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4th of July Meme Thread: the Resistance Edition

#nokings

I've shared this meme a lot over time and one thing that people need to understand about right now is that the "usual people" who stand up in opposition is *not sufficient* — you don't get to panel 4 until EVERYONE stands (at least 80%). That means people who've been silent need to fucking step up.

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"There will be times when the struggle seems impossible. I know this already. Alone, unsure, dwarfed by the scale of the enemy.

Remember this, Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction. Random acts of insurrection are occurring constantly throughout the galaxy. There are whole armies, battalions that have no idea that they’ve already enlisted in the cause.

Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

And remember this: the Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear.

Remember that. And know this, the day will come when all these skirmishes and battles, these moments of defiance will have flooded the banks of the Empires’s authority and then there will be one too many. One single thing will break the siege.

Remember this: Try."

NewsTreason podcast on Rumble - always a good podcast

An Introduction to Weather Modification w/ Mark Messina - It's MUCH More Than Chemtrails!

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Estados Unidos gastó 800 millones de dólares en THAAD en 12 días para proteger a Israel de los misiles iraníes: Según informes. networkdefenseofhumanitycuba.w…

"Trump doesn’t need to declare martial law. The Congress of the United States just passed a law that gives him over $100 billion to put thugs on the street who mask themselves and hide their identities and use guns and camo costumes to intimidate their way into cities, neighborhoods, businesses, and homes and kidnap people whose skin color and native language is different than that of the likes of Stephen Miller and Donald Trump."

Hey Big Journalism, wake the hell up.

nationalmemo.com/ice-gestapo

> Hey Big Journalism, wake the hell up. They can't. They won't. Their billionaire owners won't let them. #USpol


"Trump doesn’t need to declare martial law. The Congress of the United States just passed a law that gives him over $100 billion to put thugs on the street who mask themselves and hide their identities and use guns and camo costumes to intimidate their way into cities, neighborhoods, businesses, and homes and kidnap people whose skin color and native language is different than that of the likes of Stephen Miller and Donald Trump."

Hey Big Journalism, wake the hell up.

nationalmemo.com/ice-gestapo


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I respectfully disagree. Hitler and Stalin were allies during a crucial period. And during the buildup to fascism, the communists (at least, the ones the soviets controlled) were the enemies of true social democrats, esp. in Spain and Germany, which is why the Iron Front symbol is three downward-angled arrows (down with fascism, monarchy, and communism). share.google/QYYRserzHHdA9A0cv
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friendica (DFRN) - Link to source

Nanook

 — (Shoreline, WA, USA)
Honestly, I am not convinced that cocaine, ingested in small quantities verses inhaled in large, is all that harmful unless you've got a heart that is on the verge of failing. Addition has been demonstrated to be highly related to how fast a substance is absorbed which is why crack is more addictive than powder and powder snorted more addictive than ingested.

Memorial graffiti in Sydney for Dan Shersty and Spit Newborn, young anti-fascist skinheads, punk musicians, and founding members of the Las Vegas chapter of Anti-Racist Action.

On the 4th of July 1998 they were lured into the desert on the outskirts of Vegas and gunned down by a gang of 6 white supremacists, only three of whom ever served time for the murders.

Their memory is kept alive in the daily struggle against racism and fascist terror.

Never Forgive, Never Forget.

It’s Premature To Predict A Crisis In US-Pakistani Relations Over Islamabad’s ICBM Program korybko.substack.com/p/its-pre…

Every flag is black in a fire!

crimethinc.com/TheBlackFlag

"The black flag means negation, anger, outrage, mourning, beauty, hope, the fostering and sheltering of new forms of life and relationship with this earth. We are proud to carry it, sorry we have to, and await the day when such a symbol will no longer be necessary."

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this was a funny headline i seen "we are being watched" on some media title i stumbled across, yeah course, but im not the national security problem or threat and im not some public enemy when i stand solidarity with the working class humans of the world, im in poverty but not desperate and have no rash ideas or thinking... Rightwing fascist losers are the national security risk

#classwar #humanrights #ausgov #politas #spying #invasionofprivacy #australia #statism #fascism #extremists #farright

What to do when you, too, become a “terrorist”: New zine launch! #Palestine samidoun.net/2025/07/what-to-d…

Ethereum Options Show Bullish Bias Despite Surge in Put Trading Volume - Ethereum futures open interest (OI) held near $33 billion despite minor declines, ... - news.bitcoin.com/ethereum-opti… #marketsandprices #ethereum(eth) #derivatives

July 4, 2025 @ 17:53 (!) Good evening – almost – family & friends❣️ I just got Don’s Guest Post posted [chia.owly.net/guest-post-from-…] and What I Eat [chiachow.net/what-i-eat] and Gloria’s pages updated [chia.owly.net/gloria]. Also of course is today video sharecast…but my head hurts and I am inexplicably sleepy after a long sleep last night and a long nap this afternoon so it’s time to shut down and I will see you in the morning. If you are into that sort of thing, enjoy the fireworks tonight and stay safe…see you in the morning❣️🙏🤕🌛💤

