"Maybe this war will be different..."
Stencil seen in Seattle

"While the use of the FACE Act against leftist protest activity has gained prominence, it didn’t start under Donald Trump: The Biden administration’s DOJ indicted and later convicted abortion rights activist Gabriella Oropesa for spray-painting a number of “crisis pregnancy centers”––which pose as abortion clinics to mislead and coerce people seeking abortions into keeping their pregnancies––in the wake of the Supreme Court’s draft leak overturning Roe v. Wade.

“The Trump administration wants to completely snuff out dissent and shred our rights to free speech and to protest,” said NYCLU Senior Policy Counsel Justin Harrison in a post on the NYCLU website. “New York politicians should be racing to put out this fire, not adding fuel to it.”

https://prismreports.org/2026/03/11/new-york-buffer-zones-protest/

Repeatedly getting Covid doesn’t build immunity, ‘it’s more like accumulating damage’

Leading vaccinologist Helen Petousis-Harris says there's not enough awareness of the impact of Covid-19 on overall health.

"What many people don't realise is that getting Covid repeatedly is not like building immunity, it's more like accumulating damage," she says.

Source: https://archive.md/Qsv13

RE: https://journa.host/@theintercept/116201953810622433

Fascists being fascist.

RE: https://mastodon.me.uk/@pikesley/116187359662677345

Sounds a lot better than the present day nightmare of bombing civilians en masse.

The government of Taoiseach Micheál Martin are currently participating in the barbaric US/’Israeli’ assault on Iran by allowing Shannon airport to be used by US warplanes.

The Ditch report that: "A US military chartered aircraft used to transport troops stopped at Shannon last Friday before flying straight to Kuwait – a critical hub for American forces in the region – just hours before Washington-backed Israel attacked Iran."

https://www.thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2026/03/06/iran-irish-gov/

🕎 🇵🇸 ☮️
#Gaza #Palestine
#Press #News

RE: https://mastodon.social/@DrALJONES/116182247009412220

This is a #WarCrime .

Civilians: war crime.
Double-tap: war crime.

RE: https://spore.social/@RosethornRanger/116180180306632007

Also, remember that the cruelty is the point.

There is no world in which police act in our best interests and work to protect us. That is not what the police are. Capitalist society will not allow for that. Furthermore, the State will defend itself from us because we are not the State. Our interests are opposed to its interests.

RE: https://raphus.social/@renedario/116172208024945490

I have had similar ideas about other sports and games. Why not divide along weight class or ability level where it's most relevant instead of policing increasingly blurred gender lines? Why separate chess players or pool players by gender?

Here are this week's MRR reviews!

https://www.maximumrocknroll.com/reviews/

#punk #music #review #MaximumRockNRoll

12. Handbook of Revolutionary Warfare: A Guide to the Armed Phase of the African Revolution by Kwame Nkrumah (1968)
11. The Rights of Man by Thomas Paine (1792)
10. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (2011)
9. Lair of the White Worm by Bram Stoker (1911)
8. Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (1996)
7. Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett (1991)
6. The Nation On No Map: Black Anarchism and Abolition by William C Anderson (2023)
5. baedan - journal of queer nihilism - issue one (2012)
4. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (1992)
3. They Will Beat The Memory Out Of Us: Forcing Nonviolence on Forgetful Movements by Peter Gelderloos (2024)
2. It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis (1935)
1. Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge (2006)

A short read by a guy who eventually set himself up as president for life of Ghana. Not a very revolutionary move, imo.

A very general overview of organization and tactics on what I would call a Marxist-Leninist model (he calls it socialist) against the colonial forces in Africa with Nationalist goals and Pan-Africanist goals expressed therein.

Guerilla warfare is the method espoused with a hierarchical government and military command structure to be created at the outset.

The out of date opinions on women's roles were predictable but less out of date than Western standards at the time, I think.

A bit surprising that he wasn't completely anti-settler as long as the government was majority run by those who it represented and all colonial governments and proxies were expelled/destroyed.

#books #bookstodon

Books finished in 2026:

11. The Rights of Man by Thomas Paine (1792)
10. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (2011)
9. Lair of the White Worm by Bram Stoker (1911)
8. Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (1996)
7. Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett (1991)
6. The Nation On No Map by William C Anderson (2023)
5. baedan - journal of queer nihilism - issue one (2012)
4. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (1992)
3. They Will Beat The Memory Out Of Us: Forcing Nonviolence on Forgetful Movements by Peter Gelderloos (2024)
2. It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis (1935)
1. Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge (2006)

One of the founding fathers of the US insults Edmund Burke and praises the French Revolution and proposes abolishing monarchy everywhere. He also suggests using taxes to pay for pensions for workers over 60 and maternity pay and relief for the poor as well as work houses for those seeking work.

He also suggests that all religions are good, praises representative democracy and constitutions but not the English Constitution which he says contains justifications for oppression. He says some things about greatly reducing the navies of the world to save money too. Very optimistic.

Funny when the authors of historical texts insult each other. Like in Capital when Marx insults Malthus, and Adam Smith, and Ricardo, and Locke. Maybe some others too. I can't recall.

#books #Bookstodon

"The definition of fascism is: a police state wherein the political ascendancy is tied into and protects the interests of the upper class-characterized by militarism, racism, and imperialism." - George L Jackson, Soledad Brother

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@david_chisnall/116160637051672728

the question you should be asking yourself is not “what's the best way to verify the age of every single computer user on earth”

but rather “why the fuck are we trying to verify the age of every single computer user on earth????”

and the answer to that is: fascism
stop. complying.

@futurebird I don't own stocks but I'll be like tell me what my health issues are caused by and how to deal with them now!

@VoxClamans @blogdiva @xancej Don't get me wrong, I don't mourn that horrible despot's death.

I just think the US's newest attempt at regime change in Iran might not work out so well (as in 1952-53). I've read that explosions have recently hit the houses of green leaders and leftists in Iran as well, and that's not a good sign for whatever Israel and the US have planned.

My friend and comrade Lexi Rose who has been helping Food Not Bombs CNX feed the homeless for years in Chiang Mai has been diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer. She cannot go home at this time and needs to start her treatment immediately in Thailand. Any contribution is appreciated.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-lexis-fight-against-tnbc-in-thailand

#fundraiser #fuckcancer #foodnotbombs #solidarity #breastcancer

@xancej @blogdiva Well, fuck Putin, yes obviously.

Democracy...ah, somebody should try that one day. Meanwhile we have plutocracy and dictatorship.

@xancej @blogdiva Everyone loves it when a fascist dies. Imagine the celebrations when Netanyahu and Trump die. Those will be off the charts.