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Deceleration @deceleration.news · 2d

Imagine being so homo/transphobic that you hate rivers too.

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Hill Country city to remove street art to comply with Abbott order

Kerrville officials say the crosswalks appear to run afoul of the governor's directive to remove political or ideological art from public streets.

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Deceleration @deceleration.news · 4d

For those tracking accelerating #fascism in the US, an important panel coming up 11/1 on the human impacts of martial law under Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos, Sr.

4:30pm at River Alchemy Creative Arts (2600 S Flores 78204). RSVP: bit.ly/RSVPforNOV1F...

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VIDEO: Victims and Survivors of Martial Law Under Autocrat Ferdinand Marcos Sr. Remembered in a Moment of U.S. Authoritarian Peril – Deceleration

As tensions rise over deployment of the military in U.S. cities, increasingly violent ICE arrests by unaccountable masked agents, and persecution of Trump's political rivals, a photo exhibit and panel...

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Deceleration @deceleration.news · 4d

The City of San Antonio’s planet-warming emissions ticked up in 2023, according to new data released on Monday. That interrupts gains made after adopting a climate action plan in 2019.

#satx #climatechange

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San Antonio Climate Emissions Are Tracking Up—Not Down—New Data Shows – Deceleration

The City of San Antonio’s planet-warming emissions ticked up in 2023, according to new data released on Monday. That interrupts gains made after adopting a climate action plan in 2019. From 2019 to 20...

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Deceleration @deceleration.news · 4d

As you educate yourself on #ProjectMarvel, some historical context from @dlondonwortel.bsky.social is instructive.

#satx

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Subsidizing the Wealthy to Secure Well-Being for the Rest is a Strategy that Has Failed for Over 150 Years – Deceleration

Historian Daniel Wortel-London explains why, looking at the case of New York City—with lessons for San Antonio as we consider public funding streams for Project Marvel. Historian Daniel Wortel-London ...

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Deceleration @deceleration.news · 4d

Reposting this for yall because we forgot to tag @anelflores.bsky.social on here. Truly beautiful conversation with a powerful writer and artist on fiction as #queer and #trans intervention in legacies of #environmentalracism in South #Texas.

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PODCAST: ‘Curtains of Rain’ Revisits South Texas Histories of Environmental Racism as Queer Coming-of Age Story – Deceleration

Our podcast interview with author Anel Flores talks Monsanto’s decades of contamination in Mission, Texas, the beauty of South Texas people and places, and fiction as a practice of healing self by wri...

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Deceleration @deceleration.news · 4d

From last week: Highlighting threat from #wastewater to greater San Antonio’s largest drinking #water source, the #EdwardsAquifer, opponents threaten lawsuit, rehearing request. w @harmanity.bsky.social

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TCEQ Commissioners Approve Guajolote Ranch Wastewater Permit—Spark Lawsuit Threat – Deceleration

Highlighting threat from wastewater to greater San Antonio’s largest drinking water source, the Edwards Aquifer, opponents threaten lawsuit, rehearing request. TCEQ Commissioners unanimously approved ...

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Deceleration @deceleration.news · 4d

As we catch yall up on the past month, we also covered #nokings here in #satx:

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and

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'No Kings' Protests to Sweep U.S. Saturday As Trump Admin Ramps Up Attacks on Civil Society – Deceleration

In reviving notions of “pre-crime,” the Trump administration has found a convenient way to treat all protest as “terrorism.” The “antifa” EO and NSPM-7 seek to “investigate and disrupt networks, entit...

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Deceleration @deceleration.news · 4d

But also--important community victory from this month. Via @harmanity.bsky.social:

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#extremeheat #climatechange #cuentaloscuerpos #satx

San Antonio Heat-Death Tracking Effort Advances Over Staff 'No Action' Recommendation – Deceleration

Mayor Jones and several Council members said more efforts are needed to understand who is losing their lives to extreme heat to prevent future deaths—even as City Manager Erik Walsh and Metro Health D...

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Deceleration @deceleration.news · 4d

Continuing our roundup of October stories...

Deaths from #extremeheat are widely undercounted across #Texas, the U.S., and the world. But those cities that are trying—from NYC to Las Vegas—are finding hundreds of deaths per year to include.

#satx #climatechange

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San Antonio City Staff Recommend Against Tracking Heat-Related Deaths, Alleging ‘Very Few’ Deaths – Deceleration

Deaths from extreme heat are widely undercounted across Texas, the U.S., and the world. But those cities that are trying—from NYC to Las Vegas—are finding hundreds of deaths per year to include. While...

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Deceleration @deceleration.news · 4d

From earlier this month, ICYMI.

Six local orgs announced a new coalition targeting material support by #SanAntonio for Israel's #genocide and ethnic cleansing in #Palestine — and to grieve more than 65,000 deaths since October 7, 2023.

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'Power for Palestine' Speakers Announce New Coalition to Challenge San Antonio's Role in Genocide – Deceleration

Six local orgs announced a new coalition targeting San Antonio's material support for Israel's genocide and ethnic cleansing in Palestine—and to grieve more than 65,000 deaths since October 7, 2023. O...

