Wow Heilung has some incredible new material.

While all their stuff contrasts feminine and masculine vibes, their newer videos seem outright matriarchal. The feminine is in control of whatever is happening here.

This is really powerful.

https://youtu.be/viqXlfkbWmQ

#music #pagan #heilung #decolonization
#decolonizing

"And what things can we do with them?"
- Arturo

One of the all-time best #questions.

From
#KuxlejalPolitics:
#Indigenous #Autonomy, Race, And #Decolonizing Research In #Zapatista Communities
by Mariana Mora

What I'm saying is, prep by starting to live more simply now. Because after my huge lifestyle changes this winter, the emotional and mental impact of changing everything all at once is going to be its own obstacle.

#solarpunk
#offGrid
#rewilding
#degrowth
#decolonizing
#RVLife
#Prepper

While other people are freaking out that they don't have running water, I've already spent my winter getting used to that, and can work on the other things I'll have to get used to going without. (Internet, electricity, gas being high on that list.)

#solarpunk
#offGrid
#rewilding
#degrowth
#decolonizing
#RVLife
#Prepper

I also think I'm ahead of the game by starting now, while I can still order the basics that none of us have, make sure I've got the tools I need to repair things, etc. It's a different kind of prepping than I think many preppers do, which is stockpiling canned goods. I'd rather just keep 2-3 months worth of food on hand, and have tools and supplies to make or find more food, fix things, build new things, and that's been my prepper focus. A couple dozen hankies instead of a room full of kleenex that can become water damaged.

And when you think of trade, the ability to fix and build things for other people might be a way to get other things you need. (Not that I'm an expert in anything, or very strong, but I am creative and clever.)

#solarpunk
#offGrid
#rewilding
#degrowth
#decolonizing
#RVLife
#Prepper

Now that I've got the diverter (awkwardly) installed, my toilet waste is drastically reduced and I'm doing a dump run less than once a month now. Eventually, I'll figure out how to compost the rest. As discussed before, I'm using wood pellets made for animal bedding, in a plastic bag, in a 5gal bucket with a seat I bought for that purpose. With the diverter (into a bottle, which I dump once a day), one bag lasts at least a week. I'm hoping by winter I'll have that diverter run to a grey-water french drain. Because for now, a pee dump is a nice walk through a meadow, but I do NOT want that once a day when it's 15F out with two ft of snow.

I've got lots of prep to do for winter. Just like my ancestors!

#solarpunk
#offGrid
#rewilding
#degrowth
#decolonizing
#RVLife

Paper towel-wise, I'm using more but that's only because I don't have running water. I use paper towels for wiping down dishes instead of washing them. (I do go in the house with running water every so often to wash everything.) I'm also using paper plates and parchment paper to extend the wash-time of hard plates and bowls. I've talked about this before.

Now that I've got the compost pile, the paper towels will get another life maybe growing some plants someday. The plates still go in the trash sadly. But it's like 2/week.

#solarpunk #offGrid #rewilding #degrowth #decolonizing #RVLife

"...our valued tradition of unselfish cooperation for You Giving Us Your Land, Your Lives, and Your Labor or else!"

#AbuseCulture
#decolonizing
#ReligiousTrauma
#exmormon
#exmo

The LDS Church directly participated in, and encouraged the US government to engage in, massacres and land theft of the Paiute and Shoshone peoples and I just fucking can't with this trash.

(The book the Bear Creek Massacre by Darren Parry, a descendent of the atrocity, documents one such event.)

And then there's the fucking cultural genocide that continued into my lifetime with the Indian Placement Program and Oaks has the gall to fucking use words like "compassion" right next to "colonize."

Ok I gotta calm down and clock back in. I'm here for a quote about attending meetings. That's all I want.

#AbuseCulture
#decolonizing
#ReligiousTrauma
#exmormon
#exmo

Fucking fuck I can't even clock back in to work I'm so fucking mad.

This is from 2021.

Oaks is a Nazi and I want to punch him in his knobby unprotected head.

