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including racism—and by exercising our constitutional rights, including our most powerful tool for change: the vote.

🗳️ Register to vote.
🗳️ Vote in local and national elections.
🇺🇸 Be the change.

#BlackHistoryMonth #History #Civilwar #CivilRights #nurses #healthcare #racism #equality #harriettubman #freedom #vote #hero #humanity #quote #compassion #America #books

🧵1/ 🇺🇸 #BlackHistoryMonth: Black #history is American history.

Harriet Tubman’s overlooked roles.👇🏾

🗣️We often remember Harriet Tubman as an escaped enslaved woman, an abolitionist, and the fearless “conductor” on the Underground Railroad — but her legacy also includes her work as a dedicated nurse who tended to Union Army soldiers, a compassionate caregiver, and a revolutionary hero.✨

👉🏽This month, we honor the legacy and courage of those—known and unknown—who fought for justice and #equality ..

This hits the nail on the head!

#freedom #equality #USPolitics #democracy

This hits the nail on the head!

#freedom #equality #USPolitics #democracy

Truth-telling and justice

* “I can understand how Corowa is now known as the place where we have 40 neo-Nazis march up and down our main street on a Saturday morning. Now we’re starting to remove flags. I can understand how someone can see it cascading.”
A regional NSW council voted to remove the Aboriginal flag to promote ‘unity’ – it did the opposite >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/26/a-regional-nsw-council-voted-to-remove-the-aboriginal-flag-to-promote-unity-it-did-the-opposite

* "The rise in voting support for One Nation, which mirrors the success of populist politicians in the United States and United Kingdom, provides further evidence of the rise of a more hardline, right-wing populism, which often celebrates rather than questions the history of European imperialism.”
>>
Opposition to moving Australia Day from January 26 is hardening: new research
https://theconversation.com/opposition-to-moving-australia-day-from-january-26-is-hardening-new-research-273795

* "People don't understand that the current policies are still embedded in their colonial roots.” >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-25/truth-telling-closing-the-gap-indigenous-affairs-agenda-2026/106260862

#PostReferendum #zeitgeist #SettlerSociety #FirstNationsPeoples #WhitePrivilege #WhiteSupremacy #EuropeanColonialism #FarRight #EthnoNationalism #dehumanisation #Empire #Australia #equality #governance #NSW #TruthTelling

Image: NSW North Coast tribal boundaries, Tindale's map 1974

Truth-telling and justice

* “I can understand how Corowa is now known as the place where we have 40 neo-Nazis march up and down our main street on a Saturday morning. Now we’re starting to remove flags. I can understand how someone can see it cascading.”
A regional NSW council voted to remove the Aboriginal flag to promote ‘unity’ – it did the opposite >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/26/a-regional-nsw-council-voted-to-remove-the-aboriginal-flag-to-promote-unity-it-did-the-opposite

* "The rise in voting support for One Nation, which mirrors the success of populist politicians in the United States and United Kingdom, provides further evidence of the rise of a more hardline, right-wing populism, which often celebrates rather than questions the history of European imperialism.”
>>
Opposition to moving Australia Day from January 26 is hardening: new research
https://theconversation.com/opposition-to-moving-australia-day-from-january-26-is-hardening-new-research-273795

* "People don't understand that the current policies are still embedded in their colonial roots.” >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-25/truth-telling-closing-the-gap-indigenous-affairs-agenda-2026/106260862

#PostReferendum #zeitgeist #SettlerSociety #FirstNationsPeoples #WhitePrivilege #WhiteSupremacy #EuropeanColonialism #FarRight #EthnoNationalism #dehumanisation #Empire #Australia #equality #governance #NSW #TruthTelling

Image: NSW North Coast tribal boundaries, Tindale's map 1974

I literally broke into rage tears when I read this morning that #trump declared Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth will no longer be free admission days for national parks and monuments. The replacement day is DaddyDiaperPants’s birthday instead.

I’m aware that profanity suggests a lack of vocabulary, but also I am a member of GenX, and thus:
Fucking fuck ALL of this fucking nonsense. Fuck him, fuck the regime, fuck them all sideways with their own executive orders.

Ahem.

I am old enough to remember segregation. My parents were in the crowd that heard MLK’s dream. I rode one of the first busses, when they finally rolled in the Deep South, decades after legislation demanded it. I remember being a student being given a ride home by a football player, and we both ended up with cop inflicted bruises, because they assumed a “white” girl was messing with a black boy.

We fought then, we fight now. Fuck compliance.

#MLK #Freedom #equality #rights #FightThePower

I literally broke into rage tears when I read this morning that #trump declared Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth will no longer be free admission days for national parks and monuments. The replacement day is DaddyDiaperPants’s birthday instead.

I’m aware that profanity suggests a lack of vocabulary, but also I am a member of GenX, and thus:
Fucking fuck ALL of this fucking nonsense. Fuck him, fuck the regime, fuck them all sideways with their own executive orders.

Ahem.

I am old enough to remember segregation. My parents were in the crowd that heard MLK’s dream. I rode one of the first busses, when they finally rolled in the Deep South, decades after legislation demanded it. I remember being a student being given a ride home by a football player, and we both ended up with cop inflicted bruises, because they assumed a “white” girl was messing with a black boy.

We fought then, we fight now. Fuck compliance.

#MLK #Freedom #equality #rights #FightThePower

🗣️Today we honor the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Born January 15, 1929)

🇺🇸Please take one minute to watch this excerpt from Dr. King’s speech, “The Other America,” delivered at Stanford University in 1967.

🇺🇸 Let’s honor his legacy not just in memory—but by using our most powerful peaceful tool for change: the #vote.

🗳️ Register to vote.
🗳️ Vote in local and national elections.
🇺🇸 Be the change.

#MLK #civilrights #Boston #Equality #racism #equity #quotes #freedom #history #unity #America

🤩The legendary George Takei replied to and shared my post on Mastodon.

🇺🇸His life, legacy, and unwavering advocacy for equality and justice continue to inspire me—and so many others.

I’m truly humbled and deeply grateful.🙏🏽

#actors #hollywood #lgbtq #quotes #equality #freedom

The world feels like it is burning. Between corporate greed, the loss of ownership, and a justice system that feels broken, it is easy to feel overwhelmed.

And yet, I am still optimistic.

I am optimistic because of you. Every time you shout at an injustice or refuse to stay quiet, you give me hope. I truly believe there are sunny days ahead because we are fighting for them together. ☀️

#Community #Activism #Hope #HopePunk #Optimism #SocialJustice #LateStageCapitalism #Resistance #MutualAid #AntiCorporate #PowerToThePeople #Socialism #Communism #Marxism #SolarPunk #RadicalHope #BetterWorld #BrightFuture #KeepFighting #Fediverse #Together #Solidarity #Equality #Inspiration

The world feels like it is burning. Between corporate greed, the loss of ownership, and a justice system that feels broken, it is easy to feel overwhelmed.

And yet, I am still optimistic.

I am optimistic because of you. Every time you shout at an injustice or refuse to stay quiet, you give me hope. I truly believe there are sunny days ahead because we are fighting for them together. ☀️

#Community #Activism #Hope #HopePunk #Optimism #SocialJustice #LateStageCapitalism #Resistance #MutualAid #AntiCorporate #PowerToThePeople #Socialism #Communism #Marxism #SolarPunk #RadicalHope #BetterWorld #BrightFuture #KeepFighting #Fediverse #Together #Solidarity #Equality #Inspiration

Monsters do exist.

#Progressivism #Liberalism #Equality #Democracy #USPoltics #Education #Healthcare