onion person (@junlper.beer) reposted
we’re about to see a second wave of teen reddit atheism the world has never seen before
onion person (@junlper.beer) reposted
we’re about to see a second wave of teen reddit atheism the world has never seen before
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
The local atheist club is about to pop off.
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
My hope is that the decline is due to people being productive in activism and organizing rather than posting.
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
Not directed at you, because I think you get it, but some folks, for some reason, do not.
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
Sharing this book in your comment section once again, in hopes that people realize the limitations of social media when it comes to politics and activism.
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
I literally just flew in to Chicago. Everything looked fine.
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
I literally just did a poll and answered that no, they need to push harder.
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social)
This is now a Canada simp account, sorry.
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social)
Easiest major airport to navigate so far has been Ottawa. Shortest time I’ve had to sprint across a major airport has been has been at Newark. Difficult to navigate has been Reagan.
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
The fractured information ecosystem is a real problem.
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
I think there were lots of other factors at play. One of my local Dems told me that she still would encounter people that were unaware about the switch to Harris.
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
Going downhill fast
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
Yup. It works for the other guys.
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
I’m glad it’s not just me lol
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
I super recommend Log Off by @quinnae.com
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
Wait, was that partly why? I thought he just didn’t want to go.
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
I live in Texas, but am visiting Canada. As far as I can tell, things are more expensive for me back home. Hands down.
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
I don’t wholly disagree. There were a lot of bad actors in overlapping powerful person friend groups whose actions just happened to coincide. The Soros stuff, more or less, can be traced back to one guy that was his neighbor. www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hnsg...
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
Then I went to a Serbian festival and someone looked at me and then helped the person behind me. Maybe it’s a weird American invisibility cloak.
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social)
Weird thing keeps happening in #canada people keep skipping over me, or trying to cut. My kid and I were waiting for an elevator while we were laden with stuff on a dolly, and a guy tried to rush ahead of us. It was weird.
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
I’m in Texas, the closest passenger train is like 200 miles away
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
I’m in Canada and it’s crazy how much random stuff in cheaper here than in Texas.
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
No body believes that
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
It should be Hillary
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
Yo
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
Shit happening with Russia I think
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social)
It’s cheaper for me to by stuff in Canada than in America.
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
I can’t figure out where it started.
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
Right? I’m in Canada this weekend. Come on!
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
Nooo
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
Is it gonna happen? Are there rumors?
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
Everyone’s been nice! Very sympathetic.
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
A 15 year old Canadian kid told me he read somewhere that Trump has like 6 months. I have no idea where he read that.
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
So I’m in Canada rn (depositing a kid so they can go to college). I feel like I’ve missed something insane today. Canada is nice. Less fascists.
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
That being said, Dems will organize to find congressmen, but it’s never a whole lot.
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
This is insane.
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
I just left an airport. All the kids I saw looked normal.
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social)
This shit is insane www.wfaa.com/article/news...
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
I agree.
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
Something is tickling my brain about Stephenville TX. But that 764 shit is the most disturbing stuff I’ve read in awhile.
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
Jesus. Covid broke a lot more people than we know. So. Kids mom left when he was 10 in 2016, 5 years later when he dropped out at 15 Covid is full bore. Stephenville. Huh. www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
Maybe I’m remembering some niche computer lingo? I’m almost certain it was pre 2019
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh no. I know I’ve seen “CVLT” before, but I don’t remember where. Maybe in some other internet context?
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
I dunno, my vote is for this guy en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_...
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hnsg...
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_...
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
Do Arthur Finkelstein! Same class of guy, way worse.
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
The Russian part is unexpected.
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
I’ve been looking at the Facebook spam NJ posts and it’s either trans, antisemitism, or atheism. There’s got to be some massive RWNJ group chat where they coordinate that bile.
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
Right? It’s weird how many people don’t know that. Just vote in the primaries.
Hank Green (@hankgreen.bsky.social) reposted
Turns out some of the “we want small government” people kiiiinda wanted the government to be just one guy.
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
No
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
So 80s era Republicans?
Bill Grueskin (@bgrueskin.bsky.social) reposted
"Honey, I don't have much time. I've been arrested by ICE and they are sending me to a detainment center. I love you and the kids, I will be OK, please call our attorney" -- John Shin, DACA resident, speaking to his wife last week. She hasn't heard from him since www.fox13now.com/news/local-n...
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Trump on deploying the National Guard to Chicago: "I have the right to do anything I want to do. I'm the president of the United States."
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
Is this still the cabinet meeting?
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
There’s a beef tallow guy that’s been coming to my local farmers markets and most people skip him. I politely went up to his booth, allegedly he had it made himself, but I think it’s actually a MLM
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
Like, elected people or? Ground party people? I know party Dems that are trying to organize migrants and help them. A lot of the people I know are trying to help in different ways.
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
What is the reason?
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
This is all insane
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
I can’t tell what that lady said?
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
And yeah, that means approaching Democrats and making let you join the team.
