I don’t know what I’m doing, either. I do a fair amount of boosting which, for me, means “this post has value”, so not necessarily that I agree with it. Following is open, no worries if you dip in and dip out. I tend to wait to follow until I’ve interacted with you a bit first.
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Last Notes npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay Shoot, I’m an idiot; I thought Dunwich was the fishpeople story. #Monsterdon npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay Rosemary’s Baby (1970) #Monsterdon npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay Oh no now he’s putting the moves on her Nancy don’t, you have no idea where he’s been #Monsterdon npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay Why would you even need a bedframe in a padded cell? Just sleep on the floor, lol #Monsterdon npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay Free* love, man. *Terms and orientations may apply. npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay Yup; just look at Massachusetts and the wailing and the gnashing of the teeth about a 4% tax on $1+ million incomes that was going to run all the rich out of the state and two years in it has (checks notes) raised 246% of its expected yearly revenue in 2023 alone and there are 40% more $1+ millionaires there now: https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/04/28/massachusetts-millionaires-tax-institute-policy-studies-newsletter npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay …what? npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay WHERE DID YOU GET THOOOOOOOOSE npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/trumps-stunning-response-when-asked-if-he-has-sexual-age-limit-resurfaces-as-epstein-mania-boils/ npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay “[The local pastor:] ‘This is not the kind of person who should be treated this way.’ She described her congregation as a reflection of the town - diverse but conservative. She said members grappled with Mayorga’s arrest and its implications. […] ‘Ninety-five percent of the people in here support Trump — I do, too — but this is wrong,’ [said a local].” They need to be grappling with more than just her arrest because damn are they Not Getting It. npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay I can understand if Google can deny liability if a link they’ve listed contains harmful information: it’s not their site, they’re just linking to it. But when it’s your LLM that’s on your site, you should absolutely be liable for any harmful information. npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay For those who want to know what that means: 46% pro-Israel over Palestine - Dems 10%, Repubs 75% 33% pro-Palestine over Israel - Dems 59%, Repubs 10% 40% support Trump’s actions in the region In other words, Repubs are a massive fucking millstone around this country’s, and the world’s, neck, but what else is new. npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay “a startup offering IQ screening for IVF embryos” Oh my fucking god. npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay A century old saying for trial lawyers that has undergone many iterations can explain this: “When the facts are on your side, pound the facts. When the law is on your side, pound the law. When neither are, pound the table.” Trump has nothing but outrage, and media desperately needs to understand that and stop indulging him. He makes up excuses for his anger the same way an abusive parent does and the sooner people realize that there is no win condition, the better. npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay Remember to report any trolls that you block, so that your instance admin can get in on the fun while making their job easier, too! npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay Please be a curmudgeon elsewhere; OP and others are trying to work here. npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay Hacking is not necessary: all you need is one muppet hitting Respond All and it’ll set off a cascade that’ll shut down departments. npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay Learn from my mistakes and this 97% full gargantuan tub of coconut oil and never, ever buy anything from Costco that you have not already tried and liked in smaller format, first. npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay #RunnersOfMastodon hear my plea: what can I do about heels rubbing constantly while jogging? I’ve got broad, flat feet that are slightly different sizes, and I lace them tightly as a result, but I often still get the heel movement happening. I also tend to land closer to the front of the foot than the back. npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay -drops scalpel- Well NOW what am I gonna do with all these? npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay I have a feeling you’d be begging for the four stomachs that cows have after that. I imagine eating that much is tough on our piddly-little, spoiled by cooking and domestication, excuses for intestinal tracts. npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay “Manhandled”? npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay Are we to assume that the three men each have their own sister such that there are also three women, or is this a group of siblings who probably spend the trips back and forth bitching about their tiny boat? npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay It’s stories like these about how productivity/personalization tools are easily and immediately corrupted that make me think that Some Inconvenience is Good, Actually. npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay Nope. Which suggests to me that it’s probably a very small number. My guess is that this is less data brokers and more 4/8chan/similarly lulzy-style