Patrick Gillam
@patrickgillam.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy
Slowly open the eyes
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“A general strike is when working people refuse their labor until demands are met. Research shows we need 3.5% of the population, or 11 million Americans, to be successful. The strike card below tracks our progress so we all know when it’s time to strike.”
https://generalstrikeus.com
https://generalstrikeus.com
The General Strike
The General strike -the people united shall never be stopped. If we strike together we can make true real change. Sign the strike card today.
generalstrikeus.com
April 6, 2025 at 12:14 AM
“A general strike is when working people refuse their labor until demands are met. Research shows we need 3.5% of the population, or 11 million Americans, to be successful. The strike card below tracks our progress so we all know when it’s time to strike.”
https://generalstrikeus.com
https://generalstrikeus.com
Republicans would have us believe their billionaires are paragons of rugged individualism. But those billionaires’ monopolies, monopsonies, communication platforms and politicians force the rest of us—we who would be individuals—to walk in service to the billionaires’ wills.
April 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Republicans would have us believe their billionaires are paragons of rugged individualism. But those billionaires’ monopolies, monopsonies, communication platforms and politicians force the rest of us—we who would be individuals—to walk in service to the billionaires’ wills.
Reposted by Patrick Gillam
A French court convicts far right leader Marine Le Pen in an embezzlement case and follows up the verdict with a sentence barring her immediately from running for office for five years […]
Original post on journa.host
journa.host
March 31, 2025 at 11:35 AM
A French court convicts far right leader Marine Le Pen in an embezzlement case and follows up the verdict with a sentence barring her immediately from running for office for five years […]
I had been thinking Schumer and my Senators’ vote to fund the government enables us to use the courts against DOGE. But the New York Times’ Adam Liptak explains why the courts may ultimately fail us, too. Hint: The Supreme Court already has failed us […]
Original post on mastodon.online
mastodon.online
March 21, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I had been thinking Schumer and my Senators’ vote to fund the government enables us to use the courts against DOGE. But the New York Times’ Adam Liptak explains why the courts may ultimately fail us, too. Hint: The Supreme Court already has failed us […]
Reposted by Patrick Gillam
Trump after the Joint Session speech shakes Justice John Robert's' hand & says, "Thank you again. Thank you again. I won't forget it."
I tried to clean up the background sound a bit, but I'm not an expert.
I suppose this is just the normal kind of […]
[Original post on mastodon.online]
I tried to clean up the background sound a bit, but I'm not an expert.
I suppose this is just the normal kind of […]
[Original post on mastodon.online]
March 5, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Trump after the Joint Session speech shakes Justice John Robert's' hand & says, "Thank you again. Thank you again. I won't forget it."
I tried to clean up the background sound a bit, but I'm not an expert.
I suppose this is just the normal kind of […]
[Original post on mastodon.online]
I tried to clean up the background sound a bit, but I'm not an expert.
I suppose this is just the normal kind of […]
[Original post on mastodon.online]
“I was sure that I should never stand alone in this desert world, but that manna would drop from heaven, if I would but rise with every rising sun to gather it.”
—Margaret Fuller, friend of Ralph Waldo Emerson, on her transcendent experience of “no self.”
—Margaret Fuller, friend of Ralph Waldo Emerson, on her transcendent experience of “no self.”
February 22, 2025 at 1:05 AM
“I was sure that I should never stand alone in this desert world, but that manna would drop from heaven, if I would but rise with every rising sun to gather it.”
—Margaret Fuller, friend of Ralph Waldo Emerson, on her transcendent experience of “no self.”
—Margaret Fuller, friend of Ralph Waldo Emerson, on her transcendent experience of “no self.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson explains the motive force behind social media. This is from Robert D. Richardson’s “Emerson: The Mind on Fire”:
[Emerson held that] “expression is as basic a human drive as sex: ‘It is a necessity of the human nature that it should express itself outwardly and embody its […]
[Emerson held that] “expression is as basic a human drive as sex: ‘It is a necessity of the human nature that it should express itself outwardly and embody its […]
Original post on mastodon.online
mastodon.online
February 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Ralph Waldo Emerson explains the motive force behind social media. This is from Robert D. Richardson’s “Emerson: The Mind on Fire”:
[Emerson held that] “expression is as basic a human drive as sex: ‘It is a necessity of the human nature that it should express itself outwardly and embody its […]
[Emerson held that] “expression is as basic a human drive as sex: ‘It is a necessity of the human nature that it should express itself outwardly and embody its […]
Reposted by Patrick Gillam
OK.
This is kind of scary.
I uploaded my profile pic to
https://theyseeyourphotos.com/
This is a site, setup by a former Google employee to show you, how Google would interpret a picture of you.
The result is not 100 % accurate (e.g. that I could be targeted with alcohol ads, but I hardly […]
This is kind of scary.
I uploaded my profile pic to
https://theyseeyourphotos.com/
This is a site, setup by a former Google employee to show you, how Google would interpret a picture of you.
