Ira Weinschel
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Photographer/musician, he/him, Providence, RI (formerly Austin TX)
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Ira Weinschel
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· Jul 9
“Everyone has their reasons, that’s what’s so frightening. People can find a way to justify any action, no matter how evil…You can’t judge people by what they think or say, only by what they do.”
— Kira Nerys, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
— Kira Nerys, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
One thing I've been slow to realize is that white liberals are half-decent at recognizing racism from the right but we're abysmal at recognizing it in ourselves.
Anti-racist education is one of the most important things we can do right now so I hope you'll join me Saturday for a FREE zoom session:
Anti-racist education is one of the most important things we can do right now so I hope you'll join me Saturday for a FREE zoom session:
Life Beyond The Supremacy Myth - Winter 2025
rsvp.lifebeyondthesupremacymyth.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
One thing I've been slow to realize is that white liberals are half-decent at recognizing racism from the right but we're abysmal at recognizing it in ourselves.
Anti-racist education is one of the most important things we can do right now so I hope you'll join me Saturday for a FREE zoom session:
Anti-racist education is one of the most important things we can do right now so I hope you'll join me Saturday for a FREE zoom session:
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Among many other things, Frederick Douglass was one of the very first important theorists of photography, a fact that historians have been exploring for a couple decades — and that the white photography world continues to largely ignore. Here's an intro. www.nps.gov/articles/000...
Frederick Douglass and the Power of Photography (U.S. National Park Service)
www.nps.gov
November 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Among many other things, Frederick Douglass was one of the very first important theorists of photography, a fact that historians have been exploring for a couple decades — and that the white photography world continues to largely ignore. Here's an intro. www.nps.gov/articles/000...
The only white South African I’ve known personally is a lovely person but I’m totally guilty of making this assumption.
And because I know people are wondering...
Yes. The typical white US citizen I've met in my life is *much* more racist than the typical white South African that I've met, and it's not particularly close.
Yes, including Afrikaners.
Don't let a small sample of like 5 fashy billionaires fool you.
Yes. The typical white US citizen I've met in my life is *much* more racist than the typical white South African that I've met, and it's not particularly close.
Yes, including Afrikaners.
Don't let a small sample of like 5 fashy billionaires fool you.
November 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The only white South African I’ve known personally is a lovely person but I’m totally guilty of making this assumption.
Just my 2 cents but Mekka pointed out last year that fascism arrived for Black Americans decades ago & it was a major turning point in how I view current events.
This is your take.
My take is that in the US, we often don't realize how horrific something that happens to Black men all the time is, until it starts happening to non-Black people.
Pointing out that 50K people are in ICE detention, but 200,000 Black people are in pretrial detention, works.
My take is that in the US, we often don't realize how horrific something that happens to Black men all the time is, until it starts happening to non-Black people.
Pointing out that 50K people are in ICE detention, but 200,000 Black people are in pretrial detention, works.
And one reason it is counterproductive in my opinion to make it is that there is a definite effort to ask us to ignore immigrants‘ situation because “Americans have it so bad and we don’t have capacity” and we need to reject that conservative rhetorical frame
November 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Just my 2 cents but Mekka pointed out last year that fascism arrived for Black Americans decades ago & it was a major turning point in how I view current events.
People who haven’t lived it have *no idea* how much It sucks to live in a car-dependent area when you don’t have a car.
Yep and while I know some people who prefer to drive for all that stuff it’s best if everyone could at least have an option.
November 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
People who haven’t lived it have *no idea* how much It sucks to live in a car-dependent area when you don’t have a car.
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Your isolation is not accidental. It’s intentional.
A client of mine recently attended two international tech conferences and reached out to share his experience.
The first, he said, was “status quo white dudes and a handful of women.” The second, Mozilla Festival, felt completely different:
A client of mine recently attended two international tech conferences and reached out to share his experience.
The first, he said, was “status quo white dudes and a handful of women.” The second, Mozilla Festival, felt completely different:
November 8, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Your isolation is not accidental. It’s intentional.
A client of mine recently attended two international tech conferences and reached out to share his experience.
The first, he said, was “status quo white dudes and a handful of women.” The second, Mozilla Festival, felt completely different:
A client of mine recently attended two international tech conferences and reached out to share his experience.
The first, he said, was “status quo white dudes and a handful of women.” The second, Mozilla Festival, felt completely different:
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The fearmongering we have seen from some Jewish institutions and leaders surrounding Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is harmful, overblown, and risks needlessly deepening divisions in the city and in our community. 🧵
November 5, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The fearmongering we have seen from some Jewish institutions and leaders surrounding Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is harmful, overblown, and risks needlessly deepening divisions in the city and in our community. 🧵
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i will eternally flog this point:
it’s not just morally wrong to cave on defending marginalized people, it is bad politics
failing to aggressively stand up for “your people” reads as weak, even if the listener don’t fully agree w/ you. “if they won’t defend X maybe they won’t defend me either?”
it’s not just morally wrong to cave on defending marginalized people, it is bad politics
failing to aggressively stand up for “your people” reads as weak, even if the listener don’t fully agree w/ you. “if they won’t defend X maybe they won’t defend me either?”
and i’m generally of the view that simply refusing to operate in a defensive crouch does a lot of the necessary political work. “i don’t agree with him but he isn’t a punk” is a real phenomenon!
November 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
i will eternally flog this point:
it’s not just morally wrong to cave on defending marginalized people, it is bad politics
failing to aggressively stand up for “your people” reads as weak, even if the listener don’t fully agree w/ you. “if they won’t defend X maybe they won’t defend me either?”
it’s not just morally wrong to cave on defending marginalized people, it is bad politics
failing to aggressively stand up for “your people” reads as weak, even if the listener don’t fully agree w/ you. “if they won’t defend X maybe they won’t defend me either?”
Lauro Elementary - Federal Hill, Providence RI
November 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Lauro Elementary - Federal Hill, Providence RI
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Please do not defend Nazi tattoos in the mentions of Black people. Or Jewish people. Or in my case, Black Jewish people. Enough is enough. Honestly
October 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Please do not defend Nazi tattoos in the mentions of Black people. Or Jewish people. Or in my case, Black Jewish people. Enough is enough. Honestly
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This is the result of a lot of people pretending racism is one of the greatest taboos in our culture while failing to address racism substantively. People are appalled by the idea of being called racist while being totally committed to upholding racism throughout society.
Every time a Democrat gets caught on tape saying like “Some Trump voters are racist” we have a national scandal and JD Vance demands an entirely new kind of apology and meanwhile every Republican group chat is like “Good morning fellow SS members. Who’s ready to respect Hitler today?”
October 15, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This is the result of a lot of people pretending racism is one of the greatest taboos in our culture while failing to address racism substantively. People are appalled by the idea of being called racist while being totally committed to upholding racism throughout society.
I got triple-vaxxed on Friday w/covid, flu and pneumonia shots. Yay for modern medicine but I'd do the pneumonia shot separately if I had a do-over.
October 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I got triple-vaxxed on Friday w/covid, flu and pneumonia shots. Yay for modern medicine but I'd do the pneumonia shot separately if I had a do-over.
Aside from the joy of shouting into an empty void, what’s the point of this site if its leadership is trying to be as fascist as Facebook?
October 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Aside from the joy of shouting into an empty void, what’s the point of this site if its leadership is trying to be as fascist as Facebook?
Looking forward to the Red Dawn reboot where a gang of unruly high school kids retreat to the woods to save their city after it’s been taken over by ICE.
September 29, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Looking forward to the Red Dawn reboot where a gang of unruly high school kids retreat to the woods to save their city after it’s been taken over by ICE.
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Antifascist "alarmists" were right about all of it.
And I really, really hope folks can think about what that means for who they should listen to moving forward.
And I really, really hope folks can think about what that means for who they should listen to moving forward.
September 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Antifascist "alarmists" were right about all of it.
And I really, really hope folks can think about what that means for who they should listen to moving forward.
And I really, really hope folks can think about what that means for who they should listen to moving forward.
If you take a swing at a martial artist, you’d better be ready to spar.
Yes I will be fighting back against the unjust firing by @washingtonpost.com.
I have filed a grievance and will be represented by none other than the amazing @katiephang.bsky.social and an incredible legal team.
Journalistic freedom is a bedrock of a healthy society and is worth battling for.
I have filed a grievance and will be represented by none other than the amazing @katiephang.bsky.social and an incredible legal team.
Journalistic freedom is a bedrock of a healthy society and is worth battling for.
September 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
If you take a swing at a martial artist, you’d better be ready to spar.
The ACLU that has spent decades defending the free speech rights of Nazis is now gleefully fundraising off the Jimmy Kimmel firing. 🤮
September 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The ACLU that has spent decades defending the free speech rights of Nazis is now gleefully fundraising off the Jimmy Kimmel firing. 🤮
I joined this community recently and I‘d love for you to check it out. It’s almost an anti-Facebook, a community directly opposed to white supremacy while also providing a space for white people to unpack their internalized racism in a moderated environment.
It’s moments like this that remind me why I created the Profit Without Oppression (PWO) Community.
For too long, “good white folx” have had nowhere to process the ways the myth of white supremacy benefits you at the expense of everyone else.
For too long, “good white folx” have had nowhere to process the ways the myth of white supremacy benefits you at the expense of everyone else.
September 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I joined this community recently and I‘d love for you to check it out. It’s almost an anti-Facebook, a community directly opposed to white supremacy while also providing a space for white people to unpack their internalized racism in a moderated environment.
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IF this is true-- and it's a big if, remember who is running the FBI right now-- please be aware that back when I was monitoring 8chan and later Terrorgram, this is EXACTLY what Nazis urged their followers to do.
They encouraged each other to do mass murder and then frame the left for it.
They encouraged each other to do mass murder and then frame the left for it.
Ammunition engraved with transgender and antifascist ideology was found inside the rifle authorities believe was used in Kirk’s shooting, sources say.
Ammunition in Kirk Shooting Engraved with Transgender, Antifascist Ideology: Sources
Investigators found ammunition engraved with expressions of transgender and antifascist ideology inside the rifle that authorities believe was used in the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk, according to an internal law enforcement bulletin and a person familiar with the investigation.
The older-model
on.wsj.com
September 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
IF this is true-- and it's a big if, remember who is running the FBI right now-- please be aware that back when I was monitoring 8chan and later Terrorgram, this is EXACTLY what Nazis urged their followers to do.
They encouraged each other to do mass murder and then frame the left for it.
They encouraged each other to do mass murder and then frame the left for it.
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Loomer deleted the post on the left this morning
September 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Loomer deleted the post on the left this morning
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Political violence disproportionately hurts people with less power, not people with more power. Political violence will disproportionately hurt people of color and women and LGBTQ people. It’s not fair, but that’s the way it works. Celebrating political violence means at best indifference to that.
Political violence is bad. It usually begets more political violence.
Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.
Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.
It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.
Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.
Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.
It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.
September 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Political violence disproportionately hurts people with less power, not people with more power. Political violence will disproportionately hurt people of color and women and LGBTQ people. It’s not fair, but that’s the way it works. Celebrating political violence means at best indifference to that.
The answer is simpler than you think
It's 2025, and there are still people that haven't accepted the fact that there is no path out of this mess that doesn't involve:
1) People that aren't Black...
2) Advocating for, and fighting for...
3) People that are Black.
None.
1) People that aren't Black...
2) Advocating for, and fighting for...
3) People that are Black.
None.
September 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The answer is simpler than you think
I'm not so sure about this new Austin logo guys
September 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I'm not so sure about this new Austin logo guys
Federal Hill, Providence, where the official neighborhood bird is the fire alarm, going off for no reason.
September 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Federal Hill, Providence, where the official neighborhood bird is the fire alarm, going off for no reason.