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have your mind blown with #CabinInTheWoods & discover there might be a way out of this tiny 3D so-called 'reality' we exist in.
who'd have thought there was more to life than work & consume?
#GifsArtidote: i fucking did. #ChangeTheWorldStartWithYourSelf 🖤🐍🌍🏴
#GifsArtidote presents this week's #art some created during gif's artidote art café, some during other community regulars i attend. it makes me happier, for sure, which i regard a major achievement in the current rapid unfolding #apocalypse
this week i had a new art café visitor, a DV survivor working for a sexual abuse charity supporting #sexworkers. it was an awesome session with very interesting conversation. we all agreed how much it raises our spirits 🖤🐍
#GifsArtidote presents this week's #art some created during gif's artidote art café, some during other community regulars i attend. it makes me happier, for sure, which i regard a major achievement in the current rapid unfolding #apocalypse
this week i had a new art café visitor, a DV survivor working for a sexual abuse charity supporting #sexworkers. it was an awesome session with very interesting conversation. we all agreed how much it raises our spirits 🖤🐍
#TheMenOfTheFifthWorld is a great #documentary about the #aborigines of so-called #ArnhemLand
#GifsArtidote: us westerners can learn so much from them. we should rediscover how our ancestors survived here & integrate that knowledge into our lives, with respect for #nature & the spirits residing here.
#press #IndependentMedia #CultureChange #history #ChangeTheWorldStartWithYourSelf
.. #GifsArtidote: it felt pointless standing there with a similar amount of mainly youngers shouting abuse at eachother, and disheartening so few people mobilise to counter extremism. at the same time it is important they see some people counter protesting them at every opportunity..
..from #SquatchWatcherRange on the #OlympicPeninsula in #WashingtonState. some hair raising tales are told also.
#GifsArtidote: this stuff inspires me to dive into my local history here in #NorthYorkshire & integrate my dutch culture into it creating my #art..
new project showcased on my website: gif’s artidote art café
very tuesday between 1-3pm i host gif's artidote art café in my local library. i started the café because i struggle to create anything at home, and to help my self & others in my community increase collective resilience on one of the poorest, most deprived estates in the country....
https://gifsartidote.life/portfolio/gifs-artidote-art-cafe/
#GifsArtidote #press #IndependentMedia #MentalHealth #ChangeTheWorldStartWithYourSelf
.. #GifsArtidote: do what you can to fight the growing fascism on our streets, in politics & in the media. #boycott all companies complicit or enabling support for the so-called u.s., is-ra-hell, & our very own so-called #UKGov, ..
today at #GifsArtidote #art café we had a very good time & it seems the other ladies from the 15 yr old craft group across the table are enjoying having me & my participants there too, cause we had a lively conversation & i even got a compliment about my art work :awesome:
we all concluded our spirits were lifted after our session & went home happier than we came in..
#press #IndependentMedia #MentalHealth #Community #MutualAid
#GifsArtidote: watched #TheUprising simultaneous with my son abroad. afterwards i said that i wouldn't be surprised this scenario might happen again now..
good morning world! i haven't slept much & i am therefore shattered, but i am not going to allow it to ruin my day. so.. starting off this day with #Music2WakeUpTo
#YouDontKnowMe by #ArmandVanHelden who is one of the dutch mega djs i survived on in the 90s, another so-called export success of the #NL proving we are truly masters of #capitalism whilst totally hooked on xtc & coke undermining that success.
#GifsArtidote: an example of my love/hate relationship with my toxic culture. but i know my people & have hope our innovative, creative determination to survive in swampy lowlands meters below sea level will find a way to surrender to nature & learn to live in harmony with it & our selves
#GifsArtidote: still trying to get to sleep at 5:45am :-( but this playlist does help me get into the zone. try it, it's good for ya!
https://tidal.com/playlist/d8121c78-b262-45cc-80db-a037d2b90e95
#press #MentalHealth #NatureSounds #IndependentMedia #fibromyalgia #CPTSD #BPD #DysthymicDisorder #sleep
.. #GifsArtidote: i call for #solidarity #protests & mass direct action with #France students & #Spain housing activists for global #systemic change: no #capitalism no #hierarchy but #MutualAid 🏴 & community organisation.
