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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 18h

Today, The Word for World: The Maps of Ursula K. Le Guin opens at AA Gallery in London! Curated by Sarah Shin and Harriet Jennings, the exhibition presents a selection of Ursula's maps, including some that have never been exhibited before.

A photo of the entrance to The Word for World exhibition, with two banners hanging vertically down outside the doorway to a brick building with white-paned windows. A row of bicycles are parked in front. The banners are purple and white and say the name of the exhibition and Ursula K. Le Guin's name.

A cord-wrapped rock rests on a vivid blue background next to a map of and program for The Word for World exhibition.

A stack of copies of The Word for World book, which shows the title in vivid blue against a black cloth cover.

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Former Pingu Child Actor @heresy.bsky.social · 4h

7 bullet wounds

Ariana Jasmine
@arianajasmine
An ICE agent shot an American citizen.
He filed a false report that contradicted his
body cam footage.
The agent allegedly said, "Do something,
b*tch" before shooting her, leaving her with
seven gunshot wounds.
Why isn't this on every news channel?

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Anarres Project for Alternative Futures @anarresproject.bsky.social · 19h

So what is social ecology? Here Eleanor Finley lays out the foundations of this perspective.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=orA2...

What is Social Ecology? Eleanor Finley

YouTube video by Anarres Project for Alternative Futures

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

When the Proud Boys stormed the Capital and tried to overthrow the government, we were told it was “just a protest”.

They were pardoned.

But furries dancing in Portland and priests praying in Chicago are a threat to the government?

Those fighting fascism are terrorists?

Welcome to fascism.

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Big Tex @btactual.bsky.social · 1d

Remember when a right wing guy shot 12 people at a church and burned it down and we just never heard about it again?

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 2d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 3d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Rita, antifascist🏴 @oldsquida.bsky.social · 3d

“We need allies who will fight and not tell us to be nonviolent. If a white man wants to be an ally, just ask him what does he think of John Brown. Do you know what John Brown did? He went to war.” ~ Malcolm X

Ruby, evil witch and spooky crone @anontranshoe.bsky.social · 3d

MLK only got the gains he did in the civil rights movement by presenting a non-violent alternative to the openly militant rhetoric and politics of the Black Panther Party and Malcolm X; without that threat of violence, his movement might never have enjoyed what success it did

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Anarres Project for Alternative Futures @anarresproject.bsky.social · 3d

"My theory about the convergence of these subgenres is that ‘thought experiment dystopian fiction’ allows us to process horrible things at a safe distance, whereas ‘dystopian realism’ is more akin to a polar plunge." #dystopia
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“It’s Okay But It’s Also Really Not.” When Dystopian Fiction is No Longer a Thought Experiment

Dystopian fiction is getting real, and I’m here for it. I don’t think I’m the only one. There’s something cathartic about reading about the end of the world. As a science fiction reader and avid fa…

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Anarres Project for Alternative Futures @anarresproject.bsky.social · 4d

Figures

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 4d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Anarres Project for Alternative Futures @anarresproject.bsky.social · 4d

Brilliant

David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 4d

One of David Graeber's most interesting pieces was from 2013 called - 'A practical utopians guide to the coming collapse.'

Here is an extract.

"What would happen if we stopped acting as if the primordial
form of work is laboring at a production line, or wheat field,
or iron foundry, or even in an office cubicle, and instead
started from a mother, a teacher, or a caregiver?
.
We might be forced to conclude that the real business of
human life is not contributing toward something called the
economy but the fact that we are all, and have always been,
projects of mutual creation."
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- David Graeber

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fatherofdroids @fatherofdroids.bsky.social · 4d

The growth of AI absolutely necessitates UBI and we should be talking about instituting it IMMEDIATELY

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Anarres Project for Alternative Futures @anarresproject.bsky.social · 4d

No one is going to save us except ourselves. Get organized in your community.
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Admirals and Generals Will Not Save US - Agency Rests In the Hands of the Public Alone

The Nazi holocaust did not begin with The Wannsee Conference. Prior to the German invasion of the Soviet Union, representatives of the racial state -

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Anarres Project for Alternative Futures @anarresproject.bsky.social · 6d

things would be scary if it wasn't also true that authorities are incompetent
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

White House official inadvertently reveals plans to send elite army unit to Portland

Anthony Salisbury displayed chat about deployment of 82nd airborne division on cell phone while in Minnesota

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Anarres Project for Alternative Futures @anarresproject.bsky.social · 7d

The big corporations aren't designed to help us communicate against authoritarianism.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Apple removes ICEBlock app after criticism from Trump administration

Google also removed similar apps from the app store for Android devices, although ICEBlock was never available on the Google Play store.

