By just another friendly occupier

This image is not symbolic.
It is not a metaphor.
It is not a “look” I’m going for.

This is the actual screen I am using right now to write, edit, publish, and distribute work for Occupy 2.5, WPS News, and the daily Bluesky promotion that keeps both alive.

A cracked screen.
A failing phone.
A device one bad drop away from being done.

This is the press room.

No newsroom.
No staff.
No production desk.
No hardware redundancy.
No institutional backing.

Just this.

And from this screen, essays are written. News is edited. Series are planned months out. Posts are scheduled, dropped, archived, and circulated. Links work. Pages load. The work shows up.

When I say I’m working with broken equipment, I’m not joking.

This is what that looks like.

There’s a comforting myth in media and activism that output scales with resources — that serious work requires serious infrastructure. That without funding, teams, and polished systems, nothing meaningful can be produced.

That myth exists to excuse inertia.

What this image shows is something simpler and far less flattering to institutions: most people don’t lack tools. They lack urgency. They lack clarity. They lack the willingness to work inside constraints instead of waiting for ideal conditions that never arrive.

Two sites. One phone. Cracked glass.

Still publishing.

Occupy 2.5 is not a brand and it is not a lifestyle. It is a refusal — a refusal to wait for permission, polish, or capital before documenting reality. It exists because analysis does not require approval, and pressure does not need sponsorship.

This phone is not a hardship story.
It is proof of concept.

If this much work can be produced under these conditions, then the system’s excuses collapse on contact.

Yes, this is bragging.

It should be.

Most press rooms would shut down within days if their tooling disappeared. Most platforms go quiet the moment incentives dry up. Most commentators stop talking when the infrastructure goes away.

This hasn’t.

Cracked screen.
Bad hardware.
No safety net.

Still working.
Still documenting.
Still publishing.

This is not a complaint.

It’s a receipt.