Well said. I am now pretty much up to speed with all strands of the dystopian netting being deployed and planned for deployment and have now decided to unplug as much as I can on a day by day basis. Needless further anxiety is to be avoided. Non compliance will be my tactic as & when!
Exactly. When I used to be on Twitter I used to have something on my bio that said ‘I’ll take a day free range over a life as a battery hen’. Never truer.
Even though I love all animals, I hate the idea of pets. I used to have a dog until he died over two decades ago. It still took a long time for me to twig the fundamental problem with humans 'owning' other creatures.
Perhaps in the future we will look back on this time in the same way that 'liberals' profess their outrage at a past when human slavery was perfectly normal.
Maybe each generation has its own customs and assumptions that seem ridiculous to the next?
Thank you. Yes, I often think that too re pets. I can never understood ‘indoor cats’ and I find it very odd that so many people who say they value freedom are happy to incarcerate animals. During lockdowns, zoos were open and people were happy to go and watch imprisoned animals, the irony wasn’t lost on me.
I can understand some animals as pets because it feels like a shared deal, dogs for example and cats with cat flaps but caged birds for example just make me shudder.
I love the way you put so much into beautiful, funny, and clever contexts. Like you, I see the bigger picture, have good pattern recognition, and can translate it coherently in my mind. For a long time, I thought this was a handy skill as I could see potential and tap into it, because I am brave and will take a chance, not from ego, I just know who I am.
However the last 13 years, more so 6 years, I have got caught up in the overwhelm, and when I realise the inevitability, I can occasionally become a little unbalanced with it. I think it is also important to realise all the good and potential that still exists, and creating art brings me back into balance. It feels incredibly important to be able to maintain our balence these days as so much sculdugery and control is being formulated with digital identification and at some point digital currency.
And the sneaky Machiavellian controllers have already secretly enlisted many into digital identification without them even realising it. So this sleight of hand is not new: it is like some of society is the squirrel on the leash already.
I am not sure what we are supposed to do, as almost every scenario to combat this digital prison has been worked out well in advance by those who wish to control. It's like governments have given society a big fuck you, like a dictatorship.
I suppose we can carry on highlighting the veiled oppression, not consent for as long as humanly possible, help each other navigate these changing times, find ways to remain balanced, or tip over tables. I myself am working out which table is best to tip over and doing the other stuff. If I were the squirrel, I would have already chewed through the leash and be up a tree, giving my pretend hero the finger.
Because you are right, you, I and everyone else weren’t meant to have owners, masters and bullshit systems that drain us.
Good advice, thank you. I shall, 'Focus on the vision of love you hold for the world. Focus on what you can control, today, right now.'
Peter Yankowski yes we should never forget our sharp teeth, our claws and our agility!
It really does all feel like it’s happening incredibly quickly. The various elements coming together all at once.
You are right about looking to art to restore balance. Nature too.
I like what you said about working out which table is best to tip over. It’s a good way of looking at it.
I think one of our most important roles in the coming months and years will be as supports for each other. As calm bringers. This is why much as I think the protests are a bit pointless in the practical sense, I do believe they provide support systems for people who feel alone or stressed.
I think it’s bizarre they are ‘constant companions’. A bit strange. I think his intentions were good actually, seems like a nice fella but I do think the squirrel should be making the decision for himself.
Kent Peterson (on Substack) takes pictures of a white squirrel and a black squirrel (along with other animals). I hope no one wants to keep them safe by putting them on a leash.
Great piece, Julie. I have one on a similar theme scheduled to go out soon, I feel so strongly about this issue. It's so important for us all to guard our data carefully. I have seen little evidence that digital ID will benefit us, and I am certain that it has the potential to be a great disadvantage. I've written to my MP about it. She's a Lib Dem, and they are against it, so I signed their petition as well as the main UK government one, which had 2,886,327 signatures the last time I looked.
Those small everyday decisions really do add up: I use cash as much as I possibly can now, just to push back against the banks and to prevent companies from constantly harvesting my data. It's not much but it's something.
Yes, it says something about the arrogance of Starmer that a petition that huge was ignored. But sadly, I guessed it would be. My distrust in ‘the system’ is high. My own method is just to try and opt out as much as possible but because the attack is multi faceted, it is going to become harder and harder to do. People are being squeezed, worn down.
Yes he's an authoritarian so he'll continue to double down, but there's a way to go yet. Keep your chin up. Although this is not the only threat to our freedom/autonomy I think he may still fail to get it through. For now. Looking forward to the debate in Parliament!
No were not going nuts but loads of people are just horrible and they think they can speak to you as if you have leprosy and are deaf.Thankfully l have learned not argue with fools.I just report them especially when l comes across horrible people who happen to be doctors receptionist.You get real bad rudeness from some of them.
This is the story about him.
Hm……
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c99gx74p94mo
He is so cute, and good,the man found a wee companion.Happy days.😊 x.
Yes, I do think the man has good intentions
Well said. I am now pretty much up to speed with all strands of the dystopian netting being deployed and planned for deployment and have now decided to unplug as much as I can on a day by day basis. Needless further anxiety is to be avoided. Non compliance will be my tactic as & when!
