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school boards are a bastions of bigoted, racist policies where many right-wing politicians get their start. electoral politics are cruel and disappointing but voting in local races makes a significant impact and you can change policy! find your local progressive candidates and support them.

Taniel@taniel.bsky.social · 3d ago

School boards are way under the radar in a big year like this, but the same battles you've heard about (book bans, Moms for Liberty, trans kids) are happening this year too. I identified 19 school boards where there battles like this — and what's up: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...

the machine will always outcompete humans when it comes to extruding marketable digestible frictionless slop, so we should choose a different battleground — be as perversely gloriously human as we can. the machine is a sycophant, whereas art comes from being a weird monomaniacal freak

the only survival strategy in the near to mid term for creatives imo is to make weird new stuff that an LLM could never come up with bc it’s hopelessly mired in nostalgia and what has come before — we have to lean into being weird human freaks rather than producing “content”

Even if you don't see yourself as an organizer, understanding how the process works (and what unions do/don't do) is crucial and will help you avoid baseless accusations and potentially sabotaging your vulnerable peers fighting for protections they need. (Link for NA folks, I recommend it)

Organizer Training

Our CWA organizing model is heavily worker led and requires deep education. Our CODE-CWA Organizer Training program is designed to teach worker organizers the fundamental skills they'll need to build ...

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Defund and abolish ICE. Melt down their weapons and shift its budget to social services and affordable housing. Ban everyone who led or worked for ICE from any government job. Corporate death penalty for the companies that aided them. Citizenship to all of its victims, should they want it.

TODAY is your LAST CHANCE to speak up to protect the Roadless Rule. The public comment period closes TODAY, Oct. 6. This is just a small glimpse of who these roadless wild areas protect — from colorful candy darters to mighty grizzly bears. These species all deserve a safe place to call home.

Mohamed can't buy materials to repair the tents or the tin house. he can't repay his loan; even if he stopped eating entirely, 12 other people have to eat. how do hungry kids learn in school? how does a hungry parent work a job and tend a small farm? act to PREVENT an emergency! bit.ly/help-mohamed

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Join the #FriendsoftheSmallFarm and help Mohamed support his family of 13 in Mawasi camp. Become a Sustaining Friend —  make a recurring donation today!

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Around this time every year, students in Gaza would return to their schools and universities with energy, hope, and ambition. But today Most schools and universities have been destroyed, and many of the few places that are still standing are being used as shelters for displaced people.

some comforting activities that do not directly fund the murder of children: - calligraphy - backpacking - Terry Pratchett novels - homebrewing - chess - fostering rescue dogs - building pillow forts - snorkeling - parkour - Food Not Bombs volunteering - hot dog eating contests - calisthenics

This was a great article but I think this part in particular encapsulates what I feel is the real problem with this "what to do with Jacob Geller" discourse. He lied to us all because he wanted to make money as an influential video essayist. Tl;dr most YouTubers are scumbags.

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Skybox@skyboxcritics.com · last wk.

Consider The Woodchipper by @edgarallanbro.bsky.social CW: sexual assault, rape "Let me be clear: you are not a victim of what Geller did." Read on: