it’s hard not to feel disillusioned when reporting all the flagrantly illegal and terrifying things this government is doing somehow doesn’t fully break through to the mainstream. it feels like cable news and corporate media made a deal to convince people to keep calm and carry on.

helpful and important to stop thinking of x as a social media platform and see and talk about it for what it is: a political weapon

Susan Benesch coined this term (and founded the Dangerous Speech Project) after observing that fear-inducing, divisive rhetoric rises steadily before outbreaks of mass violence and that it is often uncannily similar, even in different countries, cultures, and historical periods.

@suehammondblues.bsky.social Hi Sue! I’m contemplating leaving FB too, though I’m practically off anyways, as I haven’t posted anything since I resurrected my account from being hacked. Hope you and Shar are well.

Remember what the Bishop said

I kept this screenshot assuming someday we might be asked to forget.