Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi! TODAY!
The #livestream will be on: https://stream.firesidefedi.live
Special Guest: @JoBlakelyArt
#Artist working in #oils, #acrylic, #digital, etc. Creating #portaits of people & pets in oil for commissions. Political and symoblic personal work. Social justice and compassion. Non Binary disabled, AuDHD, intersectional feminist artist.
So don't miss it!
It will happen on 09 December 2025 at 14:00 US Eastern Time ( UTC-5 )
If by any ungodly chance you miss the show:
#PeerTube ( #VOD ): https://video.firesidefedi.live
#Castopod #Fedicast ( Audio ): https://audio.firesidefedi.live
Or, even on #YouTube: https://youtube.com/@btfree_org
#firesidefedi #fediverse #fedi #interview #freesoftware #opensource #userfreedom #freedom #resistance
Kate Bowles
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I highly recommend Dr. Elisabeth Glassco's site 400 Years. It focuses on Black history, Black resistance and solidarity, with an eye to contemporary events that call for resistance including political ones.
Her essay yesterday about Andrew Jackson and other founders of the American Republic is first-rate.
#BlackHistory #solidarity #resistance #religion
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https://400years.substack.com/p/one-day-your-head-must-bow-as-low
Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!
The #livestream will be on: https://stream.firesidefedi.live
Special Guest: @hfalcke
#Prof. #Astrophysics, columnist D/NL, #bestseller #author 'Lim Dunkeln/Light in the Darkness/Licht in de duisternisi' about the first image of a black hole shadow with the Event Horizon Telescope, that I was deeply involved in. Work at Radboud University, Nijmegen (NL), live near Cologne (D). Am a happy European, Christian, dad, and granddad.
So don't miss it!
It will happen on 10 December 2025 at 14:00 US Eastern Time ( UTC-5 )
If by any ungodly chance you miss the show:
#PeerTube ( #VOD ): https://video.firesidefedi.live
#Castopod #Fedicast ( Audio ): https://audio.firesidefedi.live
Or, even on #YouTube: https://youtube.com/@btfree_org
#firesidefedi #fediverse #fedi #interview #freesoftware #opensource #userfreedom #freedom #resistance
Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi! TOMORROW
The #livestream will be on: https://stream.firesidefedi.live
Special Guest: @JoBlakelyArt
#Artist working in #oils, #acrylic, #digital, etc. Creating #portaits of people & pets in oil for commissions. Political and symoblic personal work. Social justice and compassion. Non Binary disabled, AuDHD, intersectional feminist artist.
So don't miss it!
It will happen on 09 December 2025 at 14:00 US Eastern Time ( UTC-5 )
If by any ungodly chance you miss the show:
#PeerTube ( #VOD ): https://video.firesidefedi.live
#Castopod #Fedicast ( Audio ): https://audio.firesidefedi.live
Or, even on #YouTube: https://youtube.com/@btfree_org
#firesidefedi #fediverse #fedi #interview #freesoftware #opensource #userfreedom #freedom #resistance
n8chz 🩎
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“The Nazis never were in the majority. Those who simply ‘went along’ were absolutely critical to the regime's success.”
“It is easier for you to speak up and stand out if you see others already doing so. So, find these others. Run with them.
Let their examples strengthen your resolve.
Then, be such an Other for others, in turn.”
~ Ibid., pp. 68-9
#authoritarianism #fascism #immigrants #marginal #racism #xenophobia #Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #resistance #solidarity
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I highly recommend Dr. Elisabeth Glassco's site 400 Years. It focuses on Black history, Black resistance and solidarity, with an eye to contemporary events that call for resistance including political ones.
Her essay yesterday about Andrew Jackson and other founders of the American Republic is first-rate.
#BlackHistory #solidarity #resistance #religion
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https://400years.substack.com/p/one-day-your-head-must-bow-as-low
nullagent
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“We’re seeing that local government can’t protect us from the national government, and that kind of doesn’t leave you with very many options other than sort of, like banding up with people in your community,” Jonathan said. “I think the reality is we’re kind of out here on our own.”
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/12/05/twin-cities-ice-watchers-keep-tabs-for-agents-in-their-neighborhoods
Sabrina Web :privacypride: 📎
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Where: #Turin
When: Dec. 15
You're very welcome to the #NexaCenter's congress:
nexa.polito.it/conv2025/
We must understand the gravity of the situation
I'll discuss #JA, #WikiLeaks and the #Resistance against the digital-military-industrial Complex
TY, #NEXACenter and prof. Juan Carlos De Martin!
“We’re seeing that local government can’t protect us from the national government, and that kind of doesn’t leave you with very many options other than sort of, like banding up with people in your community,” Jonathan said. “I think the reality is we’re kind of out here on our own.”
