Notices by MuffInTarnation (riotmuffin@ni.hil.ist), page 4

@MediaActivist I mean i think it's reasonable for a big agitprop project like crimethinc to have accounts wherever people are. but to ONLY rely on crap like bluesky? that's ridiculous? and to answer your question: yes, it really does kind of seem like a cult :D

the invite model is the koolaid, i think. tbh brilliant move on their part to bamboozle people into choosing a non-alternative alternative to twitter. for so many people it's about image more than substance.

Just in time for back-to-school - try GEORGIA'S new INDICT-ALL! A multi-purpose repression glue for silencing dissent and supporting police impunity.

#StopCopCity #ACAB

if anyone wants just the glue:

(feel free to steal these graphics, remix, make flyers, whatever) #StopCopCity

It’s kind of wild as a trans woman rn, with our existence being debated in the larger culture war, how much our lives are actually no longer in a blind spot. There’s not as much, for example, “oh, she didn’t MEAN any harm by misgendering your friend… why are so you so upset?” as there was several years ago, in my experience.

Compare, for example, to statements like “oh, she didn’t MEAN any harm by saying [thing that raises red flags of anti-semitism]… why are you so upset?”

Went over to twitter for work. Bunch of local leftists encouraging people to go to the MPD- run "community engagement" sessons, with reportbacks of their own attendance that nakedly show what should've been obvious all along, that the point of those sessions is surveilling the opposition and solidifying police power, while bamboozling community and helping improve the "perception" (not actual function) of police.

How far we've fallen. People with ACAB in their bio should be blockading and preventing police preservationist activities like this - not participating in them. Fer crying out loud!

[edited just to add hashtags and note that i posted this, amazingly not on purpose, at 13:12] #minneapolis #minnesota

@AnthonyJK ok, since it may not be a basic concept for many people: intent vs impact https://everydayfeminism.com/2013/07/intentions-dont-really-matter/

@blueemu @welshpixie

@AnthonyJK you realize that one doesn’t have to mention the oppressed group specifically, or have intent to hurt, in order for folks to genuinely feel hurt by a persons words and actions, right? It’s sort of a basic concept, I thought - do you see how it might apply here?

@blueemu @welshpixie

Does anyone want to pay me to come to their city’s anarchist bookfair and lead a table flipping workshop

My experience with a person in crisis last night leads me to re-affirm the conclusion: There is no situation that cops do not simply make worse.

Not an exaggeration. Not hyperbole. COPS ALWAYS MAKE IT WORSE.

Let's just say, for the sake of argument, (because I've never personally experienced this), there's some situation out there that cops tend to handle well. In that case, cops STILL make things worse by perpetuating the belief among the masses that "the police are here, they have it under control, I don't have to do anything."

And that belief is why, over half an hour of a person obviously being in crisis in a busy street last night, in a large liberal city, only me and one other person stopped to help without being paid to do so.

@CosmicTrigger most of the marxists I’ve met are considerably more interested in swaying mainstream opinion than in building the world we want to live in, and also seem considerably less willing to make structural adjustments to their own lives (such as abandoning corporate social media). So that’s my theory at least

Found this statement from longtime MPLS punk veteran Felix Havoc that's going around:

Fundraiser for victims/survivors: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-victims-of-nudieland-shooting-in-mpls

Maybe a long shot on here, but for the sake of covering bases since I know I have lots of punk followers:

Please know that talking to law enforcement can be extremely risky without a lawyer. You might also find yourself wanting to securely record info *without* taking it to law enforcement, in the event it is useful later. If this applies to you, I can refer you to trusted MPLS movement legal workers/lawyers who can help with these things. Just dm (then we can take it to a more secure platform).

Don’t go it alone. We keep us safe. 🖤🖤

(Boosts welcome)

@CupidsMolotov it was def a trans/queer focused event (I guess there’s probably such a thing as non-trans/queer punk here too, tho I rarely see it, maybe that’s just me….) - idk any of the specifics about people who spoke with media, though. MPR is only any better than other corporate media by a razor thin margin, usually.

Lotta ostensibly pro-union folks seem to forget that a union is its MEMBERS, not just its leadership.

The members will still need to vote on this tentative #Teamsters #UPS deal. It’s pretty damn notable that most corporate media articles - with a vested interest in making people think it’s all a done deal - don’t actually talk about the terms.

From what I’ve seen so far though, its looks like a minimum $25/hr for part timers is NOT part of the deal. A lot of workers have already said they won’t vote to accept it if that’s not included.

Don’t be a propagandist for UPS or for top level union leadership when talking about it, please.

Boomer Unions: waaahhhh why aren’t young people excited about unions any more

Also Boomer Unions: put out press releases saying “We Won!” then at the very bottom “oh yeah btw, our members still have to vote. But we have one rank and file worker on the negotiating committee, see???”

Some of these big unions like the #Teamsters are just as authoritarian as the companies, at the end of the day. I’m interested to see what Teamsters For A Democratic Union, and other worker-led rank and file groups, have to say once they’ve actually reviewed the proposal. #UPS

Broke: “student loan payments will resume this fall”

Bespoke: “this fall, government and loan servicers will have to decide how harshly to go after millions who refuse to (or simply can’t) make extortionary loan payments”

Fuck these media and bootlickers acting like you gotta pay no matter what.

@ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs
It’s a yikes on bikes attitude alright. “Don’t do anything meaningful because there might be consequences! don’t try anything radical because you might make mistakes!” sort of sums up the US American dominant culture mindset towards positive change, doesn’t it?

@hyenagirl64

@hyenagirl64 are you saying that nobody who admins a political project online should partake in any other political activity?

And you realize that, regardless of the answer to that, we could both sit down and come up with a long list of things that have resulted in police raids that are neither political nor risky, right?

"i don't commit crimes"

lol yes you do. 1) everyone does, that's the nature of the law, and 2) do you support people whose existence itself is criminalized? if so, congrats, you're a criminal too. if you don't, then 3) your opinion matters zero to me, fuck outta here.

The far-right majority in the #Nebraska Legislature will be attempting to pass a ban on gender affirming care for people under the age of 19, by combining it with a 12-week abortion ban bill, tonight (Tuesday May 16).

Here's a couple pics from the Capitol rotunda there this afternoon.