#GifsArtidote: tonight i'm feeling the need for #MusicBeforeBedtime starting with #TheRavensCall by #DrivenSerious
i can highly recommend this awesome folkband from the north-east of england. i have seen them twice now & their gigs are like a family party; the kind you choose. their music makes me feel alive & happy to be so.
https://tidal.com/playlist/9e9f6c02-9a87-4419-b474-24a232070bea
NEW! photo portfolio about my home country of the netherlands
the lowlands
this series is about my home country of the Netherlands, and the most beautiful city in the world: leiden....
https://gifsartidote.life/portfolio/the-lowlands/
#press #photography #art #GifsArtidote #IndependentMedia #NoAI
#GifsArtidote art café yesterday was very successful with 2 people turning up sharing some of their struggles with me.
i want to thank the librarian who posted my poster on their antisocial media the day before which prompted ppl to visit.
i feel blessed getting the opportunity to support one lady who was abandoned by her toxic family including her kids & has her birthday next week. i suggested she could make a birthday card for her self, & honour her dad who had always loved her & cared for..
#GifsArtidote art café yesterday was very successful with 2 people turning up sharing some of their struggles with me.
i want to thank the librarian who posted my poster on their antisocial media the day before which prompted ppl to visit.
i feel blessed getting the opportunity to support one lady who was abandoned by her toxic family including her kids & has her birthday next week. i suggested she could make a birthday card for her self, & honour her dad who had always loved her & cared for her. we'll celebrate her big day next time!
i forgot to take photos again so here's a drawing i did on tuesday
#TheFunctionalMelancholic explains what is happening to us under #authoritarianism & what we can practically do to protect ourselves.
#press #fascism #IndependentMedia #analysis #GifsArtidote #psychology #TheNarcissisticRoundabout
today i hosted the first #GifsArtidote #ArtCafé in my local library here on my estate.
nobody turned up but i am doing it for my self to start with as i struggle to create anything in my flat.
i was confronted with an elderly woman who felt threatened i was sitting down at the table where 'her' group was doing their thing for 15 yrs or whatever, but she chilled out after her group members showed genuine interest in what i was doing. i enjoyed myself & had some good conversations on my way home & with my neighbour after.
shoutout to the librarians who were so welcoming & caring after the old hag ;-) threw a hissy fit lol.
all & all a good day, thank you universe
.. #GifsArtidote: i argue it's far wide reaching than just the u.s. it's all western populations & the people in their former & current colonies, & anyone enabling their wretched capitalist & hierarchical systems which are to be found globally
i like his call to #ChangeTheWorldStartWithYourSelf 🐍🖤
last few weeks were a pretty big disaster with my so-called ethical bank deleting my current account instead of an old one with no money in it. they've left me for in total 3 weeks without access to my dough. after i complained & demanded at least £500 in compensation they raised the amount from an initial £45 to £75 & eventually £110.. read the whole post here
https://kolektiva.social/@poisonpunk/117299007516418624
check out my other art here:
https://gifsartidote.life/art
last few weeks were a pretty big disaster with my so-called ethical bank deleting my current account instead of an old one with no money in it. they've left me for in total 3 weeks without access to my dough. after i complained & demanded at least £500 in compensation they raised the amount from an initial £45 to £75 & eventually £110.
which to me is a total piss take considering i have been with them for 17 yrs & surely made them significantly more in profit in that time. needless to say i am taking my pennies elsewhere.
as i am severely traumatised by this system of death i could not deal with this situation in a polite way, causing a scene in my local community living-room when they called me & i expressed my outrage.
before i stormed outside one of the council workers felt the need to point out i shouldn't swear & shout in front of children & law abiding citizens which made me fucking raging even more.
