Cheering for rural communities, public transit, policies that center human bodies, collective thriving, taxation as redistribution, the progressive institutional church, you (probably) and Jayhawk basketball.
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Last Notes npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL An attempt was made on a fascist presidential candidate's life by a second-amendment nut emboldened and enabled by that candidate's actions, rhetoric, and previous presidential tenure. npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL I think what's hard to understand here is that for me, these aren't just words. This is movement space that I'm part of, deciding to use this moment and a lot of people's energies to adjudicate righteousness badge awards npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL it truly might be fairer to say of our departure that I couldn't find a way forward with the American left npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL honestly there is only so far that Gibson-Graham reframing can carry me with you jokers npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL why why why why can the left not figure out a different way to be than punching people in the face for wanting to join the cause npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL leaving aside the very real ways in which it is very much not what I asked for npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL I might just need someone to follow me around and be like 'this is literally what you asked for dumbass' npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL 24 months ago: why can't I keep my ministry job and also do a part time PhD [kicks rocks] npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL We once let someone I knew only from Twitter house sit for us. It went great. 😂 🤷🏻♀️ npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL Gosh I am tired of this discourse npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL 'We've never had more random people wander into a hosted event. Nor more disappointed exit surveys.' npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL Thanks. I'm honestly not surprised; those behind silencing criticism (and the humanizing of Palestinians, which they fear equally) have nothing to lose in the attempt to shush people, and everything to gain if shushing happens. npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL EVERY SINGLE THING for provincial nominee status (in any province) is tied to working full time as an on-off switch, on a work permit, not a study permit. My husband's remote work, even if it's out of the Toronto office, does not count. AND MY PHD WORK, IN PERSON, AT THE LOCAL UNIVERSITY, ALSO DOES NOT COUNT. npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL To consider just how insane this is: Spouse and I each have a path to provincial nominee status in Ontario, and I have a path in Newfoundland as well. We want Newfoundland over Ontario, and conveniently, Newfoundland will want us. It never, ever fills its quote of immigrant nominees. Not enough people are willing to come live there. Meanwhile, my spouse has a great remote job tied to Boston/Toronto. Our kids will go to school in NL. And, hey, I am a PhD student at NL's ONLY UNIVERSITY... uh oh. npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL The family process is really weird, in that one spouse has to be 'lead' and the other of us just doesn't count. If my spouse is lead, no one cares if I'm a student ... because no one cares about me at all. If I am lead, however, I can do NOTHING for my family while I have student status. npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL This morning I was legally advised to quit my Canadian PhD program because being a student is BLOCKING a path to permanent residency for my family. npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL Imagine what has happened to the humanity--to the empathy, to the soul--of the beholder who can see a newborn infant and facing that utterly dependent, helpless fellow human, call the child a 'terrorist.' npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL This disparity notwithstanding, Canadian universities need to think about their American students this year in ways other than as a source of income. Border access issues, the need for some to cast a vote at home in truly urgent elections, and civil unrest and instability are piling atop Canadian student housing scarcity and a cost of living crisis to make it a very difficult year for American students in Canada. npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL Canadian students are the FOURTH LARGEST group of international students in the US, after China, India, and South Korea, with 41,392 enrolled in 2022. American students in Canada, on the other hand, don't even break the Canadian top ten; there are fewer than 10,000- both Colombia and Mexico send more students to Canada. npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL oh shit, sorry. Thanks!! Will fix. npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL https://jewishcurrents.org/the-law-cannot-let-itself-see-the-nakba?token=WLiNtT4mHXfF8G6YSm4xj1bodkEXyZAY npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL Every time I hear something about mandatory biblical instruction, I think about a classmate's song from seminary (to the tune of Oh my darling, Clementine) npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL In the meantime, word of mouth apparently says I know things and I am like I AM STARING INTO THE ABYSS, SAME AS YOU. If anything, I just have more questions than you do. npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL We need a (non-private-equity tied) collaborative community consultancy, stat. It will be really powerful if we can truly imagine WITHOUT outside interests who want our property whispering in our ear. I think setting that partnership and process up is indeed the medium-term trajectory but private interests and big money have a huuuuuge head start and are using their very skilled PR wing to sell church leaders a whole lot of nothing in exchange for futurity rights to property. Whew, it's a lot. npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL I research church closure (and behind that, church thriving and the contributions of the progressive church to neighborhood, municipality and region). What this increasingly means is that I receive urgent outreach with quite specific questions from congregations realizing they are facing the end (or more correctly, from one or more of their leaders or from someone worried about the building). npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL I don't know if I can be articulate enough about this yet to gesture toward it effectively, but what I notice across the past year or so looks like preparation for a future in which it's normatively ok for only a few people to survive npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL Me: I want to apply knowledge collaboratively in order to productively address problems npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL Me, playing 'tick or spider' with small brown 8-legged thing on our ceiling: identify yourself npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL I am not convinced that people did not resist Hitler early, given what I see these days. I imagine that the (early, non catastrophic) resistance stories simply got lost to time and to the real and widespread catastrophe that followed. It seems very likely that people noticed, spoke out, took risks, said and did what they could. npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL A thing that seems historically demonstrable: this current wave of fascist creep and repression of civil liberties will not last forever npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL Ok, that was fascinating. npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL Huge shout out to the Israeli people who, like many everywhere else, have totally had it and are now out in force demanding a ceasefire, blocking traffic, disobeying their government, trying to bring hostages home, and generally saying ENOUGH. npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL realizing that 'All of This is Fine, Actually' is what we can expect from international media along the entire 21st century journey npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL The media say that students should choose something between dissenting feelings and protest actions but hear me out what if universities chose something between silence and snipers npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL the middle schooler: then I installed linux on my [school] chromebook npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL I don't see anything that leads me to believe that this will be the year that the hits stop coming. For now, "year" feels like a pretty arbitrary unit; we're living through an era, and it has already tipped its hand.
