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2026.04.03

Posting this here too... 2 comms for @petitjury of theirs and their partners fursonas. It was creative freedom and this is what I came up with. This is some of my favourite work I've done in a long time. I may expand this series, it is too funny.

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Really interested in your posts lately and I wanted to ask if you had any thoughts about the news industry in relation to what you’ve been talking about ? I have my own opinions but I also love hearing others

Okay so disclaimer, I'm just starting my own political journey and I'm still developing my thoughts:)

Long post: Mara talks about journalism and the left wing, and where underground media fits in.

But re: the media and the left; there is a fine line to walk between news media and publically accessible research. The news industry is the platform, research data is the truth. If the truth can reach the platform, it does more than just share information. The news media is a great example of part of the superstructure of the Global North.

Dr. Thoreau Redcrow is an American global conflict analyst who specializes in geopolitics, stateless nations, and armed guerrilla movements. In a recent podcast episode I listened to, he spoke about being detained by ISIS in Turkey while researching the Kurds and the Rojavan Revolution. On this podcast, made by amateur/underground organizers unaffiliated with licensed reporting, Dr. Redcrow spoke about his experiences and his work, and what he saw when he was doing his work speaking with the leaders of different peoples' groups. He spoke about standing side by side with reporters from CNN, and asking them why they weren't taking pictures of the ISIS tanks which were doing security for the Turkish state- and got the answer that if they did, they would essentially lose their career or worse. I'm sure you personally know much more than I do about media/news industry law, non-disclosure, etc. I believe that it's the legalities which come into play, and all the things that accompany those legalities.

Now; does that mean that all leftist underground organizers/youtubers/amateur journalists have good politics or methodologies? Absolutely not. And moreover, it can be hard to tell the truth from the reactionary. I say that behind any good research and the presentation of that research, there must be good politics and well-considered tactics. But the more of that, the better. Now, is it possible to have good politics and methodology when not abiding by broadcasting laws/ not keeping in mind what correct journalism is supposed to look like? That's a question for a professional journalist, which I am not.

It's a fascinating issue. I think the more conversation the better, because it's obvious that a lot of people don't even know where to begin thinking about these difficult topics. These are the real strands we as leftists must tease apart, and hopefully make sense of as we continue to take action day to day in our lives.

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@petitjury got a dogy

taddy taddy tad pole so cute and awesome

His listing picture which is really endearing to me

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(INFODUMP INCOMING) hi my friend mara mars i just wanted to say that i really love your ideas on sociology bc it's so true. i'm useless when it comes to academic writing but i basically Do Sociology every day for work. this morning i was given a tour of the city archives and i had the fun realization that even though I have developed this really keen knowledge of city planning and government, the most important thing to me and the archivist i was with and the people who are going to be reading my story aren't council minutes but rather like... the letters to council about sidewalks and building permits. and complaints. and fire insurance maps of neighbourhoods because like oh there's my aunt's house. the archivist also shared that a lot of evidence of residential schools come from photos of other things that just happened to have the schools in the background, which i feel is connected to my other point but in a way i can't explain yet. anyway. in my opinion, actual sociology is deffers the antithesis of psychoanalysis because most brains just aren't wired to care about a bunch of words on a paper written by a professional writer, even if it's something we're passionate about. we care so much more when it's a real person in a situation, and we're able to learn because we're affected by those situations in turn i guess? even my WWOOF host who homeschooled her kids said her youngest learnt about sociology because he started to collect littered beer cans and trade them in for change at the vendor. anyway i just wanted to say that i really agree with that and i find your thoughts and academic perspective really cool as someone who hasn't been educated that way, but is very interested in sociology on the practical level. i hope that made sense. i just appreciated what you said

EMMMM this is all really good info. I think it comes down to having a materialist way of looking at the world, which I think is something that a lot of people have in common whether they know it or not. A lot of theoreticians have a colonial view of knowledge - they have 'discovered' it, and now it exists. However in truth these theories are already practiced in mundane life.

The frameworks of our society are constantly shifting, all based in the literal actions of people existing daily in their lives. People who work for the city, at the Autopac, or manage workers at Walmart all have a say in the life we share.

My work in academia is in summarizing what we know and placing a new lens over it, in ways that I hope will be useful to people. A peer reviewed paper doesn't mean that a thing is correct, it just means that the reasoning is sound and the work is at least good quality.

I've always likened fine art in a gallery setting to a peer reviewed paper. There is a thesis, and the physical existence of the work is the testing process which procures data. The results are visible to anyone who cares to take an interest. That's the key: people love art. They don't love reading peer reviewed papers.

All of this is to say..... reality is reality. We get so bogged down in theoreticals that we often don't see what's in front of our faces. You're always refreshing to hang out with because your work is to witness reality. And reality, that is material existence, must always be the grounding factor for any theoretical exploration.

<33333 thank you for the infodump