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Anarres Project for Alternative Futures @anarresproject.bsky.social · 9d

"About one-third of respondents agreed at least somewhat that “having a strong leader for America is more important than having a democracy.” This represents an estimated 90 million adults." www.psypost.org/millions-of-...

Millions of Americans support arresting president's critics and suspending Congress, survey suggests

A 2025 survey highlights a deep divide in American political attitudes, with a substantial minority prioritizing strong leadership over democratic processes. Researchers found one-third of adults woul...

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Ancom Reader 🇺🇦 🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏴🐆☸️ @intlibecosoc.bsky.social · 10d

Essay #105: Javier Sethness Castro, ‘From Tolstoy’s Search for the Kingdom of God: Gender and Queer Anarchism’ @anarchismresgroup.bsky.social @routledgebooks.bsky.social @solcolua.bsky.social @anarresproject.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=0miW...

Essay #105: Javier Sethness Castro, ‘From Tolstoy’s Search for the Kingdom of God: Gender and Queer

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Anarres Project for Alternative Futures @anarresproject.bsky.social · 11d

This story from 1929 sounds amazing. The radical imagination has a long history.
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Rediscovering a Radical Piece of Early Science Fiction - Reactor

Ilana Masad explores a feminist, queer, trans, anti-colonial work of sci-fi from 1929

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Anarres Project for Alternative Futures @anarresproject.bsky.social · 13d

This is a good analysis

Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 13d

Trump is ordering US soldiers to occupy my “war-ravaged” hometown of Portland, “authorizing them to use full force” against “antifa” (ie, anyone he doesn’t like) to stop “political violence.” As I explain here, the whole thing is premised on fascist myths.
www.bostonreview.net/articles/wha...

What Is Political Violence? - Boston Review

Pundits and politicians conceal the truth: it’s all around us, perpetrated by our political system itself.

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 13d

“So why aren’t you going to the US anytime soon?”

Well:

The Trump administration isn't only targeting organizations or groups but even individuals and "entities" whom NSPM-7 says can be identified by any of the following
"indica" (indicators) of violence:
• anti-Americanism,
• anti-capitalism,
• anti-Christianity,
• support for the overthrow of the United States Government,
• extremism on migration,
• extremism on race,
• extremism on gender
• hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on family,
• hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on religion, and
• hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on morality.

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Anarres Project for Alternative Futures @anarresproject.bsky.social · 13d

Be like Bertrand.

Boston Review @bostonreview.bsky.social · 14d

Bertrand Russell once received letters from Sir Oswald Mosley, the founder of the British Union of Fascists, inviting him to a debate. Russell not only declined but replied quite generally that “nothing fruitful or sincere could ever emerge from association between us.” @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social

How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review

Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.

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Anarres Project for Alternative Futures @anarresproject.bsky.social · 13d

Scenes from war ravaged Portland

Cartoon of a military official beating a protestor who is on the ground. The official yells: "Stop calling us fascists!"

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Anarres Project for Alternative Futures @anarresproject.bsky.social · 14d

Alright, here we go

Willamette Week @wweek.com · 14d

President Donald Trump has dispatched federal agents to Portland, local elected officials said in a hastily scheduled press conference on Friday night

Federal Agents Amass in Portland, Local Officials Say

Aaron Mesh, Sophie Peel

www.wweek.com

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Anarres Project for Alternative Futures @anarresproject.bsky.social · 14d

You have to at least try it out.
www.atlasobscura.com/lists/12-aba...

12 Abandoned Utopias That Didn't Last

These paradises are long lost.

www.atlasobscura.com

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