[mossluvrs-moved-deactivated2019]

as of this afternoon (january 7 2019) at least 12 indigenous anti-pipeline activists at unis’tot’en camp in unceeded wet’suwet’en territory have been arrested by the rcmp. those arrested include molly wickham (the spokesperson of gitdumden clan) and an elder. these people will not be released, and are being taken to prince george, where they will stand before a justice of the peace. 

due to this event, it’s more important than ever to support water protectors and pipeline activsts. here is the official website for the unis’tot’en camp so you can educate yourself on the issue. also please donate if you can.

it’s more important than ever to help support indigenous water protectors and anti-pipeline activists. please do what you can - anything helps.

[pigeonse]

I dont often add actual, comments but this calls for it. This is a personal issue to me, and i ask you at least read into it a little.

Molly Wickham is my cousins wife, and she was arrested yesterday with many others while protecting her lands. Her husband, also a protester, and their children (not around the protest thankfully) are safe, but the fact remains that my family was arrested trying to protect lands that are rightfully theirs from a pipeline which the hereditary leaders and chieftains were NOT asked about. this is legally shady and incredibly immoral. The fact remains that they are trying to build on land which is not theirs.

she is out of prison as of today, but she shouldve never been arrested in the first place in any sort of just system.

tldr; my family was arrested while trying to protect their lands from a pipeline they (as a group, including their leaders) did not agree to. She is alright now, safe and at home.

please read into and donate (if you can) to the links posted! thank you all so kindly

[swoopyswish]

Reductress Is Better Than The Onion

[adayinthelesbianlife-deactivate]

Mary Oliver, photographed by her partner Molly Malone Cook. “Helping the traveler, 1965”

Entry from Molly’s diary.

Both can be found in Our World.

[pettydavis]

straight ppl dont get to call us pillow biters and rug munchers and ass bandits and sodomites and faggot and d*** and every other disgusting name you can think of for a lesbian or gay person—for literal decades—and then try to call themselves tops and bottoms just cuz they like pegging like. im not doing it. im not allowing it

[workingclasshistory]

On this day, 11 January 1883, Jenny Marx died aged just 38. The eldest daughter of Karl Marx, she followed in his footsteps as a militant socialist. This is a short biography of her written by Friedrich Engels: http://bit.ly/2RjmzTX http://bit.ly/2VMmKFG

[left-reminders]

Any book recommendations for the budding anticapitalist?

Yup! A few ones I’d recommend to build a good leftist foundation regardless of specific tendency:

Ours to Master and to Own by Immanuel Ness and Dario Azzellini

Subterranean Fire by Sharon Smith

Why Marx Was Right by Terry Eagleton

Socialism…Seriously by Danny Katch

Red Rosa by Kate Evans

Alienation by Dan Swain

Democracy at Work by Richard Wolff

Parecon by Michael Albert

And then there’s the major works from the anti-capitalist pantheon, including the Communist Manifesto and Capital by Marx and Reform or Revolution by Luxemburg. I recommend the former list for variably more informal writing styles that are more approachable to the uninitiated. Socialism…Seriously and Why Marx Was Right are written by witty authors who condense a lot of layered information about socialism and anti-capitalism. If you’re more into visual mediums, Red Rosa is good because it’s a graphic novel. Democracy at Work and Parecon are interesting because they have less of a  red☭☭☭down with the bourgeoisie☭☭☭  vibe when compared to the others on here, but they always stake a clear opposition to capitalism, and I think they’re great gateways into anti-capitalism for liberals who are still more cautious. And Ours to Master and to Own and Subterranean Fire are fantastic looks into the history of working class struggle against capitalism and all the ways in which things have been successful; these books correct a lot of the bullshit history we learned in school from the upper-class perspective – much needed. 

[just--space]

Shades of Martian Darkness : Science operations for NASA’s Opportunity rover have been temporarily suspended as it waits out a dust storm on Mars. This series of images shows simulated views of a darkening Martian sky blotting out the Sun from NASA’s Opportunity rover’s point of view,. (via NASA)

[sanderdraws]

Happy Holidays! Here’s a Welsh Mari Lwyd to see you through the long dark nights and the cold of winter - hope you all have a lovely end of year!

