Charlee
@c-bird.bsky.social
Writer, biocentrist. Yay for science, magic, human rights, wildlife, and authenticity. A wise guy wrote, "Fix your hearts or [croak]."
https://cbirdwork.substack.com/
https://cbirdwork.substack.com/
And so to prove capitalism works, we've made every human interaction a subscription service. Unfortunately, if you can't afford it, you're just going to have to die alone in the alley. Should have worked harder 🤷♀️
January 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
And so to prove capitalism works, we've made every human interaction a subscription service. Unfortunately, if you can't afford it, you're just going to have to die alone in the alley. Should have worked harder 🤷♀️
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I'm not teaching my grad course 'Civil Resistance: How It Works' this semester. But here is an abridged version of the course schedule, readings, and films I used the last time I taught it (in 2022). Just in case it's useful. drive.google.com/file/d/14RRJ...
Readings - Civil Resistance How It Works Fall 2022.pdf
drive.google.com
January 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I'm not teaching my grad course 'Civil Resistance: How It Works' this semester. But here is an abridged version of the course schedule, readings, and films I used the last time I taught it (in 2022). Just in case it's useful. drive.google.com/file/d/14RRJ...
Beaver throwing hints: there is no I in tree.
January 26, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Beaver throwing hints: there is no I in tree.
Seems a reminder is needed: The bottom line for corporations is money. The bottom line for all life on earth is health.
January 26, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Seems a reminder is needed: The bottom line for corporations is money. The bottom line for all life on earth is health.
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January 23, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
January 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
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☁️ Sea of Melancholy ☁️
An illustration that might allow me to explore a new project. I don't know if it will last 1 month, 1 year or years. But I want to listen to the songs of these faded and forgotten worlds.
✶♡✶
#art #surrealism
An illustration that might allow me to explore a new project. I don't know if it will last 1 month, 1 year or years. But I want to listen to the songs of these faded and forgotten worlds.
✶♡✶
#art #surrealism
January 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
☁️ Sea of Melancholy ☁️
An illustration that might allow me to explore a new project. I don't know if it will last 1 month, 1 year or years. But I want to listen to the songs of these faded and forgotten worlds.
✶♡✶
#art #surrealism
An illustration that might allow me to explore a new project. I don't know if it will last 1 month, 1 year or years. But I want to listen to the songs of these faded and forgotten worlds.
✶♡✶
#art #surrealism
To Whom It May Concern:
For every "apolitical" guy sharing a silly joke online, there's a woman being denied life-saving healthcare.
For every "apolitical" guy sharing a silly joke online, there's a woman being denied life-saving healthcare.
January 24, 2025 at 2:53 AM
To Whom It May Concern:
For every "apolitical" guy sharing a silly joke online, there's a woman being denied life-saving healthcare.
For every "apolitical" guy sharing a silly joke online, there's a woman being denied life-saving healthcare.
2025 is the year of the wooden snake: Holy anger channeled constructively toward the goal. Too rigid, we break. Too unfocused, we fall. Rebirth, growth, and change. Flexible and engaged. Assertive, strategic, our gaze fixed on the people and actions that affect our life.
January 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
2025 is the year of the wooden snake: Holy anger channeled constructively toward the goal. Too rigid, we break. Too unfocused, we fall. Rebirth, growth, and change. Flexible and engaged. Assertive, strategic, our gaze fixed on the people and actions that affect our life.
The only the more terrifying than a fascist dictator is a nation that thinks they're watching a reality show/football game.
January 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The only the more terrifying than a fascist dictator is a nation that thinks they're watching a reality show/football game.
Over 400 days of thee fair media screaming "anti-semitism"; where are they now?
January 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Over 400 days of thee fair media screaming "anti-semitism"; where are they now?
To the worms talking smack about tiktok, if you'd been there you'd understand why they want to control it.
January 22, 2025 at 2:25 AM
To the worms talking smack about tiktok, if you'd been there you'd understand why they want to control it.
