people don't want me to say things like this, but it's true for everyone: you actually could stop living any moment. it is entirely physically possible.
epicurus says noticing this is the first step to having the best life. if you spend your life worrying about every little thing, trying to predict and control every possible catastrophe, you will have exactly no life.
life was meant to be happy, easygoing, free, tender, vulnerable...
i have never ever stopped trying my hardest every waking moment, and, look--i do recognise i overdo it.
yours for the revolution--every single kind. personal and political.
Latest #9front DASH manual in print:
https://9front.org/propaganda/books
Stun a burglar by hurling one volume after another at the unsuspecting intruder. Stun yourself by actually learning something. Sell them later for a profit.
also today I learned that the neocities editor doesn't like it when your website is 6000 lines of code
first time in almost four years since i have properly organised my library
it is as if a little bit of me has healed, now
ANTI-CAPITALIST ACTIVIST PODCAST EPISODE #2
## "What Is For Bo Burnham To Be Done?" ##
Bo Burnham. The Western Australian State Election. Techno-feudalism and Yanis Varoufakis. The culture of the socialist work ethic.
Welcome to the Great Reboot of the Left in Perth podcast, featuring Joshua and Blair.
# Summary
We critique the praxis of Bo Burnham, discuss the outcome of the State election and the likelihood of Albo maintaining his federal majority, Techno-feudalism and the importance of not bringing the value-maximisation work ethic to socialist work.
# Socialist Alliance
Get involved in Socialist Alliance’s federal election campaign - Vote for the only anti capitalist party running, then stay involved after polls close!
https://socialist-alliance.org/elections/voting-socialist-more-important-ever
# Green Left
Sign up for Green Left membership to stay up to date on activist and anti capitalist news and perspectives.
https://www.greenleft.org.au/support
# Disrupt Burrup Hub (DBH)
Get involved in the Disrupt Burrup Hub campaign to stop the North West Shelf Gas Project and protect our ecosystem from destruction.
https://www.disruptburruphub.com/about-us
# Bo Burnham
Bo Burnham substack article that mentions end of world coping mechanism.
## Jason Pargin’s Newsletter
### In Which I Declare War On Beloved Entertainer Bo Burnham
> First off: if you haven’t seen the award-winning 2021 Bo Burnham Netflix special Inside, you absolutely should watch that instead of reading this or whatever other bullshit I put out this month. It is a hilarious yet deeply personal piece of musical comedy that will stay with you for months after, mainly because you’ll still have several of its songs st…
https://jasonpargin.substack.com/p/in-which-i-declare-war-on-beloved
Watch Bo Burnham’s “Inside” on Netflix:
https://youtu.be/k1BneeJTDcU
# Sister Kate’s Occupation
Occupation ended 24 March 2025.
** Land Back for Stolen Generations **
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SIGN PETITION NOW!
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/return-sister-kates-land/
MEDIA RELEASE
24 MARCH 2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
VIDEO FOOTAGE SHOWS YOKAI CHAIR JIM MORRISON USED FORCE ON YOUNG STOLEN GENERATION DESCENDANT
Background info:
● In December, the church suspended BKI’s Board, issued an eviction notice, then created a new Board and signed a deal with Yokai without consulting Noongar women.
● The land is owned by the Uniting Church through the Beananging Kwuurt Institute (BKI), but it is subject to a complaint with the WA Equal Opportunity Commission, challenging the Uniting Church’s December dismissal of the BKI Board as sex, race, and political belief discrimination. This throws doubt over the current BKI Board and Yokai’s current lease to the land. The women are seeking legal advice on injunctive relief.
● Noongar women have been fighting to reclaim the Stolen Generations site which sits on Whadjuk Noongar land. Pre-colonisation, it was a sacred birthing place for Noongar women. Post-colonisation, it has a damning racist history as the former Stolen Generations site of the Sister Kate’s Children’s Cottage Home, where Aboriginal children were enslaved, abused and genocide was committed.
● We do not know who the new Board of BKI is, as the Church have not disclosed this.
MEDIA CONTACT
Roxanne Moore
0478 772 390
landbackforstolengenerations@gmail.com
# Renters and Housing Union WA (RAHU WA)
https://rahu.org.au/aboutus/
RAHU WA Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/rahu_western_aus/
# Techno-feudalism and Yanis Varoufakis
https://www.penguin.com.au/books/technofeudalism-9781529926095
Academic article mentioned:
Gane, N. (2024). Capitalism is capitalism, not technofeudalism. Journal of Classical Sociology, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/1468795X241269293
freo early voting booth. 6 adelaide st, freo CBD. tuesday, 22 april 2025. 3.30pm - 5.30pm.
my next shift:
monday, 28 april 2025.
