Notices by Susan Kaye Quinn 🌱(she/her) (susankayequinn@wandering.shop), page 3

This is particular makes me think about how the technofascists are trying to insert AI into every human interaction.

The greatest gift you can give tyranny is your despair (& fear & compliance).

Seek out joy as a tactical weapon in the fight.

Seek it out because it will power you up.

Seek joy because you deserve it.

Let it remind you of the world we're fighting for.

100% this

Go ahead and build a garden! But also: buying a farm share to support local organic regen farmers and supporting community gardens keeps the *whole community* more food resilient and *spoiler alert* you are also part of the community.

(and send your surplus to the food bank!)
#grow #gardening #farm #share #solarpunk #community

#resist

Pay attention to who is covering the protests: The Philly Inquirer, The Boston Globe, Minnesota Star Tribune, (surprisingly) USA Today

Then give them your material support.

NOT NYT, LATimes, WaPo, Chicago Tribune, WSJ

your average granny protestor has more courage than the entire Republican party put together

This moment in a nutshell.

@climatebrad.hillheat.com

https://hillheat.news/p/the-data-center-bubble-is-filled-with-methane-and-the-senate-is-going-nuclear

"This is one of the core reasons that corporate America seems blasé about Trump even as he blows up the human economy. Their leadership believes in a future economy that is no longer built on human well-being, but one in which, as Scott Kupor said, AI eats the world."

I get more radical every day, simply by holding tight to my values.

@inthehands I haven't — I've really only seen a couple and it was a while ago. I need to fix that.

@inthehands he does mention it, and I'm glad you're confirming — I really do need to see the film now

I need to watch more Studio Ghibli
https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/one-of-the-best-studio-ghibli-films
I don't expect film/TV reviews from @bcmerchant.bsky.social but I love it. Fiction is culture: it's one of the ways we express our values. It's one of the reasons AI is such a soulless affront,why it's theft at every level.

As I just told a friend, this is intentional assault.

AI corpos:"you can't stop us from stealing your hero's work and debasing him"

You're right: I can't stop you from being trash humans but no one will ever love you like we love him, you're pathetic.

https://bsky.app/profile/aftermath.site/post/3llfgwyxmrd2u

education is the first step of resistance 💯

this Tiktok is *so good*

it is your hope lift for today, promise

it is also reminding me I need to go to all the indie bookstores with my #Solarpunk Starter Pack

*adds to her recs to my TBR*
#bookstadon #climatechange #resist #books #fascism #resistance

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2WFJmon/

Two things occupying my mind today (beyond generalized terror and "I need to rest"):

1) Tim Walz and @opinionatedogre.bsky.social are right that we need to envision what comes after the defeat of the fascists and work towards that, and...

https://opinionatedogre.substack.com/p/tim-walz-is-right-we-can-fix-it-and

1/n

2) ParkrosePerma (can't find the video rn) is right that our primary levers right now are as consumers (the various boycotts) and as labor (resistance at points of power within your circles).

And I view both of those expansively...
2/n

...not just boycotting Tesla and Target but supporting Costco & food co-ops&credit unions; not just refusing to comply(or overcomplying JFC) &throwing sand in the gears where you're able, not just labor unions & other associations banding together to fight (incl class action suits against AI)...
3/n

...but also continuing to do good work in the arts and sciences, education and healthcare, anything they're trying to kill keep doing that shit.

The real ground truth is that they can't do anything without our compliance. Whereas we can do all kinds of things without their permission.

4/n

100% this
Be on Team Fight at every day but also keep working toward the world we want when we defeat the fascists.

Those work inextricably together: the fascists are a death cult where "powerful white men get to decide who dies" & working for a better world is a direct rebuttal to that cruelty.

relevant: https://opinionatedogre.substack.com/p/tim-walz-is-right-we-can-fix-it-and @opinionatedogre.bsky.social