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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · Jun 10

“hope isn’t a mood. it’s a decision.” (via confettitactics on threads: www.threads.com/@confettitac...)

I've lived under martial law before.
Not in the U.S.-in Thailand, after a coup.
And I've walked Tiananmen Square, too.
So what I'm watching in LA right now?
It hits different.
Because I've seen how authoritarianism takes hold-and how America's resistance isn't following the script.
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In Thailand, I taught at a private school after the military coup.
One of my coworkers had lived through the actual lockdown in Bangkok.
He remembered hearing gunfire and realizing: they're killing people in the street.
That fear settled into daily life.
You complied. You stayed quiet. You survived.
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The man who led the coup?
He became a monk-because in Thailand, becoming a monk makes you untouchable.
I was literally teaching his grandkids.
People worried if the military would come for them, too.
That's the weight of real martial law. It changes how you move through the world. 3/7

In China, I visited Tiananmen Square.
My Chinese teacher's mother was pregnant with her when she stood in that square.
That history was personal.
But it was also erased.
Because in authoritarian regimes, memory itself becomes dangerous.
What we're not allowed to remember gets rewritten. 4/7

So watching protests erupt in LA right now-protesters shutting down freeways, standing off against SWAT, refusing to move-I'm struck by what's different.
Yes, there's fear.
But there's also volume.
America isn't going quiet.
And that matters.
Because martial law requires submission.
It relies on people staying home.
It needs us to believe we're outnumbered.
But in every major U.S. city right now, people are standing up.
Not just resisting.
Refusing to disappear. 5/7

They want us to believe there's no choice.
But that's a lie authoritarianism always tells.
And America-messy, loud, imperfect America-still hasn't bought into that lie.
So yes, l'm scared.
But I also have something I didn't have in Thailand or China.
Thave hope.
Not because everything will work out on its own.
But because people are choosing to show up.
Because we're not done yet. 6/7

Hope isn't a mood.
It's a decision.
And if you're struggling to find it-borrow mine.
I've lived through a coup.
I've lived under martial law.
And I'm telling you right now:
This moment isn't over.
We're still writing the ending. 7/7

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 13h

Now is a really good time to donate to food banks, and do food runs for mutual aid groups. Also, do menstrual product runs.

Matt @swirlyball.bsky.social · 13h

I wonder how much food theft spikes with desperate people just trying to feed their families. I'm sure there will be a media panic about it.

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LooShagBrolly @looshagbrolley.bsky.social · 1h

Don't forget to add a lil thumb drive to your order! Every CD you rip, add to the tumb drive. Pull up your old mp3s and make a playlist to add as well. Plug that puppy into your car's USB drive.

LooShagBrolly @looshagbrolley.bsky.social · 1h

Buy a CD burner from anywhere you like. They're not expensive. Software needed is free.

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Lenovo DB65 Ultra-Compact High-Performance External CD/DVD Writer - Micro Center

Get it now! Designed to match the aesthetic of most Lenovo/IdeaPad notebooks, the Ultra-Slim USB DVD Burner from Lenovo is an ultra-compact and stable burning solution for use at home or on the go. It...

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LooShagBrolly @looshagbrolley.bsky.social · 1h

Go to your local library's website. Look up a CD of an artist/band you like. See what else pops up as "recommended" or whatever. Pick something or 5 or 10. Place holds to pick up at a branch you live near or pass every day. Pick them up.

Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1d

Cancel Spotify

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Spotify says ICE ads about "dangerous illegals" don't violate advertising policy

Spotify have said that recruitments ads for ICE that refer to “dangerous illegals” do not violate their advertising policy.

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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.bsky.social · 4h

I keep seeing Dems blamed for this guy's candidacy and I just want to point out that less than a week ago the complaint was that Dems weren't backing him. This is a case study in how easy it is to manipulate recent history.

Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 19h

“Betcha not a single downvoter is a real combat vet. Feel free to back it up with facts, fags,” Graham Platner wrote on a 2018 Reddit thread. There are half a dozen more antigay comments attributable to him.

www.advocate.com/news/graham-...

Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner admits using ‘indefensible’ antigay slurs in unearthed Reddit posts

"Today I find that stuff abhorrent," Platner told The Advocate. "And I am sorry that I ever used it.”

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 3h

If you live in NYC and you want to organize re: our public libraries, connect with @nycplan.org.

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LooShagBrolly @looshagbrolley.bsky.social · 2h

Thinking of all the song and dance - resume and interview language, networking, etc. - people have to master to be allowed to work... Like this

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 3h

Congrats workers on your new hell zone

Congratulations
@jpmorgan
on the opening of your new headquarters! 🎉🇺🇸🙏

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lou-ellen @louceph.com · 1d

please watch movies and read books and play games and look at art, please view it with your own eyes through a lens you made yourself and not just through video essayists and ending explained videos please im begging you

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LooShagBrolly @looshagbrolley.bsky.social · 19h

It's so stupid. I am happy to let pros take care of what pros do. Less work for me! Anyone who thinks this is some sort of character flaw or HAHA I DIY LOSER can grind on this

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LooShagBrolly @looshagbrolley.bsky.social · 19h

Oh WOW Brett that is SO COOL and not QUITE TYPICAL FOR KNIFE OWNERS

LooShagBrolly @looshagbrolley.bsky.social · 21h

My Ace sells bread from a local bakery, they also sharpen knives!

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LooShagBrolly @looshagbrolley.bsky.social · 21h

Recently I had some leftover onion, so rather than let it rot in the fridge, I sliced the rest, caramelized it, and put that in the fridge. I did not regret it.

LooShagBrolly @looshagbrolley.bsky.social · 1d

Michael Rappaport is not one of those "secretly brilliant" guys.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

i don't get it. omen sushi in nyc is cheaper than nobu in malibu, where you dined last year without your wife

Michael Rapaport tweets: "How’s a so-called “working class” mayoral candidate like Zohran Mamdani eating at OMEN SUSHI tonight — one of the priciest joints in NYC? 🍣💰
This clown lives in a rent-stabilized apartment in Queens but dines like a diplomat on a Qatar-funded per diem.
Who’s paying for that toro, “Zoron the Moron”?"

There are two photos of Zohran Mamdani and his wife eating at a restaurant.

Michael Rapaport eating outside of a restaurant. There are some white canopy umbrellas around him and a tree in the background. Also the ocean and some fence.

Two photos. The first shows the outside of Nobu in Malibu. The second shows the area where Michael sat. There is the same tree, ocean, white canopy umbrellas, and fence.

The menu for Nobu in Malibu shows prices around $60. The menu for Omen Sushi in NYC shows prices around $35.

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LooShagBrolly @looshagbrolley.bsky.social · 1d

And tip more than anyone. Because we know how fucking hard those jobs are.

The bartender that made bank last night will then "splurge" on a great sourdough from a local bakery, and have their own great night out, sharing the love, ripples, etc.

And the upper classes tip like shit.

Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 1d

This in turn revitalizes local economy: local restaurants flourish. People go to stores and browse and buy things.

Working class people with extra money are way more likely to spend their money on things that help develop strong communities.

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LooShagBrolly @looshagbrolley.bsky.social · 1d

JoBeth Williams rocks TF out of this film. She deserves to be more of a legend.
Love the shot of Mom smoking a joint in the trailer. The 80s, man.

Cybel Martin ASC @cybeldp.bsky.social · 1d

Speaking of characters who think they can tame the supernatural, I love the scene of JoBeth in the kitchen "playing" with ghosts in

6. #Poltergeist by Tobe Hooper DP Matthew F. Leonetti.