fashsites who get, say, a photo of a list of university students’ numbers and then use that to search for what race the person is and then harass them. npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay I mean, even if you’re not a black person, getting a text from a random number saying you’ve been selected for plantation work would still creep you out, no? And even if they don’t report to the FBI, a post on social media is dead easy to do. npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay There’s that joke where progressive men, tired after a day of debating left wing theory, get upset that their girlfriend didn’t do the dishes. People, always remember: the people who care about you, both as a member of a group and as a real, physical person, are your friends. Even if they don’t use the language you use. The people who copy your language without any of the intent of it are trying to use you. A leftist who won’t do the dishes is only a leftist in theory. npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay “How am I supposed to learn from my mistakes?” This is the most important sentence in his response, and an indication that he has not learned. He is taking languages and concepts he has heard from moderate/left wing spaces, about allowing people the space to live and grow, and he is trying to guilt the person he’s talking to into removing the consequences. This shows that 1) he is not sorry and 2) why it is so goddamn important to know that language =/= ideology. npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but there are a lot of people who can’t lie convincingly, and the overlap between those who would need to and those in abusive relationships is pretty hefty. npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay Literally the first thing I thought of: “the only good thing the 50s had was milkshake bars. We should bring those back.” npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay I thought the point of the hashtag was so that someone with a screenreader could jump to that post in the thread? npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay It is equally true that there are many anti-racists in Portland and that Oregon has a unique kind and amount of white supremacist infestation. npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay For any internationals: yes, you’d be correct to think that Portland, Oregon, is a heavily Democratic-leaning city, so this might seem bizarrely pointless, as it is unlikely to shift ballot totals significantly. Unfortunately, Oregon was founded as a white ethnostate and has a high population of VERY tilted rightwingers as a result. So yes, this is both bizarre and pointless, but it fits the mold for the kind of rightwingers Oregon suffers from… npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay Old and busted: wearing a shirt and then laundering it New hotness: wearing a shirt, lending it to the cat as a blanket, and then laundering it She loves being covered and loves sleeping on/underneath my clothes. npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay There’s a reason why I’ve started using “Are you being logical here, or are you elevating your feeling of being logical over my feeling of being dismissed?” when conversations get heated with men. It’s rare that they actually apologize in the moment, but it does get them to stop for a second, and if it plants that notion in their minds then maybe they’ll stop assuming that unintentional expressions of emotion mean that someone has become illogical and therefore to be ignored. npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay War Games but it’s Gonzo trying to hack into the Pentagon per Rizzo’s sarcastic remark about how that might be his only shot to find evidence of his alien family and against all odds he somehow does it, only to start an experimental supercomputer - and with it, the world - on the road to thermonuclear war. A running gag is that Gonzo keeps mispronouncing “nuclear” and keeps getting corrected by everyone. npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay This is what MAGA don’t get: he didn’t identify with the white racists and feel ashamed of his “heritage”, he identified with the people and was alienated by the absurdity of prejudice. npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay Pictured: me in bed thinking about how lovely it is that some people (not me) will get to see the aurora. Again. https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/113/286/793/633/063/407/original/45d17ee64cb21f43.jpeg npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay Leaf blowers should be outlawed. npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay Sooooo if homeowners with solar form a company and THEN they sell their energy to the grid…? npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay Satan would be far better than AI. npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay Thankfully Firefox with extensions has been handling ads well. And when it doesn’t, that’s why I have my VPN set to a country that I’m trying to learn the language: I either can’t parse what’s being said, or I can and that’s exciting, and there’s no way I’d be able to get the product, too. npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay “Damn, this climbing shit is easy!” “Shouldn’t your feet be on those things, too?” “Shush, you.” npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay Oh sure, from a global perspective you’re basically robbing Peter to pay Paul, but nationalists tend not to care about or understand global impacts, just what’s happening to their whitewashed mental image of their reichla-sorry, homeland. npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay Declining birthrates as a threat to the economy would be the case if there wasn’t another source of new workers: immigration. And since most