[womenintheirwebs-archived]

the one problem i have with people my age and younger is that a lot of us do not have hands on hobbies. like i have spoken to so many people my age who go to work, go to school and then fuck around on their phone/computer for hours and then ???????? like no wonder ur depressed and have low confidence in urself. u need to get ur hands on something, feed those dopamine receptors! learn how to play guitar, garden, scrapbook, fucking make model trains. i don’t give a shit, MAKE SOMETHING!!

it feels better than drugs when i finish making a thing—and then show it off or gift it.

and then so people my age say to me ‘well—i can’t draw/paint/knit/etc. like you can. my stuff would be terrible.’ yeah, well duh—a part of developing skill is sucking at something and then practicing it over and over and over again until you suck less. u’ll have a hard time feeling lonely or bored when you can’t stop thinking abt a technique you want to try or something you want to make for someone else. making things has SAVED MY LIFE. it gave me a reason to keep living day after day when i wanted to die.

making things have improved my generational relationships (when i worked for the newspaper i would talk to customers abt jamming recipes or cross-stitch, one of my grandmas always gives me pattern books and tell me abt when she knitted things for mom, my other grandma is giving me a wedding quilt that HER grandma gave her 50 years ago because she knows i will appreciate it). it also got me likeminded friends who also make things.

take a ceramics class! pick up water colors, bake cakes! learn to work on cars! make soap. DO SOMETHING THAT DOESN’T INVOLVE STARING AT A SCREEN.

[pansexualpizza]

“Must have reliable transportation” = “this is how we legally discriminate against poor people who take the bus”

[courtcourttheshort]

As someone who has held several management positions with hiring responsibility, this is true. The boss at my last job informed me before I conducted my very first I interview,

“You can’t outright ask someone if they have a car or have kids. That’s technically illegal. But you need to know because sometimes they can be deal breakers. You can just say ‘Do you have reliable transportation?’ and ‘Do you have any current circumstances that could impede you from being successful at work?’

To which the last one most people fumble and would say, “Well I have kids, so sometimes they could get sick. But that’s not often.” But then your potential employer could mark it down on your interview notes nonetheless.

I thought that maybe it was just my own employer. But now I noticed that I am asked both of these almost every time I interview for a job.

Language is very sneaky. Be careful how you answer. Corporations can be snakes.

[iproposeawager]

In my businesses class my professor told us that the bus counts as reliable transportation. You do not legally have to say “I take the bus” just say “yes I do have reliable transportation” and leave it at that. Do not over share. DO NOT OVER SHARE. The second question just say no. If your kids are sick call out as if you are sick. I don’t have kids but I myself can get sick and that doesn’t hinder my ability to succeed so kids getting sick shouldn’t hinder you. When I call out I give as little info as possible. No one needs to know why you call out. They can’t ask about your “illness” because it violates HIPAA if they do. So as long as you don’t offer more info than you need to you should be okay.

[goldensweetcheeks-deactivated20]

I’ve never thought about it like this.

[pinkcheesegreenghost-deactivate]

You should keep everything to yourself as much as possible including social media (which is getting harder and harder to do) the less you offer the better.

[kimpossibooty]

‪Gay culture is wearing long sleeve shirts and sweaters but refusing to let them go past your mid-forearm ‬

[priscillacscottphotography]

PERFUME GENIUS LIVE FROM THE EL REY

PHOTOS BY PRISCILLA C. SCOTT

[humorhour]

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[socialistexan]

[workingclasshistory]

On this day, 31 December 1918 radical labour activist, lesbian, and abortion provider, Marie Equi was found guilty of sedition in the United States under a newly amended Espionage Act after, during a rally, she unfurled at large banner reading, “Prepare to die, workingmen, J.P. Morgan & Co. want preparedness for profit.” The law “forbade criticism of the U.S. government, the constitution, the military, the flag, navy or uniform.” After the long trial Equi, a supporter of the Industrial Workers of the World union, was sent to San Quentin prison to serve a three year term (which was later commuted to a year and a half). More info in our podcast on women in the IWW: http://bit.ly/2F1Yz0n http://bit.ly/2F0fa58

[jeffreymarsh]

💛💛💛

[kropotkindersurprise]

Happy new year friends! Let’s make 2019 a year of ever more radical anti-fascism, anti-capitalism, and international working class solidarity! 

