Boy, add "extremely high quality vintage sewing machines" to the giant pile of stuff that is almost free if you know how to tune them up. I guess no one needs industrial strength metal sewing machines anymore. (this is a Singer 15 clone, postwar Japan, made with permission of Singer). #random #ReduceRepairReuse
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell expressed concern in a speech Wednesday that the central bank could find itself in a dilemma between controlling inflation and supporting economic growth.
definitely keep with the good news. I think folk are just completely dispirited, and the culture that is being imposed is leaking in more and more. (sigh)
I take and share the news, especially the wins. It’s been a tough day in UK, as the courts have supported TERF central; so positive news from Judge Boasberg is needed to bring a little light to some lives.
If you're looking for that Big Win that solves all of our problems, you're outta luck, that doesn't happen.
The courts aren't the answer. WE are.
FFS, go with the wins when we get them. They HELP even if they don't end satisfactorily
This is 1 reason I've been more reluctant to post here (my injuries notwithstanding). Over past couple of yrs, every good news story gets Doomers & Debbie Downers.
Each win is a step, not a solution. Do you not get that yet?
I get it but the circle of true justice is tightening. A famous judge was asked one day "sir, did you serve justice today"? He answered "no, I upheld the law". I appreciate the wins, but each one has been turned around by someone who cares nothing about upholding the law. Look at Scotus, Roe was settled law with 50 years of precedent. Until the next step happens: a consequence, there is no justice. Felon has felon counts. What was the punishment?
I love your good news. These negative people are the enemies of freedom and help supress anti-fascist votes. The example I saw today was posters taking the successful Bernie/ AOC tour and twisting it negative towards dems. They don't want people to feel hopeful, they want us to surrender. We all need to ignore them.
I am truly sorry you feel like we're whining. But every post you made is undermined by this comment. I will just keep my insignificant worry about losing my right to get married, and my unimportant fears that I could be disappeared and unalived for daring to speak out however I can to myself, shall I? We are truly grateful for your updated, but moving forward, I need to know that people are not going to spit in my face because Dems by and large are simply not doing enough.
@Tenor2JT Undermined by what comment? That whining solves nothing? That a win is good for morale and informs more of the public? That helps lead to more change, even if we lose the next one?
I have gay twins, I'm not only empathetic, but more than aware of what's at stake and have done everything I can to make and support the changes that are being ripped away daily, hourly.
I've said nothing about "Dems" nor have I ever said they're doing enough.
Doomers, wittingly or not, promote a very historically successful psy-op to submit to the "inevitable" supremacy of authoritarianism by classifying ALL acts of defiance as ineffective and inevitable failures.
I was just reading a friend's short story about her young Aunt whom, at age 13, defied the Nazis by smuggling resistance communiques in Germany and was caught, arrested, imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp, and murdered in 1942, at age 22. The Doomers would respond "See, what good is resistance. You are foolish to try, to have hope." They would be wrong then, as now. Helga Beyer died a hero of the Resistance. You are a hero, too. Block the jerks!
Please do keep sharing! People think of hope as fragile and ephemeral, but with every victory, however minor and ragged, I see an essential part of us which hasn't given up.
I believe so firmly that drama doesn’t solve problems that I had this quote tattooed on my arm.
It’s ok to feel frustrated or helpless - we all do.
Eventually, however, you have to take a deep breath, stand up and take whatever the next action is towards the goal. Every inch; every win is a move in the right direction.
You can’t make a fist if you’re too busy wringing your hands.
"One acting commissioner — one with 38 years experience — has already resigned because of the DHS’s desire to use tax records as a migrant-hunting database. What began as a request for 'only' 700,000 records has ballooned to a demand for seven million tax records — a number that would encompass nearly two-thirds of the eleven million [undocumented] immigrants currently living in the United States."
Away goes more talent. And away goes another obstacle standing in the way of Kristi Noem’s DHS and Donald Trump’s plans to rid this country of as many immigrants as inhumanely possible.…
YIKES: The College Football Playoff National Championship trophy completely falls apart as JD Vance picks it up. A metaphor for this disastrous administration. (via Philip Wegmann)
The US has never, in its history, significantly yielded to El Salvador's government. It is not doing so now. This is musk/45's choice. The health and well being of musk/45 over the long term is bound to the health and well being of Garcia. While he is intact, they will be intact.
A new set of documentaries directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney premieres April 15 and April 16 on HBO. The films in The Dark Money Game series investigate the origins and impacts of campaign finance in the U.S.
What is the best tool to fight against bribery with? Is it universal income? Is it universal healthcare? I have had money and healthcare held over my head so kong I'm like.. how do u survive and fight back???
ok I will look into that,thank you!-- I don't like what they did to Jill Stein though ... I know they made it harder for third party campaigners to get to do things like run, join the debate, get on the ballots and I see value in third parties esp because with FRONDS like these (,who needs anemones,) --bad finding Nemo 🐠 🐟 joke that I so love
@DrALJONES However your area is, it will follow suit or face isolation. I know the danger of Big Corps and whole list of lies agenda since decades ago. The revolving door was a silent Conspiracy?
bukele and the orange mistake try to pretend that Garcia, uncharged and according to the orange mistake was sent to cecot in error, is somehow a terrorist? No. The fate of the orange mistake, and possibly bukele, is linked to the fate of Garcia. As long as Garcia is intact, they will be intact.
Vichan is the most popular and widely used imageboard software in the world. It is a free, light-weight, fast, highly configurable and user-friendly imageboard software package. - vichan-devel/vichan
The source code was downloaded and put online. I'm not going to link it here but it's in one of the screenshots from the Know Your Meme page about the hack. It's an absolute disaster of PHP
A University of Houston assistant professor says he is preparing to return to South Korea after telling students over the weekend he could no longer teach their class because of the "unexpected termination of my visa."
