No one has to wait for anyone to take action. If you have ideas, execute them. Don't act like an East German Figure Skating judge or a red pen Karen. EXECUTE YOUR IDEAS. That's the bottom line. Let 10 million flowers bloom. No one is gatekeeping you. - ThreadSky

prisonculture.bsky.social • 20 days ago

No one has to wait for anyone to take action. If you have ideas, execute them. Don't act like an East German Figure Skating judge or a red pen Karen. EXECUTE YOUR IDEAS. That's the bottom line. Let 10 million flowers bloom. No one is gatekeeping you.

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lacemuse.bsky.social•20 days ago

First I have to survive. Chronic illness and pain leave very little room for much else. Some nice things like writing to keep my sanity.

tinacjpd.bsky.social•19 days ago

That’s ok. Do what you can.

harshalpatel.bsky.social•20 days ago

Delete all Meta apps (requires no one else to help you) https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/29/mark-zuckerberg-starts-meta-earnings-call-by-praising-trump-.html

sopcie.bsky.social•19 days ago

Here is a screenshot of a recent privacy update incase anyone needs an extra push

harshalpatel.bsky.social•19 days ago

thanks for sharing; even worse than I thought

wreckingball4good.bsky.social•19 days ago

Did it

leggomyoeuf-0.bsky.social•19 days ago

Pff, my director shut me down for sharing info. Real info. Not misinfo. Our leaders (or I guess they're just managers) are also bots, apparently.

sammiejoe.bsky.social•20 days ago

My parents modeled this for me throughout my childhood, and I was constantly thinking like “how did you just decide to do that?”I realized it’s a combination of discarding the perfect in favor of the good, and also just simple faith that no good deed is in vain.

thosetreestho.bsky.social•19 days ago

but you know that we are more powerful as an entity. so we are calling for someone to take a leadership role and form an actual opposition party that we can rally behind!

altrocks.bsky.social•19 days ago

You can't wait for someone else to do it. That's the whole point. Find the person we need to lead or become it yourself. Better yet, don't wait for a leader, just do what you know needs to be done in your community. Talk to people, get resources, learn. If we're all waiting nothing will happen.

thosetreestho.bsky.social•19 days ago

We are already doing that. finding a community isn't going to stop what is happening. We need leadership so we are all on the same page and can make a bigger impact together. we have elected officials that should feel obligated to take this role and already have the platform.

kipperscrate.bsky.social•19 days ago

My ideas are kinda garbage tho tbh

penkc.bsky.social•20 days ago

I see what you did there. 10 million flowers blooming. 🪷

smarterthanawaffle.bsky.social•19 days ago

This is so falsely false I don't know where to begin

cgblue.bsky.social•20 days ago

This ⬆️. This is why I'm promoting Wednesday's protest at your state capitol? People will be there. For sure. Will it be organized? Maybe not. But that's no reason not to go and have your voice heard. We gotta do something!

aviendha69.bsky.social•19 days ago

Be the change. Heroes are just metaphors to encourage ordinary people to act.

Be the hero of your own story.

noktrnl.bsky.social•20 days ago

A lil something to spark some ideas.

https://www.404media.co/declassified-cia-guide-to-sabotaging-fascism-is-suddenly-viral/

eclecticoldbag.bsky.social•20 days ago

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Cru6DBkH5gadq3S-mVhiSU72mC2ZeDHXG93jeiemFH0/edit?usp=drivesdk. Check out the opposition at @indivisible.org

jtkindt.bsky.social•20 days ago

Tried this today. It felt good. Who knows if it did some good?

neurographic.art•19 days ago

Yes, it had an impact! Every action does.

frangsbo.bsky.social•20 days ago

It's great that individuals are doing this and it would be awesome to have a crowd.

celinashope.bsky.social•20 days ago

♥️

jafkettani.bsky.social•19 days ago

tesla sales and profits are down, competition is better, most buyers in western democraties feel ashamed to subsidize a Nazi, I prey Eu will ban this POS, and still the stock is going through the roof ! What am I missing ??

jtkindt.bsky.social•19 days ago

Maybe the market is betting that his political power will let him get graft- military contracts with Tesla? But also I think the grid-scale energy storage market is growing quickly and there the Tesla product is pretty good as far as I know.

segment6.net•19 days ago

he's in control of the systems that run the stock market

margie-lou.bsky.social•20 days ago

Nicely done!!!

racialjustice.bsky.social•19 days ago

Couldn’t hurt. Flash mob vandalism at Tesla dealerships, anyone?

isyourhatepure.bsky.social•19 days ago

Love to suggest criminal actions in public fora. Totally not a fed.

