If the world could only come to a consensus that all human beings deserve dignity, safety and a sense of belonging, we’d have a LOT less refugees that needed to be rehomed. Mankind HAS to break out of the cycle of ‘winning’ at the cost of everybody else. #PovertyisaPolicyChoice
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For the love of Grace Hopper, y'all make sure you're putting some coins in the machine if you're going to play.
I don't know the depth of J's pockets or generosity, but platform hosting costs are an endless source of pain that only get worse as this community grows.
CoSo has wares, if you have coin.
I didn't expect I'd be able to get any writing done while sick, but I'm up to 24,404 words now for #NaNoWriMo !
Not all veterans are male, of course. Clayman Smith shared this shot of his mom, Lurlene Yardley, in uniform as a cartographer at the Pentagon in Washington during WW II. Lurlene was born in Jacksonville and raised in Port Arthur. Clayman says she was a great mom and a lot of fun. And "Lurlene," of course, is a great Texas name!
The Escazu Agreement, adopted in Costa Rica in March 2018, is a legally binding international treaty that aims to promote transparency in environmental decision-making. The first of its kind in Latin America and the Caribbean, it also includes protections for environmentalists like Carreno — a welcome development in one of the most dangerous countries in the world for land defenders. #politics #environment
My grandfather did recon photography in WW2. My grandmother's brothers were on the ground in Europe. They taught me that bigotry invites tyranny. That diversity is necessary because weakness is magnified when everyone is the same since no one is perfect.
They had misguided views, but they also hoped my generation would do better. They didn't want us to settle for what they gave us. They wanted us to show gratitude by making it even better.
From what I've seen so far, CoSo mostly doesn't care if you stay or not when you first get here. You are welcomed, and if you want to be part of the community, that's great!
Nobody's begging you to stay if it's not for you, though. Be suspicious of platformd that do that. They have motivations that are not about what will make you happy.
And there's no need to demand that CoSo convince you that this is THE place to be. When other platforms do that, it's been part of trying to convince you to be there so you can be the product sold to advertisers, and contributing to the number that attracts investors...who want you to be sold to advertisers.
So it's kind of like telling somebody, "These people's house we're going to? Do NOT say 'hello', try to shake hands, or call anybody by their name." But that's all they know for "properly" greeting someone when you visit them.
It's also on us new people to ask, "Okay, how do I greet them?" Long time CoSoNauts are offerings information.
Bard with a ukulele. Friend of Lake Monster. 93% stardust. Autistic. Fabulously weird.