Hi! I’m an anarcho-syndicalist, gender-fluid, bisexual, and autistic individual living in Bergen, Norway, and I love Debian and GrapheneOS, and I wanted to reintroduce myself for all the new followers I’ve gotten in the past few weeks.
I like to be clear and specific, so here’s a structured list:
- Activism: Syndicalist (Anarcho-syndicalism)
- Gender: Fluid (changes, not fixed)
- Sexuality: Bisexual (attracted to more than one gender)
- Neurotype: Autistic (diagnos…
Iran warned the US, UK and France that their military bases and ships will be targeted
if they help block the Iranian missile and drone retaliation for Israel’s attack,
threatening to widen an already bloody war over Tehran’s nuclear programme.
Donald Trump has said the US will help defend Israel,
and American officials have been quoted in news reports saying that US forces have already helped shoot down Iranian drones and missiles as they approached Israel.
Fran…
Two things can be true, even if they seem in opposition.
Hitler's race law was based on Jim Crow. Lebensraum was a direct translation of Manifest Destiny to Europe. The genocide of indigenous Americans was the inspiration and roadmap for the Holocaust. Red Summer was a genocide event. Chinese exclusion was a genocide event. The genocide of indigenous Americans continued, and the Dakota Access Pipeline is an example of that continuance.
And... Trumpian fascism is new phase of America that's markedly different than anything that anyone alive had ever experienced. Trump was inspired by Hitler's speeches and read them regularly. He admires Hitler and tries to emulate him. The language he used during his first campaign were developed by Neonazi groups like Aryan Brotherhood working with the KKK. His image was shaped by white and Christian nationalists, as is his platform today. He is a new and more dangerous kind of monster. The death camps are new. The scale of what's happening is new. The concentration of power is new.
These can both be true, and are.
#USPol
I have my share of issues with Parkrose Permaculture, but she has a lot of things I do strongly agree with. I can't stress enough that you never dehumanize your enemies. You can respond appropriately to violence. You can defend yourself from them by any means necessary. But you do not dehumanize them. You always limit your response to the minimum necessary to defend yourself.
There are a number of former Nazi skins who became antifascists after realizing they were wrong. Those folks tend to be some of the most dedicated because they feel a debt, and some of the most knowledgeable because they were there. Coming out of these types of cults, police included, is hard and takes time. A lot of us don't have the ability to work with them. But some do.
By repeatedly humanizing your opponent, you can break some of them. The #Seattle Police Department was not defunded but saw a massive reduction in numbers because their morale was destroyed. Some people will never change. Some people are broken and feel like they need the power. But if you change one person's mind, even give them something to think about, it's a crack. If even one cop quits, that's one less trained gun pointed at you in the future.
The 18 year old marines and federalized national guard troops out there are literally kids. A lot of them came from poor communities. They are being used in a way they haven't been trained to do, doing things they (should) have been told are not legal. They joined to get out of poverty, to go to college, or to "defend the American people" (regardless of how misguided that is). Few, if any, of them joined to abuse people. They will be especially open to persuasion.
Remind those troops that they are carrying out illegal orders, that they are being called on to violate their oath to protect the constitution, that they are suppressing the free speech of the fellow Americans they swore to defend. Remind them that the people they could be illegally arresting now are just like their parents, their neighbors, their families, the friends who didn't join. Remind them that this is the first step. They will be called on to kill Americans if they let this keep going.
Remind them ICE sleeps in hotels while they sleep on the ground. Remind them that their drunk and incompetent leadership thinks of them as disposable tools. Remind them that some of these people are out protesting *for them* against cuts to the VA and other services. Remind them that the people they're defending refuse to make college free so they can recruit from poor schools. Remind them that they will always be welcome when they're ready to join the side of freedom and justice.
When you dehumanize your enemies, you unify them. When you humanize your enemies, you can divide them. There is no weapon available to us right now so powerful as compassion.
https://youtu.be/YtWOYUDMsBw
I had a bad day and made a mistake, but I chose to do the right thing and move forward.
Proud bisexual, gender-fluid, autistic anarchist committed to building a world based on mutual aid, solidarity, and freedom for all.
If you believe in challenging power and creating change from the ground up, let’s connect and let’s grow this movement together.
Now, here I am, feeling stronger and ready for better days ahead.
NO KINGS Santa Barbara
Rally · Volunteer organized
Saturday, June 14
10:30am – 12pm PDT
Chase Palm Park
236 E Cabrillo Blvd.
Santa Barbara, CA 93103
Map
https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/788033
Voice of America’s Farsi-language broadcast,
dismantled under Trump and DOGE,
was abruptly reactivated today,
recalling dozens of staff from paid leave
as tensions between Israel and Iran escalated.
https://bsky.app/profile/altnps.bsky.social…
I need everyone on Normal People internet to know that American Girl Doll Instagram is doing doll protests today.
There are tiny t-shirts and signs.
AND THEN I realized it's a joint protest with the Barbie ppl, where there are EVEN TINIER SIGNS.
https://bsky.app/profile/tolcser…
As Palantir continues to expand its influence within the administration,
the Trump administration has given the company the right to surveil Americans.
In a chilling report,The New York Times notes that the company is already creating
“detailed portraits of Americans based on government data,”
with the Trump administration already seeking
“access to hundreds of data points on citizens and others through government databases,
including their bank accoun…