Jakebe T. Drake-Lope @jakebe@awoo.space
A digital jackalope living in a black man's body. Pronouns: he/him/his. I love my blackness, and yours.
Joined Sep 2017
I think what we can do with whatever platform we have in our social media is lead by example. Stop giving assholes all of the oxygen in the room. As Mr. Rogers says, "Look for the helpers."
Fuck that. BE A HELPER.
I want to learn more about people who have a vision for the post-carbon world; communal living; the reformation of cities and our economy to be more sustainable; why we make it the most difficult for people who are legit trying to make the world better.
That's worth our time.
I want articles about how people who have isolated, masked, and vaccinated feel about the prolonged, unnecessary crisis in the US because of people who refuse to do the right thing.
I want navel-gazing essays about the people taking action on climate change.
In insisting on handing the mic to the unvaccinated, the anti-maskers, the alt-right, and every bad actor in politics, the mainstream media has undoubtedly legitimized people who should not have been given a platform.
It should be normalizing pro-social behavior instead.
RT @BritniDWrites@twitter.com
Baltimore's vaccine campaign is HILARIOUS 😂
Get the vax, Debra!
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/BritniDWrites/status/1424791206454722563
It's really fucked up when you learn the school year has started by getting the first active shooter alert of the season. D:
RT @CBSNews@twitter.com
JUST IN: Students evacuated after active shooter reported at Tennessee high school https://cbsn.ws/3AuoFCp
RT @NGrossman81@twitter.com
People getting vaccinated, testing negative, and then partying with each other maskless IS A GOOD THING.
Sorry to shout, but it's nuts how many are—willfully?—getting this wrong. The solution isn't to stop doing anything. It's to get vaccinated, take precautions, and have a life.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/NGrossman81/status/1425099824270135302
RT @jeffiel@twitter.com
I am opposed to the recall of Governor Newsom here in California. I wanted to briefly walk through why this is important, and encourage CA citizens to vote in the upcoming recall election.
RT @tobiasbuckell@twitter.com
The IPCC report came out.
If you're feeling hopeless, beaten down by it, overwhelmed (I've been reading these for years since I started doing research for Arctic Rising), yeah, I get it.
Send money to places fighting. It's specific, it's actionable. You *can* make a difference!
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/tobiasbuckell/status/1424852280239603721
The UN climate report is really scary, but it also deepens my resolve:
No matter what might happen to the world around me, I am not going to use it as an excuse to be a shitty person. The mission doesn't change.
Thanks SO MUCH for the birthday wishes yesterday; it made the day special and me super-grateful for the wonderful friends I have. <3
Turning 40 during lockdown kind of sucked, but it reminds me to appreciate what I have in my life at 41. <3
Thank you all. <3
RT @serialjackalope@twitter.com
Streaming now! For my birthday, I want to give myself the present of writing again. ;)
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/serialjackalope/status/1423751125056974848
RT @miithriil@twitter.com
lotr but make it cottagecore and the charactare all bunnies #lotr #bunnies #fanart
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/miithriil/status/1422884642017972225
Just @ me next time gdi
RT @DPandaHeart@twitter.com
Cool cool cool
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/DPandaHeart/status/1422379200745463815
RT @WholesomeMeme@twitter.com
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/WholesomeMeme/status/1422574043295780864
Reading this honestly takes a lot of the sting out of rolling back to face masks indoors and being more careful around my birthday.
It also confirms that the best course of action we can take as a community is encouraging everyone who can to get vaccinated ASAP.
RT @EpiEllie@twitter.com
THINK LIKE AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST:
The CDC’s recent announcement that the Delta variant has an average reproductive number of 6-9 has a lot of people concerned & many are asking me about whether this means we need COVID boosters.
Let’s talk through the math of how we might decide!
If you have to make a public apology, you should look at it with this question in mind:
"If someone gave me this apology about something that deeply offended me, how would I feel?"
If you would still be pissed, scrap what you have and start over.
To me, the worst apologies try to weaponize the wrongful party's minority status to beat back well-deserved criticism.
If your platform allows millions to see and be offended by your actions, you are not the vulnerable party in this situation.
Take your L responsibly.
RT @ComplexMusic@twitter.com
DaBaby releases a second apology to the LGBTQ+ community over his homophobic remarks: https://bit.ly/3A1nSIX
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ComplexMusic/status/1422259309967204354
RT @TallAwoo@twitter.com
Are you really gunna scroll by without saying howdy to little dude?
A digital jackalope living in a black man's body. Pronouns: he/him/his. I love my blackness, and yours.
Joined Sep 2017