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/12/05/twin-cities-ice-watchers-keep-tabs-for-agents-in-their-neighborhoods
Where: #Turin
When: Dec. 15
You're very welcome to the #NexaCenter's congress:
nexa.polito.it/conv2025/
We must understand the gravity of the situation
I'll discuss #JA, #WikiLeaks and the #Resistance against the digital-military-industrial Complex
TY, #NEXACenter and prof. Juan Carlos De Martin!
Where: #Turin
When: Dec. 15
You're very welcome to the #NexaCenter's congress
nexa.polito.it/conv2025/
We must understand the gravity of the situation
I'll discuss #JA, #WikiLeaks and the #Resistance against the digital-military-industrial Complex
TY, #NEXACenter and prof. Juan Carlos De Martin!
Had a bit of free time today and finally took a closer look at the Democratic Socialists of America 🌹. As far as I've seen there's no other US org with their kind of commitment to challenging capitalism, certainly nothing of their size and visibility. It's been on my mind to join up. I'm not sure what I can do from rural #Missouri... it's Red but the wrong kind of Red. 😆
This video was particularly inspiring.
Alex Akselrod
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Somehow, I missed this story. The local news just reported on a follow-up today -- all charges against the woman were dropped! Cops lied! Imagined that!
Texts appear to show #Maine #BorderPatrol agent bragging about shooting a woman in #Chicago
By the Associated Press
Updated November 6, 2025
CHICAGO — "Text messages sent by a Border Patrol agent appear to show he bragged to colleagues about his shooting skills after wounding a woman charged with assaulting a federal officer in Chicago.
"Agent Charles Exum shot Marimar Martinez five times on Oct. 4 after authorities say she and another driver rammed vehicles into an SUV Exum was driving on the city’s Southwest Side.
"The messages were presented as evidence in federal court Wednesday. Martinez, a 30-year-old US citizen, and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, 21, are charged with assault on a federal officer using a deadly or dangerous weapon. [LIES!]
"In the text, agent Exum wrote that he had 'an amendment to add to' his story. 'I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys,' the text read. [WTF!]
"The shooting occurred as President #Trump’s escalation of federal law enforcement continued in cities across the US.
" 'On Oct. 5, the Department of Homeland Security acknowledged the shooting, saying in a statement that agents 'were rammed by vehicles and boxed in by 10 cars.' When agents exited their vehicle, 'a suspect tried to run them over, forcing the officers to fire defensively,' the statement continued. [Which was a lie!!! See related story below...]
"No officers were seriously injured."
Read more:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/06/nation/chicago-border-patrol-agent-shooting-texts-bragging/
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/d5bA5
Related story:
Judge dismisses charges against Chicago woman shot by Border Patrol
Prosecutors had accused Marimar Martinez and another defendant of ramming their cars into a federal vehicle in October. Her legal team argued it was federal agents who rammed her.
By Daniella Silva, November 20, 2025
#MaineBorderPatrol #MurderPatrol #CBP #ACAB #ResistICE #DHS #Resistance #USPol #Authoritarianism
Alex Akselrod
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#NativeAmericaCalling: A new wave of resistance against #Trans #Native relatives
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
"Trans #NativeAmericans face a new wave of #resistance
"Iowa is testing new legal limits as the first state to remove gender identity as a protected class in the state’s civil rights code.
"The Trump administration is also removing transgender service personnel from the military. And the State Department is using existing law against #fraud to bar foreign #TransgenderAthletes from entering the country, something critics worry could be used to ban any trans traveler.
"After years of progress, Native American trans residents are facing a major rollback of favorable laws and policies. Tune in to hear about the current public climate and what might be in store for the future."
Listen:
https://soundcloud.com/indianz/two-spirit-ncai-ecws2025
Spotify link:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6dtU6nDFD0f7eupqihE4Rg?go=1&sp_cid=b834467a3894c08ce4d3b77ae608fd50&utm_source=embed_player_p&utm_medium=desktop&nd=1&dlsi=1452335958d041a6
#Resist #ResistFascism #ResistColonialism #GBLTQRights #NativeAmericans #USPol #Decolonization #Decolonize
Esther Payne :bisexual_flag:
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Oops !! I broke gender again 🙀
New digital poster available as prints to buy or free/open price downloads . All links : https://social.lokipropagand.art/#DernierePubli
😼
#FediArt #CreativeToot #ArtNumérique #DigitalArt #Cat #Chats #Queer #LGBTQIA #ArtNouveau #Vintage #Resistance #Anarchy #Anarchie
Affiche Art Nouveau avec un chat noir sur une table qui fait tomber un vase avec l'inscription Gender. Le chat dit "Oups !! J'ai encore cassé le genre"
Art Nouveau style poster with a black cat on a table. The cat is pushing to the edge a vase with the word Gender written on it.