Ambassador: Venezuela seeks closer ties with Belarus eng.belta.by/politics/view/amb…

She survived. Her students didn't. In Gaza, their last wish was simply to play—but minutes later, bombs ended their lives. Read Nour Abo Aisha’s heartbreaking account of the al-Nasr school massacre. mondoweiss.net/2025/06/i-survi…

Massive blocks of Lighthouse of Alexandria raised from sea – The History Blog
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"Twenty-two of the largest stone blocks, including door lintels, the threshold, base slabs and a pylon with a door crafted in the Ptolemaic era in ancient Egyptian style, have been lifted out of the water."

#History #Archeology

A little bit about me -

57-year-old high school IT Teacher who’s been “eastbound and down” the information superhighway since punch cards were cutting edge. I was born with a “special purpose”—teaching teenagers that the internet existed before TikTok.

When students ask why I’m so passionate about computer science, I tell them, “I am a righteous dude” who discovered the magic of Memes and never looked back. My downloading ... geeknerdcarp.blog/2025/07/04/a…

#VivaldiBrowser team has just released a new desktop update, Vivaldi 7.5
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I personally love the new smooth way of interacting with Speed Dials and Dashboard elements (Widgets), the new Mail and Calendar look, as well as the new Ad Blocker supported rules (badfilter, strict3p, and strict1p).

P.S. Related to the **real bugs** hotel: vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-on-de…. Does anyone know where I can find the #drill in the photo? I like it. It must be as powerful as #VivaldiBrowser. Maybe it even has a button to change its colour 😀
Please, do you know where to get it from? Possibly on the Vivaldi Store? TY!🙏

#VivaldiBrowser #browser #colour #color #adblock #adblocker #adblocking #SpeedDial #Dashboard #Widget #Widgets #Mail #Calendar #bug #bugs #BugHotel #drill #VivaldiTechnologies #VivaldiStore #Vivaldi

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I made a page for Cal and his box! 😀

It's become a crap day for a lot of folks and I'm struggling with the news and everything too, and I happened to download my Mastodon archive and realized how many photos of Cal in his box that I have - there are 15 so far, I think more if I keep digging.

So as a small good thing for today, here's our goofy boy and his beloved cardboard friend.

hollie.eilloh.net/pets/calbox/

#cats #OrangeCats #CatsOfInstagram #CalsBox

I'm preventing myself from doomposting by acknowledging I don't know a lot of stuff. Hardly anyone in Middle Earth knew about Frodo, Sam, and Gollum, but they fought against Mordor anyway. And those three had no idea of who and what was helping them from afar. Same for every real-world resistance movement or liberation movement. We can't account for everything, there's always someone else working on our behalf, just beyond our ken. Surprise is as much a part of revolution as anything else.

Mini-Documentary Series on the Clash of the Two Americas - An Independence Day Special matthewehret.substack.com/p/mi…

Goddamn. I was going to boost a post but then I got near the end where it said: "crushing to see this happen to human beings who aren't criminals...", and first of all, in such an unjust society define "criminal" for me, would ya? I'd love to hear it.

Secondly, would you think it's okay if "criminals" were kidnapped and tortured?

I assume this person primarily meant to emphasize that these are just everyday people, like your neighbors, but the implication is not good.

in reply to Artemis

Don't let right-wingers define the debate here. They want to argue with us about who is and isn't a criminal, because they don't actually have a defense for why this is okay to do to *anybody*.

So we can endlessly argue about "criminals" while they send people to concentration camps.

I didn't screenshot the post because I'm not trying to call out this specific person. I just wanted to remind us to be careful whose rhetoric & language we are using.

BRICS has expanded to 20 countries – 10 members and 10 partners – after adding Vietnam. BRICS+ now makes up 44% of world GDP (PPP) and 56% of the global population. The US failed to divide China and Vietnam in its Second Cold War.

geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/0…

#economy #economics #geopolitics #brics

in reply to David

@freeagent
I never said it wasn't political, every trade agreement is political. What I said is #BRICS is not a military or political alliance it is an alternative system of multi polar trading free of interference from the current US hegemony system where international trade requires trading in US dollars.

For example, New Zealand, which is not even a #BRICS member country, has a FTA with its biggest trading partner China that means NZ and China can freely trade with each other in their own currencies.

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@freeagent

I have no idea what argument David is trying to make. His initial comment was that BRICS doesn’t appear to be a unified bloc pointing to the relationship between India and China. Which is why I pointed out the fact BRICS is not a political or military alliance but a cooperative economic system of trade.

USA’s 3 largest trading partners are Mexico, Canada, and China. It would be ridiculous to assume this makes these countries a unified political bloc.

Ironically, since Trump introduced his tariffs India, Japan, South Korea and the ASEAN member nations have all agreed to increase their economic and political cooperation with China.