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La Tanya S. Autry (she/her) @artstuffmatters.bsky.social · 54m

so many people's inner slave catcher is out

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AK Press @akpress.org · 7h

"How can we take care of our mental health while either refusing—or being just plain unable—to adjust ourselves to injustice?"

mentalhellth.xyz/p/a-letter-f...

So again, if you find yourself wondering, after weeks or perhaps months of constant stress, maybe some panic attacks or lashing out at your comrades, or perhaps even waking up in the middle of the night terrified of jackboots at your door, if you are going crazy, I’d offer that maybe that’s the wrong question. The better question is, how can we take care of our mental health while either refusing—or being just plain unable—to adjust ourselves to injustice?

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AK Press @akpress.org · 7h

The first excerpt from our forthcoming book edited by @mskellymhayes.bsky.social, Read This When Things Fall Apart, is a letter by Aaron Goggans about how fascism warps consensus reality—and how organizers can learn how to live well outside of it, without letting conflict and trauma rip them apart.

A Letter from an Organizer on How to Fight While Feeling Broken

An excerpt from Read This When Things Fall Apart.

mentalhellth.xyz

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Justseeds Artists' Cooperative @justseeds.bsky.social · 8h

New risograph print from @werdmvmnt.bsky.social in the shop! What does slowing down look like for you and those around you? How can you encourage those you are around you to slow down with you and create space for laughter, wonder, and rest? justseeds.org/product/slow...

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Capital B @capitalb.bsky.social · 6h

Tyesha Long’s attorneys are appealing the decision. capitalbnews.org/tyesha-long-...

She Got 27 Years for Killing Her Abuser. Judge Rules Oklahoma’s Survivors Act Won’t Free Her.

A judge will submit a written decision in Tyesha Long’s hearing next month.

capitalbnews.org

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La Tanya S. Autry (she/her) @artstuffmatters.bsky.social · 4h

we can hope

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 5h

University of Texas admins are confronting the collapse of academic freedom by creating a working group of people hand-picked by the administration to, at some point, craft a statement about "academic integrity".

Dear UT Faculty and Staff,
I am pleased to announce a new initiative, inspired by conversations with faculty, that reaffirms our commitment to the enduring values of academic freedom and responsibility, and our shared calling to present our students with intellectually honest discussions of broad and varied perspectives in the classroom. Today, we are establishing a Faculty Working Group on Academic Integrity at The University of Texas at Austin.
The group’s charge is to develop a statement on academic integrity that affirms both the importance of academic freedom and its responsible exercise in teaching at UT.
We all recognize that higher education in general is under scrutiny. Some question whether our University has strayed from our duty to steward curiosity, open inquiry, and productive debate, while others worry that we have narrowed or even excluded opportunities for dialogue or dissent. This is not the Texas way.
We must define our character, or it will be defined by others. And how we live out that character in our classrooms will reveal our commitment. As the flagship university of our state and one of the world’s greatest universities, UT holds a critical position of public trust. That trust can be earned and sustained through a renewed commitment to academic integrity.
To guide this effort, I have invited a select group of faculty leaders, representing a broad range of academic units, to serve on the Working Group:

The Working Group will be chaired by Provost William Inboden.
I want to express my gratitude to the members of this Working Group for offering their time and expertise to this important initiative. The future of our University is incredibly bright, and the establishment of our statement on academic integrity will serve our academic mission well for years to come.
Sincerely,
Jim Davis
President

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Steven W. Thrasher is finishing The Overseer Class @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 4h

Can’t take any columnist or writer seriously on ANYTHING if they’ve had nothing to say about Gaza

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 13h

Under Nazi rule, clergy who refused to support the regime were surveilled, arrested, assaulted, and in some cases, executed. The Nazis publicly aligned themselves with Christian values while targeting religious figures who defended the vulnerable or spoke against state violence.