I've not watched this in years, so is it really a comfort horror? Sure. Why not.

youtu.be/9eZgEKjYJqA

Poltergeist (1982) Official Trailer - JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson Horror Movie HD

YouTube video by Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers

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The Packer Ranter @packerranter.bsky.social · 1d

Just so I’m clear, you can tear down the White House, but you can’t tear down Confederate Statues. Is that correct?

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Technical appreciator @whatahellofawaytodad.com · 2d

No Kings in the Dark Carnival

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Dumbass MacDipshit @rigamarock.bsky.social · 1d

-steve albini

That's the way a lot of straight white guys think of the world — they think that it requires an active hatred on your part to be prejudiced, bigoted or to be a participant in white supremacy. The notion is that if you're not actively doing something to oppress somebody, then you're not part of the problem. As opposed to quietly enjoying all of the privilege that's been bestowed on you by generations of this dominance.
That was the fundamental failure of my perception. It's been a process of enlightenment for me to realize and accept that my very status as a white guy in America is the product of institutional prejudices, that I've enjoyed the benefits of them, passively and actively. And I'm responsible for accepting my role in the patriarchy, and in white supremacy, and in the subjugation and abuse of minorities of all kinds.

-steve albini

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Technical appreciator @whatahellofawaytodad.com · 2d

Reminder that Violent J of Insane Clown Posse has the correct response to a lot of the shitty things he said in the early days.

STEREOGUM: People my age, we talk about how we were lucky that we didn’t have social media growing up, and there’s no record of all the dumb shit we said and did. You didn’t have social media, but everything you said and did in those years is on record, and you’ve got to live with it now. That’s tough.

VIOLENT J: And the amount of gay Juggalos out there is really surprising. I think about them doing their research and getting the old records, getting excited about it, and getting their hearts broke or something, you know? I tell my daughter, “For the rest of your life, when your friends ask why your dad said that, say it’s because your dad was a fool. Don’t defend me. Say I was a fool then, but I’m not now.” There’s no excuse. I was going with the flow, and that’s the very thing we preach against — being a sheep. And that’s what I was doing.

https://www.stereogum.com/2083804/icp-interview-juggalos/interviews/weve-got-a-file-on-you/

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Chaos Cherub @biensur-jetaime.blacksky.app · 1d

Ngl, seeing “you’re holding the nazi tatted racist white man to impossible standards” as a Black woman, aka the demographic ACTUALLY held to impossible standards, pisses me off deeply. The bar is so low for them and they still can’t clear it, but we’re “ideological purists” for pointing that out.

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LooShagBrolly @looshagbrolley.bsky.social · 1d

To wit:

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 1d

You go @jeffmerkley.bsky.social!

The senator has been speaking on the floor since 6:24 last night denouncing Trump's authoritarian attacks on democracy

Let's be loud--the American people are listening. Trump is down to historically Low 37% approval in recent polls

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymDt...

Merkley STILL Holding the Senate Floor to Protest Trump’s Threats to Democracy

YouTube video by Senator Jeff Merkley

www.youtube.com

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LooShagBrolly @looshagbrolley.bsky.social · 1d

Did you hear?!? There MIGHT be a bullet hole in a glass block of the building he started a coffee shop/church in?!?

The Rooster @rooster.info · 3d

JD Vance’s little brother says he moved to Cincinnati’s west end “after the primary.”

But he forgot to update his voter registration and likely committed voter fraud when he voted earlier this month.

www.rooster.info/p/jd-vances-...

J.D. Vance's little brother has a voter registration problem

It's been that kind of campaign for Cory Bowman.

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LooShagBrolly @looshagbrolley.bsky.social · 1d

Ragnarok Lobster @eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social · 1d

Bernie surrounded himself with people of low character during 2 presidential runs. He defended homophobe/Assad apologist Tulsi Gabbard. His 2020 national press secretary is a certifiable nutbag. His speechwriter was previously fired for racist dirty tricks. His fundraiser was a convicted embezzler.