Don't be surprised if, in the coming days, the United States drops all charges against Maduro.
Trump can never say no to a good bribe, especially if it includes cash AND oil rights.
resist
Just signed up for my local Visibility Brigade No Kings Day rally. How are you spending your Saturday?
#USPol #PresidentForSale #Resist #Indivisible #VisibilityBrigade #ICE #Immigration #Fascism #NoKings
In these dark times, it is important to keep hope alive and find some light.
Here are three individuals who recently re-ignited a sense of hope in me, showing how courage, defiance and/or technical brilliance can make a difference:
Austrian activist #MaxSchrems won a case on the Austrian supreme court, forcing Meta to give users full access to their data (it was a 11 year legal fight!)
🔗: https://noyb.eu/en/austrian-supreme-court-meta-must-give-users-full-access-their-data
Hacktivist #MarthaRoot, dressed as a pink Power Ranger, deleted white supremacist dating sites while live on stage at the #39C3 conference and leaked the data on okstupid.lol
🔗: https://hackread.com/white-supremacist-dating-sites-wiped-okstupid-lol/
#CaitlinCallenson, the bystander who filmed the video of the ICE officer's killing of Renee Nicole Good, shouting at him "Shame" multiple times. As John Gruber wrote on his blog: "after the murderous agent fired three shots — just 30 or 40 feet in front of Callenson — Callenson had the courage and conviction to stay with the scene and keep filming. Not to run away, but instead to follow the scene. To keep filming. To continue documenting with as best clarity as she could, what was unfolding."
🔗: https://daringfireball.net/2026/01/lets_call_a_murder_a_murder
These days I keep thinking of these three individuals... and I am grateful to them for giving me hope. And light.
"What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places — and there are so many — where people have behaved magnificently, it energizes us to act, and raises at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction. And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory."
— Howard Zinn
Full text: https://www.howardzinn.org/collection/a-marvelous-victory/
#HowardZinn #Resist #Protest #USPol #Democracy #Trump #GOP #Musk #DOGE #ICE #Antifa #Vote
my last post reminded me i haven't posted & pinned this resource to share widely & ensure people know
the difference between ICE warrants & subpoenas vs actual legal court warrants & subpoenas
#Resistance #Resist #NachoNazis
#WT7
✊
1920 slogan appropriate for the year 2025
#resist
#protest
#women
*see alt text for more info
#USA #Canada
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Dear Fedi friends,
If you can set aside 11 minutes today, I highly encourage to watch @vkc's latest video: "I stream nothing, and I am happy."
🔗: https://tinkerbetter.tube/w/ns3WDZZgAoe1SfrDCAUrni
It is ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT and should be shown in media literacy and digital literacy classes everywhere. Actually, everyone should watch it (I'm about to send it to my family and friends).
My favorite part comes up towards the end. Veronica eloquently explains (9 min 27 sec in):
"I feel like we owe it to ourselves and to those who follow us to try and break free of algorithms, which tell us what we should like, who we should believe, and how we should feel about it.
It may sound melodramatic and maybe it is, but I see the increased dependence on algorithmically-driven entertainment as a symptom of that larger problem: uber-convenience that separates us from our critical thinking.
We're learning to abandon reason for small decisions, and wouldn't you know it, now it's easier to ignore reasons for the larger ones.
I'm not here to tell you what to think. I was raised in a "mind-your-own-damn-business" household and that's where my head is at. But I do want to implore all of us to think critically about how streaming media, autoplay, and the algorithm are impacting us."
I'm super proud to be a backer of her Patreon and I cannot thank her enough for this incredible video... which comes at the perfect time, as I was already planning to set up #Jellyfin next week.
If you can, join me in supporting Veronica's work here: https://www.patreon.com/VeronicaExplains
#DigitalLiteracy #BigTech #SelfHosting #independence #resist #MediaLiteracy
There's some shit happening in Santa Cruz & I'm trying my damndest to throw fuel on it... that is to say, I'm organizing a boycott & I need your help
also if you're the kind of person who's prone to say things like "you're overreacting" scroll all the way away, kid
If you celebrate Naughty #Nonbinary November, I have a mission for you: ⬇️ (cont)
https://www.reddit.com/r/santacruz/comments/1oqx4na/boycott_the_418_project/
#trans #queer #enby #pride #lgbtq #lgbtqia #boycott #resist #santacruz #santacruznews #community #mutualaid #mutualaidrequest
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New post:
"A newbie's guide to self-hosting with YunoHost. Part 3: Let’s install NextCloud"
And sorry for repeating myself, but the path to digital independence and empowerment is easier than you thought.
