Still trying to figure out the puzzles in that old NES cart of Shadowgate you still somehow have? Well, you can finally take the game out of your NES because the sequel is finally here, almost.
2024 Bookfair Dates!!!
We are back, and so soon! The next Another Carolina Anarchist Bookfair will be hosted in Asheville, NC from June 28-30. Follow us on social media or check back here for more information on how to plug in. https://acabookfair.noblogs.org/post/2024/02/26/2024-bookfair-dates/ #General
Police and Crime in SF
There has been all kinds of news about how the "defund the police" movement and "don't stop shoplifters" laws is killing downtown San Francisco. Here is a more clear take, illuminated by cold, hard numbers.
San Francisco police stopped doing their jobs in 2020 and haven't started again. Here is a chart of traffic citations issued:
@gadlen@willowbl00 SFPD traffic stops are down very specifically because the SF police commission (the oversight board for the department) voted to stop doing stops for low-level infractions that had a history of racial bias. There is plenty of evidence to think that SFPD downed tools because they didn't like the district attorney, but traffic stops aren't one of them.
Lest we forget, as the imperialists’ frantic propaganda efforts seek to persuade us, following the #ICJ’s epic ruling, that the #genocidal Israeli actions against #Gaza are being conducted wholly in the best interests of the Palestinian population - quoting Caitlin Johnstone’s recent post on @substack ”Israel Accuses ICJ Of (You Giessed It) #Antisemitism”:
“International lawyer Francis Boyle, who won provisional measures against Yugoslavia at the ICJ in 1993, said the following of the ruling:
‘This is a massive, overwhelming legal victory for the Republic of South Africa against Israel on behalf of the Palestinians. The #UN#General#Assembly now can #suspend Israel from participation in its activities as it did for #SouthAfrica and #Yugoslavia. It can admit Palestine as a full member. And — especially since the International Criminal Court has been a farce — it can establish a tribunal to #prosecute the highest level #officials of the #Israeli#government, both civilian and military.’”
Thirty Years Ago is a Safe Space
I recently read some discussion about how nostalgia tends to focus on a period about thirty years prior. In the 80s, there was a focus on the 50s; in the 90s, a focus on the 60s; a lot of love for the 90s at the moment. This is not a particularly new idea. I think the most prevalent theory I've seen is that the people who create cultural content become dominant about 30 years after the https://www.masson.us/blog/thirty-years-ago-is-a-safe-space/ #General