#Visionaries

DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/actuallyautistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@actuallyautistic</a> So, after getting to know a lot of other <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Autists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Autists</a> (and yes, I'm mostly focusing on higher functioning folks, but acknowledge lower functioning ones -- who still think and feel), I've come to the conclusion that we are the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewMutants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewMutants</a> -- and are here to fix things. Seriously! If we had social skills and more confidence (I'm one of those with both), we could change everything! Rise up, my <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Autist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Autist</a> friends! We know how to fix shit! Let's have at it! <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GretaThunberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GretaThunberg</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GaryNuman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GaryNuman</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NicolaTesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NicolaTesla</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Visionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Visionaries</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WeHaveThePower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeHaveThePower</a>!

fulanigirl<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Abolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Abolition</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BlackMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlackMastodon</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BlackTwitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlackTwitter</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RuhaBenjamin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RuhaBenjamin</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Visionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Visionaries</a> I encourage you to read Benjamin’s work. There’s a lot of knowledge packed in it. but it’s short. You can read it in 2 or 3 nights. Try the exercises, decolonize your imagination and strive toward becoming a visionary. If you are interested in learning more about <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/abolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#abolition</a> just search for the posts with that hashtag. 7/7

fulanigirl<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Abolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Abolition</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BlackMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlackMastodon</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BlackTwitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlackTwitter</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RuhaBenjamin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RuhaBenjamin</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Visionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Visionaries</a> I try to get those around me to imagine the world they want for their great grandchildren. I am training the 16 year to start thinking about his grandchildren’s world and identifying things he can do now and as he grows up to make that world a reality. In the last chapter Benjamin offers some exercises we can do individually, with our families, and with groups we belong to. She is urging us to train our imagination muscle. 6/7

fulanigirl<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Abolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Abolition</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BlackMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlackMastodon</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BlackTwitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlackTwitter</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RuhaBenjamin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RuhaBenjamin</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Visionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Visionaries</a> Benjamin is arguing that we can free our minds and instead of just trying to figure out how we can survive in this broken world, try to also imagine the world of our dreams. If we can imagine it, we can name it, and then we can try and build it. This is the heart of abolitionist thought. My grandson is 16 now. I am trying to envision a world that he and his grandchildren can thrive in. 5/7

fulanigirl<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Abolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Abolition</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BlackMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlackMastodon</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BlackTwitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlackTwitter</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RuhaBenjamin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RuhaBenjamin</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Visionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Visionaries</a> That is a colonized mind’s response. The abolitionist would say: can we build a society where people don’t have access to guns that enable a mass shooting? Can we create a society where people have sufficient support and mental health treatment so they don’t have to hold on to hate and rage and hurt others because of it? 4/7

fulanigirl<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Abolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Abolition</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BlackMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlackMastodon</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BlackTwitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlackTwitter</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RuhaBenjamin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RuhaBenjamin</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Visionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Visionaries</a> People thought it was naïve to imagine a world where the police were unnecessary for the maintenance of public safety. Just recently the police did something humane. I think they actually kept some people safe from a mass shooter. One of the people here who doesn’t understand abolition posted the next day that it was a good thing we didn’t get rid of the police because they wouldn’t have been there to save those people. 3/7

fulanigirl<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Abolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Abolition</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BlackMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlackMastodon</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BlackTwitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlackTwitter</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RuhaBenjamin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RuhaBenjamin</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Visionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Visionaries</a> She quotes many writers and philosophers, but the one that resonated most for me was from Toni Cade Bambara, “The creative imagination has been colonized.” In other words our ability to imagine a more just world has been constrained by a society formed and sustained by colonial ideals of white supremacy and capitalism. When I first started posting about abolition in 2022, I got the usual push back. 2/7

fulanigirl<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Abolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Abolition</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BlackMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlackMastodon</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BlackTwitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlackTwitter</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RuhaBenjamin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RuhaBenjamin</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Visionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Visionaries</a> This weekend I finished a small tract by Ruha Benjamin entitled IMAGINATION: A Manifesto. Benjamin is a Princeton professor and founder of the Ida B. Wells Just Data Lab there. And more importantly, she is an abolitionist. Her book is about the importance imagination, play, and dreaming hold in enabling people to envision a world they would want to live in. A thread...1/7

SleepyCattenIt do be like this though sadly 😅 :NeurodiversitySymbol: <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ActuallyAutistic</a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/ADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ADHD</a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/AuDHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AuDHD</a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/neurodivergent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#neurodivergent</a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/neurodivergence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#neurodivergence</a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/ExecutiveFunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ExecutiveFunction</a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/Visionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Visionaries</a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#meme</a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/memes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#memes</a>

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