immigrants aren’t infants, there’s a shorter period between when they arrive to when they can start working. If it were just that we’ve borked our economies by needing growth in order to function, “fiscally conservative” people would be welcoming immigrants with open arms. But they ain’t. Funny, that. npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay Bro is straight up reposting 4/8chan screengrabs. This perfectly illustrates the mental poverty of this man: he has access to all the information and experts he could ever desire with an ease unknown to the overwhelming majority of the world, and he’s reposting chan posts as if they say anything good. Stick a fork in his ear, the man’s brain is cooked. npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay Also if they ever change their avatar they are instantly a stranger and no, officer, I’ve never seen this man before in my life. (I have changed my avatar) npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay Yeah, the instant follow back thing is kinda weird to me, and worse, the idea that you’re being rude for not following someone after they follow you? I want to have talked to someone more than a few times and seen their posts in various places with relatively good takes before I follow them, so half the time someone follows me, I forget about it, go to follow them and am surprised they’re following me. npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay So that’s why Vance hates dog parks… npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay I hate shopping for fish. They never tell you what they want because their lists are always waterstained. npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay The Japanese got you covered: https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/113/007/954/766/108/215/original/cbbfb1fa1e7a5dc2.jpeg npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay I remember a whole year of not being able to interact with people I knew who worked in healthcare. I couldn’t imagine being responsible for someone’s getting hurt or dying because I passed on Covid without knowing it. So far as I know, I haven’t had Covid yet - and given my reaction to the vaccine, I’d know if I got it. I’m glad you’re feeling supported by your providers. :) npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay Libertarian “jokes”. Gotcha. npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay Cute. Again: why? npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay Question: why has the FBI seized your site? npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay I need a sitcom about a family where one parent’s side is Very Jewish and the other side is Very Catholic and it follows the grandkids’ journey through therapy. npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay Neither of us can answer that. npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay If a reasonable person could be led to believe their claims, then there is cause to sue for election interference on the grounds of misleading would-be voters. I’m sure they’d try to tie it up in the courts, but given the attention directed at it, I could see a judge ordering them to taken down the site. npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay “If you do submit information to us, we WILL [emphasis added] use that information for the purposes for which it was submitted.” You’re right that it says “may” collect and use information to assist in completing and submitting voter registration later in the paragraph, but the first sentence’s use of “will” and “for the purposes for which it was submitted” would be understood by the layperson to mean they are binding themselves. npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay Their own privacy policy clearly states “Register to vote” under the purposes for collecting data. Source: https://theamericapac.org/privacy-policy/ https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/894/483/866/766/726/original/4c8a4444f190b7a9.jpeg npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay Sudden thought while listening to the radio: I’ve probably heard thousands of songs about cheating, jealousy, love triangles, exes, etc., but I’ve never heard a single love song wherein the singer is singing about their love for their partners. Does anyone know any? EDIT: I’m sorry, I wasn’t very clear in my original post. >.< I meant in the context of a loving polycule, so a singer singing about their love for their multiple partners. EDIT DUO: But I am happy for love song suggestions! npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay When they’re asking that question, they’re often not asking about the safety of the equipment, but rather how safe you are amongst many strangers. npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay D:<! How dare you sir npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay Me: Change? Not a problem at all! I’m definitely very adaptable. Also me: -switches from flat keyboard to angled keyboard- https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/758/053/523/565/945/original/7114fd9338a62a24.jpeg npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay And then you wanna sleep more in winter but blah blah blah 40 hour workweek blah blah blah laundry blah blah blah groceries. It’s simple, natural, and free: lemme hibernate. npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay “Early” depends upon the sun. If it’s just up, it’s early. If it’s been up an hour, it’s normal. 