Last week, UH said a "small number" of its international students had their visas revoked by the U.S. government. More than 100 students and recent graduates at colleges and universities across Texas also have had their visas revoked in recent weeks.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) chief information officer said he is leaving the agency later this month, announcing his departure shortly before the April 15 tax-filing deadline, multiple outlets reported Monday evening.
'The uncertainty is terrible, and with the uncertainty the distribution chain in the United States has stopped orders for Portuguese wines and wines from Europe and, therefore, at this moment we are facing a terrible problem and we are not able to se…
An aerial view of the 2021 eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano on La Palma island. Cumbre Vieja could, in theory, trigger a 'Megatsunami' with waves that could reach the US. However, this scenario is not currently considered likely.
One more tool in the Resistance toolkit from Gina Luker at Shabby Creek Cottage. Note: If this post spoke to you, please share. Note: You can also follow Joani and U&U on Substack.
The Guardian - Republican US Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa attends a town hall where some constituents express anger over Trump administration policies. theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a…
The article has a very different tone then the tone of your post and maybe you should stop normalizing the coup happening in your country right now by toning down the language like it’s something completely normal.
"ant." - greeting, recognition by the ant in me of the ant in you "ant! ant!" - alert before friendly fire "ant!" - rival raiding party approaching "ant" - need backup "ant" - existential questioning
Impeachment process doesn't work, the orange blight has been impeached twice and yet he still runs amok. Might as well be a censure as it's just as ineffective.
History has shown us that there are more effective direct options (of various levels of legality) to deal with fascist assclowns. At the rate (in)glorious leader is pissing off opposition and friendlies at this point, I'm hopeful such options will be explored.
Modern problems require modern solutions.
EDIT: in re-reading this, note I am not suggesting or supporting violence, just a more direct approach.
Romanovs were annihilated, violently, & their country > century later is still suffering from destruction that dynasty left as only option in face of their authoritarian autocratic failings.
US impeachment has _always_ been part legal process & part political process. The US has never removed a potus. Can be a modern solution.
There’s no direct (violent) method of removing musk/45 from power that doesn’t all but guarantee a century of harm for US & beyond. None.
Do not mistake me using the word direct to mean violent. While things may come to that, I hope they don't because recovery is arduous.
When I say direct, I see the #tesla uproar as being a good example. Protests to more active, direct action. All flavors of legality. The same kind of pressure can be applied elsewhere, and those willing to suffer potential consequences for that action will increase as they are marginalized.
Anyone who has looked at the political agenda of Pierre Poilievre knows that he’s the Trump of the North. Don’t make the same mistake that America made by re-electing Trump.
Brazilians of fedi if someone needed to file a report against a licensed psychologist what's the Brazilian equivalent of the United State's individual state psychology boards like oklahoma.gov/psychology.html (for reference)? actually asking for a friend this time
Oklahoma State Board of Examiners of Psychologists is to protect the public by regulating the practice of psychology in Oklahoma to ensure that only properly qualified psychologists practice psychology in the state and that the psychology profession …
It was, a Labour official hastily explained, “just one front page”. But for Nigel Farage it was quite a front page: a banner headline in the Sun proclaiming “Britain is broken”, the exact slogan Reform UK is using for May’s local elections.
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If you're looking for that Big Win that solves all of our problems, you're outta luck, that doesn't happen.
The courts aren't the answer. WE are.
FFS, go with the wins when we get them. They HELP even if they don't end satisfactorily
This is 1 reason I've been more reluctant to post here (my injuries notwithstanding). Over past couple of yrs, every good news story gets Doomers & Debbie Downers.
Each win is a step, not a solution. Do you not get that yet?
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Getting 15 million people out in the streets on a week day would be a very big win that would gain a lot of ground, though.
That said, getting 1 million is a step to getting 2 million, which is a step to getting 3, etc. etc.
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I don't know what to do about the downers. I get down too but I just log off and go read Murderbot. Which somehow helps...
I'll take the downers over the ignorers though.
"I'm doing fine, what do you mean we're sending people to gulags?"
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I don't know what's in the water, but I've put "wet blanket" in the notes for a surprising number of accounts recently.
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in reply to Joyful Jonny • • •@Tenor2JT Undermined by what comment? That whining solves nothing? That a win is good for morale and informs more of the public? That helps lead to more change, even if we lose the next one?
I have gay twins, I'm not only empathetic, but more than aware of what's at stake and have done everything I can to make and support the changes that are being ripped away daily, hourly.
I've said nothing about "Dems" nor have I ever said they're doing enough.
Wow.
I wish you all the best.
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in reply to Laffy • • •Doomers, wittingly or not, promote a very historically successful psy-op to submit to the "inevitable" supremacy of authoritarianism by classifying ALL acts of defiance as ineffective and inevitable failures.
I was just reading a friend's short story about her young Aunt whom, at age 13, defied the Nazis by smuggling resistance communiques in Germany and was caught, arrested, imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp, and murdered in 1942, at age 22. The Doomers would respond "See, what good is resistance. You are foolish to try, to have hope."
They would be wrong then, as now. Helga Beyer died a hero of the Resistance.
You are a hero, too.
Block the jerks!
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It’s ok to feel frustrated or helpless - we all do.
Eventually, however, you have to take a deep breath, stand up and take whatever the next action is towards the goal. Every inch; every win is a move in the right direction.
You can’t make a fist if you’re too busy wringing your hands.
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