Interrupting endless anxiety is one thing. But these phrases are used to avoid the discomfort of cognitive dissonance when someone SHOULD be paying attention but they want to stop both thinking and conversation instead. #TruthInTheMargins #science #DoNotObey #climateaction #AntiFascist #antiracist

Do you ever feel like you are in a steadily closing trap or a slowly heating pot? #Healthcare #taxtherich #FuckOligarchy #antiwar #PowerToThePeople #DoNotObey #StopCorruption #climateaction #theresistance #resist #AntiFascist #antiracist #fucktrump #SaveOurDemocracy #DisabilityRights #solidarity

Just in case anyone is confused about the issues. Here is what intensive investigations into illegally cast ballots have shown. #StopTheLies #FuckOligarchy #antiwar #DoNotObey #StopCorruption #Lies #TruthWarriors #theresistance #resist #AntiFascist #antiracist #SaveOurDemocracy #fucktrump

In honor of big cities back east getting a taste of wildfire smoke, I want to remind you that this is a choice our political and industrial leaders are making. Thanks to the lifestyles of the wealthy, there is lots more of this to come. #Climatecrisis #FuckOligarchy #climateaction #solar

The tRump admin gave orders for 2000 arrests per day. This is how fascist authorities fill concentration camps. When they say there are 100 million "illegals" in the US, they're counting all people of color as well as political opponents. #ICEout #FuckICE #justice #resist #AntiFascist #antiracist

I guarantee that some day people will marvel at how so many people today could claim they didn't know. They didn't know about climate change. They didn't know about concentration camps. Stop watching a screen and start paying attention. #climateaction #ClimateChaos #ICEout #resist #AntiFascist

The detention centers already fit the definition of "concentration camps." They're rounding up people based on ethnicity and shutting them away in crowded conditions with little food. They call them "criminals " when most aren't illegal and aren't accused of a crime. #ICEout #FuckICE #AntiFascist

We are all in this together. If someone else is getting the brunt of it right now, you must know that this juggernaut is aimed at all of us. Let's defend one another. Divisions between us are trivial. #fighthate #FuckOligarchy #antiwar #DoNotObey #solidarity #theresistance #AntiFascist #antiracist

You really wanna know why? The weird obsessions of religious sects against magic and oaths would do it. But yes, it's immeasurably better. #English #writer #WordsMatter #Linguistics #GrammarFun #amwriting #magic #writingcommunity #Books #Education #Readers #Write #WriteLife #Pagan #BookLovers

I feel pretty uncomfortable about museums about and monuments to the "conquest of the west" for similar reasons. Whenever I see that I feel the unmentioned genoclde of native Americans behind it. #history #ushostory #NativeAmerican #LandBack #TruthWarriors #fighthate #NecerAgain #NoWar #AntiFascist

This is how community can be. When outside help doesn't come, there are people who will step up as heroes. But I wonder how many more people could have been saved by better international aid. #Immigrants #localheroes #venezuela #compassion #solidarity

We've done this before. Fear was whipped up, and thousands of Americans were fired, blocklisted or imprisoned because a narcissist started screaming, "Communist!" (1950s) If we let common sense and #compassion be fear-mongered, it will soon be criminalized. #FuckOligarchy #unity #resist #AntiFascist

We can't help that this is our history. It is not about shame or blame. The only shame is in denying reality and acting like everyone across the land should be overjoyed to commemorate it. Grief and love can coexist in patriotism. #NativeAmericanHistory #LandBack #fighthate #solidarity #AntiFascist

It seems to work on political factions, as well as for races, religions,and nations. The wealthy propagandize people to hate some other group, so that they will not turn on those who exploit them directly. #fighthate #FuckOligarchy #antiwar #DoNotObey #unity #solidarity #AntiFascist #antiracist

You don't have to "believe in climate change." Natural forces such as gravity and the greenhouse effect that makes our planet warmer do not need your belief to exist. #climateaction #ClimateChaos #climatecrisis #science #nature #RealityCheck #FuckOligarchy #StopCorruption #solar #solidarity

