Adam Conover recently argued just that…
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The U.S. is very diverse. This fact is going to gum up the gears in Project 2025, which outlines the first 180 days of 
's occupation. Autocrats favor all kinds of blitzkriegs including the “flood the zone with shit” approach. Public info organs, media, etc. are first to fall, of course, to eliminate whistleblowing.
2020 U.S. Population More Racially and Ethnically Diverse Than Measured in 2010
(this data is still up on the U.S. government web site as of this date, 23 Jan 16:15 21:15 GMT)
Unruly.
Uncooperative.
Ungovernable.
My goodness, are we here already?
ETA: change to GMT
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This goes back to what people like Belle of the Ranch/Beau of the Fifth Column have been saying about building networks and communities, although they focus more on relying on those communities because the larger political entities are failing them, but collective action has more impact than isolated voices on political entities. I’d say that could be a win-win situation.
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This is for trans youth, but I thought I’d share it here for anyone who may know someone who needs this:
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The revolution won’t be televised, but it will be streamed?
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Sudden vision of soldiers/rebels taking over gaming streams…
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Doesn’t seem so unlikely to occur that way then, eh?
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Something came up in one of my feminist subreddits; to all of the USians who have periods, stop tracking them with apps, and delete the apps. Spread the word.
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Honestly, (and I know, I’m not one of the affected folks) that should have been done long ago. That info can (and I think has been) be used to bring charges in Gilead states.
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There have been some young-uns who’ve been commenting about irregularities on their tracking apps, so they are still using them. Although I’ve been assuming that they are in the U.S; maybe they are elsewhere, like Canada or the U.K.
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Men should get that app and flood it with disinformation.
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Ooohhh! Thanks for the suggestion!
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For those making plans to exfiltrate themselves from autocracy- don’t forget to get an international driver’s permit. You may need it.
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If it’s not the law* that they have to use them, perhaps the good ol’ putting stickers on or writing in the dates on a calendar could be a solution.
I was dating a guy named Vinnie and he bought me this back in the early Oughts. I still have it in a box in my garage - somewhere, lol.
https://www.amazon.com/Vinnies-Roller-Coaster-Journal-Sticker/dp/0811834409
*or even if it is.
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Analog ftw
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I’m not one to hop into every tech breakthrough and I rely on folks I know who know more than myself for guidance. I kinda resent the trope of older person not knowing how to use a remote, y’know? I’m better at analog since I learned it as a child but I don’t think of myself as some clumsy old who thinks VOD means Value On Donuts.
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You’ve got to use the right tool for the job; sometimes it’s analog, sometimes it’s technology based.
As an older person myself (possibly the oldest person here), I’m shocked to hear from people like educators that students at all levels are incapable of using the technology available to them; they don’t know how to use email, set up files, or even research online, not even google or wikipedia! They’ll plug something into Chat GPT and call it a day, and present that as an essay, even at the university level.
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I turned last November.
no, not into a vampire.
sixty years old.
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Hello, fellow scorpio! I turned 68.
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