Manic Twittervism
I spent last week in Boston, visiting friends and family and also scanned some pages of historical documents from some microfiche (amazingly easy). I came home at the end of the week, sick but hoping I only suffered from allergies. By Monday, I figured out that I had an annoying upper respiratory infection. *SLAP!* I'm learning the virtue of blocking. Whole arguments disappeared after blocking the trolls. There is legislation Congress could act on now that would help address gun violence, including expanding background checks, banning assault weapons and closing a loophole that allows firearms to be fired at the rate of automatic weapons—time for Congress to act & pass these bills Immigrant families fleeing violence and danger from their home countries should not have to experience more suffering in this country by being torn apart from their loved ones. Today I stand in solidarity with thousands of Americans who understand that #FamiliesBelongTogether Something we talked about at WisCon: the Blue Wave needs to be something you are excited about being a part of, not something you are counting on to save you. Let me get into some specifics here. I think that some young, abled and wealthy leftists have a lack of imagination when it comes to what liberation means for people that don't live like they do. [Trump's lawyers made argument that he's above the law. Thing is, he's not above impeachment.] Check! Applauded in thanks to Elizabeth Warren as she exited the bar. I wish Abigail Adams was considered a founding mother. First of all there’s no “boy stuff” or “girl stuff”. It’s all just “stuff”. You can wear whatever stuff that you and your mom want. I mean, Yoda wears a necklace. I’ve never heard anyone make fun of him for wearing “Girl Stuff”. You just be who you are. https://t.co/o5yFtgDG9M Good call. Uncanny Issue 22 Pt 2 also features essays by Elsa Sjunneson-Henry & Kelly McCullough, poetry by Betsy Aoki & Sarah Gailey, & Caroline M. Yoachim interviewing A. Merc Rustad! @snarkbat @KellyDMcC@BAoki @gaileyfrey @CarolineYoachim @Merc_Rustadhttps://t.co/2K6taIeOEg pic.twitter.com/apSXHP7hIb The Uncanny Magazine Podcast 22B features Kelly Robson's story, Sarah Gailey's poem, & Lynne M. Thomas interviewing Kelly Robson! MAKE YOUR EARS HAPPY! @kellyoyo @gaileyfrey https://t.co/tAPkppKtmI pic.twitter.com/cAseWbNdHT Join the Space Unicorn Ranger Corps! There are so many ways to support Uncanny Magazine & its mission to spread AWESOME throughout the galaxy! Subscriptions! Patreon! https://t.co/bw436zhoG3 pic.twitter.com/dRlvvYPhg5 [My first tip: group should get its vocabulary right. Do they want to secede from IL or do they want to somehow partition Chicago into its own state? If they seceded, it would be away from IL] If city-states get 2 senators, SURE! Though it might screw the rural areas that pushed for the Reapportionment Act of 1929 on Federal level. Then there's money that goes out to them. Nonetheless, I like their crops. https://t.co/GZVuRpwXXI Roger Ebert once wrote that "Happy people are pleased by the happiness of others. The miserable are poisoned by envy." I think that's pretty accurate. Points to @MHS1791 for offering the prefix Mx (title) when requiring me to set up an online account to use their resources. https://t.co/GpNxXAWlNT Oh please. Society? If it takes a GUN to make a MAN then they're in worse shape than I thought. President Trump’s policy of separating young children from their parents isn’t just cruel and immoral, it’s also ineffective. Why? Because these families are fleeing for their lives so nothing will stop them. https://t.co/ddQdHT15Kh A lot of the discourse around #MeToo has focused on men as professionals and women as victims. We're not seen as professionals too. We hear about "ruining men's careers" and not about all the women's careers who were ruined or never got a start. [Why ACA become unconstitutional but Tax Reform not enforcing mandate is constitutional.] That's why I have no problem calling these Bernie supporters left libertarians. [Thankful for personal mistakes & responsibility for those mistakes. I have inherited class privilege, so I'm lucky, but my status frustration is my own. Learn from mistakes then move on.] [Numbers showing White misconception/overconception of how far the Black population has come to gaining equality in the US.] Sadly insurance companiws have no problem seeing the potential of giving birth a pre-existing condition. Correction: Different groups face different barriers, but all those barriers come from the top. Nonetheless: different barriers must be addressed & eliminated. A significant step forward for girls. My statement on the #G7 Summit: pic.twitter.com/5nnmZJI1sb The tooth infection spread through the detainee's body, paralyzing him. He was hospitalized and in grave condition when ICE released him, When he died two weeks later, the case wasn't investigated as a death in ICE custody. https://t.co/aQZjWkViPH Doing so includes REALLY listening 90% to 100% before speaking. Though I will acknowledge arguments with other aspects of platform, too. Those are just less emotional for me. Many intersectional dimensions. "Okay, I'm going to explain it to you like you are a child...for obvious reasons. We only ordered salads. YOU ordered 2 appetizers, 2 entrées and 3 ice cream sundaes. We're not splitting the bill