this incident is proof to me that the pennies they give me are not actually mine as i cannot access them 24/7 365 days a year. i was nothing but a fucking slave during my working life, & now they've fucked me so hard i am not in 'paid employment' anymore i have to be fucking grateful for the scraps they give me or die.
they literally make life so impossibly torturous & stressful that they drive people to take their own lives, & even that is illegal & punishable by sectioning.
that way at least they can wash their hands of the likes of me, & blame us without taking accountability for the systemic harm these capitalists & authorities cause.
whilst this was going down i have had other problems with people, institutions, companies on top of my health severely deteriorating & i still have NO support or even just a person to talk to who is on my level of understanding.
but you know what's baffling? i am actually ok. i am confident about my path & i enjoy being outside when i can, & i feel grateful for all sorts of things, situations and the few people i do speak to on my estate.
literally every second i spend outside my flat i enjoy looking at the trees, the wind, #ThePark & when i lie here in bed i enjoy the awesome videos i watch from people showing me all the mysteries, treasures, history, stories & experiences all over this earth giving me hope & trust that i am not alone in the pursuit of happiness for all.
it's just a matter of being patient with my self, and accepting i am here in this situation for a reason i have to learn from, with the knowledge that i have come a long way.
i think this is a pretty good analogy for all humanity
so maybe this abyss will take us somewhere lighter.. 😊 🐉 🖤 ✊
check out my other art here:
https://gifsartidote.life/art
#press #art #CPTSD #MentalHealth #IndependentMedia #IndependentArtist
i 🖤 #OwenJones calling out #EdSheeran as a #traitor over cancelling #Mackelmore off his tour over his #FreePalestine 🇵🇸 stance & his song #HindsHall
#GifsArtidote: here's how we can stop fascism: boycott anyone not doing what they can to oppose fascists, maintain a 'neutral' position or otherwise maintaining ignorance & buy/promote anyone actively practicing anti-fascism.
https://tidal.com/track/362283940/
#press #IndependentMedia #news #GlobalFascism #resist #solidarity
gif’s artidote update
you might have noticed that i haven't been very active on my website and socials lately. i have recently been diagnosed with fibromyalgia & over the last year my physical & mental health have definitely declined because of it. i also have recently suffered with tonsillitis which then spread to my lungs as well as thrush as a result of the hrt i take. on top of that i have a mice & fruit-fly infestation in my flat that i struggle to get a grip on. meanwhile i have been preparing myself to go […]
.. #GifsArtidote: i have been a squatter since i was 17, but was driven back into the system where i now survive in a concrete box, socially deprived bordering a hermit-like situation.
i hate it so much.
i miss my squatting & travelling family, eventhough i was lonely there too. but at least there were always ppl around to hangout with, many with similar traumatic backgrounds & experiences. i think we all became more creative resulting in the most amazing art & music..
@SteveThompson i know. that's why i spread #GifsArtidote everywhere & live by example as much as i can. my contribution to fighting #ClassWar
#SleafordMods are doing a #Gig4Gaza 🇵🇸
now you know why i 🖤 them so much..well.. their #music is bangin' as well off course. here they are on #Music2WakeUpTo with #KillList from their new album #DemiseOfPlanetX
#press #news #GifsArtidote #IndependentMedia
https://crosstownconcerts.gigantic.com/gig-for-gaza-tickets?
#GifsArtidote: my entertainment & hopefully a tinge of relief & dare i say it, hope potentially building with the latest on 'man of the people' good, old nige.
additionally, this #news gives hope to the pigs of peaking my interest to seriously look at my lifelong trust issues with them. not more than that, mind, just a fucking look for amusement sake, but still. that's a big deal cause it means this might be a stirring amongst the ranks of moral unrest #middlesbrough ..
tonight on #MusicBeforeBedtime #MarcusGarvey by #BurningSpear :weed: :heart_panafrican: :Fire_Panafrican:
#GifsArtidote; because i finally managed to find a kosher SIM only provider after i bought an #OpenSource phone from a tiny company in #finland last year, & it literally took me thìs long to figure out how to use it, i just found out my #meditation app doesn't allow me to use it on this phone..
