RE: CW, distinctions of use, politics of marginalization and personal choices to modulate voice.
Silence = Death
Insisting that the voice of the oppressed protest off the thoroughfare is fundamentally not a right we should be reserving. Though the choice to moderate your own voice is one that can be taken for a variety of practical reasons, or for consideration.
We should never normalize systemic social pressures for silence.
Us pol / escapism / action
It is okay to escape from the news right now.
It's okay to feel hopeless.
Hide if you need to.
Then try and come back and help with some kind of action, even if it's just copy pasting an email to your representative/s.
Help locally.
Help one other person find resources.
Do something to make someone's day, week or year a little better.
Do something to make your community a little bit better.
💞💞💞 I'm hurting so much right now, but I'll come back 💞💞💞
Uspol, ICE protest, help needed
Heads up that there is currently no #Seattle event for June 30 shown on https://www.familiesbelongtogether.org. Does anyone around here with #organizing experience want to start one?
kitten mishap (minor, he's fine)
Raziel was chasing a toy yesterday and ran into a wall full-speed, then sat down and did the "whoah dizzy!" thing for a few moments. I didn't realize a kitten his size could run into a wall fast enough to give himself a concussion, but--lesson learned! so now I'm careful to keep from running him into a wall with toys. >____<
Want to read webcomics and fanfiction updates all in one place with whatever tools you like, no matter where they're hosted?
I'm proud of https://www.comic-rocket.com that I built for this a decade ago, but I'd rather use open standards. RSS only gives you the most recent pages. So:
I've filed feature requests for RFC5005 (full-history RSS) support with several open source projects.
https://github.com/samuelclay/NewsBlur/issues/1109
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-rfc5005-support-to-wordpress-generated-rss-feeds/
(and an email to AO3)
Wish me luck for some positive responses!
I'm looking for others with #type1diabetes on the fediverse. Just looking for a bit of a support network in this. I would very much appreciate a boost.
If you have it say hi/follow please.
Questionable Content: asking the important questions (cw: theropod sex speculations) https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3766
Trump camps - take action!
This Twitter user is organizing protests in every ICE detention center in the country this July 1st. Please boost!
https://twitter.com/ALT_uscis/status/1007022867912056839?s=19
ICE centers listing: https://www.ice.gov/detention-facilities
uspol, immigration, "the 1000 missing kids"
This breaks that "ORR lost 1000 kids" story down wonderfully: https://twitter.com/jduffyrice/status/1000927903759110144
Stop spreading your bullshit just because you score political points for it.
tl;dr they are with family or at shelters, not "MISSING"
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pronouns: they/them
location: Seattle
phenotype: dracosaur
alignment: chaotic well-intentioned
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aka Sprackraptor, Rasha, elynne, Yahvahzensil, & etc.
40-something ace/aro
an identity under construction in a badly-fitting human suit.
~follows welcome; followbacks not guaranteed~