1408 || tear gas protocol

Remember, if you stay prepared, you don't have to get prepared.

If you're tear gassed:

Get out of the cloud of tear gas and away from the general are…

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1407 || protest preparedness

Before the Protest:

Burner Phone: Ditch smartphones (or remove batteries, use Faraday bags). Use encrypted apps (Signal, but assume it’s compromised).…

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1406 || whimsy and humor as resistance

"There are no exact guidelines. There are probably no guidelines at all. The only thing I can recommend at this stage is a sense of humor, an ability…

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1405 || manufacturing consent

This month's patreon episode is about: Raw milk, Instagram Face, and Manufactured Consent:  The relationship between the rise in homogeny, purity cul…

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1404 || sour grapes

There are many who pretend to despise and belittle that which is beyond their reach. - aesop's fables

The Fable: https://read.gov/aesop/005.html

The W…

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1403 || the asch conformity experiments

Would you go along with the group consensus, even if you knew they were wrong? Psychologist Solomon Asch wanted to find this out (in an experiment on…

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1402 || library boards

We all love the public library, so today we dig into how we can protect them given the current attacks.

The Source:

For the People: Libraries 101: http…

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1401 || history of the US public library

We all love the public library, so let's dig into the history of it here in America so we can continue to preserve this valuable institution.

The Sou…

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1400 || on tyranny (do not obey in advance)

“Do not obey in advance. Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repres…

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1399 || purity culture

Today we’re talking about purity culture, homogeneity, and surveillance capitalism, which pushes us towards authoritarian control, which works to ero…

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