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Paul Crider @paulcrider.liberalcurrents.com · 13h

This is one of the most encouraging trends I've seen. Refusing to indict cases of resistance against ICE terrorists and kidnappers is a valuable tool in our citizens' toolkit.

Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 23h

A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said, Megan Crepeau and @benjaminpenn.bsky.social report

news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Grand Jury Declines to Indict Two Chicago-Area ICE Protesters

A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said.

news.bloomberglaw.com

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Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 23h

A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said, Megan Crepeau and @benjaminpenn.bsky.social report

news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Grand Jury Declines to Indict Two Chicago-Area ICE Protesters

A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said.

news.bloomberglaw.com

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La Tanya S. Autry (she/her) @artstuffmatters.bsky.social · 13h

"corporate theft is necessary" is ruling class logic 101.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 16h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Prison Journalism Project @prisonjournalism.bsky.social · 2d

PJP's @profpasha.bsky.social talks about the importance of prison journalism and why incarcerated people deserve their stories to be just as loud as everyone else.

Why we need prison journalism | Shaheen Pasha | TEDxPSU

YouTube video by TEDx Talks

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bookriot.bsky.social @bookriot.bsky.social · 1d

Support independent bookstores and get free shipping by purchasing books through Bookshop.org during their "Anti-Prime Day" sale.

#booksky

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Bookshop.org Offers Free Shipping and 20% Off Banned Books for “Anti-Prime Day”

Support independent bookstores and get free shipping by purchasing books through Bookshop.org during their "Anti-Prime Day" sale.

bookriot.com

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vijay iyer @vijayiyer.bsky.social · 1d

“There is no justice in America, but it is the fight for justice that sustains you.”

--Amiri Baraka (10/7/1934-1/9/2014)

(blurry photo by me)

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 1d

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The text from a tweet from @Lauren_N_Rod shows a photo with a description that reads A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them.

Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents and shares ICE activity across the city, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 1d

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d

US commentator Van Jones has apologised for making a joke about Palestinian babies killed by Israeli attacks, but he is not alone when it comes to dehumanising comments about Gaza aje.io/33pm5k

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La Tanya S. Autry (she/her) @artstuffmatters.bsky.social · 1d

When time permitted, we spent hours hiding and making sneak attacks on one another. The sand was fine and clean and, in the beginning of summer, we could find just about every imaginable kind of sea shell."
—Assata Shakur, Assata: An Autobiography

La Tanya S. Autry (she/her) @artstuffmatters.bsky.social · 1d

Assata Shakur--

It is now just a pale shadow of what it used to be, most of it destroyed by erosion. But back then there were majestic sand dunes covered with tall sea grass where my cousins and i would build forts, houses, and, sometimes, cities.

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La Tanya S. Autry (she/her) @artstuffmatters.bsky.social · 1d

Assata Shakur--

"For me, the beach was a wonderful place, and to this day there is no place on this earth that i love more. I have never seen a beach more beautiful than it was then, before they decided to build a canal right through the property of my grandparents.

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 5d

"The following day, reports described the building’s hallways as strewn with 'toys, shoes and food,' with doors 'blown off their hinges' and 'holes left in walls.' In one room, per @blockclubchi.bsky.social, zip ties sat on the floor beside blood stains and baby shoes."

ICE Zip-Ties Children in Horrific Raid on Chicago Apartment Building

ICE agents forced everyone out of a Chicago apartment building in the dead of night.

newrepublic.com

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Col. Boozy Badger @boozybadger.lawyersandliquor.com · 1d

Dunno man, seems a little misleading to write an article about Trump describing activity in Portland and Chicago as “insurrection” with a 33 year old photo of a burning donut shop taken in the 1992 LA Riots (sans caption explaining that) as the header on all your posts about it.

The picture from
The article with a picture of an armed men standing in front of a burning donut shop. You must click through to read the caption “
Two National guardsmen stand guard outside a burning donut shop in Los Angeles on April 30, 1992.
The National Guard was called in to aid police during the second day of rioting in the city.”

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Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 2d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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