#exmo #exmormon #ReligiousTrauma #decolonizing #AbuseCulture

»Decolonizing Russia — what it means and why it matters (https://kyivindependent.com/the-russian-opposition-is-skeptical-of-decolonization-but-what-about-russias-ethnic-minority-groups/)

While some critics — both within and outside the Kremlin's orbit — view decolonization as a threat to the sovereignty of the Russian Federation, advocates argue it is a necessary confrontation with Russia's centuries-long imperial legacy.«

An excellent post on #TheKyivIndependent by #KateTsurkan. Full article here:
https://kyivindependent.com/the-russian-opposition-is-skeptical-of-decolonization-but-what-about-russias-ethnic-minority-groups/

#Russia #russianimperialism #decolonizing #russianwar #Ukraine

I'd say mentally preparing yourself to "let go" and "give things up" is the best act of ism you can do today, right here, right now. Ask yourself, what can I live without if I had to, someday, in the future?

Then start asking if you can live without it *now.*

I've thusfar been quite surprised at what I can live without. And those empty spaces keep being filling back up with abundance of a different kind.

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#antifa
#solarpunk
#decolonizing
#Resistance
#rewilding

It's important to note that these things take time, so patience with the self and with outside things is another skill to develop. I'm not 100% switching everything all at once. Just enough to make myself a little uncomfortable until I get used to it.

Even in a trailer in deep rural [Location Redacted] under a fascist oligarchy, I'm still living far more comfortably than the 80% of the rest of the world. I'm not special. I'm not more deserving than them to live a white American suburban lifestyle with a 3000sqft house and two giant freezers full of food delivered to me by drone. I want to live modestly comfortable so that 80% of the rest of the world can live modestly comfortable, too. I want to live independently of the "conveniences" they sell me at a markup so high that I'm bound to an 80 hour a week job just to maintain. I want to break free of the American Cult that we've been living under for generations.

That's what this marathon is about for me, not Resisting the Fascist of the Week. That's what I mean by "lifestyle change." That's what it's going to take to change the world.

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#antifa
#solarpunk
#decolonizing
#Resistance
#rewilding

I'm not allowing myself to become frustrated with frustrating technology. If a thing annoys me enough, I look for how to escape using it. If I can't, then I take some deep breaths and refuse, REFUSE to let it upset me. If I can put it off to another day when it might work better, or when I'm feeling more calm, I do. Present-moment mindfulness is radical AF. And it's saving my mental health.

I'm preparing my life so that I can get back to the activism I do best – writing and educating about power dynamics, cults, trauma recovery, etc. My paid project is in this vein, and I'm happily productive on it once again. Then I'm hoping to get back to podcasts, blog posts, social media threads (like this one!)

My mind is also turned to future community building activities in my new home. There are family bonds to strengthen, and locals to get to know. I'm looking for opportunities to mutually aid, and maybe subtly disrupt the bad things while I go.

These are just a few things.

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#antifa #solarpunk #decolonizing #Resistance #rewilding

I'm being friendly when I go out. I'm establishing a relationship with the small farmer who lives up the road who I buy eggs and propane from. Even though he voted for Trump (because he trusts Trump will be good on the economy). I've found common interests with him, and he'll be more likely to have my back if the tanks roll in.

I'm thinking hard about my electricity usage. This trailer can only pull 30A max, so I'm forced to learn wattage conversion guestimation math. (Did you know an electric blanket uses an order of magnitude less power than a space heater? Many of these aren't just political acts, but also help in survival situations.)

With moving and lifestyle change, I've had to buy a lot of things for now. One of the hardest things I've done is cancel Prime. I've prioritized purchases: Local first, then small online creators (Etsy etc), then online liquidation outlets (Overstock, Ebay), then any other online source, and only then, Amazon. You can ask a local store to special order! I'm focused on trying to buy quality -- things than will last. I'm trying to buy things made out of real things. Wool, wood, metal.

