Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by Lieffe Wilden

Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 6h

Trans rights are civil rights. If you aren't willing to die on the hill of trans rights, then you aren't willing to die on the hill of Black rights. Of Jewish rights. Of disabled rights. Of gay rights. Of anyone's rights. Human rights.

the tallest stone @talleststone.bsky.social · 8h

I hate to say it but the majority of the country is not going to die on the hill of trans rights. We can’t protect ANY groups if we can’t win a national election, so purity tests only serve to make specific groups feel triumphant. That’s not “erasing” them; it’s long-horizon strategy.

21 460 1.5K

Reposted by Lieffe Wilden

Pen Dragon @thependrake.bsky.social · 3h

Perennial

People on the side of The People always ended up disappointed, in any case. They found that The People tended not to be grateful or appreciative or forward-thinking or obedient. The People tended to be small-minded and conservative and not very clever and were even distrustful of cleverness. And so the children of the revolution were faced with the age-old problem: it wasn't that you had the wrong kind of government, which was obvious, but that you had the wrong kind of people.

As soon as you saw people as things to be measured, they didn't measure up. What would run through the streets soon enough wouldn't be a revolution or a riot. It'd be people who were frightened and panicking. It was what happened when the machinery of city life faltered, the wheels stopped turning and all the little rules broke down. And when that happened, humans were worse than sheep. Sheep just ran; they didn't try to bite the sheep next to them.”

Terry Pratchett, Night Watch

9 98

Lieffe Wilden @randomlettering.bsky.social · 7h

Not good enough. he needs, they all need, to face consequences here and now.

Reposted by Lieffe Wilden

Trapdinawrpool @trapdinawrpool.bsky.social · 9h

The Liberal government is dismantling Canada Post for the billionaire class, while ignoring bold proposals from postal workers to reinvent the public service
breachmedia.ca/canada-post-...

Canada Post faces two futures—a revitalized public service or a billionaire cash machine ⋆ The Breach

The Liberal government is dismantling Canada Post for the billionaire class, while ignoring bold proposals from postal workers to reinvent the public service

breachmedia.ca

1 17 19

Lieffe Wilden @randomlettering.bsky.social · 20h

How long did the doctors give you?

3

Reposted by Lieffe Wilden

Calvinboo Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 1d

first of all, fuck gandhi. But secondly.

WE SPENT MONTHS IN 2020 WATCHING COPS BEAT AND SHOOT AND RUN OVER AND EVEN KILL PROTESTERS, AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY GAVE THEM $100 MILLION AFTER ALL THAT

Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 1d

We’re in a moment now where it would be worth people taking three hours to watch Gandhi, particularly the scene of the salt march. There is value to making the brutality of your opponent so plain as day that no one can argue with it. The clarity of that brought down an empire

8 89 440

Reposted by Lieffe Wilden

Gallifreyan Jedi @jediofgallifrey.bsky.social · 1d

how's that working out in gaza

Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 1d

We’re in a moment now where it would be worth people taking three hours to watch Gandhi, particularly the scene of the salt march. There is value to making the brutality of your opponent so plain as day that no one can argue with it. The clarity of that brought down an empire

19 28 210

Reposted by Lieffe Wilden

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

130 5.2K 15K

Reposted by Lieffe Wilden

Gallifreyan Jedi @jediofgallifrey.bsky.social · 3d

yeah it's gonna be messy to do but it'll never be less messy than it is right now

2 4 52

Reposted by Lieffe Wilden

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 3d

The regime's desire for authoritarianism is bottomless, but their capacity is not. Not even close.

They rely on bluster and memes to make up the difference. The threat is real, but less powerful than they say.

Freedom-loving Americans outnumber them by a lot. Communities can resist. Like this one:

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 3d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

22 350 1.2K

Reposted by Lieffe Wilden

Read the book Starting Somewhere @jphillll.bsky.social · 3d

Look around and you’ll see people rising up everywhere.

Link: www.jphilll.com/p/resistance...

It doesn’t feel like it, but we’re in an era of uprising and resistance. The horrors and bad news can be overwhelming, but born out of necessity, born out of horror at genocide and disgust with fascism and being fed up with poverty and oppression, people are rising up around the world. In Greece a general strike this week against a 13-hour workday proposal brought the country to a halt. In Nepal a Gen-Z led uprising recently overthrew the government. An August wave of mass protest in Indonesia against corrupt elites shook the system to its core. In Madagascar protests against the government’s inability to provide basic services like water and electricity currently have the President on the verge of stepping down. France is, once again, wracked by huge nationwide protests against austerity.