That’s all we can really do. And the only thing that actually means anything.
Yep. 👍
Live free or die!
Exactly. When I used to be on Twitter I used to have something on my bio that said ‘I’ll take a day free range over a life as a battery hen’. Never truer.
With you 100% - we are fighting for lives right now: digital ID is the first battleground.
Feeling this, makes sense to me. Thanks for the reminder that it's not me but the world!
This is SO perceptive, thanks. Lots to chew on.
Even though I love all animals, I hate the idea of pets. I used to have a dog until he died over two decades ago. It still took a long time for me to twig the fundamental problem with humans 'owning' other creatures.
Perhaps in the future we will look back on this time in the same way that 'liberals' profess their outrage at a past when human slavery was perfectly normal.
Maybe each generation has its own customs and assumptions that seem ridiculous to the next?
Thank you. Yes, I often think that too re pets. I can never understood ‘indoor cats’ and I find it very odd that so many people who say they value freedom are happy to incarcerate animals. During lockdowns, zoos were open and people were happy to go and watch imprisoned animals, the irony wasn’t lost on me.
I can understand some animals as pets because it feels like a shared deal, dogs for example and cats with cat flaps but caged birds for example just make me shudder.
I love the way you put so much into beautiful, funny, and clever contexts. Like you, I see the bigger picture, have good pattern recognition, and can translate it coherently in my mind. For a long time, I thought this was a handy skill as I could see potential and tap into it, because I am brave and will take a chance, not from ego, I just know who I am.
However the last 13 years, more so 6 years, I have got caught up in the overwhelm, and when I realise the inevitability, I can occasionally become a little unbalanced with it. I think it is also important to realise all the good and potential that still exists, and creating art brings me back into balance. It feels incredibly important to be able to maintain our balence these days as so much sculdugery and control is being formulated with digital identification and at some point digital currency.
And the sneaky Machiavellian controllers have already secretly enlisted many into digital identification without them even realising it. So this sleight of hand is not new: it is like some of society is the squirrel on the leash already.
I am not sure what we are supposed to do, as almost every scenario to combat this digital prison has been worked out well in advance by those who wish to control. It's like governments have given society a big fuck you, like a dictatorship.
I suppose we can carry on highlighting the veiled oppression, not consent for as long as humanly possible, help each other navigate these changing times, find ways to remain balanced, or tip over tables. I myself am working out which table is best to tip over and doing the other stuff. If I were the squirrel, I would have already chewed through the leash and be up a tree, giving my pretend hero the finger.
Because you are right, you, I and everyone else weren’t meant to have owners, masters and bullshit systems that drain us.
Good advice, thank you. I shall, 'Focus on the vision of love you hold for the world. Focus on what you can control, today, right now.'
Peter Yankowski yes we should never forget our sharp teeth, our claws and our agility!
It really does all feel like it’s happening incredibly quickly. The various elements coming together all at once.
You are right about looking to art to restore balance. Nature too.
I like what you said about working out which table is best to tip over. It’s a good way of looking at it.
I think one of our most important roles in the coming months and years will be as supports for each other. As calm bringers. This is why much as I think the protests are a bit pointless in the practical sense, I do believe they provide support systems for people who feel alone or stressed.
Every choice we make is a little bit of grit in their machine ;) xx
Exactly. 🙂
So bizarre that someone actually did such a thing
I think it’s bizarre they are ‘constant companions’. A bit strange. I think his intentions were good actually, seems like a nice fella but I do think the squirrel should be making the decision for himself.
Yah 😁
Kent Peterson (on Substack) takes pictures of a white squirrel and a black squirrel (along with other animals). I hope no one wants to keep them safe by putting them on a leash.
Yes, I follow him and enjoy his Substack and photos . Same here. It’s unnecessary to truss up a squirrel.
Great piece, Julie. I have one on a similar theme scheduled to go out soon, I feel so strongly about this issue. It's so important for us all to guard our data carefully. I have seen little evidence that digital ID will benefit us, and I am certain that it has the potential to be a great disadvantage. I've written to my MP about it. She's a Lib Dem, and they are against it, so I signed their petition as well as the main UK government one, which had 2,886,327 signatures the last time I looked.
Those small everyday decisions really do add up: I use cash as much as I possibly can now, just to push back against the banks and to prevent companies from constantly harvesting my data. It's not much but it's something.
Yes, it says something about the arrogance of Starmer that a petition that huge was ignored. But sadly, I guessed it would be. My distrust in ‘the system’ is high. My own method is just to try and opt out as much as possible but because the attack is multi faceted, it is going to become harder and harder to do. People are being squeezed, worn down.
Yes he's an authoritarian so he'll continue to double down, but there's a way to go yet. Keep your chin up. Although this is not the only threat to our freedom/autonomy I think he may still fail to get it through. For now. Looking forward to the debate in Parliament!
No were not going nuts but loads of people are just horrible and they think they can speak to you as if you have leprosy and are deaf.Thankfully l have learned not argue with fools.I just report them especially when l comes across horrible people who happen to be doctors receptionist.You get real bad rudeness from some of them.
Absolutely