BeadsAgainstFascism

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BAF. they/them. International solidarity against fascism, colonialism, & imperialism. Support me and my community aid work: paypal.me/BeadsAgainstFascism My shop: etsy.com/ca/shop/BeadsAgainstFascism Insta: BeadsAgainstFascism

A small stone on a pebble beach. On the stone is the fossilized imprint of a fish's fin.
A photo taken straight upwards towards the sky. The sun is visible at the edge of the photo, and the sky is a mix of sun and clouds. There are tree branches visible around the edges. In the open sky in the middle, there are at least 8 hawks and turkey vultures seen circling above.
The first tweet of a thread I posted 20 months ago, on 17 November 2023, along with a link to the same GoFundMe campaign I shared in this thread. The tweet reads, "My dear friend and mentor @SaveWildBees has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer, and her friends and loved ones are asking for support so her family can spend time together without added worry during this horrible time. Please help support: [GoFundMe link]."
Dillon Warren Breed smiling in a graduation photo and wearing a graduation cap and gown, with angel wings behind him.
A photo of Kneecap's murals in the north of Ireland. There are 3 murals on the same building. Clockwise from the top, they are: 1. The words "Saoirse don Phalaistín" next to an image of Palestine in the colours of Palestine's flag. Theres an arm coming out of the shape of the country, grabbing the wrist of another arm, which has a sleeve painted like an israeli flag. 2. A similar graphic to the one above it, but with the shape of Ireland, and the Irish flag. The arm coming out of the country of Ireland is grabbing the hand of an arm trying to take away the north of Ireland, and that arm has a sleeve painted as britain's flag. Words to the right of this image say "England get out of ireland." There's also a depiction of Kneecap's balaclava logo in black in the bottom right. 3. An image depicting a burning PSNI (Police Service of Northern Ireland) car. The license plate says "3CAG." Next to the vehicle, it says "Kneecap" in big yellow bubble letters. Beneath that, in Celtic-style font, it reads, "Níl Fáilte Roimh an RUC."
A screenshot of one of my posts. It reads: "If you have a beautiful relationship you cherish— regardless of the type or with whom— it's not chance or luck. You built that shit. That's you and another person, working together, adding kindness and joy to each other's lives. You should be proud of yourself for that."
A screenshot of lyrics. They read: "Once there were parking lots Now, it's a peaceful oasis You got it, you got it This was a Pizza Hut Now, it's all covered with daisies."
A screenshot of lyrics on Spotify. The song is "H.O.O.D" by "KNEECAP". The lyrics read: Tiocfaidh ár lá, get the Brits out lad! A one way ticket, please, I've lost my bus pass.
2 screenshots, one above the other, from canada's economy Wikipedia page. Top: "main import partners: United States- 49.2%. Bottom: main export partners: United States- 76.9%.
A meme. It shows a middle aged weather channel anchor interviewing an elementary school-aged boy. There is text above the image, and yellow subtitled text at the bottom of the image. The meme reads: "Zeus: why the fuck do the humans have fire? Prometheus: [Image text] Wouldn't you like to know, weather boy."
A screenshot of a tweet by @Herbo_Anarchist. It reads: In regards to a certain story discourse: "The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting."
Author's Note: Studies using brain imaging have shown that when you read about a point-of-view character doing a thing, parts of your brain light up as if you were actually doing that thing yourself. On some very basic level, your brain can't tell the difference. [...] this is how stories work. This is how they bypass all our categories and prejudices and opinions, and just reach right into our chests and grab ahold of our hearts. Stories let us cross the boundaries between ourselves and other people.
Author's Note: Maybe stories that let us see our best possibilities are exactly what this bedraggled world needs. Because love stories let us witness infinite ways that characters master pro-social behaviours. Our lovers might not be good at love when they start, but if they want that happy ending, they better damn well figure it out. And so, over the course of the story, they master the many arts of listening, and connecting, and nurturing, and caretaking, and trusting, and appreciating, and savouring, and sharing, and empathising. They have to overcome their prejudices, learn to apologise, forgive each other, and sacrifice. When we read love stories, we get to see kindness in action, and human compassion, and connection made visible, and people choosing to be the best versions of themselves in the face of it all. Love stories show us people getting better at love, in real time. Moral elevation: witnessing other people doing good makes us want to do better ourselves. Your inner compass will guide you to the particular stories that you need to hear.
Funny Story You're not stupid. He told you to trust him and that's what you did. That's what you're supposed to be able to do with people you love; they just don't always live up to it. All those moments throughout the days, weeks, months, that don't get marked on calendars with hand-drawn stars or little stickers. Those are the moments that make a life. Not grand gestures, but mundane details [...] Life's short enough without us talking ourselves out of hope and trying to dodge every bad feeling. Sometimes you have to push through the discomfort instead of running. The same universe that dispassionately takes things away can bring you things you weren't imaginative enough to dream up. I can't wait for this whole world I've invited to surprise me.
From the Author's Note of Hello Stranger: One year, for my birthday, I got a historical romance novel as a gift. After years of studying creative writing and "serious fiction" in school, I had never really read romance before. But I pushed past the decidedly non-literary cover and opened it up to the first chapter to "take a look at it." Three hours later, I was in the car, driving to the bookstore to get another one. I felt like a person who had spent her entire life eating boneless, skinless chicken breast, and who had just discovered chocolate cake. [...] There you have it, I fell in love with romance novels. For a long time, if you'd asked me why that was, I'd have shrugged and said, "because they're fun?" But now, after much overthinking it, I've figured out, at least in part, why they're fun. It's because romance novels really are unlike any kind of story. All stories have an emotional engine that drives them— mysteries run on curiosity, thrillers run on heart-thumping adrenaline, horror stories run on fear— and the fuel of those emotional engines is anticipation. We piece the clues together and predict what's going to happen, and we feel emotions—sometimes very strong ones—about what we're predicting.
[Title] With CUPW's national strike now in its fourth week, the union's latest offer takes major steps backwards [Body text] Canada Post has received the latest offers from the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) and is extremely disappointed that their intent appears to be to widen the gap in negotiations, rather than close it. We are conducting a full review of the offers for the Urban and RSMC (Rural and Suburban Mail Carriers) bargaining units and will share more information as soon as possible. However, we do not want to provide false hope to impacted employees, businesses, charities and northern communities that were hoping for a speedy resolution. We understand the serious impacts that CUPW's national strike is having on your business, our employees and the millions of Canadians who rely on the postal service, especially at this critical time of year. In the last few weeks, Canada Post has made several important moves to close the gap and reach negotiated agreements, but the union has reverted to their previous positions or increased their demands. Our core business is delivery. While postal services around the world are working constructively to evolve their delivery approach to respond to changing customer needs, CUPW's demands reinforce the status quo and add significant and unsustainable long-term fixed costs. One example is continuing to demand that our facility cleaning staff and other contracted support services become permanent Canada Post employees.
A screenshot of white text on a black background. It reads: Maybe the aesthetic of industrial/urban places crumbling and being overgrown with plants isn't a juxtaposition. Maybe it's actually a visual representation of the land claiming urban areas— and, by extension, human beings— as part of itself, rather than a false binaristic opponent. The land is saying to us that we are part of it and we always were and always have been, no matter where we go or what we build or even if it's just grandiose egotism. The land is also telling us that when we remember what it has always known, remember it and come back to it, that it will embrace us fully and completely as if we never left home.
A red graphic with a photo. The photo is of supporters at Camp Morgan. The text reads: support camp Morgan. Send donations to- gojoemunro@gmail.com. #SearchTheLandfill
Spongebob parched and dried up, looking off into the distance towards the left side of the frame