evenly. Hilf mir Gott..." pic.twitter.com/LJ8FrihpCU Anyway, if you voted for a socially Conservative party lately & you’re wondering why some of your more marginalized friends are upset with you, it’s simple: Crap like this is why I tolerate political parties rewarding loyalty. https://t.co/mh9kmqWfLR https://t.co/mh9kmqWfLR And some other story about a bigotted candidate running under the Illinois Green Party years ago. Sadly, Plato might have been right about a demagogue destroying a government & leading it into dictatorship. [We need this have the images in this speech in our hearts for 2018 and 2020 elections. "We're not a blanket of one color. . .we are a quilt of patches of many colors.] Staffer: Hey, so there’s a law that we have to preserve your presidential records, so you can’t tear up documents. Scary how little has changed. Capitalism. https://t.co/GZiEBLV7wb The opposite of toxic masculinism isn't womanism/re-binarization. It's gender fluidity and diversity - including decolonized masculinities. Ya dig? Random survey: How do you think you would respond if your health insurance company showed how much it saved all its customers, in aggregate, on an annual basis? If that saved amount was substantial, do you think you would feel better about premiums paid? Just numbers, no deets. [Heh, a lot of my research is arguing that the forces of popukism grow too strong or the populace needs to get better educated.] [Interesting articles about Millennials & the sense of psuedo post-racialism after Obama, which may contributing to the race vs class feuds on the Left. . .though I might apply this equally to white liberals of all ages]https://t.co/DGsKbUu7ndhttps://t.co/9DAgxqhdum What I'm hearing on the news this morning: The agreement signed by the US & North Korea today isn't anything. We've been here before. The level of historicity all this will be judged by the hard work in the future. Definitely a wait & see situation. [Kinda annoying that it took 3 tries to find an article marginally sympathetic to liberal arts degree holders that feel like the paper is worth more than the degree, itself.] Not even Blagojevich's lieutenant governor and predecessor wants him freed. https://t.co/Ows5458jx6 Smoking gun news broke over the weekend: Steve Bannon & Kris Kobach lobbied Trump admin to add citizenship question to 2020 census. Rigged census one of greatest threats to democracy in Trump era https://t.co/yox8PQm3xb I’m one person ..I want to do better... If there’s anyone in this thread that can help me start a movement for the simple necessities of life deodorant food toiletries sanitary napkins help me 🙏🏿 I want to turn this into something bigger than just a viral story [Counterpoint to liberal arts degrees not leading to material success: Reading narratives & poetry leads to citizens that connect better & have more openness. . .liberals.] Let’s not dance around it: By denying asylum to domestic violence victims fleeing their abusers, the administration will cost women their lives. It shows how little this administration cares about people who are suffering. This is an attack on our most fundamental values. https://t.co/9NEi7JMHbB 2018 and 2020, we have to do what we can to liberalize the courts. Even then. . [45] & McConnell have done a bang up job packing the courts with conservatives. FU, McConnell. .https://t.co/hz0vmUYnyy On the 2020 census, I'm thinking of checking other for race/ethnicity & writing in "Euro American" or "European American". I'm not totally sure what I think of this idea. So House Republicans are worried more about winning their elections than doing the right thing? Mercenaries. https://t.co/tWcribOGeP And when I say counter narrative, I mean joy vs tragedy or tragedy vs joy, not ideological narrative.P I haven't said anything about Anthony Bourdain. My thought now: He has provided a great service to the world/counyry by providing a platform for a variety of narratives. He may not have broken barriers, but he facilitated sharing & complexification. Can't get over how evil this is. Tent cities. Incarceration camps. For children. In Texas. In the summer. https://t.co/TqiGAGnmLl [Fiction & poetry make the world better!] The White House is going all out to help a Chinese company, which violated sanctions to do business with North Korea and Iran, get another shot. There is no law that requires children be removed from their parents. That’s the policy choice of the Trump administration. If he won’t end this horrific policy, Congress must. pic.twitter.com/mq4cemRnsL So I'm going to whip out this good deed narrative: a month or so ago, I was trying to find something to eat when I stumbled onto a $10 on the sidewalk. I thought sweet! Free money. Then I found a receipt for a marijuana dispensary. I decided to drop the bill at dispensary. Receptionist showed a lot of gratitude, thanked me, & let me know that I was doing a great thing. I left in a hurry because I don't really like getting attention, good or bad. You know what, though? I left feeling great. You know that feeling? Like love, butterflies in stomach. I told myself that I wouldn't tell anyone this story, but I think the world needs now stories like this. Great & all that [45] met with Kim Jong-Un. My criticism is [45] & cabinet over hyping actual accomplishments. We've been here & further. Also, [45] pulled out of productuve Iran