"Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way around or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend." - Bruce Lee
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Last Notes npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface @nprofile…nmr0 "I keep hearing people say that a lot of men want kids in the same way that a child wants a puppy, & that sounds about right." the implication is that this is inherent to men specifically nothing is being taken from your claims. my experience contradicts your suggestion. the only reason to say something like this & not mention that it's also true for women is to paint men with a broad brush & absolve women for the same behavior i think i've seen enough from you, though npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface @nprofile…wv5n https://spore.social/@johnbrowntypeface/116024151531259677 npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface @nprofile…nmr0 to clarify i don't think it's always intentional or malicious but i think there is an impulse to push others to match our energy or curtail their vibes if they differ from ours we can instead try to be grounded or otherwise remove ourselves from the situation. people should be able to emote how they choose. sometimes that might require a temporary social break npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface @nprofile…nmr0 i think that it's energy vampirism and is fundamentally how this place works i've been guilty of it in the past. now i'm detached and try not to push people in any certain direction. i don't think we always know when we're doing this folks can also not make space for others to feel sad or upset. it's important for us to regulate our own emotions and not be compelled to match someone else's energy npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface Nina Simone - Isn't It a Pity (1972) https://youtu.be/DitOFrGBEQA #Music #NinaSimone #GeorgeHarrison #Soul #Jazz npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface #Art #Comedy #StreetArt https://spore-social.s3.de.io.cloud.ovh.net/media_attachments/files/116/529/551/800/754/732/original/7ee6ffdd93054f8f.webp npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface @nprofile…52nc @nprofile…p560 Damon Albarn? npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface dragons steeplechase yer pain empire gonna fall, a hard rain softball on movin' train leave the herb, we'll burn the cane hoss, guess some loss is gain consciousness beyond a brain return to love as refrain nervous system weather vane just wind through the grain took my whacks, now i wane #Poetry #HipHop npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface 55515 spiritually awake, hardly alive just tryna vibe, don't need to strive only us in here, my mind's no hive i don't talk shit - i can speak jive thrust in mystic waters, took the dive maybe not make it yet circa survive call before yew come, wave when yew arrive from what density do i derive whatever tomorrow brings, if it runs: i'll drive #Poetry #HipHop npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface @nprofile…qkvg i can't download or stream it, for whatever reason npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface @nprofile…qkvg i can't view the video. could just be on my end; i have a lot of issues accessing things on fedi npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface @nprofile…wv5n https://spore.social/@johnbrowntypeface/116024151531259677 npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface @nprofile…nmr0 Medea Benjamin is behind Code Pink, redwashing genocide and campism seems to be their main thing besides ostentatious protest theatrics npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface @nprofile…nmr0 here's a recent article from an activist in Iran: https://todon.eu/@CrimethInc/116359632382113597 Iranian anarchists: @nprofile…025u npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface @nprofile…xmdp another good extended remix: Marvin Gaye - Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) 1971 Soul Purrfection Version https://youtu.be/uxMRgponxD0 npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface @nprofile…nmr0 thin line between 'noncompliant' and 'drug-seeking' npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface daydreamin' i was the red who nabbed Mitrione equal parts, balance out the linga with the yoni soul of a man's heart is stony since Alex Graham Bell we got more phony join the herd, be yer own best crony i say hyrax while you say coney can't play me, stay at yer station, ask Sony don't really keep it icy, just drive the Zamboni no pride in Brits or Yanks, ain't yer macaroni i'm King Midas in reverse, said Tony #Poetry #HipHop npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface many more Fremen than Empire expected oppression breeds resistance an' sees generals defected Bene Gesserit, even secret thoughts detected gotta clear the room if the king wants protected he keeps no quorum if he can't be corrected ensure he remember how he came to be erected we hold the blade over head of the elected takes a crew to make a film, doesn't have to be directed #Poetry #HipHop #Dune npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface detachment not indifference is this love or is it limerence lizard brain, some carnivorous chew up life for dirty business they try to justify belligerence up an' down, competin' interests silver coins, a shitty pittance i'm the actor an' the witness gallows humor, attempt at flippance #Poetry #HipHop npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface people talk about how the homelessness crisis links back to de-institutionalization under Reagan in the 80s. there's truth in that, but living in abusive state institutions is stretching the idea of housing. i'd guess that many have never spent time in current institutions as workers or 'guests'. but they're often places where people have little to no rights