@Hypocritus 💯 agree. i hardly ever block someone, but commercial bs i fucking hate. but then i am not going after all the companies, like media outlets, i pick the most enraging ones that really pull my triggers. and anything fascist, racist, sexist, ablist, transhate or anything fucking immoral.
they share their manipulative gaslighting brainwashing filth, so can i spread my antidote as well as my poison on accounts like that.
i really appreciate your contribution btw. discussion should be much more widespread. we all need to talk to eachother instead of just consuming scrolling dopamine hits.
the internet is from all of us contributing, creating & building it. we have to protect it from those who's souls are already dead or dying.
we are probably the last frontier here in #TheFediverse where #creativity, #solidarity & #MutualAid is not dead yet.
once the zombies (yes i mean people totally brainwashed by the system, and other addicts) infiltrate here & swarm it, we'll be fucked.
my idea is to be ferocious in enforcing moral integrity. confront ppl with any toxic or enabling behaviour & be honest & open about your own. but i do my best to do it with empathy & love. bc all of yous are my family, & earth is my home. i have a base level of respect for anyone, until my boundaries get crossed, after that you're fair game.
#GifsArtidote
#C4News exposes more criminal activity by #Reform & #Farage.
#GifsArtidote: looking forward to how this is going to play out in court. it's clear who the real #terrorists are, but as long as #UKgov are committing warcrimes themselves & waging war on the left, i have 0 trust in the so-called justice system putting ALL fascists away.
#TheFunctionalMelancholic explains to a t how i have been feeling for years & many of us.
#press #IndependentMedia #analysis #TheStateWeAreIn #GifsArtidote
#GifsArtidote art café opening soon on my estate. first time i am attempting anything like this, so if any fellow artists have any tips on how to get ppl going, i'd be much obliged.
#press #Teesside #Middlesbrough #art #CommunityBuilding #MentalHealth #loneliness #MutualAid #SelfCare #news
#GifsArtidote art café opening soon on my estate. first time i am attempting anything like this, so if any fellow artists have any tips on how to get ppl going, i'd be much obliged.
#press #Teesside #Middlesbrough #art #CommunityBuilding #MentalHealth #loneliness #MutualAid #SelfCare #news
after reading that local mp #AndyMcDonaldMP called recent killings & other violent incidents in #Middlesbrough #terrorism i felt compelled to give him a piece of my mind about that:
https://internewscast.com/news/middlesbrough-mp-brands-spate-of-violence-terrorism-as-fears-grow/
dear andy,
i heard you calling recent events in middlesbrough 'terrorism'.
do you even ask yourself how these events have come about? ..
after reading that local mp #AndyMcDonaldMP called recent killings & other violent incidents in #Middlesbrough #terrorism i felt compelled to give him a piece of my mind about that:
https://internewscast.com/news/middlesbrough-mp-brands-spate-of-violence-terrorism-as-fears-grow/
dear andy,
i heard you calling recent events in middlesbrough 'terrorism'.
do you even ask yourself how these events have come about?
there's no opportunities here in teesside (or anywhere in this country) for young people to get a job that actually has a wage you can live off, let alone gives any prospects of a decent carreer. there's a massive housing crisis that's only worsening, and at every aspect of life people are being exploited, lied to & manipulated by corporate & state interests.
after thatcher killed the mining industry & never invested in alternatives, nor did any of her predecessors including Labour, then the steel industry was taken down & everything privatised & the people abandoned & neglected for decades.
now THAT should be called terrorism.
why do you think people resort to selling & using drugs? why do you think people get into organised crime? why do you think people start retaliating, fighting & killing eachother & themselves?
because the system & the billionaire class (including the ruling class you are part of) has been showing us how its done, for generations now. this is done through the media, advertising, the government & state institutions who deliberately divide people, point fingers at the most vulnerable in society & blaming them for all social harm that's actually caused by capitalism & the billionaire class who are enjoying absolute impunity.
