tired wires inspire @js0000@toot.cat

truly outrageous
vanessa nakate clipped from ap photo of young climate activists at davos

(sadly) compelling evidence
systemic racism as powerful as ever

(another world (still) possible)
🕯

is the best reaction
to a public health crisis
turning a giant metropolis
into a prison?

(another example of how authoritarian societies use law enforcement to "solve" all their society's ills (even if no crime committed (physical sickness)))

hint: no

🛑

sometimes the right choice is a simple "unfollow"

...

"you can tell by the way crows walk that they're in touch with things you need to know. but they don't want to tell them."
-u.k.lg
(in another voice within _always_coming_home_)

🧠

ursula k. leguinn
american masters
locked away from all but passport members (i'm not)

f u p b s

fortunately, i have a copy of _always_coming_home_ at my bedside

(books better for anti-authoritarians of all stripes anyway)

📚

terry jones- RIP

cleese politically is not my cup of tea, but i liked what he said upon learning of jones's passing:

"Two down, four to go"
🤣

not even a shame
just a sham

saw some photos:
(almost) completely white people
wearing camo. goggles, ...
armed to the teeth (playing soldier)

leading the world in mass shootings is apparently not enough for these demonstrators

(smh)

instead of meditating this morning
i'm laying in bed listening to the beatles

it *is* a vacation day ...
and i drank too much last night-
celebrating some good fortune

(would be better to meditate, i know (drinking not essential to celebrations but it's just empty beer cans at this point))

beatles still good

🤕🎶

wasn't so sure if buying incense was a good idea

it was

🕯️

repetiton
becomes palatable
repetition
repetition

🔁

sandalwood and sativa

👃🏼

bullied into submission
there's no longer any thought
of common ground

when people use force
it means there is no reason

🇺🇸 🔫

for sama

tragic beautiful film making
a baby in a war zone
a mother's love of justice

humans taking care of each other
in an insane situation

it's not always so dramatic
but isn't life like that over and over

🍼

demonstrations against caa build solidarity among india's distinct (and often self-segregated) cultural groups.
article focuses on sikhs feeding protesting muslims

www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/recipe-solidarity-indian-protesters-fed-200115115350715.html

👳🏾🍠☪

ayanna pressley's new look: gorgeous
(alopecia, less so)

she doesn't represent my district (k.clark), but i've seen her at various actions in boston

amazing people in the government
(ok, and many criminals too)

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/jan/16/ayanna-pressley-alopecia-hair-loss-bald-video

"we have now reached the point where practically everyone is expected to produce a work of art."
-l.riding (1930)

🆓

piles of books
around my mattress

i am putting them all
into small piles
off to one side

rearranging
without regard for content

(dysfunctional organization)
🖇

usually i'm pretty good about "adulting" (esp self "maintenance" (body, mind, spirit))

today, though, i'm going to just allow my self to shuffle around the apartment this morning, following what interests me ...

("lying fallow" to recharge)
🍃