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'pacifism is not passivity. it's the active protection of all living things in the natural universe.' @sphrog.bsky.social's gender-irrelevant goblin prince hedge witchery, over-analyzing media, epilepsy no AI ever. politics mostly limited to replies.

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zahăr @tapestrybeast.bsky.social · Nov 16

Putting this thread back up at the top of my feed because I just had an evening of reading some LeGuin and feeling grim about Things in general.

What is that thing that comes after hope is dead but is also in opposition to despair? I don't know.

(And yes I meant to say "malicious compliance.")

zahăr @tapestrybeast.bsky.social · Nov 12

For those among you who are scared but non-violent - especially if, like me, non-violence is in your marrow - try not to be demoralized by the rhetoric that pacifism enables the oppressor. There is a place for you in this world, it is important, and what you have to give DOES fight back.

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zahăr @tapestrybeast.bsky.social · 9h

Seriously though what is even up with Japanese bass players, has anyone taken them aside to let them know they can chill sometimes and that they don't have to go that hard all the time

zahăr @tapestrybeast.bsky.social · 9h

(I'm allowed to make that Geddy Lee crack because I was supposed to be a boy and named Geddy, and I saw Rush live 14 times, and also the boombox I got for these CDs has a big Starman sticker on the top)

zahăr @tapestrybeast.bsky.social · 9h

I have been working on these mixes, and the number of mixes keeps expanding into sub-vibes like "angry metal" and "happy metal" and "folk metal you didn't know was a thing because it's not European" and "the average japanese bass player makes Geddy Lee look lazy"

zahăr @tapestrybeast.bsky.social · 2d

Every convo is angry. I've gotten him to talk briefly about music; he doesn't know what year it is but his pitch memory is flawless.

I got him an easy-to-use boombox, decent headphones, and a few of his fav CDs. Putting together some vibe-based mixes of newer stuff I think he might like.

zahăr @tapestrybeast.bsky.social · 28d

I was able to call him again. He wasn't acting mean (to me) but he was PISSED. Still denies his right side doesn't work (common), but he was bellowing about how he's not getting PT so he can't leave. Even though that was contradictory and he's confused, he was legitimately advocating for himself.

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zahăr @tapestrybeast.bsky.social · 10h

That has been happening to farm workers for a long time as a method of maintaining a slave labor force.
youtu.be/zdWrHb8b-c0

ICE Raids Are Only Half The Story

YouTube video by Farm to Taber

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zahăr @tapestrybeast.bsky.social · 10h

Man, my family's been in the US for 400 years and there are entire regions worth of states I won't travel to. I don't feel safe traveling in my own country, or elsewhere and then potentially getting snatched upon re-entry because I'm a little too olive-skinned. Trust your instincts.

zahăr @tapestrybeast.bsky.social · 10h

I keep a copy of my passport card on me, and my spouse (blond and blue-eyed) keeps my full passport and certified copies of my birth certificate in a safe in case my card is confiscated.

I'm of Kalé Welsh descent (Welsh Roma) and I get harassed a lot now. It's a matter of when, not if.

zahăr @tapestrybeast.bsky.social · 11h

So I am now aware of a Catholic priest, Episcopalian priest, Presbyterian minister, and Baptist pastor all being assaulted on camera by ICE within the last month. Am I missing any? Is there a point at which the Christian MAGAs draw a line?

zahăr @tapestrybeast.bsky.social · 12h

"No more bailouts for the state with the 4th largest GDP in the entire world!!!" Lmao

zahăr @tapestrybeast.bsky.social · 15h

I despise this MFer and I hate that he's already being carried around on peoples' social media shoulders as the presumptive next pres candidate. Over my probably-literally-by-then dead body

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zahăr @tapestrybeast.bsky.social · 15h

Reading his message about it, it's because of increased healthcare costs. Yeah dude do you know how much more expensive treating actual HIV and/or full-blown AIDS is, and the accompanying spread of the illness by people who don't know they have it? Mike Pence ass

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zahăr @tapestrybeast.bsky.social · 15h

Vetoing PreP is a wild choice

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zahăr @tapestrybeast.bsky.social · 15h

By Oregon law, every ICE officer involved committed both a Class A Misdemeanor and felony assault on every single EMT in that ambulance

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zahăr @tapestrybeast.bsky.social · 16h

I bet if I posted this photo on Tumblr the censor bots would flag it as containing nudity

zahăr @tapestrybeast.bsky.social · 16h

"a KNIFE!!" *zoom*
"NO!!!!"

zahăr @tapestrybeast.bsky.social · 16h

For reference, this was the arrangement I was singing to torment my tail. I know I've linked it before but haha here it is again. Remains my favorite version of the song ever recorded. It also sounds like utter dogshit if you don't project, which is exactly why I chose it.

youtu.be/Wnp5HrGGv8I?...

zahăr @tapestrybeast.bsky.social · 17h

While I was using the self-checkout I was singing "Seeeee how I BUY just watch me BUUUUYYYYYYYYYYYY" just loud enough to make the manager super uncomfortable because she'd been too stupid to keep her voice down

zahăr @tapestrybeast.bsky.social · 17h

My only regret is that I wasn't followed long enough to reach the volume where I could reeeeeally hit those window-breaker notes at the climax

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zahăr @tapestrybeast.bsky.social · 17h

Heard another CVS manager tell someone to follow me around as soon as I set foot in the door. So I spent over an hour wandering around the store while singing "Gethsemane" at slowly increasing volume

I just came here to get a Monster after therapy, 'swhat you get

If I buy what will be my Rewards

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zahăr @tapestrybeast.bsky.social · 18h

Respect would require not using AI generated images I think

zahăr @tapestrybeast.bsky.social · 18h

As someone who knows first-hand how hard it is to find and pay for actual *good* PTSD treatment, he can stuff those words right back in his little rat mouth

zahăr @tapestrybeast.bsky.social · 18h

I don't but I remember my address. I was taught a song with it in case I ever got lost

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zahăr @tapestrybeast.bsky.social · 18h

People love getting atypical stuff when trick-or-treating!! I did books one year and the kids - and their parents - went absolutely bananas. One girl asked if she could have more than one. I said she could pick as many as she wanted, and she just arm-swept the table lmao

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zahăr @tapestrybeast.bsky.social · 23h

I'm sorry are you saying that ...

You know what? Never mind. If I've learned anything over the course of this genocide, it's that people who don't want to see what's right in front of them absolutely will never see it.

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zahăr @tapestrybeast.bsky.social · 23h

Look at the wording, though. Hostages vs prisoners. This is deliberate.

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zahăr @tapestrybeast.bsky.social · 1d

That's what I was saying is happening.