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Michael Washington

@adefwebserver.com

We found out that ICE is staying at the AC hotel in #Pasadena and now there's a couple of hundred people protesting #NoICE

June 8, 2025 at 10:23 PM

Robert Elm

@quixoteknight.bsky.social

This prayer or affirmation has inspired me and helped me through countless horrible experiences.

The Litany Against Fear may come from science fiction but it's utterly timeless and calls for us to slow down and look at what we fear, and take notice that attention has chased that fear away...

Imagery from the cover of "Dune" with a moon rising behind a silhouetted Fremen in tattered robes, with a moisture gathering tube in his nose and prominent blue within blue eyes. The following text stands slightly overlapping the silhouette:

"I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain."

-Frank Herbert

March 31, 2025 at 3:15 AM

Robert Elm

@quixoteknight.bsky.social

I loved how this turned out. The quote is incredibly inspiring to me and I felt it deserved a little love.

Photo of cave interior with the following text:

“And when you fail, and are defeated, and in pain, and in the dark, then I hope you will remember that darkness is your country, where you live, where no wars are fought and no wars are won, but where the future is. Our roots are in the dark; the earth is our country. Why did we look up for blessing — instead of around, and down? What hope we have lies there. Not in the sky full of orbiting spy-eyes and weaponry, but in the earth we have looked down upon. Not from above, but from below. Not in the light that blinds, but in the dark that nourishes, where human beings grow human souls.”

-Ursula K. Le Guinn

March 31, 2025 at 3:04 AM

Robert Elm

@quixoteknight.bsky.social

New Substack on what you shouldn't do if you're Christian and want to curse fascist dictators...

TLDR: a Christian method of cursing bad guys based upon spells cast from the pulpit from Bible verses.

open.substack.com/pub/robertel...

I Would NEVER!!!

For those who want to get in on the cursing a fascist dictator action, but feel they shouldn't due to their Christian faith, here's a liturgical malediction found in a 10th century Bible based upon De...

open.substack.com

March 31, 2025 at 2:59 AM

Robert Elm

@quixoteknight.bsky.social

New Substack on enhancing the power of the boycott:

TLDR: Selling products one already owns from companies while being boycotted can saturate the market, reducing demand for that company and more.

open.substack.com/pub/robertel...

Screwing Over Nazis and Collaborators for Fun and for Profit (expanding the effectiveness of boycotts with one easy step)

So apparently, Europe is trouncing Musk by boycotting his swazzi mobiles.

open.substack.com

March 31, 2025 at 2:54 AM

Robert Elm

@quixoteknight.bsky.social

And now for something completely different...

I'm stupidly pr(O)ud of this piece of (C)rap:

Photo of Sigmund Freud standing in front of a cutout of the original Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Players Handbook shrouded in cigar smoke, and behind four huge ten sided dice holding a cigar. Text says:

"That which does not kill you still causes 4d10 psychic damage"
-Sigmund Freud
(Probably)

March 20, 2025 at 4:58 AM

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AprilRocks

@aprilrocks.bsky.social

This is amazing and I hope Dems take note. Solve the problems. When was the last time any actual problems were solved?

Mjkwho @mjkwho.bsky.social · Mar 17

March 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM

Robert Elm

@quixoteknight.bsky.social

A protest parade in... (Checks clipboard) Ah yes, that haven of warmongering partisan extremists, Switzerland...

March 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM

Robert Elm

@quixoteknight.bsky.social

Federal Workers have started a website detailing what DOGE is really been getting up to (that website in comments):

www.theverge.com/news/617014/...

Federal workers launch a new site to share inside information about DOGE

We the Builders aims to explain why DOGE’s data access matters.

www.theverge.com

February 22, 2025 at 3:15 AM

Robert Elm

@quixoteknight.bsky.social

A do over of Part Two in my new series, "This is How Fascists Virtue Signal to One Another (and we all know it)"

I've decided to name each one and reworked the first two.

This one is called "Performative Hypocrisy".

