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chrisjrice.bsky.social
Artist Writer Librarian Crone Former foster youth disrupting the dominant narrative
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i actually cannot handle this on any level. this is journalism malpractice.

It’s nice that the pope did a little stunting on the couch fucker with some of his last moments on this earthly plane.

I simply do not understand how a NEWS ORGANIZATION is basically existing in a stage of siege but very rarely conveys in its political coverage that we are in a state of emergency

Joy Harjo From An American Sunrise

Today is the 30th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing. My son was 17 and one of the rescuers who put on a hard hat and went into the rubble to save the lives they could and to carry the bodies out. I was and am so proud of him.

Nothing but evil.

You don’t need to go to DC to fight corruption or authoritarianism. What happens at the fed level relies on corrupt and authoritarian tactics used at state/local levels. & if you really want to witness just how fictional US “rule of law” is, learn abt how the gov treats survivors of sexual violence.

open.substack.com/live-stream/...

I do wish that more stories about the El Salvador prison where Trump disappeared people would note that it’s only different from US prisons in that it’s in another country, not because of the conditions. People are tortured and put in grave danger on American soil every day in our prisons.

Scammers always think that everyone else is also running scams.

My maternal grandmother was born in the Cherokee Nation. My maternal ancestors were here longer than recorded history. And we will be here long after.

My career plan

Gustavo Dudamel at Coachella streaming in our place right now, that is my church.

A room full of crooks and idiots.

There are so many levels of authoritarianism and they’re interconnected. It starts at home and fans out, and battling it at every level matters.

Classic abuser move: create a crisis and then position yourself as its solution. After the abuser “solves” the crisis, he will expect gratitude and adoration.

One of the most clarifying things I've seen in the past few weeks is "de-escalate all conflict that is not with the enemy."

chrisjrice.substack.com/p/mean-time every other week I post something on Substack about aging out of so many things. Even substack eventually.

The banality of evil.

This

Criminally insane.

A traveling history lesson written with such poignancy.

A crone self portrait series

Another profound beauty of a book coming our way from @lesbrains.bsky.social

OMG This.

thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/roxane-gay-i.... A beautiful story about finding home and a tribute to LA.

You as a single individual DO NOT have to "keep up" with ALL of the information of every single thing happening across the entire world daily. You don't because it's impossible. Focus on a couple of things and act on those things. Don't feel ashamed that you are doing that.

placesjournal.org/article/phot... Fire stories. As usual @lesbrains.bsky.social moves me and schools me.

The heterodox free speech argument was always a misnomer. They don’t give a flying fuck about freedom of speech. They were upset at things like the idea of trauma victims being able to pursue an education without psychological harm (trigger warnings) and setting their own boundaries (safe spaces)