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
I wanna follow up on this. The solution to our current problem is to make sure the elections happen. So that means sucking it up and doing the difficult work of working the election, subverting social media, and making sure people vote.
Zach Dorfman (@zachsdorfman.bsky.social) reposted
The prolonged public torturing of a single man because the state cannot admit to its errors is not something that occurs in a free country
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
Numbers. Person to person organizing. I really recommend you read Saul Alinskys Reveille for Radicals. But also look up the meaning of the word “radical”. It doesn’t mean “extremism”.
Steve Herman (@newsguy.bsky.social) reposted
A man, near the White House, who describes himself as a "retired disabled combat veteran," after burning an American flag tells bystanders "I am being detained because I expressed my First Amendment rights."
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
I’m continually surprised that people do it, it has to be one of those things that you really love doing.
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
This is what irritates me about the meme posting left that talks a game but then like, does jack all
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
Also, fuck consultants.
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
I keep telling people that i meet who are interested in running for office that they need to be authentic. I get looked at like I’m crazy.
Chris Kluwe (@chriswarcraft.bsky.social) reposted
Hey everyone, you’ve been asking me to run for office for a while, so guess what? I’m running for California State Assembly! Now, I don’t like asking for money, but we gotta pay for this somehow, and if everyone throws in $7 we’ll have the resources to run one hell of a race, so, uh, do the thing.
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
Is this a new thing? Jfc. See this is what I’m talking about. Information is too fractured and incoherent to be on the same page about practically anything. Governed by feed.
Meg Pillow (@megpillow.bsky.social) reposted
What some folks are missing about this is that it’s not that Twitter is going to make every leftist into a Nazi. It’s that it makes you believe that the worst ppl in the world are everywhere. It brings out the darkest parts of your personality, your most nihilistic view of the world.
Tim Onion (@bencollins.bsky.social) reposted
Know your rights, Chicago. Ask for a warrant. Record the goons from a safe distance. We don’t want or need them here.
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
What does that even mean? Like? Americans? Voters?
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
I’m not going to listen to every piece of media out there. Who has the time for that?
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social)
The solution is always to organize. That’s it. Do the gritty democracy work.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
"Trump’s audience are his supporters mostly living in suburbs, exurbs, and rural areas. He’s priming them to accept outright war against US cities. In this case, it might be as simple as 'they hate us for our freedoms.'" — @playtyperguy.com
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
Also, I have no idea what you’re referring to. You know not everyone knows every single bill. People have lives. People are busy.
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
If you’re in California then the best thing that you can do is organize to attempt to keep anything from coming to fruition.
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
My internet denizen. You don’t know the first thing about me. I’m not telling Newsom anything, I don’t think they’re taking the ambivalence of a 42 year old lady in Texas with, quite frankly, more pressing issues. Surface level, as far as I can tell the California anti trans bills have been DOA.
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
No, I don’t. I haven’t and won’t listen to the podcasts, but my guess is that he was “bro-ing” out or caught up in conversation. I think looking for signals is a waste of time.
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
Like, it’s just a fucking restaurant chain. It has zilch to do with anything substantial. My fellow Americans stop wrapping up your identity with brands challenge. Seriously.
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
All of this feels like the stupidest make a wish ever.
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
Is there any Newsom anti trans legislation or is it just the podcast stuff?
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
Like, apparently I’m leading the revolution in my county, and got upset at a friend that’s running for congress and her husband because they were talking about building and burning bridges. I’m like no, you’re missing it. It’s about forming alliances wherever you go and finding the commonality.
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
Like I was talking to a guy that was complaining about how trans focused “the democrats” were. Come to find out he was just complaining about what he saw on Reddit. Arrrgg
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
They are not helpful. You cannot organize around nothing.
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
“Be a brand” I swear the list of people I’m gonna punch if I see them irl gets longer every day.
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
Who are you talking about? TV politicians? Very online journalists? Very online activists? The Youth? Party folks? Hippies? I’ve never met a human irl that says chest feeding. And the people overly careful with their language aren’t likely to run for office.
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
As far as I can tell it’s just on twitter, but still. Don’t comment on this bullshit.
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
I was talking with a guy the other day and he was complaining about “the Democrats” and I eventually figured out that he was complaining about Reddit comments he came across. Like! Dude.
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
Who are these people?? www.thirdway.org/about
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
wtf is third way?
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
I think the end of the latest one could have been stronger, but overall I liked it.
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh god, I’m not even in the loop on SNW discourse. I think they’ve been great.
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
What state is is this?
violiav.bsky.social (@violiav.bsky.social) reply parent
This guy in my group, I thought I was getting to him about proactive actions and community, but he’s gone back to posting dirtbag left memes probably made in some right wing factory.
Teddy Wilson (@reportbywilson.bsky.social) reposted
Steak 'n Shake is owned by Biglari Holdings, founded by Sardar Biglari — Iranian immigrant multimillionaire and supporter of Trump. Biglari bought 4.7 million shares of Cracker Barrel in 2011, and failed seven times to take over the company. Trump supporters will buy any “MAGA-branded” bullshit.