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It’s not just me? Cool..

Thank you for all this detail! And in one space.

JFC!! I didn’t think these two could be cuter; and now this? Puppy photos!?
Love em.

Zig Zag & Blaze wish them happy birthday; and are now questioning my dog-human parenting skills..

Catching up on WLG; seeing if Red Flag is posted here w/ comments.

I mean, when Molly begins, “…uglier than usual […] darkest shit I’ve ever seen,” you know it’s gonna be a doozy.

Gonna go do community building work to fill my cup; then listen, spill it, and sink into my floor like Trainspotting.

And everything about it flies in the face of the true tenets of all martial arts, i.e. humility, service. Sure, technique is impressive but no traditional dojos would allow the fanfare or profit motives. I remember watching it take off like 15+ years ago and knowing it would sow violence n stupidity

Never heard of CZ.
I read the Jordan Conf article.

Do any groups self-identify as CZ, or is it an assigned name to identify the phenomena?

I suspect Dominionist Christians (Heritage Foun, Prince & DeVos, Huckabee, many neocons) would apply.

We shoulda been thwarting CZ since Terry Shiavo, sadly.

The one silver lining of the Roberts Court is that it will destroy the credibility of the Supreme Court to such an extent that liberals can no longer believe that it will be our salvation.

Do them simultaneously. It’s good cognitive practice for, well, the rest of our existence, really…

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my recent miniseries on the connections between the american far right & the apartheid regime started back in february - the first episode opens with a series of rallies in american cities organized by a white south african woman who moved to the US and joined the aryan nations

Epic miniseries; so timely (understatement); fascinating and disturbing - but knowledge is (or begets?) power so get informed.
Sad to see so many podcasts covering current US/South African events and missing SO MUCH of the story.
Share miniseries widely!

Personally, I think it should be front page news for at least a month if a sitting US President is using falsified evidence to try and deny due process to a man who has committed no crime, but that’s just me

Gulf of America is the new crowd size absurdity/distraction

So Elon casually breaches the highest level US Govt systems with elite level nazi hackers is how we go over the cliff?
Seems about right..

13 of the total 15 transgenders in high schools sports were biological girls playing in boys sports.

So the real issue must be repubs don’t want their little MAGA Incel boys getting trounced by biological girls. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Good looking out 👊🏼

Honest question:

How can you msg to people who accept (in their prefered political msgs) “post-birth abortions”, kids getting “sex changes at school”, “immigrants eat pets”, etc.?

We’re trying to msg to brainwashed cult members.
Even family members can’t convince their loved ones of basic facts.

Quite frankly… I can think of 1000 other ways to gesture “my heart goes out to you.”

This was intentional and with purpose. F*ck Elon Musk.

This is a national emergency:

Missing from most “messaging” critiques: Cult.
Even family members struggle for years convincing a loved one they’re brainwashed.

How can dems “msg” to strangers who believe “post-birth abortion”, kid sex changes at school, ad infinitum; the nuances of economy/trade/climate/social constructs, etc.?

There is no such fucking thing as being “too woman” to pilot a helicopter, “too gay” to land a plane or “too black” to be an air traffic controller.

There is however, such a thing as being too hateful, too stupid & too sociopathic to be president.

And we call that Donald Trump.

True; but to be fair, their brains were severely bruised and weakened first by Obama’s election. 🤷🏻‍♂️😞

Well, America, we had a good run. I mean, mostly. Okay, not entirely. *flips through a history book* You know what, forget I said anything.

There was a popular feminist critique of masculinity in the 2000s that said: adolescence is the new masculinity. (Pop culture; movies with middle age men with no jobs, responsibilities, consequence, etc)
I would argue now that MAGA masculinity is petulant child.
And yes, cruelty and misogyny, sadly.

I think we need short, concise fact sheets like this Afgan withdrawal meme, for all hot button issues (i.e. election fraud, Russia, economy, etc) to counter right wing bs from those we encounter, with simple bullet points they can easily google on their own that might challenge their paradigm. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Online risks and protective measures: personal data protection, what history/apps/etc to delete, safe news platforms for independent journos, safe online organizing tools, etc.

How to pressure local officials to inform citizens of reality and protect from conspiracies; local organizing for same.

stolen Lenni Lenape land; the garden state

All my life; sometimes 4x in a row. I’ve never heard someone identify with this. I often thinks it’s part of my adhd and there’s something in the scene that triggers me to drift; then return. 🤷🏻‍♂️