For now, forever.
youtu.be/QH3Fx41Jpl4?...
youtu.be/QH3Fx41Jpl4?...
Nina Simone - Sinnerman
YouTube video by chacho mg
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January 21, 2025 at 8:33 PM
For now, forever.
youtu.be/QH3Fx41Jpl4?...
youtu.be/QH3Fx41Jpl4?...
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Quick guide to remaining sane for the next four years
youtube.com/shorts/HsoGM...
youtube.com/shorts/HsoGM...
Quick guide to remaining sane for the next four years #politics #survivingmaga
YouTube video by Sylvanaqua Farms
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January 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Quick guide to remaining sane for the next four years
youtube.com/shorts/HsoGM...
youtube.com/shorts/HsoGM...
Lots to do in a crisis, but remember the first and most important: Yell "Told you so!" at the sky.
January 21, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Lots to do in a crisis, but remember the first and most important: Yell "Told you so!" at the sky.
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100 Days of Creative Resistance launched today, with R. O. Kwon. Even if you haven’t signed up, you can read Kwon’s post here:
mailchi.mp/c5a285e83b27...
@writingco-lab.bsky.social
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@writingco-lab.bsky.social
January 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
100 Days of Creative Resistance launched today, with R. O. Kwon. Even if you haven’t signed up, you can read Kwon’s post here:
mailchi.mp/c5a285e83b27...
@writingco-lab.bsky.social
mailchi.mp/c5a285e83b27...
@writingco-lab.bsky.social
Thoroughly confused by 2 parallel, coexisting narratives: the election was bought and it's all the fault of voters.
January 21, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Thoroughly confused by 2 parallel, coexisting narratives: the election was bought and it's all the fault of voters.
War, incarceration, illness, debt, homelessness, and hunger can't be solved by a system that capitalizes off of those same conditions.
January 21, 2025 at 1:26 AM
War, incarceration, illness, debt, homelessness, and hunger can't be solved by a system that capitalizes off of those same conditions.
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A helpful resource for such times as these. All 20 videos (only 10 min or less each) can be reached below
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
On Tyranny - YouTube
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January 21, 2025 at 12:07 AM
A helpful resource for such times as these. All 20 videos (only 10 min or less each) can be reached below
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Love watching us shit-post ourselves to a better world.
January 20, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Love watching us shit-post ourselves to a better world.
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“Never got around to trying TikTok” he posted over the course of 3 days using a rotary-dial princess phone.
January 19, 2025 at 9:07 AM
“Never got around to trying TikTok” he posted over the course of 3 days using a rotary-dial princess phone.
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It will be easy to fall into a pattern of dunking & reacting in these times. Performing disapproval can be a consuming pastime & it is not enough. Refuse to abandon vulnerable people. Build a rebellious culture of care. If you need help, @prisonculture.bsky.social and I wrote a book to assist you.
Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care a book by Kelly Hayes, Mariame Kaba, Harsha Walia, et al.
What fuels and sustains activism and organizing when it feels like our worlds are collapsing? Let This Radicalize You is a practical and imaginative resource for activists and organizers building powe...
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January 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
It will be easy to fall into a pattern of dunking & reacting in these times. Performing disapproval can be a consuming pastime & it is not enough. Refuse to abandon vulnerable people. Build a rebellious culture of care. If you need help, @prisonculture.bsky.social and I wrote a book to assist you.
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#OtD 20 Jan 1934 Nazi Germany introduced a law designating capitalists as "fuhrers" of their enterprise and requiring "employees and labourers [to] owe him faithfulness". Along with other measures it helped funnel income from workers to big business. stories.workingclasshistory.c...
January 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
#OtD 20 Jan 1934 Nazi Germany introduced a law designating capitalists as "fuhrers" of their enterprise and requiring "employees and labourers [to] owe him faithfulness". Along with other measures it helped funnel income from workers to big business. stories.workingclasshistory.c...