iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Joseph of the Mountain Goats

Keith Fitzgerald @keithfitzgerald.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

The longer you delay the collective response to fascism, the longer, harder, and more costly the struggle will be. But you don't fight fascism with more fascism. You fight it by defending all the ideals, values, people, and institutions you love and value. Strange as it sounds to some: Love wins.

02610

Joseph of the Mountain Goats @wanderingcircle.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Without temperance and compassion for others, intelligence and ambition lead only to exploitation of The Other and the invention of functional implements in one's search for power in a struggle to cast the ego across the Earth through the shadow of dominion and fear.

000

Joseph of the Mountain Goats @wanderingcircle.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Hey guys 👋 I know things are pretty stressful with The Horrors and all, but take a moment to remember that we live inside of this, and for all the folly of all the fools who will ever walk the Earth, it is still beautiful ❤️‍🔥

000

Reposted by Joseph of the Mountain Goats

Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

“History repeats itself, first as a tragedy, second as a farce.” — Karl Marx

284165166375

Reposted by Joseph of the Mountain Goats

Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

It’s weird* that the president can just decide to put a huge tax on American businesses without congress even being a little bit involved. * very unconstitutional

1456580408440

Joseph of the Mountain Goats @wanderingcircle.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

America is in the "Jon Snow just got betrayed by Thorne et Co. and we're all freaking out about whether he's going to come back to life in the next book" phase of fascist decline

010

Joseph of the Mountain Goats @wanderingcircle.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Man oh man do I wish that we were all safely stuck inside one of your books instead of this hyper-reality Fairy Tale was splendid and made me cry btw 👌

000

Joseph of the Mountain Goats @wanderingcircle.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

In such times, the people will be divided, not according to the information they hold, but by the stories they believe. We will have a chance, and maybe a last, to liberate the world of man's possessive delusion by weaving a story capable of uniting folk of different worlds. Light up the darkness

030

Joseph of the Mountain Goats @wanderingcircle.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

To still be making coherent and excellent points after speaking for so long is a marvelous achievement in its own right!

062

Reposted by Joseph of the Mountain Goats

Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

And, to be clear, it's almost certainly happening *because* the base has been screaming for action from elected Democrats. This isn't "relax, they've got this." This is "keep yelling, it's working."

5380102325

Joseph of the Mountain Goats @wanderingcircle.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

We need a party of political candidates who unify around the principle of utterly opposing corporate power in politics

000

Joseph of the Mountain Goats @wanderingcircle.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

The fact that the Dems just sat there with their little signs is so frustratingly embarrassing... They did the opposite of what they should've - instead of making him look weak, they made themselves look impotent.

000

Joseph of the Mountain Goats @wanderingcircle.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Those who have no empathy for others will inspire none for themselves.

000

Reposted by Joseph of the Mountain Goats

Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Dear universities, scientists, lawyers, farmers, workers, artists, doctors... Being silent won't protect you.

270167604304

Joseph of the Mountain Goats @wanderingcircle.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

You know shit's hitting the fan when people are renting chickens

000

Joseph of the Mountain Goats @wanderingcircle.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Hilarious how the rich think they can just put a bunch of policies in place to get rich and it won't tank the economy and piss a whole bunch of people off. Guess we'll see how strong algorithms really are soon.

000

Joseph of the Mountain Goats @wanderingcircle.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Stories are warnings and prophets both, given power and weight by people's belief.

000

Joseph of the Mountain Goats @wanderingcircle.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Stories are how humans project some notion of order onto the world.

000

Joseph of the Mountain Goats @wanderingcircle.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

"The possible signs of a coming collapse are the same as the greatest strengths of Western civilization: democracy, capitalism, the generally peaceful linking of world economic systems, our amazing success in harnessing the powers of nature to the betterment of the human condition"

pbs.org

The Indiana Jones of collapsed cultures: Our Western civilization itself is a bubble

Bill Gates may think we're living in the greatest time in history. But the same elements of our society that have allowed Western civilization to succeed also spell its impending collapse. Anthropolog...

000

Joseph of the Mountain Goats @wanderingcircle.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

No, you stinky, ketamine-addicted, socially traumatized, hyper-wealthy, narcissistic lunatic: empathy is not a f**king weakness, but a necessary component to solve the problems of the exploitative system you are benefitting from.

politico.com

Government AI, defending DOGE and more: Takeaways from Elon Musk’s three-hour interview with Joe Rogan

The wide-ranging interview between the two prominent Trump supporters comes as Musk remakes the federal government.

