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ericaceaes.bsky.social
@ericaceaes.bsky.social
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Sending poor people a box of fresh food
a) isn't even a real proposal
b) is a logistical nightmare
c) has no evidence of efficacy
d) makes no sense while cutting food stamps and medicaid

Stop laundering these people's dumb ideas into good ones!
August 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Industry-wide strikes and boycotts can work.

But they only work when they are led by the actual impacted workers, and they take a TON of force. I’m just saying you can’t find that kind of strength on instagram alone
July 6, 2025 at 2:28 AM
You really had me in the first half 😂 thank you for making me laugh in the midst of a feed of garbage
June 23, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Wow, is this a pretty sunny location? All the trailing blackberry I've seen so far is nowhere near ripe! What a great harvest <3
June 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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No. It is not the job of ordinary citizens to show perfect message discipline.

It is the responsibility of actors with agenda-setting power — like, say, national newspapers — not to treat random-ass people exaggerating as a threat equivalent to the madman president.
May 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Take our police chief, please!
June 11, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Note that there is a valid critique of Chenoweth's datasets (cited in the non-violence section, search "Why civil resistance works" in link here) www.counterpunch.org/2023/02/17/w... Recommend Conspirituality Podcast's brief interview with Ben Case too www.conspirituality.net/episodes/bri...
Why Not Riot? Interview with Author Ben Case
There's a Riot Going On! We didn't talk to Sly Stone, we did even better. We talked with Ben Case, the author of a provocative new book, “Street
www.counterpunch.org
June 11, 2025 at 10:49 PM