One of my favourite me-moments is when I'm introduced to new people as someone who doesn't party, drink or do drugs, and as I'm just sitting there knitting in my circle skirt and pigtails, they ask what music I like and I say in my perkiest voice "Well I'm quite fond of metal"
Re: the left needs more podcasters/influencers to combat the joe rogans and Andrew tates of the world
This is why that won't work
Dropout is a very left leaning company in both actions and policy. They supported the writers strike, their crew is still masking on set, and they
Two things can be true:
The Democratic Party shit the bed by abandoning their base and spitting in their faces again and again.
and
The Americans who *affirmatively* chose fascism—regardless if it's over "economic concerns"—are irredeemably cruel or dumb (or both).
I’ve been all over the country in the last month.
And I get asked the same question, over and over again:
“I disagree with Kamala’s position on the war in Gaza. How can I vote for her?”
Here is my answer:
There must be a YouTube video about how Nazis were socialists somewhere because all of the "nazis are socialists" comments used the exact same three talking points somehow missing the part where they imprisoned and killed socialists like it was their job (it was).
A lot of weird responses to my Elon Musk video but the top weirdest are:
1. The Nazis were left-wing, actually.
2. It doesn't matter if the specifics of what Elon is saying is untrue, he is using those lies to tell deeper truths.
Deeply depressing.
Me during my autism assessment: I don’t have sensory issues.
Dr: So, why do you walk on your toes?
Me: I don’t like the way the floor feels when you place the whole weight of your foot on it. But because I avoid doing it by walking on my toes, it’s not an issue.
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@laurenancona Not sure if it's a thing over there but here you need to insert a £1 to release the cart. Then you get the £1 back when you return the cart.
And I just get the feeling she'd be eager to return the cart so a homeless person wouldn't get that £1. Just a feeling.
jubilee’s slogan is “provoke understanding & create human connection”
i think its actual goal is to move the overton window to the right by legitimizing batshit, bigoted, pseudoscientific ideas as valid opinions
@biggestjoel and i made a video
https://t.co/57XavXWmlz
I have said it before and I will say it again:
We are not going to “wellness”, “good vibes” or “one on one therapy” our way of out of a mental health crisis that is a direct outcome of structural and economic violence and inequality.