My self-hosted #NextCloud has fully replaced WeTransfer, Google Drive and Dropbox for me... and it's only the tip of the iceberg.
I hope this visual guide will help fellow newbies.
#SelfHosting #YunoHost #MySoCalledSudoLife #FOSS #blog #resist
@fkamiah17 Accurate : My "insider" is my brother who lives in MSP. He is calling it "Eternal January". They are not stopping what they are doing, just changing tactics.
Meanwhile, in Colorado, we are trying to learn from MSP resident actions.
We keep us safe - Colorado is standing up resistance channels in preparation of similar scale operations.
https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/feds-identify-leader-of-antifa
The feds are finding their "Domestic terrorists"...and making lists. Protect yourself at all times! Here's a few resources on how:
https://youtu.be/uewjlFB4Il8
https://beautifultrouble.org/toolbox/tool/practice-digital-self-defence
A while back someone posted about donating air miles to help transport people back home after they've been taken far away by ICE and dumped off on the street.
I didn't get around to it and and now I've lost that information. Can anyone help point me in the right direction?
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"What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places — and there are so many — where people have behaved magnificently, it energizes us to act, and raises at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction. And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory."
— Howard Zinn
https://www.howardzinn.org/collection/a-marvelous-victory/
#HowardZinn #Democracy #Resist #Protest #Invincible #USPol #Trump #Musk #DOGE #GOP #ICE #Fascism #NoKings #Vote #VoteBlue
"Live updates: Oregonians rally statewide under ‘No Kings’ banner amid national protests"
#GiftLink = https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2026/03/oregonians-rally-statewide-under-no-kings-banner-amid-national-protests.html?gift=787e9f79-d34b-4fea-ac2e-4f1cc41c3050
"Thousands of Oregonians are participating in dozens of “No Kings” protests across the state Saturday as similar demonstrations unfold nationally for the third time in the past year."
BOOK TO READ
"A Merry Life and A Short One" is my collection of writings about pirates as examples of anarchists. It consequently sets out to discuss and describe both pirates and anarchy for the general reader in order to make relevant connections between them. I think its the best thing I have ever written but that's probably up to the reader to decide. Recommended for anyone who wants to think about pirates or anarchy and their consequences or how to fight back against oppressive politics.
https://archive.org/details/a-merry-life
#politics #pirates #anarchy #capitalism #justice #liberty #freedom #autonomy #resist
RE: https://disabled.social/@ahimsa_pdx/116744843684193974
🚨 Reminder for USA folks 🚨
Have you submitted a public comment on the new OMB rule? The deadline is Saturday, July 13.
This new rule could impact any research study, not just ME/CFS research!
Solve ME has instructions and a template to make writing a public comment easier, link in quoted post.
There's also a tool to help you call & email Congress.
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Not gonna lie, reading this passage from @pluralistic’s book #TheInternetCon on a jailbroken #Kindle (running #KOreader!) felt like a deliciously affirming act of resistance 💁🏻♀️
I finished the Black Rose 2023 Program a few days ago and have moved on to Social Anarchism and Organization which I'm reading in conjunction with Anarchist Popular Power by Troy Andreas Araiza Kokinis. Recommended for anyone interested in learning more about Especifismo which is a model for anarchist organization developed from a collective process of theory and practice.
If you want a group experience check out the Center for Especifismo Studies. They run an 15-week introductory seminar, the Militant Kindergarten, every year starting in January.
#Anarchism #Socialism #Organizing #Resist #Antifascism #Capitalism #Politics #Democracy
Related:
https://www.blackrosefed.org/
https://www.akpress.org/anarchist-popular-power-ebook.html
https://especifismostudies.org
https://m.youtube.com/@CenterforEspecifismoStudies
@remindme 2026-11-01
In his final days in office, Trump is going to order a flurry of pointless and hurtful executive orders and unnecessarily fire a bunch of people in the government based purely out of spite and sadism - just because he can.
His intent is to hold power until he dies, and if can't then he is going to burn as much of it down as he can, out of spite.
The US is f**** unless Dems massively win the midterms.
Vote in person so there is no question.
"What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places — and there are so many — where people have behaved magnificently, it energizes us to act, and raises at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction. And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory."
https://www.howardzinn.org/collection/a-marvelous-victory/
#HowardZinn #Democracy #Resist #Protest #Indivisible #NoKings #USPol #Trump #Musk #DOGE #GOP #ICE #Fascism
