indeed a state of mind 🤩🤩
As someone who counts Oct 19 as a special day, I’m thrilled to see this little salute
youtube.com/watch?v=U9bf...
Master class in how to hold more than one point of view in your head at a time, be insightful and also entertaining on a controversial topic, and not lose your humanity
"WA and OR together pay $37 billion more in fed taxes each year than they receive back in funding or services." (cascadia-journal.ghost.io/cascadia-and... lmagine what that kind of money in blue states could do toward promoting social and educational programs, econ reforms...!
#ModelPro-SocialIdeas
More of this sort of outside-the-box thinking!
(I'd add: Red Rover, send California right over!)
Will we be sad to leave good people behind? Yes. However, as an educator I believe that modeling of bold ideas for structural change is crucial and eventually helps all.
** Elevating this **
(I unf wasn't able to find the name of the woman speaking so eloquently here)
youtube.com/shorts/opvSr...
257. The Commission recommends that all Member States: (a) Employ all means reasonably available to them to prevent the commission of genocide in the Gaza Strip; (b) Cease the transfer of arms and other equipment or items, including jet fuel, to the State of Israel or third States where there is reason to suspect their use in military operations that have involved or could involve the commission of genocide; (c) Ensure individuals and corporations in their territories and within their jurisdiction are not involved in the commission of genocide, aiding and assisting the commission of genocide or incitement to commit genocide and investigate and prosecute those who may be implicated in these crimes under international law; (d) Facilitate the investigations and domestic proceedings and take action (including imposing sanctions) against the State of Israel and against individuals or corporations that are involved in or facilitating the commission of genocide or incitement to commit genocide; (e) Cooperate with the investigation of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. 258. The Commission recommends that the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court: (a) Examine, within its continuing investigation in the Situation in the State of Palestine, the crime of genocide for amendment to existing arrest warrants and addition to future application for arrest warrants; (b) Examine the involvement of officials mentioned in this report for inclusion as those most responsible for international crimes committed in the occupied Palestinian territory.
Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide.
As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.
End the genocide. Ceasefire now.
New Yorker cartoon☄️
wow, I did not know Google was this firmly invested in sucking so much. I will have to become uninvested in Google I guess! #Googleblewit
Google has just removed Pride Month and Black History Month from the calendar app.
This comes as they obeyed Trump by changing the Gulf of Mexico’s name to “Gulf of America.”
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I had been a bit nervous to attend this protest --wondered if it could involve violence (NC voting purple-red this last election). It did not. It was supportive, not scary; righteously angry, not riotous. No retaliatory counter-protesters that I could see or hear.
Consider reposting something like this in physical spaces! On bulletin boards, on signs over freeways. Remind everyone who this guy actually is, and remind ourselves why this is not acceptable and not normal. Maybe major news outlets will remember too!
I fervently hope so too! We have to assume many politician are at least savvy enough to not give away the play book.
NC, represent!
Today's acts of strength&resistance: •DELETED X/Twitter account (what a feeling!)🎉; •AVOIDED watching convicted felon be handed keys to the kingdom. •on deck: release emotions with some fierce Qi Gong and throw snowballs in the woods
What're you all doing today to balance yourselves? #WeGotThis
Hi Ricky- If possible, please consider doing your live posts --of the kind you did on Twitter today (I, too, cannot call it "X")-- here on Blue Sky. Love your perspectives!
(Also FYI, I was not able to do the above while using a VPN but could do it when I disconnected from the VPN.)
In case it saves anyone time, here's how I did the request:
once logged in to X, go to ...More --> Settings & Privacy --> on the right under Your Account is "Download an archive of your data"
Yes! at 12pm ET specifically!
A resistance effort is planned for Jan 20, 12pm to protest oligarch-owned platform X (AKA Twitter). If you haven't already, delete your X account at noon exactly on that day, and say hi to the new neighbors on BlueSky!
Let's tell our friends and make the sound of the door slam as loud as possible!
Important question! One thing to do:
On Mon. Jan 20 at noon, everyone delete your X/Twitter account. To make the loudest, collective door-slam, shut it down right at 12pm.
Great article addressing what resistance to the oligarchy might look like:
malcolmnance.substack.com/p/forming-th...
don't give it any air time!
Resist the urge to help them see their names lighting up our screens!
See whether these ideas from Malcolm Nance make sense …https://open.substack.com/pub/malcolmnance/p/forming-the-new-american-resistance?r=101rt9&utm_medium=ios
Happy holidays! Time to emerge from numb disbelief about the US election and decide how to resist the (further) erosion of democracy. Can we save our country? Not sure. Should we try regardless, with everything we've got? Uh, duh!
Gift idea:Let's pass along the best concrete action plans we find!
“You can celebrate it, like the dance at the end, and everyone has their different version of the dance, or you can go back to what you were doing before, and there’s no judgment about it.” A. Driver
“We’re all acknowledging there’s this undercurrent ‘We’re all gonna die.’ But there’s no judgment how you want to distract yourself from [it]…”
“The dance…is an expression of the fact that we’re always doing a dance in modern life” Gerwig
Hahaha! What a wild interpretation
