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JoBlakely

@JoBlakely@mastodon.social

🇨🇦Artist, Intersectional Feminist, Spiritual, Nerdy. #art #portraits
Masks are visible expressions of solidarity, truth, & love.
Mottos: Love all, take shit from none.
Don't become what you hate.

She/Her #Neuroqueer #ActuallyAutistic #cPTSD #MeToo #Whistleblower

No racists, misogynists, TERFS, AI, Blockchain #nobot

Header: #Painting of a Daomadan of Peking Opera looking side-eyed & sneering.
Profile painting: white woman with red hair, wearing emergency blanket, Kilim behind. (Not me).

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JoBlakely, to random
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Words to live by from Sarah Ahmed’s
Feminist Killjoy Handbook.

“I am not willing to get over what is not over,”
“I am willing to cause unhappiness,” and
“When critique causes damage, I am willing to cause damage”

Ilovechai, to actuallyaudhd
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I don't have the spoons to explain why I feel my neurodivergence is making this worse, but I need feedback or insight from other ND people on a unique experience. This will be a long thread (added in replies) but I'm hopeful there will be a few kind readers who either relate or have something supportive to share.
Here goes:
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@actuallyautistic @actuallyaudhd


JoBlakely,
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@Ilovechai @actuallyautistic @actuallyaudhd I started going to the dog park, tho I have no dog, for my mental health. Dog owners get it & are supportive. I went for the dogs, but met some people who I am slowly getting to know. I am finding as I chat, share my pov, laugh, & talk about some of these things they have also shared with me some of their stories. It made me realize so many are just broken & shattered & feeling the same struggle. It’s free. And if nothing else…dogs & fresh air.

JoBlakely,
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@Ilovechai @actuallyautistic @actuallyaudhd it has been interesting to see some of these women who feel they relate to me, when I say I self dx’d autistic, and how my autism affects how I think about whatever social construct we happen to be talking about, wonder aloud if they might be too.

rightardia, to random
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Climate change is worse than predicted.

JoBlakely,
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@rightardia over the last 10+ years we have added crypto, NFTs, & AI utterly useless & completely dangerous tech consuming & destroying at an exponential pace. We have done more damage with just that, than all the 30 years previously combined, maybe more. Plus the extra military actions which have spewed even more.

Government allowed this & fossil fuel wasting tech & prevented sustainable infrastructure that doesn’t empoverish the world or put it into the singular hands of private despots.

JoBlakely,
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@rightardia we have done this KNOWING climate consequences. We had already seen the data, damage, suffering, changes.

We pass critical points bc many don’t care if all dies & refuse to stop, & strike for the future bc it doesn’t affect them. They’re happy to die for their apathy.

We must stop it. Fight against the corruption, hoarding, polluting, Stop our activities. Modify our behaviors. Hold government to account for land management & their vision that excludes all but their own wealth.

GottaLaff, to random
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FYI, someone just asked me, "Could you please put a CW on those US politics posts?"

I said no sorry,, just mute me.

I don't understand CWing political posts. And that doesn't mean you need to @ me explaining why. I know THEIR reasons, I just disagree with them and won't do it.

I respect CWs for other things, but not politics. Politics is news and people need to be aware of what's happening. It's not gory or violent, it's politics.

Kthxbye.

JoBlakely,
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@GottaLaff sometimes it is gory and violent in addition to politics. Often it is these days.

thomasfuchs, (edited ) to random
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It's so frustrating that so many people in tech just take seriously all of these things that come from tech giants and think they're "ideas" that should be "tested for their merits".

My child, these tech giants only want one thing, and it's disgusting: shareholder value.

They don't care about you. They don't care about the Internet. They don't care about the community. They don't even care about technology.

https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/112434287233948038

JoBlakely,
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@thomasfuchs they want the data to surveille, empoverish, deny, control, and militarize the world into their ‘new world order’.
They are competing only to build a better Maxwell’s Demon to usurp even Time and the flow of physics. To entrench a status quo.

misc, to random
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So, it's gonna be an anxiety day, I see. Nice, nice

JoBlakely,
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@misc drink some kefir or take some probiotics. It can really help if it’s GAD. Helps the gut brain nervous system and body and immune system regulation.

JoBlakely, to random
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I am going to try and organize an art tool/supply lending library at the art club I belong starting with just using the items while in the space. But I hope it will be something people can take home for a few days and return. People drop stuff off to giveaway, but some stuff would be better for sharing, allowing more people to benefit from these tools.
Things like screens, gelli plates, rollers, stretcher pliers, staple gun, heat gun, stamps, stencils, unused supplies, etc.

Uair, to actuallyautistic
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@actuallyautistic

How are you with animals?

I tend to throw off the wrong vibe for people, but get along with even the iffy animals. Dogs that don't like most people warm to me.

Just wondering how much of that is autism and how much me. My dad hates animals.

JoBlakely,
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@Uair @actuallyautistic I’m like the animal whisperer. It’s definitely more than other people. People comment.

JoBlakely,
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@pathfinder I think this is why too.

@Uair @actuallyautistic

plaguepoems, to random
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The more fervently they insist
that avian influenza
only poses a risk
(only really poses a risk)
to farm workers
the more you must remember
that “farm workers”
is just another way
of saying human beings.

JoBlakely,
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@plaguepoems just like Covid ‘only infected disabled and elderly’?

/s

bobjmsn, to Palestine
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‘United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution calling on the Security Council to reconsider Palestinian membership to the UN passed on Friday.’


