Tootfinder

As I continue to listen for the first time in decades to my collection of 7 inches (mostly upper Midwestern punk and ska from the early 90s), I'm struck by two things. First, while much of it is genuinely good, a lot of it is not, so much so that even nostalgia is powerless. Second, and more importantly, even the bad stuff sounds like nothing so much as freedom to me. These groups, like my friends and I, made things they wanted, without waiting for permission. Kids can be pretty cool.

It's also probably worth bumping this post again:
https://infosec.exchange/@tinker/115832532498655940
I boosted the parent yesterday, but it's worth visiting again.
We are not powerless. There are things we can do. We don't have to shut down the whole thing all at once right now to make a positive change, but we do have to shut the whole thing down soon if we're going to survive.
Every act of resistance is important, no matter how small. We have lots of strategies, and we should support as many of them as possible.

#ICE Is holed up in a #Milwaukee bldg owned by a local Universisty and despite previous 2023 assurances it would soon move on , are now refusing to leave.
The local Milwaukee School of Engineering is now in an awkward position as it's planned expansion site is now engineered to be off limits to them as it is a…

ICE Is Using a University Building as a Deportation Office and the University Says It Can't Do Anything About It
The Milwaukee School of Engineering is largely powerless to kick ICE out of a building it wanted to turn into a new academic center, according to audio of a meeting obtained by 404 Media.

Maybe an year ago, I was listening to an interview with Albanese where she spoke how powerless she was to stop genocide in Gaza. I thought that as an UN rapporteur, she only had to try and would change much. Later she tried, and got smashed by US politics in a blatant eradication of any civic common sense.
I guess I feel that in some way it is my fault. People like me who have encountered her have nudged her, and now she pays the price. I still feel it is a small price one in her posit…

Francesca Albanese tells Al Jazeera US sanctions have made her ‘non-person’
At Doha Forum, UN rapporteur Francesca Albanese said US sanctions imposed over Gaza have cut her from financial systems.

Wise words from @….
Reflecting now on how often I find myself saying “Just show up, over and over, and do some work. Don’t worry about whether it’s enough, about whether you’re going to get an A. Just show up. Do some work.”
Wanting to get really good at [software dev skill]?
Worried about passing the class?
Not sure if you’re a Real Programmer yet?
Impostor feelings?
Horrified at politics?
Wanting to saving democracy?
Feeling powerless?
Anxious? Depressed? Panicking?
Show up. Work. https://mastodon.social/@grimalkina/115481201032837751