lynnmang.bsky.social•19 days ago

Hey Decatur! 👋🏼 Good work!

beccasmullet.bsky.social•20 days ago

📌

beccasmullet.bsky.social•20 days ago

Good for you! I think there's one of those sales outposts in Boston. I may go!

jtkindt.bsky.social•20 days ago

The employees came out and we had a brief, civil exchange; we stayed on public property and didn’t block the sidewalk, no hassles.

beccasmullet.bsky.social•20 days ago

Excellent protest!

michaeljameshawk.bsky.social•19 days ago

Blessings, dood.

democracyop.bsky.social•19 days ago

Good work!

jomamab.bsky.social•19 days ago

innyday.bsky.social•19 days ago

Good start 👍🏽 A movement starts with one person taking a stand and it swells. We must stop #elonthetyrant and #wakeup and #resist

twitterexodus.org•18 days ago

Love seeing peaceful protests that make an impact. Tesla's algorithm-driven CEO gets to control narratives on X, but he can't control what people do in real life with their own voices.

prisonculture.bsky.social•20 days ago

I love that you did this!

jtkindt.bsky.social•20 days ago

Credit to my partner for the idea and initiative, but hope others will also take the plunge to DIY action.

auntmarilee.bsky.social•20 days ago

Driving around Oklahoma with this on my car. 3 of my friends have had me write the same message on their cars.

lleohn.bsky.social•20 days ago

Thumbs up from Canada! People would’ve seen you while driving by!
Great action.

hazmatsquirrel.bsky.social•20 days ago

👍💪👍

neilturkewitz.bsky.social•19 days ago

Did you see, @juliusgoat.bsky.social had a powerful piece about this very same thought. This is not the time for careful coordination of modalities for protest—it is the time for action. Concerted unilateralism.

https://bsky.app/profile/neilturkewitz.bsky.social/post/3lhblxu5v5c2a

supertriplegoose.bsky.social•19 days ago

I like this sentiment

alextenorio.bsky.social•20 days ago

Lovely thk u

factsmustwin.bsky.social•19 days ago

One of the most important things I tried to teach when working with community groups under attack. It's rare that doing something is worse than doing nothing. If people are fighting about which of two ideas is better, it's better to split and do both than to do neither.

solarpunkfox.bsky.social•19 days ago

After the better part of a year just bringing the unhoused ice water in the Texas heat because no one else was.

Just two nights ago we got a grant to keep doing it. Even in this shit state those flowers can bloom.

https://bsky.app/profile/solarpunkfox.bsky.social/post/3lh3lrujlx22p

kateschapira.bsky.social•19 days ago

Wait you DID??? CONGRATULATIONS

solarpunkfox.bsky.social•19 days ago

Big time, thank you.

#sosick

flyingpace.bsky.social•20 days ago

Yes! There is no One True Protest and no one should be waiting for it. Just bootstrap stuff and see where it goes.

I hope some folks will share this one out—it's strategic (causes economic/logistical disruption) AND timely (we're finding out that it is not safe to fly under this regime...)

pursemouth.bsky.social•20 days ago

https://5calls.org/issue/elon-musk-opm-gsa-takeover/

banana91.bsky.social•19 days ago

It’s funny, I’ve seen some pages recently saying NOT to start something yourself because it probably already exists. The flaw in that is they don’t acknowledge that if the person wanting to start a similar thing doesn’t know it already exists and can’t find it easily, what good is it really?

samson0223.bsky.social•19 days ago

I always figured when it comes to that, if you had no idea it already exists, then it's not in your area, if it's a need in your area, then start working! Can you really have too much community building?

banana91.bsky.social•19 days ago

According to some people, yes lol but it’s hard to say if they were serious or interlopers trying to discourage self-determination and organization.

prisonculture.bsky.social•19 days ago

It's an all hands on deck moment imo. It's always good to take a little time to figure out what already exists and to plug into that if you can. But it's also fine to start something with others if you feel you can sustain it. We can be precious right now. We need a lot of different things.

banana91.bsky.social•19 days ago

I 100% agree with you. I want people to realize they don’t have to form a huge group on their own overnight, it can be as simple as getting to know neighbors, planning to support people with disabilities and the elderly during emergencies, or even a renters union. No stamp of approval needed.

alcibiades1234.bsky.social•19 days ago

I definitely would do something if I had a good idea, but I’m not really sure what would work

edwindjb.bsky.social•19 days ago

My family has started to offload our Amazon shopping with local stores, and leveraging Costco much more than in the past. It is difficult to stop all deals with the devil, but we’ll drive 10 miles and spend an extra hour to do what we can.

