All Socks Are Off
Whatever does one do in times like these?
If a kid asks if they can photocopy the stanky ankle sock on their foot you just let them do it. If you think it’s a bad idea it’s because you are suffering from lack of vision. Maybe a dulled imagination. Or maybe you’re the mom and you’re trying to get the kid in the car, but whatever. I’m an aunt. Photocopying is within my “could this maim/kill the child” parameters for activities and lunches.
I really think you should go photocopy your own sock right now. Or your earrings. Or a candy wrapper (or your granola or whatever).
These times are too precarious to not follow weird urges that won’t really hurt anyone. None of our energy should be wasted on adhering to arbitrary social norms.
Because ya know why? Not sure if you heard but all bets are off. Anyone still participating in life as usual may simply have an addiction to bureaucracy. I get it. It is hard to shake all the indoctrination.
The latest release of the Trumpenstein files reveals connections to gaming and 4chan that suggest these vile humans could have been instrumental in creating the conspiratorial alt right cultural divide that brought a bloated, gropey, egomaniacal reality show host to power and made it impossible for you to talk to half your family and old classmates.
Part of their game was to discredit, disenfranchise, and even bankrupt media outlets and journalists that stood in the way of not just their twisted island parties, but their goal to reassert patriarchal dominance and dismantle democracy. And because JE’s circle was the tippy-top of rich white dudes, he had access to major media gatekeepers. We will never know the full scope of damage done to lives, careers, publications, and oh - democracy, but we know it is a fuckton.
I don’t know if enough people will get how huge this is. How far reaching. Devastating. And infuriating. It’s no coincidence that the regime is bombing more boats and mainstream media is debating the president’s latest grotesque racist social media post right after the release of damning information.
I wager that the boomer pervs that were sending emails from their iPad to Epstein didn’t think the poor masses would connect the dots. We should prove them wrong.
And now, a full body message from the spectacular Toni Nagy:
There are many journalists still combing through and providing proper analysis of the latest file release. And I recognize that this is all only part of the fuckery and authoritarian abuse from these past few weeks. You don’t need much more from lil old me on it other than maybe a good chin-up message.
The upside is we’ve never had so much evidence of what we’ve all known about this regime and wealth hoarding addicts in some way or another. We’re in a coming-out-of-the-dark moment. It’s pretty uncomfortable, but that’s where I circle back to how important it is to tune into your funky ideas and weird urges and all of the parts of you that are outside of their control.
Perhaps some of the more helpful things we can be doing when we aren’t involved in direct action is to start a walking club, join a bowling team, attend a craft workshop at your local library, or anything that involves communing on a regular basis with real live humans. It’s going to take some time and effort to counter the evil overlord efforts to isolate us.
And of course, tend to your own sanity. I think people call that “regulating your nervous system” now.
Some people hum, meditate, do body movement, or listen to singing bowls. Me? Lately? I photocopy.
What do you think of all this crap? What alternative media resources are you tapping into? How’s your nervous system? What are your ideas for busting up hierarchical structures? Are you on a bowling team? I want to hear it all.
Until next time: keep it weird.
thrilled to have found you
Re media resources, I recommend starting here: https://movement-media.org/