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Cecilia Nemo

@cecilianemo.bsky.social

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Leftist and antifascist. Librarian, data analyst, and social scientist. Hope for the best, prepare for the worst. WWI and fashion/cultural history nerd. Obsessed with sci-fi, corgis, community, #solarpunk.

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Cecilia Nemo @cecilianemo.bsky.social · 12m

Yeah, you’re right it is usually the weird ones with thinly veiled 19th-century holdover fears about Papist hordes (though sometimes it’s the antitheists who just enjoy baiting people who disagree). I am sorry people think you want to play that game.

Cecilia Nemo @cecilianemo.bsky.social · 1h

Especially weird to shit on Catholicism now because this is exactly the kind of step that suggests a willingness to do something about the worst real flaws of the Church. Take the win, people. Bitch about doctrine tomorrow. (Former Catholic, now agnostic, here.)

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Cecilia Nemo @cecilianemo.bsky.social · 3h

I dod not know I needed this. Thank you.

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Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 1d

🧵It has been clear for years that a key difference between past instances of book banning and the present censorship cataclysm is that the banning happening now targets not only books, but librarianship as a profession and libraries as an institution. 1/4

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Cecilia Nemo @cecilianemo.bsky.social · 5h

Please. Someone do this.

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The Orion @gettheorion.bsky.social · 1d

#TrekkiesAgainstFascism

star trek deep space nine inspired protest sign. hands symbolizing various characters, O'Brien, Kira, Sisko, and Odo are holding up a sign that says "Together We Resist." To the left, two symbols are crossed out: A Cardassian and Dominion symbol. A little score of 2 - 0 is written below them. Across the "T" in "Resist" sits a tiny crown that is crossed out. toward the bottom right, the text says "Trekkies Against Fascism."

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Cecilia Nemo @cecilianemo.bsky.social · 12h

It’s possible (and desirable, though not super-likely) that we’ll recover from this on largely nonviolent terms. It is no longer reasonable, though, to pretend we’re still on a playing field where anyone will win on Constitutional terms.

Cecilia Nemo @cecilianemo.bsky.social · 12h

I’d rather hear echoes than fascists. I already know what they think.

Cecilia Nemo @cecilianemo.bsky.social · 14h

Gorgeous. What is true seeking but deep listening to each other?

Cecilia Nemo @cecilianemo.bsky.social · 15h

Recently started reading an essay from The Marginalian every morning before any news or nonsense, both to stake a claim on my own attention and to frame what comes after. Highly recommend figuring out your version of this and deciding how you want to start your days.

Cecilia Nemo @cecilianemo.bsky.social · 1d

You can do this.

Cecilia Nemo @cecilianemo.bsky.social · 1d

America is proud of you.

Cecilia Nemo @cecilianemo.bsky.social · 1d

In the words of Woody Guthrie (about the OG version): “They say America first, but they mean America next.”

Cecilia Nemo @cecilianemo.bsky.social · 1d

“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born; now is the time of monsters.”
For sure.

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Eric Shmeric @ericdienstfrey.bsky.social · 2d

So Jurassic Park is about a group of rich people who don't understand that biology is far more complicated than "there are only two genders" and how this ignorance toward gender fluidity in nature causes these rich people to lose their money and die.

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Cecilia Nemo @cecilianemo.bsky.social · 2d

Samesies.

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Cecilia Nemo @cecilianemo.bsky.social · 2d

As one of the 6 (if you publish here), I appreciate it.

Cecilia Nemo @cecilianemo.bsky.social · 2d

It’s wild to me that we’re not talking about how the present form marketing to children laid the groundwork for the current “gender war”. (Old article.)

gizmodo.com/paul-dini-su...

Paul Dini: Superhero cartoon execs don't want largely female audiences

In an interview with Kevin Smith, writer and television producer Paul Dini complained about a worrying trend he sees in television animation and superhero

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Cecilia Nemo @cecilianemo.bsky.social · 2d

Anyone want to discuss this? We’re getting closer to the heart of the problem

Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · Dec 20

"Can he find a way to be something worth wanting for his own sake—a man who is wanted even despite not being needed? Until we figure out how to tell that story, the crisis of gender relations will not abate." www.liberalcurrents.com/the-crisis-o...

The Crisis of Gender Relations

We need to put the final nail in the coffin of the Patriarchal Bargain and find new ideals we can live by.

www.liberalcurrents.com

Cecilia Nemo @cecilianemo.bsky.social · 2d

Yes.

Cecilia Nemo @cecilianemo.bsky.social · 2d

Join a local currency or time bank. Start a cooperative. Switch your money to a credit union. Have a potluck.

Cecilia Nemo @cecilianemo.bsky.social · 2d

The fact that monarchs who give up all their power can be a stable ceremonial part of a constitutional republic does not erase the fact that hereditary monarchy is an affront to the values of democracy. We don’t want tyrannical presidents OR kings.

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Jeff Tischauser @jtischauser.bsky.social · 4d

This is my family’s cemetery. Generations of us are here. DHS thugs attacked the workers who laid my father to rest and tend to his gravesite. i dont know whether to cry or yell. I hope these DHS thugs find no peace in this life and the next.

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 4d

ICE attacks cemetery workers trying to help a man in the Des Plaines river www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMUmUjPs/

Caught on camera… ICE agents clash with suburban cemetery workers trying to help man in Des Plaines River… #wgn9 #ice #operationmidwayblitz #immigration

TikTok video by WGN9Chicago

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Cecilia Nemo @cecilianemo.bsky.social · 6d

AbsurditProp.

Cecilia Nemo @cecilianemo.bsky.social · 7d

Et tu, George Miller?

tru @thetrudz.photo · 7d

“It’s here to stay.”
“It’s not going anywhere.”
“Get used to it.”

Notice the robotic repetitive propaganda that tech billionaires spit into the mouths of proponents like a mother bird feeding babies is never about ethics, always about force, while pretending the force is natural not man made.

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 8d

‘AI is here to stay and change things’: Mad Max director George Miller on why he is taking part in an AI film festival