Vijnananath🔱
@vijnananath.bsky.social
Householder yogi of the Nath panth and Augar in training. Occasional RPGer. Practitioner of radical empathy. Lover of a living Cosmos.
Freedom is our birthright.
Freedom is our birthright.
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Vijnananath🔱
@vijnananath.bsky.social
· Dec 1
"Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, but define yourself."
~ Harvey Fierstein
~ Harvey Fierstein
Cultivate yourself, always.
Also, courage is contagious. I continue to stand against American fascism in the hope that others will take heart, too.
December 23, 2024 at 1:59 AM
Cultivate yourself, always.
Trans people are people, beloved souls all. Make noise for them. Make noise for all people.
Seems like it should be a really big deal that Trump just promised that on his first day in office he'd sign a medical death warrant for all trans people and ban us from not just the military, but all K-12 schools... but not a single major news site is currently covering it.
Canaries in the mine.
Canaries in the mine.
December 23, 2024 at 1:55 AM
Trans people are people, beloved souls all. Make noise for them. Make noise for all people.
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I think a lot about this quote from Anaïs Nin’s diary from 1939-1944:
“America is in even greater danger because of its cult of toughness, its hatred of sensitivity, and someday it may have to pay a price for this, because atrophy of feeling creates criminals”.
“America is in even greater danger because of its cult of toughness, its hatred of sensitivity, and someday it may have to pay a price for this, because atrophy of feeling creates criminals”.
December 19, 2024 at 2:31 AM
I think a lot about this quote from Anaïs Nin’s diary from 1939-1944:
“America is in even greater danger because of its cult of toughness, its hatred of sensitivity, and someday it may have to pay a price for this, because atrophy of feeling creates criminals”.
“America is in even greater danger because of its cult of toughness, its hatred of sensitivity, and someday it may have to pay a price for this, because atrophy of feeling creates criminals”.
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Posting this again. There are special elections in Virginia right now that need your help. Starting in February there are local and statewide elections in at least 31 states including Supreme Court justices in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. Virginia and New Jersey have statewides. Let's go!
December 21, 2024 at 12:17 PM
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Post a picture YOU took, just a pic, no description.
December 21, 2024 at 5:46 AM
Post a picture YOU took, just a pic, no description.
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Don't look away
I think this should be kind of a big deal: Elon Musk tweeting at 1:03am, “Only the AfD can save Germany.”
The AfD is Germany’s neo-Nazi party.
The AfD is Germany’s neo-Nazi party.
December 20, 2024 at 2:20 PM
Don't look away
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🔥 TWAS THE STRIKE BEFORE CHRISTMAS! 🔥✊
Starbucks baristas are going on five days of escalating ULP strikes in response to the company backtracking on our promised path forward, starting tomorrow in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Seattle... and soon, from coast-to-coast. 🧵
Starbucks baristas are going on five days of escalating ULP strikes in response to the company backtracking on our promised path forward, starting tomorrow in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Seattle... and soon, from coast-to-coast. 🧵
December 20, 2024 at 1:58 AM
🔥 TWAS THE STRIKE BEFORE CHRISTMAS! 🔥✊
Starbucks baristas are going on five days of escalating ULP strikes in response to the company backtracking on our promised path forward, starting tomorrow in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Seattle... and soon, from coast-to-coast. 🧵
Starbucks baristas are going on five days of escalating ULP strikes in response to the company backtracking on our promised path forward, starting tomorrow in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Seattle... and soon, from coast-to-coast. 🧵
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BREAKING: The biggest strike against Amazon in U.S. history is happening right now.
The Teamsters are picketing facilities across the country.
The union has organized workers at 10 Amazon locations AND they're putting up picket lines at hundreds of other Amazon sites nationwide.
The Teamsters are picketing facilities across the country.
The union has organized workers at 10 Amazon locations AND they're putting up picket lines at hundreds of other Amazon sites nationwide.
December 19, 2024 at 2:05 PM
BREAKING: The biggest strike against Amazon in U.S. history is happening right now.
The Teamsters are picketing facilities across the country.
The union has organized workers at 10 Amazon locations AND they're putting up picket lines at hundreds of other Amazon sites nationwide.
The Teamsters are picketing facilities across the country.
The union has organized workers at 10 Amazon locations AND they're putting up picket lines at hundreds of other Amazon sites nationwide.
In the face of atrocity and corruption, it is incumbent on us not to lose our spirit to a sick society. Bring yourself joy. Expand your mind and let your heart be without boundaries. Be excellent to eachother.
December 20, 2024 at 2:00 AM
In the face of atrocity and corruption, it is incumbent on us not to lose our spirit to a sick society. Bring yourself joy. Expand your mind and let your heart be without boundaries. Be excellent to eachother.
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President Elon Musk wants to shutdown the government so he can pave the way for massive tax cuts for him and his billionaire insiders while your fucking grandma pays the bill out of her social security check.