8.30am - 11.30am.
in this moment i have absolutely no idea what i am doing.
josh wilson is standing there, maybe one hundred metres from me, watching me fumble with this aluminum selfie stick i got from kmart.
up until this point i had done quite a good job trying to completely rattle him. i had moved one of our big a-frames right down the road, so everyone coming through the mall would at least see something socialist alliance related.
i was catching virtually everyone all the major parties weren't. they did catch onto this after a while, and the insane fright these people go into when something like this happens makes me feel so much better about being any-fucken-where near them.
but yeah, i pretty much did blow it in a matter of seconds almost dropping my phone while the stick was fully extended. the main fucken good photo with me with the badge on didn't even need the stick.
this stuff is all a game to me. i shook the liberal party lady's hand when i got there, and she almost didn't do it. the kate hullet teal person i first spoke to when i got there almost didn't tell me this was where the early voting booth was. who are these people? i'm the same as the rest of you! how many thousands of dollars did my branch spend, and you won't even acknowledge me.
i am sick and tired of this cultural cringe we have around politics. we're all so afraid of each other, and it has gotten so, so bad. it's pretty much all because of people like josh wilson and the labor party. he really needs this early voting booth to be locked down for the ALP.
seriously--fuck these servants of the capitalist class. it is possible to calculate any parliamentarian's degree of social separation from gina rinehart. i am deliberately trying to avoid working it out for the major player WA parliamentarians. i think i'd scare the shit out of myself.
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"The executive of the modern state is but a committee for managing the common affairs of the bourgeoisie." (Marx, The Communist Manifesto).
PLEASE BOOST.
NEED RECOMMENDATION FOR NEW PHONE.
hey fedi.
my samsung galaxy s10 will die soon.
the charger port is failing, and the back of the phone is coming apart due to failure of the glue.
i have... AUD150 - AUD200.
i need to use instagram, facebook, canva, tiktok etc for activism.
need good battery life.
don't need fancy camera, but i need something adequate for activist social media.
i have the money right now.
please help.
Cross Party Panel Discussion on Cost of Living!
Event Listing Join us next Wednesday at the Geraldton Multipurpose Centre in the function room for a Cross Party Panel Discussion on cost of living!💚 Facilitated by myself, I am very excited to hear how the candidates for Durack plan to tackle the cost of living crisis before the upcoming federal election. 📩RSVP is essential through the link in my bio - hope to see you there! Note - All candidates for Durack were invited…
https://moraleconomy.au/2025/04/18/cross-party-panel-discussion-on-cost-of-living/
End Israeli War Crimes
Event Listing Saturday, 26 April 2025, 3pm, Forrest Place, Boorloo/Perth. "Israel's" actions in Palestine is not a “conflict”, it’s genocide. This is the deliberate, systemic destruction of Palestine. Israel continues to commit war crimes with impunity: bombing civilians, targeting hospitals, and cutting off food, water, and electricity. Your voice matters. Your presence matters. Show up to protests. Demand justice. Stand for Palestine! Instagram…
May Day with RAHU!
Event Listing May Day with RAHU! Our branch will be having a stall at May Day and will be marching in the parade - come say hi, get some stickers/merch, and join us for the march! Location: Esplanade Park, Walyalup (Fremantle)Date/Time: 4th of May from 10:30am onwards Amazing member-made art by @misssparklingcarouselnightmare !! Image description: A poster with the details of the event. The illustrated poster features black swans manning a stall…
Renters and Housing Union WA Monthly Branch Meeting
Event Listing April branch meeting! Non-members welcome. Please bring a mask and your great ideas! Renters and Housing Union WA monthly branch meeting. Date/time: Thursday 24th April, 7pmLocation: 15/5 Aberdeen St, Perth (Boorloo Activist Centre) Instagram Listing
https://moraleconomy.au/2025/04/18/renters-and-housing-union-wa-monthly-branch-meeting/
Anyone wanna write a small #GNU #Emacs mode that handles #LispM #LispMachine fontified files? #EmacsLisp #elisp
If you run Medley Interlisp on your local computer, what operating system do you use most of the time to run it? Please describe your configuration and add the relevant details in the comments.
It is official! We are hosting our own Nextcloud server for the students and staff of Amsterdam University College (AUC).
Rather than dwell in our frustration and disappointment about the university's ever increasing dependence on Big Tech, we decided to simply create the world that we want to live in.
That is why, over the last few weeks, we have set up and tested our own, free and open source alternative to Google Drive and Dropbox.
Read more on our blog: https://opentech-auc.org/posts/2025-04-15-official-launch-of-nextcloud/
Ok, so lil techie things:
I have been fiddling with my raspi-ish frankentablet now that my fingers don’t freeze. I added extensions, reinstalled a new image. I quite enjoy X11 with the GUI improvements to LXPanel generally. A few bugs, but it is heartening to see LXDE/open box becoming more touchscreen friendly. I am learning about and implementing GTK (&c.) styling.
Styling in a Linux WM/DE is quite a muddle. I would it were not. There ought to be a unified styling conf system which would front userspace in a single file. The hodgepodge makes Linux difficult needlessly. It is possible to make a happy style configuration GUI, I believe. But so far I see naught in this direction. So I am enlarging and tabletizing as I go.
