If youโre a neoliberalism sicko (for or against) youโre dealing with the same thing already plus like a dozen years im not sure im not a neoliberalism sicko but i like the ones who want to destroy it
@rifka
she. basically 40. not cool โข๏ธ discord: rif.161 work: political linguistics๐ด (autodidactic mostly) san diego wheelchair user. VERY AUTISTIC, I CAN COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY OR NOT AT ALL. relatedly, also #1 USian Carrlyn AND Quinton fan ๐๐คดโฝ๏ธ๐ ๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฅ๐ฆญโพ๏ธ๐ฟ๐๐ฅ๏ธ
If youโre a neoliberalism sicko (for or against) youโre dealing with the same thing already plus like a dozen years im not sure im not a neoliberalism sicko but i like the ones who want to destroy it
itโs not that we might turn into great people who immediately do a revolution. Itโs just we can be useful in specific parts of your political education, or for people my age+ who might be the enemies of life on earth, they can be understood and thus defeated if you do understand the time period
but also a lot of people are over 40 and we often write off their evolution, which I get, but the tactical mistake that becomes possible when you write off their potential future is forgetting they have at least some kind of commitment or reaction to metanarratives about whatโs
happened from 86-now
i donโt skip over the millions of graves part and I ask you to consider it as someone who has politics and uses language(s): is it possible tricks of propaganda or of advertising have influenced my beliefs in 2019 vs now, regarding specifically what people should do if millions die from ๐ฆ /๐บ๐ธ
even after the trump elon cuts, where republicans may end up having killed millions who had relied on USAID or domestic programs
even with the normalization of ableism that reactionaries always unleash, itโs astonishing how much more understood and included in society an autistic child is now
It doesnโt inherently get better, as we learned. If you didnโt graduate something in or by 2019 and luck into a job that survived, youโve seen life get worse.
but to the extent that people keep fighting- and we do!- society can make astonishing progress seeing some peopleโs humanity over 40 years
I try to remember, so I appreciate the explicit reminder๐ On top of that though elder millennial autistics were targets for these people bc schools werenโt protecting us yet and parents didnโt know how but peers knew something was different
they all felt like rare friends bc they didnโt just ignore
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whereโs the alt text โฟ๏ธ is this not an equal employment opportunity for Blind/VI writers
transparency reports can tell you the breadth of disclosures, but also specific things like what data was shared (for Proton, if youโre at risk & want to use it, donโt set it up w/ identifiable payment methods) bsky.app/profile/cris...
added some new privacy/opsec guides for organizers here (as always tell me what I am missing) are.na/rebecca-will...
Regime change IS 'different people running the country'. It worked so well when the US and UK did this in Iran in 1953, which got us into the current shitshow.
The shocking images of houses on the Outer Banks collapsing into the ocean are just the beginning of an environmental disaster for towns there. ncnewsline.com/2026/03/06/t...
Important to note how overall timid Newsom's actual comments were. He said "some people" are saying that Israel is becoming an apartheid state and merely said that you have to have the conversation concerning aid. Just by hedging he has received this pushback from the right.
The right wing Wall Street Journal's editorial board calls Gavin Newsom's comments, in which he implied that Israel is becoming an apartheid state and that conversations about cutting aid ate inevitable, disqualifying for someone who wants to be POTUS.
First they came for egg prices and I did not speak out because I eat like a corner store Dionysius. Then they came for gas prices and I did not speak out because I am no longer allowed to operate a vehicle in the state of Oregon
โThe Army in recent days abruptly canceled a major training exercise for the headquarters element of an elite paratrooper unit, officials said, fueling speculation within the Defense Department that soldiers specializing in ground combat and a range of other missions may be sent to the Middle Eastโฆโ
GOOD NEWS! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a UNIVERSAL vaccine known as GLA-3M-052-LS+OVA, that protects against a wide range of respiratory viruses, bacteria AND even allergens. The vaccine is delivered intranasally AND provides broad protection in the lungs for several MONTHS.
The entirety of US history proves that change only happens as a result of outside action. The point of movement building isn't to "get out the vote." It's to force the system to bend to your demands, or collapse.
Our friend Ahmed messaged me on WhatsApp to let me know that he hasnโt received any donations for 3 days and is really struggling. Please give if you can and share:
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Exactly how cishet men react to me tbh
When people say they don't like cats I think "you are a member of the least likeable species to every plague this Earth" and then I say "dog person?"
Venezuela to Minnesota to Iran to Cuba, starting to think maybe this administration should be stopped
This guy and others have been doing it for years. All of them are, with few exceptions, very weird, including the Black man who literally does an imitation of Chris Hansen in every video.
oh fuckin sick
Today, Virginia is the only U.S. state where someone convicted of any felony loses their right to vote for life, unless it is personally restored by the governor.
Lawmakers this year advanced a constitutional amendment to repeal that rule.
no
Another completely predictable thing has just happened.