Super happy that he trusts me with this. It may be hard for him to come out to his mom(my sister). But I'll always support him however I can. It's important to me to be a safe and stable harbor for him, if he needs it.

My nibling came out to me as trans today! It was accidental, because I saw his preferred pronouns in the vol database for an event he's helping with this weekend. So I reached out to him to ask if his badge name was how he wanted me to introduce him at the event (and also to clarify how he wanted me to handle family - ie, use fem pronouns & birth name, which is what he wants for now). He said he's been wanting to come out to me for a couple years, but didn't know when.

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Whatever else you might think, it’s important to know that @Render has decades of studying history and monitoring anti-Semitic propaganda.

Extraordinarily, he and @phase2 devote countless hours tracking current, terrible events and providing updates here free from misinformation. Their integrity is unshakable.

There’s no profit for them. In fact, their work is heavy and no doubt deeply costly in a multitude of ways.

Their level of commitment is rare and deserves respect.

💙

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There is actually a really simple solution to almost all of the issues surrounding Israel.

Stop trying to kill Jews and other Israeli citizens simply because they exist.

That's it, that's the solution.

Sounds easy doesn't it? It's not rocket science after all.

*taps sign*

Never Again is not a polite request. It's a statement of intent.

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❤️ 🧡 💛 💚 💙 💜
ᕼᗩᑭᑭY ᑕOᗰIᑎG OᑌT ᗪᗩY!
❤️ 🧡 💛 💚 💙 💜

If you're not out, this is a good time to tell the world. If you're out, be a support to those opening the door.

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In early October of 1973 a little boy watching TV saw thousands of people in the streets of a city on that TV and they were chanting something. And a man's voice on the TV said they were chanting “Kill the Jews.”

He asked his father, “Why do they want to kill us?”

His father answered, “It doesn't matter why. It only matters that they do.”

That little boy was me.

It's 2023 and it still doesn't matter why. It only matters that they still do.

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It serves the white male politician to divide the female voter base. The more deeply they drive that wedge between liberal and conservative women, the less likely it becomes that women will every truly organize for our own advancement.

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Julius Kim @Julius_Kim

It’s not illegal immigrants that are dragging our economy. It’s greedy corporations and businesses that jacked up prices on things that were never impacted by supply chain issues or have recovered from them, and are sneakily gouging ppl for goods and services blaming the economy.

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Americans, including members of Congress, have supported fascism before. Right-wing Republicans are the modern enemy of democracy. They'd employ Nazi-style tactics to meet their objectives.

Rachel Maddow on "Prequel" and fascism in America youtu.be/uocsL3kfvAg

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Hey CoSo--

Remember: We didn't evolve alongside online tech. It is *very new* for our brain chemistry as a species, which means that the way it plays on our reward response and around hormones for threats/stress is *hugely* out of whack with real danger.

Right now we're all super primed to see threats in others' posts. Death is unfolding as news spectacle, & some are 💯 confrontationally posting to grieve/vent.

Just don't to let the screen consume you. Touch grass. Hug a loved one. Hydrate. 🫂

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really bugs me that so many users now just post a URL

at least take a few seconds and say what's behind the URL

it's not that hard to do

I've been staying off social media for the most part this weekend. A good friend's daughter is in the Israeli reserves, so there's a fair amount of stress and anxiety from that, not even taking into consideration the horrendous attacks themselves. My heart is with friends and strangers who've been affected. 💔 I don't actually know what to do, what I even could do. But I see you. And my heart is with you.

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I need help. I need work. It's going on five months my union has been on strike. And, I'm going down.

I'm a great writer. Prizes awards and everything. Yay!

If you know anyone looking for (paid) corporate video or film creation, scripting, production, or writing services, I would appreciate an introduction.

Thanks.

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This 60th Anniversary fan-created video is absolutely beautiful and made me tear up.

youtu.be/8TYc7B8Big4

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CounterSocial is the first Social Network Platform to take a zero-tolerance stance to hostile nations, bot accounts and trolls who are weaponizing OUR social media platforms and freedoms to engage in influence operations against us. And we're here to counter it.