1 72 270

Reposted by Lieffe Wilden

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 4d

Stop lying. Your state cops attacked protesters alongside ICE yesterday. I was there. I and others were violently attacked by ICE agents. Your state cops acted in concert with them during the attack.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4d

State, county, and local law enforcement have been working together and coordinating to ensure public safety around the Broadview ICE facility, and to protect people’s ability to peacefully exercise their constitutional rights.

41 1.2K 4.1K

Lieffe Wilden @randomlettering.bsky.social · 4d

I've been a lil critical of the non-violence so I really want to say that I do really respect and admire the work y'all are doing. All of you.

1 2

Reposted by Lieffe Wilden

Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 11d

Please, if you have the privilege of not being an obvious and immediate target for state violence...

Call them fascists, loudly, ESPECIALLY right now.

Call yourself an antifascist, loudly, ESPECIALLY right now.

We all need to be Spartacus on this one.

63 1K 2.9K

Reposted by Lieffe Wilden

✯ 𝐆𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐋 𝐅𝐀𝐖𝐊𝐄𝐒 ✯ @evelynfaye05.bsky.social · 4d

moderation is a user responsibility except when it comes to palestinians, trannies, and leftist speech

Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 5d

We’re system architects at core. We built a decentralized network so you could run your own moderation, but beyond that our upcoming healthy discourse project is taking some swings at the interaction model that drives these dynamics on Bluesky. Excited to start seeing it in action.

43 180

Reposted by Lieffe Wilden

Anodyne @anodynesix.bsky.social · 4d

"What [the state] should be doing is getting in the way of these kidnappings. Instead, the state of Illinois has sent the Illinois State Police. This is ... a sanctuary state. JB Pritzker goes on TV every other day talking about how evil Trump is, but the State Police are collaborating with ICE."

Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 5d

"Federal agents led by border patrol chief Gregory Bovino attacked protesters Friday morning."

"One person grabbed my nipple and twisted, and then they put their hands on my throat."

"I'm a pastor. I'm committed to nonviolence."
#Illinois #USA #Policing #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing

Federal Agents Again Attack Protesters Outside Broadview ICE Facility

Protesters have gathered outside the facility for weeks with the goal of shutting it down, while Broadview officials have demanded ICE stop the "unprovoked" attacks.

blockclubchicago.org

1 49 110

Lieffe Wilden @randomlettering.bsky.social · 4d

So why dont you people ever do both? All the cries to "push biden left" and you ended up with a candidate further to the right. Kamala was promising business as usual. You've only got yourselves to blame.

1 2

Reposted by Lieffe Wilden

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 5d

🚨🚨 My dear friend and fellow academic, the Palestinian American sociologist @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social has been taken by the Cook County Sheriff near Chicago. They have not mirandized her. Please signal boost. All eyes on Broadview for Eman and the community she was defending 🚨🚨

16 1.2K 1.5K

Reposted by Lieffe Wilden

Gallifreyan Jedi @jediofgallifrey.bsky.social · 5d

laws aren't real, as many are learning way too slowly

louis8086.bsky.social @louis8086.bsky.social · 6d

How are they allowed to round up everyone without cause? Where are the lawsuits over violations of their rights?

25 71 270

Lieffe Wilden @randomlettering.bsky.social · 5d

Wouldn't it just mean his suits invisible to most (maybe all, do power rangers have wizards?) people?

1

Lieffe Wilden @randomlettering.bsky.social · 5d

You mean the fishing vessels?

1

Reposted by Lieffe Wilden

grimm ☀️ @mugrimm.bsky.social · 6d

To add onto it, they've had trifectas twice in the last 20 years, and the last minimum wage increase was passed by George W Bush lol.

They do not fucking care.

1 10 75

Reposted by Lieffe Wilden

Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 6d

We are in for an era on campuses where if conservative activists don’t get their way, they’ll run crying to Twitter in the hopes of getting politicians to force schools to accommodate them. It’s not about free speech, it’s about the ability to exert their will over others.

Chron.com @chron.com · 6d

"This is how free speech dies."

TCU pushes back on conservative activist's event cancellation claims

"This is how free speech dies."

bit.ly

16 140 690

Lieffe Wilden @randomlettering.bsky.social · 6d

Sorry, I'm slow, your making fun of the guy

1

Lieffe Wilden @randomlettering.bsky.social · 6d

I think it varies. My son's been going since 4ish, give or take a couple months. Maybe a trim is more accurate.

1