Matt has been a mentor and a friend to half the critics coming up in the past few decades. He helped me get my very first gig. His bookstore is a treasure trove of gorgeous art and behind the scenes knowledge. I can't recommend it enough.
I talked with @lewispants.bsky.social about the art and science of transformation, how people *really* let go of harmful beliefs, and how we can cultivate the conditions that make unlearning possible.
Everyone should not have to have a direct line to elected officials in order to ensure that we are not kidnapped by the government.
Cannot emphasize enough: if you don't want the crypto/techpawn Senator, you should vote for LG Stratton
There are several other reasons for a progressive to favor her over Kelly. And a point or two Kelly has in her favor.
But at this pt it's most important to guard against a downgrade from Durbin
I definitely want to hear more deep thoughts from the guy who claimed Elon Musk's purchase of twitter would "extend the light of consciousness"
I am not trying to do the whole "everything's a distraction" thing, but the DOJ holding onto specific allegations about Trump assaulting a minor and releasing them after a war against Iran has taken center stage is, uh... noteworthy timing.
“We need to persuade a lot of people to do things, to take risks and do things, and to feel that what we do matters. And so unlearning apathy, unlearning a sense of nothing I do matters. That might actually be the thing that gets people into the streets."
Lewis Raven Wallace
"SHIT"
"FUCK"
"NO"
"FUCK"
"SHIT"
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Life is short, friends. Spend as much of it as you can loving people.
People will yell at you because they want to. I have been blocking people for years for yelling at me over things I never said or did. People have unlimited strangers on here to treat as proxies for everything that's wounded them. You don't have to engage with that.
Feels like this should be a bigger deal.
Not ICE. Not Border Patrol. Just the same rotten local cops we've always had
A woman’s ex boyfriend, who is a cop, threatens to shoot her
Women are at the highest risk for being killed when they try to leave a relationship.
She calls 911 for help & the Police Chief WARNS the boyfriend instead.
Boyfriend opened fire on her car
We aren’t angry enough.
It's very easy for me to relate to that last repost, as I likewise hate the regime I live under, and would like to see it fall, but also don't want to be bombed. Seems straightforward as hell to me.
BREAKING: Credible whistleblower discloses that FBI forensic experts were ordered to stand down from processing the scene where Renee Good was killed, because Kash Patel did not want Good referenced as a “victim” in the warrant.
The fetishization of a sickly level of thinness has reached such disturbing heights. I'm afraid for young women and girls who internalize this shit. It feels as bad as the 90s, when I was a teenager. I remember sitting in class and hearing very thin girls talk about how Cindy Crawford was "fat."
EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war.
The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints.
One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…
Reposting, albeit with a lot of sadness, with alt text
States have started proposing steep reductions in disability services to cope with Medicaid cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Idaho is the first to suggest scrapping home care altogether — An action with a high human cost. My latest @19thnews.org.
84% of the time, “ChatGPT Health” killed a customer using their paid service as advertised
“direct your anger at trump not the democrats” buddy you are severely underestimating the amount of anger i have available to me
I was born in an Iranian prison. My parents were held in their jails. My uncles lie in their mass graves. Nothing you can tell me about the crimes of the Iranian regime that I haven't lived in blood and bone. That doesn't mean I want my people bombed, maimed, killed, their homes in ruins. If your vision of liberation comes only through the destruction of innocent lives, then it's not freedom you're after. Sahar Delijani, Iranian author
I am pro Iranian people. I stand with them against their own government’s repression AND against the imperial violence in the form of bombs dropped from the sky from Israel & the US who have already killed hundreds.
I support neither imperialism or dictatorship.
Sahar Delijani said it best:
“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.”
James Baldwin
Procedural liberalism on display. We support the murder of innocents, the immoral and demonic violence, but the President didn't fill out the right paperwork.
The same logic that calls for higher police training budgets and more diversity among prison guards. Polishing the bars of the cage.
I think bluesky would be roughly 300% better if people here were capable of reading “this is an assessment of the empirical reality of a situation” without assuming it comes with an implicit “and therefore I endorse the reality of that situation”
As war in Iran ramps up, remember that national security pretexts are one of the things Trump allies are hoping to use to disrupt coming elections.
At least 20% of USians will support any horrible thing. So this means that this war is deeply unpopular among regular people.