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Deceleration @deceleration.news · 4d

We're behind in our Blueskying...ICYMI:

Medical professionals, advocates, and policy experts from #satx share recent successes, challenges, urging movement to keep residents safe from high heat and punishing pollution. 

#climatechange #publichealth

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Growing Clean Energy Investments and Green Spaces Critical to Protecting Public Health, Panelists Say – Deceleration

Medical professionals, advocates, and policy experts from San Antonio, Texas, share recent successes, challenges, and urge movement to keep residents safe from high heat and punishing pollution.  Fede...

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Deceleration @deceleration.news · 4d

Much thanks for sharing your analysis with us!

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dlondonwortel.bsky.social @dlondonwortel.bsky.social · 5d

Subsidizing the Wealthy to Secure Well-Being for the Rest is a Strategy that Has Failed for Over 150 Years.

That's the title of my latest article for @deceleration.news, a journal responding to our shared ecological and political crisis.

Check it out here.

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Environmental justice news and analysis for San Antonio and the the South Texas bioregion

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Deceleration @deceleration.news · Oct 2

The principles of #mutualaid that are increasingly being built into community #climate efforts—out of deep and growing necessity. Some case studies here to be aware of.

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#climate #publichealth #globalwarming #activism #cities

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Jonathan Rosenblum @jonathan4212.bsky.social · Sep 24

The @nwu.org's Frances Madeson, reviewing my book, 'We're Coming for You and Your Rotten System' in @deceleration.news, calls it "a rousing how-to guide for fighting corporate greed."

Check out her incisive review below, then go to ORBooks.com and buy the book!

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REVIEW: 'We're Coming for You and Your Rotten System' Is a Rousing How-To Guide for Fighting Corporate Greed – Deceleration

Jonathan Rosenblum's new movement history—and valuable primer in municipalist solutions—delivers insight and inspiration from successes in Seattle, where people have forced local government to put the...

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Deceleration @deceleration.news · Sep 24

Smart review of a powerful new book by @jonathan4212.bsky.social. Everyone in #SATX fighting #ProjectMarvel needs to read this one. w/@orbooks.bsky.social

#socialism #RightToTheCity #Seattle #KshamaSawant

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Deceleration @deceleration.news · Sep 24

"And I continue to ride (bike and VIA) because I can do no less for ... todos los demás inocentes." An elegy for our friend and comrade Jack Elder. K descanse en paz y poder.

#sanctuarymovement #migrantrights #degrowth #CentralAmerica

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Deceleration @deceleration.news · Sep 18

San Antonio Heat Death Efforts Stalled As Council and Mayor Battle Over Process

A vote Thursday could resolve the dispute and put important heat work back in motion.

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Deceleration @deceleration.news · Sep 12

“I could hear a woman’s voice screaming, ‘We’re coming back!’ ... and as I approached the wrecked tripod, a black late-model Jeep turned its headlights on and started to drive toward me."

#environment #activism #forests #biodiversity #news

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collage featuring forest defenders and relates species.

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Deceleration @deceleration.news · Sep 11

thanks, mason!

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Deceleration @deceleration.news · Sep 9

The #SanAntonio Climate Ready Neighborhoods program, a burgeoning #climate effort seeks to activate “pods” across the city to prepare people for climate shocks, is seeing funding stripped away—as billions for entertainments capture attention.

#adaptation #news

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working group putting pens to paper. headline reads: san antonio defunding climate ready program as project marvel tops agenda

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Deceleration @deceleration.news · Sep 7

Our latest opinion piece kicks off a series of stories about the projects we want to see funded in a time of colliding crises. This multi-billion dollar "Project Marvel" entertainment district isn't one of them.

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#climate #food #cities #development #justice #hr

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Maya Schenwar @mayaschenwar.bsky.social · Sep 5

Movement media is a key tool to fight fascism.
In the @truthout.org Center for Grassroots Journalism newsletter, see the latest from @wagingnonviolence.org @hammerandhope.bsky.social @convergencemag.com @kcdefender.bsky.social @deceleration.news & more! ❤️
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Grassroots journalism organizations are a tool against fascism -- and their voices are growing

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Deceleration @deceleration.news · Aug 29

All over our community and all over this land, people are fighting back and protecting each other by writing, singing, drawing, chalking sidewalks. Check out our first creative review here: deceleration.news/melting-ice-...

w/ @pacifistwarvet.bsky.social & otrxs

#poetry #art #visualart #resist

'Vanishing Ice, Melting ICE'—A Deceleration Quarterly Creative Review – Deceleration

Deceleration's first quarterly creative review taps into deep wells of community talent responding to the vanishing ice of warming seas and recent ICE vanishings of our family, friends, and neighbors....

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Deceleration @deceleration.news · Aug 27

#Toxic Tour Highlights #Environmental Justice Struggles on #SanAntonio’s South Side

A coalition of organizations led a tour across San Antonio’s ‘red line of inequity,’ spotlighting the overwhelming burden of polluting industries that persist south of Highway 90.

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Group of people touring toxic sites of South Side of San Antonio.

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