in practice and are treated much like property. many people who are unhoused are mentally ill, but so is much of the population at-large npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface Kate Bush - Babooshka (1980) https://youtu.be/6xckBwPdo1c #Music #KateBush #Pop #Rock npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface jukin' Lucifer, outwittin' the devil hold my beer, Jacob wanna wrestle point of covergence, went left at the bevel get thee behind me, i'm not yer vessel fully autonomous, no longer sessile platform yerself, go to a whole new level conserving our energy, 'cause some wanna embezzle #Poetry #HipHop npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface misogyny and misandry not only relate to collective wounds from patriarchy (& related systems) but often involve personal trauma and unexamined individual shadow you don't have to hate everything feminine or masculine to oppose patriarchy the darkest parts of either don't constitute the whole it was patriarchy that split them in the first place #Gender #Patriarchy #Feminism npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface my major issue with the phrase "content creator" is the "content" part with "creatives" it's that the word is used to suggest that there's a separate or elite class of people who can or do creative things while "brand" doesn't seem to have an alternative positive definition - "agency" can either be a body with authority that directs your behavior or your own individual choice of autonomous behavior #Agency #Art #Autonomy #ContentCreator #Creatives #Language npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface @nprofile…nmr0 i guess that my take is that things can occur in less binary ways. taking a Jungian perspective, sometimes people are raised or socialized by folks who present as one gender but have an energy/presence/bias toward the "opposite" gender. i think that ND or NT people can receive 'dual', 'mixed', or 'inverted' gender socialization from various role models and that it's not always apparent except to the individual (who would have to examine things and break them down) npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface @nprofile…nmr0 i would say that in some of these cases the people i'm thinking of were ND themselves. if people are 'stealth' or their family/community is in denial they might be socialized as if they are NT (causing them trauma). npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface @nprofile…nmr0 along these lines, my experience as a neurodivergent person is that some white women seem to recognize or pick up on my feelings but at times have used that for coercion or ridicule so i think there is also a 'dark' version of emotional intelligence as well as tendencies towards assumptions about others' inner experiences npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface @nprofile…nmr0 something that comes to mind here, not sure if it's particularly gendered, is that neurodivergent folks might notice or register others' emotions but not necessarily be "considerate" of them (not really confined to ND either) and that it can also be tricky to figure out how to be considerate of them if one seeks to be npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface Death toll at start of Covid-19 pandemic likely higher than US count, study says https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/18/covid-19-pandemic-death-toll #Pandemic #PublicHealth #COVID #LongCOVID #COVIDIsntOver #MaskUp npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface #GoodLuckHaveFunDontDie #Film #Movies #AI https://spore.social/system/media_attachments/files/116/230/906/672/015/783/original/42d49c3a85301313.jpg npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface @nprofile…pveu @nprofile…j040 if i don't get these legal costs paid off i'm potentially looking at further challenges (incarceration, more fees, etc.) as well as even more difficulty in getting housing or employment just wanna be clear about my situation in case it helps the fundraising effort. i don't think this is anyone else's responsibility but i'm in a bad spot financially npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface @nprofile…52nc sounds Gnostic-adjacent npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface "while we often conceive of slavery as confined to Southern states, in reality it was connected to the entire American financial system and helped build fortunes across the country and the world." Documenting Links Between Financial and Insurance Institutions and Slavery https://www.hailegal.com/documenting-links-between-financial-and-insurance-institutions-and-slavery/ #America #USA #ChattelSlavery #Slavery #WhiteSupremacy #TransAtlanticSlaveTrade #RacialCapitalism #USCivilWar #CivilWar #Abolition #BlackHistoryMonth npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface "These historic systems are often erroneously reduced to a social institution that benefited only a few inhumane families in the Mississippi Valley, and thereby accredited to a small part largely culminating with the the Civil War." America, the House That Slavery Built https://psmag.com/news/america-the-house-that-slavery-built/ #America #USA #ChattelSlavery #Slavery #WhiteSupremacy #TransAtlanticSlaveTrade #RacialCapitalism #USCivilWar #CivilWar #Abolition #BlackHistoryMonth npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface @nprofile…52nc in the US there are still holdouts, including "liberals" or progressives. they usually sweat at the idea of decriminalization or legalization of harder drugs the right-wingers you speak of (further right than the liberals) do still preach prohibition but many use all manner of substances behind closed doors. some are softer on drug laws than others npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface @nprofile…kyza here's the historical through line: yesterday was day one of the Prairieland trial, where one charge