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To my American friends grieving over the return of the Cheeto the President: this is not the apocalypse, but it's going to suck, for everybody, so we're certainly gonna have to weather this one out. Hang on! And don't ever even think of doing anything stupid to yourself or the others because of this. We're all gonna need each other for the next four years. From the similarly authoritarian-occupied Russia with love, drq.  There's a whole host of good people out there who - believe it or not! - are still using cold war vocabulary. They have not read the theory and whipping out "capitalism bad" freaks them the fuck out. They usually want the same thing as you do, but it's your job to help them see it. And it starts with meeting them where they're at. Step 1. @TechConnectify I read an interesting article that basically says look, authoritarians are concerned about preserving "us" versus "them" and the way to tackle things is to expand "us" to include "them" @TechConnectify this idea, oddly enough, aligns with something I put out a few weeks ago. https://publish.obsidian.md/egg82/Thoughts/One-dimensional In re: some conversations I've had in other places (real and online) A lot of people in leftist circles seem to begin conversations on step 8 and are surprised when the person they're talking to isn't receptive. Ya gotta start on step 1.
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 @TechConnectify They need to be met we're they're at and engaged with, with empathy and understanding. @TechConnectify Documentation needs to aimed at anyone who might need to perform a specific task, regardless of who they might be or their experience level in any particular field.  It's not a "solution" but a "distraction". Since YT and social media platforms are currently full of politics (a good thing!) I have setup a small little place on the web without politics and fights but fun & happiness :nkoHappy: Too much negative content can really have an effect and I want to battle that with this little video website that's not federated. I'm gonna fill with my funny videos from over the years and others can also!  Basically everyone can create an account and upload videos but please do keep them friendly, no politics Since storing videos costs money there is a "pro" tier for 6 bucks a money to cover some expenses and gives you a bigger uploads etc etc Nothing serious, just relax and watch funny videos I'll be uploading a looad more.. (got over 10K videos in my lib derp)
-Vladimir Lenin
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 @Withelias Nazis are not safe on this account.  @Withelias Ancient, White ( Enough to glow in the dark), CIS male stereotype here. Secure enough in myself to not give a shit and to welcome anybody who also is reasonably polite to me and doesn't give a shit. Where I grew up neighbors support each other.   @yesfreenet так и не понял как оно работает, кому нужны те страницы, которые смотрю я и как они попадают к другим людям.  how am i supposed to come together with people who just campaigned on the pretense of wanting me to die?  Exactly I'm not doing very well with this whole "Well let's not criticize these people. They're just different from you." Nuts to that They're not "just different"   @ZySoua post "fuck" on bluesky: get some likes. post "fuck" on twitter: get harassed by the alt-right. post "fuck" on mastodon: get more than thirty people saying "fuck" in reply. А теперь нечто совершенно другое: беговой летучий мыш. > We show that vampire bats use amino acids from a recent blood meal to fuel RUNNING - a rare mode of locomotion in bats ideal for stalking prey. I’d worry less about your neck and more about your ankles!   Хранит отпечатки пальцев и батины заначки 😅 in the short term: do something that helps you cope with our reality. in the long term: reach out the people who both love and respect you and tell them how you feel. mutual aid is how we survived every time there’s been a hostile government and it’ll work again. we’ve been here before, we’ve survived, and we will do it again. |