The result is not 100 % accurate (e.g. that I could be targeted with alcohol ads, but I hardly […]
Original post on berlin.social
berlin.social
February 10, 2025 at 9:08 AM
OK.
This is kind of scary.
I uploaded my profile pic to
https://theyseeyourphotos.com/
This is a site, setup by a former Google employee to show you, how Google would interpret a picture of you.
The result is not 100 % accurate (e.g. that I could be targeted with alcohol ads, but I hardly […]
This is kind of scary.
I uploaded my profile pic to
https://theyseeyourphotos.com/
This is a site, setup by a former Google employee to show you, how Google would interpret a picture of you.
The result is not 100 % accurate (e.g. that I could be targeted with alcohol ads, but I hardly […]
“The perception behind ‘Days,’ the nagging regretful sense that the days are gods, each one laden with gifts we are never quite able to take, was expressed scores of times in Emerson’s notes, letters, and journals. In New Bedford in February 1834 he wrote […]
[Original post on mastodon.online]
[Original post on mastodon.online]
February 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
“The perception behind ‘Days,’ the nagging regretful sense that the days are gods, each one laden with gifts we are never quite able to take, was expressed scores of times in Emerson’s notes, letters, and journals. In New Bedford in February 1834 he wrote […]
[Original post on mastodon.online]
[Original post on mastodon.online]
Forty-five years of Republicans saying government is the enemy and only now I’m beginning to believe them.
February 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Forty-five years of Republicans saying government is the enemy and only now I’m beginning to believe them.
Reposted by Patrick Gillam
By Led By Donkeys at Tesla Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg, Germany.
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Why Led By Donkeys Targeted Elon Musk with ‘Heil Tesla’ in Berlin: https://streetartutopia.com/2025/01/23/why-led-by-donkeys-targeted-elon-musk-with-heil-tesla-in-berlin/
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Why Led By Donkeys Targeted Elon Musk with ‘Heil Tesla’ in Berlin: https://streetartutopia.com/2025/01/23/why-led-by-donkeys-targeted-elon-musk-with-heil-tesla-in-berlin/
January 23, 2025 at 11:27 AM
By Led By Donkeys at Tesla Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg, Germany.
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Why Led By Donkeys Targeted Elon Musk with ‘Heil Tesla’ in Berlin: https://streetartutopia.com/2025/01/23/why-led-by-donkeys-targeted-elon-musk-with-heil-tesla-in-berlin/
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Why Led By Donkeys Targeted Elon Musk with ‘Heil Tesla’ in Berlin: https://streetartutopia.com/2025/01/23/why-led-by-donkeys-targeted-elon-musk-with-heil-tesla-in-berlin/
I am unable to find anything regarding Martin Luther King on whitehouse.gov as of the morning of Wednesday the 22nd. By contrast, a search on “2025” finds six pages of executive orders.
I ask because this TikTok creator, @adriftincyberspace, posted video of […]
[Original post on mastodon.online]
I ask because this TikTok creator, @adriftincyberspace, posted video of […]
[Original post on mastodon.online]
January 22, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I am unable to find anything regarding Martin Luther King on whitehouse.gov as of the morning of Wednesday the 22nd. By contrast, a search on “2025” finds six pages of executive orders.
I ask because this TikTok creator, @adriftincyberspace, posted video of […]
[Original post on mastodon.online]
I ask because this TikTok creator, @adriftincyberspace, posted video of […]
[Original post on mastodon.online]
Anti-Trumpers compare him to Adolph Hitler. But it’s starting to feel as if Trump is the next Andrew Jackson. Instead of death-marching indigenous peoples off their land, he’ll lawfare immigrants and asylum seekers out of the country. And he’ll save TikTok […]
[Original post on mastodon.online]
[Original post on mastodon.online]
January 19, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Anti-Trumpers compare him to Adolph Hitler. But it’s starting to feel as if Trump is the next Andrew Jackson. Instead of death-marching indigenous peoples off their land, he’ll lawfare immigrants and asylum seekers out of the country. And he’ll save TikTok […]
[Original post on mastodon.online]
[Original post on mastodon.online]
Trump’s pending inauguration has a lot of us saying we’re about to lose our democracy. Such pronouncements elicit replies saying we never had a democracy. But that’s the thing about our nation. It’s not so much a place as a project. And our ongoing struggle […]
[Original post on mastodon.online]
[Original post on mastodon.online]
January 19, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Trump’s pending inauguration has a lot of us saying we’re about to lose our democracy. Such pronouncements elicit replies saying we never had a democracy. But that’s the thing about our nation. It’s not so much a place as a project. And our ongoing struggle […]
[Original post on mastodon.online]
[Original post on mastodon.online]
Reposted by Patrick Gillam
The problem with relying on bread and circuses to keep the populace pacified is you need to actually provide the circuses and lower the price of bread.
#tiktokban
#tiktokban
January 19, 2025 at 3:57 AM
The problem with relying on bread and circuses to keep the populace pacified is you need to actually provide the circuses and lower the price of bread.
