| Who I Am | Authentic Photographer |
| What I Do | Fight Fascism |
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I've been meandering this spring through the upper plains states to take notes, and one thing struck me today driving several hundred miles in North and South Dakota: there are no more Trump signs. None, not one.
I've driven this route many times over the past 10 years, and this has always been deep red country (never mind that it was stolen from the indigenous peoples), with lots of ranchers proudly proclaiming their allegiance.
Now, who knows? There sure aren't any Vance or Rubio signs :).
"Our Politics Have Reached Their Limit"
In Montana, diesel was $3/gallon 6 weeks ago. This station has stopped advertising their prices. Trump's war in the Middle East has started an inflation spike that will last months if not years, however long the war lasts. Of course, local Republicans have nothing to say about it. They'd rather elect fascists to enforce autocracy and austerity.
Source: https://take-note.com/note-takers/marshall--mayer/notes/our-politics-have-reached-their-limit/view
#authenticphoto #fascist #gasprices #IranWar #localelection #politics #Trump
I'm testing a service to repost my content from here to my account on Bluesky (to see why, see my profile at
https://bsky.app/profile/authenticphoto.bsky.social). IOW, I don't post there, unless it's posted here first and then cross posted.
I take notes with a camera. Besides my authentic photography (see https://take-note.com/about), I'm also interested in promoting the work of other "first-person" photographers and protecting all authentic photography (analog or digital) from generative AI.
"It is up to us to put two and two together: Trump will seek to exploit the war (or the next one) to alter the elections. We bear responsibility for what comes next."—Timothy Snyder
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands/116354480071471219
Best advice yet on what to do as fascists try to destroy democratic society. Read the whole thing.
When I was a young democratic socialist, a comrade observed that Republicans only wanted to fund the military (to acquire and protect international property), the police (to protect and serve private property in America), and some courts (to adjudicate private disputes, the majority of which are commercial in nature). Otherwise Republicans believed there were no other legitimate roles for government. The President's proposed budget is that extreme.
It’s an opening for Democrats. Run with it.
"Ownership of Time Is Learned Early"
With the advent of neoliberalism in the 1980s, the mission of public education has become more about preparing for life in the workforce rather than preparing for life fulfilled by freedom and happiness. The state shapes working class consciousness rather than the other way around. It's time to change that.
Source: https://take-note.com/note-takers/marshall--mayer/notes/ownership-of-time-is-learned-early/view
#authenticphotography #education #elementaryschool #lifelonglearning #ownership #publicschool #workingclass
No Kings embodied the kind of popular front politics that are necessary to defeat fascism. It does not always work, but it never works if it's not a popular front.
https://jacobin.com/2026/03/no-kings-protest-trump-authoritarianism
The Guardian notices something: "‘They feel true’: political deepfakes are growing in influence – even if people know they aren’t real"
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/28/military-deepfakes-ai-propaganda-money
And Fred Ritchin wonders, "What happens when AI generates its own AI?"
https://fredritchin.substack.com/p/ai-without-us
It feels as though it's all about to go off the rails.
