rhoadey

member @socialistalt + @wrkrsstrikeback | “flint-faced and resolute, dyed-in-the-wool” socialist | short fiction and essays:

[rhoadey @Rhoadey]

“so this is my personal conspiracy theory” *proceeds to describe a hyper-documented feature of capitalism*

[Workers Strike Back @wrkrsstrikeback]

Campus unions should follow @UAW_4811 & oppose police repression & stand in solidarity w/ students’ fight to end the genocidal war on Gaza.

Union members should introduce resolutions to rescind endorsement of warmonger-in-chief @JoeBiden. We need a new party for working people.

[Ralph Nader @RalphNader]

Over 200,000 Palestinians—not 35,000—have already died since October. This is based on nearly 100,000 bombs and missiles directly on civilians, without food, water, medicine, electricity, healthcare and World Health casualty projections starting last October. The 35,000 official fatality count is absurd. No human beings could endure those massacres and related untreated diseases since October 7th. -R

[rhoadey @Rhoadey]

@NickMilo Simple sentences and strong verbs are key parts of good writing; complex ideas don’t often require complex language.

[rhoadey @Rhoadey]

@EleanorKonik I don’t know, I think your response is probably more reasonable than the praise it gets from corners of the Internet. I think some fans overstate how relevant the diaries of a Roman emperor actually are to most people’s daily experiences.

[mr. probably gay @powcampsurvivor]

turns out i don’t actually have autism i’m just weird and not good at hanging out

[Chris @chriskunzler]

Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel today, so I think we should all take time to remember when they banned Marek Edelman from speaking at an event commemorating the anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprisings in 1993, even though he helped lead it, because he supported Palestine

[rhoadey @Rhoadey]

Just read that the Chancellor’s new Office of Campus ‘Safety’—a department that answers solely to him—will be headed by a former Sacramento police chief.

So on top of the campus police, the chancellor of UCLA is establishing his own private security force?

[rhoadey @Rhoadey]

My org held a meeting of literally 12 people at UCLA the other day and there were more cops watching us and Zionists harassing us than there were people *in* the meeting.

UCLA has security and police forces on every corner, it’s absurd. They are so fucking nervous right now.

[rhoadey @Rhoadey]

@sirvikg That’s definitely the unspoken part of this: if you want this to be good long-term, you need hella expensive materials—like I might be wrong, but it seems like you’d need wood that’s aged enough to avoid warping.

[rhoadey @Rhoadey]

It’s why @UAW NEEDS to coordinate campus strikes and walkouts nationally.

[rhoadey @Rhoadey]

this actually points to why strikes are the single most powerful form of protest in a capitalist society. It’s not just property, but the means to create profit, that is valued above all life.

[Frog 🔻 @ColdEmpanadas]

destruction of property is not only a valid form of protest, it's the most effective form of protest in a society where property is valued more than human life

[Leon Trotsky @DailyTrotsky]

Is the situation hopeless? Such words do not belong to our vocabulary. The struggle will decide.

[UAW 4811 @uaw_4811]

Last night, students and workers protesting peacefully at UCLA for justice in Palestine were physically attacked by a group of 100+ counter protesters. UC’s failure to protect students and workers is an abdication of its responsibility. UAW 4811 members are mobilizing in response

[Socialist Alternative @SocialistAlt]

Build on the current momentum to maximize pressure on Biden to end US military funding and political support for Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza. Spread the protests to every campus across the country and coordinate walkouts and strikes across the US!
https://t.co/SUN3Adxkok

[rhoadey @Rhoadey]

never watched Young Sheldon or TBBT but I like to think they showed Sheldon putting on an IP graphic tee for the first time with the somber gravitas of a state funeral

[rhoadey @Rhoadey]

it’s so funny that Aaron Sorkin straight up cribs an insanely famous play during a serious dramatic moment with a straight face. that man’s ego needs to be studied

[rhoadey @Rhoadey]

shaved my beard—I hate shaving, I just wanted to get myself to stop pulling at it constantly—and a friend said I look “taller without it” which has triggered a real crisis of priorities for me

[rhoadey @Rhoadey]

Been taking a writing workshop focused on prose scene writing—I haven’t been this excited about my own fiction work in a long while. I’m excited to show off what I’ve learned.

[rhoadey @Rhoadey]

so funny to me that Dwayne Johnson is built like a fantasy warlord and has a gajillion dollars but has the creative and political courage of a mid-level manager