i study criminology & psychology & i have found out for instance that our universities are being overtaken by corporations like cisco, BAE & big tech who are complicit in genocide & warcrimes, making us students & staff complicit. the universities across the country are willingly participating in funnelling our public assets & student loans (public, tax-payers money) into the private sector lining shareholders' pockets. THAT is terrorism & absolutely criminal.
our freedom of expression is being oppressed, protesting is now a terrorist act & our prisons are filled to the brim with the most vulnerable whilst for decades health & social care has been decimated.
as a criminology student i learned early on punishment doesn't work, retaliation only keeps the violent dynamic going but the authorities refuse to admit defeat because it would mean complete system change, in which hierarchy & capitalism have no place. you would lose your so-called career, which is why the government brought in 200 police officers the other day, to pretend you do something & defend the status quo for the billionaire class.
what are you going to achieve with those 200 officers? they won't create better opportunities for our citizens. they won't support & guide our youth & their burned-out parents. those 2 officers killed are collateral damage in the protection of the billionaire class & the capitalist system.
by calling these murders & killings terrorism you poor more toxicity on the fire. you should listen not just to the victims & their families, but also to the perpetrators & ask them: ' what led you to this moment, what happened in your life that you resorted to this violence?' and then take into account the system we are forced to participate & survive in.
i bet they'll tell you about their burned-out single parent working 12hrs+ a day & their addicted father who's in & out of prison.
what chance do those kids have growing up in a system that only values their labour & spits them out the second they can't be economically active?
you should be ashamed calling them terrorists. the terrorists in this country are the billionaire & ruling class who haven't taken their social responsibility for decades & profit off our suffering.
.. these photos are from the poorest, most deprived estate in the country, from the town which according to the mainstream press is in the grip of a 'terrorist siege' by organised crime who allegedly murdered several young men followed by family members in retaliation plus 2 cops this last week.
they haven't bothered to get into why young ppl get into organised crime, just blame & shame them, throw them in prison & forget about the consequences. oh & march in 200 police to pretend the system is doing something, but never actually deal with the cause cause that would mean admitting the system is the culprit with the ppl in power.
#GifsArtidote:
☆ force multinationals to pay back 95% of their profits & invest it in lifelong #PublicEducation, skills training, free healthcare, #PublicHousing, #PublicTransport, public amenities etc.
☆ ban multinationals to trade in the country unless they pay 95% tax & register their business here.
☆ stop any possibility for any one to influence politics with money or services, other than through the public political processes everyone can engage in. these processes should be changed so that there's no hierarchy in it, & everyone can participate.
☆ end private property for everything except consumables like housing (max 1 house per household). everyone should be given a suitable, safe & good quality house fit for climate change & 0% fossil fuel emissions.
#GifsArtidote: just went for breakfast at #HappySapid who btw has the best food, hospitality & service to the community. on my walk through #ThePark i saw these beauties & couldn't resist sharing their presence with you 😊. hoping it brightens your day as it does mine 🖤🐍
#DemocracyNow! reports on the extreme exploitation & oppression of hundreds of millions of #DataWorkers across the globe who are training #AI for the #BillionaireClass ..
#GifsArtidote: .. & making us all liabilities to be murdered by the #WeaponIndustry we fund with our taxes.
the #NarcissisticRoundabout in full throttle
the only way to stop it is turning our backs to these systems of death & building anew from the grassroots up.
#GifsArtidote: love this path to #ThePark 🖤🐍
seems autumn is here already..
#photography #nature
treating my self after a good day. chips & a homemade cheese patty under my beautiful willow in #ThePark
when i got up & started walking home i suddenly saw the beautiful moon. many blessings today 🖤🐍
#photography #nature #CountlessBlessings #gratitude #GifsArtidote
look what i created today.. #GifsArtidote called 'poisoned by the system' 😊🖤🐍
https://gifsartidote.life/art/?
read the alt text for my interpretation. making this made me very happy.