against the defendants is possessing zines the prosecutors claimed that possessing a printing press indicated guilt it's always been about thought crime they want to kill us and the beautiful idea #Prairieland npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface @nprofile…nmr0 i see gun violence in media as not all that dissimilar to the widespread popularity of violent professional sports npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface @nprofile…nmr0 idk, i see it as indoctrination by the State through media it's not a new thing by any means, but i can't imagine a world where the violence is ever present in daily life but no longer reflected in media they want it to be normalized through passive consumption npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface @nprofile…glyx "We must say “no” in a hurry before “yes” is pulled out of our throats with pliers" npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface @nprofile…gfcd "No offense, but I am definitely a socialist and thus definitely on the left. I find very little use is discussions about a "neither left nor right" political formulation because that's typically how fascism is sold. I would ideally like to not be in this conversation anymore. Thanks." you are opposed to discussion about where anarchism is located because you say it's typical of fascism. then you ask not to be in the discussion (leaving no room for me to clarify) npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface @nprofile…gfcd it's interesting that you frame it that way i would have removed the tag had you asked for that you can obviously write whatever you want in your own replies or in others. you seemed to imply that i was advocating for Third Positionism or fascism in my comments and then you asked for no replies npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface @nprofile…52nc @nprofile…yv72 "All of this feeds into what really upsets people about the tech. It is making jobs obsolete." i could make a similar claim to yours, here. no, people aren't upset that jobs are obsolete, or about automation, they are upset that unemployment is high and wages are low, that they are confined to wage slavery automation under a liberatory system is not objectionable to many people. your arguments seem to be geared towards liberals more than radicals. npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface @nprofile…52nc nah, I hate LLMs and i'm annoyed by and suspicious of the dominance of computers in social life & production generative AI is digital colonialism. i'm not interested in any development of AI 'til/unless we're free enough that it could possibly be something other than a tool of extraction and destruction npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface @nprofile…f4r9 i'm not located near there i'm not getting any state resources or applying for any at this time. i'm facing unemployment, legal charges/debt and general debt so i couldn't really afford even low income housing. npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface @nprofile…f4r9 no worries. i don't feel my wording suggested that but i understand your sentiment. my take is that we have to focus on everyone at once. prefiguration implies we work on how we want things to be prior to collapse/revolution. i see working on abuse in the home as a more present priority rather than toppling the State beforehand. i do agree that taking out the top will do a lot for giving power to abuse at lower levels, but i think the interpersonal work is needed now npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface @nprofile…f4r9 i'm an anarchist, so i'm aware that the problem stems from authority, hierarchy, and power. that is a frequent focal point in my posts here i'm a survivor of childhood poverty and familial abuse and am currently homeless and unemployed you might re-consider your framing of my position with that context in mind npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface @nprofile…f4r9 i guess it depends on how you define power and measure it i see parents as existing in a hierarchy and having authority over children, regardless of class status or participation within the State men generally have power over women, although it varies wildly at the individual level and depends on adherence to rules of patriarchy and other matters of status and this goes on with racial dynamics, ability, etc. npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface @nprofile…rl6x "presses F to pay respects" how about tempeh? npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface if you think abuse is only a phenomena with the rich/ruling class, check out r/adultsurvivors on Reddit mostly abuse by family members, poor/working class/middle class people money doesn't but abuse trickles down npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface @nprofile…nmr0 i think "cancel culture" is invoked to absolve people of consequences for their actions, but there is a real phenomena of discarding people which you mentioned: 'disposability culture' or puritanism. it can be hard to differentiate because folks are often reacting to situations they didn't witness and sans context/ information. "cancel culture" is sometimes referring to shunning and free association behaviors, which are acceptable social decisions in response to certain scenarios npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface @nprofile…glyx was gonna read this but couldn't get around the paywall but yeah, Ghost over Substack and all that npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface i'm gonna try to fundraise again i am homeless, in debt, and facing legal challenges the amount is related to one instance of legal costs appreciate any boosts or donations thank you ✌️ 0/$1,312 @nprofile…pveu #DirectAid #MutualAid #Crowdfunding npub1jg4ne2wzkfjyahq2kjgr6kp58pat267k2u5r40lpdsasxzhhh2mqyuhxtl john.brown_typeface @nprofile…35vy i think a ghillie podium is self-mockery