roromama.bsky.social•19 days ago

Similarly, it's hard to boycott places that have decided to march to the anti-DEI drum (as private businesses!!), but as long as we can afford it we will (the wallet is where it hurts)

maxyamy.bsky.social•20 days ago

Exactly-mutual aid to start🎉

Looks like Government Accountability Project is funding Justice Connection to target Trump & unelected co-pres Musk for illegal EOs, trying to fire fed workers & stack depts w/ Trump/Musk loyalists. Only time will tell. Justice thru🇺🇸courts has been delayed repeatedly.

meamdal.bsky.social•19 days ago

🤔

daphnelawless.com•19 days ago

It's not as if, if Betty Schmo does some random act of resistance on her own, it will make things WORSE. Where's just screaming "do something" at others online might, due to spreading passivity and hopelessness

democracyop.bsky.social•19 days ago

Awomen!

peril2k.bsky.social•19 days ago

Yeah. Seems like shooting 10 million different directions isn’t the greatest leadership advice.

altrocks.bsky.social•19 days ago

Seems like it's a strategy that can be really useful and effective when you're surrounded by things that need shooting.

scarletttanager.bsky.social•19 days ago

Do you mean like Luigi or the Ukrainian woman who gave sunflower seeds to an invading Russian soldier? 🤔

jmcatron.bsky.social•20 days ago

This is the single hardest part in organizing. Everyone waits for someone to come and save them, or for someone to do something, not realizing THEY ARE SOMEONE

iamamygee.bsky.social•20 days ago

Yes, but having never done this, I do not know how to start.

redwoodgirl.bsky.social•19 days ago

A really conceptually easy thing you can do, although it may be hard psychologically: make six ham and cheese sandwiches, wrap them up, take them to your local homeless encampment, and give them away. If you have the will, talk to the people you give them to and listen to their stories.

eileenlaurie.bsky.social•19 days ago

It is truly heart-breaking that we now expect everyone to have a “local homeless encampment”. But yes, feed the needy, and respect them as humans. People are not homeless by choice.

jmcatron.bsky.social•20 days ago

Neither does anyone, to be unfortunately blunt. You know your unique situation and only you can explore its options. Maybe find a local Registered Community Organization and see what work is going on in your local area.

iamamygee.bsky.social•20 days ago

Thank you.

womanatmile0.bsky.social•20 days ago

Yes organize. That the most important thing

parents4planet.bsky.social•19 days ago

We are doing a #ThankYouBrigade which we first did in 2017 and thanking federal workers for their service. If you’ve ever been to a national park or forest, gotten help from an office, etc. call them up and just say thanks. More info at the hashtag. There are good scared folks who need a lift.

anarchymarshmallow.bsky.social•20 days ago

I have been trying to tell people out here "You don't need anyone's permission to organize in your own community." Then I listened to the episode "You Already Know How To Organize" on the podcast It Could Happen Here and I felt so validated in that message. We don't need to wait for heroes.

roromama.bsky.social•19 days ago

I'm a new fan of BtB and I really need to start listening to It could happen here. Thanks for giving me a place to start

anarchymarshmallow.bsky.social•19 days ago

Those are ICHH episodes. For BTB I recommend the Henry Kissinger 6parter, the 2part How nice normal people made the holocaust possible, and Raoul wallenberg the anti bastard episode.

roromama.bsky.social•19 days ago

Since I'm a completionist I started at the start and am now mid-2019 in BtB - the constant dramatic irony is insane.

saturnite380.bsky.social•19 days ago

Also the Woody Guthrie anti-bastard one is cool and pretty inspiring.

ericleitzen.bsky.social•19 days ago

Just a reminder that there are mini-Musks and mini-Trumps in every small town and comminity in America

Make their lives hell, too

communitycafe.bsky.social•19 days ago

ℒℴve ღ.

strippinheat.bsky.social•20 days ago

Yes, execute them. Execute them all.

Your ideas, I mean.

runreadflyandi.bsky.social•19 days ago

I’m going to my county council meeting tomorrow for the first time. It’s slower work that seems useless now but the hope is to get to know the local organizations and find a place to make change.

alexzucker.bsky.social•19 days ago

📌

karlaliliana.bsky.social•20 days ago

Importantly, capturing attention is not the validation of an idea. No one has to validate the work for the work to matter.