If you are still looking for a New Year’s resolution for 2019, why not decide to pledge a couple bucks a month to the International Anti-fascist defence fund, so they can keep helping out antifascists all over the world with their legal and medical costs incurred while fighting fascism and making the world a better place! https://www.patreon.com/intlantifadefence https://fundrazr.com/51Od0e

[adhdpie]

‘am i Having A Brain Problem or Being a Shithead’: a short procrastination checklist

aka why tf am i procrastinating on The Thing (more like a flowchart, actually)

lots of people who have executive function difficulties worry about whether they’re procrastinating on a task out of laziness/simply wanting to be a jerk or mental struggles. this checklist might help you figure out which it is at any given time! (hint: it’s almost never laziness or being a jerk.) (obligatory disclaimer: this is just what works for me! something different might work better for you.)

1) do I honestly intend to start the task despite my lack of success?

yes: it’s a Brain Problem. next question

no: it’s shitty to say one thing & do another. better be honest with myself & anyone expecting me to do the task.

2) am I fed, watered, well-rested, medicated properly, etc?

yes: next question

no: guess what? this is the real next task

3) does the idea of starting the task make me feel scared or anxious?

yes: Anxiety Brain. identify what’s scaring me first.

no: next question

4) do I know how to start the task?

yes: next question

no: ADHD Brain. time to make an order of operations list.

5) do I have everything I need to start the task?

yes: next question

no: ADHD Brain lying to me about the steps again, dangit. first task is ‘gather the materials’.

6) why am i having a hard time switching from my current task to this new task?

i’m having fun doing what i’m doing: it’s okay to have fun doing a thing! if task is time-sensitive, go to next question.

i have to finish doing what i’m doing: might be ADHD brain. can I actually finish the current task or will I get trapped in a cycle? does this task really need to be finished?

the next task will be boring/boring-er than the current task: ADHD brain. re-think the next task. what would make it exciting? what am I looking forward to?

I might not have enough time to complete the task: ADHD brain wants to finish everything it starts. (if task is time-sensitive, go to next question)

i just want to make the person who asked me to do it angry: sounds like anxiety brain trying to punish itself, because I know I’ll be miserable if someone is angry at me. why do i think I deserve punishment?

no, I seriously want to piss them off: okay, i’m being a shithead

7) have I already procrastinated so badly that I now cannot finish the task in time?

yes: ADHD brain is probably caught in a guilt-perfection cycle. since I can’t have the task done on time, i don’t even want to start.

reality check: having part of a thing done is almost always better than none of a thing done. if I can get an extension, having part of it done will help me keep from stalling out until the extension deadline. i’ll feel better if I at least try to finish it.

no, there’s still a chance to finish on time: ADHD brain thinks that I have all the time in the world, but the truth is I don’t. 

reality check: if i’m having fun doing what I’m doing, I can keep doing it, but I should probably set a timer & ask someone to check on me to make sure I start doing the task later today.

8) I’ve completed the checklist and still don’t know what’s wrong!

probably wasn’t honest enough with myself. take one more look.

if I’m still mystified, ask a friend to help me talk it out.

hope this helps some of you! YOU’RE DOING GREAT SWEETIE DON’T GIVE UP ON YOU

[spoonie-living]

Ooh, this is a really lovely (and kind-hearted) guide for ADHD, executive dysfunction issues, or just plain ol’ brain fog! Should help with misplaced guilt, too.