#tiktokban
#tiktokban
Reposted by Patrick Gillam
One feature Mastodon does better than virtually every other platform is the edit button. It's free, has unlimited edits, is not time limited, has edit history, edit notifications, real-time updates, and is generally just awesome. As someone who does a LOT of typos, and constantly forgets alt […]
Original post on bne.social
bne.social
January 19, 2025 at 2:27 AM
One feature Mastodon does better than virtually every other platform is the edit button. It's free, has unlimited edits, is not time limited, has edit history, edit notifications, real-time updates, and is generally just awesome. As someone who does a LOT of typos, and constantly forgets alt […]
Neither the January 6 Netflix documentary nor the hearings of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol is streaming anywhere. I cannot think of good reasons why that would be.
#January6 #January6th #obeyinadvance
#January6 #January6th #obeyinadvance
January 8, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Neither the January 6 Netflix documentary nor the hearings of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol is streaming anywhere. I cannot think of good reasons why that would be.
#January6 #January6th #obeyinadvance
#January6 #January6th #obeyinadvance
Reposted by Patrick Gillam
Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Ann Telnaes (who is amazing) has quit the Washington Post because the editors killed her editorial cartoon poking fun at the CEOs and tech-bros (including Jeff Bezos) prostrating themselves before Trump.
Here, in her own […]
[Original post on newsie.social]
Here, in her own […]
[Original post on newsie.social]
January 4, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Ann Telnaes (who is amazing) has quit the Washington Post because the editors killed her editorial cartoon poking fun at the CEOs and tech-bros (including Jeff Bezos) prostrating themselves before Trump.
Here, in her own […]
[Original post on newsie.social]
Here, in her own […]
[Original post on newsie.social]
Reposted by Patrick Gillam
“I’ve worked for the Washington Post since 2008 as an editorial cartoonist. … I’ve never had a cartoon killed because of who or what I chose to aim my pen at. Until now.” https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-quitting-the-washington-post?utm_campaign=post&triedRedirect=true
January 4, 2025 at 12:42 AM
“I’ve worked for the Washington Post since 2008 as an editorial cartoonist. … I’ve never had a cartoon killed because of who or what I chose to aim my pen at. Until now.” https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-quitting-the-washington-post?utm_campaign=post&triedRedirect=true
Almost every day, a podcast brings me another instance of someone assuming one’s identity is practically as important as breathing. But I never encounter anyone inquiring into that assumption. Could it be we cling to our identities and devote so much work to […]
[Original post on mastodon.online]
[Original post on mastodon.online]
January 1, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Almost every day, a podcast brings me another instance of someone assuming one’s identity is practically as important as breathing. But I never encounter anyone inquiring into that assumption. Could it be we cling to our identities and devote so much work to […]
[Original post on mastodon.online]
[Original post on mastodon.online]
Social media abound in adults translating Gen Z slang. Where are the young people explaining the applications of grownup words? Give me the teenager enthusing over the coolness of “minatory,” “geschrei,” and “embonpoint.”
#vocabulary #opportunities #genz
#vocabulary #opportunities #genz
December 29, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Social media abound in adults translating Gen Z slang. Where are the young people explaining the applications of grownup words? Give me the teenager enthusing over the coolness of “minatory,” “geschrei,” and “embonpoint.”
#vocabulary #opportunities #genz
#vocabulary #opportunities #genz
When the only plectrum you have is a hammer, every instrument becomes a dulcimer.
#musicalinstruments #music #christmasmusic
#musicalinstruments #music #christmasmusic
December 23, 2024 at 3:11 PM
When the only plectrum you have is a hammer, every instrument becomes a dulcimer.
#musicalinstruments #music #christmasmusic
#musicalinstruments #music #christmasmusic
Listen to forests while you do stuff.
(Thanks to the Slate Culture Gabfest for the referral.)
https://www.tree.fm
@slate #forests
(Thanks to the Slate Culture Gabfest for the referral.)
https://www.tree.fm
@slate #forests
tree.fm – Tune Into Forests From Around The World 🌳🔈
People around the world recorded the sounds of their forests, so you can escape into nature, while in lockdown or unable to travel. Use this site to chill, meditate or do some digital shinrin-yoku.
www.tree.fm
December 13, 2024 at 6:19 PM
Listen to forests while you do stuff.
(Thanks to the Slate Culture Gabfest for the referral.)
https://www.tree.fm
@slate #forests
(Thanks to the Slate Culture Gabfest for the referral.)
https://www.tree.fm
@slate #forests
Just completed Timothy Snyder’s stunning history of the Holocaust, “Black Earth.” New to me was the importance of destroying states to destroy Jews. Where states persevered, Jews survived. Where the Soviets and Germans destroyed states, Jews died. That’s why […]
[Original post on mastodon.online]
[Original post on mastodon.online]
November 14, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Just completed Timothy Snyder’s stunning history of the Holocaust, “Black Earth.” New to me was the importance of destroying states to destroy Jews. Where states persevered, Jews survived. Where the Soviets and Germans destroyed states, Jews died. That’s why […]
[Original post on mastodon.online]
[Original post on mastodon.online]