I expected to wake up exhausted, despondent. but I looked up and for the first time in my life I thought, "there's no one left to look to. it's just us."
so I am shocked at how I feel: furious, clear-eyed, galvanized. we who saw this from the beginning, for better or worse, it's our time to lead.
so I am shocked at how I feel: furious, clear-eyed, galvanized. we who saw this from the beginning, for better or worse, it's our time to lead.
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VALIANT: Just because you got 'em to laugh?
ROGER: A laugh can be a powerful thing, Eddie. Sometimes it's the only weapon we have in life.
I hope our Liberals do a similar purge when that happens.
Aren’t you the one thinking you have to preserve the norms now?
Stay focused, remember we won that war by winning hearts not instilling fear.
There is allot to learn from the 88-06 period that applies to today as well in social justice
I've spent the last many months absolutely dreading yesterday, even expecting Harris to win.
The not knowing, firing off aimless threat analysis with countless "what-ifs" was cooking my brain.
Today? I'm finally clear on the next steps.
We have a combination of historical precedent and an exceedingly vocal body of opposition eager to share both their actual plans and broader ideation.
Now that we know what the threat looks like, we can model what it will do and how to respond/prepare.
We can't know the full form of what will have to be built until some time from now, but we can determine what information will be most useful to build it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvrS_6uFu7Y
Even if I’m just one person. Just one anecdote. It made a difference to me.
Thank you for that. Let’s get out and fucking lead, even if we start from the rear.
https://files.libcom.org/files/2022-08/BloodInMyEye_text_0.pdf
Written by a guy in prison when he knew the US was going to have him killed. Good starting point.
we're fucked for a generation
https://music.apple.com/us/album/where-are-the-grown-ups/1405926091?i=1405926643
I'm just tired.
Because they are coming for us, and we have to make sure they regret it with every ounce of their hate ridden souls.
It’s cemented that we’re surrounded by people who want this; who want Trump. We’re left to take care of ourselves and our communities and those who will be most affected by this regime.
"I FEEL REALLY STRONG ABOUT PUTTING MY SOCKS ON!"
I’m despondent. Somebody better reassure me quick.
"The one thing you can’t take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me. The last of one’s freedoms is to choose one’s attitude in any given circumstance." -Viktor Frankl
https://bsky.app/profile/bencollins.bsky.social/post/3lac3lt7ql22v
How we do it - what it looks like - that’s the work now - across a the world.
We need a new economics, a new social contract
How we bring even our own side on board with this is difficult to know - we are so lost in our own worlds of what’s possible, viable and desirable. How do we find common values and community? That’s the task now, I think.
We live in a fascist dictatorship now.
We must convince most Americans that health care is the #1 priority. But if we frame it as Vaccines Good or CDC Good, the fascists will crucify us.
Help me, The Onion, you’re my only hope!
your on your own to do it
i wont be helping americans do it again
you got a rapist nazi problem to sort
good luck we in canada have a nazi prob also
that's the energy that we trans folks need from y'all right now. we're really scared.
also:
❤️❤️❤️
It isn’t something I’d wish on anyone.
The only comfort I can offer is in keeping connections to those you love. Hold them tight. Don’t slip into isolating despair.
✊🇺🇸✌️
I’m not kidding. Buy a gun and hope you don’t have to use it.
Y'all are the captains now.
https://x.com/jasonhickel/status/1854107107743682797
They told us to vote harder. They ruled that the Law was a matter best left to voters, not the courts. They scolded us for being mad at the headlines they wrote and then re-wrote.
Fury, indeed.
This is who America is. People who care are the outliers.
I’m tired. And all the work we did was for nothing.
Dems couldn’t get drunk in a bar on an open tab: Bit late to realise nobody’s coming after the game is over 🤷♂️
That's why it's so annoying that Gen X'ers voted for that man.
I worry about my nieces who's bodies will cease being their own and become objects of close surveillance.
- attributed to St. Augustine
This time I woke up mostly angry.
Probably for the best, I can USE angry.
I’ll bring the napkins.
Yes. Time to lead.
Me, I'm done.
Feel terrible for our kids and grandkids.
In fact the whole song feels relevant today.
"I will be stronger than these assholes."
I had my raging and ranting this morning, and I stand by all of my outrage, but if people give up now I'll be even less forgiving.
At least the people who let this happen were ignorant fuckwits. If y'all let the ball drop KNOWING what's at stake, you're worse.
Your right, we only have uss, its time we cam together as a people to stop this madness as soon as humanly possible
Remember tho that we MUST help protect the most vulnerable of our communities, disabled people cant fight vary well
Together tho, we can make things better