Notices by Puff the Magic Hater (mskellymhayes@spore.social)

We're going to show up for each other, figure out what we need to learn, skill up, and fight for each other. Because we're gonna have to. Let's ground ourselves in our values and our refusal to abandon one another. Remember who you want to be, come what may, and move in the direction of your values.

I wrote a book with Mariame Kaba (Let This Radicalize You) about the kind of work that's ahead of us. It's there for you if you need it. No matter what happens next, let's get our learn on and think strategically about the work of collective survival. Isolation incubates fear. Together, we will foster courage and solidarity, and we will fight for each other.

My latest reprinted in Truthout. “The right’s relentless blasts of bullshit are meant to drown out, rather than refute, legitimate facts and grievances. The point is not to debate reality but to dominate it.” https://truthout.org/articles/the-far-right-is-creating-emblematic-narratives-for-people-to-latch-onto/

I talked to Shane Burley about why using terms like "ZOG" is an actual fucking problem. https://organizingmythoughts.org/we-dont-talk-like-nazis/

I shared some notes from my most recent talk on fascism via my newsletter today. The post includes my thoughts on the authoritarian and fascist trajectories we're seeing, the kind of organizing we need, and a number of resources for political ed. https://mskellymhayes.substack.com/p/some-notes-from-fascism-101

"Or worse, the parts of you that are soft enough to grieve will grow hard. When we forget how to grieve, we forget how to love. Invite your grief in from the cold, make it a cup of hot tea, share space with it, understand it, and understand yourself." https://mskellymhayes.substack.com/p/must-read-roundup-1132023

"Love the parts of you that are soft enough to grieve. Rage against the deadening of that softness. Sometimes, tears are a defense of our humanity." https://mskellymhayes.substack.com/p/must-read-roundup-1132023

I cry so much lately. I don't try to hold it in. From the "Final Thoughts" section of my newsletter: "Don't try to lock your grief out of the house. Eventually, it will beat down your door and overpower you." https://mskellymhayes.substack.com/p/must-read-roundup-1132023

My piece on why @pal_actionus is targeting Elbit Systems, to take direct action against the Israeli war machine in the US, was reprinted in Truthout today. https://truthout.org/articles/activist-group-targets-the-us-israeli-war-machine-in-massachusetts/

From a pediatrician in Gaza: "When the generators fall silent, we will be relegated to practicing medieval-level medicine. Without an urgent resupply of fuel, the lights will go out permanently, and our hospital could turn into a morgue." Gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/29/opinion/pediatrician-gaza-hospitals-fuel.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6Uw.hMZl.E64QwQ9OCemJ&smid=url-share

The bad guys want us locked in an endless, meaningless cycle of reaction that we mistake for political action.

Us: Don’t kill unhoused people.

Them: Have you considered how uncomfortable they make us?

It's also worth pausing to think about all of the things Trump did that were infinitely worse than a hush money scandal. A great many of those things were legal.

Most folks I know who are worried about AI aren’t worried about these programs becoming self aware and oppressing us. That’s not a thing. We’re worried about all the ways these systems will ramp up existing inequalities and further obliterate our shared reality as human beings. That’s already happening.