earlgreytea-hawt.bsky.social•18 days ago

I volunteered quietly for many years because grass roots matter. I had my "coming out" (not the first one, lol) because it was suggested to me that my students needed to hear their history teacher tell them "you can make a difference everyday." Cancer put me down for a few years, but I'm coming back

earlgreytea-hawt.bsky.social•18 days ago

Can't teach anymore because I realized adjuncts CANNOT fight the system that exploits them (and almost killed me...see cancer) from the inside. But I still talk about it, because now more than ever people need to know that there's something we all can do. Little somethings make big somethings

earlgreytea-hawt.bsky.social•18 days ago

Even if you can't find a decent protest leadership in your burg, you CAN donate your time. There's so many organizations that need it that will be especially essential in the years (decades?) to come.

anarcustodial.bsky.social•20 days ago

I took that first sentence a completely different way

fmsmallfield.bsky.social•19 days ago

Have you heard of the police tho

notmytimeline.bsky.social•20 days ago

What if the taxpayers didn’t pay federal taxes in April?

pokupoku.shop•20 days ago

Unless your part of the top 5%, your income tax will be negligible. 50% of income tax is paid by the top ~2.5%.

noktrnl.bsky.social•20 days ago

I can’t imagine why anyone would pay a dictator

matunos.bsky.social•20 days ago

most taxpayers pay federal taxes in each part of their paycheck, through withholding. "not paying taxes" for them means filing a fraudulent tax return. Not saying that's a non-starter, just that we should be clear about the stakes.

thanksihateit603.bsky.social•20 days ago

What if there was a national movement for everyone to bump up their allowances to force the debt ceiling standoff?

matunos.bsky.social•20 days ago

i have no faith in democrats using the debt ceiling standoff; or even if they do, in Trump feeling obliged to play along— he'll just ignore it and say the debt ceiling is unconstitutional, and who will stop him?

thanksihateit603.bsky.social•20 days ago

I guess I'd rather go down swinging than whatever all of this is.

matunos.bsky.social•20 days ago

sure if that's the least bad option, but i feel there are better options to explore that don't require millions of Americans to risk long prison sentences. Amassing in the streets is likely to send a better message.

matunos.bsky.social•20 days ago

I will not be surprised at all if trump tax cuts pass with significant Democratic support. Hey, their constituents don't want to fund the fascist federal government anyway, right?

colleenky.bsky.social•20 days ago

I’m having mutual aid galaxy brain.

splumpi.bsky.social•20 days ago

That's why I keep yapping. I can't do much other than share ideas to people that CAN do more than me. I'm dirt poor, have no job (haven't had one since 2020), but I'm not stupid.

Might I suggest to those that can do it to host a skill trade?

dblueskye.bsky.social•19 days ago

The mixed messaging is becoming… honestly a bit overwhelming. Organize it yourselves, but also it’s not legit unless we know who you are and you have a history and backing from orgs and unions and organizers

prisonculture.bsky.social•19 days ago

no one has to wait for anyone if you're motivated to take action. To me, that's the bottom line. It's usually easier to join in with things and people already in motion but this should not deter you if you decide you want to do your own thing.

dblueskye.bsky.social•19 days ago

Thank you

dblueskye.bsky.social•19 days ago

I’m not really talking about doing something as an individual, but the efforts to organize groups of people to march or protest or strike.

I know there are real safety and opsec concerns. I know I don’t know what I’m doing. I’m trying to learn.

eileenlaurie.bsky.social•19 days ago

Thank you. Those were the words I needed to read today.

caffeine.fellas.army•20 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/caffeine.fellas.social/post/3lhadvyiemc2w

skyprowler.bsky.social•19 days ago

On it!

tullyfur.bsky.social•20 days ago

Ideas are expensive. People don't have extra money anymore because the economy is fucked.

skyprowler.bsky.social•19 days ago

With ingenuity they can be inexpensive or even free to execute however. That's the many wonders of the internet.

theegalitarian.bsky.social•19 days ago

think about being careful with your #searches. they can be accessed, too

the library is nice, I hear

clwho.bsky.social•20 days ago

porterarchaeo.bsky.social•20 days ago

I need ideas!! Anybody got any????

blackchurch.bsky.social•19 days ago

Check out local councils and school board meetings and see if anyone’s got a fashy streak. There have been RW directives to infiltrate there to block progressive ideas.

kitwc.bsky.social•19 days ago

1. Join your local Friends of the Library group and go to the meetings.
2. Tell your school board to make a public statement supporting trans and nonbinary kids.
3. Volunteer with a youth-serving organization that welcomes trans kids. (Girl Scouts, Boys and Girls Club)

eternalouroboros.bsky.social•20 days ago

Yeah, get chalk and write resistance messages on sidewalks. Fast and easy. Also you can print your favorite flyers or political cartoon and leave or post them in coffee houses and bars. Use smaller business sized cards to leave in office settings on the low. Use sticky notes in library books.

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