You either like the free market or you don't. You can't have socialism for corporations and the super wealthy and laissez-faire capitalism for everyone else. #taxtherich #FuckOligarchy #StopCorruption #unity #solidarity #theresistance #resist #AntiFascist #antiracist #SaveOurDemocracy

I used to think we didn't need skills like this, but today you just might. Graffiti got ya down? Here's how to fix it. #defenddemocracy #fighthate #love #peaceandlove #FuckOligarchy #PowerToThePeople #DoNotObey #solidarity #theresistance #resist #AntiFascist #antiracist #SaveOurDemocracy #fucktrump

I could not live without books. I can imagine living without phones or movies or even music (though that would hurt). In this society, I mostly do live without in-depth conversations, though not willingly. Literature is a deeper kind of conversation. #Reading #literature #Books #Readers #BookLovers

Unusual rain has so far kept this summer from being as disastrous as predicted, but farmers know rain is precarious. Nothing replaces the security of snowpack. And data centers sucking up the water table compounds the risk. #water #Oregon #RegulateAI #FuckOligarchy #StopCorruption #climateaction

Saw this on a #writing forum with a ton of comments railing against it, 'cause white men are being "penalized" as #authors by #readers who prefer #books with #diverse characters. Here I thought most characters being white and abled was just reflex, but they feel strongly about shutting the rest out.

Comparing oneself to others may not be the best way to gain self-confidence. But when exceptionalism leads to arrogance, a comparison helps in returning to effort and relationship. Better living iswithin our reach. #Healthcare #taxtherich #FuckOligarchy #AntiFascist #antiracist #SaveOurDemocracy

In every recognized democracy but the US, campaign contributions and "lobbying" are regulated heavily to protect against corruption. If political bribery is legal and policy doesn't reflect public opinion, is it still a democracy? #FuckOligarchy #StopCorruption #theresistance #resist #AntiFascist

Curious minds want to know what they are spending so much unimaginable wealth on. Private jets? More islands? Doesn't it get old? I can't even think of a potential birthday present. #defenddemocracy #Healthcare #taxtherich #FuckOligarchy #antiwar #StopCorruption #climateaction #solidarity #resist

I struggle with this. I have a strong drive to feel like my life has purpose. But I know that would mean that every living thing should have purpose. It wouldn't make sense to claim exceptionalism. And yet, why is there such a strong impulse? #ClimateChange #BrainFunction #privilege #SelfAwareness

No problem. Whatever it takes. Call it something weird. Do it hanging upside down. Or with whoever you want. Stories change. But I'm glad humans can't stop story-ifying. #reading #read #KillBoredom #Reading #ComeAlive #writer #writingcommunity #Books #Education #Readers #Write #BookLovers #booksky

Some in the resistance defy fear with signs on a corner. Some gather signatures or register folks vote. Some distribute food. Some do civil disobedience to save even one life and go to prison for it. Persist. Do not denigrate. #WeAreTheFlood #solidarity #theresistance #resist #AntiFascist #organize

Americans are told to be afraid of things that others take for granted. Life could be so much easier here, if people weren't tricked by corporate propaganda. #Healthcare #taxtherich #FuckOligarchy #StopCorruption #climateaction #compassion #unity #solidarity #theresistance #resist #AntiFascist

Today, I am graduating from the MFA and heading out into a publishing industry dominated by celebrities and extreme wealth. And yet I find myself ready for the journey. Writing is my joy, and I feel my connection to everyone else struggling in this economy. #writer #choosejoy #graduation

A family member used to tell me it is just human nature to laugh when someone else slips and falls, hence slapstick comedy. I always found that disturbing. I do notice that many people do laugh in that sort of situation, but I never did, even as a kid. I don't get it. #empathy #compassion #fighthate

I do have to wonder how these conversations really happen. Kids often see through hypocrisy, and surely they sometimes notice that what their elders are saying makes no sense. #NoOneIsIllegal #fighthate #solidarity #resist #AntiFascist #Healthcare #taxtherich #StopCorruption #compassion #antiracist