I think people should be way more empathetic to the desire for anti-fascists to be anonymous. I'm an anti-fascist who chose to be public. I chose to use my name out here. Not everybody has to do that. It doesn't make me cool or macho or tougher than folks who make their affinity crews and bloc up. And honestly? After the violence, the doxing, the social security number theft, the false arrests, the intense surveillance... I'm not convinced I made the right move. Respect the anonymity of anti-fascist activism. Don't pretend like the rest of y'all have created a safe environment to oppose fascism with a public face. Don't be fucking naive and don't force your own style of activism onto others. Respect diversity of tactics.
I'm a public anti-fascist and I always will be. My weapon is the camera and the written word. Be your own kind of anti-fascist. There's no fucking rules to this shit, don't let anyone tell you that there is. A better world is possible.
@kaydenpat I cannot believe the Democrats are not moving balls-out to get set up in the fediverse right now. Trusting Twitter to not ratfuck them in 2024 is a straight-up turtle and the scorpion situation.
There is very little that is new in rightwing propaganda and rightwing media. Over the past 100 years, fascism has always been pushed by rightwing media, often owned by billionaires.
Fascist Rothermere in the 1930s and neofascist Murdoch today do very similar things in their #media.
In the 1940s, democracies worried a lot about fascist media, and used policy tools to build stronger pro-#democracy media. We should do the same today. Break up Fox, strengthen the #FCC.
White Ibis - Juvenile
This is a redo; I think the ibises' details are slightly better than the photo I posted a few weeks ago. I took this photo in Georgia at a pond located in a ravine across from our hotel.
Snowy Egret
I got a couple shots of this snowy egret in the reeds or the bayou. I like the way the photo turned out - I think it looks good and hope you do too. I was a little way from the bird, and you can see the sun reflecting sharply off its white feathers. I need to figure out how to capture some of the feather textures on the body in situations like this.
Colleges bow to lil’ tyrant Ron DeSantis’ will and halt diversity training. DeSantis won’t stop there. He’s already violated the 1st and 14th amendments and removed publicly elected officials
Fascism is winning
A reminder, DeSantis was a Guantánamo lawyer and administrator
His job was greenlighting torture , as per Mansoor Adayfi
This needs to be a bigger story.
https://mronline.org/2022/11/26/i-was-screaming-and-he-was-smiling-desantis-ran-guantanamo-torture/
Huh.
Consumer Reports (CR) has released a mobile app (iOS, Android on the way) that shows what data companies collect about you, then allows you to have CR get the data deleted:
https://www.permissionslipcr.com
Essentially, CR will act as the data ombudsman for anyone who asks them to. I love it.
CR is a non-profit that accepts no advertising or corporate sponsorship, and they have a great reputation. It's a superb choice to take on the data capitalists.
We're sending a new crew to the @Space_Station!
NASA's @SpaceX #Crew6 mission is scheduled to launch from @NASAKennedy no earlier than Sunday, Feb. 26. Get to know our four Crew-6 travelers and what they'll be working on over their six months in orbit: https://go.nasa.gov/3WNJhQI
#NASA
Mostly reclusive and carrying slightly damaged goods. A survivor by some accounts. Definitely in need of much therapy. ;)
Staunchly anti-fascist
Bear in mind that, while I may "like" your "toot", about a person, event or particular topic, if it links to the "bird-site" I will no longer boost and inadvertently contribute to their grift. Everyone has a choice and a part to play when crimes go unpunished.
"We are dreamers, shapers, singers, and makers".
-Elric