I saw a woman sleeping. In her sleep she dreamt Life stood before her, and held in each hand a gift — in the one Love, in the other Freedom. And she said to the woman, ‘Choose!’
And the woman waited long: and she said: ‘Freedom!’
And Life said, ‘Thou hast well chosen. If thou hadst said, ‘Love,’ I would have given thee that thou didst ask for; and I would have gone from thee, and returned to thee no more. Now, the day will come when I shall return. In that day I shall bear both gifts in one hand.’
I heard the woman laugh in her sleep.
— Olive Schreiner, Dreams, 1891
@Strandjunker Keep reminding your friends, and make sure the Democratic ones are registered to vote.
The fact that business owners fought to keep remote work from being more widely adopted is a fucking tragedy. Remote work solved so many problems i.e. less greenhouse gases, less traffic (which means less strain on infrastructure), more money circulating in smaller towns, less wasted time commuting for employees (which also means less money being wasted on gas) etc. But nope, we gotta justify these buildings somehow.
New FINAL edition, huge print run! Still priced cheap for vandals & antifascist neighborhood protectors!
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Immigrants & Refugees Welcome
No Human Is Illegal
No Ban No Wall
مرحبًا باللاجئين و المهاجرين لا أحد غير شرعي
ضد الحظر ضد الحائط
Inmigrantes y refugiados son bienvenidos
Ningún ser humano es ilegal
Ni prohibición ni muro
Single stickers available for sale, as well as packs of 5/10/25 and now mega packs of 50 or 100 here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/977301497/
Read about the origins of this sticker design here: https://kolektiva.social/@municipaladhesives/105895644433886298
Thanks to @WahbAllat for Arabic corrections.
If you would like to learn more about tail clamping and other dog body postures that tell you they are yelling NOT HAVIN A BAJA BLAST RIGHT NOW, TWO LEGS!! check out this lengthy set of pictures of dogs making all kinds of statements through the power of their body languages. https://ourdogssavelives.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/canine-communication-1.3.pdf
@StillIRise1963 @annietime @darnell @mastodonmigration Or at least unexpected.
@annietime @darnell @mastodonmigration @StillIRise1963 That's still better than the alternative. Let them riot. That means more of them go to prison. We can't give in to fear, because that's what they want. Never do what your enemy wants you to do.
@stevesilberman He reeks of desperation. He thinks if he wins, he won't go to jail. Why he isn't already in jail, I don't know. But he's desperate and he's throwing everything at the wall, and his cult members will eat it up.
One thing I find fascinating about Republican voters and the mainstream media is that Trump routinely says things like this and -- well, you may not have heard, but the man is running for President of the United States -- and nobody just says outright, "WHAT THE BLOODY FUCK IS WRONG WITH THIS MAN? WHAT THE FUCK IS HE TALKING ABOUT?"
Research into adversarial watermarking for AI is just beginning, and while there’s no strong reason to believe it will succeed, there are some good reasons to believe it will ultimately fail. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/01/ai-watermarking-wont-curb-disinformation
Strong, unique passwords are a must, and it's not as hard to accomplish as you might think. https://ssd.eff.org/module/creating-strong-passwords
@darnell @mastodonmigration @StillIRise1963 They are going to cheat. They will do everything they accuse us of doing. Voting might not be enough. Many Republican voters are absolutely the worst people, but there are some who are merely deeply misinformed. When the only place they obtain information is Facebook and Fox News, it's impossible to make informed decisions. Some minds *can* be changed, and we have methods that they didn't in the 30s and 40s. Methods of helping those who can be helped. Methods like Motivational Interviewing, Street Epistemology, and Deep Canvassing. Not everyone can do these, but some people are naturals at it. If we don't change the minds that are changeable, it could get really ugly.
Nemo me impune lacessit
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