benaiah @benaiah@pdx.social

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amazon says only 15 employees struck yesterday, but:

1) they only refer to a single location, though the strike was global
2) photos of the location show many more people than that
3) amazon doesn't consider most of its workers to be employees

brazen misinfo because humane treatment is ~too expensive~

i guess this is the morning routine now

@dankwraith teaching a two credit course just called "inheritance is fake, you don't need it, knock it off"

Water protector Buck Johnston ascended a 60-foot water drill and remained in prayer at the top for four days to oppose the deep-aquifer drilling agreement called the Abeyta Settlement.

Read more here: https://unicornriot.ninja/2019/new-mexico-water-protectors-demand-involvement-in-water-rights-agreement/ #WaterRights

During the #AmazonStrike running on the 15th and 16th today, here's another alternative to know about:

WorldCat is a catalog of books and media that helps you find out if the book you want is available at *any* library systems near you.

Tips for using WorldCat: Don't forget that (in the US, at least), university and college libraries are open to the public, since your tax dollars pay for them. Remember about interlibrary loans, too: if a book's not available near you, you can ask for it to ne lent temporarily to your local library.

https://www.worldcat.org/

in the first dream i was a bike courier in New Rose City. we strung power lines between buildings and hung mesh routers from tree branches. across the ruins of the river, the forests have turned the old downtown into a gleaming green scab.

"An anti-gay Brazilian priest who is celebrated in the country for his lively sermons was violently pushed from a stage on Sunday while delivering mass in Cachoeira Paulista, São Paulo
a woman pushes an anti-gay prie…

So I'm thinking like.

Queer people have legit done a whole ton to make society a lot more permissive about how people present, like, in general?

This thought was prompted by hearing a song lyric from the late 80's along the line of "you need to cut your hair".

reminder not to use twitch today

one last time, for clarification, because i'm tired of having to reply to individual comments about it:

boycotting amazon and it's services today is not about hurting their profits or jeff bezos. most people understand that's not really possible with this action.

it's about being in solidarity with amazon workers.

that's just as important.

Fucking scab. Mother fucking shill

I'm actually kinda proud of my family bc this is the first time we've all supported a strike together. All of us use Amazon stuff now and then. But now we've talked to the kids about it on their level, and even they are participating. The family doesn't cross picket lines.

an anarchist attacked a concentration camp this weekend

there's enough evidence for me to start assuming that the person who died sabotaging the ICE buses in Tacoma was named emma durutti and used she/her pronouns

her audio manifesto is signed "emma durutti" and it contains a track called "i was a girl". On facebook she had a profile that is till up and is obviously been being used since 2018 that contains the following:

https://www.facebook.com/emma.durutti.1
a facebook profile belonging to…

Based on information presented in https://anarchism.online/objects/718376c9-6896-4734-8d3c-3045325a6532 I have concluded I was deadnaming Emma Durutti, and have done so one final time in the subject of this post as a correction.

The person who died destroying ICE property was a woman named Emma Durutti; all actions I previously attributed to the name Willem van Spronsen were incorrectly attributed.

Yesterday a woman, Emma Durutti,* put herself in a position to be murdered by cops.

Here's (allegedly) her own words about why. You must read this. It will hurt, regardless of your background and beliefs.

The author of this text is dead now. She chose to die, for the reasons here.

* She was trans, and is being dead-named and misgendered in most media, including my previous posts.

real talk tho the non-binary folk i've had the blessing of meeting have always been the most kind people, always willing to listen and eager to share their experiences, with gender or otherwise. they're always quick to forgive and always assume the best in others' intentions. without them i'm certain it would have taken me much longer to discover who i am, and i am eternally grateful for having them in my life