Evan Genest“ You are not giving up, and neither am I. The fact that we cannot save everything does not mean we cannot save anything and everything we can save is worth saving.”
-Rebecca Solnit
badauntyWhat we stand to salvage from the wreckage (from #Solnit and #doctorow ) : https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/04/hope-in-the-dark/#hormuzed-into-the-gretacene
Claire McNabUSAnian liberals are v funny.
#RebeccaSolnit rightly observes that the #USA is being dismantled from within, but somehow thinks that's a Bad Thing™. :D
Yes, #Solnit really wants readers to believe in the virtue myths of an empire founded on violent conquest and racism, built on genocide and the Big Lie of "liberty". 🤣😅
Solnit is course right that #Trump is a depraved, crooked monster. But her notion of another, virtuous America, is a Big Lie.
Why does #TheGuardian publish this crap?
mike mccYikes! Rececca Solnit tells it like it is. Well said!
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/12/united-states-trump-destruction
#Trump #corruption #United States #Solnit
DrBob, 🧠 MechanicThe Beginning Comes After the End
by Rebecca Solnit
Important new book by Rebecca #Solnit
The synopsis:
#RebeccaSolnit offers a thrilling account of the sheer breadth and scale of social, political, scientific, and cultural change over the past three quarters of a century.”
https://kottke.org/26/03/beginning-comes-after-the-end
#Politics #authoritarianism #fascism
homo hortusNormalité catastrophique et état d’exception permanent : la guerre civile comme horizon invisible
De Solnit/Fritz à Agamben, la « normalité catastrophique » (catastrophe devenue routine) rejoint l’« état d’exception permanent » : sous couvert de sécurité, la guerre civile latente structure le pouvoir moderne. Pourquoi imaginer la fin du monde est plus facile que la fin du capitalisme ? Parce que cette violence structurelle est déjà notre « normalité ». #Agamben #Solnit…
Normalité catastrophique et état d’exception permanent : la guerre civile comme horizon invisible
De Solnit/Fritz à Agamben, la « normalité catastrophique » (catastrophe devenue routine) rejoint l’« état d’exception permanent » : sous couvert de sécurité, la guerre civile latente structure le p…
bsmall2🧵
> It is a shocking, obscene, and endlessly cruel reign of terror already, and this budget bill intends to make it far worse. Which means all of us are called on to act in solidarity, to stand with immigrants, stand for their rights, and stand against ICE and this regime. I know many of you have, especially in Los Angeles; I believe that things will get worse and far more will be demanded of us.
https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/immigrants-a-love-letter/
#uspol #Solnit #HopeLady
@bsmall2
> It is a shocking, obscene, and endlessly cruel reign of terror already, and this budget bill intends to make it far worse. Which means all of us are called on to act in solidarity, to stand with immigrants, stand for their rights, and stand against ICE and this regime. I know many of you have, especially in Los Angeles; I believe that things will get worse and far more will be demanded of us.
https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/immigrants-a-love-letter/
#uspol #Solnit #HopeLady
@bsmall2
Immigrants: A Love Letter
It has never been easy to be an immigrant to the United States – for most economic, linguistic, and cultural barriers make life here a struggle, even if they were escaping a worse life elsewhere. The utterly evil bill that just squeaked through in Congress, among other harms, aims to make
bs2> Chenoweth is a hugely influential scholar of nonviolent social change, best known for their empirical research that not only documents what makes civil resistance work but demonstrates that it works, often extremely effectively. They direct the Nonviolent Action Lab, which studies how people have built movements and developed strategies to resist authoritarianism successfully ..
#Chenoweth #Solnit #NonviolentSocialChange #Nonviolence
@bsmall2
#Chenoweth #Solnit #NonviolentSocialChange #Nonviolence
@bsmall2
bsmall2🧵
> ... nothing happening, including the intent to execute the 2025 agenda and yesterday's proposal to ethnically cleanse Gaza, is a surprise; this was all out in the open before the election, but delivered like the story about defenestrating the federal government in terms that were bland, mild, soft, a little boring...
https://meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io/maybe-you-should-shout-fire-in-a-crowded-theater-if-its-on-fire-the-coup-continues/
@bsmall2
#MediaFilters #ManufactureOfConsent #TheHopeLady #Solnit
> ... nothing happening, including the intent to execute the 2025 agenda and yesterday's proposal to ethnically cleanse Gaza, is a surprise; this was all out in the open before the election, but delivered like the story about defenestrating the federal government in terms that were bland, mild, soft, a little boring...
https://meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io/maybe-you-should-shout-fire-in-a-crowded-theater-if-its-on-fire-the-coup-continues/
@bsmall2
#MediaFilters #ManufactureOfConsent #TheHopeLady #Solnit
Maybe You Should Shout Fire in a Crowded Theater (If It's On Fire): The Coup Continues
Yesterday the Associated Press ran a story with this sentence in it: "Last week, regional managers for the General Services Administration, or GSA, received a message from the agency’s Washington headquarters to begin terminating leases on all of the roughly 7,500 federal offices nationwide, according to an email
Claudia Hall Christian🌟 Let's dive deep into the essence of "Hope" before we explore the realms of self-care. Hope isn't just a whimsical notion; it's a powerful force for change. As Rebecca Solnit beautifully puts it, hope is the light in our darkest moments, a beacon worth fighting for. Just like your mental, physical, and emotional well-being, hope is a battle worth winning. Let's join Ms. Solnit in igniting a spark within us all to embrace hope in the shadows. 💪✨
