Today in labor History January 17, 1961: Patrice Lumumba, anti-colonial fighter and former premier of the newly independent Republic of the Congo, was assassinated with the complicity of the CIA. President Eisenhower authorized an assassination in 1960, because of Lumumba’s ties with the Soviet Union. CIA chemist Sidney Gottlieb planned to kill him with poisoned toothpaste. Gottlieb was the main scientist behind the CIA’s MKUltra program, which did illegal human mind control experiments using drugs, like LSD, without the victim’s knowledge or consent. He was also involved in numerous assassinations.
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But it's nice to be reminded of how many people and dogs were fond of her--not this person's dog, Billy the dog resolutely ignored Kitty which made her try even harder to get his attention (she had a real "I can fix him" tendency) but his person liked her a lot
Just want to plug how absolutely terrific the latest RIP Corp podcast episode is about the Wing’s downfall, along with some really timely thoughts about the end of the girlboss era in light of the next administration. Thanks for this great listen, @ingrid!! https://overcast.fm/+AAkUvoeJL1I
Had a moment of who the fuck did Wilkinson lose the Oscar to and oh, ok it was Javier Bardem for No Country For Old Men. Tough year
https://ripcorp.biz/episodes/a-wing-and-a-prayer we wrapped this episode of RIP Corp way back in late Nov/early Dec but for various reasons it's dropping now—can't decide if reflecting on the legacy and limits of resistance grift is timely or just sad, but still think we did a mostly good job
I felt weird sharing this amidst posts about LA fires so: 50% of sales made this week will go to the ARC Firefighter Fund (for prisoners firefighters)
Also I have a new variant on the set of 4x6 postcards using NEON pen inks, they look very cyber https://wares.lifewinning.com/products/topography-plotter-postcards-neon-variant
Just added a collection of small-ish (8inx8in) plotter drawings to my store: https://wares.lifewinning.com/collections/8x8-plotter-drawings if you have seen these "buy my drawings" posts but found them a little out of budget these ones are all $20-25! And pretty cute IMO.
https://buttondown.com/perfectsentences/archive/perfect-sentences-107/ this week in sentences: piss bush, cultural homeland, untethered, Diet Coke, real shit, smells of exhaustion, struggling to incorporate cancer, a living insect, constitutionally bitchmade, superego, dead on their feet, waifu capsule, fight a mist, shower drain