pjmelonman.bsky.social
Guitarist out of The Twisted Melons 🍉
When we spoke the language we used gave us no room to move
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Ok re-read this, please disregard
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I come here to follow fire aunts all day long 🔥
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Screen for a face
And wheels for my shoes
A wee bit like Cain
From Robocop 2
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It is slowly devolving into camera roll archives of poor parking
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He’s like a burp after an overwarm yard of ale come to life
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Before I started I didn’t realise these were the ones, and they might have been different tomorrow 🤷
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Haha, harder than you’d think to narrow it down to seven, a good challenge 🙏
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Getting her exposed to Warp Records music very early on was clearly a good move
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It is a beautiful episode. However, I can’t escape that the probe taught him to play that flute so that he could later misremember the Skye boat song and pursue an inappropriate workplace relationship with a lady with a roll-up usb keyboard
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Crucially, all this has to be done as aggressively and destructively as possible. Incrementalism doesn't work when your opponents are maximalists.
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Definitely, I think I didn’t really capture how urgent this is, all of it. It needs to be understood, however, at all levels, it needs to be inserted into every conversation about how to fix *anything*
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Agree with this đź’Ż- further to this I made a nexus of two easy to follow threads that explain why BAU liberalism is not enough
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*** for goodness sake:**
Neoliberal policies weaken democracy and feed instability. The fight against authoritarianism demands economic justice, robust democratic safeguards, cultural counterpoints, and a commitment to resilient institutions
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8/ Global & Cultural Strategies:
• Forge international alliances to counter authoritarian trends.
• Embrace narratives of resilience and explore alternative models (co-ops, stakeholder capitalism, UBI).
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7/ Demilitarize Law & Order:
• End police militarization and intrusive surveillance.
• Protect protest rights and cap emergency powers to safeguard freedoms.
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6/ Strengthen Institutions:
• Empower local democracy with participatory budgeting and strong local representation.
• Defend judicial independence & improve public services like housing and healthcare.
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5/ Counter the Far Right:
• Reject scapegoating of immigrants, minorities, or “elites.”
• Promote civic education on fascist tactics & expose billionaire backers.
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**4/ Rebuild Democracy (cont’d):**
• Boost media plurality & fund independent journalism.
• Shield regulatory agencies from corporate capture..
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3/ Rebuild Democracy:
• Reform campaign finance to curb corporate lobbying & dark money.
• Secure voting rights by fighting gerrymandering & voter suppression.
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2/ Economic Reforms (contd)
• Invest in infrastructure, healthcare, education & social safety nets.
• Tighten financial regulation to stop reckless speculation.
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1/ Economic Reforms:
• Strengthen labor rights & support unions.
• Use progressive taxation to ensure big corporations and the ultra-wealthy pay their fair share.