all of it out of the shadows, on full display

yes, great idea... and like the ghost bikes (ghostcycles/whitecycles) ~ and the Sarajevo Rose

was just going to post this!

and, attacking Venezuela will not make any of it go away

related, Elizabeth Cronise McLaugnlin/Resistance Live is a lawyer, used to work in DC, very experienced - she's going thru the files if anyone wants to ck on her posts on bsky/vids - the connections are global, and upsetting, but she's a good ref for context as well as what various links can mean

conversation with a pal back in the day - if I cross the st at night to avoid a group of men approaching me, am I being sexist or prudent? I say, if you want me to trust you w/out evidence, then change the predominant culture so I know that I am safe, prove my lifetime of experiences wrong

yes... and, all the discussions about who can risk a yes vs who needs cover for upcoming elections -- the Dems need new leadership that can read the room, did the election last week not give them a clue? so frustrating... sentiment outlined here: www.gravityisgone.com/a-slap-in-th...

ps- inspiration indeed - www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/her...

worth it to learn more re this shop - Heretic Coffee is a non-profit volunteer-run coffee shop where people get training, they started offering free meals to kids on their way to school when SNAP was going away, someone suggested a gofundme to support their effort, in a few days it was 30k, now 300k

I believe this is the blindfold hug guy - he does very cool and heart-full things out in public all the time... people feel comfortable sharing with him as he stands totally open to them in an outdoor public space ~

oh Mark, Mark, Mark, I had high hopes for your slight shift towards what is coming up out of what is collapsing... ah well

energy building for a general strike starting on "Black Friday" - , for as much of the week as anyone can do - buy nothing, or buy local/small biz... don't engage in anything corporate if possible ~

yes! I think this is why so many of us are at our wits end - saying to leadership: Do. Something.
There's a demolition derby happening out the front door

shaking my head... the US can continue to do what it is now known for, isolation and mob tactics, might is right - and thankfully much of the rest of the world wishes for truth, compassion, changing what needs to change, shift what is outdated, working together to make a better world for everyone

surprise? nope

all of this has to be documented, so much happening at once - the ones on the ground do not care what is legal or not unless there are consequences for their actions - Pritzker has set up a system for that, the rest have to follow suit ~ likely to be delt with for a long time into the future

yes... a painful metaphor - and as ECM (Resistance Live on yt, with DC lawyering experience) said in her vid this morning: they do not care - norms, tradition, history, process, laws - they simply don't care