The history of Anarchism in 8 minutes | https://peertube.wtf/w/dc6s5gMAR8GKjwwrqQUrDC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gz2VPTlukUc

Come join us and be your true self before the law of nature. You exist, you are valid and #differabled like every human on this planet. #EachHumanIsUnique #TransRightsAreHumanRights #GenderIsIrrelevant #UniteAndFight the real threat is #fascism #capitalism #colonialism #hierarchy #WhiteSupremacy
#press #Teesside #news #BreakingNews #UK

"These kinds of highfalutin intellectual arguments from the 18th century might seem far removed from the present day. But they reflect the efforts of the most farsighted and intelligent right-wing thinkers to repackage #hierarchy and #subordination for a popular age." https://www.liberalcurrents.com/the-origins-of-right-wing-populism/

We'll all get a lot more out of our events when we practice wirearchy, not hierarchy. I encourage you to join me.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2012/10/wirearchy-not-hierarchy

There are so many ways of being human. We all develop in different ways & at different rates: to be slow is not a failing, smarts are not a #moral virtue.

Creating a #hierarchy of human worth paves the way for cruelty. Whose interests are served by doing this?

‘The basis of eugenics’: Elon Musk and the menacing return of the R-word https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/03/r-word-right-wing-rise?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Finding a culprit and punishing them is, in our culture, often presented as a solution in itself. Even while the ship sinks.

From the article, 'on morals and inertia' (link below).

https://www.neurofabulous.org.uk/what-makes-bad-people.html

#Hierarchy #Capitalism #Inequity #Poverty #Discrimination
#Oppression #Exploitation
#ActuallyAutistic

“Crack-Up Capitalism”
Historian Quinn Slobodian on #Trump, #Vance, #Musk and the Movement to “Shatter” the State
#DemocracyNow! #Culture #Politics #Economics #Eugenics #Racialization #RaceEssentialism #GenderEssentialism #Hierarchy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIPWekMahXc

On counterwill.
Or ‘being contrary’ (like Mary)

A thread

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Is there a data structure that can sensibly handle multiple hierarchical classification systems?

e.g. an Orange, in terms of phylogeny is
Plantae->Eudicot->...->Citrus->sinensis

and in terms of usefulness, is
Thing->Food->fruit->orange
(and it could have multiple parents in this taxonomy, e.g. cleaning product)

Bonus points for cool visualisations of this kind information.

Seminal quote from Silo:

"His discovery was that evil men arose from evil systems, and that every man had the potential to be perverted.

Which is why some systems needed to come to an end."

So, I've been revisiting some of my past experiences with my old coven. I reunited with several coven-mates last year, and discovered that my old tradition -- #Alexandrian -- had split into two factions -- one that accepted transwomen, and one that didn't. If I ever decide to get back into it again, guess which faction I'd choose. And yeah -- unfortunately power dynamics, hierarchy and potential emotional and psychological abuse happens a lot in "religious" groups -- even #Pagan ones.

I've managed to summarize the "Pros" and "Cons" of my joining a coven all those years ago...

Reasons I joined the coven:

1. Earth-centered religion with a political focus (Thomas Morton Alliance)
2. I learned Welsh from my high priestess.
3. My high priestess was a very intelligent, feminist, who espoused matriarchy, egalitarianism, and who was a Marxist anti-capitalist and a role model for me.
4. One of my coven-mates became my gay best friend (we're still BFFs).
5. Another coven-mate taught me traditional plant medicine and herbalism.

Reasons I left the coven:

1. I was pigeon-holed into "feminine" roles in rituals (even though I identified as NB and more masculine than feminine).
2. Over-bearing "acting" high priest (AIM member who was a bit of a bully).
3. Over-bearing coven-mate (AIM member) was distrustful of gay best friend (and was homophobic).
4. "Feminist" high priestess allowed herself to become emotionally and financially dependent on over-bearing coven-mate, refused to accept help from coven-mates (like having a room-mate, or other mutual aid), and when over-bearing coven-mate ran off with a younger, female coven-mate, high priestess fell apart -- eventually taking her own life (despite the support of the coven -- which soon fell apart as well).

And some folks wonder why I'm a solitary (though most of my witchy / Pagan friends understand why).
#PaganPolitics #GroupDynamics #Hierarchy #WhatSomeWitchesDid

The landlord and the #LA fires: how my friend’s loss revealed a new #hierarchy of who gets help | #California #wildfires

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/jan/18/california-fires-charity

It is not a new hierarchy. It's a new manifestation of an old one, the #socialclass. Being priviledged isn't just about being born in a wealthy family. It's having access to a wide network of variously well-off people and to the technology and know-how, which usually goes along the former. #SocialMedia only reflect that, despite popular myths.