000

Joseph of the Mountain Goats @wanderingcircle.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

The actions of this administration have been exceptionally enraging... Hope everyone is doing their best to keep their heads above the waves and out of the rain 💜

000

Joseph of the Mountain Goats @wanderingcircle.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

The GOP showed that repetition works, nail in the narrative that he's a crony, a crook, a con man, a cheap cheat with a weak will. Inspire people to resist, remind them that nobody is free until everyone is. To use Tolkien's words - raise the Shire for the Scouring.

000

Joseph of the Mountain Goats @wanderingcircle.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Wear something uniform & symbolic (maybe flag pins upside down), sit or stand with backs to him, walk out, blitz the media with a deluge of everything the administration is doing to push the doomsday clock closer to midnight, accuse him of betraying our principal interests, make him seem weak

100

Reposted by Joseph of the Mountain Goats

Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."

301312727434111

Joseph of the Mountain Goats @wanderingcircle.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Today has me really wishing that we (Americans) could call a vote of no confidence through public referendum

000

Reposted by Joseph of the Mountain Goats

Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

I am once again asking for your support in destroying a fascist snitch line

462324950

Joseph of the Mountain Goats @wanderingcircle.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

It will not be great and powerful individuals that hold tyranny at bay, but the small, kind, precious actions of people working in union with each other.

000

Joseph of the Mountain Goats @wanderingcircle.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Enjoy some Kurt Vonnegut today. Literary acid trips are good for the humors.

010

Joseph of the Mountain Goats @wanderingcircle.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Assignment = understood Do not obey in advance, and resist.

000

Reposted by Joseph of the Mountain Goats

Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Voted for Trump, now have buyer’s remorse? The Trump philosophy seems to be his version of FAFO. Don’t buy anything on the 28th unless you absolutely have to. #Resist

612199393315

Joseph of the Mountain Goats @wanderingcircle.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

No matter who you are or how small you feel in the world, how insignificant you might fear your story to be - there will always be someone willing to know you, cover to beautiful cover!

000

Reposted by Joseph of the Mountain Goats

Sarah. 🥀🦇🕸️ @vampireghuleh.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

you know it’s time to put the social media down if you start comparing yourself to others, we are all unique in our own way, sometimes the algorithm will favour some of us over others. you have to remember that’s the way it works and it’s okay. you aren’t doing anything wrong. 💖

6889

Joseph of the Mountain Goats @wanderingcircle.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Just like a forest fire, sometimes we fight demons with the demons we understand enough to befriend 😈

010

Joseph of the Mountain Goats @wanderingcircle.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

It's really eerie how easy it is to document the demonic nature of their authoritarianism, but this kind of government is always unstable and doomed to fail in the end - humans are annoyingly curious!

000

Reposted by Joseph of the Mountain Goats

Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Leadership is doubling down, but GOP members are getting nervous about the budget’s extreme unpopularity. You can call your Representative now at 202-224-3121.

544158604451

Joseph of the Mountain Goats @wanderingcircle.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

You're probably eerily close to the truth - projection of self hatred onto the targets of their insecurity because they can't stand to self reflect

010

Joseph of the Mountain Goats @wanderingcircle.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

There are more people who sat out of the last election than voted for either side, and every day they see more evidence that the things that inspired their apathy were lies. I know some of them, I've talked to them, and the anxiety, the doubt is growing. Build your communities, convince them to care

000

Reposted by Joseph of the Mountain Goats

omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

211831

Joseph of the Mountain Goats @wanderingcircle.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

There's a thing that the rich and the far right try to fight, a thing that they can't bear to face. For all they try to divide, these ties that bind are not meant to break.

000

Joseph of the Mountain Goats @wanderingcircle.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Don't grow up beyond the reach of your inner child - grow in to the strength to keep them safe

000

Joseph of the Mountain Goats @wanderingcircle.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Night may always follow the evening, but no darkness can survive the light 🕯️

000

Reposted by Joseph of the Mountain Goats

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

235610331623753

Joseph of the Mountain Goats @wanderingcircle.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

You may believe that there are those who undoubtedly deserve death, but there are none so wretched as to deserve to be killers.

000

Joseph of the Mountain Goats @wanderingcircle.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

We can't taco bout anything without the sauce

000

Joseph of the Mountain Goats @wanderingcircle.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

We need to de-commercialize the public world. It's one thing for commercial entities to exist and operate, but it's entirely different when they gain the power to create the rules of public spaces. More libraries, public transit, homeless shelters, food gardens, parks and music halls.

000