Reminder that this resolution does not make Palestine a UN member.

That requires a Security Council recommendation, which the United States vetoed.

This General Assembly vote determines that Palestine is qualified for UN membership, and gives Palestine more procedural righ

JoBlakely,
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@Lassielmr @fkamiah17 @bobjmsn yay. About time. it should have been recognized years ago. And I hope it recognizes old borders not new ones. I hope there is land back with that.

JoBlakely, to random
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There are too many people (thinking about my own family especially) who take the information given, listen to the ‘smart mainstream’ news and consider themselves smart mainstream people.
They are so sure this makes them smart, but they NEVER ask further questions or look deeper. Like babies, they just open their mouths and take what’s given them…

DrALJONES, to Israel
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A sobering analysis by Nader Hashemi on the Israel-US tensions over Rafah

"It is important not to exaggerate the tensions between the US & Israel.... It has moved from 100% to 99% support.

"Given rising domestic opposition...Biden wants a lower civilian casualty toll than Israel does.

"Israel can still bomb Rafah with impunity... just not with US-made 2,000-pound bombs that Israel has used in other parts of Gaza".

13.00 GMT MAY 9 AJ UPDATES

..

JoBlakely,
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@DrALJONES the pretending of Netanyahu being upset with Biden and US minimal action is to exaggerate the harm, to reduce further accountability and possibly make Biden look good like he’s doing something. It’s PR propaganda charade.

mvario, to random
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'I thought I was going to die': UCLA encampment protesters recall April 30 attack - Daily Bruin

https://dailybruin.com/2024/05/07/i-thought-i-was-going-to-die-ucla-encampment-protesters-recall-april-30-attack

JoBlakely,
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@mvario

“, who returned to the encampment May 1, said he spoke with a police officer who told him to go home. Following his response that the protesters were there to stay peacefully, he said the officer hit him in his stomach twice – which left a bruise days later.”

The police could have arrested him if he was doing something criminal. Police are the terrorists doing needless violence to make an authoritarian point, not a justice, human rights, or legal one.

thejapantimes, to Japan
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More than 100,000 packets of sliced white bread have been recalled in Japan after parts of a rat's body were discovered inside two of them, a rare case in a country with famously high standards of sanitation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/09/japan/science-health/japan-bread-recall-for-rats/

JoBlakely,
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@thejapantimes 😬 🤢

JoBlakely, to random
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Anti-woke is pro-nightmare.

StillIRise1963, to random
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I’m grateful for all of you. I couldn’t go through all this insanity alone.

JoBlakely,
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@StillIRise1963
Same. Glad you are here.

abdalian, to random
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Gotta protect the administrators from checks notes professors.

“A group of 11 professors arrived at Gibson Hall Friday morning to deliver an open letter signed by 250 faculty members that condemned the university’s response to a pro-Palestinian encampment and demanded it drop suspensions against seven students involved.

“Nine armed police officers stopped the group from entering Gibson.”

https://tulanehullabaloo.com/66286/news/faculty-students-deliver-letters-condemning-tulanes-response-to-pro-palestinian-encampment/

JoBlakely,
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@abdalian so they are kicking out students and faculty.
What is the purpose of the place now?

fulanigirl, to random
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Yesterday @majorlinux made an observation after years of raising money for charities through gaming: "The fact that charities exist because Capitalists horde all the wealth leaving the working class to pick up the slack by begging one another to donate while simultaneously providing the Capitalists to make themselves look good isn't great." Today I will talk about the nonprofit industrial compelx (NPIC). 1/8

JoBlakely,
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@fulanigirl SO much this. they could be saving money by purchasing homes and turning it into cooperative housing, land trust, or rent geared to income for low income people. Ive heard the mortgage lenders won’t finance coop housing mostly but governments could support it and work it through coop banks I’m sure. All that charity money could pay cash for many homes to securely house those they already support & are precarious. Charities should be working themselves out of a job or purpose.

gedeonm, to random
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Ladies and gentlemen, your moment of zen. 🦜💃

A woman and a parakeet dance in split screen. The woman mimics the intricate moves of the bird in a stylish green coat and slacks

JoBlakely,
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@gedeonm 😂 😂 😂

I will be rewatching this all day.

JoBlakely, to random
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A letter…
“ We are Jewish faculty and staff at UCLA, of various degrees of religious observance and cultural practice, various racial and class backgrounds, and from multiple parts of the world. We are also Jews of different political persuasions, including but not limited to Jews who are anti-Zionist, non-Zionist, and Zionist….

https://sites.google.com/view/ucla-jewish-faculty-staff/

geekingirl, to random French
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My new favourite thing is looking to see how much LESS busier than normal stores are according to the Google Maps traffic chart.

Go ahead, take a look at your local store and DELIGHT in the below normal traffic levels thanks to the

JoBlakely,
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@geekingirl I just did it! My neighborhood Loblaws.
It’s way down!

tzimmer_history, to random
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Weekend reading: Why is the “moderate” mainstream propagating rightwing conspiracies about “woke” indoctrination?

A deep dive into what George Packer gets so wrong about the university, critical theory, and the legacy of the 1960s student protests.

This week’s piece:

🧵1/

https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/americas-elites-fear-the-ghost-of

JoBlakely,
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@tzimmer_history that it will affect military spending and the military industrial media tech complex.

That it is smashing the Patriarchy and the ‘order’ of the violent oppressor colonizer usurpers and their status quo apathetic voyeurs.

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