I'm also trying to repair more. Don't throw it out, see if I can fix it first. In that same vein, I'm building more things myself. If I can rig something with junk, I do. This is punk af, always has been, always will be. DIY.

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#antifa #solarpunk #decolonizing #Resistance #rewilding

Some examples of what I've been changing.

I'm weaning myself off of Google, Facebook, and any other tech company that has shown themselves to be after utter rule of everyone. I'm getting as much info into offline repositories as I can.

I've left a toxic living situation, which took great sacrifice – potentially I've lost hundreds of thousands of $ in this decision. But I've regained my mind and my time.

I've moved into an aluminum tiny house on wheels, aka a trailer. I've given up running water and reliable electric and internet. I shit in a bucket. I will soon be setting up a solar battery. My carbon footprint is rapidly shrinking. The conveniences I've given up were scary, but not that bad, and in many ways, the intentionality of my consumption is mentally and spiritually healthier.

I was already showering and laundering less often thanks to my disability. This is coming in handy.

I've started thinking about how my ancestors lived. I still use kleenex, and without water my paper towel use has gone up a little bit, but I'm using hankies and rags more often. I'm reusing every piece of single-use plastic I possibly can, because fuck the system I'll use my god-given plastic as much as I want TYVM. I've reduced my usage of purchased ziplocks as much as reasonably possible.

I think about each of my daily actions and continually challenging myself towards doable shifts in my thinking and acting. Mindfulness. "Chop wood, carry water."

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#antifa #solarpunk #decolonizing #Resistance #rewilding

Effective political action is like improving your health.

We're not talking a fad 2-week diet so you can fit into your dress by reunion time. We're not talking mass riots in the streets until the regime change finally comes.

We're talking lifestyle change.

We're talking habits.

We're talking about waking up every morning thinking about what you're doing this week to affect small change.

We're talking slow but intentional changes to how you consume internet, media, and natural resources.

We're talking about examining your dependencies and thinking about what you can actually dump.

We're talking about letting go of unhealthy technologies.

We're talking about a list of phone numbers you call every week to voice your concerns.

We're talking about exercising your mind daily on mental tasks you might need someday.

We're talking about the small but regular conversations to gently persuade and plant seeds of doubt and curiosity.

We're talking about the local friendships you make with the store clerk and the FedEx deliverer.

We're talking about positioning yourself in the right place and building trust with the right people, so at the right time you can make one subtle change that will gum up the works.

I don't know exactly what actions are best or what you feel inspired by. I don't know what changes *your* particular life needs. But this isn't a sprint; it's a marathon. It isn't a hero that will save us, but teamwork - each of us focusing on our own part and trusting everyone else.

With what's wrong in this world today, it's going to take a complete and total change in *how you live*. Especially if you live in the West.

Because ultimately, this isn't about overthrowing the Elected Fascist of the Year.

It's about decolonization. It's about sustainability. It's about overthrowing the Fascism of the Whole Damn Era.

Next post I'll talk examples, some of the changes I've made in my life.

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#antifa #solarpunk #decolonizing #Resistance #rewilding

you cannot "decolonize" thxgiving

https://www.instagram.com/p/DC1soJEOweD/?igsh=YmNmMWpvZGJ3Nzd3

#thanksgiving #nationaldayofmourning #indigenous #genocide #decolonize #decolonizing #mourning

#decolonizing my bookshelf

#decolonizing the media

Didn’t know Gathara has a column on al-Jazeera.

[…] The three moderate candidates in the race – Jill Stein, Cornel West and Chase Oliver – were barred from participating. Instead, the contest pitted the two frontrunners: former President Donald Trump, the candidate of the far-white Republican Party, widely thought to be the political wing of white-Christianist militias, and Kamala Harris, the current vice president, who led a palace coup two months ago that forced the ageing, unpopular incumbent, President Joe Biden, to abandon his quest for re-election.

https://www.aljazeera.com/author/patrick_gathara_20141863917323977

https://xcancel.com/gathara