Keely Adler

@keels223.bsky.social

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accelerating better futures in multiplayer mode @ RADAR 🔮 reading the internet, everyday 📚trying to find the cozyweb, is it you bluesky? 💭

the lolsob emoji, half laughing half crying
a tweet from jake mintz: never seen this before. edwin diaz rolled out to stretch today in a brimless hat (pictured below). just a regular dodger cap with the bill sliced off. he said tanner scott started the trend.
To define something is to confine it within a word or a phrase. It takes power to create definitions and so the power to define becomes important to both dominating and marginalizing populations. The academic and radical language of power defines a subjugated group or behaviour and posits it against a dominating force. If we soften our definitions to become all-encompassing, then they fail to oppose power in any meaningful way—often, they can become tools to support the powers we wish to dismantle. We can find power in choosing our words carefully, using specific language when it’s meant to be used, and understanding the inherent discomfort of speaking about uncomfortable things. When we speak thoughtfully, considerately, meaningfully, we allow ourselves to connect with each other, to share and articulate our pain and struggles, and to call into question the systems that enable that suffering.
a quote from substack that emphasizes the point, 'consuming information is not resistance' - referencing the writing of J.P. Hill: 'the bad news will not stop anytime soon, but consuming information is not resistance. doom-scrolling is not resisting anything and in fact often fuels defeat. we absorb info largely on platforms by and for billionaires, and the algorithms are not on our side'.