#kabas

[l5-gbsdehorizon]

Voor het eerst Kabas verkend.

En al goed wat Kwetons verdiend!

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[sentientsky]

just a friendly reminder that, just because slavery was formally "abolished" in the so-called united states* in 1865, enslavement itself is still ongoing in the form of incarceration, which disproportionately affects Black and Indigenous people

(*i say "so-called" because the US is a settler-colonial construction founded on greed, extraction, and white supremacy) recommended readings/resources:

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

"How the 13th Amendment Kept Slavery Alive: Perspectives From the Prison Where Slavery Never Ended" by Daniele Selby

"So You're Thinking About Becoming an Abolitionist" by Mariame Kaba

"The Case for Prison Abolition: Ruth Wilson Gilmore on COVID-19, Racial Capitalism & Decarceration" from Democracy Now! [VIDEO]

[fanzines]

New York City’s Black Zine Fair is raising funds for its May 3rd, 2025 zine fair at Powerhouse Arts in Brooklyn. Please donate here.

The zine fair celebrates Black, independent publishers in New York City and is free and open to everyone!

It provides a much-needed platform where Black zine makers and independent publishers can connect, share their work and celebrate Black history in a space that’s theirs.

[zegalba]

Katsuhiro Otomo: 'Kaba' Artbook (1988)

[sneakystorms]

It's so ass backwards... When you kill someone it should be on you to prove "beyond a reasonable doubt" that they posed a danger to you, and not on the other side to prove that you were in no danger... There is more proof needed to CHARGE a cop for murder (not even convict, just bring to court to determine if they're guilty) than to commit murder in the first place

[lilcommissionsopen]

カイバ

[photographss-world]

Birazcık çocukluğumuza gidelim dedim keyifli mutlu pazarlar olsun inşallah 🤗☕🫖🌹

[vitagraphia]

Mariame Kabe // Art by Olly Costello (2023)

[elwenyere]

-- Mariame Kaba and Kelly Hayes, from Let This Radicalize You

[explvrer]

'hope is a discipline' - mariame kaba on dismantling the carceral state

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Jason Koebler at 404 Media:

[Update: After this article was published, Bluesky restored Kabas' post and told 404 Media the following: "This was a case of our moderators applying the policy for non-consensual AI content strictly. After re-evaluating the newsworthy context, the moderation team is reinstating those posts."] Bluesky deleted a viral, AI-generated protest video in which Donald Trump is sucking on Elon Musk’s toes because its moderators said it was “non-consensual explicit material.” The video was broadcast on televisions inside the office Housing and Urban Development earlier this week, and quickly went viral on Bluesky and Twitter.  Independent journalist Marisa Kabas obtained a video from a government employee and posted it on Bluesky, where it went viral. Tuesday night, Bluesky moderators deleted the video because they said it was “non-consensual explicit material.”  “A Bluesky account you control (@marisakabas.bsky.social) posted content or shared a link that contains non-consensual explicit material, which is in violation of our Community Guidelines. As a result of this violation, we have taken down your post,” an email Kabas received from Bluesky moderation reads. “We trust that you will understand the necessity of these measures and the gravity of the situation. Bluesky explicitly prohibits the sharing of non-consensual sexual media. You cannot use Bluesky to break the law or cause harm to others. All users must be treated with respect.”  “Hello—the post you have taken down was a video broadcast inside a government building to protest a fascist regime,” Kabas wrote in an email back to Bluesky seen by 404 Media. “It is in the public interest and it is legitimate news. Taking it down is an attempt to bury the story and an alarming form of censorship. I love this platform but I’m shocked by this decision. I ask you to reconsider it.”  Other Bluesky users said that versions of the video they uploaded were also deleted, though it is still possible to find the video on the platform.  Technically speaking, the AI video of Trump sucking Musk’s toes, which had the words “LONG LIVE THE REAL KING” shown on top of it, is a nonconsensual AI-generated video, because Trump and Musk did not agree to it. But social media platform content moderation policies have always had carve outs that allow for the criticism of powerful people, especially the world’s richest man and the literal president of the United States. 

Bluesky briefly deleted AI video depicting Donald Trump sucking on Elon Musk’s toes in protest of DOGE’s purges on the basis it was “non-consensual explicit material”, before reversing that decision due to the newsworthiness of the video.

[shealwaysreads]

If anyone is looking for things to read, Haymarket Books is giving away 10 free ebooks - a really diverse group of brilliant writers and thinkers to inspire and inform at a tricky fuckin time in the world! You can get books here - though you might need to register 👍

[lotussokka]

inspired by my own tags on this excellent post

[pasteldenatas]

Let This Radicalize You by Kelly Hayes & Mariam Kaba (2023)

[ohoh0hmy]

[mindofserenity]

Home truly is magnificent ‎سبحان الله