December 19, 2024 at 6:02 PM
President Elon Musk wants to shutdown the government so he can pave the way for massive tax cuts for him and his billionaire insiders while your fucking grandma pays the bill out of her social security check.
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Of course, some really smart people are thinking about it!
December 18, 2024 at 8:44 PM
Of course, some really smart people are thinking about it!
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I’m increasingly convinced that the love that powers long term climate action grows out of all the time we spend doing the things we love, in the places we love, with the people we love.
Without that, what are we fighting for?
Without that, what are we fighting for?
Saw someone upbraiding someone else for having a hobby while the world is on fire, and, my friends:
1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration;
2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you;
3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.
1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration;
2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you;
3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.
December 18, 2024 at 2:10 AM
I’m increasingly convinced that the love that powers long term climate action grows out of all the time we spend doing the things we love, in the places we love, with the people we love.
Without that, what are we fighting for?
Without that, what are we fighting for?
Public services are important. Fucking insane that it has to be said.
Millions of Americans — especially seniors, small businesses, and rural communities — rely daily on USPS's affordable rates and universal service.
Privatization would make the mail more expensive and less reliable — all to enrich the billionaire class.
We cannot let it happen.
Privatization would make the mail more expensive and less reliable — all to enrich the billionaire class.
We cannot let it happen.
December 17, 2024 at 10:47 PM
Public services are important. Fucking insane that it has to be said.
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Perfect that as Republicans are actually and admittedly planning a concentration camp system in America, the country is wigging out about magical drones.
December 17, 2024 at 8:49 PM
Perfect that as Republicans are actually and admittedly planning a concentration camp system in America, the country is wigging out about magical drones.
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with the widespread capitulation to Trump among the professional and political classes there is a wide open path to national prominence for any Dem who’s willing to actually stand up to the guy
I think the people mumbling about bipartisanship are wildly misreading the room
I think the people mumbling about bipartisanship are wildly misreading the room
December 16, 2024 at 10:29 PM
with the widespread capitulation to Trump among the professional and political classes there is a wide open path to national prominence for any Dem who’s willing to actually stand up to the guy
I think the people mumbling about bipartisanship are wildly misreading the room
I think the people mumbling about bipartisanship are wildly misreading the room
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As we see Democratic lawmakers call out the NRA in the coming hours following yet another school shooting, this time in Madison, WI, we should demand that they focus on the rules that allow the NRA to legally bribe lawmakers.
We need to rid our politics of dark money.
We need to rid our politics of dark money.
December 16, 2024 at 7:51 PM
As we see Democratic lawmakers call out the NRA in the coming hours following yet another school shooting, this time in Madison, WI, we should demand that they focus on the rules that allow the NRA to legally bribe lawmakers.
We need to rid our politics of dark money.
We need to rid our politics of dark money.
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I've seen a child with tetanus, I've treated near fatal infections after chicken pox, and I've pronounced children dead from COVID whose parents refused to have them vaccinated.
We have lost our minds... and are about to lose so many of our precious children.
We have lost our minds... and are about to lose so many of our precious children.
December 13, 2024 at 1:38 PM
I've seen a child with tetanus, I've treated near fatal infections after chicken pox, and I've pronounced children dead from COVID whose parents refused to have them vaccinated.
We have lost our minds... and are about to lose so many of our precious children.
We have lost our minds... and are about to lose so many of our precious children.
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In Lattakia, Syria religious leaders from Christian, Sunni, and Alawite backgrounds celebrated with civilians of all sects and religions in a display of unity. Everyone marched and sang together. #freeSyria
December 13, 2024 at 10:32 PM
In Lattakia, Syria religious leaders from Christian, Sunni, and Alawite backgrounds celebrated with civilians of all sects and religions in a display of unity. Everyone marched and sang together. #freeSyria
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Yes, it is. I just wish we'd treat willfully causing death and harm through withholding care in the name of shareholder value the same as we do wielding a gun. Because the end result is the same.
it is possible that I am in fact wildly out of touch with popular opinion on the left but i continue to believe that murder is bad
December 11, 2024 at 1:18 AM
Yes, it is. I just wish we'd treat willfully causing death and harm through withholding care in the name of shareholder value the same as we do wielding a gun. Because the end result is the same.
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Each other.
What’s something you wish people cared more about ?
December 10, 2024 at 2:24 AM
Each other.
Book banners and book burners are never on the right side. Books, libraries, and librarians are the true treasures of civilization.
It's a good day to be a New Jerseyan.
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law Monday to prohibit public and school libraries from banning books in the state and to enshrine protections against civil and criminal charges for librarians who comply with the law.
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law Monday to prohibit public and school libraries from banning books in the state and to enshrine protections against civil and criminal charges for librarians who comply with the law.
December 10, 2024 at 2:46 AM
Book banners and book burners are never on the right side. Books, libraries, and librarians are the true treasures of civilization.