2-3 hours and it’s late. So yes, “early” flexes over the course of a year. So does “late” in the evening. Would fricking love it if we all collectively decided that sunlight dictated seasonal work hours. Damn artificial lighting. npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay Ah. Right, lads, move on from this one, it’s dead. npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay How about every future pregnant person in America? npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay It depends. I know it’s coming from a place of fear, but a lot of it strikes me as embarrassment; they’re embarrassed by Biden looking foolish and they internalize it. And I’m certain social media plays a huge role in this, especially if you grew up with this sense of always being watched and one slipup or bad day can go viral. Me, I don’t care, because as someone who’s nuerodivergent, “but it looks bad” doesn’t land for me. npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay Yep; it’s been a thing for a while, and there are plenty others where that came from. And sure, it can be used accurately, but holy ignoring context, man! npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay Because it opens with the presenter talking about searching Twitter to find out how people feel about globalists. To repeat: he searched TWITTER to see what people thought about GLOBALISTS. And no, at NO point does he mention that “globalist” is code for “Jew”. npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay This is my favorite TED talk: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dDClQv1SeeE&pp=ygUidGVkIHRhbGsgbmF0aW9uYWxpc20gdnMgZ2xvYmFsaXNtIA%3D%3D You know why I love it? npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay Blocking: they can’t reply to your reply after the block, and they can’t see your posts nor you theirs. Muting: they can reply, and you can reply to them if you navigate to their comments on their profile, but in general use you stop seeing their posts but they can see yours. npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay If I may suggest a project: At the beginning, give them a short article about a demonstration and have them individually write what they think about its effectiveness. Then make three groups: 1) reads about the history of effective historical protests, 2) reads about ineffective historical protests, and 3) reads about the psychology of changing minds. At the end, present another article to the class; have them debate its effectiveness with each group a team. npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay Okay, so docking points for the wrong company, but other than that… From: @npub1cll…ae02 https://mastodon.online/@WhiteCatTamer/112606162393308348 npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/600/749/221/458/071/original/78610b5ddc6e8b0a.jpeg npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay If all single-use plastics came with large pictures like this in the same way the cig cartons have photos of smokers’ lungs, would that have an effect upon usage? I’d imagine not, not unless is was in a situation where there was the option to use glass or other genuinely recyclable materials for little difference in cost within the same transaction. npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay Thank you. It’s always been hard for me to figure out how I sound - thanks, autism - to others, but I just really hate it when Persons A and B go round and round because they haven’t established some basic assumptions they each hold. Like, I’m trying to SAVE both of us time by figuring out if you literally meant that or if you didn’t, because it can go either way, and if so then there’s no dialogue to be had… npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay I didn’t mean to be condescending, I was trying to figure out what you were saying and where we disagree. :/ npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay Do they? Or is it easier to think of it that way? Let me put it another way: do you think someone who would vote for Biden must be for the dehumanization of Gazans, or do you think that a vote for Biden is to support dehumanization, knowing or not? npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay I’m leaning more and more to the view that the constant infighting amongst left-leaning groups, beyond the usual signaling to others of group adherence, is a form of self-harm like an eating disorder. People develop eating disorders, specifically restrictive ones, as a way of maintaining control over the lives and bodies they feel are out of their control, and I see that at play here. npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay failures that I get why people will want to sort of mentally retreat to those positions they believe they can defend, and will turn inward to perfect themselves because they THINK having the right ideology will inherently lead to the right actions, which is just not the case, and because they believe their power to affect change through normal avenues is nil, and there’s an exciting allure to revolution. npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay The thing is, what is the value of sticking by your principles if, in the process, that priority comes before keeping others safe, reducing inequality, combating climate change, etc? And yeah, I get it. There’s so much happening, there’s so much unseen evil that we all now see - no ethical consumption under capitalism, that sort of thing - and it’s far easier (and better rewarded) to go at people for moral npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay I mistook the flying owl’s wings for branches and was like wtf there’s an owl head in the center of the photo?? npub1cllm6nqnlxpuxsaue2d6zh5e2pwx2cvzv8d63a0ldxk8awyh3q6s37ae02 Jay Hey remember when the Trump administration withheld PPE supplies from blue states for political reasons? “Most troubling of all, perhaps, was a sentiment the expert said a member of Kushner’s team expressed: that because the virus had hit blue states hardest, a national plan was unnecessary and would not make sense politically.” https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/07/trumps-war-on-blue-states-is-worse-than-previously-thought.html