Happy Juneteenth to all my Black friends
to all my mayosapien friends that want to celebrate, here's thee most important thing to remember...shut the fuck up, this isn't about you
There are no distractions. It's all bad. Systematically stripping trans people of their rights, guys in balaclavas shoving any brown person with a tattoo into a ummarked vans, ending healthcare for millions. It's all in service of fascism and technofeudalism. It's all one thing. That's the point.
ICE just arrested Brad Lander, the NYC Comptroller and one of the leading candidates for Mayor, without grounds.
He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings.
He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights.
This is political intimidation.
Whoa! NYC mayoral candidate and current city Comptroller Brad Lander seemingly arrested at the NYC immigration court while attending to escort someone attending their hearing.
We’ve uncovered fraud, waste, and abuse! ICE has now exceeded its congressionally approved budget. ICE is violating the Antideficiency Act by spending beyond Congressional authorization.
Good to hear AI will help me reduce my carbon footprint, as I've been running my microwave for 19 hours a day for the last three years and have yet to receive a single video of a dog speaking Spanish.
So…about AI’s energy use…
“…to create a five-second video, a newer AI model uses ‘about 3.4 million joules, more than 700 times the energy required to generate a high-quality image’. That's the equivalent of running a microwave for over an hour.”
America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.
I will never forget that the week Qatar decided to bribe the president of the United States with a plane, CNN decided to focus on the age and health of an ex-president.
Shame.
It’s not radical to say that kids
- should have healthcare
- should have safe schools
- should have healthy food, clean water, & clean air
- should have access to great education
- should have access to representation in literature
- should have safe homes
- shouldn’t worry about school shootings
So let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street
We just wanted to say, we love you. This week has been rough, and we’ve felt every moment of it with you. But everyone in our coalition is safe means everything. We’re so grateful! 🥹 💚
I’m interrupting your doom-scrolling to remind you:
-you are still here & that matters
-there is still hope
-there are still things we can do
-there are still ways we can make things better
-the fight is long from over
-take a breath, take a break
-we still have each other
-we can still win
There’s nothing wrong with healthy living, it should be encouraged
“Wellness grifters” aren’t about a healthy lifestyle. They’re about selling stuff & blaming chronically ill people for being sick
Most of what they recommend is too expensive for people on disability, and a lot of it is dangerous
In New York, ICE detained a busload of farmworkers that were actively involved in a union drive.
In Washington state, ICE dragged a farmworkers’ rights activist and leader out of his car to detain him.
Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.