Phillip Winn @pwinn@qoto.org

Go see Tyre Nichols' photography website. This is the sweet guy who was murdered by police. #ACAB #TyreNichols
https://thiscaliforniakid2.wixsite.com/tnicholsphotography/portraits

Tea and salad
Midjourney 4 AI Art
#stablediffusion #dalle2 #dalle #aiart #nightcafe #midjourney

This made the rounds when I said it on Twitter but it bears repeating:

The people who need to hear pacifist opinions on violence are the powerful, not the powerless.

The phrase is "speak truth to power," not "lecture people who've lived under state violence for centuries."

Another #PixelArt daily done! :) Desolate beauty.

You can grab the full-quality versions (for free) here: https://ko-fi.com/i/IJ3J7I86O1

My commissions are always open, so feel free to send me a message :)

ENJOY!

#mastoArt #digitalArt #fediArt #art #landscape #wallpaper #creativeToots #gameDev

Any visitor to Berlin must be struck by the frank and painful public reminders, large and small, of the most shameful episodes in Germany’s history. And struck, by contrast, at how we Americans bury ours. https://mstdn.social/@DidiQ/109761708440056795

For the most part, US police don't do what TV shows and the news tell you they do.

They don't run in schools to save children from gunmen.

They don't recover stolen goods.

They don't protect you from domestic violence before it happens.

They don't solve sexual assault cases.

What they do with all those billions of dollars is beat up poor Black folk and extract money from them through fines, tickets, court fees, unpaid prison labor, and theft.

That's the job. And it doesn't keep you safer.

A great write up from The Verge:

"When I asked him about the similarities in the company statements, his answer was succinct: the tech companies are copying each other. “I think Peter Drucker [who is widely known as a father of management thinking] was quoted as saying something to the effect of ... thinking is hard work, which is why most managers don’t do it,” Pfeffer told me."

https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/26/23571659/tech-layoffs-facebook-google-amazon

Important story.

‘Thousands of Men Have Come Home Because of Him’ https://politi.co/3HeyZ6I via @politico

Do you have any understanding of how awesome you are?

Just think of all the things that you’ve dealt with in your life. All of the things that you’ve gone through, around, past, under, over.

You’ve dealt with so many things. Both large and small. You probably are dealing with things right now. And there’s no reason to believe that you won’t or can’t deal with those too.

Never forget how strong you really are.

“I’ve been trying to reach you about your car’s extended warranty. Have you not gotten my messages?”

Young love on the farm #Blackwomen #Blackjoy #Blacklove #blackmastodon #blackfediverse #blackfarmers #Azania #blackfriday

Happy #BlackFriday y'all!

Let's talk about a black guitar player that is criminally underrated: Ernie Isley.

The man is absolutely one of the greatest to ever pick up a guitar. His solo on the Isley Brothers cover of Summer Breeze gives me chills every time I hear it.

#GiveHimHisFlowers #AltBlackGirl #BlackFriday #BlackMastodon #BlackJoy #GuitarSolo #GuitarHistory #GuitarLegends #RockandRoll #RnB #Soul #SoulMusic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3o6ECdCZ7Q

I'm staying oldskool this #BlackFriday with more Donny Hathaway and his stirring #BlackLove song "She Is My Lady"

This 1971 jam is how you do this soulful, gospel love song thing.

https://youtu.be/AALS304tOAg

#BlackMastodon #soul #music #BlackMusic @blackmastodon@a.gup.pe @BlackMastodon@chirp.social

1. History is not there for you to like or dislike.
2. History is there for you to learn from it.
3. History offends you? Even better. Then you are less likely to repeat it.

Read this out loud, then read it again. Then teach it to your children and grandchildren.

"Stop going on about this RSS nonsense, you're confusing everybody. Just talk about how important it is for podcasting to remain an open ecosystem accessible to everyone on any device."

Uh, RSS is *exactly why* podcasting remains an open and free (libre) pillar of the web.

It's not a quirk. It's not an accident. It's exactly why podcasting exists as we know it today. And it's exactly why many of us lament the siege of non-RSS-based exclusive shows attempting to erode the medium.

How to write a dystopian novel:
Write about what already happens to marginalized folks, but let it happen to white people

#BlackFriday
#BlackMastodon
#BlackTwitter

Me: I didn’t have time to go jogging today.

Them: You say that every day.

Me: It’s a running joke.