deal because belief there wasn't complete de-nuclearization. Hypocrisy. Need actual good results. There’s something going on in Chicago. Media orgs are making serious moves toward equity & repair, foundations are backing it with $$. The public is taking notice and joining the local media renaissance. I’m here for it. I am overwhelmed with support this morning. https://t.co/3q3yQxfwF2 Good Sleep is Not Just for Rest, it is for Creativity Too https://t.co/AXQdQ6dYMR I oppose any effort that would strip away protections for people with pre-existing conditions. The #ACA ended this form of discrimination, but President Trump is trying to bring it back. I stand with everyone trying to #ProtectPatientsNow. The news is pretty overwhelming right now. Here’s what you need to know. One of the best articles about the forces working against millennials. From the '08 recession to student loan debt, rent prices and more. This isn't about picking sides. We need our youth to be set up with strong foundations and we are failing them. https://t.co/cbwdpsb3qf Can't say I ever felt anyone promised me that. In retrospect, wish family hadn't pressure me into going to college, allowed me gap time, but would I have my current flexible, dead endish job that pays bills? Issues are my own, not society's, but how to address broken promises? BTW, need to see you more in the "mainstream" media, on NPR, etc. etc. I randomly stumbled onto you as candidate, & I've hardly heard anything from you until now & some spate of FB posts. Candidates need to kick into gear NOW! The question is how? That's why I want to hear more from you (What will you deliver? How will you deliver it? How will you inspire voters to trust your promises enough to come out to vote for them, including broadcasting all the above?). I'm anxious for good options. Another way to put it is that I can understand the human factor alone & the government factor alone, but when you mix them together, it stops making sense. supply & demand of it, but if the government can just make more of it, even it causes inflation, where is the CENTER! I would believe it would be the prosperity, health, & value of citizens, but then why would some politicians show such lack of compassion? We can say greed, but I think a bit of it has to do with disparity of who needs/wants what when & who can supply what when. . .persomal saving & credit help provide demand when you've got all that. But I guess a lot of the problem is that demand outstrips supply except the fact that we have horders? Encourage more sharing & exchanging?
I've spent the week relieving symptoms while working and engaging in non-exerting routine and projects (minimal bike riding but still taking walks during lunch break). Been doing some TV watching, too (too much binge watching of Mr Robot season 3).
Recovery has gone well so far. I have a little too much energy right now. It has to go somewhere. My mind feels scattered with too much awareness at the moment, emotions and thought smashing against each other too much. So much chaos by that Shithead in Chief and his cronies.
I've done a lot of debating and discussing with a bunch of people in real life and on social media about social/political philosophy and the general state of society. A couple hours ago, I wrote an open status update about the abstractness of monetary policy, currency policy, macroeconomics, and the disconnection of our politicians (or in my opinion, the GOP and conservatives) with reality and theory aiming to describe and predict reality. Just the GOP's disregard for how their policies and actions affect everyday people shows it.
I had been working on and wanted to post a big essay before heading to Boston. I still plan to do so. For now, though, some Twittervism (which will include that rant):
I listened to an interview who quit a news organization because Sinclair bought them. The podcast played a bunch of recorded segments of Sinclair central, and I now understand the media bubble. . .created by the cons with local news.
Watch "NYT: Trump lawyers make case in memo to Mueller" on YouTube https://t.co/VUyzg2RIa4
Group pushes for state of Illinois to secede from Chicago https://t.co/wo7mLnIN20
Trump administration tells court it won't defend key provisions of the Affordable Care Act - CNNPolitics https://t.co/IgUBPtmwvu
Why Do White People Feel Discriminated Against? I Asked Them. https://t.co/Cco4EgM4Np
Does White America Fear Black Equality? The Economic Forces Behind Trump’s Win https://t.co/dTntaLEQ5W
You’re sending a message that you value other issues more than their rights & safety. That a shitty message to receive.
Watch "Jesse Jackson 1984 Democratic National Convention Keynote" on YouTube https://t.co/XpYodliMDh
Normal President: OK.
Trump: *continues to rip up paper like a toddler, turns a government staffer into a guy who pieces together confetti* https://t.co/ZnQuv4O2Ac
What History Teaches Us About Demagogues Like The Donald | Time https://t.co/QvCZuXpiOC
Liberal arts grads struggle with underemployment, study says - Chicago Tribune https://t.co/u8YhPPL94z
How reading rewires your brain for more intelligence and empathy | Big Think https://t.co/43XRqEaQ3g
To decrease recidivism rates, give prisoners more books — Quartz https://t.co/NS1pLB8SCo
Is this #MAGA? https://t.co/0JN09EaPvZ
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