The cat says "Oops !! I broke gender again"
“The Nazis never were in the majority. Those who simply ‘went along’ were absolutely critical to the regime's success.”
“It is easier for you to speak up and stand out if you see others already doing so. So, find these others. Run with them.
Let their examples strengthen your resolve.
Then, be such an Other for others, in turn.”
~ Ibid., pp. 68-9
#authoritarianism #fascism #immigrants #marginal #racism #xenophobia #Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #resistance #solidarity
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Mince Pie Butty
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In my new article "The rebellion will be federated – 2025 edition" I discuss the key role of the Fediverse in this political and cultural climate... and argue that digital sovereignty and the ability to self-host are now more important than ever:
🔗 : https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-rebellion-will-be-federated-2025-edition/
Plus I had a chance to look back at my Fediverse advocacy in 2025 😊
Psst: my Ghost blog is now federated (@ele) thanks to @jannis and his amazing MagicPages (@hey) 🥳 🪄 📄
A good link and story for the American Thanksgiving.
"“I’m Not Going to Give Up”: Leonard Peltier on Indigenous Rights, His Half-Century in Prison & Coming Home"
#Colonialism #SettlerColonialism #Indigenous #America #Resistance
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/27/i_m_not_going_to_give
Oops !! I broke gender again 🙀
New digital poster available as prints to buy or free/open price downloads . All links : https://social.lokipropagand.art/#DernierePubli
😼
#FediArt #CreativeToot #ArtNumérique #DigitalArt #Cat #Chats #Queer #LGBTQIA #ArtNouveau #Vintage #Resistance #Anarchy #Anarchie
Affiche Art Nouveau avec un chat noir sur une table qui fait tomber un vase avec l'inscription Gender. Le chat dit "Oups !! J'ai encore cassé le genre"
Art Nouveau style poster with a black cat on a table. The cat is pushing to the edge a vase with the word Gender written on it.
The cat says "Oops !! I broke gender again"
wakest ⁂
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Proud owner of a number of #Anarchist books -- starting with #AbbieHoffman's #StealThisBook and #PrairieFire - The politics of revolutionary anti-imperialism ( #WeatherUnderground, 1974). Also a proud subscriber to #InTheseTimes 'zine, and frequent #Antifa stickerer! I've never hid what I believe in -- I'm not about to start now! #Resist!
The Feds Want to Make It Illegal to Even Possess an #Anarchist #Zine
#DanielSanchez is facing federal charges for what #FreeSpeech advocates say is a clear attack on the #FirstAmendment.
by Seth Stern, November 23 2025
Excerpt: "Federal prosecutors have filed a new indictment in response to a July 4 noise demonstration outside the #PrairielandICE #DetentionFacility in #AlvaradoTX, during which a police officer was shot.
"There are numerous problems with the indictment, but perhaps the most glaring is its inclusion of charges against a Dallas #artist who wasn’t even at the protest. Daniel 'Des' Sanchez is accused of transporting a box that contained ' #Antifa materials' after the incident, supposedly to conceal evidence against his wife, Maricela Rueda, who was there.
"But the boxed materials aren’t Molotov cocktails, pipe bombs, or whatever #MAGA officials claim 'Antifa' uses to wage its imaginary war on America. As prosecutors laid out in the July criminal complaint that led to the indictment, they were zines and pamphlets. Some contain controversial ideas — one was titled ' #InsurrectionaryAnarchy' — but they’re fully constitutionally protected free speech. The case demonstrates the administration’s intensifying efforts to criminalize left-wing #activists after Donald Trump announced in September that he was designating 'Antifa' as a 'major terrorist organization' — a legal designation that doesn’t exist for domestic groups — following the killing of Charlie Kirk.
"Sanchez was first indicted in October on charges of 'corruptly concealing a document or record' as a standalone case, but the new indictment merges his charges with those against the other defendants, likely in hopes of burying the First Amendment problems with the case against him under prosecutors’ claims about the alleged shooting.
"It’s an escalation of a familiar tactic. In 2023, Georgia prosecutors listed #ZineDistribution as part of the #conspiracy charges against 61 #StopCopCity protesters in a sprawling #RICO indictment that didn’t bother to explain how each individual defendant was involved in any actual crime. I wrote back then about my concern that this wasn’t just sloppy overreach, but also a blueprint for censorship. Those fears have now been validated by Sanchez’s prosecution solely for possessing similar literature."
Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2025/11/23/prairieland-ice-antifa-zines-criminalize-protest-journalism/
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/KEoxE
#AntiFascism #Resistance #Antifa #Movements #USPol
#WorldPol #Authoritarianism #Dictatorship #Disobey
#Resistance #CharacteristicsOfFascism