![Mushroomed:
[cartoon of the under gills of a mushroom]
After a rain mushrooms appear on the surface of the earth, as if from nowhere.
[cartoon of a cluster of mushrooms, some of them mature and sporulating]
Many do so from a vast underground fungus that remains invisible and unknown.
[cartoon of mushrooms with their subteranean mycelial networks illustrated via cutaway]
What we call mushrooms, mycologists call the fruiting body of the larger, less visible fungus.
[Wider panorama of a forest floor, bracket funguses growing from the sides of trees, mushrooms growing out of grass patches]
(Uprisings and revolutions are often considered to be spontaneous)
from Hope in the Dark, Rebecca Solnit](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:m4hcx7fornr745oorfsvhslc/bafkreidyhj42bkcouk4isbkz35w5gifl4hjvijmafn3r7fk4lqwnuk52am@jpeg)
Boarding actions are inevitable in orbital battles, when the ship is wasted, oxygen vented, and planetside is not safe, there is only one place to go. So slide in the ceramic plates into your asbestos flight suits, the Marines hand out plastic rifles, and pray you make the leap.
Some really striking visuals from all these protests and this fake mock-up NYT from the protest there today is definitely one of them
UPDATE: Indigenous activists are now blocking the weapons shipment to Israel from leaving Tacoma Port FROM THE WATER. The boat is still unable to leave!
ME: hey, nice to see you ACQUAINTANCE: hey what’s up, uhhh— *my leitmotif starts playing* ACQUAINTANCE: oh, right, hi Stella. Sorry, I didn’t recognize you without your warm and cheerful leitmotif GUY PLAYING MY LEITMOTIF: My bad, I was checking for news about that spree shooter ME: He’s dead yeah
Last Saturday, Charlottesville’s Black history museum melted down the statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee. It's important to understand that Confederate statues have come down around the country chiefly as the result of illegal direct action. crimethinc.com/StatuesDown A thread.🧵⬇️