A pic of Trump holding up his right hand in front of a couple of books held up by his wife who is wearing a dark, wide brimmed hat, making her look like an undertaker, presumably these books are Bibles. His left hand hangs by his side conspicuously not on the Bibles.

One bunch of text reads, "This is How Fascists Virtue Signal to One Another (and we all know it)"

In quotes above Melania's head are the words, "Performative Hypocrisy".

January 31, 2025 at 9:22 PM

Robert Elm

@quixoteknight.bsky.social

A do over of Part one in my new series, "This is How Fascists Virtue Signal to One Another (and we all know it)"

I've decided to name each one and reworked the first two.

This one is called "gaslighting".

A picture of Elon Musk throwing a Nazi Salute to the crowd of the inauguration. The word "Gaslighting" emblazons his arm and there is text reading, "This is How Fascists Virtue Signal to One Another (and we all know it)"

January 31, 2025 at 9:17 PM

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Jason Koebler

@jasonkoebler.bsky.social

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:

www.404media.co/declassified...

Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral

The World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership.

www.404media.co

January 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM

Robert Elm

@quixoteknight.bsky.social

I truly think if more people aspired to being like Granny Weatherwax, the world would be a better place.

#witchery #witchsky #occultsky #pagansky

A stern witch stares forward, flanked by a younger, witch with an uncertain look on her face and another older witch with a mischievous smile smoking a pipe.

Caption says, "Sin, young man, is when you treat people like things, including yourself. That's what sin is.

January 31, 2025 at 7:24 AM

Robert Elm

@quixoteknight.bsky.social

New Substack post!

Why be a leftist witch? TLDR Because at the least it's a nuanced way of expressing the deepest truths of my heart. It's a way of affirming my own inner voice louder than the gaslighting of elements who want your money, attention, and your soul.

open.substack.com/pub/robertel...

A bronze skull on a stone adorned with lit candles straddling a cauldron with a stang decorated with antlers and a goat skull. A candle lit between its horns standing behind it.

January 30, 2025 at 11:30 PM

Robert Elm

@quixoteknight.bsky.social

This is a link to my first Substack post. I plan on posting longer form text entries there, with TLDR here.

This post includes two sigils for working with the virtues of Justice and Liberty. I'm placing them in the public domain. Please use them with respect and care.

substack.com/@robertelm/n...

A sigil for the virtue (power) of Justice painted on a traditional depiction of the anima mundi. The design is meant to evoke the sense of a pair of scales balanced upon a sword point. The left scale contains a simplified and stylized serpent while the right contains the eye of "God"

The sigil itself is composed of the letters in the word "Justice"

A sigil for the virtue (power) of Liberty painted on a traditional depiction of the anima mundi. The design is meant to evoke the sense of a candle alight with the flame of Liberty's torch, the fire of Prometheus and thus of cunning and righteous rebellion.

The sigil itself is composed of the letters in the word "Liberty".

January 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM

Robert Elm

@quixoteknight.bsky.social

Everybody's favorite space revolutionary wants to remind us what our duty is.

Musk throws an obviously Nazi Salute while Security Chief Shax, frothing at the mouth behind him prepares to take out the trash. Text reads, "AND NOW AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT FROM SECURITY CHIEF SHAX... REMEMBER CADETS, FIGHTING FASCISM IS A FULL TIME JOB!!!"

January 23, 2025 at 7:19 AM

Robert Elm

@quixoteknight.bsky.social

Let's just cut the bullshit. You know, I know, we all know...

Filtered pic of Elon Musk with an angry smirk making a Nazi/Fascist salute. Text reads "If you don't think Musk was doing what he was doing, yes you do. (And we all know that you do."

January 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM

Robert Elm

@quixoteknight.bsky.social

Welcome to the next four years. Don't get scared. Don't lose heart. Get mad.

America made this possible. Don't pretend everything is fine. Find your friendly neighborhood anarchist or communist and see how they've been preparing for decades. This isn't a surprise to us.

youtu.be/-VfYjPzj1Xw?...