Notices by jd Ⓐ★😼🚀🌍🇪🇺🇭🇺 (jd@soc.ialis.me)

Acid Communism, Philip K Dick, and the New Culture
– by Douglas Lain
https://youtu.be/7BmiEq8xbBo
'In this video, Acid Communism is seen through the mystical experiences of Philip K Dick, the projects of Terence McKenna and Timothy Leary, and through some personal anecdotes from Douglas Lain...'

#ListeningTo #Podcast

George H.W. Bush (1924-2018), American War Criminal
https://theintercept.com/2018/12/05/george-h-w-bush-1924-2018-american-war-criminal/
Journalist Arun Gupta Discusses Bush’s Invasion of Panama, Pardoning of Iran-Contra Criminals, The Dirty Wars in Central America, and The Launch of The Gulf War

#Photography #Music
The Women of Post-Punk and Goth
https://www.post-punk.com/the-women-of-post-punk-and-goth
'...We think everyday is a day to acknowledge our heroes in the post-punk and goth music scene that just so happen to be women. These ladies are not only brilliant musicians and artists, but also cultural pioneers...'

No scientific proof that war is ingrained in human nature
https://phys.org/news/2018-12-scientific-proof-war-ingrained-human.html
'...there is no scientific proof that we have an inherent propensity to take up arms and collectively kill.

In a study published in Scientific American, Ferguson argues that war may not be in our nature at all. People might fight and sometimes kill for personal reasons, but homicide, he argues, is not war [....]

"Anthropologists think about prospects for war in the long term," Ferguson says. "If the idea that war is part of human nature is not scientifically supported, alternative futures open up. If more people work for prevention, the eventual eradication of war is a definite theoretical possibility."...'

9,000-year-old mask stuns archaeologists
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/2018/11/neolithic-stone-mask-discovery-archaeology-forgery
– '...With their vacant eyes and enigmatic, toothy expressions, the 9,000-year-old stone masks from the area around the southern Judean desert are among the region’s most compelling and distinctive artifacts. Adding to that is their rarity: Only 15 examples are known to exist.

[....] “The transition from an economy based on hunting and gathering to ancient agriculture and domestication of plants and animals was accompanied by a change in social structure and a sharp increase in ritual-religious activities,”...

Alan Simmons... Once you get larger populations and more people living in one place, you need some social control. That’s why you start to see more formalized, ritual behavior.” Other indicators of ritual behavior from this period include human figurines and plastered skulls...'

Vermont lawmakers consider "Right to Repair" law
#video https://www.wcax.com/video?vid=498130311
#Capitalism #RightToRepair #USA

Congrats Chelsea!

https://twitter.com/xychelsea/status/1053740146569297921

#RIP Kyriakos Papadopoulos 😢

Heroic Greek lieutenant who saved over 5,000 lives, dies aged 44
https://greekcitytimes.com/2018/10/11/heroic-greek-lieutenant-who-saved-over-5000-lives-dies-aged-44
'...Greece is mourning the “hero of the Aegean” who is recognised for having saved more than 5,000 migrants fleeing in small boats across the sea at the height of Europe’s migrant crisis in 2015.

Kyriakos Papadopoulos became the international face that personified the country’s battle to protect lives at the height of the refugee crisis in 2015 when hundreds of thousands of migrants and refugees were crossing from Turkey’s shores to the island of Lesvos.

An ordinary hero, the life and career of 44-year-old coast guard officer Kyriakos Papadopoulos, was highlighted in Daphne Matziaraki’s Oscar-nominated documentary “4.1 miles” about the refugee crisis in Greece – sadly ended when the young hero died of a heart attack...'

It is hard to believe such stupidity can exist in the human race, but there it is :-o /jd

'North Carolina [passed] legislation prohibiting state and local agencies from making planning decisions based on the latest climate science about sea level rise....

Now the state is facing the threat of a life-threatening storm surge, which could cause billions of dollars in damage.'

https://www.democracynow.org/2018/9/12/headlines/6_years_before_florence_north_carolina_passed_law_banning_studies_of_sea_level_rise

Chelsea E. Manning's Titter to Mastodon account has moved to: @xychelsea

#UPDATE new video link
#LIVE #VIDEO #USA #ANTIFA
'Patriot Prayer and Anti-Fascists Face Off in #Portland: Unicorn Riot is in Portland, Oregon documenting far-right group Patriot Prayer's event that has drawn large oppositional rallies and has, many times, ended in violence.'

New
https://www.facebook.com/unicornriot.ninja/videos/752989971701893/
and
https://www.unicornriot.ninja/live-channel/

#LIVE #VIDEO #USA
'Patriot Prayer and Anti-Fascists Face Off in Portland: Unicorn Riot is in Portland, Oregon documenting far-right group Patriot Prayer's event that has drawn large oppositional rallies and has, many times, ended in violence.'

https://www.facebook.com/unicornriot.ninja/videos/752855125048711/
and
https://www.unicornriot.ninja/2018/patriot-prayer-and-anti-fascists-face-off-in-portland/

#Video Extreme Weather Is Exploding Around the World. Why Isn’t the #USA Media Talking About Climate Change?
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/8/2/extreme_weather_is_exploding_around_the
'Major corporate broadcast networks reported on July’s 2-week global heat wave at least 127 times, but mentioned climate change only once. That’s according to a report by Media Matters, which tracked coverage of the extreme weather by ABC, CBS and NBC...'

'...Mark Zuckerberg lost $119 Billion dollars on the stock market today (7/26/18). This is the largest loss of wealth in a single day in modern stock history.

This will literally not change his lifestyle or effect his livelihood at all. He is still a multi-billionaire...'

#Facebook #Capitalism
source: https://kropotkhristian.tumblr.com/post/176324320341/mark-zuckerberg-lost-119-billion-dollars-on-the

#Video about the #OvertonWindow
» https://youtu.be/_v-hzc6blGI
Overton Window is something the Left should be doing all the time instead of appealing to the mythical 'centre' – we should speak for our ideals and visions of utopia to inform our practical politics, imho.
/jd

London today

❤️ this.

#MondayAnarchy #Anarchism

Should I revive this #MondayAnarchy mastodon effort, or not? Many months ago I initiated this to start a conversation around anarchism or socialism etc starting every monday (when people are annoyed with going to work).

Continue? What should be the next question? theme? or issue?

#MondayAnarchy #Anarchism

Hay Soos at the Mexico/#Murica border

'I tell you the truth, when you refused to help the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were refusing to help me'
– Matthew 25:40

for some fantastic political #cartoons follow @flugennock