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Cake day: July 10th, 2024

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  • Right now, the answer to authoritarianism isn’t to be quiet. It’s not matching pink outfits at a state address. It’s not throwing trans people under the bus. It’s not refusing to look at the party at all and see where it could be better. The answer is to very publicly, very loudly, very boldly, stand up. The only way to fight fascism, and this has been proven over and over and over again, is loudly, proudly, and every single day.”

    Sounds infinitely better than the current Democratic/Nazi-lite party. Just don’t take money from billionaires. That’s how it starts.









  • Disney wants as many customers as possible and doesn’t care about temporary optics based on hard right politics. Don’t mistake them for the good guys. Megacorps that buy up everything in sight and use their ridiculous piles of money to exert influence over politics are the core of the problem.

    Guess why copyright laws in the US kept adding decades and decades to copyright protection from the death of the creator. HINT: Megacorp money controlling laws may have been involved.


  • Corporate welfare for me; starvation for thee. The central purpose of virtually every system in the US has been to funnel money from the people to the 1% for the past 40 years straight.

    No one with any serious amount of power has even bothered to slow it down. The parasite class realize they’re at the endgame now and instead of trying to fix things long term, they’re opening the wounds even more to bleed us for all they can. They’re okay with all of us getting grinded into dust as long as they can squeeze a little more profit at the end before it all burns down.

    And all they had to do was share a little of the profit. That was the New Deal during the Great Depression. Just have the parasite/1% class share a little of their wealth with the people, and we’ll survive any crisis and ultimately prosper. Instead, the parasite/1% class want to destroy everything for just a little bit more.


  • The Trump/Elon/Putin Administration claims that the planes were already in the air when the judiciary struck down this mass deportation, and therefore the ruling didn’t apply to this specific case and by inference could apply to future cases.

    That somewhat indicates that they’ll respect the rule of law in mass deportations. If not, this could create a pipeline of Venezuelan citizens in America being labeled as gang members and sent to a Supermax prison in El Salvador with zero due process. The planes leave US airspace before the case can be heard. And citizens of which country are next? Speedrunning fascism.


  • Lack of socializing. We’ve lost the third place in modern society. It’s work and home and nothing else. Lots of people work from home now, which is great, but only if you have a third place. You have to meet people in the real world and find a way to connect with them.

    People laugh, but churches are a good way to do that. Check one out, sit in the back, and watch the people who show up- the demographics, make sure the congregation is diverse, etc. If you see a same-sex couple walk in and sit down like they’ve done it a hundred times, you don’t have to worry about all the hate bullshit.

    Church is a great way to meet people in a place where everyone feels safe and accepted. They are extremely welcoming to newcomers. There are always activities and groups to join. Churches have been the third place for literally centuries.

    Even if you have irreconcilable philosophical differences, check out a Unitarian church.